[slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
On 30/9/05 at 05:31 -0700, markcaines wrote ...and if anyone has got it working for Mac OS X, I would also really appreciate some more guidance. Mark can't help with listen luve, but it works fine with listen again. browse the threads if you nrrf info -- Daniel Cohen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How can I get KQED?
I can get the ASX to work on an SB1 w/6.1.1, FW V40. But it sounds like 24 kbps I update to 6.2 and firmware 22 on my SB2, and I get the same result now, it sounds really crappy. -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
Dan - I'm in the same position - everything works apart the live streams. Guess I'll have to be patient. Mark -- markcaines ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] why won't aac files stream across internet
Hi all, just installed slimserver and got it running. I can access it via the web interface using dyndns as I want to be able to do this remotely. I can play any mp3 file with no problem, but the files that are encoded aac just won't play, it simply stops and the player says 'stopped'. Any ideas? Thanks, J. -- mr_magicfingers ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Corrupt library - how to delete it and rebuild from scratch?
The other day I posted about some phantom tags: tags which had been corrected but the old data stillhung around somewhere. The suggestion was to check through playlists. I did that - in fact I pretty much deletd all my playlists, but the problem is still here. Today I also notice that a few of the genre tags that I had previously changed (and so should no longer exist) are still being displayed. Wipe cache doesn't fix it ;-) So how do I ditch the library and start again? I guess I should think about upgrading to SS 6.2 while I'm at it, so if that makes things easier to delete the library then any info appreciated. Cheers! Dan. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Original Slimp3 help
When I purchased my new SB2 I gave my old Slimp3 to a friend who lives about 50 miles away and set it up to access the same music on my server. When it works, it is amazing. However it will occasionally skip and squawk as if the server can't keep up. I'm pretty sure it isn't my server or his network because when I bring my laptop to his house and run SoftSqueeze everything works fine and there is no skipping. I have already set the Bitrate Limiting and LAME quality for this player to the lowest settings. This helps but doesn't totally fix the problem. Does anyone have any ideas what else I could try? Thanks. -- jbuccino ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete it and rebuild from scratch?
Dan Goodinson Wrote: So how do I ditch the library and start again? I guess I should think about upgrading to SS 6.2 while I'm at it, so if that makes things easier to delete the library then any info appreciated. Cheers! Dan. If you want to stay with the current version: Stop slimserver Find slimserver.db and delete it restart slimserver - it will then automatically do a full rescan of your files. The current 6.2 nightlies work fine for me so if you want to upgrade I would: Do a complete unistall of slimserver Delete any remaining slimserver directories/files Install 6.2 - again it will then automatically do a full rescan of your files. Hope this helps. David -- DJMUK ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete it and rebuild fromscratch?
Perfect - many thanks. I'll give that a go right now. I didn't 6.2 was not available as a general release yet, so I'll hang on till the first official release. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of DJMUK Sent: Sat 01/10/2005 14:01 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete it and rebuild fromscratch? Dan Goodinson Wrote: So how do I ditch the library and start again? I guess I should think about upgrading to SS 6.2 while I'm at it, so if that makes things easier to delete the library then any info appreciated. Cheers! Dan. If you want to stay with the current version: Stop slimserver Find slimserver.db and delete it restart slimserver - it will then automatically do a full rescan of your files. The current 6.2 nightlies work fine for me so if you want to upgrade I would: Do a complete unistall of slimserver Delete any remaining slimserver directories/files Install 6.2 - again it will then automatically do a full rescan of your files. Hope this helps. David -- DJMUK ___ 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: Corrupt library - how to delete it and rebuildfromscratch?
I found a slimserversql.db in C:\Progam Files\SlimServer\server\cache. Is that the right one? (Certainly sounds like the right one, but thought it best to check...) My library has only around 5.5k tracks, and the file-size of slimserversql.db is about 6.5MB. Can't find any other *.db files. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dan Goodinson Sent: Sat 01/10/2005 14:23 To: Slim Devices Discussion; discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: RE: [slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete it and rebuildfromscratch? Perfect - many thanks. I'll give that a go right now. I didn't 6.2 was not available as a general release yet, so I'll hang on till the first official release. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of DJMUK Sent: Sat 01/10/2005 14:01 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete it and rebuild fromscratch? Dan Goodinson Wrote: So how do I ditch the library and start again? I guess I should think about upgrading to SS 6.2 while I'm at it, so if that makes things easier to delete the library then any info appreciated. Cheers! Dan. If you want to stay with the current version: Stop slimserver Find slimserver.db and delete it restart slimserver - it will then automatically do a full rescan of your files. The current 6.2 nightlies work fine for me so if you want to upgrade I would: Do a complete unistall of slimserver Delete any remaining slimserver directories/files Install 6.2 - again it will then automatically do a full rescan of your files. Hope this helps. David -- DJMUK ___ 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: How can I get KQED?
Windows 2000 here. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mrfantasy Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 19:53 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: How can I get KQED? What OS is SlimServer running on? If it's Linux or Unix these might not work--both have to be transcoded in 6.1.1 with that player firmware, and you probably don't have the executables you need (you may be able to get ffmpeg or mplayer to do the conversion, though, and there's stuff here about that.) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Genre Questions
I've taken Malcolm's questions from the Developer forum and answered them here to try and keep things a bit more on topic over there. Hope noone minds, least of all Malcolm! 1) You can have whatever genres you like. Just tag your music with whatever genres you want and SlimServer/RandomPlay will use them. 2) Yes. You can add multiple genre tags to tracks or you can use a separator character and tell SlimServer about it. The first option is preferred, but I personally still use the latter. For example, some of my tracks have a genre of Electronica;Dance. I tell SlimServer to use the semicolon as a separator character (Server Settings - Behaviour - Multiple items in tags) and those tracks show up under both Electronica and Dance. Max mwphoto Wrote: 1) Can genres be user configurable? My classification doesn't really match any worldview of genres so I'd be (ab)using the genre tag to make it work 2) Can a track be in more than one genre? How? -- 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] Original Slimp3 help
jbuccino wrote: When I purchased my new SB2 I gave my old Slimp3 to a friend who lives about 50 miles away and set it up to access the same music on my server. When it works, it is amazing. However it will occasionally skip and squawk as if the server can't keep up. I'm pretty sure it isn't my server or his network because when I bring my laptop to his house and run SoftSqueeze everything works fine and there is no skipping. I have already set the Bitrate Limiting and LAME quality for this player to the lowest settings. This helps but doesn't totally fix the problem. Does anyone have any ideas what else I could try? Thanks. The slimp3 has a very small buffer... you'd get better results from a Squeezebox, or from putting a server at his house. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: why won't aac files stream across internet
The server will have to transcode aac files to stream them. It will need quicktime to do that. If you're streaming to a non-slimdevices player (like winamp) it can only stream as MP3, so you'll need LAME installed as well. If you're using a squeezebox or softsqueeze at the other end you can stream as FLAC, PCM or MP3. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete it andrebuildfromscratch?
Many thanks! Although now I'm even more confused :-/ I stopped SS, renamed the .db file to a .db.old file. Then restarted SS and MusicMagicMixer. On restart, SS didn't automatically rescan. So I did used the Wipe Cache option. After SS had completed scanning the library, the phantom track is STILL there!! So this time I stopped SS, renamed the .db file to .db.old (the original one now is called .db.older) and restarted SS. Additionally, I went the location that SS thinks the file is at - and I physically moved the file. It's on the desktop - SS can't see it anymore. Restarted SS and MMM. Still no automatic scan on restart. And even though the file no longer exists, SS still references it!! So it can't be a dodgy tag on the file itself, because as far as SS is concerned the file is no longer even there?! So it must be storing the information somewhere else. I'm still also seeing the phantom genres that no longer exist. Are there any other locations that SS uses to cache data?? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of DJMUK Sent: Sat 01/10/2005 14:50 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete it andrebuildfromscratch? Yep, that's the one to delete. David -- DJMUK ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss winmail.dat___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Corrupt library - how to delete itandrebuildfromscratch?
Here's a faster way to ensure that you get a total clean, rescan and setup. 1) Stop slimserver. 2) Delete the entire server\Cache directory 3) Start slimserver A rescan and complete rebuild of the db and Cache directory will occur. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How can I get KQED?
My playlist for KQED has the following entries rtsp://rmbcast.kqed-us1w.speedera.net/alias_sjose_abovn/broadcast/rmbcast.kqed-us1w/rmbcast_kqed-us1w_jan112002_1500_62488.rm rtsp://rmbcast.kqed-us1e.speedera.net/alias_ashburn1_btn/broadcast/rmbcast.kqed-us1e/rmbcast_kqed-us1e_jan112002_1500_62847.rm http://www.kqed.org/w/streamingfiles/kqed_qt_qtl.mov mms://wmbcast.kqed.speedera.net/wmbcast.kqed/wmbcast_kqed_jan112002_1500_45704 The rstp: links are real audio :( and thus require Alien BBC to play -- Grahame ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Original Slimp3 help
So there's nothing else I can try? -- jbuccino ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Best FLAC interface for Windows XP?
Can someone give me some advice on the best way to deal with FLAC files on a PC running Windows XP? Is there anything that has an iTunes-like interface? -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Best FLAC interface for Windows XP?
Can someone give me some advice on the best way to deal with FLAC files on a PC running Windows XP? Is there anything that has an iTunes-like interface? Nothing with iTunes interface, but I use either Foobar2000 (www.foobar2000.org) which I personally think is wondrous, or Winamp. Simon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Original Slimp3 help
So there's nothing else I can try? I wouldn't have thought so. If it is pulling the music over the internet then you are introducing many more variables than you would have if you were on a network. Ignoring upload and download bandwidth on the connections you also have contention ratios (at least you do in the UK with ADSL) you have the packets routing between service providers, or at the very least through a providers network. Also bear in mind that the display for the unit is being driven by the server as well, so not only is the music taking bandwidth, the player/server communications are as well. I have no idea what the overhead for this is, but I would assume it would be significant on anything lower than basic Ethernet speeds. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Best way to serve from both PC and a Mac?
OK, here's the deal: Suppose I have a 500GB Lacie external HD to hold my tunes. I'd like to be able to use it on both a PC and my iBook G4, running Slimserver from either computer. And I'd like the compression to be lossless. Any thoughts on the best way to set this up? I'd like to use FLAC compression, but from what I gather so far there's not a lot of good software out there for Macs. Thanks for any advice, Mike -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Original Slimp3 help
As a last resort, you might want to go into network settings and set 'maximum number of bytes to send...' to something lower than the default - like 1000. If that works you can experiment with higher values between 1000 and 1400 (you want the highest value your connection can tolerate). This may work if the MTU between the SLIMP3 and your server is less than 1400. -- jth ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Live stream time-shifting support (via third party)?
IMHO Time-shifting live streams seems like a logical extention of Slimserver capability. Has anyone looked into what it would take for Slimserver to mesh with an application like Replay Radio or Replay Music (or any others...)? Could a plugin be written, or are the two technologies incompatible? I know that Roku is actively communicating with the developers of Replay Radio to develop seamless integration of timeshifting plus a few other goodies... Any similiar plans from the fine folks at Slim Devices? y. (edit: I modified the thread title to be a bit more descriptive) -- Yannzola ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best FLAC interface for Windows XP?
J River Media Center is about the closest to iTunes I've found, it supports FLAC via a plugin. I have version 10 (11 is out now I think) and it's good, but a little buggy with FLAC. 11 is supposed to be better but I'm not really happy about paying $30 to find out. If it wasn't for the bugginess I'd love it, very powerful interface and great for mass tagging etc. Works fine with mp3, vorbis, etc. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best FLAC interface for Windows XP?
^^^ Thanks, I'll check out both of those. As I mentioned in an another thread, I'm also looking for a way to run slimserver from my mac in addition to the PC. Hence any software that makes this easier to do is also a big plus. When these programs build playlists etc, can they be seen from a program that runs on a mac? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How do you specify two folders containing music?
I am running slimserver on a windowsXP box ver 6.1.1 - 3774. I do not use moodlogic or iTunes. I have my music collection in two different hard drives (e:\Music and f:\Music). Is there someway to specify in the music folder section both these folders? I am able to individually specify each folder and get everything to work. Appreciate any pointers. Thanks katni -- katni ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do you specify two folders containing music?
Simpy create a shortcut to one folder from the other. Or create a new master folder and put shortcuts to your two other folders in there. -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 as bridge - with Tivo?
Great news. I'll try it tomorrow when I can get to CompUSA to get a crossover cable. Tried today (before reading the rest of the posts in the thread) with a regular ethernet cable. No worky, of course. Thanks again guys - pat -- tubesguy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you specify two folders containing music?
On 1-Oct-05, at 3:05 PM, katni wrote: I am running slimserver on a windowsXP box ver 6.1.1 - 3774. I do not use moodlogic or iTunes. I have my music collection in two different hard drives (e:\Music and f:\Music). Is there someway to specify in the music folder section both these folders? http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#setup-multiplefolder this may also be of use: http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-sharedvolume -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Windows Server 2003 problems
It may have been asked many times before but my searches with Windows 2003 doesn't run doesn't yield useful results. I downloaded whatever was current as of the time of posting. 6.1.1? When I double-click on Slimserver, the pop up box appears Starting Slimserver at the bottom of the screen and stays that way. -- pasodoble ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: why won't aac files stream across internet
OK, thanks, I've just installed the lame framework into the /library/frameworks folder on my server. Is there anything else I have to do? I couldn't find much information on this with a search. Many thanks, J. -- mr_magicfingers ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best FLAC interface for Windows XP?
radish Wrote: J River Media Center is about the closest to iTunes I've found, it supports FLAC via a plugin. I have version 10 (11 is out now I think) and it's good, but a little buggy with FLAC. 11 is supposed to be better but I'm not really happy about paying $30 to find out. If it wasn't for the bugginess I'd love it, very powerful interface and great for mass tagging etc. Works fine with mp3, vorbis, etc. I like the interface of this program, but when I rip a CD in FLAC, I get errors in tagging the files. -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best FLAC interface for Windows XP?
Ah, fixed it, Yes, this will work great - thanks for the tip! -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How can I get KQED?
^^^ I'll be damned if I can get any of those to work. I should point out that I'm using a Mac. I tried following the instructions for installing Alien BBC, but no such luck yet. Thanks though. Mike -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How can I get KQED?
I should add that I can get Alien BBC to work, but not other Real Audio streams. -- Mike Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] more wood cases
So with the wood case other posts earlier in the week, I thought I would post some pics of my dedicated touchscreen softsqueeze boxes in Brazilian Mahogany cases. I had been holding off to take better pics, but when does one ever have time for that? Basic rundown: - Custom Mahogany cases done by David Mosby of Freightline Cases (contact info available upon request) David did a GREAT job, was very excited about my project, and in the end I paid him more than I owed him b/c I was so satisfied. - TC-10 Touchpanel computer from earthlcd.com Very happy with this aside from the sound chip quality. It does not have line out, so I am using speaker to line level converters from a car audio store. Even this setup is pretty noisy at low volume. - I have added a soundcard w/ digitial out on one box that is hooked to my good stereo setup. Sounds MUCH better than the stock. At some point I will get that working with an ART DI/O that I bought. - Boots from CF, and runs damnsmall linux. It took a couple of months for me to get it all working. I needed to compile a custom kernel for the touchscreen, and use a Kdive X binary from the driver author. - Boots, runs a modified slimp3slave, starts X, ssh's to my Linux server and runs softsqueeze with X displayback. This setup was required as the Geode CPU could not quite keep up with Softsqueeze and 320Mp3 playback. The combo works great. Slimp3slave was modified to allow uniq MAC addresses, so I can have four of these boxes on my network. - Running a custom woodgrain touchscreen skin that I did, that has been included with later betas of Softsqueeze. Overall it was a fun project, and it is nice to have music all over the house now. Some pics are attached. +---+ |Filename: skin.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=371| +---+ -- chrisla ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
