[slim] Re: Linksys router pain
yee ha, your idea stuorguk about the firewall not actually covering the usb connection was spot on. i have fixed it and the SB sees the slimserver perfectly! am i happy? well almost in my haste to get it working i switched off the firewalls etc and managed to get a trojan!!! it is never ending. thanks for all your posts guys! only thing i need now is a cd ripping service here in the uk! -- brawlski ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linksys router pain
I offer a cd ripping service in the uk. You can contact me at patrick dot dixon at at-view.co.uk if you are interested. -- Patrick Dixon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Popping sound
I do believe it was the cable, rather, the connectors. I tried another cable and it was fine. So it has to be the cable. Sb2 is good. -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 | Unidisk 1.1 | TacT RCS2.0s | Placette Audio Balanced Passive Preamp | Mark Levinson No.33H | Revel Ultima Salon 'Photo of my Setup' (http://photos.lam.ws/thumbnails.php?album=62) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linksys router pain
brawlski Wrote: i switched off the firewalls etc and managed to get a trojan!!! it is never ending. You shouldn't need any firewalls. The Linksys will protect you. XP's firewall is just a waste of resources. Stuart. -- stuorguk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linksys router pain
stuorguk Wrote: You shouldn't need any firewalls. The Linksys will protect you. XP's firewall is just a waste of resources. Stuart. Not sure I'd agree with this. The XP firewall may not be up to much - I'd recommend using a better, third party one - but it is better than nothing. And you really can't rely on an external router for full protection - for example its very unlikely to protect you against outbound bad traffic if you've caught, say, a Trojan from an incoming email (which your router won't catch). The safest arrangement is the belt AND the braces... Ceejay. -- ceejay ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2
Hi, Adrian -- the address is: 192.168.1.3 or 1.4 For some reason, that perhaps you'd understand better than I, it's been both, meaning it was initially 1.3 and now it's 1.4 I assume by netstat output, you mean what shows up when I enter that command? Stuff similar to what I posted on the first page of this thread. The most recent one had four lines under Active Connections. The 9000 port is indicated but not the other two Slimserver ports. Btw, is there any way to copy and paste what comes up in the DOS screen? I'd like to show you directly. Thanks, Andy -- awm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linksys router pain
ceejay Wrote: For example its very unlikely to protect you against outbound bad traffic if you've caught, say, a Trojan from an incoming email (which your router won't catch). Ceejay. Yes, it's true an external firewall wont catch outbound traffic, but there are two problems with personal firewalls. Firstly they give you a false sense of security - they are easily bypassed. Secondly, it's another internet service begging to be attacked, potentially making your system LESS secure! Worth reading up on them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_firewall Stuart. -- stuorguk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2
awm wrote: Btw, is there any way to copy and paste what comes up in the DOS screen? I'd like to show you directly. Either click the icon in the title bar, or right-click elsewhere on the title bar, then choose Edit - Select All from the menu, or Edit - Mark and select with the mouse; then press Enter when what you want is selected. The text will then be in the clipboard, so you can paste it into another application. -:- dbls___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Server crashing ...
Hi guys I've been using the Slimserver and Softsqueeze player combo for quite a while now with no issues, until recently, because now when I fire up Softsqueeze the server crashes/stops. Having had a good look around for the problem I have to admit defeat, so I'm asking on here for your help. I've D/L and installed the latest Server software, plus Softsqueeze too but the problem still remains. I'm running XP2 BTW. Any help would be appreciated. -- CavesOfTQLT ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
I thought http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1478 was targeted for a 6.1 fix. Am I to assume that this broken feature won't be restored any time soon and I should just upgrade my remotes? :-( Your pet bug still has a target of 6.1 in bugzilla. Generally in software development beta releases are to get the product feature complete and then they begin working the remaining smallish bugs as the release approaches. I've certainly got my own pet bugs too, many still assigned to 6.1 but unfixed, but I won't waste your time with them. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
I was experimenting and the firmware updated and now I can not connect back to my server... how to get off the network? -- glmason ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
I was experimenting and the firmware updated and now I can not connect back to my server... how to get off the network? There's a sign off menu entry. -- 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: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
Oh I guess I answered my own question, I had to unplug the SB2, and go through the setup menu again connect back to my wireless server, then the firmware updated again and then I was connected back to my server... I guess the network is not something that one causually gets into... It is not like, oh I think I'll see what is on the network! I guess I need to read about it before I try it again. Larry -- glmason ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
the sign off network just turns the SB2 off, it does not return you to your server... -- glmason ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
Oh I guess I answered my own question, I had to unplug the SB2, and go through the setup menu again connect back to my wireless server, then the firmware updated again and then I was connected back to my server... It rather downgraded... You'll have to install the latest beta. I imagine this happens if there are different firmware versions on your local server and on the Squeezenetwork. Normally you just switch using connect/sign off. -- 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: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
Should SlimServer 6.0.2 be uninstalled before upgrading to 6.1 or will it update itself? Hopefully it will cure whatever is causing my SB2 not to work wireless... -- Khuli ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?
Carl W. Irving Wrote: Maybe the long-term solution would be to implement an USB host port on the SB and then plug a Griffin PowerMate (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/index.php) in... Being able to plug in USB HID (Human Input Devices) into the SB would be rather interesting, actually. :-) This device is rather cool, indeed. I just finished some tests for using it with a SB/SliMP3. You've never seen those screens scrolling faster through your album/artist list :-). But as it has to be connected to a PC it's not really what you'd want. Except if you had that small and quiet media PC in the living room. Or the long asked for case mod containing an SB together with a small computer, the front only exposing the display and a large knop... -- mherger 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] Cover Art missing - sometimes
If I Search Music for an album with cover art, it displays correctly in the Default web interfcace. However, if I Browse Artwork, some of the corresponding albums are not listed. nick SlimServer Version: 6.0.2 - 3085 -- NickM ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?
When your batteries die or the dog chews the remote, then, YES a few hard buttons on top of hte slim box would be wonderful. PAUSE/PLAY, VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN, NEXT, PREVIOUS. I would pay another USD100 for that -- NickM ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Accented characters become garbled in SlimServer
I just tried SlimServer_v2005-06-29 and the garbled characters are still there. I did a Rescan Music Library with Clear library before rescan checked but it did not make a difference. Once again going back to SlimServer_v2005-06-14 solves the problem. Did the change make it into SlimServer_v2005-06-29? I am currently running Mac OS X 10.4.1 and MusicMagic Mixer 1.1.6 Beta. On 6/28/05, Dan Sully [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Steven Spies shaped the electrons to say... I just downloaded and installed SlimServer 6.1b1 and the garbled characters are back :( Going back to SlimServer_v2005-06-14 solves the problem. I have not tried any other versions. Any ideas? Thanks again, Steven Spies Steven - I've just reverted the changes I made to the MMM plugin - they will be in the 6/29 build, or are in Subversion if you are keeping up with that. Please let me know if the problem is fixed. Also - what version of MMM are you running? Thanks. -D -- dr.pox NO, NETBSD IS NOT REALLY BUILT WITH ELITE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Server crashing ...
* CavesOfTQLT shaped the electrons to say... I've been using the Slimserver and Softsqueeze player combo for quite a while now with no issues, until recently, because now when I fire up Softsqueeze the server crashes/stops. Having had a good look around for the problem I have to admit defeat, so I'm asking on here for your help. I've D/L and installed the latest Server software, plus Softsqueeze too but the problem still remains. Do you have any messages in the Event Log? -D -- It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver as a reliable headless appliance under Linux??
I'm wondering how to run Slimserver on a read-only system under Linux for more reliable headless and appliance-like operation. I have installed two headless Linux based Slimserver systems (with squeezebox), one for my folks and more recently for a friend.. I've been really lucky that there have been no issues with my folks' system (going on 6 months). My friend's system thad a storm related power outage within two weeks of the install and is currently down (SB can't reach server). I assume it is due to an FSCK issue. I'll be out there next weekend to fix it and hopefully implement some hardening features. I would like to run All file systems read only to avoid this in the future. But I'm not sure how I can do that with slimserver. Slimserver updates the .slimserver.pref EVERY time the song changes. These systems are based on disk installs of Knoppix (aka Debian). Since I'm not running off of CDROM, I expect it will be difficult to convince debian to run in a ramdisk. All filesystems are EXT3. I will modify the mounts to include 'noatime'. For slimserver, I'm thinking of re-mkfs'ing the home directory at boot time, mounting it and then copying the slim db, config files, etc. One issue is loss of playlists, etc. I suppose I could implement a cron job to update the master read-only copies once per day. Anyone have any ideas or done any work on this? Thanks! FL ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver as a reliable headless appliance under Linux??
[..] I would like to run All file systems read only to avoid this in the future. But I'm not sure how I can do that with slimserver. Slimserver updates the .slimserver.pref EVERY time the song changes. I'm currently doing some tests with damnsmalllinux.org (DSL - which is based on Knoppix). I'm currently running it from a CF card in read-only mode. all writable stuff can be redirected to ramdisk (by default). I then mount the disk containing the music read-only. This setup should work fine, but needs some good planning as settings obviously can't be changed in the running machine. For slimserver, I'm thinking of re-mkfs'ing the home directory at boot time, mounting it and then copying the slim db, config files, etc. One issue is loss of playlists, etc. I suppose I could implement a cron job to update the master read-only copies once per day. Was planning to do the same: back up settings, db co. once in a while to a free space on my CF card. Anyone have any ideas or done any work on this? Have a look at DSL and my SlimCD: http://www.herger.net/slim/. There was some discussion about it in the plugins forum. -- 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] how to connect to a linksys G enabled Wep Router?
I just enabled web on my linksys router and I am trying to figure out how to configure my squeezebox to connect... Any ideas? Thanks -Aaron -- carpe411 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 07:27 -0700, NickM wrote: When your batteries die or the dog chews the remote, then, YES a few hard buttons on top of hte slim box would be wonderful. PAUSE/PLAY, VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN, NEXT, PREVIOUS. I would pay another USD100 for that That's what your Sofa Laptop is for. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
--On June 28, 2005 7:35:06 PM -0700 Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://jamesthornton.com/theory/theory?theory_id=27 To which I reply: My rule for estimating software project times: - Make my best estimate - Double it - Add one of the next higher unit Thus a 1-day project becomes 1 week plus 2 days, a 1-week project becomes 1 month plus 2 weeks, and a 1-month project becomes 1 year plus 2 months. One-year or longer projects can't be completed. :-) -- Steve Burlingmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Michigan, ICPSRVoice: +1 734 615.3779 330 Packard Street FAX: +1 734 647.8700 Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2910 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
Quoting glmason [EMAIL PROTECTED]: the sign off network just turns the SB2 off, it does not return you to your server... The sign off drops the player from teh SqueezeNetwork and the player then looks for your local server and connects to that if possible. It absolutely DOES return you to your server, as designed. If this is not working for you, then we should look at why it doesn't work for you. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?
When your batteries die or the dog chews the remote, then, YES a few hard buttons on top of hte slim box would be wonderful. PAUSE/PLAY, VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN, NEXT, PREVIOUS. I would pay another USD100 for that I'd be happy with a box that looked nice with only a power button. Perhaps you might consider buying one of those multi remotes that will program all your devices, then once that gets eaten by the dog you have your original remotes as back up? Simon Turne Barcombe UK ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?
Perhaps you might consider buying one of those multi remotes that will program all your devices, then once that gets eaten by the dog you have your original remotes as back up? Actually, I'd prefer the Slim devices remote... if only IT could be programmed to control the volume on my receiver--then I could have one (nice and small) remote. Thanks, Phillip ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] how to connect to a linksys G enabled Wep Router?
Quoting carpe411 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just enabled web on my linksys router and I am trying to figure out how to configure my squeezebox to connect... Any ideas? Press and hold the power button to reset the squeezebox. go through the setup, choosing to connect to wireless network then choose 64- or 128-bit encryption according to what you have on the router then enter the WEP code in hex, matching the first key from the router. unfortunately, simply entering the passcode isn't possible. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Internet radio, a bit of help needed
Thanks. Steven Moore On 29 Jun 2005, at 00:53, Vidur Apparao wrote: As I said I haven't used it for a while so I'm probably missing something stupid. Nope - the fault is ours, not yours. The problem seems to occur if you use iTunes and do not have an audio directory set up. That should be unrelated to radio, I know, but it isn't. We'll be putting the fix into a re-rolled 6.1b1 tonight. --Vidur ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2
Andy, It seems we are in separate timezones - you may get a faster response calling slim support However assuming you want to continue. 1) IP address of the squeezebox is normally dynamically assigned using a protocol called DHCP. The most common case is for your wireless router to give the squeezebox an address when it asks. Normally it gives the same one each time, but it could give a different one. 2) We need to know what the IP address of the PC is that you are running slimserver on. I assume this is connected to the same wireless router [probably over the wired connection?] Do you have any other network devices in your network? Could you paste here what: ipconfig /all when types into a cmd window [see other post on cut and paste] 3) What connections exist between slimserver and the client [if any] Could you paste the output of netstat -n too 4) When you set up squeezebox, did you give it an IP address of slimserver to connect to, or did you let it try to detect slimserver. Could I suggest you restart squeezebox, go though the setup process again and manually enter the IP address which ipconfig /all showed for your server machine. Does this mean you see any more connections with netstat -n? I assume by netstat output, you mean what shows up when I enter that command? Stuff similar to what I posted on the first page of this thread. The most recent one had four lines under Active Connections. The 9000 port is indicated but not the other two Slimserver ports. Btw, is there any way to copy and paste what comes up in the DOS screen? I'd like to show you directly. BTW - all the previous netstat showed local host and Mycomputer as the addresses - i.e. the server is not seeing anything from the squeezebox. Adrian ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
Well I'm sure I went about the whole thing the wrong way... But it does illistrate a point. It was before work, so not a lot of time, I was signing up for the Squeezenetwork and needed the Pin (so I had not really signed up yet) I looked for the pin via the sever's web interface, could find anything like it... so I thought oh must be the setting on the SB2. So went to the living room to use the remote on the SB2. Found setting (BTW I had not downloaded or set up the 6.1b1, though I did have the 6.1 from some nightly build I guess) but I was just going to look for the pin - I thought that the pin might be in the SB2 firmware or something like a MAC address, burned in at manufacture time. So I found player info, but still not pin... there was something about squeezenetwork info so I press that button... so the SB2 starts updating firmware... interups the music - my wife is trying to listen to meditation music... I'm not ready for this... but there is no cancel buton on the remote. So I guess because I did not have the 6.1b1 installed when I signed off the network the SB2 didn't know where else to go. The remote needs somekind of OBVIOUS oh hell I didn't mean that button, I've run in to other problems like that where I wish I could just stop what is happening but there is no stop cancel or go back button (it is true that the right arrow preforms this function... BUT from a consumer products point of view, and from non-geek user prespective, the remote is not as intuitive as a toaster yet. A lot of hidden meaning. I understand that this is all beta stuff, so I'm not complaining, just passing on information about usibility. In addition the lack of a stop button means that when I turn things off at night and try to start a new playlist in the morning the buffer is still full of the previous playlist and I get some funky sounds - a sorta SB2 buffer re-mix. I would be nice to have a clear way to stop the player at night, not just pause it, clearing the buffer. So don't get me wrong I think this is a great system and I love my SB2 and I'm only trying to help. So I'll go back home tonight after beginning to peice all the infomation together and try installing every thing the correct way. But also no one answered Khuli's question, and I had the same question when I installed 6.1... can we install over the top of an older version, so should we uninstall then reinstall? -- glmason ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Any update on Chinese display support on SB2?
I can go through the music via the web UI now, but it will so much cooler if I can see it through the SB2 itself. thanks. ws -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 | Unidisk 1.1 | TacT RCS2.0s | Placette Audio Balanced Passive Preamp | Mark Levinson No.33H | Revel Ultima Salon 'Photo of my Setup' (http://photos.lam.ws/thumbnails.php?album=62) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
Whoa. Lots to respond to. - The SqueezeNetwork PIN asssociated with each player is a way to associate your Squeezebox2 (or many of them) with your SqueezeNetwork account. When you first connect your SB2 to the SqueezeNetwork, it will display a PIN. Subsequently, you can always find it when connected to SqueezeNetwork via Settings Squeezebox PIN. Note that this PIN is a time-limited randomly-generated number sequence that does change, so don't be surprised if you see a different number the next time you look. Of course, you'll only need it once per player to associate your SB2 with your SN account. - You do need to upgrade to SlimServer 6.1b1 before connecting to the SqueezeNetwork - both use firmware 14. If you connected using an earlier firmware revision, you'll be forced to update firmware. - Press and hold PAUSE to stop the player. - You can install a new version of SlimServer over an older version without uninstalling on Windows and Mac. On rpm-based Linux distributions you will have to do a rpm -U. Hope that helps. Let me know if I missed anything. --Vidur glmason wrote: Well I'm sure I went about the whole thing the wrong way... But it does illistrate a point. It was before work, so not a lot of time, I was signing up for the Squeezenetwork and needed the Pin (so I had not really signed up yet) I looked for the pin via the sever's web interface, could find anything like it... so I thought oh must be the setting on the SB2. So went to the living room to use the remote on the SB2. Found setting (BTW I had not downloaded or set up the 6.1b1, though I did have the 6.1 from some nightly build I guess) but I was just going to look for the pin - I thought that the pin might be in the SB2 firmware or something like a MAC address, burned in at manufacture time. So I found player info, but still not pin... there was something about squeezenetwork info so I press that button... so the SB2 starts updating firmware... interups the music - my wife is trying to listen to meditation music... I'm not ready for this... but there is no cancel buton on the remote. So I guess because I did not have the 6.1b1 installed when I signed off the network the SB2 didn't know where else to go. The remote needs somekind of OBVIOUS oh hell I didn't mean that button, I've run in to other problems like that where I wish I could just stop what is happening but there is no stop cancel or go back button (it is true that the right arrow preforms this function... BUT from a consumer products point of view, and from non-geek user prespective, the remote is not as intuitive as a toaster yet. A lot of hidden meaning. I understand that this is all beta stuff, so I'm not complaining, just passing on information about usibility. In addition the lack of a stop button means that when I turn things off at night and try to start a new playlist in the morning the buffer is still full of the previous playlist and I get some funky sounds - a sorta SB2 buffer re-mix. I would be nice to have a clear way to stop the player at night, not just pause it, clearing the buffer. So don't get me wrong I think this is a great system and I love my SB2 and I'm only trying to help. So I'll go back home tonight after beginning to peice all the infomation together and try installing every thing the correct way. But also no one answered Khuli's question, and I had the same question when I installed 6.1... can we install over the top of an older version, so should we uninstall then reinstall? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Mood logic music magic: what the heck are they and what's the dif?
I know this is elementary, but... I did look on the 3rd party plugins page and they are not listed. I think mood logic tries to find music similar to the track you are listening, but I might be wrong. Or maybe it is music magic that does that. Or is it Mood Magic? Thanks, Jim www ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Mood logic music magic: what the heck are they and what's the dif?
Quoting Jim McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I know this is elementary, but... I did look on the 3rd party plugins page and they are not listed. I think mood logic tries to find music similar to the track you are listening, but I might be wrong. Or maybe it is music magic that does that. Or is it Mood Magic? Both are plugins to import data, and access external protocols for creating mixes. Different features of each application can be found on the respective home pages. Moodlogic: http://www.moodlogic.com/ Musicmagic: http://music.predixis.com/ -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
In the words of the King Thank you very much. - Press and hold PAUSE to stop the player. Intuitivily obvious - I rest my case. ;-) Seriously thank you for your response. Larry -- glmason ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iTunes Radio Channels
Short and sweet question: Is there any way I could get the iTunes radio channels through SlimServer? Thanks! Alex -- alex_london ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 24 bit flac files?
Just doing some messing about with setting after updating to 6.1b1 and 14 firmware. If I set transcoding for FLAC files to WAV I can now playback my 16b 48Khz flac files, but they play at 44Khz so sound a little slow. :) 24b 48Khz are pure static. If I set transcoding back to FLAC-FLAC then 16b 48Khz play normal speed but constant pops and static over the top of the music. The Amp reports a 48Khz signal and I have checked COAX, Opti and Analog outputs, they feature the same effect. There's a vague chance my new 11g router will turn up this week, if so I'll retest stuff and submit a bug remote if still the same (didn't want to submit a bug then go change half the hardware involved and all the network settings). -- ailean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Newbie: BBC, Squeezebox and Mac Os X. Pleaase help....
Hi, So excited about SB - what a great thing! Before I bought it, I checked here to see if I could stream the BBC through it on my mac. Sadly, I just saw the plugin, which said it was mac compatible, and then assumed I could easily install the BBC plugin and have my radio. Now that I've cliked through and found more details on this, I'm completely confused! I'm not that savvy and the installation description provided for AlienBBC seems too complicated. Is there any other alternative for getting BBC through squeezebox? Do any of the fee-based online internet radio providers offer the BBC? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - thanks! PDE _ Powerbook G4 with Mac Os X 10.4 -- PDE ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Newbie: BBC, Squeezebox and Mac Os X. Pleaase help....
Quoting PDE [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, So excited about SB - what a great thing! Before I bought it, I checked here to see if I could stream the BBC through it on my mac. Sadly, I just saw the plugin, which said it was mac compatible, and then assumed I could easily install the BBC plugin and have my radio. Now that I've cliked through and found more details on this, I'm completely confused! I'm not that savvy and the installation description provided for AlienBBC seems too complicated. Is there any other alternative for getting BBC through squeezebox? Do any of the fee-based online internet radio providers offer the BBC? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - thanks! If you have foudn the following thread already, then this would be the best place to post in order to get specific help on this topic: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=13215 If you haven't seen that thread yet, it may help you. AlienBBC is really the best option for getting BBC radio and their archives to play through squeezebox. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
vidurapparao Wrote: Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta. I'd first like to say that you guys ROCK! Thats a pretty serious list of bugs you fixed. Can't wait to try out the new features too. A quick question to those that have installed it (espeically on Linux). How stable is the Beta? While tinkering with the SB has become a hobby of late, my girlfriend hates it when she can't get to her Morrissey collection on a moments notice. Thanks again! ss. -- street_samurai ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Newbie: BBC, Squeezebox and Mac Os X. Pleaase help....
Thanks! I followed the instruction of that thread but at the end, when I tested it in the terminal, I got this: -bash: mplayer: command not found Any idea of what I did wrong? The BBC stations are all visible on the SB, but they don't connect... Thanks again... Peter -- PDE ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
street_samurai Wrote: A quick question to those that have installed it (espeically on Linux). How stable is the Beta? While tinkering with the SB has become a hobby of late, my girlfriend hates it when she can't get to her Morrissey collection on a moments notice. If you have a SO and like to tinker around, my own experience tells me you're better off with your own Squeezebox and seperate server :) If by stable you mean no crashes the beta is stable for me on NetBSD. -- jth ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Newbie: BBC, Squeezebox and Mac Os X. Pleaase help....
Quoting PDE [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks! I followed the instruction of that thread but at the end, when I tested it in the terminal, I got this: -bash: mplayer: command not found Any idea of what I did wrong? The BBC stations are all visible on the SB, but they don't connect... Please refer to this, and post any further inquiries to that thread. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14274 You are far more likely to get the qualified help that you require by posting to the appropriate forum. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Newbie: BBC, Squeezebox and Mac Os X. Pleaase help....
Sorry for posting in the wrong forum. Will post in other forum... -- PDE ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?
Pat, I have a home crammed full of electronic stuff... BUT, I have two ground rules for everything. First is I don't have anything which requires recourse to an instruction manual ( for two reasons - I lose things and I want the machine to be so intuative to use that I don't need one ). Second is that my 80 year old mother can use it. In this respect, she only gets access to some things - not everything(!). The functionality of the SlimDevice is good and once the majority of the menus are removed, it can be used by anyone (see above). The difference between a good product and a great product is sometimes minimal, but I guess I'd have buttons up there on the list. BTW, when the remote is lost, I DO use my WiFi PDA with the handheld web interface to turn the volume down... nick -- NickM ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
I just updated to this level from 6.0.2. It seems much snappier -- I added my entire music collection as a playlist and it added and shuffled within seconds. Before this would have brought the server to its knees for a while. So kudos there. However, my playlists seem to have disappeared. More precisely, the Slimserver doesn't see them. The files are still as I left them, and I checked and the playlist directory is still set correctly in Slimserver. But when I browse playlists, none of them show up. Any ideas? Also, a minor bug. I did Browse Music - Browse Artists and then went to the top of the list where I expected to see All Artists, but instead it said All Albums. Maybe that's as intended -- I can't remember the previous behavior. Seems like it should say All Artists, though. Anyway, help on the playlists would be appreciated. Any way I can force Slimserver to see them? I haven't played around with SqueezeNetwork yet. I may try that over the long holiday weekend. On the whole, very nice. One of my biggest pet peeves was the slowness to load large sets of songs. Mitch On 6/27/05, Vidur Apparao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta. Download here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_beta.html Highlights of the SlimServer 6.1b1 release include: * Support for Slim Devices' Always-On Network Service: SqueezeNetwork on your Squeezebox2. * Improvements to our support for Internet Radio, including a Web Interface for the Shoutcast, radioio and Live365 radio directories. * Many performance improvements to browsing, scanning and playing your music library. * A new Podcast Plugin that allows you to use your Squeezebox to listen to your favorite podcasts...or browse some of our presets. * Many more improvements and bug fixes. You can read the detailed SlimServer 6.1b1 release notes at http://www.slimdevices.com/su_changelog.html. To use the SqueezeNetwork Beta, you will need to update your Squeezebox2 firmware to revision 14 (included with SlimServer 6.1b1). You can then: * Connect your Squeezebox2 to SqueezeNetwork by choosing the SqueezeNetwork item from the player's Main Menu or from the Squeezebox2 Setup Menu. * Visit http://www.squeezenetwork.com to create an account, associate one or more players with your account, control your players remotely, and share Favorites RSS Feeds. * Enjoy many of your favorite Squeezebox2 features - Internet Radio, RSS News, Alarm Clock (including many fun new alarm sounds) - without a computer. Please give both SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta a try. As always, post feedback to this forum and file bugs at http://bugs.slimdevices.com. The Slim Devices Team ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
Perhaps I spoke too soon. I decided to really test the performance and started poking around in some of the menu options that traditionally caused me performance problems. Then I noticed that it only saw 86 artists in my library, which is very low. So I did a full library wipe and rescan. This caused the clocks on my SB2 and SB to pause for long periods of time, as it did before. So that part of the DB hasn't been sped up, but if that only happens when doing a rescan, I can live with it. The rescan is still going after several minutes. I'll post my observations once it completes. It may fix my playlist issue. I'll be sure to test to see if the DB is snappy loading large playlists once it gets done rescanning. I want to make sure that wasn't just a product of my artificially small library. On 6/29/05, Mitch Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just updated to this level from 6.0.2. It seems much snappier -- I added my entire music collection as a playlist and it added and shuffled within seconds. Before this would have brought the server to its knees for a while. So kudos there. However, my playlists seem to have disappeared. More precisely, the Slimserver doesn't see them. The files are still as I left them, and I checked and the playlist directory is still set correctly in Slimserver. But when I browse playlists, none of them show up. Any ideas? Also, a minor bug. I did Browse Music - Browse Artists and then went to the top of the list where I expected to see All Artists, but instead it said All Albums. Maybe that's as intended -- I can't remember the previous behavior. Seems like it should say All Artists, though. Anyway, help on the playlists would be appreciated. Any way I can force Slimserver to see them? I haven't played around with SqueezeNetwork yet. I may try that over the long holiday weekend. On the whole, very nice. One of my biggest pet peeves was the slowness to load large sets of songs. Mitch On 6/27/05, Vidur Apparao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta. Download here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_beta.html Highlights of the SlimServer 6.1b1 release include: * Support for Slim Devices' Always-On Network Service: SqueezeNetwork on your Squeezebox2. * Improvements to our support for Internet Radio, including a Web Interface for the Shoutcast, radioio and Live365 radio directories. * Many performance improvements to browsing, scanning and playing your music library. * A new Podcast Plugin that allows you to use your Squeezebox to listen to your favorite podcasts...or browse some of our presets. * Many more improvements and bug fixes. You can read the detailed SlimServer 6.1b1 release notes at http://www.slimdevices.com/su_changelog.html. To use the SqueezeNetwork Beta, you will need to update your Squeezebox2 firmware to revision 14 (included with SlimServer 6.1b1). You can then: * Connect your Squeezebox2 to SqueezeNetwork by choosing the SqueezeNetwork item from the player's Main Menu or from the Squeezebox2 Setup Menu. * Visit http://www.squeezenetwork.com to create an account, associate one or more players with your account, control your players remotely, and share Favorites RSS Feeds. * Enjoy many of your favorite Squeezebox2 features - Internet Radio, RSS News, Alarm Clock (including many fun new alarm sounds) - without a computer. Please give both SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta a try. As always, post feedback to this forum and file bugs at http://bugs.slimdevices.com. The Slim Devices Team ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta
30 minutes or so after I started it, the scan is done. The playlists are once again visible, and they load fairly quickly. So it all looks good now, other than the All Artists/All Albums thing. I'll post any new observations after I have a chance to test it more extensively. On 6/29/05, Mitch Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I spoke too soon. I decided to really test the performance and started poking around in some of the menu options that traditionally caused me performance problems. Then I noticed that it only saw 86 artists in my library, which is very low. So I did a full library wipe and rescan. This caused the clocks on my SB2 and SB to pause for long periods of time, as it did before. So that part of the DB hasn't been sped up, but if that only happens when doing a rescan, I can live with it. The rescan is still going after several minutes. I'll post my observations once it completes. It may fix my playlist issue. I'll be sure to test to see if the DB is snappy loading large playlists once it gets done rescanning. I want to make sure that wasn't just a product of my artificially small library. On 6/29/05, Mitch Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just updated to this level from 6.0.2. It seems much snappier -- I added my entire music collection as a playlist and it added and shuffled within seconds. Before this would have brought the server to its knees for a while. So kudos there. However, my playlists seem to have disappeared. More precisely, the Slimserver doesn't see them. The files are still as I left them, and I checked and the playlist directory is still set correctly in Slimserver. But when I browse playlists, none of them show up. Any ideas? Also, a minor bug. I did Browse Music - Browse Artists and then went to the top of the list where I expected to see All Artists, but instead it said All Albums. Maybe that's as intended -- I can't remember the previous behavior. Seems like it should say All Artists, though. Anyway, help on the playlists would be appreciated. Any way I can force Slimserver to see them? I haven't played around with SqueezeNetwork yet. I may try that over the long holiday weekend. On the whole, very nice. One of my biggest pet peeves was the slowness to load large sets of songs. Mitch On 6/27/05, Vidur Apparao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta. Download here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_beta.html Highlights of the SlimServer 6.1b1 release include: * Support for Slim Devices' Always-On Network Service: SqueezeNetwork on your Squeezebox2. * Improvements to our support for Internet Radio, including a Web Interface for the Shoutcast, radioio and Live365 radio directories. * Many performance improvements to browsing, scanning and playing your music library. * A new Podcast Plugin that allows you to use your Squeezebox to listen to your favorite podcasts...or browse some of our presets. * Many more improvements and bug fixes. You can read the detailed SlimServer 6.1b1 release notes at http://www.slimdevices.com/su_changelog.html. To use the SqueezeNetwork Beta, you will need to update your Squeezebox2 firmware to revision 14 (included with SlimServer 6.1b1). You can then: * Connect your Squeezebox2 to SqueezeNetwork by choosing the SqueezeNetwork item from the player's Main Menu or from the Squeezebox2 Setup Menu. * Visit http://www.squeezenetwork.com to create an account, associate one or more players with your account, control your players remotely, and share Favorites RSS Feeds. * Enjoy many of your favorite Squeezebox2 features - Internet Radio, RSS News, Alarm Clock (including many fun new alarm sounds) - without a computer. Please give both SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta a try. As always, post feedback to this forum and file bugs at http://bugs.slimdevices.com. The Slim Devices Team ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
