Re: [slim] Squeezebox2 firmware version?
How do I upgrade the firmware? When I first turned on the SqueezeBox2 it asked me if I wanted to upgrade. I think I pressed yes. The firmware is upgraded with the server version. You're on 6.0.x I guess. 6.1 will introduce access to the SqueezeNetwork which requires a firmware upgrade. As soon as you install 6.1 you'll be asked to do the upgrade. This is an easy, automated task. You're only asked to start it. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with BBC Podcasts
I imagine it is encoded at an unusual frequency or bit rate. I guess the solution would be to someone transcode it through lame before it is sent to the Squeezebox? Thoughts? -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization problem with 6.0.2
Anyone got any ideas on this? I'm still getting this problem and have also noticed that when I select an album and press play slimserver plays to near the end of track 1 and then hangs. The display still reads playing but I get no sound. Stopping the track and playing again sorts it and the album plays fine in full. Is it likely that these problems are related to my lowly spec PC? It's an old P3 233 Mhz. TIA Beau -- Beau ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with BBC Podcasts
Carlos Wrote: I have been using the original wired Slimp player for over a year and have had no problems ripping and playing my CDs. I recently started downloading podcasts from the BBC Today program and have been trying to play them using slimserver and Slimp. They seem to play very fast and are over in a second. They are recorded at a bit rate of around 30 - 40kbps. Is this the problem? How can I play them? Thanks I am running the latest 6.1 slimserver on Windows XP. Using the Podcast plugin in this version, the following BBC podcasts play back correctly on my Squeezebox 1: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/today/rss.xml http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/fivelive/sportsweek/rss.xml http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/fivelive/fightingtalk/rss.xml Steinar -- sbjaerum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Problems with BBC Podcasts
Carlos Wrote: I have been using the original wired Slimp player for over a year and have had no problems ripping and playing my CDs. I recently started downloading podcasts from the BBC Today program and have been trying to play them using slimserver and Slimp. They seem to play very fast and are over in a second. They are recorded at a bit rate of around 30 - 40kbps. Is this the problem? How can I play them? Thanks I am running the latest 6.1 slimserver on Windows XP. Using the Podcast plugin in this version, the following BBC podcasts play back correctly on my Squeezebox 1: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/today/rss.xml http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/fivelive/sportsweek/rss.xm l http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/fivelive/fightingtalk/rss. xml Steinar The audio in these Podcasts is mono with a sampling frequency of 32kHz. May be your Slimp3 player have problems with this format? Could probably be solved by editing convert.conf in order to force lame to transcode MP3 into an MP3 format that Slimp3 can decode. But I am afraid someone else needs to provide the details here... Steinar ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] External USB HD Enclosures?
Leading on from the problems I'm experiencing with my current Slimerver 6.02 setup not synching slimp3 units (see: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=39632#post39632) I'm wondering if it is my old PC and if so what the cheapest solution is. One would be to use an external USB HD enclosure, slot in the 120Gb HD currently in my old PC (which contains all my FLACs) and attach it to my document server PC. Obviously I will need to load slimserver on to my document server PC but this would seem to be the most sensible solution. I can't simply slot my HD in to my document server PC as this has SATA HD attachements and my music HD is an IDE. Advantages would be loosing one PC plus if I go for a small enclosure I could take this with me if going abroad for a while and plug it into a laptop running slimserver and softsqueeze and have all my music with me. Any downsides anyone can see? TIA Beau -- Beau ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: External USB HD Enclosures?
Thanks Roy - one question: what do you mean by: I do break a cardinal rule and keep the box logged in -- Beau ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: External USB HD Enclosures?
Good network managment is to keep all servers logged out. This avoids Man in the middle style attacks. Basically put, someone could launch an attack through the logged in account and hijack your server. I'm not too worried, I'm behind a firewall and the only open port is 22, for ssh.On 5/23/05, Beau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Roy - one question:what do you mean by: I do break a cardinal rule and keep the box logged in --Beau___Discuss mailing listDiscuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss-- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons,for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] No 'Primary Sound Driver' option in SoftSqueeze
Hi, I'm sure I've seen recommended to use the 'Primary Sound Driver' or similar for SoftSqueeze. However, in mine (2.0b8), the only options I get on the audio tab are: Audio Mixer: Java Sound Audio Engine Audio Buffer Size: (set to 128000) MP3 Decoder: either Jave MP3 Plugin or JLayer Am I wrong, or am I missing an option? Thanks Andy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: dropouts near start of songs
kefa Wrote: this might be the same as thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14324 although no resolution as such !BUMP! kefa - Thanks for that. I think there might be two issues here (one is the same as the thread you list) but the other is something different I think. Has anyone any idea why I might get these glitches at the start of each song? It is almost as if something needs to synchronise (with something else?) before the track can play properly? Jim -- jimmy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver causing temporary PC lockup
I think the whle problem was now to running the RSS news feeds - once I closed the RSS plug-in the problem seems to have disappeared. Shame, because it was a nice thing to have running -- Bungi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: FLAC replaygain tutorial please...
I know how to do it with squeezebox1, I can make a guess with squeezebox2. I assume you want to use flac decoding on the hardware itself. Create a file called 'slimserver-convert.conf' in the base directory of your slimserver install (in the same directory as convert.conf). In this file place these two lines: flc flc * * [flac] -dcs --force-raw-format --endian=little --sign=signed --apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless=a --skip=$START$ --until=$END$ $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - Now restart slimserver and give it a try. Again, this is just a guess but I hope it works. -- jth ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 playback freezes
Just to add my 2c worth I am also experiencing this but on an SB1, hardwired to 6.02 on W2K. Only started since I upgraded from 5.4.1 to use a SB2 in conjunction with the SB1. They are unsync'd I work around it by pressing and holding the pwr button on the remote after pwr cycling the SB1 -- NealG ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Items In Tags enhancement
You can even use character combinations to make the separator more unique. Something like %; would be a pretty safe bet, for instance. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution
Hi, Running LAME and AlienBBC are the next priority. We should be able to test this week. I have had 5x Slimdevices boxes running off this box all playing different MP3 (192VBR) files without any problems. Playing with FLAC files this week. Ultra238a -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Items In Tags enhancement
Thanks for that. The use of an unusual character makes sense but hadn't occurred to me. I agree that a better solution is to support multiple tags of the same name. Hopefully this will be incorporated into SlimServer soon. Just to be clear, this support would be for FLAC and other vorbis-tagged files. MP3's would still be limited by the ID3 limitations of a single artist. Does anyone know -- is it possible to add vorbis tags to mp3 files? I can't find any good info on that. None of my tagging tools seem to allow it. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution
A couple of comments: 1. a low-power, streamlined server dedicated to running SlimServer is a great idea but quite a niche market 2. If you assume that the target market would be technically-competent people (like many of us on here) then I would say that the prices you are quoting would mean that many people would just build their own server 3. If I were you I would consider offering no more than 3 sizes of drive i.e. 200GB, 300GB 400GB. No point in offering anything less than 200GB in my opinion. -- dSw ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Multiple Items In Tags enhancement
The multiple tag problem has been submitted as a bug in 6.0. (see bug number 1209 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209). The seperator character seems to work under windows, but not under Linux (at least on my version of Linux) -- RACliffe ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB - Strange symptoms, any ideas?
Damn! It's now started the random rebooting behaviour in the new location. I'll need to try and get ethernet working to rule wireless in or out. -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No 'Primary Sound Driver' option in SoftSqueeze
Andy Hawkins wrote: I'm sure I've seen recommended to use the 'Primary Sound Driver' or similar for SoftSqueeze. However, in mine (2.0b8), the only options I get on the audio tab are: The Primary Sound Driver is only available when you are using Java 1.5. It will appear under the Audio Mixer setting. Regards, Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SoftSqueeze audio device
exitzero wrote: Is there a way to tell the Windows version of SoftSqueeze to use an audio device other than the default one? Yes, in the Audio tab of the preferences window you should find the different audio devices listed in the Audio mixer menu. Regards, Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Multiple Items In Tags enhancement
RACliffe Wrote: The multiple tag problem has been submitted as a bug in 6.0. (see bug number 1209 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209). The seperator character seems to work under windows, but not under Linux (at least on my version of Linux) It certainly does work on Linux, and I can't think why the OS should make a difference. I have my genres split using the semicolon on Debian/Sarge and it works a treat. -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Ways to Ignore Tracks ?
Is there a way to get Slimserver to ignore tracks in the directory tree? In my completist was I want to have all tracks in all albums there, but some are pet hates, so I want Slimserver to ignore them. Any thoughts ? -- AustenM ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB - Strange symptoms, any ideas?
I've just discovered the two threads detailed below: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=12778highlight=reboot http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=12478highlight=reboot They describe exactly the problem I'm suffering with random reboots. Was a cause/solution found? For info, I'm running XP Pro with SP2, Slimserver 6.0.2 and an Actiontech Wireless server/router. Wireless signal is 85% -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ways to Ignore Tracks ?
Is there a way to get Slimserver to ignore tracks in the directory tree? In my completist was I want to have all tracks in all albums there, but some are pet hates, so I want Slimserver to ignore them. You call it pet hates, others simply don't want their daughter's latest Britney Spears CD to show up, or they hate Celine Dion. Requests for some user defined filtering have been numerous. See http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825 -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezeboxes randomly rebooting
This thread describes exactly the problem I'm suffering with random reboots. Was a cause/solution found? For info, I'm running XP Pro with SP2, Slimserver 6.0.2 and an Actiontech Wireless server/router. Wireless signal is 85% More details of my problm here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14361 -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Items In Tags enhancement
On 5/23/05, max. spicer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RACliffe Wrote: The multiple tag problem has been submitted as a bug in 6.0. (see bug number 1209 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209). The seperator character seems to work under windows, but not under Linux (at least on my version of Linux) It certainly does work on Linux, and I can't think why the OS should make a difference. I have my genres split using the semicolon on Debian/Sarge and it works a treat. I agree, it works fine on Linux (in my opinion and experience). The referenced bug is actually not about the feature being completely broken but about how when you play a track that has its artist tag split, you only see the first artist in the artist field rather than all of the artists that are part of the tag. The actual artists are listed in the browse artists display just fine, as far as I can tell. I am watching this bug though, as I'd like for this issue to be fixed because it's more accurate to list all of the contributing artists when playing a track -- not just the artist you used to browse to the track(s) or the first artist found. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ways to Ignore Tracks ?
AustenM Wrote: Is there a way to get Slimserver to ignore tracks in the directory tree? In my completist was I want to have all tracks in all albums there, but some are pet hates, so I want Slimserver to ignore them. Any thoughts ? Good question. I was wondering this myself. When I create .m3u playlists for albums I'll often leave out one or more tracks. Sometimes it's vocal commentary, sometimes bonus tracks that detract from the album as originally issued. An easy work-around would be to just leave the track in place, but give it a bogus non-music extension. Do a rescan (probably requiring a 'wipe cache') and the track won't appear in SlimServer and All Songs will skip it. The downside is that the track won't be playable by anyone else using the system. -- JJZolx ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless ADSL router recommendations
I'm using a Netgear DG834G, ADSL Router, 4 port switch, Firewall and with a WPA Wireless G. Never (but really never) a loss from my provider and a good signal all over my house. If I put the router near the windows I'm able to reach the signal in my daddy's house, five floor below. The menu is quite simple (on the contrary I have seen a DLink, not so clear)and the handshaking is very fast (about 5/6 seconds). I reccomend this router without doubts. Bye, Riccardo -- RiccardoR ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Too loud
I have just bought my first SB2, it's wonderful!! Its setup in my bedroom using the SB2 as the preamp for a Rotel power amp. The problem is that I can't set the volume low enough. Any suggestions? -- Alan Walls ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer/SqueezeBox and Yahoo Unlimited Music
Can Yahoo Unlimited Music be streamed to the SB? $60 a year is a pretty good deal for access to 1M songs -- alexwinsberg ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Play for Sure songs
A change in the firmware is what's needed from what I can figure out. [disclaimer - I am clueless so feel free to correct me as necessary]. Whether it's technically or financially possible for Slim Devices to do this with the current hardware I am unsure. Imagine a menu on the Squeezebox that lets you choose between Slimserver or Rhapsody or Musicmatch or Napster or Yahoo. The Rhapsody software itself can stream via upnp to a upnp enabled device that supports protected wma. No need for slimserver. The Windows Media Connect server software would stream the other subscription services to the Squeezebox. No need for Slimserver. All we would need, and again I have no idea how feasible it is to do this, is firmware that supports protected wma and is Windows Media Connect compatible. If you haven't seen it check out the demo movie here... http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=13002 IMHO making Squeezebox 'Windows Media Connect' compatible would be the killer app. All of this could be done without losing any of the existing Squeezebox/Slimserver features we currently enjoy. Slimserver would be used as it is today. As you say, if Roku can do it... AV_Guy Wrote: But, in the meantime, I sincerely hope the Slim folks will enhance the SqueezeBox (or at least SB2) to play subscription based DRM WMA. If Roku can do it, I don't see why Slim cannot? I suspect Microsoft would love to add the Squeezebox to their list of compatible PlaysForSure hardware? -- Chris Wood ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver causing temporary PC lockup
I am experiencing the same problem. Im running 6.1 and MusicMatch 1.51.1 on Win XP. At first I thouhgt it was a SS and MM issue. I disabled the RSS and it *appears* to have stopped the problem. -- HMSeattle ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Too loud
Ben Sandee Wrote: On 5/23/05, Alan Walls Alan.Walls.1pih5z (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Its setup in my bedroom using the SB2 as the preamp for a Rotel power amp. The problem is that I can't set the volume low enough. So your volume on the device is at 1 of 40 and it's too loud? Yip, thats right. Its not extremely loud but I would like it quieter. -- Alan Walls ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer/SqueezeBox and Yahoo Unlimited Music
Can Yahoo Unlimited Music be streamed to the SB? $60 a year is a pretty good deal for access to 1M songs Please have a look at the thread play for sure http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14199 It's afaik not talking about Yahoo, but about the problem with this sort of service (DRMed streams, I guess) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
