[slim] Re: SlimServer will not start

2005-09-25 Thread TinkerMan
Check out this thread, it may be of use. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16473 -- TinkerMan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Server hangs on radio play

2005-09-25 Thread windy
I'm running latest 6.2 nightly build (25/9) on WinXP. A fresh install, no extras added. When I tried to play radio stream: mms://sr-wm.qbrick.com/02038_p3-wm-High I get the error message below and slimserver hangs forever. -- D:\Program

[slim] Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread DrNic
Hi Thanks to my lovely little 2 year daughter, I now have a broken aerial (Wi-Fi!) on the back of my SB1!! It still works (slightly lower signal strength as its too poorly to stand upright now) but of course it would be nice to have a healthy one again!! Does anyone know where I can source a

Re: [slim] Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread Michael Herger
Or do the Slim boys have any spares for me? Of course they do: https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/upgrades.cgi USD 7.50 -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/)

[slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread Fifer
That's handy. I just noticed case and hardware for $29. I'd quite like to buy a black case for my Platinum SB2. Are they available in the UK? -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution

2005-09-25 Thread corwin
Not to take any wind from Ultra's sails (no pun intended) - The Infrant 600 NAS server (up to 1.6 TB, hardware RAID) will run slimserver. I needed something sooner than was coming from Ultra, and the Infrant fit the bill. Chris -- corwin ___

[slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread DrNic
mherger Wrote: Or do the Slim boys have any spares for me? Of course they do: https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/upgrades.cgi USD 7.50 -- Michael (http://www.herger.net/slim/) Thanks Michael Perhaps I should have added that I am in the UK. Looking at the Slim shipping

Re: [slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread Robin Bowes
DrNic said the following on 25/09/2005 13:07: Perhaps I should have added that I am in the UK. Looking at the Slim shipping policy (well UPS's) this $7.5 aerial would end up costing considerably more by the time it got to me!! Is this aerial just a standard 2.2 / 3 dB gain jobby? Their UK

[slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread max . spicer
Where on earth did they get that picture from? She's not even holding a Slim remote! I think we should have a picture of Sean in exactly the same pose with a real remote. ;-) Max PS I've never seen a picture of Sean. This would work best if he has a beard and a large beer gut. :-)

[slim] Promotion possibilities?

2005-09-25 Thread max . spicer
Is there anything after Senior Member? If people post serious numbers of messages, do they get to be a Minor Deity or Ponymeister or something? Hmm, I wonder: while (1) autoPost(); :-) Max -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and

Re: [slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread Michael Herger
Where on earth did they get that picture from? She's not even holding a Slim remote! I think this is a stock picture from some image library. Or how do you explain this (see left column, was läuft?): http://www.ard.de/ -- Michael

[slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!

2005-09-25 Thread DrNic
Robin Bowes Wrote: DrNic said the following on 25/09/2005 13:07: Perhaps I should have added that I am in the UK. Looking at the Slim shipping policy (well UPS's) this $7.5 aerial would end up costing considerably more by the time it got to me!! Is this aerial just a standard 2.2 / 3

[slim] Re: Promotion possibilities?

2005-09-25 Thread DrNic
I think the next step up is NOT a Slimdevices employee like KDF!! :) Nic -- DrNic ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Can someone please try this? Cannot add more than a few podcasts, RSS feeds

2005-09-25 Thread pcumming
Can anyone duplicate or confirm this issue for me. I have a Squeeze Box 2 and Slimserver loaded on a high powered PC with plenty of memory. Tried it on 2 PC's actually running Windows XP. No strange software running in background. All Change buttons will freeze after I try to enter perhaps more

[slim] 6pin - 4pin Firewire/1394 cable???

2005-09-25 Thread oli
Hi all Looking to bolster the meagre (40gb) storage on my Dell Inspiron 5150 in preparation for an SB2, and the Maxtor One Touch II 300gb external USB/Firewire looks good. However, both my USB ports are already in use, so I'd like to use my 1394 port. I think it is a 4 pin input (how can I

[slim] Re: OT: Power line network adaptors (was: Okay, maybeit's time to call it a day...)

2005-09-25 Thread Michaelwagner
I never knew this before, but it seems to be true that at least some hospitals run on 207V. I found mention of it in several articles after searching in Google. Hospitals have special designated outlets in each room, coloured differently, that survive power failures. About the only clue I could

[slim] Re: 6pin - 4pin Firewire/1394 cable???

2005-09-25 Thread DrNic
Don't worry about it too much! Laptops generally have the smaller (4 pin) firewire ports, whereas desktops and add on cards have the 6 pin jobbies! AFAIK the 4 pin connectors can't/don't supply power to the device (ie your iPod wouldn't charge) but that won't be an issue for the hard drive as it

[slim] Re: 6pin - 4pin Firewire/1394 cable???

2005-09-25 Thread DJanGo
Hi, i plugged my LaCie Big Drive also on my JVC Subnotebook and it works perfectly, cause the Drive has its own Power Supply. btw. you can also use a USB Extenderbox -- DJanGo Gruss Jan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Windows Playlist Manager

2005-09-25 Thread Stephen Nesbitt
All: I find generating/maintaining playlists through the web interface rather painful. Would anyone recommend a Windows based playlist manager? Open source preferred. Thanks! -steve ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: OT: Power line network adaptors (was: Okay, maybeit's time to call it a day...)

2005-09-25 Thread MrC
PAUL WILLIAMSON Wrote: As for power supply standards, try figuring out why hospitals (and a select few other businesses) get 207V. I have absolutely no idea why, but they do. Most larger businesses run higher 240 voltages, because they use 3-phase power. 3-phase is far more efficient for

[slim] Re: Promotion possibilities?

2005-09-25 Thread MrC
You get two gold stars on your report card, and a paper-cutout good posture award. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Promotion possibilities?

2005-09-25 Thread max . spicer
That would be excellent. I could put them next to my treasured Fire Awareness Training and Quality Assurance Training certificates at work! ;-) Max MrC Wrote: You get two gold stars on your report card, and a paper-cutout good posture award. -- max.spicer The wild things roared their

[slim] Re: Windows Playlist Manager

2005-09-25 Thread gandt
Well the obvious non open source solution is itunes which is especially good at smart playlists and with which slimserver works exceptionally well. -- gandt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: OT: Power line network adaptors (was: Okay, maybeit's time to call it a day...)

2005-09-25 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 09:19 -0700, MrC wrote: PAUL WILLIAMSON Wrote: As for power supply standards, try figuring out why hospitals (and a select few other businesses) get 207V. I have absolutely no idea why, but they do. Most larger businesses run higher 240 voltages, because they

[slim] Re: OT: Power line network adaptors (was: Okay, maybeit's time to call it a day...)

2005-09-25 Thread MrC
Oops, yes, I should have written 208v vs. 240. Thanks for the correction. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Displaying album artwork only partially works

2005-09-25 Thread DrNic
Nico Did you ever get to the bottome of this?? Is it working properly for you now? I'm ashamed to admit it, but on my slimserver (ah hem - 5.3.1!) I have exactly the same problem! Embedded artwork *and* cover.jpg files in the folder of MP3's are displayed, but cover.jpg in FLAC folders do not

Re: [slim] Re: Displaying album artwork only partially works

2005-09-25 Thread kdf
On 25-Sep-05, at 10:56 AM, DrNic wrote: Nico Did you ever get to the bottome of this?? Is it working properly for you now? I'm ashamed to admit it, but on my slimserver (ah hem - 5.3.1!) I have exactly the same problem! Embedded artwork *and* cover.jpg files in the folder of MP3's are

[slim] Re: Squeezebox firmware update using Sony remote

2005-09-25 Thread Dave Edwards
Just to let everyone know - I have managed to get the firmware upgrade procedure to work with a Pronto learning remote. I was originally using the JVC code for brightness and this did not trigger the firmware upgrade. I have now programmed a new button with the learned code for brightness

[slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution

2005-09-25 Thread hifijames
Will it be terribly difficult for SlimDevices to integrate a HDD in SB2 and make it SB3? Just curious. -- hifijames ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: CLI crashing slimserver (6.1.1 + 6.2 nightlies)

2005-09-25 Thread hardhead
Upgrading the perl 5.8.7 fixed this problem for me. -- hardhead ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Windows Playlist Manager

2005-09-25 Thread radish
Winamp? *this space filled to satisfy the short message filter* -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Displaying album artwork only partially works

2005-09-25 Thread DrNic
kdf Wrote: On 25-Sep-05, at 10:56 AM, DrNic wrote: [color=blue] i've got about 70% of my collection as FLAC, and all my artwork is cover.jpg in folders. I'm seeing art just fine, but I also can't say I can think of a time when I did not (at least specifically for FLAC). d_artwork

[slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution

2005-09-25 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/25/05 2:44 PM Will it be terribly difficult for SlimDevices to integrate a HDD in SB2 and make it SB3? Just curious. Ugh, I'd hate that. Go get a ReadyNAS and make a new case. I'd rather see the SB3 have a larger VFD, like 2x as big as the current one, or have

Re: [slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution

2005-09-25 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 11:44 -0700, hifijames wrote: Will it be terribly difficult for SlimDevices to integrate a HDD in SB2 and make it SB3? Just curious. Hard? probably not. Desirable? not to me. First, it wouldn't be slim anymore. and I don't want noisey stuff like disks and computers in my

Re: [slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution

2005-09-25 Thread Michael Herger
Will it be terribly difficult for SlimDevices to integrate a HDD in SB2 and make it SB3? Just curious. This would not only need a HD, but a fast processer, RAM, an OS - a PC inside the SB2. And the OS would have to be supported, too. Not something I'd expect to become reality. -- Michael

[slim] Re: Windows Playlist Manager

2005-09-25 Thread ceejay
foobar2000 ? Ceejay. -- ceejay ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] KCRW simulcast change

2005-09-25 Thread Michael Amster
Looks like the KCRW simulcast feed in the SlimDevices picks may be pointing to an old URL. I think the new one is: File1=http://64.236.34.97:80/stream/1046 Length1=-1 File2=http://64.236.34.67:80/stream/1046 Length2=-1 File3=http://64.236.34.4:80/stream/1046 Length3=-1

Re: [slim] Buffered commands driving me crazy

2005-09-25 Thread John Gorst
GreenMan wrote: I like my SB2, but sometimes I find that I start pushing buttons on the remote to navigate the SB2 menus, and nothing happens. Then 10-15 seconds later, all the navigation I did starts suddenly happening in rapid succession. Has this been noticed/reported? A similar thing

Re: [slim] Buffered commands driving me crazy

2005-09-25 Thread Ben Sandee
On 9/25/05, John Gorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GreenMan wrote:Any idea what even can be occurring around about every minute?I think the default refresh interval for the MusicMagic plugin is 60 seconds. I would set the MM interval higher to see if it helps. I set mine to 3600. Could be related?

[slim] Re: Server hangs on radio play

2005-09-25 Thread windy
Anyone? I have mplayer and lame and the windows codecs for AlienBBC installed if that could make a difference? -- windy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss