[slim] Re: Feature request - guessing tags
Hate to be a pain, but is my logic so mucked up that this doesn't even merit a response? (Even though that probably sounds like it, I'm not trying to be pushy or annoying, but if I missed something obvious, I'd appreciate someone pointing it out). I appreciate your comments. Thanks, ashton -- buzd ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 404 Not Found: browse.html - With Fishbone
On 3-Aug-05, at 10:39 PM, Stewart Loving-Gibbard wrote: Weird. When I run Firefox 1.0.6, I get the 404 error about browse.html. Neither of these suggestions about flushing the cache fixes the problem. (I just flush Cache and History. I do not flush Saved Form Information, Saved Passwords, or Cookies.) try using the pulldown to pick a different browse mode. that will reset the cookie, if that's the problem. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?
WARNING: Off topic. Congratulations to all the new parents out there! Double that if it's your first! I have a 2 month old myself. Our third child. I can surely identify with wanting more SB2's. The recent reduction in price and the discount on international shipping is very tempting indeed. Still, I know I'm going to get hammered by customs when it gets here so I'm holding out. I got my first SB2 through a friend in the US who happened to be coming for a business trip. Now, I'm waiting for anyone else I know who may be coming over... By the way, I've been watching Slim Devices since the SliMP3. At the time, it wasn't practical for me to get one. Now, with the SB2 and it's wireless capability it was time. Although I'm a new customer, Slim Devices has appeared to be a solid company for the past 5 years. I wish them the very best for the next 5! -- Aylwin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Security consequences of opening port 9000
By forwarding port 9000 from my ADSL router to the machine running slimserver, I am able to connect to my slimserver from work. I can also stream using http://homeipadress:9000/stream.mp3. I am not a security expert. What are the security consequences for my home network if I permanently open port 9000? Steinar -- sbjaerum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
Any port opening represents a possible attack vector. Meaning, there's software at the other end listening, and if there are flaws in that software, they can and will eventually be exploited. You'd be better off setting up an SSH tunnel, as SSH server implementations are widely scrutinized and deployed. Best to trust a couple of security providers who specialize in such things. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
MrC Wrote: Any port opening represents a possible attack vector. Meaning, there's software at the other end listening, and if there are flaws in that software, they can and will eventually be exploited. You'd be better off setting up an SSH tunnel, as SSH server implementations are widely scrutinized and deployed. Best to trust a couple of security providers who specialize in such things. My slimserver runs on WindowsXP. Is there any step-by-step prodcedure available for how to set up a SSH server and how to set up a tunnel connection? Steinar -- sbjaerum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] softsqueeze config error
I use SoftSqueeze to remote stream. Works well. But when I try to change the softsqueeze screensaver setting, I get this. Any idea? 403 Forbidden: setup.html In order to request this URL from a Bookmark/Favorite, or some means other than following a link from the SlimServer web interface, you will need to use a URL with a \cauth\ security parameter. If you received this error when following a link from the SlimServer web interface, you will want to make sure your web browser software (including proxy servers and spyware/privacy software) is allowing \Referer\ headers to be sent. Below is the appropriate URL for the URL you attempted. (deleted) Because your CSRF protection level is set at 'MEDIUM', you can use the same ;cauth= value for any URL; this means you should be more careful who you share your URLs with. -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 | Unidisk 1.1 | TacT RCS2.0s | EMM Labs DCC2 | 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: Lots of 'No Artist - No Album' entries appeared
Yeah, but if the dummy file is a .wav then SS will detect the .wav and will consider it to be a track in its own right. Therefore SS will look at the dummy.wav file but won't be able to read any tags from it... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of adhawkins Sent: 03 August 2005 17:51 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Lots of 'No Artist - No Album' entries appeared This isn't due to untagged files. This (appears) to be due to a 'dummy' file that's a result of the .cue file being created for a single CD FLAC (that is correctly tagged, and shows up correctly in the list of tracks / artists / albums). Andy -- adhawkins ___ 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] SqueezeBox G Anomaly
Interesting. I get almost exactly the same screen corruption on my SqueezeboxG but I am not running ssh or anything like that. It's always the first column, butI thinka different set of pixels each time it happens. It comes and goes after reboots butI've never detected a cause. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Relative Playlists Fixed?
I've had a Squeezebox G for a few months now, and would really like to use the playlists I created previously. I know that prior versions did not support relative playlists. I have looked through the bug reports but have not been able to determine if this bug has been fixed. Has it? -- gomichaelkgo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relative Playlists Fixed?
On 8/4/05, gomichaelkgo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had a Squeezebox G for a few months now, and would really like to use the playlists I created previously. I know that prior versions did not support relative playlists. I have looked through the bug reports but have not been able to determine if this bug has been fixed. Has it? My dad's playlists work fine, so at least some of my relative's playlists are working. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox display upgrades?
Are the display upgrade kits for the original Squeezeboxes no longer available? I can't seem to find them on Slimdevices or any UK resellers. Any thoughts on whether it's worth upgrading a Squeezebox for sale on ebay or just leaveit? (I quite like the character display, it has a retro charm) James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Skins - many don't seem to work.
I think maybe you need to do a clean install! -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Relative Playlists Fixed?
Ben Sandee Wrote: My dad's playlists work fine, so at least some of my relative's playlists are working. Ben LMFAO!!! No help to OP but still made me smile... :) Nic -- DrNic ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Where can I buy a Squeezebox locally?
Just cause I am trying to figure out what your goal is. You want this type of functionality because you do not or can not have your music in a central location. Is that it? -- m1abrams ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Feature request - guessing tags
on your original post it's not clear what you are trying to do. there are no month and day tags as such, only year. just use something like ARTIST - YEAR - ALBUM, and put the month and date info in the album field if you want to see it. be careful that you don't have different albums with the same album name though, as slim will see these as the same album i think. h. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of buzd Sent: 04 August 2005 07:03 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Feature request - guessing tags Hate to be a pain, but is my logic so mucked up that this doesn't even merit a response? (Even though that probably sounds like it, I'm not trying to be pushy or annoying, but if I missed something obvious, I'd appreciate someone pointing it out). I appreciate your comments. Thanks, ashton -- buzd ___ 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: Disabling cuesheets?
I'm using SlimServer 6.1.1 - 3774, and even after commenting out the 'cue' entry in the types.conf file, it still appears to use part of the cue (screwing up my playlist in the process.) For example, directories with cuesheets in them, when added to the playlist, will have N-1 tracks at the beginning of the list with the name of the last track on the album, followed by the N correct tracks of the disc. Any further ideas? -- Cerb ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations?
When I set up my system I took the 200% approach which was to make a system that was 200% more than I needed. I have a SB1 and an SB2 both wireless. I have never had a hiccup or a pause or anything that has effected slimserver performance. UI performance is excellent. This setup is working great for me. Intel mainboard 7505 chipset with dual 2.4ghz xeon with HT. Mirrored 10K RPM Raptor system drives 4 250GB WD SATA drives raid 5 using Adaptec 4 port 64mhz PCI-X card. 1GB RAM DDR something. Current library is 12,500 tracks and growing... -- tgoldstone ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox display upgrades?
Sorry, the display upgrade kits have sold out, and are no longer in production. -- seanadams ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relative Playlists Fixed?
--- Ben Sandee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My dad's playlists work fine, so at least some of my relative's playlists are working. Everyone at work is wondering what's wrong with me because that one made me laugh out loud __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
Stewart Loving-Gibbard wrote: The larger the music library gets, the worse the performance. It's getting to a stage where it really isn't good enough to run - when for example two people run searches on the music library, all three players will stall. Ah, a topic near to my heart. In the meantime, I'm going to throw an absurd amount of hardware at this problem. I'm putting together a dual Xeon 3ghz server, likely with a Areca SATA RAID 5. (The performance of the 3ware RAID cards has always been underwhelming, Perl proc hogs aside. The Areca/Tekrams I have running elsewhere seem far, far better.) I'd be curious if anyone out there with a large library (I'll let you define what that means) is getting good or even snappy performance with their setup? Care to brag? Hi Stewart, A topic near to my heart too. I would caution against throwing absurd amounts of hardware at this as a solution. SlimServer runs for me on XP on a 3.4GHz 4GB memory machine, almost dedicated and the results , although slightly better than before, are still flawed. Memory - which was a big issue on v5 is now not an issue under v6. Here's my experience... I have a very large library - circa 100K tracks, and I have 8 players although only ever about 2 or 3 are playing. The V6 Slimserver has helped solve a lot of my problems (stalls) but it hasn't fixed what I believe is an architecture issue in SlimServer to do with threading. It is not the number of players that is the issue btw. On searching my library I can interrupt all playback and displays for over 15 minutes !! This is to do with the search results being large, if you search for narrower terms then control returns quicker, say 2-3 minutes but once you exceed 10 secs or so then music stalls so it's still an issue. . If I rescan my libray it takes over 24 hours :-( and all player interaction is lost for that time. This has got much worse btw in recent (beta) builds. There has been a bug filed over a year since v5.1.6 - it was hoped to fix this in v6 with the new DB architecture and then when it didn't pan out it was intended for 6.1 but now yet again it has been pushed to a 6.2 target. I can't help feeling that this is a big issue in how SlimServer is architected and may not be so easy to remedy. No consumer product should really lock out users for long lengths of time however my library size is hardly typical consumer either so that is unfair. If people with much more typical libraries are seeing this then it's an issue though. I feel the display, IR remote and playback should be threaded separately from the other processes such that they can continue to function without interruption. mp3 playback (no transcoding) is a very light cpu task and the DB searches now seem lightning fast in their responses - it's the subsequent data handling and the library scan task that seems to kill anything - which to me ( as a novice programmer) seems something that shouldn't be happening, but may be a bi-product of Perl or something.. In a way I wish a big development pause/splurge could be had on the fundamental performance issues of SlimServer rather than fancy new features, but that's not so interesting to people I guess. The open source side does tend to become a bit of a rollercoaster sometimes - but that's why I love SlimServer too - all the new things that it can do . My purchase has grown in functionality for free. I am hanging on in there for this fix as SlimServer is potentially such a great product for me (if it worked) , the current situation is very fragile though. The fact that player actions effect other players (stalling / interrupting music) is my main problem. I control via AMX and Crestron and these modules get really messed around by stalls in the CLI interface too. But, I'll wait to 6.2 and pin my hopes on that once more. No other solution is as accessible and flexible for me as SlimServer and fits so well into my HA setup so fingers crossed. Indeed I'm struggling at the moment to find an alternative or I might have jumped already. Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox display upgrades?
seanadams wrote: Sorry, the display upgrade kits have sold out, and are no longer in production. I have two brand new display upgrades available in the UK if anyone is interested ?? (will post anywhere) . Contact me offlist . (A previous purchaser backed out of some I had ordered for them) Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
Kevin, Which bug numbers describe the issues you are having?Scanning and searching should NOT take as long as you describe. -dean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re-scan problems
I have just downloaded 6.2 nightly. Followed advice to do a library wipe / rescan and two things happened. 1) Rescan took nearly 30 hours and during that time all players were stalled, web app unusable, in fact hard to even tell it was doing anything, took over 10 mins to get into the player library info screen to see if it was scanning. CPU usage on the PC was very low though - 10%. Previous scan time 8 hours or so. 2) My library has reduced from 100K to 70K tracks - I know I had a very badly managed library with duplicates around but not that many ! Any thoughts ?? I think there are some u/c l/c corrections are there ? Only other significant thing is that I am running as an XP service now whereas before it was the app. Music is all on shares. Service is running under the same user that app previously was run from. XP 4GB 3.4Ghz Kevin spieler wrote: Since I upgraded to slimserver 6.1.1 I have problems with scanning on both re-scan and clear library and re-scan. I have only 500 albums and about 5300 tracks but it takes at least 45 - 60 mins to scan compared with around 15-20 on earlier versions. My squeezebox is hard-wired to the router and never loses contact with the slimserver in normal use. However when scanning it constantly loses contact and it is impossible to scan and play at the same time. Even when not playing it still loses contact constantly. When I look in task manager slimserver cycles rapidly between 60% and 97% CPU usage when playing and scanning and 60 and 85% when just scanning. I have tried disabling the plugins I added in case it made a difference but it doesn't. It is a basic Dell windows box with a Celeron 2.6 processor and 256mb Ram. Any ideas? Can anyone help me set up debugging so I can provide more info? Cheers Paul ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
dean blackketter wrote: Kevin, Which bug numbers describe the issues you are having?Scanning and searching should NOT take as long as you describe. -dean Hi dean, http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=399 Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
Thanks, is there a bug about your scanning performance issues? On Aug 4, 2005, at 7:57 AM, Kevin Hawkins wrote: dean blackketter wrote: Kevin, Which bug numbers describe the issues you are having?Scanning and searching should NOT take as long as you describe. -dean Hi dean, http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=399 Kevin ___ 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] Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
No - I haven't filed a bug as I have only just experienced this in a 6.2 nightly . Previously I have kept my library DB between installs so I don't know how long it's been there. I know some changes were made recently to the DB duplicates issue and that maybe related. It maybe something that isn't a bug in the 6.1 released version. I did make an adjacent post (today) in a thread entitles Re-Scan problems. kevin dean blackketter wrote: Thanks, is there a bug about your scanning performance issues? On Aug 4, 2005, at 7:57 AM, Kevin Hawkins wrote: dean blackketter wrote: Kevin, Which bug numbers describe the issues you are having?Scanning and searching should NOT take as long as you describe. -dean Hi dean, http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=399 Kevin ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations?
I was just thinking that. Surely overkill for what we all know is a single threaded process? I run SlimServer on my office desktop, which I frequently use heavily while playing music on SlimServer and I have no problems apart from during the rescan, which I have scheduled to run at night. (almost 10,000 MP3s on a 2Ghz 512Mb PC) James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations?
At 4:28 PM +0100 8/4/05, Craig, James (IT) wrote: I was just thinking that. Surely overkill for what we all know is a single threaded process? I run SlimServer on my office desktop, which I frequently use heavily while playing music on SlimServer and I have no problems apart from during the rescan, which I have scheduled to run at night. (almost 10,000 MP3s on a 2Ghz 512Mb PC) I've set up a dedicated server: a mac mini with an external FireWire drive. 1/25 GHz G4, 512 MB RAM. Works great to drive two or three players. Library is about 11K tracks. -- -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relative Playlists Fixed?
Quoting gomichaelkgo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've had a Squeezebox G for a few months now, and would really like to use the playlists I created previously. I know that prior versions did not support relative playlists. I have looked through the bug reports but have not been able to determine if this bug has been fixed. Has it? they should be, as of 6.1b1 http://www.slimdevices.com/su_changelog.html http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506 -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
Just to chime-in I have a dual 500MHz Dell Precision workstaion with 2Gb RAM and a 640Gb MicroNet RAID-5 connected via firewire 800 that stores my 70,000 tunes on WinXP SP2. I have been a SlimDevices customer since around v3 of the slim server software. An initial scan of the library takes over a day. Always has. You just need to sacrifice a day and half for the initial scan with large libraries IMO. I turned-off scheduled rescans, as I have never been able to get SS to pick-up new music on the rescans. I have added music to my library in the past, but SS never seems to see it. For me, the scheduled rescan is only good after correcting tags. That's about it. If I add music, I need to forfeit 2 days of a hard rescan of the library. -- Dondi --- Kevin Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stewart Loving-Gibbard wrote: The larger the music library gets, the worse the performance. It's getting to a stage where it really isn't good enough to run - when for example two people run searches on the music library, all three players will stall. Ah, a topic near to my heart. In the meantime, I'm going to throw an absurd amount of hardware at this problem. I'm putting together a dual Xeon 3ghz server, likely with a Areca SATA RAID 5. (The performance of the 3ware RAID cards has always been underwhelming, Perl proc hogs aside. The Areca/Tekrams I have running elsewhere seem far, far better.) I'd be curious if anyone out there with a large library (I'll let you define what that means) is getting good or even snappy performance with their setup? Care to brag? Hi Stewart, A topic near to my heart too. I would caution against throwing absurd amounts of hardware at this as a solution. SlimServer runs for me on XP on a 3.4GHz 4GB memory machine, almost dedicated and the results , although slightly better than before, are still flawed. Memory - which was a big issue on v5 is now not an issue under v6. Here's my experience... I have a very large library - circa 100K tracks, and I have 8 players although only ever about 2 or 3 are playing. The V6 Slimserver has helped solve a lot of my problems (stalls) but it hasn't fixed what I believe is an architecture issue in SlimServer to do with threading. It is not the number of players that is the issue btw. On searching my library I can interrupt all playback and displays for over 15 minutes !! This is to do with the search results being large, if you search for narrower terms then control returns quicker, say 2-3 minutes but once you exceed 10 secs or so then music stalls so it's still an issue. . If I rescan my libray it takes over 24 hours :-( and all player interaction is lost for that time. This has got much worse btw in recent (beta) builds. There has been a bug filed over a year since v5.1.6 - it was hoped to fix this in v6 with the new DB architecture and then when it didn't pan out it was intended for 6.1 but now yet again it has been pushed to a 6.2 target. I can't help feeling that this is a big issue in how SlimServer is architected and may not be so easy to remedy. No consumer product should really lock out users for long lengths of time however my library size is hardly typical consumer either so that is unfair. If people with much more typical libraries are seeing this then it's an issue though. I feel the display, IR remote and playback should be threaded separately from the other processes such that they can continue to function without interruption. mp3 playback (no transcoding) is a very light cpu task and the DB searches now seem lightning fast in their responses - it's the subsequent data handling and the library scan task that seems to kill anything - which to me ( as a novice programmer) seems something that shouldn't be happening, but may be a bi-product of Perl or something.. In a way I wish a big development pause/splurge could be had on the fundamental performance issues of SlimServer rather than fancy new features, but that's not so interesting to people I guess. The open source side does tend to become a bit of a rollercoaster sometimes - but that's why I love SlimServer too - all the new things that it can do . My purchase has grown in functionality for free. I am hanging on in there for this fix as SlimServer is potentially such a great product for me (if it worked) , the current situation is very fragile though. The fact that player actions effect other players (stalling / interrupting music) is my main problem. I control via AMX and Crestron and these modules get really messed around by stalls in the CLI interface too. But, I'll wait to 6.2 and pin my hopes on that once more. No other solution is as accessible and flexible for me as SlimServer and fits so well into my HA setup so fingers crossed. Indeed I'm struggling at
[slim] SB2 earphone socket problem...
Hello All, I was one of the people in England who were unfortunate enough to receive one of the SB2s with the earphone socket problem. I know there were other readers of the list with the same problem and I'm just enquiring about how they fared when they tried to get the defect remedied. In my case things are developing into the stuff of nightmares and I've been without my Squeezebox for nearly four weeks now. Regards, Nick. -- nhopton ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re-scan problems
Quoting Kevin Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have just downloaded 6.2 nightly. Followed advice to do a library wipe / rescan and two things happened. 1) Rescan took nearly 30 hours and during that time all players were stalled, web app unusable, in fact hard to even tell it was doing anything, took over 10 mins to get into the player library info screen to see if it was scanning. CPU usage on the PC was very low though - 10%. Previous scan time 8 hours or so. I see the same thing. Scans are now taking several seconds per track, no matter which importers are used. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
Free or can you pay a little? Pay: for the easiest method, try vshell from www.vandyke.com. They have outstanding support, excellent forums, and its a one program solution. They have the premiere SSH products for Windows. You can download a 30 day eval product. Its not cheap, but it is excellent. Free: you can use the open source cygwin environment (Unix/Linux environment for your PC) and use the openssh server available. This is more work, and requires more learning on your part. You an start by going to www.cygwin.com If your work allows inward SSH connections, you don't need an SSH server, but can just use an SSH client (free [ putty ] or pay [ secureCRT, Entunnel ]), make the remote connection inward and use a reverse tunnel. You'll have to check with your work's admins if they support SSH connections, saving the setup.exe program to your desktop, and run it. It will download the necessary components (plus lots more that you can disable). Then all you need to do is configure. By the way, once you have SSH installed, you can setup secure, complete access to your desktop at home. Post more when you have considered which direction you want to go, and have started down the road. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
SSH for Windows: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sshwindows SSH Setup http://www.vbmysql.com/articles/ssh-tunnel-part2.html Easy SSH client http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html All of the above software is free and not nag-ware. On 8/4/05, MrC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Free or can you pay a little?Pay: for the easiest method, try vshell from www.vandyke.com.Theyhave outstanding support, excellent forums, and its a one programsolution.They have the premiere SSH products for Windows.You can download a 30 day eval product.Its not cheap, but it is excellent.Free: you can use the open source cygwin environment (Unix/Linuxenvironment for your PC) and use the openssh server available.This is more work, and requires more learning on your part.You an start bygoing to www.cygwin.comIf your work allows inward SSH connections, you don't need an SSHserver, but can just use an SSH client (free [ putty ] or pay [ secureCRT, Entunnel ]), make the remote connection inward and use areverse tunnel.You'll have to check with your work's admins if theysupport SSH connections, saving the setup.exe program to your desktop, and run it.It will download the necessary components (plus lots morethat you can disable).Then all you need to do is configure.By the way, once you have SSH installed, you can setup secure, completeaccess to your desktop at home. Post more when you have considered which direction you want to go, andhave started down the road.--MrC___Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.comhttp://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
Re: [slim] mDNS broadcasts on all IP addresses
How can I nicely tell mDNS to not broadcast on my external ethernet adapter besides a couple of lines in iptables? Do you use mDNS? You can stop it completely and the associated process by setting the Rendezous name to blank. Other than that I don't think you can specify a port to multicast on as it is really the OS which is deciding how to send the packets. They are from 224.0.0/24 so should not be forwarded by any routers. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 earphone socket problem...
I emailed my supplier to ask for a replacement and was told the following. I never got around to contacting them as I had waited for so long for my SB2 that I really didn't want to be without it so soon. Are these the people that you're having problems with? Regarding the problem with the headphone socket on the Squeezebox2, Slim Devices have identified the problem within a small batch that were sent to the UK. Becasue it is a manufacturing fault they will swap the units out via their UK distributor who should be contacted via e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the e-mail you need to quote the serial number on the side of the unit. You will then be issued with an RMA number and can return the item for a replacement unit. Max nhopton Wrote: Hello All, I was one of the people in England who were unfortunate enough to receive one of the SB2s with the earphone socket problem. I know there were other readers of the list with the same problem and I'm just enquiring about how they fared when they tried to get the defect remedied. In my case things are developing into the stuff of nightmares and I've been without my Squeezebox for nearly four weeks now. Regards, Nick. -- 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] Sean Adams caught red handed!
Apparently Sean can't park. There was a slashdot story yesterday about Yahoo, and there was a link to a page about how people at Yahoo can't park their cars. Follow the chain: http://slashdot.org/articles/05/08/03/1510251.shtml?tid=98tid=95 http://flickr.com/photos/ycantpark/ http://flickr.com/photos/ycantpark/25737470/ The Slim Devices sticker on the back window gives it away... -- kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sean Adams caught red handed!
Nah, can't be Sean - no male would ever drive a car like that unless they cut hair of course. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sean Adams caught red handed!
kevin wrote: Apparently Sean can't park. There was a slashdot story yesterday about Yahoo, and there was a link to a page about how people at Yahoo can't park their cars. Follow the chain: You know, a pony would have fit in those compact spots... :) - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 earphone socket problem...
Tell me David, when you sent the unit to Progressive for replacement did *you* have to pay the postage? Like a fool I did and I feel very hacked off about it. Why should I be punished by having to pay the postage? My only crime was to buy the unit in the first place. Progressive told me that my replacement SB2 would with me by the end of last week, but of course it wasn't. Broadbandstuff told me that it would be here today, which of course it isn't (well we'll see, there are three and a bit hours of 'today' left, but I'm not holding my breath). If you'll believe it, when I told Broadbandstuff I wanted a refund they told me I couldn't have one. This, of course, is the sort of rubbish calculated to enrage. Regards, Nick. -- nhopton ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] NSLU2 as a SlimServer - anyone stories?
Hi, I'm about to try the GNU/Linux-based Linksys NSLU2 network server device with a USB2 attached hard drive as a standalone SlimServer host. I've read the HowTo etc and it all looks pretty simple, I'm just waiting for the bits to arrive from Amazon. In the meantime, does anyone have any stories about their experiences with this solution? I've read elsewhere of successful use but recent threads in this forum regarding performance of the newer SlimServer builds give me some cause for concern given the specs of the NSLU2 i.e. 133MHz Intel IXP420 processor with 32MB RAM - something of a step down from my current platform of OS X with 1GHz G4 and 1GHz RAM. Anyone tried this? -- nano2nd ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Feature Request: Web interface for Sony PSP
The Sony PSP will have Web browser capability with the 2.0 firmware to be released on August 12, 2005. It would be great if a new Sony PSP specific web page served by the SlimServer could be created. It would be formated for the small screen of the PSP. That way, the PSP could be used as an enhanced remote for the Squeezebox2. -- dannyg ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] NSLU2 as a SlimServer - anyone stories?
nano2nd skrev: Hi, I'm about to try the GNU/Linux-based Linksys NSLU2 network server device with a USB2 attached hard drive as a standalone SlimServer host. I've read the HowTo etc and it all looks pretty simple, I'm just waiting for the bits to arrive from Amazon. In the meantime, does anyone have any stories about their experiences with this solution? I've read elsewhere of successful use but recent threads in this forum regarding performance of the newer SlimServer builds give me some cause for concern given the specs of the NSLU2 i.e. 133MHz Intel IXP420 processor with 32MB RAM - something of a step down from my current platform of OS X with 1GHz G4 and 1GHz RAM. Anyone tried this? I have the NSLU2 running SlimServer to my Slimp3. What can I say, installation was a bit difficult for me not being that literate in Linux and so on, but I reckon that was due to some sloppy reading of the manual on my part. Now its running, but browsing the web interface and on the SlimServer is a bit slow. However, I have not had any problems with skipping and I have to say that it works pretty well. I have, however, been considering downgrading SlimServer to some of the 5.x-version - so any thoughts in that regard is much appreciated. The upside for me is that I have gained a cheap network storage solution that doubles as SlimServer and gotten rid of all the noise that my previous three servers produced and furthermore saved a few SEK on my electricity bill. So - I am satisfied, but having said that - I am not a power user in any way. /Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations?
Ah, good to know -- thank you for responding! I have an Adaptec RAID card that came bundled with my new machine, I was concerned it would be too slow for the purpose. Your library is just a little smaller than mine, and your specs very close to what I was intending. I'd be tickled if I had similar smooth sailing. Stew tgoldstone wrote: When I set up my system I took the 200% approach which was to make a system that was 200% more than I needed. I have a SB1 and an SB2 both wireless. I have never had a hiccup or a pause or anything that has effected slimserver performance. UI performance is excellent. This setup is working great for me. Intel mainboard 7505 chipset with dual 2.4ghz xeon with HT. Mirrored 10K RPM Raptor system drives 4 250GB WD SATA drives raid 5 using Adaptec 4 port 64mhz PCI-X card. 1GB RAM DDR something. Current library is 12,500 tracks and growing... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
I have reported on the mplayer developers forum and someone appears to have had some sucess reproducing it but still no fix yet. Neil -- Neil Sleightholm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 earphone socket problem...
Nick, Yes, I did pay the postage to them. I did not think about it at the time but as you say it seems only right that they should pay it and get recompense from Slim Devices. I don't know what arrangements SD had with it's UK distributors over this issue but if I remember they did not give any direct help to anyone on the mailing list but did, of course, acknowledge the problem. In reality I don't think Broadband could refuse to give you a refund if it's what you wanted but like any business they will try to avoid it. If you paid by credit card your contract is also with the card company and they should be able to apply pressure to the supplier. I have had this kind of thing happen on other occasions in the past with other goods and only got sense when I mentioned I worked for a firm of solicitors and would get them involved. I hope you don't have to wait much longer it must be so frustrating. The only good thing is that it's such a good product which I am sure will give you, as it has me, many hours of good listening once you get it back. Regards. David -- DJMUK ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature Request: Web interface for Sony PSP
Does the handheld skin not work well? The Sony PSP will have Web browser capability with the 2.0 firmware to be released on August 12, 2005. It would be great if a new Sony PSP specific web page served by the SlimServer could be created. It would be formated for the small screen of the PSP. That way, the PSP could be used as an enhanced remote for the Squeezebox2. -- dannyg ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature Request: Web interface for Sony PSP
On 8/4/05, ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron Zinck wrote: Does the handheld skin not work well? haven't tried it, but PSP=sideways, handheld=updown. Most, if not all, modern handhelds will do both orientations. I would expect the handheld skin would work fine in either orientation with even the worst handheld web browser -- it certainly did on my pocketpc. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature Request: Web interface for Sony PSP
The handheld skin works very well, there are actually a couple of threads on this already. The only issue is that (to my mind) the PSP cursor movements are a little too quick making it hard to select items, but that's not slimserver's fault. I'd also like to be able to scale the size of cover art images, but that's a minor skin tweak which shouldn't be hard to do manually. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Modified Fishbone Skins
Song Info (through Browse Music Folder) is the same ... -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Where can I buy a Squeezebox locally?
I also have a license for J River, and I like it's interface a lot (it's like iTunes on speed), but I can't say I actually use it much. One of the main reasons is that FLAC isn't supported in the core product, only via a plugin, and that plugin seems to crash the app with great frequency. I was also less than impressed with the J River community but that was a while ago, maybe things are friendlier now. Anyway, to get back on point, for people who don't like the squeezebox UI and so tend to use the web interface (that would include me) an alternative PC based implementation would be no bad thing - choice is always good, right? I may even end up using it, depending on how comprehensive it was. But this isn't something SlimDevices need worry themselves with - they took the excellent step of opening stuff up, and so if a J River user wants the functionality enough, they can have it. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Protecting music?
Embarassed by that Spice Girls CD? Aren't we all. Anyway, no I don't think there is anyway to restrict access to parts of the library. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature Request: Web interface for Sony PSP
Ben Sandee wrote: On 8/4/05, ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most, if not all, modern handhelds will do both orientations. I would expect the handheld skin would work fine in either orientation with even the worst handheld web browser -- it certainly did on my pocketpc. true. but there is usually a more 'native' orientation that has more to do with where the controls are relative to your grip than it does with the screen orientation. most of these new mini-tablet devices look like they're designed to be held more like a game console controller than a PDA or smartphone. and the touchscreen will change the way users interact with these devices as well. hard to know how it's going to work until its actually in our hands. personally i'm holding out hope for the Nokia 770. --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Protecting music?
On 8/4/05, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Embarassed by that Spice Girls CD? Aren't we all. Anyway, no I don't think there is anyway to restrict access to parts of the library. Hey, I bought it for the cover art. Thankfully we can see cover art using the web interface. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature request: Brightness timer
Yes, I deleted the prefs file and had to reset everything. As far as the issue of the display lighting up again after the sleep timer ends I am stumped. Like I said earlier. I was sure it stayed off all night for several days last week, but now I can't make it happen on 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 unless I manually go to the web setting and set it to 0 before I go to bed at night. Hmmm maybe I was turning the display off before hitting the sleep button? Ugh if that's it I feel like a dork for dragging this thread out. -- MeSue Sue ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
MrC Wrote: Any port opening represents a possible attack vector. Meaning, there's software at the other end listening, and if there are flaws in that software, they can and will eventually be exploited. You'd be better off setting up an SSH tunnel, as SSH server implementations are widely scrutinized and deployed. Best to trust a couple of security providers who specialize in such things. I'm not going to disagree with any of this, except to say that the likleyhood of an attack being mounted against slimserver on :9000 are very (extremely) low. The vast majority of attacks are simply automated scripts looking for known flaws in commonly used software. SlimServer simply isn't a big enough target to warrant the attention required for someone to find a flaw, craft an exploit and add it to a scanner. Of course if you really annoy someone and they happen to know what they're doing, all bets are off :) So by all means use a tunnel, it's certainly more secure, but I (personally) wouldn't be particularly unhappy about running it as an open service. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Modified Fishbone Skins
Patrick Dixon Wrote: Just trying the fawn version of the modified skin and it looks like the AlienBBC page doesn't get the same style. If you copy the attached files to server\Plugins\Alien\HTML\Fishbone\plugins\Alien they should work. Neil +---+ |Filename: Alien.zip| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=220| +---+ -- Neil Sleightholm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
I have a dual 500MHz Dell Precision workstaion with 2Gb RAM and a 640Gb MicroNet RAID-5 connected via firewire 800 that stores my 70,000 tunes on WinXP SP2. I have been a SlimDevices customer since around v3 of the slim server software. An initial scan of the library takes over a day. Always has. You just need to sacrifice a day and half for the initial scan with large libraries IMO What I don't understand is why the scan time is seemingly exponential. I can do a full wipe and rescan of about 10,000 tracks in under 15 minutes (more like 10), so why does 7x the tracks take 96x as long to scan? -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 Stops Responding
I hate to say it but I am having this problem with silent crashes again. What I mean by silent crashes is that SlimServer still appears in the system tray, but the web interface and the SB2 become unresponsive and the clock is stuck on a incorrect time. on the PC running SlimServer, CPU and memory usage is normal, and nothing is written to the event logs. If I quit Slimerver and try to restart it, it gets stuck on SlimServer Starting. I must reboot in order to get it running again. It has always happened when the PC is sitting idle, so I can't connect it to anything I was doing on my PC. I was having this problem before, but on 7/26, I did a clean install of the official release of 6.1.1. I only added one non-bundled plugin (SuperDateTime). I did not have this problem at all using that version. However, I noticed when I would pause and then resume, the playback would stop at the end of the resumed song instead of continuing through the playlist. On 8/2 I installed 6.1.2 to see if the pause problem was fixed. It was, but now this silent crashing problem is back! Please help! -- MeSue Sue ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations?
One important piece of data to add: slimserver-2005_05_30-1 Haven't bothered to update since it does what I need 99% of the time. On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 22:46 +0100, Mark Bennett wrote: Intrigued by this thread I wanted to test my system to see what happens. First of all, I'll make no bones - it's a fairly high-end system, so I wasn't expecting any problems: Intel P4, 3.4GHz with Hyper-threading 1 GB 400MHZ dual-channel DDR OS/home on a Western Digital 200GB PATA drive with 8MB Cache Music on a Western Digital 250GB PATA drive with 8MB Cache Linux (Fedora Core 2 SMP kernel) (Don't ask how it got to be such a high-end system for Slimserver, it just did.) I loaded it up with as much as I reasonably can (slimserver wise): 2 * wireless SB2's (Flac to Flac) 1 * wireless SB1 (Flac to Wav) 1 Softsqueeze (on server) (Flac to Flac) 1 WinAmp (Flac to MP3) 1 PocketPC PDA (Flac to MP3) All players were playing different music. With all of this going on, the SS and decoding/re-encoding were struggling to break 10% CPU load. No dropouts, excellent performance. To load it further I did a wipe and rescan, which put the overall CPU performance up to effectively 100%. The only interruption from sound on any of the players was when they tried to move to the next track and couldn't find the database entry anymore. Restarting worked fine even during the scan. All the players and the web interface also remained responsive. OK, I only have a small library (~6,500 Flac songs) but scanning took roughly 15 minutes for the lot. (BTW the machine was also running a mail client which was regularly checking for email and Mozilla.) Throwing hardware at the problem does help, even if it isn't necessary. -- The biggest problem encountered while trying to design a system that was completely foolproof, was, that people tended to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. (Douglas Adams) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
radish Wrote: So by all means use a tunnel, it's certainly more secure, but I (personally) wouldn't be particularly unhappy about running it as an open service. I don't think I'd want my works' admins snooping my traffic. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: SB2 Stops Responding
if you are seeing nothing in the cpu usage, and nothing is actually crashing, it may help to run the server via command line, with some debug flags set. This way you can see ongoing activity and possibly track down exactly what is causing the server to simply stall. c:\program files\slimserver\server\slim.exe as for debug, I'd suggest d_http, d_info as a start. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
MrC Wrote: I don't think I'd want my works' admins snooping my traffic. For general SSH traffic, sure, it's advantage is that it's snoop proof. But if my work policy said no streaming music then I ain't gonna do it, even if I can find a way through the firewall. There are plenty of ways they could deduce what you are doing if they wanted to, and instant dismissal is not worth the convenience. I know if I was an admin and I saw a ton of SSH traffic through the firewall (and it is detectable) I'd sure as hell take a closer look. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature Request: Web interface for Sony PSP
hard to know how it's going to work until its actually in our hands. Believe me, I have it my hands, the PSP works just fine with the handheld skin, it looks like it was designed for it. Not saying it couldn't be made better, but I don't see a pressing need for changes. dannyg - could you avoid crossposting as it makes those of use using the forum get very confused. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000
Yup, a no streaming policy would make this entire thread moot. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: mDNS broadcasts on all IP addresses
Thanks! I'll have to check and see what happens if I turn it off... -- slimbls ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 Stops Responding
I think I figured it out: g:\program files\slimserver\server\slim.exe --d_http --d_info (SlimServer is installed on my G drive.) Do just leave the command window open until it happens again? -- MeSue Sue ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: SB2 Stops Responding
Quoting MeSue [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think I figured it out: g:\program files\slimserver\server\slim.exe --d_http --d_info (SlimServer is installed on my G drive.) Do just leave the command window open until it happens again? yes, or until you get bored with trying :) Try experimenting with other flags if you think any of them might be closer to what you think might be going on. d_display should track what is showing on teh display, etc. slim.exe --help will list all of the options. maybe try turning on d_remotestream from the web UI (now that you already have it running with the others). That will check for any http calls to outside urls that might be causing some sort of lockup. The only thing I can think of that would stop al interraction without causing CPU spikes would be a blocking http request that somehow fails to respond or cause a timeout. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations? -- no, but I can tell you what *isn't* working for me..
Maybe a .cue/.m3u problem? A lot of the CDs I have ripped have playlist files in the dir with the music. If I browse folders and play a directory containing a CD that has a playlist file in it I get 2 of each song. I commented out .cue and .m3u in types.conf to remedy.(which of course broke playlists altogether). BUT I'm pretty sure it dropped a 4-5 hours scan time to under a half hour. (40,000 tracks) YMMV - I wasn't timing it so this may be a big wrong. Just something to think about. I will test later and report. Matt What I don't understand is why the scan time is seemingly exponential. I can do a full wipe and rescan of about 10,000 tracks in under 15 minutes (more like 10), so why does 7x the tracks take 96x as long to scan? -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss The information contained in this e-mail is strictly confidential and for the intended use of the addressee only; it may also be legally privileged and/or price sensitive. Notice is hereby given that any disclosure, use or copying of the information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited and may be illegal. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. All e-mail sent to this address will be received by Acacia Pacific Holding's e-mail system and is subjected to archiving and review by someone other than the recipient. Acacia Pacific Holdings has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that any attachment to this e-mail has been swept for viruses. We accept no liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses and advise you carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NSLU2 as a SlimServer - anyone stories?
Works great for me but YMMV. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=46046postcount=20 -- mac ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Totally confused about iTunes with SlimServer
Thanks for all the help, clears it up for me. Regards-Michael G. -- mgerbasio ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?
Aylwin Wrote: Congratulations to all the new parents out there! Double that if it's your first! I have a 2 month old myself. Our third child. We have a 3 month old first child here... and the spoiled brat already has her own SB2 :) -- takashi37 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sony PSP as remote
Better yet, I'd like to see a streaming client (possibly even Softsqueeze) for the PSP. I hook my PSP up to a Kloss Tivoli 3 radio in my room, it would be awesome to listen to my slimserver collection on it. Has anyone seen a streaming client for PSP? Mike -- merc4a2 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sony PSP as remote
Milhouse Wrote: radish - can you do me a favour and confirm the Browse by Artwork behaviour that I am seeing on my PSP and iPAQ (using NetFront v3.1) - this is that the first two albums display OK, then the 3rd and subsequent albums display over the top of the second album. cheers Regular browse by album shows the artwork fine, but the actual browse by artwork screen is a mess. It actually runs out of memory on my PSP and the display is horribly broken. I hadn't noticed as I never use that screen. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Totally confused about iTunes with SlimServer
Jacob Potter Wrote: To be fair, almost none of the current players do play FLAC. The iPod isn't exactly restricted. - Jacob You'd be surprised (Rio, iRiver, iAudio, others), and yes it is, in that order :) -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sean Adams caught red handed!
Marc Sherman wrote: kevin wrote: Apparently Sean can't park. There was a slashdot story yesterday about Yahoo, and there was a link to a page about how people at Yahoo can't park their cars. Follow the chain: You know, a pony would have fit in those compact spots... :) - Marc to be fair, the Yahoo! Santa Clara parking lots are weird. Crowded is to be expected in the 1990's Santa Clara buildings. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture... If this is Paradise, I wish I had a lawnmower. -- The Talking Heads ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sony PSP as remote
Sony U71P Run IE in Full screen mode with Touch skin. I am itching for a Tablet PC though... -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 | Unidisk 1.1 | TacT RCS2.0s | EMM Labs DCC2 | 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: sony PSP as remote
I need an excuse to buy a PSP, aww crap, my Slimdevice is hard wired. Uhh duh, nevermind. It's connected to a wireless router. Good, this is my reason to get a PSP, so I can turn off my alarm graphicallyI like my remote. On 8/4/05, WSLam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sony U71P Run IE in Full screen mode with Touch skin. I am itching for a Tablet PC though... -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 | Unidisk 1.1 | TacT RCS2.0s | EMM Labs DCC2 | 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
