Re: [slim] Can't Connect To Retrieve Internet Radio Playlist ??

2007-08-09 Thread snarlydwarf
dress.." So the SB itself needs to be able to get online. Can you connect to Squeezenetwork? I bet not. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View th

Re: [slim] Editing playlists

2007-08-14 Thread snarlydwarf
Slimfx is buried in http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32422 It's technically a "theme" or skin, not a plugin, since it really runs in the browser's flash interpreter. -- snarlydwarf s

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox 3 using Wildstring?

2007-08-16 Thread snarlydwarf
Easy to do with Erland's SqlPlayList. (And sooo much more.) Get TrackStat, SQLPlaylist and DynamicPlaylist from Erland's site: http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer_Plugins Very highly recommended. -- s

Re: [slim] help !

2007-08-17 Thread snarlydwarf
dly I have a lot more drives scattered around, but Paranoia is good, especially since backup drives are cheap.) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 V

Re: [slim] Winamp flac playback problems

2007-08-17 Thread snarlydwarf
pecially if you are using the max > compression setting. So you are saying that flake is... flakey? (Sorry, long day and I couldn't resist.) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze --->ssh client--->ssh server/slimserver

2007-08-17 Thread snarlydwarf
;localhost' not 127.0.0.1 in the server name tab. Other than that it just worked. (Well and the ssh command line is icky.. but whatever.) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [slim] SB3 developed a firmware problem ?

2007-08-18 Thread snarlydwarf
Unplug the squeezebox, count to 3 (because I am superstitious), plug it back in, and hold the ADD button on the remote. That will reset it to factory defaults. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile:

Re: [slim] Opinion: which is the best OS to run SlimServer?

2007-08-20 Thread snarlydwarf
mmand line, then a Unix box of some sort is really ideal. No need to have a GUI and associated memory usage; easy to bury the box in a cabinet and not worry, etc Which distribution depends pretty much on religion and what your pizza-and-beer bribable friends run. -- s

Re: [slim] Big Problem with Slimserver 6.5.4

2007-08-20 Thread snarlydwarf
In Server Settings, File Types, click of the WMA -> WMA (built-in) and make sure the WMA -> FLAC or WAV is checked. If that worked, you ripped things using Microsoft's "WMAPro" codec. -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Library scan problems

2007-08-21 Thread snarlydwarf
album, but I think I'll just have to > live with that for now. That should be easy as well... what format are these, and what sort of directory structure are you using? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: h

Re: [slim] Library scan problems

2007-08-21 Thread snarlydwarf
li Peppers merger...) Are you using iTunes or MusicIP? Is the iTunes-TCMP tag being set at all? The clue may be in the tags for those two albums and why on earth they get linked together. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf'

Re: [slim] Library scan problems

2007-08-21 Thread snarlydwarf
s it!" and implies "this is a various artists releases" which may confuse Slimserver on single artist releases with the same name... -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

Re: [slim] Network capability question

2007-08-23 Thread snarlydwarf
several people running windows2003 server... you could download the software, install it, and play with it from a laptop or another machine to see how well it works. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://fo

Re: [slim] Player PIN unavailable

2007-08-23 Thread snarlydwarf
The PIN is only on Squeezenetwork, it should be under Settings on the SN menus. It does not show up on a local slimserver. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179

Re: [slim] Internet Radio - SLimServer - URL entered manually

2007-08-26 Thread snarlydwarf
bpa, your first url got truncated. But, yes, this works fine for me, too: http://icecast1.cbcradio3.com/r3.m3u I found it by clicking the "mp3" link on the flash player, and having XMMS tell me what it was playing. -- s

Re: [slim] Album View Never Displays

2007-08-27 Thread snarlydwarf
imServer\server\CPAN/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm line 771. > > The error is "Can't create/write to file 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\#sql_17c4_0.MYD" The most common reason for failing to write to a Mysql file is ... you

Re: [slim] SlimServer refuses to play certain mp3s...

2007-08-28 Thread snarlydwarf
uot; not "executable") -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37070

Re: [slim] Why no buttons?

2007-08-28 Thread snarlydwarf
My TV has no buttons. (Well it has a power switch, but that is god-knows-where on the back...) As for Dynamic Playlist, yes, look at Erland's collection of plugins. Use Trackstat, SQLPlaylist and DynamicPlaylist and you should have what you want. -- snarly

Re: [slim] Radio streams using local Slim Server

2007-09-03 Thread snarlydwarf
n Erland's plugins I can't use ss7 yet. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Scanner Crashes (6.5.4) and no thumbnails

2007-09-07 Thread snarlydwarf
Can you convince your AV software to not mess with .MYD files? Most AV packages allow for "excluded file types" -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 V

Re: [slim] Now look what you all have done!

2007-09-09 Thread snarlydwarf
Ah but you havent seen the real evil... the SB is cheap compared to what your CD budget will soon be. It changes how you listen to music enough to make you want to throw buckets of money at CD vendors... -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] WMA radio not streaming

2007-09-10 Thread snarlydwarf
WMA is a variety of things: there are multiple codecs that all fall under the WMA name. Some of these are not supported. The most common would be WMA-Lossless and there is a WMA-Speech codec (designed for compressing speech). -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Buy SB3 or wait?

2007-09-10 Thread snarlydwarf
next day/week/month/year or multiples thereof?" If so, I buy it. If the SB does what you want, then go for it. If not, then don't. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

Re: [slim] SlimServer access on another PC

2007-09-13 Thread snarlydwarf
t: you will need to use the proper IP of the machine, or with Windows machines, the -name- of the machine usually works. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 Vi

Re: [slim] Vanishing thread

2007-09-19 Thread snarlydwarf
It's completely offtopic here. Even moreso than the usual stuff. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

Re: [slim] Multiple-disc sets in separate folders

2007-09-20 Thread snarlydwarf
hey are a Various Artists release? I have albums that are Various Artists and span multiple discs: but these require being filed correctly by directory. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Problems with Internet radio

2007-09-20 Thread snarlydwarf
Sounds like a DNS issue. No clue why you would have problems with radiotime but not lastfm, since both use DNS. (ie, it can't convert opml.radiotime.com to an IP: "Couldn't resolve IP address for: opml.radiotime.com"

Re: [slim] router problems

2007-09-24 Thread snarlydwarf
The SB1 doesn't support WPA, so you will need to use WEP on your router. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Amazon MP3 store beta

2007-09-26 Thread snarlydwarf
There are also links to "Buy this as mp3!" from album pages. Almost bought Liquid Tension Experiment, but alas, they are missing two tracks from the mp3 download for some reason. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] how to arrange album art and so on...

2007-10-03 Thread snarlydwarf
is yours. Just whatever you do, you have to be consisent, but that is the fun of tagging things correctly and there is really no way any software is going to be consistent without your input. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf'

Re: [slim] Wireless SB3 keeps crashing

2007-10-03 Thread snarlydwarf
I wouldn't blame the router or wireless: wired ethernet is pretty well understood and router makers would have to work hard to screw it up to make things break, and since it is the same on an SB2 and SB3, I wouldn't expect a compatability proble

Re: [slim] Artist sorting works like crap

2007-10-04 Thread snarlydwarf
sn't really workable: since it doesn't try anything clever anyway (or you would have horrible things like "King Crimson" sorting in the C's), it knows what it knows based on your tags. Stop telling it that "David Bowie" should be sorted as "Bowi

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

2007-10-05 Thread snarlydwarf
etting what you paid for... but at least keep the blame in the right place. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this threa

Re: [slim] Help with this windows media stream

2007-10-08 Thread snarlydwarf
t using http as a transport. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showt

Re: [slim] Slimserver grouping album by disk

2007-10-10 Thread snarlydwarf
ic library. Choose Treat multi-disc sets as a single album. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [slim] Slimserver grouping album by disk

2007-10-10 Thread snarlydwarf
ot; isn't going to explain why. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Slimserver grouping album by disk

2007-10-10 Thread snarlydwarf
rtist=Bob Dylan comment[15]: DATE=1994-00-00 comment[16]: TRACKNUMBER=1 comment[17]: Album=The Genuine Bootleg Series, Volume 1 comment[18]: DISCNUMBER=3 -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] horrible wireless network fallback mechanisms (general criticism)

2007-10-18 Thread snarlydwarf
ets much more complex in a huge building since you have not only next door neighbors but also above and below... Between that mess, all the other junk on 2.4G (phones, microwaves, baby monitors...) it is amazing it

Re: [slim] New Nokia Internet Tablet Nokia N810

2007-10-19 Thread snarlydwarf
the external GPS for the N800 or even a standalone GPS). -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showt

Re: [slim] Can I Use Other Catalog Software?

2007-10-23 Thread snarlydwarf
o a second sound card. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39597 __

Re: [slim] Can I Use Other Catalog Software?

2007-10-23 Thread snarlydwarf
stening room?) to start playing songs? Why would Slim/Logitech make a device that required you to keep a noisy machine in your living room so that you could control a music player? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: h

Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-24 Thread snarlydwarf
nor any prior purchased files, and refusing to work even with other products from the same company let alone others. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View thi

Re: [slim] Can I Use Other Catalog Software?

2007-10-24 Thread snarlydwarf
handle anything more than Artist/Track/Album. Genre, Year, Composer, Band are very useful for some collections and trying to get those all crammed into path/file would be icky. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: ht

Re: [slim] Wireless Strength vs Network Test

2007-10-29 Thread snarlydwarf
, HTTP, SMB, whatever. Try to minimize wireless hops so devices don't have to wait for the network to be available). But, again, Signal Strength by itself is a meaningless number. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf'

Re: [slim] help with script to scrape album year data

2007-10-29 Thread snarlydwarf
Musicbrainz often has that information, the catch is you may not agreee with their definition of release date. (ie, re-issues and remasters are supposed to get a new release date...) Allmusic.com may also have it, but they want a license signed before using their data. -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] amazon mp3 problem

2007-10-30 Thread snarlydwarf
Permissions on the files? (ie, does the Slimserver user have permissions to read them...) I downloaded an album from Amazon and it worked fine. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Squeezebox or Soundbridge ???

2007-10-30 Thread snarlydwarf
It does less? News to me... It also sounds better, since it doesn't resample everything. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this th

Re: [slim] Squeezebox or Soundbridge ???

2007-10-30 Thread snarlydwarf
urce so you are free to fork it if for some reason you get mad at them for parking funny or something. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 Vi

Re: [slim] Squeezebox or Soundbridge ???

2007-10-30 Thread snarlydwarf
And more little "we cut corners" things: M1001: 280x16 VFD (4480 pixels) SB3: 320x32 grayscale pixels (10240 pixels). No wonder the display looks so icky in the Soundbridge pics. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Squeezebox or Soundbridge ???

2007-10-30 Thread snarlydwarf
l.. run Slimserver on both, and hold the left arrow to choose which server. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3978

Re: [slim] Squeezebox or Soundbridge ???

2007-10-30 Thread snarlydwarf
ibrary plugin. (Plugins are a -huge- advantage to SlimServer... and again, Roku only kind-of-sort-of supports SlimServer with the Soundbridge and even that is with an ancient version of SlimServer. So, no, plugins may or not work with the Soundbridge.) -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year?

2007-11-01 Thread snarlydwarf
In SC7, yes. There is a little "Sort by" with a choice of Album / Year, Album / Year, Artist, Album / etc at the top of the browse page. "Year, Album" would probably be what you want. -- snarlydwarf --

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year?

2007-11-01 Thread snarlydwarf
SqueezeCenter 7.0, presently beta. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Couple weird things w/ my SB3

2007-11-01 Thread snarlydwarf
Check to make sure the SB didnt get confused about its own MAC address. (Ie, it should start with 00:04:20. If it gets confused, it will almost always lose that part.) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile:

Re: [slim] SlimServer/SB3 stuck on "Stopped"

2007-11-05 Thread snarlydwarf
missions on any directory "above" your music directory could break things, as well as running the server under a different userid than before. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Time to see how SlimD's customer sevice is...

2007-11-06 Thread snarlydwarf
have been repaired six months ago? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthre

Re: [slim] Mediacom Modem Stepping on My Slimserver Network Browser Page

2007-11-07 Thread snarlydwarf
Did you used to use a router between your modem and the PC? Did the tech remove it? Put it back in, though you will probably have to set it to use the same MAC address on the cable address as the PC the tech used to set things up or go through their authorization process. -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] the future?

2007-11-09 Thread snarlydwarf
SB-Boombox.. the Jive would be more useful. And even nice while mowing the lawn. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this t

Re: [slim] the future?

2007-11-09 Thread snarlydwarf
rs" vs "how fast can I acquire music" So far, I am well ahead of the flash and HD manufacturers. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: ht

Re: [slim] the future?

2007-11-09 Thread snarlydwarf
ne > jack. will it also have a color screen? will it have any onboard > storage? bluetooth? yes, yes, no. (bluetooth is dumb when you have 802.11g... unless you like being borged with bluetooth phone headsets all day... I can deal with a headphone cable.) -- snarlydwarf --

Re: [slim] the future?

2007-11-09 Thread snarlydwarf
e you cited stated. You know, the one you now say to ignore because you really meant something else... > > i know, i was just saying that in general. its just that a SB is > obsolete or will be soon, given the facts. > In general everything will be obsolete.

Re: [slim] the future?

2007-11-09 Thread snarlydwarf
facts" You didn't. Yes, I am such an ass. I expect people to say what they mean and mean what they say: if you really MEANT "here is a product" then why not SAY that instead of pointing to an article that you the

Re: [slim] the future?

2007-11-09 Thread snarlydwarf
it doesn't. It talks about a walkman transmitting to your stereo wirelessly... just like the article you cited.... I can read quite well, actually... can you? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http:/

Re: [slim] Two Players -- One Stream ?

2007-11-11 Thread snarlydwarf
It's actually an old feature. SC7 has better syncing, though (ie they will track a lot closer to each other). -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View t

Re: [slim] Suggested modification to Fishbone Skin

2007-11-12 Thread snarlydwarf
Cape11;242207 Wrote: > And then again, why display an image? What is needed is a display of > text. So why not allow the presentation of .txt files as the second > image? Why not just use the LYRICS tag, which works fine? (USLT on mp3, but LYRICS on Flac...) -- sn

Re: [slim] Suggested modification to Fishbone Skin

2007-11-13 Thread snarlydwarf
Cape11;242416 Wrote: > SnarlyDwarf: ah yes, I think I begin to see your point. I've just > downloaded Tag&Rename (3.3.5) on trial and I can now see the Lyrics > tag. And yes, it's very useful, especially as this tag remains 'fixed' > to the main flac fil

Re: [slim] Suggested modification to Fishbone Skin

2007-11-13 Thread snarlydwarf
y the lyrics track by track? I'm stuck on that. Click on the track name on the right hand pane, that will bring up the Song Info on the left hand pane, which will have all the usual info including lyrics. -- snarlydwarf ---

Re: [slim] Squeezebox v1, v2 and v3 comparison

2007-11-16 Thread snarlydwarf
ueezenetwork support, etc). If you're as paranoid about misrepresentation (either deliberate or "it looks just like that picture!" mistakes), just get an SB3. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://

Re: [slim] The Squeezebox finally made it to Fry's

2007-11-16 Thread snarlydwarf
seanadams;243281 Wrote: > Too bad there isn't a numerical spec for usability. 1) Remove TV/etc from listening area. 2) Determine mass of listener 3) Measure butt imprint on the couch. 4) After various intervals, re-measure butt imprint. The deepest butt imprint wins. -- sna

Re: [slim] zune support

2007-11-17 Thread snarlydwarf
restricted even internal to Microsoft. You will have a very long wait before anything supports ZuneDRM. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread:

Re: [slim] dealing with special chars in albumart JPGs?

2007-11-19 Thread snarlydwarf
e of artists with "few" CD's, I collect their works under a Grouping of some sort... I am unlikely to get any other Sonny Bono albums, so no reason to give him a whole directory.) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf'

Re: [slim] duplicate albums when id3 tags are correct; directory issue?

2007-11-19 Thread snarlydwarf
three different directories: they are 3 different albums. The last two are in the same directory, they are on the same album. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View

Re: [slim] dealing with special chars in albumart JPGs?

2007-11-19 Thread snarlydwarf
select files > to put on our portable players) If that's what turns you on... most of us would find that solution does not scale at all. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

Re: [slim] Each new version of slimserver seems worse...

2007-11-19 Thread snarlydwarf
gdg;243969 Wrote: > > BTW You can't delete the playlist if it was created somewhere else. Sounds like a permissions issue. You should fix that. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums

Re: [slim] Posible bug in built-in MP3 decoder - please verify

2007-11-20 Thread snarlydwarf
I think it is less important than that. Is it a bug that when you crank up the volume on a really low volume mp3 you can hear artifacts? It seems like expected behavior to me. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http:/

Re: [slim] Posible bug in built-in MP3 decoder - please verify

2007-11-20 Thread snarlydwarf
aw in your methodology and contradicts your claim: there was no use of the SB3 firmware for decoding that mp3... you used LAME. Yet the SB3 is 'distorted' and the PC isn't? Perhaps your PC sound card is resampling to 48khz and confusing the issue. -- snarlydwarf ---

Re: [slim] Possible SB3 Bug

2007-11-20 Thread snarlydwarf
Is this a JVC TV? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Possible SB3 Bug

2007-11-20 Thread snarlydwarf
control, since my official JVC remote -did- change the volume on the SB...) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] Posible bug in built-in MP3 decoder - please verify

2007-11-20 Thread snarlydwarf
(Not bad for background music, but not about to pick up subtleties...) But from looking at the waveforms in those files, yeah, I am sure two of them sound the same, one is almost silence and one is... I have no idea what. Squigglies? -- snarlydwarf ---

Re: [slim] Slim Server - Open Source Still?

2007-11-26 Thread snarlydwarf
is pretty much where the BSD vs GPL vs whatever license debate comes in. I need a drink. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Dead SB3

2007-11-27 Thread snarlydwarf
at wouldn't boot is beyond me... Maybe he didn't have a ballast or needed a space heater...) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179

Re: [slim] Dead SB3

2007-11-28 Thread snarlydwarf
Mike White;245707 Wrote: > Although DOS 2.0, PIP etc, etc does. > > How about 8 inch floppy disks? Actually it was Concurrent CP/M-8/16. So, yeah, 8 inch floppies, but no DOS. PIP, of course, but not DOS. -- sn

Re: [slim] Squeezecentre

2007-11-28 Thread snarlydwarf
rk like the web interface does... which means no more hiding a headless server in the closet unless you use vnc or rdesktop to choose songs. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

Re: [slim] Why does SlimServer take so long to add new tracks?

2007-12-03 Thread snarlydwarf
Server Settings -> Look for new and changed music. That should only take a couple minutes. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thre

Re: [slim] Bye-Bye White

2007-12-04 Thread snarlydwarf
in components seems to be black.. give it a few years and silver will be back in) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [slim] Using squeezebox for sound tracks/games?

2007-12-04 Thread snarlydwarf
. Adding in several layers of code would make them cry. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Problem: Lost contact with Slim Server

2007-12-16 Thread snarlydwarf
It sounds like networking to me, specifically firewalls. Yes, even localhost can be firewalled from talking to itself. Looked at your firewall logs? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Wireless Server Questions

2007-12-17 Thread snarlydwarf
annoying fast. You shouldn't need to press the hidden reset button, just a power cycle. (I never know if hiddent reset buttons do a 'factory reset' and wipe settings, which would be even more annoying.) -- snarlydwarf ---

Re: [slim] Hard Drive

2007-12-21 Thread snarlydwarf
When you first used Squeezenetwork, you created an account for yourself and registered the Squeezebox to your account. You would have to go to squeezenetwork.com and delete that player from your account. -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] SB3 on Amazon for 31% Off

2007-12-21 Thread snarlydwarf
was trying to unload supply, they would be doing something like their White Sale. Sales are designed to increase revenue. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 Vie

Re: [slim] SB3 on Amazon for 31% Off

2007-12-21 Thread snarlydwarf
s buy 2 get free. It means Coke made Safeway a special deal and Safeway may even cut their margin hoping the sale pulls customers from competitors. Or Safeway may just cheat and buy a months supply at the -end- of the promo period and go for a month wi

Re: [slim] Squeezebox question before i buy

2007-12-21 Thread snarlydwarf
Router filters are almost always for the connection between the internet and the local network. Ie, they won't block local port to local port. You shouldnt have to set anythying on your router unless you're planning on accessing your server from offsite. -- s

Re: [slim] Tracks cut off

2007-12-23 Thread snarlydwarf
tools that fill fix that, but I dont know any offhand on Linux. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.

Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?

2007-12-23 Thread snarlydwarf
DLNA provides a mere subset of what is available in Slimserver... I would think "providing less functionality" would be low on the list of things people want. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf'

Re: [slim] Thinking about sending two SBs back.

2007-12-26 Thread snarlydwarf
s Filesharing") to get your music onto the machine. (And of course use an external USB drive for backups.. be paranoid! One power belch and you could lose a drive which.. sucks.) Do-it-yourself-NAS for a lot less than most commerical NAS boxes, and plenty of power. All for less than t

Re: [slim] no preference file

2007-12-26 Thread snarlydwarf
Doesnt the server create it when it starts up? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Thinking about sending two SBs back.

2007-12-27 Thread snarlydwarf
Jonathan Miller;251737 Wrote: > Last time I looked a Dell Linux machine cost more than the equal > Windows machine. No, they are about $40 less. (Ie, the Optiplex 330N, is $335 while the 330 is $375. That comes with either XP Home or Vista Basic, other OS's cost more.) --

Re: [slim] Thinking about sending two SBs back.

2007-12-27 Thread snarlydwarf
Diana Artemis;251734 Wrote: > snarlydwarf wrote: > > > Use one of those with a copy of one of the CD-Rom based servers (I > > think there is one based on Debian Linux and one based one FreeBSD) > > Snarly >>> Sorry to butt in on this thread, but I was intereste

Re: [slim] Thinking about sending two SBs back.

2007-12-27 Thread snarlydwarf
phics card, etc, I don't see a reason to buy anything other than the cheap box I just want a mobo, case, cpu and some ram, actually. Just too lazy to shop around for all the parts and don't want to pay &qu

Re: [slim] Thinking about sending two SBs back.

2007-12-28 Thread snarlydwarf
for one or maybe two machines copying files at "acceptable" speed. A business NAS is going to have beefier hardware and is even harder to distinguish from a PC. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http

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