Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

... http://www.popcornhour.com Not flawless, but so far I'm impressed. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Down to the wire between SB Duet vs. Sonos

by the user. Honestly, I'm tired of being a server admin for this stuff. I've got better things to do and I just want to listen to music without worrying about my electric bill or why the server stops streaming for no apparent reason. -- bishopdonmiguel

Re: [slim] Why I want a stand-alone, slim, Slim Server!

Ron F.;210911 Wrote: But whatever the future holds, a $200 box (small, silent, fast, headless, and very cute,) running Ubuntu/Slimserver would certainly have a market today. Any thoughts on this... http://www.koolu.com ? -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Mac Mini, iTunes and cover art

of slimserver. When slimserver opens your tracks, it will attempt to find the coverart. I'm not sure of the naming requirements for doing this, but I think there are some older threads which discuss this. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Will there ever be a video squeezebox ?

on the network to enable playback. The latter is more probable and for me a deal killer. Although I do run OS X, I don't want my desktops to be in the repository/streaming business. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's

[slim] Re: Will there ever be a video squeezebox ?

for the NMF (near maintenance free) solution continues. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Re: Will there ever be a video squeezebox ?

. The guide says you have to buy some special game title to get this working. That could be an obstacle. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread

[slim] Re: I've just called customer service - no way to get black faceplate separartely

love corporate decision makers. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30362

[slim] Rescan Clears Player Playlist

are empty. A manual rescan everything also wipes all of the player playlists. Is this the expected behavior? -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

appears to decode properly. I've added comments to bugs 4143 and 4151. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: OpenSSH setup guide for Windows XP

downloaded a trial version some time back and setup was very easy. The server price was very reasonable and I think the client was free for personal use, but shortly thereafter I converted the Windows box to Debian so I never purchased. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Official 6.5.0 Beta 2 - Please Test!

Is the Debian Apt package working with the most recent 6.5.0 Beta 2? I'd like to upgrade from 6.3.1, but not sure what the new dependencies might be and I'd rather not go through another manual setup. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27503

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

dean blackketter;137184 Wrote: Ah, can you see if the file will play back from the command line with faad? Bit of a nix newbie. So I would try... faad -w -f 2 mytrack.m4a at the bash command line? Does slimserver use FAAD during the scan to obtain the tags? -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

. dean blackketter;137196 Wrote: No, it parses the AAC/Movie data directly. If that's the case, I assume something is wacky with slimserver and QT 7.1.3 encodings. Anything I can do to help track this down? -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

encoded with QT 7.1.3? -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27503

[slim] Re: Questions

that can be had for a reasonable price. PM me if interested. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Re: Questions

. Then I ran across the SliMP3 and haven't used it much for music, although it still comes in handy for listening to some internet radio that SlimServer can't deal with. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http

[slim] Re: iPod Hi-Fi...

. I've got 3 Squeezeboxen. One is now slated to go dark when the Mini arrives. The other 2 might follow if the MM lives up to its hype. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[slim] Re: SlimServer server requirements

, and Ghost. Configure Ghost to automatically image your media disc daily and swap your backup drives weekly. Keep one backup drive disconnected from the system in case of power surge. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2.1 hangs at starting slimserver...

weren't there some command-line switches for the installer program to force registration or something? Most do this with the -install switch. So try slim.exe -install -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.2.1 won't start

Larry, This is a common issue. Uninstall, then re-install. That should get you going. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http

[slim] Track Locations Case Sensitive?

? Is this by design, or a bug? -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19763

[slim] Re: Track Locations Case Sensitive?

those running Windows wouldn't have to kludge while those running something else could have mixed-case support? -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread

[slim] Re: Remote Streaming Over Internet

why is public key auth better than userid and password? Highly secure. The time it would take to crack is significant whereas user/pass is generally vulnerable to brute force attack. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Remote Streaming Over Internet

recommend connecting directly to your computer without at least enabling some of the security settings. Even this isn't optimal. You really should use a secure tunnel, but the setup is more complicated. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: SlimServer crashes while scanning: Perl interpreter failed

the invalid playlists, the scan proceeded and I now have 6.2.x running. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: SlimServer crashes while scanning: Perl interpreter failed

to files in directories that were no longer around. These didn't bother 5.4.1 until I tried to play them (which then crashed the service) but I haven't had time to go back and attempt another 6.x upgrade. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Tag Issues

these as identical ALBUM and ARTIST are the same but no TITLE? Can you add a TITLE tag? If not, I think there is a setting in the server about tag guessing. Perhaps setting that to guess the TITLE would help. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Native AAC Support

breath. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155

[slim] Re: Native AAC Support

applications are the ones that naturally have the highest usage. For the average user who wants lossless, the choice is WMA or M4P. This isn't a rip on Slim or FLAC it's just a fact of life. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's

[slim] Re: Default player in web interface

. This workaround has been very effective and the prefered player always appears by default. Not sure what the selection is actually based on, but I've always assumed it has something to do with the MAC addresses. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Default player in web interface

in the URL string. Workable solution I suppose but the physical swap was a better solution for my situation and preference. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View

[slim] Re: Need fast help! - New SB3 wired can't connect to network

, something is not right. As this is a SB3, you should be able to connect to SqueezeNetwork without your server. If you can connect to SqueezeNetwork, then you know your cabling is okay and we can focus on your router as the problem. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] SB Form Factor (wish)

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[slim] Re: [OT] Competition design

: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=505| +---+ -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[slim] Re: 6.2.x unuseable for me

settings. This smells like a 6.x problem to me, and I understand that is may indeed be limited to just a few system but without better error log info I'm not sure how to help diagnose or how to move on to 6.x. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Need Australian female voice talent

I'd like to spice up our phone system a bit... I think you should go with a Monty Python-esque man impersonating Australian female voice thing. It would be much funnier, Bruce. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's

[slim] Re: Feature Request - copy settings

request... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726 -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17915

[slim] Re: Anyone interested to get squeezebox3 in NYC

of people who thought the deal was keen so what do I know, eh? -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: The dreaded Perl interpreter failed error

had to give the debug work a miss and take a step back to 5.4.1, which works great with no pain whatsoever. I'd love to move to 6.x too, but until the bug gets identified and sorted out, I'd suggest you spare yourself some headache and go with 5.4.1. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: The dreaded Perl interpreter failed error

couldn't leave 6.x installed. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: The dreaded Perl interpreter failed error

buggy despite it being the officially supported version. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: 6.2 Woes

Perl interpreter failed. Anyone know what causes this error to be reported in the Event Log under Windows 2000 when running 6.2.1? -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo

[slim] Re: 6.2 Woes

to 6.1.1, which I installed last. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Just bought a Squeezbox - should I take it back?

sure there is still SB2 inventory before you make your move. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: SB2 - Cleaning Case

But could I ask you to translate simple green from American English to English English for us British folks :-) Simple green is a cleaning product... http://consumer.simplegreen.com -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

[slim] 6.2 Woes

what might be causing this? 6.2 looks promising but something is amiss. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: When does 30 day satisfaction guarantee timeframe start?

Can someone tell me when the 30 day satisfaction guarantee timeframe start? Ship date. See... http://www.slimdevices.com/su_sales.html#returns -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Announce: Third-generation Squeezebox, SlimServer 6.2

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[slim] Re: Announce: Third-generation Squeezebox, SlimServer 6.2

, groovy, smashing, yea capitalism... but the fact of the matter is I won't be adding any of my gravy to that train. For now I will continue enjoying the SB1's and hope for a future excuse to do business with Sean Team again. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Problem when not running as a service

. starts automatically and you can't accidentally shut it down), especially when installed on a dedicated application server that is configured to give priority to background tasks. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Problem when not running as a service

That's it, thanks so much. Is working a treat. Good to hear. For the record, what was it specifically that did the trick? It would be good to know should I ever get the notion to install the iTunes thingy. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing

[slim] Re: Problem when not running as a service

or not. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Bottom line re: Yahoo Unlimited Music?

Music DRM support, I'd suggest you wait until you see it on the current feature list (I assume the DRM would require new hardware). Of course, if you have a decent sized music collection already, there is a lot of listening enjoyment that you may miss out on in the meantime. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: SlimServer will not start

in the service and make sure your network share offers at least read access to the credentials provided to the service. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: SlimTray not really starting slim.exe

installer that does this so I'm not sure blame should be placed with Windows. In any case, I've managed to work around the problem but double installing every upgrade. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http

[slim] Re: Parental controls on albums or tracks?

SlimServer mark these internally as explicit during a library scan but I'm not sure how feasible this is. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] SB1: Feeling Forgotten

. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] SB1SB2 PCB Upgrade

is highly desirable. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: SB1SB2 PCB Upgrade

... Excuse me, I think I've vomited in my mouth at the thought of using eBay. For now I guess I'll keep using my Squeezeboxen1's which, all kidding aside, I enjoy and use daily (but the gaps really frustrate when wmadec or lame can't keep up). -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Parental Control

for such isn't really an option, so yes, a technical solution is desirable. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Parental Control

for a simplified and varied listening experience. Expanded tag support will be necessary for the feature to fully realize it's potential. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists

[slim] Re: Parental Control

a special playlist as the source for explicit songs? The scan engine could look to this during a library build and mark a database field for the matched tracks. This would effectively create a virutal tag that could be used for a plugin or standard feature. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Telling SlimServer about new music (XML? CLI?)

I just have SlimServer set to automatically rescan every night. This way, newrips show up the next day and I don't have to do anything. Of course, if you seek instant gratification this wouldn't work. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list

[slim] Re: Telling SlimServer about new music (XML? CLI?)

I usually go to the Plugins menu on any client and set the rescan to on and enter a time. I think you can also do this from the webpage by navigating to Server Settings/Plugins. I use 5.4.1 but I assume this functionality still exists in 6.1.x. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Two Squeezeboxes

. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Slimserver over Internet?

these control access to, but think some basic protection is available. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Backup: REV drive or external HD?

disc, power up with the Ghost disc, clone the drive, power-down, remove backup disc and store in secure location, remove the Ghost disc, power-up. For me, using 80GB UATA-100 drives, a 60GB data backup takes about 25 minutes. Easy as cake. -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Re: Stability of 6.1 vs. 5.4

Great info and thanks for the responses. I think I'll give the 6.x branch some more time to mature and stay with 5.4.1 for now. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo