[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2
I am now listening to glorious music pouring through my Eton 11.2 speakers coming from. you guessed it -- the SB2!!! In my case there were several things going simultaneously and a good, patient, computer programmer friend came over and plugged away till suddenly, it worked!!! Problem was, we're still not completely sure what it was. It came down to several things: one, apparently, was a firewall issue (despite the fact that I'd tried it previously with firewall completely disabled), a DHCP issue, and a cleared cache issue. He struck on the correct combination of all of these variables and, eureka, music! I want to thank all of those who tried to help me with this for their time and patience and wish that I could offer better assistance to others with the same kind of problem. I also hope you all with the same problem are lucky enough to have a friend like mine who can come over and save the day. :) I'd also like to say that once I got this thing operational, man, was I psyched! I've alrady EAC'ed many CD's onto my new external drive and am listening to it as I write this. It rocks! Very, very cool, indeed. Andy -- awm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] More then one file source (windows file server)
i want to install slimserver on my laptop, problem is my files are on the file server on 2 diff drives, and i cant point to more then 1 drive. is there a way to add more then 1 source folder/drive. i know that if the server is running on that machine (as it is now) then i just need to make a shortcut file, but that doesnt work when pointing to a mounted drive. if there is no way to do this would it be possible for multipul sources option be added to the server so u could point to any # of machines/drives. -- roos ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Quick iTunes question
kdf Wrote: > > if you have a music folder set, AND use iTunes selected, it will use > both. > > -kdf Perfect - thanks! -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.1 smooth scrolling - feeback requested
Triode wrote: So: 1) How many users are using non default scroll settings? Definitely non-default here. 2) How do the following scroll settings work for you: I use single pixel to get the smoothness I really like. As for rate I am successfully using 0.008 for double and 0.016 for single. -- Daryle A. Tilroe ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Mute button?
Ever since I got my first SqueezeBox, I've wondered why Stop and Mute buttons were not provided on the remote, especially since there are three empty key spaces available on the remote. These just seem like very logical buttons to find on a remote control. Also, if they were simply overlooked, why were they not added when SqueezeBox2 was released? I'm aware that Stop functionality can be invoked by pressing and holding the Pause key, but this is not "discoverable" (i.e. not without reading the documentation, anyway). I just bought a SqueezeBox2 for my dad and this is one of the usability issues that arose. Anyway, at least Stop can still be invoked from the remote in some fashion, but why is there no Mute button (i.e. to set the volume to zero and then back to the previous volume setting if pressed again)? I appreciate that in some situations Pause can be used, but it is not always desirable to pause the stream (e.g. when synched with another player or when listening to a live radio stream). There are some instances where you really just want the volume muted. Is there a mute function that can be mapped to remote? -- rds ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Change in browse behavior in latest beta
I just downloaded the latest beta version of SlimServer to be able to use the new SqueezeNetwork capabilities and noticed that the behavior of the various "Browse..." menu items has changed. When setting up a new SqueezeBox, I would normally remove all menu items except for "Browse Playlists" and "Internet Radio". The "Browse Playlists" menu would allow me to access all folders and any music tracks and/or playlists within them. This has changed such that only playlists are now listed, and without any directory structure whatsoever. This is fine if you just want a global listing of all playlists, but it's useless if you've structured/sorted the playlists according to listener, type, etc. The "Browse Music Folder" menu item would seem to offer what I want, except that it does not allow one to view or access the individual entries in a playlist. All you can do is view the name of a playlist and then play it in it's entirety (either in order or shuffled). In my case I have separate playlists for radio stations by type (e.g. Talk/News, Music, International, Police Calls, etc.) and need to be able to select an individual radio station within the playlist. As mentioned, I used to be able to do exactly what I want using "Browse Playlists" but this no longer works since directory structure is ignored and I have far too many playlists for a "global playlists" feature to be of any use. I understand changing "Browse Playlists" to provide a global listing of playlist files, but I do not understand not being able to select individual playlist entries using "Browse Music Folder". Is this a bug or by design? Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this. Dean -- rds ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with thenative FLAC?
Quoting relen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > kdf Wrote: > > Audio > > quality of flac vs apple lossless is really an unending argument :) > > > > That's an interesting comment. Both formats are lossless, and by > definition that means the bits coming in and the bits coming out are > the same in both cases. They should have the same timing at each end in > both cases too. If this is not the case, one or both is not "lossless". > So... what's going on here? I rest my case :( ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Connection problems? One more thing to check...
After recently buying an SB2, I moved the old SB1 and tried to run it wirelessly only to find that it would no longer connect to the server. It would find the wireless network, find the server, say it was connecting, and then go blank. To make a long and frustrating story short, I had neglected to go back into the server security settings and add another address for the additional player. I realized what was going on by running slim.exe (Windows version) with the --d_http debug flag and seeing attempts at "unauthorized access." Just one more thing to check if you're having similar problems. -- MLM ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with thenative FLAC?
kdf Wrote: > Audio > quality of flac vs apple lossless is really an unending argument :) > That's an interesting comment. Both formats are lossless, and by definition that means the bits coming in and the bits coming out are the same in both cases. They should have the same timing at each end in both cases too. If this is not the case, one or both is not "lossless". So... what's going on here? --Richard E -- relen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: 6.1 smooth scrolling - feeback requested
Trido, I also use no-default values of pixel=1, rate .07, same for both On 7/2/05, Triode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Should these be for both single and double line scrolling? I've never > > been sure whether to just set both values to the same thing. I don't > > think I've ever used double line scrolling anyway - my eyes are just > > about good enough to read the single line from my sofa. :-) > > > > Max > > > > I normally set them both to the same value - but happy to take feedback > suggesting they should be differerent > > ___ > 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] Quick iTunes question
Quoting radish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hopefully this isn't an FAQ - if it is please point me in the right > direction :) > > I'm in the process of combining my music collection (FLAC/Vorbis) with > my girlfriend's (m4a, in iTunes) so we can play from both on the SBs > around the house. So my simple question is - if I make the iTunes > library available to the media server and activate the iTunes > integration stuff in SlimServer, will it still scan and use the regular > music directory too - or is it a case of iTunes OR regular directories? > > Cheers in advance. \ if you have a music folder set, AND use iTunes selected, it will use both. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Quick iTunes question
Hopefully this isn't an FAQ - if it is please point me in the right direction :) I'm in the process of combining my music collection (FLAC/Vorbis) with my girlfriend's (m4a, in iTunes) so we can play from both on the SBs around the house. So my simple question is - if I make the iTunes library available to the media server and activate the iTunes integration stuff in SlimServer, will it still scan and use the regular music directory too - or is it a case of iTunes OR regular directories? Cheers in advance. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RSS Screensaver with brightness=0
Yes at present the display data continues to be sent to the player even if brightness is 0 - its simply that the player doesn't display it. Perhaps you could raise a bug to record it as an enhancement request (though I am not sure of the simplet way of dealing with it at present.) Adrian I use the RSS screensaver when my SB2 is in standby mode, but I tend to leave the brightness level at 0. This lets me quickly call up the headlines by pressing brightness, but means I don't have the display scrolling constantly when the device is "off". I've got my wireless router in a visible location at the moment, and I've just noticed that the activity lights go like crazy when the only device active is the SB2 and it is off (brightness==0). I'm guessing that the scrolling data is being sent to the SB2 even though it isn't being displayed. Am I right and, if so, wouldn't it make more sense for the screensaver to do nothing when the display is off? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: now playing bold font - can it be not bold?
The size button will make it smaller, but it won't make it a lighter font. Are any alternate fonts available for the SB2? -- mkozlows ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: A better remote?
Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong? Hey, you're giving the answer yourself: On thing, I'm not too sure of the syntax to reference drives using Unix. I have tried many variations to get Slimserver to index my files... should sda1:\LosslessMusic likely to work? Nope, this is where you're wrong :-). Use /mnt/sda1/LosslessMusic instead (as you'd see it in mc's upper left corner). And be sure to match upper-/lowercase. Odd things with this SlimCD installation include: I get a funny keyboard layout which does not seem to change after I have selected the UK layout Interesting that's even funny for you. I always thought this was UK - is it US? I've no idea what the big button below the little left and right arrows on the drive status indicator panel is for. This is the button to mount/unmount. For mounted drives it's green, unmounted black. My mouse-pad does not work On a laptop? Ist it USB (or don't you know)? You could try to shut down the window manager and go back to the shell (text mode): right mouseclick on the desktop, "Windowmanager->Exit". Then run xsetup.sh from the shell. And when you're asked for USB mouse or IMPS/2 (whatever this is...), try to play with the different options. Then type "exit" to get back to the graphical environment. -- 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] RSS Screensaver with brightness=0
I use the RSS screensaver when my SB2 is in standby mode, but I tend to leave the brightness level at 0. This lets me quickly call up the headlines by pressing brightness, but means I don't have the display scrolling constantly when the device is "off". I've got my wireless router in a visible location at the moment, and I've just noticed that the activity lights go like crazy when the only device active is the SB2 and it is off (brightness==0). I'm guessing that the scrolling data is being sent to the SB2 even though it isn't being displayed. Am I right and, if so, wouldn't it make more sense for the screensaver to do nothing when the display is off? Max -- 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
Re: [slim] now playing bold font - can it be not bold?
hi, is it possible to have the second line of the display where the artist, title etc not to be bold? Press the "size" button on the remote. -- 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
Re: [slim] Re: A better remote?
I got quite excited by this. However, Slimserver does not seem able to read my Maxtor One Touch drive even though it is recognised as sda1 and I appear to be able to mount it. And you have to mount it manually, this is not done automatically. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 should do the job. -- 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
Re: [slim] Re: 6.1 smooth scrolling - feeback requested
Should these be for both single and double line scrolling? I've never been sure whether to just set both values to the same thing. I don't think I've ever used double line scrolling anyway - my eyes are just about good enough to read the single line from my sofa. :-) Max I normally set them both to the same value - but happy to take feedback suggesting they should be differerent ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.1 smooth scrolling - feeback requested
Should these be for both single and double line scrolling? I've never been sure whether to just set both values to the same thing. I don't think I've ever used double line scrolling anyway - my eyes are just about good enough to read the single line from my sofa. :-) Max Triode Wrote: > >From 6.0 onwards it has been possible to set the smoothness of > scrolling text on a graphics player, SBG or SB2 > [player web page - display: set shorter Scroll Rate & and smaller > Scroll Pixels] > > As of 6.1, setting this to quite slow values including moving one pixel > at a time should have minimal performance penalty on the > server, the only issue it has is the additional network bandwidth it > creates. There is also a mechanim to prevent network > congestion causing the control connection to a player to block up. > > I was therefore wondering whether we should change the default scroll > settings for a player so users who don't change the default > settings benefit. This could be differernt for a wireless and non > wireless attached players. > > So: > > 1) How many users are using non default scroll settings? > > 2) How do the following scroll settings work for you: > Pixels = 1, Rate = 0.01 > Pixels = 1, Rate = 0.02 > Pixels = 2, Rate = 0.04 > Pixels = 4, Rate = 0.08 > Pixels = 5, Rate = 0.10 > > [as fast settings can use more network bandwidth than streaming as WAV, > please try when playing music!] > > Adrian -- 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] Re: Web interface broken with firefox
Patrick Dixon Wrote: > OK, so how do I turn off pipelining? It's worth noting that pipelining is disabled by default in Firefox and Mozilla as it can cause problems with some web servers. As it's a hidden pref in Firefox, it won't be on unless you deliberately turned it on. SlimServer is the first time I've ever seen it cause a problem though. It's a shame to turn it off, as it can noticably speed up page load times. Max -- 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
Re: [slim] 6.1 smooth scrolling - feeback requested
Triode wrote: 1) How many users are using non default scroll settings? Me! It makes the device look /a lot/ more professional! 2) How do the following scroll settings work for you: Pixels = 1, Rate = 0.01 Pixels = 1, Rate = 0.02 Pixels = 2, Rate = 0.04 Pixels = 4, Rate = 0.08 Pixels = 5, Rate = 0.10 I find that pixels=2 and rate=0.03 works well for me to a SBG1 wired using a 54g bridge playing flac files from a 1ghz pentium III (linux). ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How does transcoding work with SB1/SB2 combo?
Unless you have the players synced. Then they will both get the lowest common denominator. In this case it would be WAV. On 7/1/05, radish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Each player has an order of preference for what stream format it wants, > so the SB2 will try for flac before wav. You should have no problems > with flac to the sb2 and wav to the sb1. > > > -- > radish > ___ > 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] Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with the native FLAC?
I also believe that native formats like FLAC on the SB2 allow for fast forwarding and rewinding while non native formats that need trans coding do not. That is a HUGE advantage to me. On 7/2/05, kdf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Jim McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Is there any advantage with Apple Lossless files using a SB2 vs. SB1? > > > well, if you can handle uncompressed over your wireless setup, or have it > wired, > then SB1 will be less intense as far as CPU since it only uncompresses without > having to compress back to wav (unless you disable aac->flc for sb2). The > analogue audio out is FAR better on the SB2 if you plan to use that > > > I know it natively decodes flac. > > > > If there is not advantage, what is the advantage when using FLAC as a > > source? Is it that you only have to stream the compressed file? So maybe you > > save 40 to 60% of file network traffic? > > > AAC might be preferred if you are tied to iTunes or iPOD's. HAving flac means > less cpu usage on the server and, yes 40-60% savings on bandwidth. Audio > quality of flac vs apple lossless is really an unending argument :) > > -kdf > ___ > 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] 6.1 smooth scrolling - feeback requested
From 6.0 onwards it has been possible to set the smoothness of scrolling text on a graphics player, SBG or SB2 [player web page - display: set shorter Scroll Rate & and smaller Scroll Pixels] As of 6.1, setting this to quite slow values including moving one pixel at a time should have minimal performance penalty on the server, the only issue it has is the additional network bandwidth it creates. There is also a mechanim to prevent network congestion causing the control connection to a player to block up. I was therefore wondering whether we should change the default scroll settings for a player so users who don't change the default settings benefit. This could be differernt for a wireless and non wireless attached players. So: 1) How many users are using non default scroll settings? 2) How do the following scroll settings work for you: Pixels = 1, Rate = 0.01 Pixels = 1, Rate = 0.02 Pixels = 2, Rate = 0.04 Pixels = 4, Rate = 0.08 Pixels = 5, Rate = 0.10 [as fast settings can use more network bandwidth than streaming as WAV, please try when playing music!] Adrian ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Resetting the SB2
max.spicer Wrote: > What will that do? Will it just cause the SB2 to behave as it did when > I first took it out of the box? Assumedly the settings that are held > on the server will still be fine. If this is the case, then I can't > see why I shouldn't try it. It won't alter any server settings. Although the SB2 is likely to be right back where you started after you reenter all your settings, I'm with you. If I were having problems that I couldn't quite figure out, I'd want to start again from scratch. There really aren't that many settings and it takes only a few minutes to set one up from scratch, even with wireless settings and WEP key. If you use DHCP it's that much easier. I'd probably also tell the server to "forget" the player - once again, there aren't enough settings at the server that you couldn't reenter them again in couple of minutes. -- JJZolx Jim ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Web interface broken with firefox
Ta (padding) -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Web interface broken with firefox
Enter the URL about:config Then search for "network.http.pipelining" and set to false. -- jth ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] now playing bold font - can it be not bold?
hi, is it possible to have the second line of the display where the artist, title etc not to be bold? cheers Chris -- chrisgeary ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Web interface broken with firefox
OK, so how do I turn off pipelining? -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Web interface broken with firefox
For a long time now I've had problems with the web interface and Firefox. It would repeatedly hang, being unable to load new pages. I've now managed to track the cause of this problem down - I had pipelining enabled in Firefox. I turned off pipelining (network.http.pipelining), restarted Firefox and the interface was fine once more. Is this a known cause to the problem? Max -- 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] Re: Resetting the SB2
kdf Wrote: > unplug the power. > press and hold 'add' while plugging back in. that does a factory > reset. > I'm not sure you would want to be doing that unless there was some dire > problem. What will that do? Will it just cause the SB2 to behave as it did when I first took it out of the box? Assumedly the settings that are held on the server will still be fine. If this is the case, then I can't see why I shouldn't try it. Max -- 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] Re: A better remote?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14863 Question: Would you be interested in a better remote? - No, I'm happy with the current design - Yes, it should be included with the SB - Yes, but I'm willing to buy a "designer" remote as an optional extra. With Unix you always have to mount a device before you can access it. It's a hang over from the days when tapes and disks had to be loaded (in the computer room) - well before PnP! When you mount a device, you mount it 'on' something. So (eg) /dev/sda1 might be mounted on /mnt/sda1 (the mountpoint), in which case the path syntax to access the music directory would then be something like /mnt/sda1/LosslessMusic (Note the '/' used in Unix rather than '\' in Windows.) Easiest way to check whether unix 'sees' the drive is to use the 'ls' command to list the contents of the directory ls -l /mnt/sda1/LosslessMusic -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A better remote?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14863 Question: Would you be interested in a better remote? - No, I'm happy with the current design - Yes, it should be included with the SB - Yes, but I'm willing to buy a "designer" remote as an optional extra. mherger Wrote: > > > Mike - would you mind giving this a try? Download SlimCD from my site > and > run slimserver from this livecd (it won't touch nor hurt your existing > > installation). If you can access your music files from this system we > > could easily compare the performance of the two operating systems. > Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong? I can boot successfully form the SlimCD. I can browse all my drives using the supplied Midnight Commander, but when I attempt to get Slimserver to use any drive or folder (at all) on my PC as it's music folder it just reports it as an invalid directory. I have been mounting the drives (why do I have to do this?) using the little button to the left of the arrow buttons on the drive status indicator panel. On thing, I'm not too sure of the syntax to reference drives using Unix. I have tried many variations to get Slimserver to index my files... should sda1:\LosslessMusic likely to work? Odd things with this SlimCD installation include: I get a funny keyboard layout which does not seem to change after I have selected the UK layout I've no idea what the big button below the little left and right arrows on the drive status indicator panel is for. My mouse-pad does not work Any help or pointers would be appreciated Simon Turner Barcombe UK -- ModelCitizen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Resetting the SB2
Quoting "max.spicer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Graybatch Wrote: > > I'm no expert, but, having just done the same as you - i.e. purchase a > > new router - the way to reboot the SB2 is to press and hold the power > > button on the remote. You will go back to the original menus to define > > your network settings. It worked for me! > Thanks, but I knew about that one. Pressing and holding power is > pretty much the same as pulling power cable out of the back and putting > it back again. I believe there is a much "nastier" reset that you can > do by holding another key. unplug the power. press and hold 'add' while plugging back in. that does a factory reset. I'm not sure you would want to be doing that unless there was some dire problem. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playlist with NO classical
dip Wrote: > Is there a possibility to create a playlist in slimserver for all songs > except genre=classical? I have different genres for non classical music > (rock, jazz, alternative...) but only one for classical. What I want is > a playlist without classical songs so that I am able to play all non > classical songs in shuffle mode. > > In the advanced search I did not find a NOT operator so I have to > select first all rock songs and add them to the playlist, then all jazz > songs and add them and so on. However, this takes a while and it would > be much easier if there was an option to exclude the songs tagged with > classical genre. What you really need is for the web interface to use HTML forms. This would enable you to do things such as tick the genres you want and say play, or tick the genres you don't want and say play the rest. Max -- 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] Re: Resetting the SB2
Graybatch Wrote: > I'm no expert, but, having just done the same as you - i.e. purchase a > new router - the way to reboot the SB2 is to press and hold the power > button on the remote. You will go back to the original menus to define > your network settings. It worked for me! Thanks, but I knew about that one. Pressing and holding power is pretty much the same as pulling power cable out of the back and putting it back again. I believe there is a much "nastier" reset that you can do by holding another key. Max -- 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] Re: Excited Newbie Questions
jazzfan Wrote: > ...Am I correct that I can push select radio station IP addresses down > to the Squeezebox2, turn off my PC, ultimatly building my own internet > based FM tuner dial?...Thanks Probably. Goto http://www.squeezenetwork.com/ first. And also make sure you have the latest Slimserver software at http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/SlimServer_v6.1b1/ -- Ian -- grumpycrab ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with the native FLAC?
Quoting Jim McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is there any advantage with Apple Lossless files using a SB2 vs. SB1? > well, if you can handle uncompressed over your wireless setup, or have it wired, then SB1 will be less intense as far as CPU since it only uncompresses without having to compress back to wav (unless you disable aac->flc for sb2). The analogue audio out is FAR better on the SB2 if you plan to use that > I know it natively decodes flac. > > If there is not advantage, what is the advantage when using FLAC as a > source? Is it that you only have to stream the compressed file? So maybe you > save 40 to 60% of file network traffic? > AAC might be preferred if you are tied to iTunes or iPOD's. HAving flac means less cpu usage on the server and, yes 40-60% savings on bandwidth. Audio quality of flac vs apple lossless is really an unending argument :) -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: A better remote?
> Mike - would you mind giving this a try? Download SlimCD from > my site and run slimserver from this livecd (it won't touch > nor hurt your existing installation). I got quite excited by this. However, Slimserver does not seem able to read my Maxtor One Touch drive even though it is recognised as sda1 and I appear to be able to mount it. Simon Turner Barcombe UK ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
