[slim] Re: Main Menu needs a rework
Sorry to bump my own reply, but in my earlier post I neglected to mention the obvious: many of the issues/suggestions seem to pertain to RadioTime, which Slim Devices has no control over. This certainly pertains to dead URLs, and quite possibly the menu structure as well. So it would make sense to share your observations with them (www.radiotime.com) if you haven't already. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31127 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Main Menu needs a rework
NauticusLX;166330 Wrote: Actually, my complaints are based on well over 4 hours of working with the SqueezeBox 3 menu and submenus. I think thats obvious from my exhaustive review. exhausting != exhaustive Are any of the facts I described wrong? Do any of the urls I describe as non working actually work? I did not, and will not, try to verify any of your claims. For my listening habits (which are fairly diverse) I've never really seen the value added of RealTime, and your review just confirms that. As I suggested, take the complaints/suggestions to RadioTime. They are the ones who can do something about it, not the Slim Devices users' forum. Does anybody think its great that all the personality driven talk shows are scattered among half a dozen subsubsubgroups? Couldn't care less, and again, it's RadioTime's problem. As others have commented, it's like blaming Google for dead links every obscure un-maintained website out there. As for scattered personality-driven talk radio like Martha Howard, if you don't like the way they're scattered, put the ones you want in your Favorites list, and group them in some sensible way. It's really pretty easy. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31127 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SoftSqueeze question
You can use SoftSqueeze to access your SqueezeNetwork favorites from anywhere. You just need to link the SoftSqueeze player to your SN account. Just start SS on a computer somewhere, and then scroll down to the Player PIN menu on SS (right after Settings, I believe). Click the right arrow and follow the instructions. Basically you just need to tell SN the PIN of your SS player, and from then on I believe it identifies it via the MAC address of the computer. Oh, and for the host you put the SN host, which is service.us.squeezenetwork.com -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31238 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sync issues TP + SB3
Jetlag;166977 Wrote: Any ideas? Does sync only work with local content and not internet radio? That's about the case. On local content, slimserver re-syncs at the beginning of each new track. An internet radio stream is effectively one long track, long enough for the players to drift out of sync. The only way to get them back in sync (at least at the present time) is by faking a new track, like your manual sync-off/sync-on intervention does. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31259 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Smiles and Kisses
And exchanging ideals/information isn't exactly promoted when you change the topic everytime you are asked to back up your statements, whether they be facts or opinions. Peter made the point that your receiver never sees the stream as mp3, and you chose to turn the disucssion to the word grok. Slimpy asked you to give details about your *opinion* on slimserver's web interface, and after briefly saying it won't edit your tags, you go on some prolonged speech about SS and the average Joe. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31237 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Smiles and Kisses
My mistake: it wasn't Peter, but rather Skunk (plus Wombat - twice!) who made the observation about the mp3 already being decoded. Anyway, no hard feelings. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31237 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SoftSqueeze question
Sorry, it sounded to me like you were asking about using SoftSqueeze to access your SN favorites. I don't use WinAmp, so I'm not sure about the feasibility of what you're trying to do. I don't think there's a version of WinAmp for phones or PDAs, but it seems there are clones, like WinAmpAQ. Try posting in the SqueezeNetwork forum, you might get more helpful answers. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31238 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Smiles and Kisses
VBR is Variable bitrate and CBR is Constant bitrate. The VBR compression algorithm uses higher bitrates for more complex music, and lower bitrates for less complex music. So for less complex music it throws away more data, yielding smaller file sizes. If the same VBR quality setting was used for all the files, and your ears tell you that the VBR files with lower bitrates sound worse, then it's not doing a good job of choosing the bitrate. If the lower bitrate is the result of choosing a lower quality setting, then you should expect it to sound worse. The Sound Retriever sound was barely improved from *which* direct stream, the mp3 or the flac? Also, you explained why you list your gear in your sig, but I don't see any speakers in that list -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31237 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Smiles and Kisses
Thanks for the info, but it seems to me that the relevant comparisons are missing. How does the retrieved mp3 sound compared to the direct stream of the flac (or the CD)? And as someone else suggested, how does the direct stream flac compare to the retrieved flac? Keeping in mind the earlier good suggestions about volume settings, replaygain, etc. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31237 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAD multiroom amplifier
Sounds like it will be a great setup when you are done. I might not be understanding something, but it seems to me that your proposed solution of running a double set of cables (SB to centrally-located NAD amp, then amp to speakers) for each room is a lot more cable soup than having separate amplifiers for each speaker pair, like PBE suggested. Also, from the web page I can't tell how many sources the NAD can handle. Presumably you would want to consider each SB as a different source, or at least have that flexibility. If the NAD is more oriented towards sending the same source to every room in the house, then I'm not sure it makes sense to have an SB in each room. If you still want to go with what you're considering (SB+spkrs in each room connected to a single, centralized amp), you should be able to connect the SBs to the amp at line level using some baluns (balanced/unbalanced) adapters. There are various types, but one kind uses cat5 cable to do the bridging. Something like this: SB analog output = balun adapter = cat5 cable = balun adapter = amp input. I have no idea on your options for connecting the SB to the amp digitally over that distance. Good luck! -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31395 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Pale Blue Ego;167910 Wrote: I think you've got 2 main groups of customers here. The first, and probably largest, are geeks who love music. snip The second group are primarily music lovers and audiophiles. snip Notice the conspicuous absence of Joe Blow in this picture? Joe probably isn't aware of the music server concept.snip The greatest potential for expanding the Squeezebox market is from the iPod crowd. They have computers and they get it that music is just bits and it's cool to carry around your whole collection. The problem, for Slim Devices, is that this group is being served by the many audio systems that now feature an iPod dock. That makes it easy to pop your iPod into your home or portable stereo, and for many people, that will be all they'll ever need or want. The iPod is their home music server. Slim Devices is a viable solution for people who have in some way outgrown their iPods. Either they have a lot more music than even the largest iPod will hold, or they realize that lossy files don't sound very good on a decent home stereo. At this point, the customer begins to resemble one or both of your core customers - the geek or the audiophile. I think that's a great analysis PBE. But I'm not completely convinced about the convergence of the iPod-heads to the geek/audiophile camps. I can see them gravitating to the SB without becoming complete geeks or audiophiles. Capacity and sound quality are certainly two factors that would encourage migration to SBs, but there's also the conveniences of having the music and the playback *control* distributed throughout the house or flat (and it really helps that the control is readable from across the room). I have not done very well in my SB proseltyzing/demo-ing -- I get a lot of blank looks. For those that get the concept, I almost always lose them when I get to the NAS that runs slimserver and holds the music library. Whether they completely get it or not, one of the biggest selling points that does seem to click is having access to your collection anywhere in the house, as long as you put an SB there. The biggest mistake I made when I bought my first SB a little over a year ago was not taking advantage of the $100 off when you buy 2 SBs deal, because I now own 3 SBs and am planning on a 4th. The second selling point that gets some people, especially those who have a lot of their collections on a PC/Mac is having control in the listening room. This has especially resonated with friends using AirTunes, who have gotten weary of having to get up and go to the computer (like a geek!) to skip/add/delete a track in the playlist. Noticing the huge array of iPod accessories that Logitech sells, they clearly understand this market far better than I do. Maybe a SqueezeBoomBox that also has an iPod dock is a way to draw them in, while at the same time satisfying a frequent request of the already-converted? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAD multiroom amplifier
Peter;168314 Wrote: aubuti wrote: Sounds like it will be a great setup when you are done. I might not be understanding something, but it seems to me that your proposed solution of running a double set of cables (SB to centrally-located NAD amp, then amp to speakers) for each room is a lot more cable soup than having separate amplifiers for each speaker pair, like PBE suggested. This situation seems to be begging for active speakers. Of course, then he'd have to run a power and a line level cable to each speaker. A centralized amp is contrary to the Squeezebox philosophy IMHO. I thought about active speakers, but I'm not aware of any in-wall actives. Do they exist? I also agree about a centralized amp being contrary to the SB philosophy. But I have come around to thinking that an SB can be usefully paired with a (semi-)centralized amp when the zones are in rooms that are close enough and open enough to be within earshot of one another. Having separate slightly out-of-sync SBs that you can hear at the same time isn't much fun. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31395 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Smiles and Kisses
Well, it sounds like it is adding some EQ -- especially your last sentence. Now test flac-with-retriever vs. flac-without-retriever. If you hear a difference, then you can be sure it's just playing with EQ and/or levels. Bottom line: set it the way you like it and enjoy. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31237 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, c) ulvi;168616 Wrote: Regarding the arrows: Is it possible to re-design this so that one can drag any item in the current playlist and drop it in a different location in the same list? Is drag-and-drop impossible to implement in this kind of web ui? In slimserver 6.2 6.3 the ExBrowse skin allowed exactly that kind of drag-and-drop. The author of that skin hasn't had time to update it to work with 6.5. I could be wrong, but I don't think the changes in 6.5 have broken the DD capability. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3 Conversion Software
Sure, it would be compounding the compression artifacts, but for playback on a laptop or iPod the loss in sound quality might not be that noticeable. Especially when weighed against the cost of re-ripping everything! You need something like Robin Bowes' flac2mp3.pl perl script, except modified for mp3-2-mp3. You could take a look at his script to see how it traverses the directory structure, and instead of decoding with flac, decode with lame before re-encoding at the lower bitrate with lame. Of course, handling the tags would be completely different, too. Or try the brute force approach: Load your backup copy of the music library (you do have a backup, don't you?) into foobar2000, and convert all of them to 128. Then re-backup the 320kbps version after the conversion finishes. No doubt, there more elegant solutions out there, but I've never been accused of excessive elegance -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't downgrade from 6.5.1 to 6.5.0
Oops, you threw out the baby with the bathwater. You only needed to delete the database, ie, the files under Cache, like triode suggested. But anyway, for future reference you can make a backup of your slimserver.pref (might be slimserver.conf on some systems) and keep it when you change versions. In fact, it's a good idea to make a backup whenever upgrading, just in case something goes wrong. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: how to set an in point on a song
Hmm, that's odd, because I thought I had posted a reply to your first post. You don't say what format your files are in, but I strongly suspect that you'll have to go back to a raw format, like WAV. Then use cutpoints to define the tuning/crowd noise as a separate track. You can do this using a cue sheet (leaving everything as a single file) or by separating them into different files. Useful tools for doing this are Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net), GoldWave, or several other packages. They will analyze the tracks and try to guess where the useful cutpoints are, but it still usually involves a fair bit of work. I hope there are simpler options, but I can't think of any. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31466 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sony PSP as browser
Jerryacg;169603 Wrote: Thanks - The Host IP Address on the Slimserver and the Qnap is SlimServer-01 No, that's its name. You need to specify the IP address, i.e., the numeric address, as slimpy suggested. You don't need to do this with the PCs on your network because they handle the name resolution, but your PSP isn't so clever (at least not in your present configuration). -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31586 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sony PSP as browser
Dave Dewey;169690 Wrote: how about 'ping SlimServer-01' from a DOS window on a windows machine? That should return an ip. Otherwise look it up in the table on your router or whatever machine is handing out dhcp on your network. That should work, or just look it up on the squeezebox itself, via the remote. I think it's under something like Settings Information Server information. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31586 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia N800
NauticusLX;170046 Wrote: Let's have some DETAILS of your experiences using the N800 with your Slim Devices. Will the N800 run SoftSqueeze? I'd like to access (and play) my internet radio favorites on the N800. Is this possible? It does have stereo speakers I hear. I imagine the N800 replacing my regular radio/alarm clock, while I slumber off with Cafe Cody (Myorca, Spain) lulling me to sleep. Is this possible? Those are good questions, but given the Java overhead involved with SoftSqueeze and the fact that the Nokia is a web tablet, wouldn't it be more direct just to stream from the Cafe Cody web page? Unless, of course, there's no suitable media player for the stream on the Nokia, which would be surprising. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;170227 Wrote: This is the stuff of lawsuits. Damn right -- and good thing for you this was *after* the acquisition by Logitech, because they'll have much deeper pockets to pick than some little outfit in Mtn View -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;170379 Wrote: Seriously, I dont need to be receiving messages from friggin robot servers in the middle of the friggin night!)If the only way to avoid this is by pulling the plug every night, then so be it. I can just put a switch on the cord to turn it off. I consider this to be an undocumented bug, or just plain bad design. Now, would it be a bad idea to unplug it every night or put an on/off switch on the cord? If you don't want messages from the server, then you shouldn't stay connected to it. At this point you have two options. One: unplug the cord or put it on a switch, as you've already deduced. BTW, you said you power everything off at night, but obviously you must have left your router and modem on. So you could turn those off instead. Option two: switch it to your local server before hitting the off button. Because you turn your local server off, this will blank the screen and it will stay blank until you either power up your slimserver or hit the on button on the SB remote. For the longer term, file an enhancement request to permit a true off for the SB. This is especially useful because there are some of us who would like the SB to switch over to SN automatically when the local server is off. Presumably this would be configurable if ever implemented, but it's useful to weigh in now on why such configurability is important. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
seanadams;171042 Wrote: Perhaps we could further improve customer service by adding a I'M GOING TO SUE YOU checkbox in bugzilla? Maybe, but to be credible, it would have to be a US-only service, like Pandora -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
andyg;171104 Wrote: We have plans to add additional data centers, but there will always be a need for that kind of downtime message. andyg Wrote: What I've done with the downtime service is that it actually doesn't care what your 3 brightness settings are, or even if your player was on or off, it will simply use whatever the last brightness state of your player was. So if it was off with brightness 0, you won't see a thing. Note to NauticusLX: Andy fixed your problem. In about 48 hours. Proof that no good deed goes unpunished. Downtime is unavoidable -- and some people even appreciate messages when the system is down. You don't, so set your brightness to 0, and you won't see them. Not even if you're wide awake and staring at the display. Take a deep breath and try to let that sink in. If it still doesn't click, try the decaf. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;171748 Wrote: 3 cheers to kdf and azinck3! I would NEVER have suspected, nor inferred by what Andy said (who claims to be a Slim Devices Developer) what azinck3 just said... snip... What Im getting at is, it seems that kdf has explained some feature that has always existed, and that Andy isnt the accommodating wizard he seems to be. Sheesh, I know these forums aren't always the most civil places, but when you're done pissing all over Andy it would be good form to thank him for fixing the thing you were ranting about at the beginning of this thread -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Dead squeezebox HELP !!!!!
First thing I would do is confirm that it's getting power. Make sure the power supply is plugged in securely at both ends (mains and SB). If that's okay, make sure that the power supply hasn't died. If the SB is getting juice there's a reddish light that glows somewhere, although I forget exactly where -- maybe the optical output. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31848 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver
The Oboe service is part of MP3tunes. There have apparently been some discussions between SD MP3tunes (search the forum for previous threads). No idea what the current status is. Personally, I don't see the point of streaming my own collection over the internet when I have it on a hard disk on my LAN. YMMV, etc. A NAS is Network Attached Storage. It's a hard drive that connects anywhere on your network, usually via ethernet cable, although there are some wireless versions around. A NAS has a processor, RAM, and an OS (usually linux) so it's really a special purpose computer: low powered, low power consumption, and oriented towards serving files to other computers on the network. But some NASs can also run slimserver, like the Buffalo LinkStation that I use. If you don't like slimserver on a desktop or notebook comuter then you won't like it any better on a NAS. But if the issue is not having a PC on, the NAS is a nice solution. See the SD wiki for more info. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31879 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: US: senate bill threatens Internet Radio with DRM requirement
NauticusLX;172437 Wrote: I'll amp up my harvest immediately. Meaning what, exactly? Ripping internet radio streams? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31869 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Poll: Wired or wireless?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31930 Question: Do you use your Slim Devices equipment wired or wirelessly? - All wired - All wirelessly - I have several units, some operate wired, some wireless In order of acquisition: - wireless SB3 in the main listening room (living room/lounge) - wired-only SB2 in the kitchen - wireless SB2 (but running off ethernet) in the basement/rec room, playing through a good hifi with lousy WAF... And I'm still kicking myself for not running cat5 to the living room when we had the basement ceiling open for remodeling last year -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31930 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sharing slimserver playlists between Windows and Linux
Pretty sure you're going to have path issues. Nothing that can't be fixed by easy search-and-replace, but potentially inconvenient for going back and forth. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32103 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
MrSinatra;174556 Wrote: gimmie a break. look, its as simple as this: IF you accept the notion, that a product, any product, will make more money if its potential market is bigger, rather than smaller, than what i said is true. its not rocket science, and its not a matter of me pushing a subjective opinion. it is a fact of the free market. thats all i'm saying. Well, that notion of yours does conveniently assume away any costs for development of, and support for, the additional software and device drivers. It also conveniently overlooks another basic fact of the free market: people vote with their wallets. They buy those things that best meet their wants and needs, within their given budgets. Frankly, I don't give a rat's derriere whether a product does what you want it to do. I buy it to do what I want it to do, and assume you will buy what meets your needs. Adam Smith's invisible hand and all that And producers won't necessarily try to please both of us (product differentiation), which is well demonstrated by the current offerings from SD, Apple, Olive, etc. If you're so convinced that there's demand for an alternative way to feed music to the SB, then go for it. The slim protocol is documented, so SD doesn't have to be the provider any more than Dell needs to include a Linux CD in every box. It doesn't matter if you can't program it yourself -- you have such a slam dunk business concept that you can hire the code-flunkies and split the proceeds. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
MrSinatra;174591 Wrote: well, i have no financial incentive to, Slim does imo. But you do. The people are clamoring for it, you'll sell millions when SD's market share shoots up. Maybe you can even sell it to SD/Logitech. Quit your day job. It's a slam dunk. and btw, I'm neither offended nor angry. Just a little amused, especially at the contention that market share is the only measure of success. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
MrSinatra;174599 Wrote: what i am saying, and i stand by this 100%, is that making your potential market larger is in the best interests of a business selling a product, at least certainly so in this case. Well it's a little more complicated when you have several products with overlapping markets. There's less to gain when one product is canibalizing your own sales. You've said Logitech will get the memo, but fact is, they already sell the product you describe (more or less). It's just not an SB. Maybe there will be convergence, maybe there will be continued differentiation. I would bet on the latter, but I wouldn't presume to tell SD or Logitech which is better for them. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What happened to wired-only Squeezeboxes?
This is a users' forum, not customer support. Even though Slim Devices / Logitech staff participate, your message would be better directed directly to the company. The discontinuation of the wired-only model was a bit abrupt, unlike the phasing out of the SB2s. But that's the way it happens sometimes. I'm sure that if SD had any more wired-only models, they would be selling them. As they're not, I suggest you look into the secondary market, such as eBay. Last I looked, there were still wired-only models for sale, many of them new-in-box sold by discount tech shops. I would guess that the selling price has gone up since SD stopped selling them, and will probably continue to do so, so act fast. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32147 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Home Music Network Setup
Definitely do not use the phono input (assuming you mean a phonograph/turntable input). The output from turntables is very low, so receivers have a phono preamp connected to the phono inputs. The preamp boosts the signal and does some equalization. You definitely don't want either with the SB output. Try using a tape monitor or aux input instead of the phono, or if it's a receiver produced in the last 10 years or so, the VCR input. One of those other inputs should work. Most folks around here would recommend ripping to lossless. See the Slim Devices wiki for a nice beginner's guide: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/ -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32189 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Home Music Network Setup
That's odd. Those inputs could be broken. Or maybe you have the sound on the SB turned way down. Or maybe something else. Here's something to try. 1. Take your CD player or anything else you have connected to the receiver and is presently working, and try running that through the tape or vcr input. Does it work? 2. Try running your SB through whatever input on the receiver you are using now that is working (CD or other). Does that work? Good luck. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32189 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I want a Squeezebox boombox
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17185 Question: Who wants a Squeezebox Boombox? - I'm interested. - No, thanks. You're not likely to get many advance hints about what SD/Logitech have cooking. Certainly SD always kept information about future products pretty quiet until they were ready. Note that where the Roku Soundbridge misses the mark, it misses it widely, at least for some users' priorities. It wireless is only 11b, so even while it will work with an 11g network, it will have to do so in mixed mode, which can slow the network down. And it has no wired ethernet support. It also does not support any compressed lossless music formats (it only supports MP3, AAC, WMA/DRM10, WAV, and AIFF). IMO, an SB with powered speakers is a great way to go. Pairing it with the Tivoli is a nice idea. In my kitchen I hooked up an SB2 to an inexpensive ($30 on eBay) pair of Klipsch active speakers and it sounds okay, especially given all the other noise in the kitchen. And if you have the budget, you can get some very nice, compact active speakers, like the Aego and Audioengine products mentioned recently in another thread. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17185 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?
I thought about getting wireless speakers to transmit music from the audio system in the living room to the kitchen. But the reviews I read of various wireless speakers were all pretty negative: interference, static, difficulties tuning in to the transmitter on the hifi, etc. That, plus consideration of the hassle of having to go into the living room to change what was playing made the decision simple: get a separate SB for the kitchen, along with a pair of inexpensive powered (active) speakers. Tell your kids they did such a great job with this birthday present that you want an advance on the next one! -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?
An SB needs to be connected to at least one of (a) an amplifier, (b) amplified speakers (aka powered or active speakers), or (c) headphones. Think of the SB like a CD player or tape deck in your stereo setup -- the output needs to be amplified to drive speakers. So for Q1, the SB can be connected directly to speakers if, and only if, they are powered/active/amplified speakers. A simple example is the inexpensive computer speakers that are often connected to desktop computers. But there are also some very nice ones costing hundreds of dollars. For Q2, the wireless bridge won't help with wireless speakers. It's used for extending your wireless home network to devices (eg, computers, game consoles) that support wired, but not wireless, networking. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server
Thanks for the effort. I used the installation package, and starting Fat Gooey (from a Win2K laptop) crashes slimserver (running on a debian-based LinkStation) every time. I haven't enabled Fat Gooey logging, but the slimserver log shows: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x127dc1d8 *** -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32414 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox with 2Gb on board memory.
There was a fairly long -- and somewhat acrimonious -- thread along these lines a month or two back. Then I think the idea was more towards putting a USB port on the SB so that one could hook up an external hard drive. Adding storage to the SB isn't enough, because you would still need to do something to put the server functions on the SB, which in its present state is just a slim/dumb client. That would mean beefing up the processor, installing an OS capable of running slimserver (or something like slimserver), etc. Those aren't impossible challenges, but it is a pretty fundamental re-design of what an SB is. It would involve a lot more than just slapping in 2GB of flash memory. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32460 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Airport Express With SB3
If I understand Patrick correctly, the cat5 cable was being used as an audio cable to connect one amp to the other, using a line level connection. Think of it as extending the SB to reach your secondary amp. Using regular (unbalanced) audio cables over distances more than 1-2 meters often results in too much interference. I think I misunderstood what you were trying to do when I replied to your post in the audiophile forum. I've never used an Airport Express, but from what I've heard from others it shouldn't cause havoc on your network. Unless I'm missing something, you would end up with two basically parallel systems: 1) Mac (running slimserver) router SB Parasound 2) Mac (running iTunes) router Airport Express NAD with the Mac being the same computer at the base of both systems. Is that about it? If I were in your situation I would think hard about trying to find someway to put control of your outside music outside, where you listen to it. That could be as crude as moving your NAD to someplace near a window and attaching another SB which you can control from poolside, or something more refined. Search the forums for some nice outdoor-based setups that people have cooked up. But if you don't mind continuing to run back into the house to manage your tunes, I would say it doesn't matter much which you choose. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do some albums only show in the music folder, and nowhere else?
Secret Squirrel;178577 Wrote: that there are many reasons the tags don't show, but I disagree that FLAC only supports ogg vorbis. Most of my music is ripped to FLAC and all of the tags are in IDEv2, as recommended in the forums. True that FLAC does allow ID3 tags, but I'm not sure where you've seen the recommendation to use ID3 tags with FLAC. As noted in the wiki, the FLAC standard only guarantees that a program will read the Vorbis comments/tags. Reading ID3 from FLAC is a crapshoot. See the section on Tag Types in the wiki, especially the paragraph no FLAC and Ogg: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToTagging -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32523 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server
barrygordon;179029 Wrote: The only major issues reported are a failure when slim server is not running on a Windows system (I feel this is a Slim Server issue as it crashes with certain CLI sequences) and an issue with displaying diacritical marks in UTF-8 Feedback appreciated. I was having crash problems on my debian-based Buffalo LinkStation, but after upgrading the perl to 5.8.8 I've got FatGooey running okay. The extended Latin characters (like c cedille) are still mucked up. I look forward to playing around with this. Pretty nice having FatGooey and the very nice slimfx skin come out within days of each other! -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32414 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I wish double-disc albums were handled differently....
Check under Server Settings Behavior Group Discs and select Treat multi-disc sets as a single album and you should be all set. If not, re-check your tags. The DISCNUMBER tag works fine for FLAC files, what format are yours in? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32614 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Most SB's Running On Your Network
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25371 Question: What is the most SBs you have had running on your network (at the same time)? - Only One - Two - Three - Four - Five - Six or Seven - Eight or Nine - Ten to Twenty - More than Twenty! 2 hardware + 1 'virtual' 1 SB3 wireless 1 SB2 wired + 1 SoftSqueeze from time-to-time -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox is great- for bitheads
wunder Wrote: I spent hours tracking down ripping, error checking, tag editing and music playback software and getting them all to work together smoothly (still not perfect, though- no album art). For any others potentially put off by the prospect of spending hours doing this, be sure to check out the very lucid Beginner's Guide on the SD wiki. You still need to spend some time learning the new software, just as you would if it were bundled and put on a CD with the SqueezeBox. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuide -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox is great- for bitheads
bpa Wrote: Can people help to put this OP's suggestion in context of competitors. What software Ripping, Tagging and Album Art software comes bundled with competitive products ? MrSinatra Wrote: those that come with music match do for example. I don't follow -- are you saying that music match competes with SB? I haven't used MM in a couple years, but last I saw it served a completely different function. Maybe a complementary function (ripping/tagging/art grabbing/playing), but not competitive. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Storage for dummys
LHawes Wrote: Since the title alluded to dummies - here goes: Will SlimServer run off one of these DiskStation/LinkStation/Qnap type NAS fellas while your main computer is turned off? Short answer: yes, provided you have slimserver installed and running on the NAS. It helps to remember that a NAS is really a small computer with very limited functions. It has a CPU, RAM, and an OS, usually just enough to join the network and run some server software, most notably Samba. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox is great- for bitheads
okay, now I follow. I thought you were saying that MM *is* the competitive product, not the software that comes with the competitive product. And indeed, the question was about what software comes with competing products, not about what competing products bundle software. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] analog ( graphical) VU meter screensavers
I'm not sure when it happened, but it seems I've lost them I figure it was one of 6.5b1 upgrades back in April or May, but I don't remember for sure. I'm currently running a pre-split scanner 6.5b1 (from around 19 May) -- have these screensavers reappeared in subsequent 6.5b1 versions? Are they in 6.3? It's a little thing, and not something that will cause me to upgrade or downgrade SS, but I do like those screensavers and was wondering if they're discontinued, or if they just temporarily disappeared in a few builds. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25473 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: analog ( graphical) VU meter screensavers
Nope, I don't see them. The only options I have are: None Now Playing Now Playing (Jump back on wake) Date Time Screensaver RSS News Ticker Weather, Date Time (via a plugin) I'm running SlimServer Version: 6.5b1 - 7461 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1. Admittedly, it's an old beta, but I haven't yet made the MySQL plunge. I did just notice that I have the VU meters when playing SqueezeNetwork -- just not with slimserver. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25473 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Storage for dummys
hughesie89 Wrote: so the one i am looking at says it features samba does that mean it will be easy for me to put slimserver on to it being a graphical user? (not understanding anything about code) also what is a good hard drive size? and any features i should look for? Most NAS boxes are closed systems, meaning that they don't make it easy for the user to install software. If you're not comfortable with working from the command line, then your best bet is one of the systems that come with slimserver already installed, like the NASs by Infrant and Qnap (with Qnap you have to get it from a reseller who handles the slimserver installation and distribution of slimserver upgrades for the device). Search the forums for Qnap, Infrant, ReadyNAS, for further info. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playing random songs in a decade
Also remember that slimserver allows the possibility of multiple values in tags, with the separator as specified under Server settings Behavior. You could create genres for 1960s, 1970s, etc. and random play within genres. For example, if the separator is a semi-colon, you could have Punk; 1970s. Alternatively, tagging rules for some formats allow for multiple tags of the same type. For FLAC Ogg you could have Genre=Punk and Genre=1970s for the same track. BUT, either of these workarounds involve considerable effort in fiddling with tags, and I really like the original suggestion of having slim figure out how to make decade groups out of existing year tags. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25503 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New adding song to playlist feature?
Husted Wrote: I hope that it only adds the selected song and not the entire album, I'll give it a try once I get home. I'm too far from my SB to try this and confirm it, but I'm pretty sure that it will add whatever is showing on the SB when you press-and-hold. If it's the specific song, you get just the song. If it's the album, you get the album. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25584 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playlist db or tags are read from where? I'm lost......
You don't say how you are looking at the information. If you make changes to filenames, file locations, directory names, etc. then you should see these changes if you use Browse Music Folder. BUT, viewed in any other way, slimserver is using metadata from tags that are part of the file. You probably created the tags when you ripped the CDs, as most configurations of EAC -- FLAC have the option of writing tags when encoding to FLAC. There are a lot of packages available for editing and managing your tags. Check out the tagging section in the SD wiki (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToTagging). On Windows I like mp3tag, which despite the name, also handles FLAC tags. If you're like most people, you'll find that almost all of the tinkering and refining you do with your music information is via the tags, and not via filenames or directories. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25694 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Analog VU meters?
It's a screensaver setting, but post back if you don't find it. Somehow my analog and digital VU meters suddenly disappeared when running an earlier build of 6.5b. Haven't figured that one out yet.. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26015 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Analog VU meters?
benh Wrote: I think it'd be neat to be able to see an analog VU meter along with the now playing information, perhaps in place of the small digital VU meter or small visualizer. You can't do this with an SB3, but you can do it with the new Transporter, which has dual screens (see www.slimdevices.com) . But it'll cost you $2000... -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26015 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Switching between SlimServer and Squeezenetwork
matt24 Wrote: Is it possible to have the following funcionality with the SB3:- snip Vote for bug/enhancement request http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26102 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Switching between SlimServer and Squeezenetwork
JJZolx Wrote: Is it just me, or does a device as intelligent as the Squeezebox connecting to a server across the Internet in order to display a bloody clock seem laughably ridiculous? Like Rube Goldberg ridiculous. Could you put any more networking devices, cables, fibre optics, and 21st century technology into the equation if you tried? And let's not forget that it's often pulling the time from an atomic clock But I guess this will just have to do, at least until SD comes out with the new sundial form factor. Question is, should the sundial be the SB or the remote? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26102 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!
inv Wrote: Well, I had to check in on you guys.. ;) Could somebody please tell me where I asked for help? My intention was to let whoever made the scan process know that it has the possibilty of freezing at 99% for hours and hours. So sorry, our mistake. In that case, follow the instructions on the tech support link on the SD home page, namely: Feel free to contact our support staff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your questions or comments. (In contrast, the forums are described on that page as The Slim Devices community has several forums where customers help each other out.) And of course, searching/filing a bug at http://bugs.slimdevices.com is also a normal way to go about informing the developers about the problems you're experiencing. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: networking novice considering switch to wired from wireless due to dropouts
The diagram you want to have in mind is a bicycle wheel, and the key little word is hub. The router is the metaphorical hub, and all the other things on your network are like spokes. So you want to have the following connections: - internet (e.g., cable or DSL modem) to the WAN port on the router - laptop to one of the LAN ports on the router - SqueezeBox to one of the other LAN ports on the router - WD network drive to another one of the LAN ports on the router Note that all of these connections are using ethernet (aka Cat5) networking cable. You do *not* want to run a wire directly from the Squeezebox to the laptop. Good luck, and post back if you are still having problems. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Percentage of Windows/Mac/Linux Slimserver downloads?
ModelCitizen Wrote: PS. I wonder whether SlimDevices realise that the MS flag icon in this page: http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html still has the alt tag Flag of Oppression? LOL! Some other little funnies in other alt tags, too. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26463 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: networking novice considering switch to wired from wireless due to dropouts
In many cases cat5 installations doesn't require an electrician's expertise, but does require painting/plastering skills and patience to fish the lines. As an alternative, you might look into powerline ethernet adapters, which have been discussed recently in several threads in the forums. They use the electrical wiring in your house as network cabling, and by almost all reports they work very well. In the area where I live they are much cheaper than having an electrician come to run cat5, unless for some reason you already have the walls open. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: analog ( graphical) VU meter screensavers
Doh!! I hadn't realized that the VU meters were part of the Visualizer plugin, which I had turned off. All is well now. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25473 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ethernet over power question
Sounds like you're a good candidate for powerline ethernet. Connect one to the router, and another one to your listening room. And rather than connecting the qnap directly to the SB3, connect each of them (the qnap and the SB3) to your LAN separately. The Netgear XE-104 powerline adapters have built-in 4-port switches, which is basically what you need. Or you could get a plain powerline adapter and buy a separate 4-port switch for about US$10. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26508 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Change the order when browsing artwork?
I like the way the sorting artwork/list format are implemented in 6.5. It's pretty slick on the default and handheld skins (haven't tried Fishbone lately). But I was surprised that the Nokia770 skin doesn't seem to follow the same model. I've skimmed and searched the forums and haven't found whether the Nokia skin is eventually going in that direction or not. Or is it already implemented and I'm just missing something obvious? FYI, I'm running 6.5b1 - 9034 - Debian - EN - utf8. Thanks! -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26444 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Ben: Thanks for all your work on this skin -- it's great even without a 770. Sorry if this has already come up, but here's a feature request that I haven't found when skimming this thread. Several of my albums don't have album art yet, so when I browse by album art (configured to show placeholders) it shows the file folder silhouette with a big question mark. Would it be possible to also show a popup with the album info when one mouses over the placeholder, the same way that the default and handheld skins do? That would be a very nice touch. And again, sorry if it's already in this thread and I've missed it, but what are the three numbers in the lower left corner? Mine usually say 0,0,0. This is slimserver 6.5b1 - 9034 - Debian - EN - utf8, viewed using Firefox in WinXP. Thanks! -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Thanks slimpy. I had disabled library statistics because I had read that doing so would lighten the load on my slimserver, which runs on an underpowered NAS. And yes, the tooltip-like popup doesn't make any sense for a touchscreen device -- I'll just have to fill in that artwork. dangerous_dom: I'm just using a web browser. Firefox on a ThinkPad to be specific. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ethernet over power question
I'm not sure about your first 2 questions, but for the latter 2: - You're not limited to pairs. Each one is just another ethernet jack on your LAN, just like the 4 ports on your router. - It sounds like a switch is all you need. You don't need to physically move the printer, you can plug it (or anything) into the switch just as well. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26508 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Newbie problem with installing SlimServer on Linkstation
What do you get when you type: which perl Followed by: ls -l [then insert the path and filename that the previous command gave you] -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21385 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Dumb networking question
You could try putting in the local/private IP of your router when it asks for the DNS. That works sometimes. If not, the ISP should be able to tell you the IP for their DNS servers. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26751 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: RadioTime Feature is a Winner!
NY2006;131318 Wrote: Please explain why wouldn't you want to use 6.5 Beta ? Because some people would rather use a stable version than one that still has known bugs that are being worked out. Some have to have the latest features, others are happy to wait until the dust settles: vive la difference! -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26738 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Newbie problem with installing SlimServer on Linkstation
Did you run /mnt/slimserver/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl? If so, did it run okay? It is a script that builds the perl modules that you need -- these aren't pre-built for the Linkstation. You don't need MySQL to run slimserver 6.2 or 6.3; MySQL is only required for versions of 6.5 released since mid-May. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21385 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I Just Want My Music
Sorry if I'm rehashing the obvious, but have you already contacted Slim tech support via email or phone? It's perfectly reasonable to want to get them to walk you through it, but your chances of success are much better by contacting them directly instead of through the forums. Hope you get it sorted out. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26790 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it bklaas;131786 Wrote: With help from KDF this is now fixed. Checked in 8/28 and will show up in 8/29 daily build. Excelente! Thanks. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: FLAC Gaps with Sync'ed players
It's easy to *tell* the SBs to sync, but it seems that sync'ing performance is highly variable. Some report it does fine, others report lousy results, and some (like me) report both. It depends on a lot of factors, and in my case I suspect that the problems have more to do with my home network than it is my SBs or slimserver. But I haven't completely ruled out the SBs or slimserver yet, or for that matter, the phase of the moon . Having wired connections and using one of SBs native formats certainly increases your odds of being able to sync okay. But even in perfect conditions, you're not likely to get gapless and sync'ing with the current software and hardware. That's because the streams tend to diverge, and slimserver re-syncs at track changes. For the same reason, forget about sync'ing internet radio. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS - Multiple Squeezebox's
I've run 2 SqueezeBoxes plus SoftSqueeze on a LinkStation HG, which has more RAM and a faster processor than the MIPS versions. Most of my collection is FLAC. Synchronization is hit or miss, depending as much on overall network traffic as on the power of the NAS (e.g., sync'ing often improves if I switch off non-slimserver computers with wireless connections). I would bet it could support 4-5 SBs as long as they were separate streams. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26808 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgrade to 6.5
Also note that some plugins have been substantially re-written for 6.5 (e.g., LastFM and SlimScrobbler). If that applies to any of your plugins, you'll need to download and install the new versions. And make sure you backup your slimserver preferences file just in case. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What's your MP3 workflow?
- Rip to FLAC via EAC (including basic clean up of freedb tags -- been meaning to try MusicBrainz instead) - Grab album art (usually Amazon or allmusic.com) - Run apply_replaygain.pl - Use mp3tag to set Artistsort, plus any remaining clean up of FLAC tags - Copy over to debianized LinkStation that runs slimserver - Run flac2mp3.pl to generate MP3s for laptop MuVo - Use foobar2000 to set replaygain on MP3s - Use mp3tag to embed album art and clean up any mp3 tags - Copy MP3s to laptop music directory, and read into iTunes - Copy MP3s to mp3 folder on LinkStation - Every so often backup LinkStation to external USB hard drive -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26804 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What's your MP3 workflow?
Yeah, maybe some of us need to get out more often. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26804 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linkstation Shut Down
I don't know about attaching a remote control, but for shutdown via telnet (actually ssh) I usually use: shutdown -h now -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26860 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linkstation Shut Down
Patrick Dixon;132521 Wrote: I think it's possible to do this using kdf's execute plugin. You can then use wake-on-lan (does the Linkstation support this?) to start it up again. That's the way it should work, but to the best of my knowledge no LinkStations support WOL. I blame Bush ;o) -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26860 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
jimwillsher;133056 Wrote: 1) Better UI. There's simply no quick way to move a track 15 places up/down a playlist, other than to click the arrow, wait for refresh, click the arrow, wait for refresh, click the arrow etc. etc. Surely there's some scope for drag 'n' drop functionality? Most browsers provide some level of support for this now, That's it! Those two would transform my SB3 dramatically. Then check out the ExBrowse3 plugin, which has supported drag-and-drop in the playlist at least since version 6.2. I'm not sure if it's being kept current with version 6.5, and it would be nice if other skins supported dd, but in the interim it might help. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Lacking feature
It's still not clear to me what you didn't like about the NAS solution that was suggested in post #7 in this thread (almost a year ago). I'm not sure, but I expect you can connect the NAS directly to the SB with a crossover cable. And now there are several NASs with vendor support for slimserver. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17083 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox for me - Softsqueeze for the neighbours
I would think the simplest solution would be for them to run their own instance of slimserver (presumably on the same computer that is running SoftSqueeze), and point it at your networked music library. That could run into throughput issues, but might be worth a try. Question: If you password protect slimserver, can the neighbors still try to use SoftSqueeze to sync with the SB? If so, that could cause problems, as sometimes slimserver fumbles at the beginning of tracks when sync'ing players. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Lacking feature
I figure that most/many non tech savvy people are happy shuffling CDs or using an iPod + docking station. What really pushed me to SB (and looking at similar devices such as Roku, Sonos, Streamium, Airport Express, etc.) is wanting to have my whole CD collection available in multiple places. You can't get that with your standalone solution, so I suppose that's not a big factor for you. Have you looked at the Olive line? It costs a lot more than a NAS + SB, but otherwise it sounds like what you're looking for. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17083 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: lossless music downloads
It doesn't have published CDs, but there is some great music in flac at the internet archive ([url]www.archive.org[/org]). Mostly bands you've never heard of, but quite a few gems. The quality of the live recordings varies a lot, but some are better than what a lot of bands release on CD. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Lacking feature
JJZolx;134678 Wrote: There are no additional solutions. The design of the Squeezebox _requires_ a computer to drive it. It sounds like you went searching for something and somehow found a solution that was 180 degrees the opposite of what you desire. Exactly. In the original post Raptus noted ...client-server architecture it simply doesn't do the trick for me. In that case, a slim client (from _Slim_ Devices or anyone else) will never fit the bill. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17083 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
jeffluckett;135172 Wrote: ...or at the very least, be able to edit the playlist position by entering a number. Similar to the way you can re-order your queue at Netflix. I realize drag/drop can be a bit of a challenge since it requires some fancy DHTML and probably AJAX. FTR, dragdrop re-ordering of the playlist works quite well in the pre-6.5 versions of the ExBrowse3 skin, so it shouldn't be a huge technical hurdle. Unfortunately, updating of ExBrowse3 for 6.5 has been lagging. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album art via CDDB on the fly?
Patrick Dixon;135662 Wrote: I've used Victor's Album Art program quite a bit, and I have to say it's very good. What format are your music files? Victor's page states that it hasn't been tested much with FLAC, which is most of what my library is. Thanks. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26996 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album art via CDDB on the fly?
Great, I'll give it a try. Wish I'd known about it several months ago -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26996 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimGhost maybe more appropriate.....
If you're looking for assistance then you'll have to supply more information than that. Things like slimserver version, platform, how many tracks you really have in the relevant directories, how many slimserver is reporting, etc. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote screen view
@tomjtx: Did you mean the Sonos remote? I never noticed it before, but at the Olive web site there's no sign of any remote, which I find odd. Anyway, in addition to wr420's suggestions, you can also use a wifi-capable PDA or web-tablet like the Nokia770 to see your library and control the SB. There are skins specially developed for these devices, plus the slimremote app for PDAs. too busy making out to get up to read SB but not too busy to read a macbook or remote? Nah, I won't go there g -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27372 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
d_anders;135998 Wrote: POINT: Squeezebox needs to become a full portable media player with it's own storage. I love the interface. It should also work on it's own internal storage without having to stream from PC, NAS, or Squeezenetwork. Sorry if I'm being dense here, but what do you have in mind for the output? If it's portable (battery powered and all) then are you thinking headphones? If so, what's the major advantage you see over existing personal players like Sansa, Rio, or those pod things? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
bklaas;136166 Wrote: Anyone know why you can't use gallery view when browsing by artist? It's a bit counter-intuitive, especially at first, but if you start browsing by album there's a drop down menu that let's you select sort order. There's various combinations of artist, album, year, and genre -- including the ever-popular artist/year. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
The Olive units have been discussed in the forums before, including posts by 1 or 2 former Olive users. Do a search and you'll find them. The overall sentiment seemed to be overpriced and a system that is overly closed: it's said that you can't even make a backup of the Olive hard drive, except with some proprietary Olive format. I haven't heard anything about the Escient products. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: crumblist issue when sorting by artist, album
Yes, it's a known bug. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3255 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27434 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Where can I download SlimScrobbler V0.35?
If I recall correctly, the developer was waiting for the official release of SS 6.5 before doing an official release of slimscrobbler 0.35. If you can wait a little, the official SS 6.5 is supposed to be out next week. If you want to get it right now, you can get slimscrobber 0.35 from the CVS at sourceforge.net. If you don't use CVS, you can get the files individually from http://slimscrobbler.cvs.sourceforge.net/slimscrobbler/SlimScrobbler/ Note that if you go this route you will probably have to download several files separately, and re-construct the slimscrobbler directory tree on your slimserver installation. There might be an easier way, but that's how I ended up doing it a few weeks ago. If all of that is off-putting, then just wait a few days. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27439 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album/artist sorting issue in 6.5
My understanding of the dropdown is that it is only for the sort order, not for the display of each entry. And indeed, that's what you're getting, except for the Various Artists issue, which I think is a registered bug (but I'd have to check). You might be able change the listing Artist - Album by changing the display options under Player Settings. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27438 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
