Re: [slim] Re: Feature request
Actually, I wouldn't ever want the playlist name (which is why I found it odd that you were suggesting using the PLAYLIST tag). I was under the mistaken impression that 'playlist name' in "Display playlist name for radio stations" was referring to the name assigned -in the playlist- (e.g. from the '#EXTINF' line in M3U files or the 'Title' line in PLS files), not -the playlist name itself-. Ok, I think now I know what you mean. I guess in SlimServer the #EXTINF tag is considered the song name. The problem is I don't have too much influence in what SlimServer makes out of MusicInfoSCR's tags. MusicInfoSCR passes the format string to a function deep inside SlimServer (which I never really understood) and will just check it on return: if it's empty, it fills in the playlist name. I can't tell slimserver what to take in what particular situation. I should not have jumped on this train as now the developpers who have more insight into the process will think I'll handle it. But I can't, I'm sorry :-/. Anybody else? Strings aren't unprintable. It's a question of your setup. You know what I mean. Of course _I_ do know what you mean, but the plugin does not (It's just a bunch of bytes to it). Neither does your chinese neighbour. Those characters might make perfect sense to him but not to you. When I see the exact same box character representing a variety of different foreign characters, I consider that unprintable (at least in my language). If you installed Unicode support on your slimserver it would display some nice chinese "characters" (don't know what they are correctly called), greek text or even hebrew. Those boxes aren't boxes to the software. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is this possible?
I purchased G-Force Platinum for $30 -- it comes with a Standalone version that will work with anything going thru my sound card. I just start up SoftSqueeze first, then set the G-Force toolbar preferences > Audio Source to "What U Hear". Works perfectly! -- no delay at all. It's way too late tonight to start crawling around behind my PC desk & A/V stand to hook up the long video cable. And I don't want to be up all night watching & tweaking G-Force. But I think I'm ready to rock & get hypnotized here... 8^P Jim -- Jim Larson Jim Larson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1869 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18360 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
Thanks Sean for the feedback. It's good to hear that code space and CPU speed are not the limitations. Sounds like lots of potential on the platform. Looks like good appetite for native OGG decoding (especially the fwd/rew feature...). I as well am thinking of a quiet, lower-power server like the cheap CSLU2 "slug" or maybe convert my XBOX and would rather let the SB do its own processing if one day I have multiple streams going. What about native AAC, folks? Given the popularity of the iPod/iTunes, I would imagine AAC would be a wonderful selling point here... The audiophile in me is still hankering for 96/24 FLAC streams :-) Arch seanadams Wrote: > It's not a matter of code space or CPU speed, just that we are at a > point of vastly diminishing returns now for adding new codecs. WMA was > needed for DRM and streaming radio support, but beyond that there is > not much benefit to native Ogg etc. That's not to say we'll never > implement it, just that it's a pretty low priority compared to all the > other projects we have going on. You may be surprised that porting > codecs to an embedded DSP is a not a trivial task at all. > > Again, not to say it won't happen - just not real soon. -- Archimago Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 2 Artists w/ same Album name - confused?
Two options: 1) As you say, make the album name unique. Not ideal. 2) Add the album names to the "Common Album Titles" list on Server Settings/Behavior. That tells slimserver that for those album titles, it should also take the artist name into account. Should fix the problem. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18421 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 2 Artists w/ same Album name - confused?
Since this is my first post, I must first say what a great product and company! I have been a very happy SB2 owner since August. I also want to thank the entire community. I have been able to find answers to all my questions on this forum. After upgrading to 6.2.1 from 6.1.1, I have come across a strange problem which I am guessing is related to the changes for Various Artists. I have searched and was surprised that nobody had come across this problem before me, so I decided I should post a message before logging a bug just in case I am missing something obvious. Essentially when there are 2 albums with the same tag with different artist tags, they are showing up combined as though they are one album. I actually have 2 examples in my collection. Bela Fleck / Places Brad Meldau / Places Bill Evans / The Last Waltz The Band / The Last Waltz They each show up combined when you select the album regardless of how you browse or search for it. All of my music is stored in the pretty standard artist/album directory structure. I think I have tried every combination of settings on the behavior tab along with setting and removing the AlbumArtist tag. They each have a unique AlbumSort tag as I like my albums sorted by artist/year/album. The only solution I have come up with is to give them each a unique album tag. Not the ideal solution, but it does work. I understand there is no easy answer here as somebody else may actually see this as a desirable behavior as they may not keep their music well organized in folders and this may indeed be the same album with multiple artists. Maybe there could be a preference for those of us that want to enforce that songs from the same album are always in the same directory to avoid this situation. Additional specifics about my setup: SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5194 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 My music is all FLAC stored on local drive on a dedicated SlimServer and I sync from MMM running on the same machine. Of the 750+ CD's that I have ripped thus far, I do have 2 actual various artist albums that are showing up correctly. Everything is tagged with ArtistSort and AlbumSort tags in addition to the typical tags. At the moment, the 4 albums above are the only ones that have AlbumArtist tags so they are not mixed in with the Various Artist also. Please let me know if I can provide any additional information or try anything else that may help understand what is happening here. Thanks, --mike -- mikes mikes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2427 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18421 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to connect to DB using MySQL front end?
pfarrell Wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 18:08 -0800, rkeeney wrote: > > I would like to use a 3rd party db front end to access the slimserver > db > > for reports, etc. However, I can't figure out what ports, usernames > and > > passwords to use. So far, everything I've tried causes the front > end > > UIs to crash. > > > > I'm using SlimServer Version: 6.2b2 - 4738 on WinXP. > > sqlitebrowser is a free, opensource browser that works fine. > No need for ports or usernames, just use it to open the file. > > sqlitebrowser .slimserversql.db > works for me. > But I hate the leading dot, so I put in a symlink > link -s .slimserversql.db slimdb > so I can use 'slimdb' > as the file name > > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html Looks promising, it opens the db just fine. Looks like I need to brush up on my SQL ccommand syntax! Thanks! -- rkeeney rkeeney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18419 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sudden conncectivity issues: not the usual suspects
I had momentary success tonight. I re-entered the MAC address without immediate success. A few minutes later,my player showed up in the SlimSErver interface. However, while I could navigate music, I couldn't actually play music. It just wouldn't do anything. When I rebooted the slimserver service, I lost the connection and it hasn't ever come back. -- GreenMan GreenMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1173 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18397 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to connect to DB using MySQL front end?
On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 18:08 -0800, rkeeney wrote: > I would like to use a 3rd party db front end to access the slimserver db > for reports, etc. However, I can't figure out what ports, usernames and > passwords to use. So far, everything I've tried causes the front end > UIs to crash. > > I'm using SlimServer Version: 6.2b2 - 4738 on WinXP. sqlitebrowser is a free, opensource browser that works fine. No need for ports or usernames, just use it to open the file. sqlitebrowser .slimserversql.db works for me. But I hate the leading dot, so I put in a symlink link -s .slimserversql.db slimdb so I can use 'slimdb' as the file name -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
Remove the Slimserver Tray Tool shortcut from your Startup items in your Start menu. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18400 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to overwrite Zapped?
If one wants to overwrite a Zapped playlist after modifying it does one have to print in the title "Zapped" and if so is there anyway to shorten the default title of the Zapped file to simply "Z" in order to simplify overwriting. Gerry Ps Is there anyway of changing the order of tunes from the remote? -- gdg gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18420 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to connect to DB using MySQL front end?
I would like to use a 3rd party db front end to access the slimserver db for reports, etc. However, I can't figure out what ports, usernames and passwords to use. So far, everything I've tried causes the front end UIs to crash. I'm using SlimServer Version: 6.2b2 - 4738 on WinXP. Any guidance would be appreciated. Rob -- rkeeney rkeeney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18419 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature request
> You yourself tell me that sometimes > you prefer having the playlist, > sometimes the stream name... You want > the plugin to decide what you can't? Actually, I wouldn't ever want the playlist name (which is why I found it odd that you were suggesting using the PLAYLIST tag). I was under the mistaken impression that 'playlist name' in "Display playlist name for radio stations" was referring to the name assigned -in the playlist- (e.g. from the '#EXTINF' line in M3U files or the 'Title' line in PLS files), not -the playlist name itself-. Quite frankly, displaying the playlist name itself as a substitute for an empty track string doesn't seem all that useful, especially when several playlist formats provide an explicit field for overriding the default title. So, in light of this, what's really needed is a separate option (or default behavior) to override the default title for a track or stream with the title assigned in the playlist (if provided). This would be very useful and provide a great deal of flexibility (even for some MP3 tracks that have unwieldy file names or tags). > Strings aren't unprintable. It's a > question of your setup. You know what I mean. When I see the exact same box character representing a variety of different foreign characters, I consider that unprintable (at least in my language). Anyway, this was just an additional suggestion. If the title-override feature is implemented as described above, it would be easy to force an alternate title in the language of one's choice. -- rds rds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=506 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18379 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem refreshing handheld skin from pda
When I go into the browser settings and clear the cache, it will change volumes properly btw. So not sure if anything can be done to the html to more explicitly force a refresh or cache clear or something. The browser in the Palm Treo650 is Palm's new web browser whcih is Blazer v4.0 Any ideas of what could be done to the screen html to force it more? -- rme rme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18366 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Power Supply RF EMI
Count me in. In fact, I don't mind replacing w/ another switcher, as long as the FM band RFI is cured. My favorite FM stations are not listenable unless I unplug the SB2 power supply, either from the back of the SB2 or from the wall. dfrazee -- TechHome TechHome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2340 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 appears in the Mail On Sunday magazine
audiofi Wrote: > p.s. I'd also add a Sonic T-amp in a posh box to the list for the whole > package! Remember, this wasn't something I was expecting people to buy - just a way of getting more reviews, as and reputable magazine only review stuff you can buy. A magazine review comparing music-serving solutions is pointless if the amps are different and everyone would want a different amp. Imagine this for a review: blah blah blah The Slimserver Deluxe package has everthing you need for a serious system. You just need to buy the amp and we recommend the . In addition not only does this package alone beat the Phillips , the Sonos and the Yamaha but if you already own a faster computer, a Palm or want to use your MAC, use another DAC or want any further flexibility you can also just purchase the basic Squeezebox and add these features - something the Phillips, the Sonos, and the Yamaha don't provide. CONCLUSION Phillips: Price 1, Audio 5, Flexibility 1 Sonos: Price 1, Audio 5, Flexibility 1 Yamaha: Price 1, Audio 5, Flexibility 1 Squeezbox Deluxe: Price 1, Audio 5, Flexibility 3 All the players are expensive and inflexible (SB Deluxe does have a web interface and you can play Quake on it's computer so we give it 3), all sound the same, there is nothing really seperating them. We say forget all of these players and build you own Squeezebox setup staring with just the great value unit itself because chances are you already have a network, a computer, a DAC and other things. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18417 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] random mix (6.2.1), restrict by genre and directory?
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 05:38:00PM +, Richie wrote: > > Hmm, I can't find the option to show the genre. To me it seems a lot > > like the same plugin as the now playing one, except being slightly more > > customisable. > > Right, go to Server Settings > Formatting > Title format. > > Add a new format - Genre > > Next go to Server Settings > Language > > Change the language to something different and then change it back again. > > Now, if you go to the player settings > Plugins the new title format > of Genre should appear in the dropdown list. Ah, great, I didn't realise it was possible to add my own title formats :-) But this also works with the normal now playing plugin ;-) Cheers Simon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] problem installing 6.2.1 on Mandriva 2006.0
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 02:40:30PM +, Robin Bowes wrote: > Simon Oosthoek said the following on 18/11/2005 13:41: > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:37:11AM +, Robin Bowes wrote: > > > >>Simon Oosthoek said the following on 18/11/2005 10:54: > >> > >>>Hi all > >>> > >>>I'm trying to install the slimserver rpm for 6.2.1 on my laptop, running > >>>Mandriva 2006.0. It's not working, so far. I had similar problems when I > >>>installed an older version on Mandriva 2005LE, but I guess I managed to > >>>solve it that time... > >> > It works fine on other platforms. > > I'm not sure why the modules are not present on the Mandrake/Mandriva > platform. > Someone on the Mandriva Cooker list thought it might have something to do with the dropping of threading support in perl on Mandriva. It was considered unstable and nobody complained at the time. I'd never have linked it to this problem, since I have no experience with threaded perl and I didn't even know slimserver was using that... (is it???) Cheers Simon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 appears in the Mail On Sunday magazine
Jim Wrote: > Good to see. > > Would be interesting to ask them what defines a top-end and what they > think about comparing the SB3 with the top-end models they reviewed. > In audio I've always thought top-end meant the sound and nothing else > and not hearing the other devices it would be interesting how they > compared to a SB3 with a dedicated DAC. > > If you're in top-end only audio type worth bothering with is FLAC, plus > ability to have access to lossy radio - maybe. Any sort of remote > control with a screen can easily be substituted for some sort of > PalmPilot type device. You're rich so expense of a computer is not a > concern and no doubt one is already ownded. With a computer connected > a million other options are opened. > > Ease of use of ripping might be but you could argue a properly > configured PC with EAC is not going to be harder to use (and achieve > better quality) than any device that accepts CD's. And also, there's > always the "we rip your CD's" option for the seriously rich or lazy. > > Maybe just for rich people who don't know how to choose the other stuff > or magazine reviews against the true expensive/hi-end stuff SlimDevices > should offer the "SqueezeBox Ultra Package" comprising of a SB3, a > "cool looking" PC, wireless router, Color Palm "Remote", dedicated DAC > and a free FLAC rip of up to 500 CD's. I tried the new Phillips in Curry;s the other day and whilst the all-in-one idea is a good one, the interface was the same as the bottom of the range streamium's and still has the same problem that the screen needs a backlight or a change of colours or something, black text on grey doesn't work! I'm busy working on the "cool looking" PC as we speak, have already sorted out a headless system which rips CD's to FLAC or MP3 automatically, runs Slimserver out of the box and has crash recovery software (just in case anything crashes, it restarts it within 60 seconds). Am looking into suppliers for decent cases etc. to expand on the range of cheaper recycled PC's, will post here as soon as I sort anything out. Andrew p.s. I'd also add a Sonic T-amp in a posh box to the list for the whole package! -- audiofi audiofi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18417 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Problem with tracks that have no 'album' data
Aaron: I have the exact same problem as you. I went with this suggestion: "Try the following Server Settings:Behaviour:Common Album Titles Check the box. Add the appropriate name(s) in. You may think that this doesn't help. You may need to tag all you mp3s with "noalbumdata" then add that to the list in the server settings. This may not be the answer that you are looking for but it works well for me. I believe the behaviour you are referring to was changed to reflect the efforts of the Compliations section." Unfortunately it turned out this only worked for one artist. That particular artist has 3 links when I click on the artist's name - All Songs and two noalbumdata links. All Songs works fine, both noalbumdata links bring up several hundred mismatched files. Unfortunately it seems this is the only artist I can get an "All Songs" link for. What I'm doing now is going to the Artist link and adding that to the playlist, which adds all songs from that artist, then removing the songs from the artist I don't want. Kind of a pain and it's a real problem with >10 songs. The good news is that Dan Sully at Slim Devices has asked to take a look at one of the tracks from the Artist that makes the "All Songs" link, so at least someone is looking into it. Hang in there, I am... AaronS wrote: > Jim Wrote: > >>I think you're relying on a software solution too much, when it's pretty >>easy to fix. The catergory "No Album" or "No Artist" is a bit of a >>get-out only to be used when you want to see what you've screwed up or >>what Slim didn't understand. >> > > > Hmm. With all due respect, I don't agree with that. I don't accept that > all the available ID3 tags have to be filled in. Some tracks don't have > albums at all. > > All my other MP3 playing software/hardware deals with this material > perfectly fine. And Slimserver used to. It's strange to suggest that I > should have to add inaccurate metadata just to deal with a software > limitation - especially when that limitation has just been introduced. > > -- ___ Mark Lanctot, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with tracks that have no 'album' data
Your metadata is inaccurate, but yes there is an underlying problem with SlimServer which is why it doesn't work. But IMHO it makes far more sense to have "ZZUnknown Artist" than the artist field blank. Both are crappy, but at least I can jump to my unknown artist quickly, and my WinAmp listings of all my artists tie up exactly with ones on my web interface. It's all down to control and consistency - this is not a critical issue with the Server as you are relying on it to get you out of trouble because you have not fully completed your music organisation - that track appeared on an album somewhere, or a CD single, or a bootleg or radioshow or something that had a title so for completeness you should find it. I only have a few tracks/albums that really have no titles and that's usually stuff by Aphex Twin or whatever name you're used to calling him. But if you look around any music store rather than list it as nothing they refer to it as "(Untitled)" which I do too. Yes the Slimserver should be expected to deal with blank artists but much better for control to set to your specifics because maybe WinAmp shows '' as Artist, iTunes 'Unknown' and Slim 'No Artist'. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18415 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 appears in the Mail On Sunday magazine
Good to see. Would be interesting to ask them what defines a top-end and what they think about comparing the SB3 with the top-end models they reviewed. In audio I've always thought top-end meant the sound and nothing else and not hearing the other devices it would be interesting how they compared to a SB3 with a dedicated DAC. If you're in top-end only audio type worth bothering with is FLAC, plus ability to have access to lossy radio - maybe. Any sort of remote control with a screen can easily be substituted for some sort of PalmPilot type device. You're rich so expense of a computer is not a concern and no doubt one is already ownded. With a computer connected a million other options are opened. Ease of use of ripping might be but you could argue a properly configured PC with EAC is not going to be harder to use (and achieve better quality) than any device that accepts CD's. And also, there's always the "we rip your CD's" option for the seriously rich or lazy. Maybe just for rich people who don't know how to choose the other stuff or magazine reviews against the true expensive/hi-end stuff SlimDevices should offer the "SqueezeBox Ultra Package" comprising of a SB3, a "cool looking" PC, wireless router, Color Palm "Remote", dedicated DAC and a free FLAC rip of up to 500 CD's. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18417 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 appears in the Mail On Sunday magazine
norderney Wrote: > Just been reading the Mail On Sunday newspaper magazine - Night & Day. I > noticed an article about streaming music from your pc to hi-fi. They > did 3 types low price, mid range and top end. Squeezebox 3 appeared in > mid range as their best buy. It was up against Philips WACS-7000 [got 4 > stars], Hifidelio got 2 stars and Bardusb got 4 stars. SB3 got 5 stars. > > In the low price section Rokusound Bridge M1000 got best buy with 5 > stars, withnApple Airport Express getting 2 stars. > > In the top end section the Sonos and Yamaha Music Cast MCX1000 both got > 5 stars, but Yamaha got the best buy. > > It was good to see SB3 appearing in a mainstream national newspaper > magazine. Yup. Here's hoping they start turning up in the UK "real soon now" too! Been watching my dabs.com order say "N due soon" for long enough... -- Brian Ritchie Brian Ritchie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18417 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox 3 appears in the Mail On Sunday magazine
Just been reading the Mail On Sunday newspaper magazine - Night & Day. I noticed an article about streaming music from your pc to hi-fi. They did 3 types low price, mid range and top end. Squeezebox 3 appeared in mid range as their best buy. It was up against Philips WACS-7000 [got 4 stars], Hifidelio got 2 stars and Bardusb got 4 stars. SB3 got 5 stars. In the low price section Rokusound Bridge M1000 got best buy with 5 stars, withnApple Airport Express getting 2 stars. In the top end section the Sonos and Yamaha Music Cast MCX1000 both got 5 stars, but Yamaha got the best buy. It was good to see SB3 appearing in a mainstream national newspaper magazine. -- norderney norderney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=378 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18417 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with tracks that have no 'album' data
Jim Wrote: > I think you're relying on a software solution too much, when it's pretty > easy to fix. The catergory "No Album" or "No Artist" is a bit of a > get-out only to be used when you want to see what you've screwed up or > what Slim didn't understand. > Hmm. With all due respect, I don't agree with that. I don't accept that all the available ID3 tags have to be filled in. Some tracks don't have albums at all. All my other MP3 playing software/hardware deals with this material perfectly fine. And Slimserver used to. It's strange to suggest that I should have to add inaccurate metadata just to deal with a software limitation - especially when that limitation has just been introduced. -- AaronS AaronS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1798 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18415 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
OK, Did the manual uninstall. Deleted all the files and keys. Uninstalled Zone Alarm. Checked in Security to ensure Windows Firewall was off. Re-booted and reinstaleld SlimServer. Selected default paths and unchecked Start Automatically. At the end of the installation it STILL tried to start up automatically and failed to start. It STILL put the Slim Tray icon in the Startup folder. I deleted the Slim Tray icon and rebooted and the service STILL tried to start by itself. And failed. It's not obeying when I make selections in the install routine, what's THAT mean? -- Desert_AIP Desert_AIP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2221 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18400 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can SlimServer Take Input?
Before I got alienbbc working on wma radio streams, I had a tuner beside my linux server. The tuner received the local radio station and gave this via line-in to the linux server. The server converted this via darkice (or something like that - i dont exactly remember) into an mp3 stream which I transfered via shoutcast in my lan. The slimp3 was tuned to this shoutcast stream by means of a playlist, voila... worked great, but with alienbbc i directly get the wma stream of this station into the slimp3 and the sb2 doesn't even need alienbbc anymore. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18401 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can SlimServer Take Input?
An official lossless implementation of this would be pretty neat. To the box you can just send a realtime transcoded FLAC/WAV file as normal so the box can handle it for sure. Just needs someone smart to make the routine on the server, and the server to have enough punch to ensure no dropouts. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18401 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I could really use some help!
pfarrell Wrote: > Make sure that you turn the firewall stuff on. Some ship without it > as the default. Yes, but there's 2 things to consider: 1 - All the fancy firewall blocking terms. Turn these on / set to block. 2 - The DMZ (De-Militarised Zone). Turn that off, DMZ is a get-out for people who cannot configure their ports, and if they have to use should be running a firewall on whatever PC the DMZ is pointing too. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18374 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I could really use some help!
Pat - that's great, thanks. I'll try it tomorrow. Cheers Phil -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18374 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: wake-on lan for squeezebox 1
On 11/21/05, Tim Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to know how long Slim Devices plans to support and > develop for that hardware platform from a firmware standpoint. > Again, the concern here is not the server software piece, but the > firmware itself. For reference, the last revision of the SLIMP3 firmware was 2.3, released Feb. 2004. This was a few months after the Squeezebox1; it fixed some network driver issues, but did not add any new features. - Jacob ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
seanadams Wrote: > It's not a matter of code space or CPU speed, just that we are at a > point of vastly diminishing returns now for adding new codecs. WMA was > needed for DRM and streaming radio support, but beyond that there is > not much benefit to native Ogg etc. That's not to say we'll never > implement it, just that it's a pretty low priority compared to all the > other projects we have going on. You may be surprised that porting > codecs to an embedded DSP is a not a trivial task at all. How much would it cost to contract the people at xiph.org to do the port? They have ported the tremor vorbis decoder for other audio players, I believe. Forgive me if this is an option you have already explored. -- clumsyoik clumsyoik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1997 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with tracks that have no 'album' data
I think you're relying on a software solution too much, when it's pretty easy to fix. The catergory "No Album" or "No Artist" is a bit of a get-out only to be used when you want to see what you've screwed up or what Slim didn't understand. What I do with all my files is the following: If I don't know the artist, it's blank or I cannot be bothered to fill it in I set the artist to "ZZUnknown Artist". This is a good reference to keep it at the bottom of any list, and also to quickly find what I need to fix. The same if it is an unknown album and I have all the tracks. If it's just one song I ripped then I give it the album "Jim's Singles" by AlbumArtist "Various Artists". If it's something else such as a old Napster MP3 or whatever then I give it the album "Jim's 128kbps MP3s", again with AlbumArtist "Various Artists". I don't bother with track numbers, but you could further catergorise this random stuff into your favourite order keeping < 100 tracks per "Album" obviously. e.g. "Jim's Reggae Downloads"."Jim's Funny Stuff" >From then on if you still find listings of "No Album" or "No Artist" it's an easier indication of problems. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18415 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: I could really use some help!
On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 14:03 -0800, Phil Leigh wrote: > Pat - thanks - both my routers have built-in firewalls - I'll pick up a > switch tomorrow. If I connect the PC and the SB together via the > switch, can I then connect the switch to the router (presumably with a > x-over cable?) so I can get Internet via the router onto the PC? Make sure that you turn the firewall stuff on. Some ship without it as the default. Some (most?) modern switches are autosensing, and you can just use straight cables. Others require a crossover. I expect that over time, all the stuff will autosense and there will be no more need for crossover cables. (If you have a cross over cable, I strongly recommend you mark it about ten times as being a crossover so that two years from now you don't try to use it as a normal cable and pull all your hair out because it is the wrong kinda cable.) So depending on the setup, you would have internet -> modem/router -> switch -> two or more PC and squeezeboxen or internet -> modem/router - X_Cable-> switch -> two or more PC and squeezeboxen -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
Right, it seems your Services are a bit confused. Uninstall again. Go into Admin Tools - Services and I BET you can see the entry for slimsvc still there. Maybe the problem has been it's trying to start up twice or other strange things. You can uninstall the service using Slim but let's not do that and ensure everything is gone - keep it uninstalled, delete C:\Program Files\Slim* and follow on Now there's probably a better way to do this, but here's how I delete it and this is a soon-to-be-reinstalled system at this stage anyway: Start up regedit. Locate the entry in the tree My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services You should see a slimsvc. Delete it. Check if you have a Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\ etc... and do the same. Just to be thorough delete this (if there) My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SlimServer Reboot. Look again in Services - the slim stuff shouldn't be there. Now go and install Slim again as I advised earlier, unchecking the option to start as service. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18400 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problem with tracks that have no 'album' data
Hello First up, apologies. I posted this in the beginners section as well, but got no response. I upgraded to 6.2.1. Since then, I'm having trouble with songs that have no 'album' data included in the ID3 tag. Most of my library has album data, but about 600 songs don't. I think it's perfectly sensible not to use the album field when you don't have all the songs on the album. When I navigate to an artist that has a song with no album data, I see a list of all the albums, and an option for 'no album'. As before. When I select it, I don't get the 'no album' songs from that artist.. but from all the artists. Not only that, the only ones that I can actually play are from the artist I was navigating too. The songs by the other artists won't go into the playlist. Another post on this forum indicates that this isn't a bug, rather it's a change in functionality to meet a different need. Sadly, this has really messed up by system. What can I do to get around this? Or is this a bug, after all? -- AaronS AaronS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1798 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18415 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems with Various Artists
On 11/21/05, NeilH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have just installed 6.2.1 and all "Various Artists" listingshave vanished.All compilation albums are separately listed under individualartists and no varient of server settings and rescanning will make them return.Neil.You might want to check that the settings in Server Settings -> Behavior properly reflect how you want things working. Particularly those under the "Compilations" subgroup. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I could really use some help!
Pat - thanks - both my routers have built-in firewalls - I'll pick up a switch tomorrow. If I connect the PC and the SB together via the switch, can I then connect the switch to the router (presumably with a x-over cable?) so I can get Internet via the router onto the PC? Thanks Phil -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18374 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problems with Various Artists
I have just installed 6.2.1 and all "Various Artists" listings have vanished. All compilation albums are separately listed under individual artists and no varient of server settings and rescanning will make them return. As this was working perfectly with 6.2.0 I am at a loss as to what do do next. Anyone got any pointers. -- NeilH NeilH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=822 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18414 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
Jim,
I'll try your suggestions. Weird that it would install fine on other
machines running the same versions of Zone alarm.
I've reinstalled and unchecked "Automatically start" but when I go to
the command line to start I'm told there is a copy already running.
I used the -diag flag and got this response.
"Odd number of elements in anonymous hash at /PerlApp/Slim/Web/Setup.pm
line 2329."
"Use of uninitialized value in anonymous hash ({}) at
/PerlApp/Slim/Web/Setup.pm line 2329"
"Problem: There is already another copy of the SlimServer running on
this machine. (Unknown error)"
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Re: [slim] Re: I could really use some help!
On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 13:37 -0800, Phil Leigh wrote: > IS there any way I can wire things up so that both Internet and SB work > - given that I've now got 2 wireless router/ADSL modems and a wired SB? All you should need is a hub or switch. internet -> modem/router -> switch -> two or more PC and squeezeboxen altho the paranoid do something closer to internet -> modem/router -> firewall -> switch -> two or more PC and squeezeboxen -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I could really use some help!
The plot thickens to my disadvantage... changed all the cables - no difference. Changed the router/modem to a Belkin model - SB is superb (100% all the way to 5000kbs - guess the PC/NIC is ok then...) - but I can't get Internet connectivity working - I've got a connection but nothing I can do will resolve the DNS servers. So, I've got one router that works perfectly for SB but no internet and one that is perfect Internet but SB is "sha**ed"... HELP IS there any way I can wire things up so that both Internet and SB work - given that I've now got 2 wireless router/ADSL modems and a wired SB? -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18374 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
Yes, but on the other hand you could do the clean install and still have the problem if it's something else. Still, always good to refresh Windows every few months. ZoneAlarm even when disabled still does some things - before I had my router (now no need for firewall) I used to use ZoneAlarm but suddenly it got rubbish. I once had a firewall issue and disabled ZoneAlarm from starting. But only when removing it did the issue resolve. When you uninstall it make sure Windows Firewall hasn't "intelligently" enabled itself. First thing I'd say is uninstall ZoneAlarm so we rule it out completely. Obviously disconnect from internet if you don't have a router, and when you do connect to internet to post here or whatever enable Windows Firewall for a while if you feel insecure and have no router. Then uninstall Slimserver - delte folder if it's still there after uninstall. Install Slimserver but do not choose the option to run as service - try and get it working first. Do NOT install beta/nightly version - only the 6.2 stable release. Open up a command prompt and run Slim.exe from there, so you can see exactly what happens and post that here. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18400 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
Slim Server is not listed in Zone Alarm's list of programs. The server isn't starting so Zone Alarm doesn't see it. Windows Firewall is disabled. There has to be a conflict with another service or a hardware problem, but I have no idea how totrace it. I really don't want to do a clean install but am afraid I may have to. -- Desert_AIP Desert_AIP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2221 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18400 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sudden conncectivity issues: not the usual suspects
Unhappily, I already checked the MAC. It's fine. Miss my SB2 like I 'd miss my right hand and left kidney. -- GreenMan GreenMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1173 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18397 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Crossfade is stuck
I'm having trouble with Crossfade settings, in that the server seems to reset them between songs. I'm playing random songs on 6.2.1 - 5252 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1 (SlimCD installation). If I try to turn crossfade off or on (via player or web UI) or change the timeout, the server reverts to the previous settings by the time the next song starts. I just stopped the server from adding new tracks, and the behavior remains, so it doesn't seem to be related to random tracks. Anyone else seeing this? -- dbls dbls's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=296 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18413 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox and ogg Vorbis?
Josef Shvejk wrote: Yes, native Ogg support can be added to SB2/SB3 firmware. There is already an existing enhancement request: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1061 Please don't buy the hardware based on this statement, expecting it to happen some day, because there's a good chance you'll be disappointed. It is _possible_, but not currently planned, and Sean's on record as stating that it's low priority. - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Offtopic (Windows DRM and multiple portables)
Does anyone know if you can use multiple portables on subscription services like Rhapsoday, Yahoo Music, etc.? My girlfriend uses the service and I was thinking about buying a small player to fill with new music on occasion (I use an iPod for all the music I own). But does that mean I need to pay another 15 dollars per month to the service. We live in the same household and I can fill my player off the same computer. Any help appreciated. Thanks - -- Chop Chop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18411 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Favorites in SB1
On 21-Nov-05, at 11:44 AM, Maurice Poirier wrote: kdf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Quoting Maurice Poirier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have 9 favorite Internet radio stations (listed from #1 thru #9) on SB1. Is it possible to move one of these stations to another spot on the list (up or down) without having to delete others from the list and having to re-add them to the list? You can move items in the list using the web interface. -kdf I cannot find the list of Favorites on the web interface. Please tell me how to access it. Thank you. if you are using the fishbone skin, it is in the pulldown list with ever other browse mode/plugin if you are using default skin, it is on the home page. most other skins should also have it on the home page. manually, you can access with this url: http://serverIP:9000/plugins/Favorites/favorites_list.html? player= substituting serverIP and playerid as appropriate for your system. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Favorites in SB1
kdf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Quoting Maurice Poirier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I have 9 favorite Internet radio stations (listed from #1 thru #9) on > > SB1. Is it possible to move one of these stations to another spot on > > the list (up or down) without having to delete others from the list > > and having to re-add them to the list? > > You can move items in the list using the web interface. > -kdf > I cannot find the list of Favorites on the web interface. Please tell me how to access it. Thank you. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
I don't know about other people, but myself and two friends of mine *primarily* use the SB2 for squeezenetwork. This was the whole reason why I bought the box. While I'm really happy with the ability to stream mp3s (and the sb2 in general), I've found quite a bit of content out that I can't play. For example, National Public Radio program archives are in real audio. One of my favorite radio stations (KCSM) only streams at high bit rate in ogg vorbis. These are two very good reasons for wanting more native codecs. And, yes, I've already voted on the bugs for native ogg/real codecs. Of course, if Slim device's squeezenetwork servers could do the transcoding, that would be fine with me. I just want to be able to play the content that is out there with my PC turned off. I'll buy (and stick with) any product that does this. Cheers, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Problem refreshing handheld skin from pda
serverip:9000/Handheld/status.html?player=00%3A04%3A20%3A05%3Ac6%3A3c serverip:9000/Handheld/status.html?p0=mixer&p1=volume&p2=60&player=00%3A04%3A20% serverip:9000/Handheld/status.html?p0=mixer&p1=volume&p2=70&player=00%3A04%3A20% These are three different urls (the correct ones imho). If the browser does not load the new page, it has a problem. Even with aggressive caching it should load a new page as there are different parameters to the script. But as this seems to work with the other browsers I really think it's a problem on the browser, not the server side. What product is this browser, btw? -- 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] SLimServer on different Subnet
Quick Question, I quickly looked around the setup, is it possible to operate a SB2 and Slimserver from different subnets? If so how do you manually add the IP address/DNS name of each unit? You'll have to configure the networking part of the SB manually. Reboot the device and select "Configure network". Define the slimserver as well. And be sure there's a route from one net to the other. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: wake-on lan for squeezebox 1
ChrisB Wrote: > Ultimately, the SB1 stopped shipping a long time ago March 2005 is a long time ago? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18144 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: wake-on lan for squeezebox 1
Strong words, Tim. As I see it, WOL would be an enhancement to existing functionality. I don't see many people in the industry working on enhancements for products that no longer ship. It's not like you're asking for a bug to be fixed. Perhaps the problem here is that Slimdevices have been too open? Allowing all and sundry to file 'bugs', and expecting them to be fixed? Ultimately, the SB1 stopped shipping a long time ago, and any time spent on enhancements to this is time not spent on enhancing the currently shipping model, which is what will drive sales. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Collins Sent: 21 November 2005 18:04 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: wake-on lan for squeezebox 1 I would like to see someone from Slim Devices step up and state whether this is a decision cause by an actual impassable technical barrier or if this is a resource decision based on this being the "no new firmware features" point in the SB1 lifecycle. If this "WONTFIX" designation is to become the norm, how long until SB1 firmware is EOL for support, or is it already? I haven't found a policy anywhere on the site that spells this out and if I'm ever to spend any money in the future with Slim Devices, I would like to know how long Slim Devices plans to support and develop for that hardware platform from a firmware standpoint. Again, the concern here is not the server software piece, but the firmware itself. There are numerous accolades granted to Slim Devices with regard to their customer service, even within this forum. I would like to see some action to back that up, even if it is just an honest, simple communication to set accurate expectations. -- Tim Collins Tim Collins's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18144 ___ 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: wake-on lan for squeezebox 1
I would like to see someone from Slim Devices step up and state whether this is a decision cause by an actual impassable technical barrier or if this is a resource decision based on this being the "no new firmware features" point in the SB1 lifecycle. If this "WONTFIX" designation is to become the norm, how long until SB1 firmware is EOL for support, or is it already? I haven't found a policy anywhere on the site that spells this out and if I'm ever to spend any money in the future with Slim Devices, I would like to know how long Slim Devices plans to support and develop for that hardware platform from a firmware standpoint. Again, the concern here is not the server software piece, but the firmware itself. There are numerous accolades granted to Slim Devices with regard to their customer service, even within this forum. I would like to see some action to back that up, even if it is just an honest, simple communication to set accurate expectations. -- Tim Collins Tim Collins's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18144 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Favorites in SB1
Quoting Maurice Poirier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have 9 favorite Internet radio stations (listed from #1 thru #9) on SB1. Is it possible to move one of these stations to another spot on the list (up or down) without having to delete others from the list and having to re-add them to the list? You can move items in the list using the web interface. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] random mix (6.2.1), restrict by genre and directory?
> Hmm, I can't find the option to show the genre. To me it seems a lot > like the same plugin as the now playing one, except being slightly more > customisable. Right, go to Server Settings > Formatting > Title format. Add a new format - Genre Next go to Server Settings > Language Change the language to something different and then change it back again. Now, if you go to the player settings > Plugins the new title format of Genre should appear in the dropdown list. Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Favorites in SB1
I have 9 favorite Internet radio stations (listed from #1 thru #9) on SB1. Is it possible to move one of these stations to another spot on the list (up or down) without having to delete others from the list and having to re-add them to the list? Many thanks. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] random mix (6.2.1), restrict by genre and directory?
On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:11:14PM +, Richie wrote: > > Another thing is that currently there's no option to show the genre of > > the song being played in the display settings, which would be nice to > > check which genres are set wrong or cause annoyance... > > There is if you use the Music Info Screensaver: > > http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/detail.php?nr=446 Hmm, I can't find the option to show the genre. To me it seems a lot like the same plugin as the now playing one, except being slightly more customisable. Cheers Simon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem refreshing handheld skin from pda
Ok, here are the page addresses and the various situations: Initial status page address before changing any volume, initial startup volume = 8: serverip:9000/Handheld/status.html?player=00%3A04%3A20%3A05%3Ac6%3A3c Status page volume after changing volume from 8 to 7 - This works and you see internet access of "Sending" and "Receiving": serverip:9000/Handheld/status.html?p0=mixer&p1=volume&p2=60&player=00%3A04%3A20% Status page changed from 7 back to 8 - This doesn't work, the only internet traffic on the browser says "Redrawing" and the volume stays the same physically on the sb2: serverip:9000/Handheld/status.html?p0=mixer&p1=volume&p2=70&player=00%3A04%3A20% So it seems like the html is not forcing a refresh, only a redrawing of the screen, once a specific volume has already previously been selected. However, if I manually press the refresh button after changing to a volume which was previously selectecd, it will say "Sending" and then "Receiving" and the volume will change properly. -- rme rme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18366 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SLimServer on different Subnet
Quick Question, I quickly looked around the setup, is it possible to operate a SB2 and Slimserver from different subnets? If so how do you manually add the IP address/DNS name of each unit? Scott -- sfraser sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18408 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] is 6.2.2 really 6.2.1?
On 11/21/05, Neil Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have the same situation; the download purports to be 6.2.2, but Slimserverreports 6.2.1...I think the 6.2.2 branch just hasn't had the version number updated in the codeline. I wouldn't worry too much -- you're getting the 6.2.2 branch from that URL even if it doesn't properly report the version in the software.Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 works "sluggish"
Thanks Nestor. Thoses results are close to what I see. Above ~4000, the bottleneck is either processing in the player or the TCP window size - i.e. this is not really showing the upper bound on network bandwidth. I will remove the options above 4000 in case they confuse people... -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.2.x unuseable for me
Just an update and a THANKS for all who posted to help. Slimserver 6.2.1 is running stable after I deleted the playlists that were causing the errors. The lauch from cmd window trick was very helpful. dfrazee -- TechHome TechHome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2340 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18237 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
stuorguk Wrote: > For me, Ogg Vorbis is my encoder of choice for audio books and other > vocal material. For this, I would love to have the ability to FF&Rew. > Meny podcasts are now availabe in ogg and mp3, but I always go for mp3 > because of this issue. > > Stuart. I'm sure this has come up on the developers' list at some point, but FF/REW not working for transcoded formats is a probably fixable limitation - it stems mainly from the fact that we can't seek when reading a stream of output from the decoder. We would need more smarts to seek in the source file and re-launch the decoder for each segment. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
Archimago Wrote: > Wow, just got my Squeezebox 3 right before the weekend and have been > playing with it since. Love it, and thanks for allowing me to "free > the music"... Slimserver 6.2.1 worked like a charm on the XP box used, > no crashes so far. > > A few questions to the knowledgeable around features I would love to > see: > > 1. How much firmware space is already used for the MP3, WAV, FLAC > decoding engine on the SB? Is there much room to add other decoders? > 2. I would personally love to see native OGG decoding since this is > open-source and readily available... > 3. How about AAC native decoding like FAAD2? Does the 250MHz processor > have enough "umph" to pull this off? (I assume it must be able to if > the iPod can do it!) > 4. 96/24 - got some wonderful sounding tracks on my system in stereo > 96kHz/24-bit that's waiting to be exploited on the hi-fi downstairs! > > Again, great product already but would LOVE to see the hardware fully > exploited! > > Regards, > Arch... It's not a matter of code space or CPU speed, just that we are at a point of vastly diminishing returns now for adding new codecs. WMA was needed for DRM and streaming radio support, but beyond that there is not much benefit to native Ogg etc. That's not to say we'll never implement it, just that it's a pretty low priority compared to all the other projects we have going on. You may be surprised that porting codecs to an embedded DSP is a not a trivial task at all. Again, not to say it won't happen - just not real soon. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2.2
Hi, In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, JMACLAN<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, the SB2 is now playing all files OK. > It is only the SB1`s which do not play flac files. > Both SB1 and SB2 are using the same server settings (same slimserver) I don't think the SB1 can play flac natively, so it will need a conversion from either FLAC -> WAV or FLAC -> MP3 enabled in the file types. The SB2 *can* play FLAC, so doesn't need a conversion enabled. Worth a check... Andy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
For me, Ogg Vorbis is my encoder of choice for audio books and other vocal material. For this, I would love to have the ability to FF&Rew. Meny podcasts are now availabe in ogg and mp3, but I always go for mp3 because of this issue. Stuart. -- stuorguk stuorguk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=521 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can SlimServer Take Input?
You can rig this up if you have software that can broadcast your audio source as a MP3 stream (such as NiceCast on the Mac). Then you can just tune into that stream on the SqueezeBox like it was an Internet Radio station. There will be a significant delay, but it works. -- jweber jweber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=161 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18401 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2.2
Hi, Actually, the SB2 is now playing all files OK. It is only the SB1`s which do not play flac files. Both SB1 and SB2 are using the same server settings (same slimserver) Strange but true! John -- JMACLAN JMACLAN's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18376 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Date & Time
With the move to 6.2, the "None" screensaver no longer displays the date and time - it displays a blank screen. I suspect you have "None" set as the off screensaver? If so, changing this to "Date Time" will display the clock in the off mode. [you can do this from the player settings web pages or the player under settings - screensavers] -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] is 6.2.2 really 6.2.1?
I have the same situation; the download purports to be 6.2.2, but Slimserver reports 6.2.1... -- Neil "bflatmajor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I downloaded and installed the fixes to 6.2.1, which by reading the > website is suppose to be 6.2.2. Well everything that I read states > 6.2.1 > > The install package stated 6.2.1 > Slimserver via browser states 6.2.1 > Squeezebox2 states 6.2.1 and firmware version 28 > > So I guess my question is what version of the software am I really > downloading when I goto the following link: > > http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.2.2/ > > > I'm running windows xp > > > -- > bflatmajor > > bflatmajor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=794 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18371 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
Remembering the position _within_ a song is also only possible for native formats. This is e.g. necessary if you use the bookmark plugin of kdf which saves the current playlist along with the current song and the position within the current song. That's why I would be very pleased if ogg vorbis would be integrated in the firmware (almost all my songs are in ogg vorbis). Dieter -- dip dip's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=902 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: SB3 Wirleless Signal Strength
In my lounge I've just swapped out my original SB1 for a new SB3, and the signal strength has gained 10-15%, from mid-40s to high 50s. How much of this is down to the antennae, and how much to the change from 802.11b to g, I don't know (I'd need access to an SB2 for that). Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JJZolx Sent: 17 November 2005 04:10 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: SB3 Wirleless Signal Strength greedy_grendel Wrote: > My SB3 arrived today and everything's cool, very impressed with the new > look! An earlier post asked about the wireless signal strength viz. the > SB3's implementation of fully internal antennae. > > Well after setup I have found that with no change in environment, > config, etc, just a straight swap between the SB2 for SB3 the wireless > signal strength has dropped about 20%-30%. The SB2 was recording a > signal strength of 88%-94%. The SB3 records 60%-70%. > > This post is just in the interest of recording the change for others, > it is of little importance to me, as I'm still more than happy with the > results. Thanks for the update. Is that the signal strength being reported by the SB or by your wireless access point? Has anyone else done a comparison? One thing that strikes me, even if there's no real difference in antenna sensitivity, is that with the SB3 you don't have the option of changing the orientation of the antenna. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17994 ___ 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: Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
Desert_AIP Wrote: > The installation proceeds normally, but at the end I don't get the cue > from the firewall that Slim Server wants to act as a server. I got > this cue on the other two machines. Sounds like its blocked. Go into the ZoneAlarm settings and make sure it is ticked to allow. Or delete it from there and run Slimserver again and it should prompt. Also make sure you are not running Windows Firewall (with SP2 you might be) by checking the WIndows Firewall from control panel. NEVER RUN 2 FIREWALLS AT THE SAME TIME. -- Jim Jim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18400 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can SlimServer Take Input?
Is it possible for SlimServer to take an audio file or stream as input (through standard input, IP, or anything else)? If so, can it then redirect that to a squeezbox? I tried to search the forum and see if anyone asked this before. One thread comes close and asks about the virtual sound driver. It would be nice that the SlimServer can act as a WDM audio driver to Windows, so that other audio programs can use SB as well. If it's not possible for SlimServer to behave like audio driver, and if it's possible for SlimServer to take a raw audio as input, then it's possible to write a program to fake like a WDM driver and redirect the audio stream to SlimServer, and in turn a SB. I got this idea from my experience of doing real-time recording between two Windows audio programs, of which one supports WDM only as output and the other supports ASIO only as input. It was impossible at first until the developer for my pro-audio card wrote a small program that fakes the WDM driver on one end and outputs audio stream to the real ASIO driver on the other end. If it seems to be a feasible idea, I do not mind investigate more what it takes. Sorry for the long post. -- wei wei's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2414 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18401 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slim Server WILL NOT START help please!
Sorry for the CAPS (frustration showing). I installed SS 6.2.1 on 3 machines, 2 laptops and a desktop. It works fine on the two laptops, but the desktop is the one I want to use as a server. (I also tried this with SS 6.2, 6.1 and 5.something - same result with all of them). I'm running Windows XP on all machines with all the patches. They also have Zone Alarm (free) and McAfee Anti-virus. The installation proceeds normally, but at the end I don't get the cue from the firewall that Slim Server wants to act as a server. I got this cue on the other two machines. When I look at the tray icon the server is stopped. When I try to start slimserver via the tray icon it just says "starting" forever. If I go to the services viewer the service is listed as stopped, if I try to manually start it I get an error box telling me "The SlimServer service on Local Computer started then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example the Performance Logs and Alert service." If I use the command line and type "slim.exe" it tells me slim server is already running. If I type "slim.exe -remove" It tells me "slim server removed". If I then type "slim.exe" it tells me "slim server is already running". I've tried removing and reinstalling with both the firewall and anti-virus turned off. I've removed it, deleted the folder in Program Files and gone through the registry deleting every left over Slim Server key. Then reinstalled. No dice. I've tried shutting down all the other services running (that windows will let me shut down) and tried to retart SS, no dice. The event viewer gives me the following error: Application Error Category (100) Event ID 1000 Faulting application slim.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0012e838. : 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat 0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail 0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6c 69 ure sli 0018: 6d 2e 65 78 65 20 30 2e m.exe 0. 0020: 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 69 6e 0.0.0 in 0028: 20 75 6e 6b 6e 6f 77 6eunknown 0030: 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e 300.0.0.0 0038: 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 73at offs 0040: 65 74 20 30 30 31 32 65 et 0012e 0048: 38 33 38 838 The error file that is generated when I reboot is: I just got my Squeezebox in the mail and want to set it up, please anyone help! -- Desert_AIP Desert_AIP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2221 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18400 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I could really use some help!
Jim Wrote: > Could be the cable but as with most nice and simple wired things it > either works or it doesn't. Usually true, but I've seen cables do neat things when, for example, a phone installer runs them and isn't quite clear on the 'why' of twisted pair. (Hint: twisting TX+/RX+ and TX-/RX- doesn't work... or it "mostly" works kinda, but tends to drop like mad when the traffic gets higher.) It really is possible to have cables that are intermittent. (The wrong twist and all you defeat the whole point of twisted pair, making it very susceptible to any sort of interference, even its own echos on the wire.) I could see something like that working for a typical laptop cruising the 'net, but dying when it gets more substantial traffic. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18374 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Feature request
Also, if I have a playlist containing multiple radio stations (e.g. 'Talk & News Radio.m3u' or 'Classical Music Radio.m3u'), then the name of the playlist displays, not the name of the track (i.e. radio station name) within the playlist. I have several hundred radio stations conveniently categorized into a few playlists and have no interest in splitting them up into individual playlists for each station. You're asking for much intelligence in a rather simple plugin. How should it take the decision whether to display the playlist name or the stream name? You yourself tell me that sometimes you prefer having the playlist, sometimes the stream name... You want the plugin to decide what you can't? :-) Display playlist name for radio stations? 1) Always 2) Never 3) When Empty But as you mentioned you sometimes play a stream from a playlist, but want it to show the stream's name. Selecting "always" would have the same effect as using the PLAYLIST tag (in this case, not in the case of a simple song file). It might also be useful to add a fourth option when the string contains unprintable characters (e.g. foreign-language, unicode, etc.) as often encountered with international stations. Strings aren't unprintable. It's a question of your setup. You can have unicode or foreign-language strings on the player's display. Hey, even English is a foreign to me :-). -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
Just curious (and not directed at Archimago)... Why do we have all these calls for various native decoding capabilities at the Squeezebox? Other than saving a few CPU cycles on the server, there's not a big advantage. FFWD & Co. won't work with transcoded streams. And I'm running slimserver on a C3/600, others even on NAS devices with CPUs at <300MHz - there's not much power left for transcoding several streams at a time. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Problem refreshing handheld skin from pda
I'm not sure how I would display the web page code. I fear it's not possible on the Palm. Can you save the page to a file? You could then use any text editor to display it. Give me some hints and I'll try tomorrow. I can display the hyperlink for the web page however if that is what you are asking about. Yes, please do so. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
JJZolx Wrote: > Why do we have all these calls for various native decoding capabilities > at the Squeezebox? Other than saving a few CPU cycles on the server, > there's not a big advantage. May be not a huge advantage, but FFWD/REW is only possible when transcoding is not done. Steinar -- sbjaerum sbjaerum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Got SB3! Love it! Few feature requests...
Archimago Wrote: > Wow, just got my Squeezebox 3 right before the weekend and have been > playing with it since. Love it, and thanks for allowing me to "free > the music"... Slimserver 6.2.1 worked like a charm on the XP box used, > no crashes so far. > > A few questions to the knowledgeable around features I would love to > see: > > 1. How much firmware space is already used for the MP3, WAV, FLAC > decoding engine on the SB? Is there much room to add other decoders? > 2. I would personally love to see native OGG decoding since this is > open-source and readily available... > 3. How about AAC native decoding like FAAD2? Does the 250MHz processor > have enough "umph" to pull this off? (I assume it must be able to if > the iPod can do it!) > 4. 96/24 - got some wonderful sounding tracks on my system in stereo > 96kHz/24-bit that's waiting to be exploited on the hi-fi downstairs! > > Again, great product already but would LOVE to see the hardware fully > exploited! Just curious (and not directed at Archimago)... Why do we have all these calls for various native decoding capabilities at the Squeezebox? Other than saving a few CPU cycles on the server, there's not a big advantage. Flac made sense in that you can do away with full-bandwidth WAV streaming of lossless audio for a less bandwidth intensive format by transcoding at the server. I think the fact that many of us have libraries encoded in flac is secondary. The fact that flac is open source just means that the encoder is available for all the platforms that SlimServer targets. I don't think that the open-source religious arguments were a deciding factor, though I could be wrong on that. Other formats make sense in support of streaming 'net radio for the use of the serverless SqueezeNetwork. WMA is a good example - I doubt that it was added for any other reason. I suspect other native formats that follow in the near future will also be in support of radio streaming. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18399 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
