Re: [slim] bigger antenna improvements?
When did you get your SB1? I got mine in January, and initially had problems with wireless signal strength which were solved with help from Rico at Slimdevices support. Here are the relevant emails: | That's pretty recent so I'm fairly certain your player will have the | purple colored card.. for some reason one of the sma connectors on the | card does not provide the same performance as the one on the opposite | side. Hopefully changing that will improve wireless performance for | you. | you may be able to remedy the wireless issues you are having.. use | it to unscrew the four screws on the bottom of the Squeezebox and | take the top off the unit. If there is a purple wireless card | inside, go ahead and disconnect the antenna tail from the wireless | card and reconnect it to the hole on the opposite side of the card, | farthest from the display. If the player has a white wireless card | or if you would rather send it in let me know. greg ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Itunes and SlimServer
let us know what you find, this is something I will be interested in doing once I make the plunge and get myself a linkstation. For mt-daapd on the LinkStation: Download http://linkstationwiki.org/downloads/ppc/ppc-mt-daapd-0.2.1.1-1.tgz Unpack the archive to your LinkStation filesystem root. Then run the installation script: ./install.sh ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox2 / SlimServer / LS1
Hello, Hope someone here can help, I only have 2 days to sort this problem out before I lose the option of returning the Squeezebox. I have a LS1 running PPC Openlink 0.51b, SlimServer 6.1b2 installed, a Belkin Pre-N wireless AP and a Squeezebox2 running v14 of the firmware. Now just to start I am not a Linux expert but I can find my way round an O/S. For some reason the Squeezebox2 keeps losing contact with the SlimServer, the audio stutters and the internet radio is intermittant, Now I don't know why this is, I am sure it is not the wireless AP as I have a PC connected 2 floors down that has no connection problems and the squeezebox is less that 3 meters away from the AP. I am wondering if there are any extra processes loaded with PPC Openlink 0.51b that are not really needed for running the LS1 and the SlimServer install? Is there anything running I can get rid of. Or are there any aother issues / things I can do to solve this. Do I have a duff Squeezebox2? Are there any SLimServer settings I should use? I really want this to work but if it is not going to then I'm going to send it back I'm going to post this on other forums as well so if you see it again apologies but I am on a tight time scale. Hope someone out there can help. JonM ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
I have two Squeezebox2's, one in my lounge, one in my bedroom. When I first got them they worked perfectly but after having the one in the bedroom disconnected for a number of days whilst redecorating, I now cannot get them both working again. When I power up the first player it works fine and appears in slimserver as 192.168.1.102. Then when I power up the second player it sort of 'overrides' the first one and appears in slimserver as 192.168.1.103, and 102 is gone. If I power them up in reverse order then 102 overrides 103. With both players powered up the first one locks up completely and refuses to respond to remote commands, and the second player's response to remote commands is very erratic (although it can still be controlled from slimserver). I cannot get both players to appear simultaneously in slimserver as they used to, only the player plugged in last appears in slimserver. Both players work perfectly when the other is disconnected. The same thing happens if I use static IP addresses. As far as I know nothing has changed in my setup. I have unplugged everything else from my router (Linksys WAG54G) so that I have only the two players and the PC running slimserver plugged in. Running latest version of slimserver (6.0.2 - 3085) and player firmware (11). Windows XP pro. I'm at my wits end. Anyone have any ideas? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
Quoting Derek Redpath [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm at my wits end. Anyone have any ideas? crazy idea...check player settings for each player when connected. Make sure the MAC address reported at teh bottom of teh left side of the web page is properly matching the MAC address given on the bottom of the SB2. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB2 Stops Responding
I've barely had my SB2 a week. The last two nights it has locked up during the night while my PC was idle, but not at the same time each night. I know the time because the clock gets stuck there. Last night it was 2:21 AM and the previous time it was 9:12 AM. When I returned to my PC, everything was running fine, but I had left the SlimServer web interface open in my browser, and it would not respond to clicks. The taskbar icon said SlimServer Running but when I stopped SlimServer and tried to start it again, it just stayed stuck on SlimServer Starting and never completed. I had to restart my PC to get it working again. I have checked the Windows event logs and can't find anything happening at those times that I can attribute to this, and I have no idea what could be causing this. The only vague idea I have is that the last two nights I had an Adobe Updater running in the background that was set to download updates while my computer was idle. It finished today so I shouldn't have that again tonight. I am running the 7/14 nightly of 6.1b2. Does anyone have suggestions for troubleshooting this? -- MeSue Sue ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB2 Stops Responding
It would be nice to know from the Task Manager if SlimServer was running and what the CPU and memory situation was like when you were not getting responses. -dean On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:12 AM, MeSue wrote: I've barely had my SB2 a week. The last two nights it has locked up during the night while my PC was idle, but not at the same time each night. I know the time because the clock gets stuck there. Last night it was 2:21 AM and the previous time it was 9:12 AM. When I returned to my PC, everything was running fine, but I had left the SlimServer web interface open in my browser, and it would not respond to clicks. The taskbar icon said SlimServer Running but when I stopped SlimServer and tried to start it again, it just stayed stuck on SlimServer Starting and never completed. I had to restart my PC to get it working again. I have checked the Windows event logs and can't find anything happening at those times that I can attribute to this, and I have no idea what could be causing this. The only vague idea I have is that the last two nights I had an Adobe Updater running in the background that was set to download updates while my computer was idle. It finished today so I shouldn't have that again tonight. I am running the 7/14 nightly of 6.1b2. Does anyone have suggestions for troubleshooting this? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
Quoting kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] crazy idea...check player settings for each player when connected. Make sure the MAC address reported at teh bottom of teh left side of the web page is properly matching the MAC address given on the bottom of the SB2. Crazy idea or not I think you're onto something! Both players have the same mac address! How did that happen? More to the point how do I change it? Thanks. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
You can edit the MAC address by pressing RIGHT when displaying it. BUT FIRST... What is the MAC address listed? What are the MAC addresses listed on the bottom of the players? We have seen in a few cases where a bug in the firmware on the player resets the MAC address. We've fixed at least one of the bugs, but want to make sure we get them all. The more details you send us, the better. Thanks, dean On Jul 20, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Derek Redpath wrote: Quoting kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] crazy idea...check player settings for each player when connected. Make sure the MAC address reported at teh bottom of teh left side of the web page is properly matching the MAC address given on the bottom of the SB2. Crazy idea or not I think you're onto something! Both players have the same mac address! How did that happen? More to the point how do I change it? Thanks. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 12 hour time format
kdf Wrote: Then again, when you think about it, the tar.gz version of the server is really just a big collection of text-based conf files for making Perl behave the way you want :) How I wish I could understand the perl. Even people who might be able to create simple perl scrips are going to be daunted by the complexity of Slimserver! Thank you once again to everyone who does understand it and takes the time to help the rest of us. -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: 12 hour time format
Quoting Bart [EMAIL PROTECTED]: kdf Wrote: Then again, when you think about it, the tar.gz version of the server is really just a big collection of text-based conf files for making Perl behave the way you want :) How I wish I could understand the perl. Even people who might be able to create simple perl scrips are going to be daunted by the complexity of Slimserver! Thank you once again to everyone who does understand it and takes the time to help the rest of us. gotta start somewhere. I did! before digging into slimserver, I know barely enough to read in a filename, re-arrange it and rename the file to a standard pattern. Even that was only learned from examples. now I use Perl all the time to simplify repetetive tasks at work. Stick up a web page front end, and everyone else gets to use it. I'm still no Perl expert, but there are a lot of examples and resources available online to fill in the gaps. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
I've tried this and only ever get the bounce animation. Are you sure that the hidden editor is still enabled in the firmware 14? I'm running 15 now, but haven't had a chance to check yet. I know someone else posted a while ago that they too couldn't get into the MAC address editor after you last mentioned it. Max dean Wrote: You can edit the MAC address by pressing RIGHT when displaying it. -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can stream MP3 but not WMA to Squeezebox
Could it be that firewall settings on your SP2 machine is preventing outgoing connections from wmadec? -- vidurapparao ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
dean Wrote: You can edit the MAC address by pressing RIGHT when displaying it. BUT FIRST... What is the MAC address listed? What are the MAC addresses listed on the bottom of the players? Player no.1 serial no. 2301090 mac address 00:04:20:05:A0:8D Player no.2 serial no. 2302360 mac address 00:04:20:05:A1:2E Both mac addresses are now set to 00:04:20:09:01:01 I can't get the mac address editor working either. Should it be in 'settings-information-player information-player mac address'? because pressing right then does nothing. -- DerekR ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
Quoting DerekR [EMAIL PROTECTED]: dean Wrote: You can edit the MAC address by pressing RIGHT when displaying it. BUT FIRST... What is the MAC address listed? What are the MAC addresses listed on the bottom of the players? Player no.1 serial no. 2301090 mac address 00:04:20:05:A0:8D Player no.2 serial no. 2302360 mac address 00:04:20:05:A1:2E Both mac addresses are now set to 00:04:20:09:01:01 I can't get the mac address editor working either. Should it be in 'settings-information-player information-player mac address'? because pressing right then does nothing. what about press-and-hold power to reset the player. When it starts up, you have the optio to setup networking or view current settings. IO would expect it to be there, moreso than the information screens -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
On Jul 20, 2005, at 1:10 PM, DerekR wrote: I can't get the mac address editor working either. Should it be in 'settings-information-player information-player mac address'? because pressing right then does nothing. You'll need to be in the player setup area (what comes up when you first plug the player in.) Press and hold POWER for five seconds to restart your player and then scroll down to View Current Settings then RIGHT there and scroll to the MAC address. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
Neil Sleightholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm afraid this hasn't been resolved. I believe it is an mplayer issue but haven't had time to try and debug the problem. Neil Just to add to the chorus: I have the same issue. This problem is new on 6.0.2/0.97 - did not occur with previous version. I needed to upgrade when SB2 came along - now I cannot listen to BBC anymore. May I encourage you to research this with some haste ;| ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Feature request: Brightness timer
tgoldstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Check out the Auto Display plugin on the slim devices plugins page. It might be what you are looking for. It will turn on or off the display at a set time. I use it to turn the display off at night in my bedroom as the display is too bright to sleep by but on again in the morning so I can see the time. It could be tweaked to just dim the display to a lower level also rather than turning completely off. http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_plugins.html The same problem's been bugging me with all sorts of illuminated display gadgets, SB2 being a case in point. While the s/w solution might go some way to addressing the problem for some sleepless souls, I would still request a h/w solution: what I would like is an ambient light sensor in the SB itself; I would then like to be able to set the display brightness as a % gain on the light sensor's reading. I don't just have problems with strong display intensity at night. In the mornings I have got the sun right on the display, and I can't see a thing. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
That is interesting, what version where you using before? I don't believe this is an AlienBBC problem, I am sure it is a problem with mplayer and we don't control that. I have posted a bug report on the mplayer forum and although someone else had the problem no could offer a solution. Neil -- Neil Sleightholm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
Which version of mplayer are you all running? The latest version (pre7) did =not= work on my PC. However, (pre6) appears to work just fine. y. -- Yannzola ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
Even more interesting! I get the problem with pre6 and pre7. -- Neil Sleightholm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playlist problem
My library exclusively contains whole album flac files with embedded cuesheets. At some point of time (I am not sure when), the playlist functionality seems to be broken. When I now select Browse Playlists, I get a playlist entry for each track of each album in my library. In addition I get an entry for each directory and flac file in my Music Folder. Is anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas about what can be causing this? What debug flag should I turn on in order to get more information about this problem? I am now using svn version 3757. Slimserver runs on WinXP. Steinar -- sbjaerum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: 2 players, 1 network = stopped working
DerekR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Both mac addresses are now set to 00:04:20:09:01:01 I believe the literal translation of that address is: 00:04:20 Slim Devices, Inc 09:01:01HELP ;-) Ed ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: integrating FM radio...
lostboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14056 For what it's worth: I think that there are very tempting reasons why one might want to pick music from the air BUT ... I tried it for a while with DABBar, and while it works in some fashion (channel switching is painfully slow - a problem you may have less of using FM (less buffering)), there is one inescapable limitation: you only have ONE tuner. And your family will invariably want to listen to different stations on their SBs... Internet streaming, while generally of poorer quality, is FAR easier. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can stream MP3 but not WMA to Squeezebox
I turned off the firewall and got the same results. I set wmadec.exe as an excepted application and still had the problem. The following command actually created an mp3 file for me, so I may be having some problem with socketwrapper: C:\PROGRA~1\SlimServer\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\wmadec.exe -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 mms://radioio.wm.llnwd.net/radioio_70sPop_med?MSWMExt=.asf | C:\PROGRA~1\SlimServer\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\lame.exe -x --resample 44100 --silent -q 9 -b 320 - - file.mp3 -- winmill ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Output gain on SB1
Another message on volume control just prompted me to post a problem I have since upgrading to SlimServer 6.0, which dumped some new f/w on to my old SB1: I use my SB1 to drive a pair of powered speakers via the headphone out. Before the f/w upgrade, the volume control covered a reasonably wide db spectrum on the speakers. Post the upgrade, this range has materially narrowed. Is there a way of configuring the voltage gain per volume increment? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: integrating FM radio...
An SB with an FM tuner would probably generate an additional 10% import duty in Europe and Australia...food for thought. Patrick On 7/20/05 4:05 PM, Olaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lostboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14056 For what it's worth: I think that there are very tempting reasons why one might want to pick music from the air BUT ... I tried it for a while with DABBar, and while it works in some fashion (channel switching is painfully slow - a problem you may have less of using FM (less buffering)), there is one inescapable limitation: you only have ONE tuner. And your family will invariably want to listen to different stations on their SBs... Internet streaming, while generally of poorer quality, is FAR easier. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss --- Patrick Cosson V-P, Sales Marketing Slim Devices, Inc. 415-359-7407 cell 413-638-5248 efax I'm thoroughly impressed with the SqueezeBox2‹packing this number of features into a high-quality product in this price range, and making it absolutely user-friendly even for non-techies, is a feat that deserves a standing ovation. Ian Johnson | Globe Mail | June 14, 2005 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slim Server crashes on Windows startup
I'm using SlimServer 6.0.2, and it's set to start when Windows starts. When it tries to initialize, it crashes. When I then try to start it manually, it comes up fine. The information in the Windows event log is not very illuminating: Faulting application slim.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0012e838. Any ideas? Tom -- mrtom ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist problem
This was a problem with r3757 - a last minute change that needed a bit more testing - fixed with 3759 and the soon-to-be posted 6.1.0. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playlist problem
My problem is a bit differnt. My old lists don't show up.(old is pre 7-17 upgrade) The only one that did is one I created after I upgraded to 7-17. The strange thing is it only worked for a day or two.(auto rescan was turned on durring this time) The PL was still available to select from SB and WebUI but contained no songs. It was also no longer in the PL directory. Guessing references in DB. Rescan and dropping DB has no effect as well as deleting cache dir. - still can't see old lists but ghost PL is gone now. New PLs seem OK but need to wait til auto rescan to night and see if my alarm wakes me tomorrow. Can someone call me at 6:15 to make sure I get up. -- wr420 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
