Re: [slim] Re: Backing Up....

2005-09-07 Thread Todd Fields
--- MeSue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of Plextor's current models is a rebadged Benq DW1640. I Rebadging is a new thing for Plextor so I don't know if you can count on the rebadged Plextors having the same quality build as the drives they manufactured themselves. I'm on my fourth DVD burner

Re: [slim] Moose - PC slim app

2005-08-30 Thread Todd Fields
--- Dr Lovegrove [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's called Moose and it's a fast non-web-based front-end for searching and selecting music. This looks very cool although I haven't tried it yet. Actually, it looks kind of like what I've always wanted for playlist creation (not just for my

[slim] Problem with SlimServMon Widget for Konfabulator

2005-08-27 Thread Todd Fields
I installed Konfabulator for the first time (awesome software.) One of the widgets I wanted to try was the SlimServMon. I have Konfabulator installed on my main PC which is not the one running SlimServer, however, I've entered the correct server IP address in the widget's preferences. I get no

Re: [slim] Problem with SlimServMon Widget for Konfabulator

2005-08-27 Thread Todd Fields
--- Todd Fields [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone here successfully using this widget? Does anyone have any idea what my problems might be? http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=36406 It appears the widget has some problems with the latest version of SlimServer and the author

Re: [slim] Re: You read it here first.

2005-08-27 Thread Todd Fields
--- JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget the Alarm and Snooze buttons. And sell it at WalMart so I can buy it for a discounted $87.98. You forgot to point out that it will also be component size as well as be available in a boombox version.

RE: [slim] You read it here first.

2005-08-26 Thread Todd Fields
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, I don't believe it until I hear it from SlimDevices themselves.. They've been too active around here lately to be releasing a new product. Typically it seems they go silent for a couple of weeks where they just pretty much disappear up until they announce

Re: [slim] Re: Sean Adams caught red handed!

2005-08-05 Thread Todd Fields
--- chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, so how do we get a sticker?? :) Didn't they send those out with the players at one time? I seem to remember getting something like that once. Not sure though, I've killed most of those brain cells since then. :)

Re: [slim] Relative Playlists Fixed?

2005-08-04 Thread Todd Fields
--- Ben Sandee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My dad's playlists work fine, so at least some of my relative's playlists are working. Everyone at work is wondering what's wrong with me because that one made me laugh out loud __ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Todd Fields
--- m1abrams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be purchasing as many as the wife will allow, however that right now is just one :( I know how you feel. Ever since they reduced the wired SG2 to $199 and sent the $20 coupon in the mail I've had to do everything I can to restrain myself from

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Todd Fields
--- T [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the baby. So true. Our toys may be more expensive but at least we don't outgrow them in two months Start your day with Yahoo! -

Re: [slim] Should Library Scanning Bring Server to a Halt (Partially Solved)

2005-08-02 Thread Todd Fields
--- kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under normal circumstances, it should not overload the CPU for a night. I have What can cause extended scan times are things like playlists that link to other playlists, or shortcuts/links that point back to other locations within your Refresher:

Re: [slim] Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Todd Fields
--- JayNYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know what the business and financial condition of Slim Devices is? There are loads of companies with a killer I doubt you will get any kind of real response to this question (I work for a privately held company that is doing great and we

[slim] Membership Notifications

2005-08-01 Thread Todd Fields
I seem to get periodic membership notifications from the list that simply act as a reminder that I'm a member of the list. Is there a way to disable this? I don't mind the notifications so much as the fact that it includes my password in the text of the notification. Call me paranoid, but the

Re: [slim] Re: Membership Notifications

2005-08-01 Thread Todd Fields
--- MrC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The threat is real, so this is not paranoia - but using the same password on many sites increases your risks, not reduces them, so your fears are well-founded, but preventable. Thanks. I will see if I can change the settings. I agree that using the same

Re: [slim] Re: Membership Notifications

2005-08-01 Thread Todd Fields
--- Dave Dewey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reasonably sure that only applies to the administrator of the list; ie the admin decides whether reminders go out or not. I disable If that's the case then I'd vote to disable this feature, not that anyone asked. ;)

Re: [slim] Re: Membership Notifications (Problem Solved)

2005-08-01 Thread Todd Fields
--- Dave Dewey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reasonably sure that only applies to the administrator of the list; ie the admin decides whether reminders go out or not. I disable It is definitely an option, I found it. I probably should have checked there first before e-mailing the list.

[slim] Should Library Scanning Bring Server to a Halt

2005-07-27 Thread Todd Fields
Scanning my library (about 40GBs of MP3s) has always taken awhile with any version of SlimServer (since the SLIMP3 days.) However, I've noticed that starting with version 6 (I'm currently using 6.1.1), it now completely consumes my server's resources. The PC acts as though it is locked up and my

Re: [slim] Should Library Scanning Bring Server to a Halt

2005-07-27 Thread Todd Fields
--- kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What can cause extended scan times are things like playlists that link to other playlists, or shortcuts/links that point back to other locations within your music folder. The former case is fixed in 6.2 nightlies, and should be into the 6.1.2 nightly in a

Re: [slim] Re: Should Library Scanning Bring Server to a Halt

2005-07-27 Thread Todd Fields
--- radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One thing - try disabling the anti-virus. If you have it set to check every file you open that could seriously slow things down. I set a filter to have the anti virus ignore *.mpe, *.flac, *.ogg, etc. You should be able to do the same. This is a very

Re: [slim] Musicmatch

2005-07-22 Thread Todd Fields
It doesn't interface or integrate with MusicMatch in anyway I'm aware of. However, I used MusicMatch up until about a year ago to create all of my playlists (my wife found it much easier to use for this purpose than SlimServer.) I then just copied the playlists over to my SlimServer playlist

Re: [slim] A better remote?

2005-06-30 Thread Todd Fields
--- Damon Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like it if the Slim remote could power cycle my receiver and adjust the volume. Most remotes that come with the majority of audio devices won't do this. That's why there is demand for after market universal remotes. The feature I would like to

Re: [slim] Video and Audio

2005-05-02 Thread Todd Fields
--- SlimChances [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any reason why a Squeezebox set up for the stereo and a video set up for the TV using something like the D-Link MediaLounge DSM-320 Wireless Media Player wouldn't work? The Dlink doesn't support Like you, I wanted access to the player via

Re: [slim] Video and Audio

2005-05-02 Thread Todd Fields
--- SlimChances [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any reason why a Squeezebox set up for the stereo and a video set up for the TV using something like the D-Link MediaLounge DSM-320 Wireless Media Player wouldn't work? The Dlink doesn't support It looks like I misunderstood your question.

[slim] Custom Strings Not Recognized

2005-04-30 Thread Todd Fields
I've used a custom-strings.txt for a couple of years now. My player has all of a sudden quit using it. I only have a few modifications in it (such as Playing instead of Now Playing.) I recently had to reinstall the server application. I only noticed the problem today but that's not to say that

Re: [slim] Re: Date and Time Screensaver Gone (Poblem Solved)

2005-04-25 Thread Todd Fields
--- kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sounds like the DateTime/Plugin.pm file went missing somehow. however, having reinstalled already, that will remain a mystery :) Hmm... Shows how little I know. I never realized the date and time screensaver was a plugin. I thought it was just normal

[slim] Date and Time Screensaver Gone

2005-04-24 Thread Todd Fields
I'm running a Squeezebox1 on a Windows XP system. I'm using a recent 6.01 nightly (from a week ago or so.) Everything has been functioning normal using this nightly up until last night. Last night I noticed when I turn my player off it displayed something to the affect that my screensaver

Re: [slim] Re: Date and Time Screensaver Gone

2005-04-24 Thread Todd Fields
--- Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's in the Player Settings section under the screensavers heading. If this doesn't work or you have problems setting this then it will be best to set SlimServer to forget the player and then configure it again. The time and date option is no longer

Re: [slim] Re: Date and Time Screensaver Gone (Poblem Solved)

2005-04-24 Thread Todd Fields
--- Todd Fields [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The time and date option is no longer available under my player's screensaver selections. Well, problem solved. Not the answer I was hoping for but I uninstalled SlimServer and reinstalled it. That did the trick but now I have to go through and tweak

Re: [slim] Multiple SLIM Devices

2005-04-20 Thread Todd Fields
--- mcai8rw2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to have ONE slimbox in one room, a second SLIM box in another room, a third slimbox in a third room etc...and to have all of those devices accessing the same PC in one room. Yes, in fact this is the exact architecture the devices were

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Todd Fields
--- jth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are going the mp3 route, I highly recommend using one of the LAME encoder's high quality VBR presets. version 3.90.3 with setting --alt-preset standard or I agree. Rip with Exact Audio Copy (EAC) in secure mode and let EAC encode it for you as

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Todd Fields
--- bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok...I am a total novice at this. For clarification, does EAC have LAME 3.90.3 embedded into it as an option? Or do you rip through EAC and then compress everything ripped again with LAME 3.90.3? Thanks for You have to download the LAME codec

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread Todd Fields
--- bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Out of curiosity...how much time would it take to burn a standard 12 track CD in EAC to Flac and/or LAME? This depends greatly on three things: 1) The speed of your CD drive - Obviously, the faster your drive can extract the audio the quicker the

Re: [slim] Platinum SB2 Delayed AT LEAST 1 Month

2005-04-15 Thread Todd Fields
--- morgan4x4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just received this email: -If you want to switch to a Black case you will receive a $20.00 discount and it will ship immediately. If you would like to do this please reply to this email to inform us as soon as possible. I think it's very nice

Re: [slim] TelCanto (was Sonos Doesn't Have to be a Threat)

2005-04-15 Thread Todd Fields
--- Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - As I mentioned in an earlier post on this thread, I had previously started work on a slimserver fat client for the pocket pc using the .NET Compact Framework (what Telcanto uses), but had stopped because the CLI was

Re: [slim] TelCanto (was Sonos Doesn't Have to be a Threat)

2005-04-15 Thread Todd Fields
--- Jeff Coffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=62827ssid=10665 It looks very nice. So you even control your sprinklers by remote control? Man, if you can get that thing to go get a beer for you then you would never need to get up out of the

Re: [slim] Re: TelCanto (was Sonos Doesn't Have to be a Threat)

2005-04-15 Thread Todd Fields
--- Patrick Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How else would you control sprinklers? I have to actually *cringe* go outside and turn a knob to control my sprinklers. I guess I'm just living in the dark ages. Also, I'm embarrassed to admit this, but just the other day I actually got up and went

Re: [slim] TelCanto (was Sonos Doesn't Have to be a Threat)

2005-04-14 Thread Todd Fields
--- ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dude: http://slimdevices.com/dev_telcanto.html This thing looks great! I hadn't seen it before until I saw this link in this thread. Very pricey though. I was guessing it was going to run maybe $20 but $50-$60 seems a little high. With all the

Re: [slim] Re: Slightly OT: Small Amplifier recommendations

2005-04-10 Thread Todd Fields
--- Mike Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheap and apparently good: http://www.si-5.com/frontEnd/cm_productDetail.jsp?productID=18. Reviewed here: http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html. Just set the volume at a fixed position, and use the SB for volume control. I bought one of

RE: [slim] Better forum please!

2005-04-04 Thread Todd Fields
--- Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, that was about the most unhelpfull comment you possibly could have made. For folks who are only used to using web forums an email list is a very confusing and odd thing to use, especially since the I thought it was kind of funny myself. The messages

RE: [slim] Better forum please!

2005-04-04 Thread Todd Fields
--- David McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow this has turned in to a huge flam. I'm not saying it took I wasn't trying to flame and I apologize as I can see where my comments could have been constued as a direct insult. My post basically states that I assumed you exaggerated. The point I

[slim] SlimServer 6.0 Upgrade with a Custom Skin

2005-03-28 Thread Todd Fields
I'm using a custom skin (essentially a modified Fishbone skin.) Will I have any problems upgrading from 5.x to 6.0? I seem to recall that when I went from 4.x to 5.x that some utilities had to be run on the skin to make it compatible with the new version. I just want to make sure this isn't the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox2

2005-03-09 Thread Todd Fields
--- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should have waited a few days, I guess. The Squeezebox I ordered yesterday was delivered today and is sitting on the table waiting to be opened. ;) You have a 30 day money back gaurantee. Send it back and order a SB2.

Re: [slim] US Supreme Court

2005-03-03 Thread Todd Fields
--- Aaron Zinck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find this interesting, and while I'm not sure where I stand with respect to this case (I don't know enough about it) I don't understand what financial/business interest Slim Devices has in this case. I'm no lawyer and may be a bit dense about

Re: [slim] US Supreme Court

2005-03-03 Thread Todd Fields
--- Michael Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:55:09 -0600, Ben Klaas I get new Linux distros from BitTorrent when they come out. Everything from the Mozilla foundation has a bittorrent link. So, there are definitely non-pirate applications that P2P is good for...

Re: [slim] New Squeezebox?

2005-02-28 Thread Todd Fields
--- Michael Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The recent price drop on the wired box is another possible indication ... As is their recent all but complete disappearance from this list. The last time this happened the Squeezebox was introduced. Makes me think they are highly focused on