JJZolx Wrote:
SlimServer 6.5 (and also 6.2.2? I don't remember...) now automatically
generates and caches thumbnail images rather than serving the resized
orginals on the browse artwork pages. It works surprisingly well.
I've found that a bigger annoyance with very large artwork is on
MeSue Wrote:
For the most varitey of ways for browsing a music collection, J River
Media Center for Windows is about the best I have found. But dammit, it
doesn't talk to SlimServer. My Workaround is to browse in JRMC, drag
drop what I want into MusicMagic, and send it to the SB from there.
bradesp Wrote:
Have you seen any noise over at the Media Center forums about possible
implementation of a plug-in for SB to work with Media Center? That
would be awesome for me since that's what I use now as my jukebox.
Seems like there are quite a few people who use both, but no plugin as
MrC Wrote:
I agree - the format for printing in OrangeCD is very limited. There
is a templating system, and it comes with a template editor, but I have
not bothered to try it. Some folks have made some very nice web
templates. You might want to look at its DAX editor.
Thanks for the
I'm working on something now like this based on the new MySQL
structure. I figure it will be of little consequence to reprint the
whole thing once a month.
Paul
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scalesr1 Wrote:
On a more serious note - I would love to be able to easily 'get at' the
data held by Slimserver in some text file form - if only to permit fine
tuning of all my tags - though I would like to produce some form of
catalogue for perusal.
2 suggestions are MPEG Audio
I'm currently working on enhancing the support script for the
DirectPlay plugin to output PDF files with cover art included.
I'm not sure how to handle customization of the output - it is
probably easiest to include a few sample templates to choose from.
Right now as long as you're not removing
Jon Wrote:
What I have not yet figured out is how to keep this book up to date when
I get new CDs, without having to reprint the entire thing (or at least
the entire genre) ... I am thinking about leaving some blank space on
every page, so I can just reprint single pages (for a while,
smst Wrote:
How about using trading card polyethylene pockets? Here's what I mean:
http://tinyurl.com/ctwly
This is a good idea ... I was originally planning on using CD sleeves
(for example, http://www.sleevetown.com/cd-binders.shtml) and my
original CD covers, but at only 4 per page,
jth said the following on 02/16/2006 03:29 PM:
I've also got proof-of-concept code working to 'fix' the database
renumbering issue by using a fingerprint of a track rather than
slimserver's ID number. This is going to take a while to see the
light of day though.
It's probably worth bringing
Okay so this depends on being willing to browse album art, but here
goes...I download all of my album art from amazon etc. Being a fan of
flac I of course like to keep the original images as large of possible
and intact (if only I could download the vinyl covers!). Then, to make
my library as
kefa Wrote:
Then, to make my library as easy as possible to browse, I set the number
of items per page to greater than the number of albums I have - e.g.
approx 500.
That's a sure recipe for disaster. :)
Actually, it will work well if your server can serve up the page in a
timely manner, and
This has been a concern of mine since I purchased my first Squeezebox
last month ... I now own four of them, so obviously I am not overly
concerned :-)
I am surprised that nobody seems to have mentioned what I am planning
on doing, once I finish ripping all of my CDs ... which is, to create a
For the most varitey of ways for browsing a music collection, J River
Media Center for Windows is about the best I have found. But dammit, it
doesn't talk to SlimServer. My Workaround is to browse in JRMC, drag
drop what I want into MusicMagic, and send it to the SB from there. I
REALLY wish I
Jon Wrote:
I am surprised that nobody seems to have mentioned what I am planning on
doing, once I finish ripping all of my CDs ... which is, to create a
book for my family room (where the CDs are currently kept) containing a
catalog of all my CDs, complete with cover art. I'll probably have
right now (SB3s on back order) i tend to listen to new stuff or things
at the end of the alphabet as they are easily reachable without steps
:)
i like having all my CDs on show though as people are usually a bit
surprised when they walk in the room and i like that. Although i an
running out of
Here is my solution, as described earlier in this thread.
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why don't you use the album cover view on the browser
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cliveb Wrote:
Browsing the entire music collection just doesn't work the same way.
Sure, you can do a browse music - artists and step through the
alphabet, but it just doesn't feel as convenient
I find this a downside too, although getting rid of shelves of CDs
makes for a much tidier living
Nokia 770, browse by artwork, problem solved! You don't even have to get
out of your chair. ;)
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I still have all my cds out, so browse through them to find an album
then tell the Squeezebox to play it.
Max
cliveb Wrote:
I'm a very satisfied SB2 user. The device is superbly thought out, and I
sold my high-end CD player a few months ago as a result. But I've
noticed one minor downside
Vulcanbomber Wrote:
why don't you use the album cover view on the browser
I have tried this because I like to scan by images rather than text -
it's much easier to spot an album from the cover art, but page refresh
time is too slow for me. Besides which, the server is not in the same
room. I
On 17/1/06 at 02:11 -0800, Bart wrote
cliveb Wrote:
Browsing the entire music collection just doesn't work the same way.
Sure, you can do a browse music - artists and step through the
alphabet, but it just doesn't feel as convenient
I find this a downside too, although getting rid of
I too find the slim interface to my music collection wrong.
I started out using an audiotron, which had roughly the same interface
to music. It was too restrictive, so I wrote my own.
The problem, as I see it, is that there are many different ways you
want to go at your music collection, and
(A little OT) Michael, how did you get the tempo value for your songs?
Manually? I wanted to add that as a tag so I could sort roughly by song
speed. I have tried a few free analyzers, but they all returned really
erratic results, possibly because they were written to analyze dance
music.
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MixMeister has a free applet that will look at your music and come up
with a number.
It has a few problems ... obviously, it's only one number, so if the
tempo changes part way through the song, I have no idea what it does.
It also gives BPM to 2 digit accuracy - totally useless and a waste
of
cliveb Wrote:
Back in the days when I used a CD player, there was a wall full of CDs
in a rack. When I fancied listening to some music, I'd walk up to the
rack and start browsing, often scanning almost at random. I'd spot a CD
that took my fancy and put it on.
I've idly wondered about
Thanks to everyone for giving their views on this matter. I wasn't
looking for a solution; just making an observation.
For what it's worth, I control the SB2 purely through the standard
remote. (Despite the fact there are 6 PCs in the house, none of them
are - or ever will be - in the lounge).
I too, run the SB from the remote. I have a computer in the listening
room now, but it's being evicted.
When I get around to it, I plan on downloading one of the many frontend
tools to SQLLite. Then coming up with a query that will spit out a
fairly meaningful listing (with as few columns as
cliveb said the following on 17/01/2006 16:19:
Thanks to everyone for giving their views on this matter. I wasn't
looking for a solution; just making an observation.
For what it's worth, I control the SB2 purely through the standard
remote. (Despite the fact there are 6 PCs in the house,
http://woodbutcher.net/swmbo.htm
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jonheal wrote:
When I get around to it, I plan on downloading one
of the many frontend
tools to SQLLite. Then coming up with a query that
will spit out a
fairly meaningful listing (with as few columns as
possible) of my
collection from SB's database. I'll export it to
Excel, or something
and
Mixmeister is the last one I tried- it didn't work too well on my music
really. Maybe I should give Music Magic another try.
Michaelwagner Wrote:
MixMeister has a free applet that will look at your music and come up
with a number.
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superbad
I agree that with Squeezebox and a large collection of CD there is the
danger of forget some of them; a physical library of CD is better, You
can see them, choose, recognize from the artworks and so on... (browse
by artworks isn't the same). But I use another method: with iTunes I
print the
Me, too. I bought the Squeezebox to listen to Internet streams in the
living room, and I'm happy with it. I've been trying to figure out why
I want to rip all my CDs (and, yes, LPs) and play them through it
instead of just shoving them in the player. I guess the main reasons
are
a. if you like a
On 1/17/06, cliveb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For what it's worth, I control the SB2 purely through the standard
remote.
I do this also, and know exactly what you mean about wanting to scan
quickly through CDs to see which one 'jumps out'.
One thing that sometimes works well is to hit one of the
use the web interface to spot inaccuracies like
miss-spelt artists and/or albums that produce duplication etc.
Richard Scales
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Subject: Re: [slim] Re: The only downside
Doesn't anyone use Random Mix?
Geoff B wrote:
On 1/17/06, cliveb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For what it's worth, I control the SB2 purely
through the standard
remote.
I do this also, and know exactly what you mean about
wanting to scan
quickly through CDs to see which one 'jumps out'.
One
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
Doesn't anyone use Random Mix?
Yes, I'm sure many do - I do, usually selecting one or two genres for
it to choose tracks from.
But I wouldn't want it to choose albums for me. Not sure why - but the
physical CD selection paradigm which I think many of us are missing
ceejay wrote:
Album cover art for every CD, in the database:
software to put the
covers in one of a number of orders (artists, genre,
album title, etc):
holographic projector to throw these onto some space
in front of your
armchair (or video projector onto the wall if you're
feeling
ceejay Wrote:
video projector onto the wall if you're feeling conservative: motion
detector so you can use hand movement to scroll through the list:
click finger to play.
Much of this more conservative option exists now (but isn't cheap).
Many modern projectors allow laser pens to work as
cliveb Wrote:
I'm a very satisfied SB2 user. The device is superbly thought out, and I
sold my high-end CD player a few months ago as a result. But I've
noticed one minor downside to this way of delivering music. It's not an
SB problem specifically - it would apply to any network music
I have the exact opposite opinion to the OP. My CD collection got so big
(for me, anyway) that I never felt like taking the time to figure out
what to listen to. My stereo basically went silent for about a year.
That is, until I learned about the SqueezeBox. Now, with my SB3 and
MusicMagic,
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