[slim] Re: How to play songs with no gap
oh, i thought the SB could deal with the gapless MP3 hacks. I stand corrected then -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19807 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] NAS JUST for file storage?
Hallo and Happy New Year to everyone. I read all the posts about the problems users have using NAS Storage with Slimserver. However they were all refering to using NAS for RUNNING Slimserver. I would like to ask if a different approach would be possible. That is, using NAS just for storage, and run slimserver on another networked PC (a small touchscreen PC for example). From the touchscreen PC I'm only interested in sending CLI commands to the squeezebox. Like add file xxx.mp3 to the queue. Since I have my own database I don't care about the database features of slimserver. What I do care about is that the file go directly from the NAS to the squeezebox and not through the touchscreen PC. That way I can even shutdown the PC after loading a playlist and music would keep playing. Would something like that be possible (with maybe nslu2)? sorry for the long post pulp -- pulp_136 pulp_136's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3274 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19839 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB1 SB3 out of sync with FLAC tracks
To add some more detail - if, when they are out of sync, I unsync and sync them, then they play the current FLAC track perfectly together, so it isn't an issue with FLAC per se, but something to do with changing tracks. I'll try to do some more experiments. -- mecouc mecouc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19812 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Help required
Hi, Apologies for the dumb Q's, but I am just getting started and am having trouble with the basics of managing my music files. Set-up: SB3, SS 6.2 (on P4), I-tunes 1st Problem: So far I am in the exploatory stages. and have ripped a few CD's using I-tunes, however I am finding that I-tunes is putting songs randomly in different places. For example, if I rip one album, some songs show up as seperate albums on slim-server, in parallel to the album that the song comes from. 2nd Problem: I have subscribed to 360 share, which appears to be excellent for downloading MP3's. However, once I have down-loaded the songs, I don't know how to store them. When you download music, they end up in a shared directory. I have tried creating a short-cut to that directory, but that's not really working. Also, if i copy all of the songs, and paste them into a new directory so I-tunes can look at them, they end up being poorly tagged, and creates a 'flat file of songs' with no particular order, which clearly is unmanageable with 1000's of songs etc. If anyone can help, i'm looking for some really basic steps on how to get started, ie, 1. What s/w packages should I use 2. How to Rip 3. How to TAG/Manage 4. AS above for MP3's downloaded from the internet. Many thanks for any help you can provide. -- Badger Badger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3037 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19842 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Announce: Java-based server, SlightServer 0.2
Version 0.2 of SlightServer available here: http://www.sendmefile.com/00220355 From the README: THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER. Especially due to the fact that I have included Windows binaries of flac and metaflac from the FLAC frontend project, and vorbiscomment from the website rarewares.org. Consider these binaries to be untrusted and act accordingly. Please send any constructive feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set up, edit the file slightserver-0.2/config/slightserver.properties. Tell it where your music files are, and where you want the server to store it's own files. By default, it searches your home directory for music, and stores its files in ~/.slightserver. On Linux, make sure you have installed metaflac, flac and vorbiscomment. To run, cd to the directory slightserver-0.2/scripts, and run slightserver.sh [linux] or slightserver.bat [windows]. You MUST be in the scripts directory, or the classpath will be wrong. Connect the squeezebox2/3 (or softsqueeze) to the server as normal. When the squeezebox connects, it will initially show how many tracks it has scanned. If it doesn't find your tracks, fix that now. To change the amount of output, edit config/log4j.properties. In general, use INFO for less output, or DEBUG for more. SlightServer has 2 modes: the Now Playing screen and the browser. In the Now Playing mode, the screen shows the elapsed time, shuffle icon, volume icon, repeat icon, and track rating on the top line. Pushing buttons 1 to 5 will set the rating for that track. (To be used eventually for smart playlists). The second/third lines show the artist/album/tracknumber/trackname. To get to the browser, press Up or Down. The menu structure is defined in config/menu.xml, so it should be reasonably easy to define menus based on composer, artist or whatever. Currently, it has random tracks and album (sorted by artist) in it. Known bugs: * Poor error handling. Be prepared to restart the server and/or the squeezebox * Sometimes, the squeezebox gets in a state where it won't play any more music (it displays initializing). I don't understand the slim protocol well enough to unbork it * Files that are transcoded from .ogg to .flac never get deleted. This will fill up your hard drive eventually * Should cancel a transcode when skipping tracks - skipping 10 tracks in quick succession will result in 10 transcodes all running to completion, and bogging down the server * Some files are not scanned properly and end up with empty tags * Very simple tag handling * No FFWD/REW support * No web interface * GIJ crashes with a NullPointerException deep in a library New and Noteworthy since 0.1: * Volume now is at the correct scale * Correctly handle repeated IR codes (e.g. holding down the volume button) * Transcoded files start faster * MP3 support * Configurable menu system * Random tracks are selected much more efficiently +---+ |Filename: slightserver-0.2.gif | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=644| +---+ -- clumsyoik clumsyoik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1997 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19843 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help required
Forgot to mention above, I have installed Slim server and I-tunes, and am on default settings, so I havn't configured anything to-date. -- Badger Badger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3037 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19842 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How to play songs with no gap
oh, i thought the SB could deal with the gapless MP3 hacks. I stand corrected then It seems to cope with mine just fine. Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is there a sneaky way...
Ok, I don't think it's the file names but the playlist itself. Debugging the rescan gives the following: -WARNING: file:///Linkstation/share/My%20Music/Forever%20Young%20(Disc%201)/[EMAIL PROTECTED] found in playlist: file:///mnt/share/My%20Playlists/fisher.m3u doesn't exist on disk - skipping! 2006-01-08 11:40:03.3932 Slim::Formats::Parse::readM3U: file:///Linkstation/share/My%20Music/Lado%20Este/Esta%20Vez.mp3 found in playlist: file:///mnt/share/My%20Playlists/fisher.m3u doesn't exist on disk - skipping! 2006-01-08 11:40:03.4253 Slim::Formats::Parse::readM3U: WARNING: file:///Linkstation/share/My%20Music/Nu-Flow/Taking%20It%20Global.mp3 found in playlist: file:///mnt/share/My%20Playlists/fisher.m3u doesn't exist on disk - skipping!- The playlist is definitely saved on the disk - could it be related to the fact that Slimserver sees the file as //Linkstation/share and the playlist folder as //mnt/share ? Slimserver won't recognise //Linkstation/share/My Playlists as a valid path. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19810 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronization
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rtitmuss wrote: up. I have a rough fix for both of them, and am now listening to my four well sync'd track :). I need to refine the fixes a little more before releasing a new version I think you've got it Richard :) I have never got synchronisation to work well at all - it always got out of sync within 5 or 6 tracks. I've been playing a Squeezebox 2 sync'd with Softsqueeze for the last couple of hours and it's coped with everything I've thrown at it to try to break it. Nice work, thank you. Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help required, how do I ......
OTOH there is some work being done right now on softsqueeze to improve it's sychronization abilities ... check out http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823 -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19804 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play songs with no gap
WMP 10 does indeed cope with gapless, before I got my Rio Karma (and started my translation to Vorbis) I used WMA/WMP for PC playback. Now I have my Karma/SB2 combo I have gapless where-ever I go. I use WinAmp to play on my PC and with a slight tweak to the settings this handles gapless fine too. So my advice, if you want gapless and compressed then go with Vorbis. Eserim -- Eserim Eserim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19807 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play songs with no gap
This thread shows just how quickly things change. Things you thought were true even mere weeks ago can have changed in the mean time ... -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19807 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help required, how do I ......
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Weller wrote: But I suspect after doing so you'll be disappointed as IME they never stay in sync for long. With the latest beta the synchronisation has been rock solid so far today depite everything I've thrown at it. :) Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Update On White Noise Bacground Issue/Bug
This may be related to bug 1718. I reported a while ago occasional unbearably loud 'background' noise that happens occasionally when starting a new song on my system, usually when synched with SoftSqueeze. I uusally have to restart Slimserver to get rid of it. I was at a friend's house the other day with whom I 'shared' some files recently, when it started to happen on all my songs, and only my songs - he said that this had happened occasionally. The only unique feature of my songs as that I always set the MP3 vilume to MAXIMUM on iTunes to get round the iPod EU volume restriction. On a whim I selected all songs in iTunes and set them back to NORMAL volume. It worked, and the problem has not recurred. I am busy resetting all my songs at home to 80% VOL increase only, I need some boost, and will report back. But this might help solve some of these bugs previously reported... -- Neil ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Saving Playlists
Yes I am using other software to create playlist and maintain my music. Amarok. This is a brilliant application, only availble in Linux. However if I listening to squeezebox and hear something I lke, it's still a case of having to remeber it next time i go to the server where Amarok is mounted. -- Vulcanbomber Vulcanbomber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3249 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19788 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Understanding of shutting down a Win XP Server
i'm running linux and I use the following plugin to shutdown the server from the remote. it has a user selectable delay from 5 mins to 1 hour so that you can use this as a sleep function, and to prevent someone accidentally shutting down the server immediately (i use the machine for desktop work). I use the feature all the time and it works quite well. I even use it as a quick and dirty way of telling the pc to shutdown (green, save cost of electricity, not leaving machine exposed to hackers, etc) if I want to leave the house when it is in the middle of some background task (e.g. ripping cd, downloading files, rsyncing music folders, etc). See the following link: http://www.avdv70.dsl.pipex.com/shutdown by the way - am I missing something here? You mention being able to turn off your pc by pressing 1,2,3 on the remote. Is there some shutdown functionality built in already that I have missed? -- kefa Fedora Core 4, Slimserver 6.2.1, Netgear DG834GT Squeezebox 3, Primare SPA20, Monitor Audio GR20 Squeezebox 2, Denon UD-M30, Monitor Audio PMC703 kefa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=421 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19803 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS JUST for file storage?
Happy New Year to you too! I think you misunderstand the architecture of the Slim products. The Slim in slim devices comes from the concept of a slim or thin client, a music player that contains only the bare minimum needed to get the job done. Everything else is on the network, meaning it profits from economies that come down the pipe in later years without locking you into the ones in the client. For instance, cheaper hard disks, etc. In practical terms, what that means is that the squeezeboxes contain very little. They have the hardware and firmware to play music from the network, display text and graphics on the display, receive remote control codes and send them up the network. Now, there is also limited firmware to display messages during client bootup, to handle network setup, and to handle a few remote codes (like reboot the client). But it's pretty limited. So when you send CLI messages, you are sending them to slimserver, who interprets where they need to be sent, and sends them there. That's why all those people were looking for NASes that could run slimserver. Because it has to be running *somewhere* just to work at all. There is also slimnetwork, where a web site on the internet substitutes for slimserver and sends you music (but only from internet radio stations, not songs on your own hard disk). There is a project under way to break up the slim server code into several smaller pieces. Because I think most people recognize that the low level stuff that keeps the boxes supplied with audio and display stuff is quite different in nature (and dispatching priority) than the stuff that scans your music library and handles the web interface. Then the different pieces could run at different priorities in the same processor, or on totally different processors (if they communicate via a network protocol). Some people, like me and I gather you, want to actually drive the music selection in a different way or by using different software. Then we could leave some pieces of the supplied software out and substitute for them ourselves. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19839 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Update On White Noise Bacground Issue/Bug
But bug 1718 shows as fixed. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1718 But it clearly isn't fixed... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19309 But I can't find anywhere where people filed bugs for the newer occurrances, perhaps because it happens rarely and they're waiting to reproduce. A number of other people mention itunes volume adjustment ... that may be a clue -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19845 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Moose - Awaiting server response
On 07/01/06, Kevin Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been looking for a way to look at what's in my SlimServer db and Moose (v.020) seems just the ticket...if I could get it working! I suspect I've done something daft. When I load the program it sits there 'Awaiting server response'. If I open the Library page the display at the bottom says 'Connected to server.. logging in.. please wait'. Local details: This is on Win XP Pro SP2, SlimServer is sitting on another machine and there's no security on it so username and password are blank, clicking the browser button brings up my SlimServer web page correctly, server IP contains the same IP as the server url, CLI port is at the default 9090 (I've no idea how to check it on SlimServer so I assume it's OK, I tried turning off the SP2 firewall and that didn't make any difference... I don't know what else I can tell you. Any ideas? Excluding firewall issues, it could be an invalid setting in the options page. The value in Server IP should just be a numeric IP address of the form: xxx.xxx.x.xx (no https or port numbers, etc) CLI Port should just be 9090 And Username / Password should both be blank (no spaces, etc).. They're the only settings which would cause this I think. -- - Dr Lovegrove http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What's the minimum slimserver version required for SB3?
Hi all, Does anybody know what is the earliest version of slimserver which will work on the SB3? I used to have an SB1, and version 5.x (5.4.1?) worked very reliably. The service (on Linux) would run happily for weeks on end. I've never had much luck with 6.0/6.1/6.2.1 (or later - I'm on nightly builds at the moment). But I could live with it, just having to issue service slimserver restart every couple of days. Now that I have the SB3, with its inherent wireless issues, it's a nightmare. I've just spent 20 minutes getting the thing to connect to my wireless LAN again, after the slimserver software failed again. (It never fails as such, e.g. the service is still running, but the hardware cannot connect to the service and the http://ipaddress:9000 requests just freeze). I've just issued two service slimserver restart messages and now it's responding again, which then enables me to connect the ahrdware. So my question: can I use 5.4.1 with my SB3 and still retain fucntionality? I only play MP3 files and listen to shoutcast, I don't (and won't) use the squeezenetwork stuff as my server runs 24x7 so I have no need. Any advice? Will 5.4.1 do what I need? many thanks! Jim -- jimwillsher jimwillsher's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19847 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Snow!
Is there a way for a user to change the text displayed? Xmas and New Year have passed but I like the screensaver very much. It would be fun to change it as the year progresses. Andrew -- Andrew B. = SB3- Benchmark DAC1 - EAR864 valve pre - ATC SCM50ASL active speakers... nice! Andrew B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19534 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Softsqueeze Synch Still Broken
I am on the latest Nightlies, Win XP and MP3 files on iTunes. Despite following Richard's instructions as to synching SBs and Softsqueeze, I find that synch between the two (which was excellent) has been broken for some four or five weeks now. Can anyone else confirm this? -- Neil ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: True Type fonts
Thanks, but cant find that anywhere. Anyone got a link or an alternative? I have a funky font i would love to use on my SB3 :) -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19826 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 21:54 -0800, psm0110 wrote: looking at NAS as an alternative, and readyNAS is nice, but $600 is a might expensive when I can build a Linux or BSD box with RAID myself... am I missing the point somehow? The NAS is targeted at folks who can't handle the work of administering a Linux/*BSD box. It is a nice prepacked solution. Of course, the smart, talented and good looking folks can make something better for the same price, or cheaper. Maybe both. I've had two boxes running SlimServer over the past three years. I've never spent any money on either. Both were machines left over from some other project. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help required
--- Badger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone can help, i'm looking for some really basic steps on how to get started, ie, 1. What s/w packages should I use 2. How to Rip 3. How to TAG/Manage 4. AS above for MP3's downloaded from the internet. Personally I wouldn't ever use iTunes. There are heroic efforts underway to make it work with SlimServer with sometimes limited success. IMHO iTunes is the problem - it just likes to take over systems and do things its own way, not caring about how other software programs might interact with it. It wants to do everything on its own and expects the user to stop using anything else. I call that rude software behavior in my book and classify it as malware. I use EAC for ripping and Mp3tag for tagging. EAC, in particular, can be complicated and intimidating at first but once you get it configured properly (there are lots of guides on the net) it is far, far more powerful than iTunes, and 100% accurate. I used dBpowerAMP for a while. It's more user-friendly than EAC but it does not make 100% accurate rips and the MP3 encoder is on a 30-day licence. __ 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: Is there a sneaky way...
Well in my own, slow little way I got there...I wrote a quick and dirty script to convert the file path address on the playlists created in MusicMagic to the same type of file path as Slimserver works on..and hey presto all my playlists appeared. Of course, having spent most of the weekend playing around with this, I found out 5 mins ago that someone else has done exactly the same thing, for exactly the same reasons, and a whole lot neater than me. http://www.joejaworski.com/m3u/ Thanks for the help Michael - it's really obvious now I think about it but the pointer was much appreciated. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19810 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezenetwork versus Slimserver - Could they be friends?
I have just upgraded to an SB3 (very happy with that) and have now got access to Squeezenetwork. The concept looks pretty good and might be the seed of some serious market uniqueness for Slimdevices. The current implementation, though might have have a missed a trick. Essentially, the SB3 is either logged onto Squeezenetwork, or onto my server but never both. Wouldn't it be better if the box could (optionally?) use Squeezenetwork for some things (such as the clock display and alarms) and stay logged in to my local server? I could use the SB as an alarm, for example, without having to leave my server on or explicitly log between Squeezenetwork and my local server when I want to stream music. Or perhaps there is some constraint here I don't understand? Russell. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Softsqueeze Synch Still Broken
There is another thread about this. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823 Looks like the Beta source for SS 2.0 fixes the buffer/sync issues -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19848 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help required
If you don't want to get a rip program with all the bells and whistles of EAC - I find audiograbber pretty good, easy to use and it's freeware. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19842 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help required
Thanks for your comments Mark/Cejay. I agree, I-Tunes seems to be making a mess of everything. From reading through all of these forums, it apears to be a common theme. Also, lots of mentions of MMM and Moodlogic, so I have just downloaded the latter. I don't fully understand everything it does yet. So my Q now is, being experienced users, how do you advise me to start (ie from scratch). eg: 1. Rip CD's to MP3 using EAC/MP3tag etc to 1 place (my music?) 2. Organise/Tag and create play-list using Mood logic 3. Point Slim server to Mood logic 4. Same as above for downloading MP3's? Cheers -- Badger Badger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3037 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19842 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Snow!
The message texts are in file Server/Plugins/Snow.pm and can be edited. Don't add any tabs or new lines to the strings as they're used for record separation. You'll need to restart SlimServer to pick up any changes. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19534 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Moose - Awaiting server response
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Lovegrove wrote: Excluding firewall issues, it could be an invalid setting in the options page. Or it could be that the seat to keyboard interface is an idiot! I suspect the fact that it is now working was somehow facilitated by me, somewhat belatedly, disabling the firewall from both machines rather than just one! Sorry. Moose is rather a nice and useful of piece of software - thank you. May I make a suggestion? I'd like to keep this running all of the time so if it sat in the system tray when minimised (perhaps defaulting to minimise to system tray when I accidentally hit close!) and, when I put my mouse pointer over the Moose system tray icon, it displayed the details of the currently playing tracks for the selected player that would be rather excellent! If you did that perhaps the RMB button on the system tray icon could contain 'now playing, library and exit? I think I may have a minor bug. The selected player is currently playing Alien Afternoon by Genesis from Calling All Stations. Moose is showing the filename under Track (which may be WAD), Artist is shown as 'G' and Album is showing as 'Genesis'. The display is similar for any track it plays. The Slimserver web page is showing 'Alien Afternoon by Genersis from Calling all Stations'. Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Understanding of shutting down a Win XP Server
kefa Wrote: turn off your pc by pressing 1,2,3 on the remote. Is there some shutdown functionality built in already that I have missed? Thank you, I thought I was tripping or something. I'm assuming the power button on the remote won't actually send a magic packet to run startup on the pc as well. (?) Your argument sounds good, Pat, but if you put all your PC electronics in a box that size it's going to be 'hot to the touch' as well. Also, your DAC actually consumes about 1/10 of the wattage you suggest. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19803 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wireless WPA/TKIP
Hi, I'm trying to connect my Squeezebox to my slimserver using the wireless WPA/TKIP protocol/encryption. I have a Cisco 830 series Integrated Services Router at home and it doesn't seem to be able to connect. Has anyone any experience of doing this? If I switch the ISR into migration mode I can connect using 128 bit WEP encryption but that's not secure enough for the rest of my network! Thanks, Peter -- PeterBorner PeterBorner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19849 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Moose - Awaiting server response
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Weller wrote: I think I may have a minor bug. Having closed and restarted Moose that issue has gone away. Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Moose - Awaiting server response
On 08/01/06, Kevin Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Lovegrove wrote: Or it could be that the seat to keyboard interface is an idiot! I suspect the fact that it is now working was somehow facilitated by me, somewhat belatedly, disabling the firewall from both machines rather than just one! Sorry. Ah, good stuff.. Gotta love firewalls.. :-) Moose is rather a nice and useful of piece of software - thank you. Thanks, you're welcome.. May I make a suggestion? I'd like to keep this running all of the time so if it sat in the system tray when minimised (perhaps defaulting to minimise to system tray when I accidentally hit close!) and, when I put my mouse pointer over the Moose system tray icon, it displayed the details of the currently playing tracks for the selected player that would be rather excellent! Well, scarily, I spent a bit of time this afternoon implementing a tray icon. Seems to be working quite well, so expect it in the next release.. If you did that perhaps the RMB button on the system tray icon could contain 'now playing, library and exit? Yup - currently trying to get the tooltip to display the current playing song.. I think I may have a minor bug. The selected player is currently playing Alien Afternoon by Genesis from Calling All Stations. Moose is showing the filename under Track (which may be WAD), Artist is shown as 'G' and Album is showing as 'Genesis'. The display is similar for any track it plays. The Slimserver web page is showing 'Alien Afternoon by Genersis from Calling all Stations'. Yes, there are two display modes - paths and tags. In paths mode it assumes the parent folder to the currently playing track is the album name, and the parent to that is the artist. If this isnt how you have your music arranged, click on the 'Viewing:Paths' button at the bottom and it'll show you the tags instead. I dont think it remembers which mode it's in for next time yet though.. NB: It also toggles these two modes when you click anywhere on the now playing background. I should probably disable this now.. -- - Dr Lovegrove http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play songs with no gap
I can confirm that flac is gapless, though if you set up synchronization between Squeezeboxen then there will be a slight gap due to the sync process. -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19807 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Understanding of shutting down a Win XP Server
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:40 -0800, Skunk wrote: Your argument sounds good, Pat, but if you put all your PC electronics in a box that size it's going to be 'hot to the touch' as well. Also, your DAC actually consumes about 1/10 of the wattage you suggest. Wow, you are correct, I just checked the Benchmark site, and they claim 8 watts typical, 18 watts max. It isn't quite literally too hot to touch, but it is warm and close to too hot to hold. I had a handful of old CPU finned cooler and scattered them around the top just to add some surface area. My SlimServer is in a full sized tower case, with fans. It is almost silent, and too far into the cold dark basement to worry about :-) It also has a plastic window on the side and colored fans with LEDs and a cool cathode light as part of its prior life. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help required
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Badger wrote: Also, lots of mentions of MMM and Moodlogic, so I have just downloaded the latter. I downloaded and paid for Moodlogic some time ago and it was a complete waste of money, Development seems dead, the on-line library had very few tracks in that corresponded with anything I have and it failed to identify just about everything despite all files being properly tagged. Emails to the support email address received no reply. MMM OTOH is an excellent piece of software that is actively being developed and supported. The author is also very receptive to suggestions. I kissed the money I spent on Moodlogic goodbye and happily registered MMM; a decision I have never regretted. Before you waste any time on Moodlogic you may like to have a look at MMM (IMO of course). Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Understanding of shutting down a Win XP Server
Pressing the 3 buttons is for the program 'xPLHal' I've installed on my WIN XP machine (http://www.xplproject.org.uk/modules.php?op=modloadname= Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=31page=1) It seems that the link doesn't work at this time. 'xPLHal' communicates with the remote. Pressing the power button sends the magic packet (it must be so) because after that my server is back again. Thanks for the Linux tips! -- Toby Toby's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2676 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19803 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization
Has there been any progress on a possibly related issue of gapless playback?: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19130highlight=gapless Softsqueeze 2.2 does not give me gapless flac playback . . . . (An earlier version worked fine. My SB2 is also fine.) Some other users have reported the same problem here and on Softsqueeze's own forum, http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=362090. Thanks. -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Special characters (accents, etc)
Alex: I got your file and it plays on my machine. Doesn't crash the server. Now it plays a little oddly, because the title shows up as Andúrilúúú by Howard Shoreú. I'm not sure I got the right number of trailing 'ú's. That needs to be fixed. Whether fixing this will fix the crash on your machine ... well, it's hard to predict. I can tell you, just from the left hand pane in the slim ui that you have both id3v1 and id3v2 tags in this file. That may be a good thing or it may not, depending on whether you're happy the erroneous padding stopped at 30 characters or not. There are some other odd things about these tags. This claims to be track 255, which seems unlikely but I don't think anything in slim cares, except for sorting purposes. According to Tag Rename, the title really is stored as Andúrilúúú and also Howard Shore's name was similarly butchered. This is in both the id3v1 and id3v2 tags. Also the comment field is a string of what look like hex digits. Tag Rename, for the v2 tags, shows a longer string of hex digits in the comment field. Slim doesn't show the comment field, although I'm not sure why. And in the V2 tags, it puts 255/-1 for the track #. I've never seen that before. I'll have to look at the actual tag encodings to see what's going on there. Someone has put a BPM tag into this file. 135.18. Did you do that? Does this file you sent me still crash your system? If so, I'll need more details of when it crashed, what player(s) you have tried to play it on, when the server crashes, how you have your display set up, what operating system, etc. Triode: you wrote: The display is built up from 6 components: Line1 - left justified text on top line Line2 - same for bottom line [this bit can scroll] overlay1 - right justified text on top line [normall used for progress bar/count] overlay2 - right justified text on bottom line [normally used for arrow/notes symbols] center1/center2 - centered text on line 1 or 2 Now only line1 has the code to protect against utf8 strings being sent to the display code. Did you really mean only line1 has code to protect it? Or did you mean line 2 (according to your naming system). AFAIK, nothing from the song goes into line one. It only ever says Playing or Stopped and (1 of 1) and those sorts of things. I was about to go off and do something else now, but over the next few days I'll examine the tags more and see how slim handles them and see what I can figure out. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18985 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Java-based server, SlightServer 0.2
I appreciate your effort in making this program. Some comments:
1. I downloaded the zip file. The link didn't work the first time; it
timed out. The second time, I got to the sendmefile.com site but it
was VERY slow. Then it forced me to stare at the ads for at least a
minute before I got the download link. This free service is annoying!
2. I followed the instructions in your email and placed the unzipped
files in c:\test\slightserver-0.2.
3. I edited the slightserver.properties file with a text editor and
changed the last line to
# music_dir=${user.home}/music
music_dir=c:/My Music/music
I have an iTunes library elsewhere but your format for the path isn't
right for Windows XP (c:\documents...\user\My Documents\My Music. And
the iTunes library is below that level in iTunes\iTunes Music. I didn't
want to try to guess what iTunes folder I needed to point to.
I have a shortcut to C:\My Music in the iTunes library folder. I tried
to point slightserver to the simple c:\My Music folder as a way to get
started.
4. I opened a command line window, changed the current directory as you
specified and ran the slightserver.bat file as you specified. I got an
error message 'The system could not find the path specified. I
attached a screenshot of the command line window.
5. Different versions of Windows had different conventions on placement
of music files and other things. You need to make your scheme work for
Win 98 (original, SE and ME) and XP. And maybe Win 2000. It would be
simpler to let the user browse to the right directory. And you need to
specify which level for the iTunes hierarchy.
6. I realize that this is an alpha release. However, your instructions
need to be better. The process didn't work for me and the instructions
didn't give me any help in resolving the problem.
Bill
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[slim] Re: Update On White Noise Bacground Issue/Bug
This is definitely still a problem. I posted this in an earlier thread. All MP3s on which I have used the iTunes volume adjust feature generate a hideously loud white noise when played back on my SB3 if the SB3's Volume Adjustment was turned on. As a test, I took a track that sounded fine on the Squeezebox: 1) Increased the volume slightly in iTunes 2) Set the volume adjustment back to zero in iTunes 3) Rescanned my library in Slimserver 4) Played the song on the Squeezebox 5) Nearly destroyed my speakers For more information please see my original THREAD. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19456 No one#8217;s given me a solution yet other than shutting off SB3's smart Volume Adjustment feature. Neil Cameron Wrote: On a whim I selected all songs in iTunes and set them back to NORMAL volume. It worked, and the problem has not recurred. Neil How did you reset the volume? I tried moving the slider back to zero (the center position) and it still didn't work. For me, no matter what the volume setting is, even if it's been slightly raised, I get the white noise problem. -- biomech biomech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2945 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19845 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Access SqueezeNetwork via web interface?
Is this possible? I can't figure out how to do it. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19851 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What's the minimum slimserver version required for SB3?
* jimwillsher shaped the electrons to say... Does anybody know what is the earliest version of slimserver which will work on the SB3? Jim - any of the 6.x series will work. 5.4.x will not. I used to have an SB1, and version 5.x (5.4.1?) worked very reliably. The service (on Linux) would run happily for weeks on end. I've never had much luck with 6.0/6.1/6.2.1 (or later - I'm on nightly builds at the moment). But I could live with it, just having to issue service slimserver restart every couple of days. Do you happen to have a crash log? I'd love to know what's causing the crash. -D -- Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: True Type fonts
* dangerous_dom shaped the electrons to say... Thanks, but cant find that anywhere. Anyone got a link or an alternative? I have a funky font i would love to use on my SB3 :) http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?UnicodeFonts Has the list and links. You only need one. -D -- Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Access SqueezeNetwork via web interface?
On 8-Jan-06, at 11:54 AM, Kyle wrote: Is this possible? I can't figure out how to do it. not from the slimserver web interface, but there is http://squeezenetwork.com -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature request: gapless crossfade type
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19736 Question: quot;gaplessquot; crossfade type would be useful - Yes - I'd use it - No - not interested i registered just to post this message... squeezebox looks awesome, but the lack of gapless mp3 playback is a dealbreaker for me, and probably for a lot of other people too. i think more people use lame mp3 than either ogg or flac, even though those formats are superior in terms of quality. all lame mp3s have tags to make gapless playback posssible, for example: enc_delay = 576 enc_padding = 1812 mp3_accurate_length = yes foobar2000 is able to do perfect gapless playback using this info. i have about 120 gigs of music, mostly in lame mp3. i was all set to get a squeezebox, until i discovered it couldn't do gapless mp3. hopefully this gets fixed soon. everything else about the slimserver/squeezebox setup is really sweet. btw, there's probably way more views than votes because prospective buyers look here to find that squeezebox can't play their dark side of the moon mp3s gaplessly, and then they move on. -- shlomomofo shlomomofo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19736 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Button Sensitivity
Yes, a very annoying problem which also happens with wma lossless. I only experience this when a track is playing however. -- luga00 luga00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1938 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19796 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Update On White Noise Bacground Issue/Bug
* biomech shaped the electrons to say... This is definitely still a problem. I posted this in an earlier thread. All MP3s on which I have used the iTunes volume adjust feature generate a hideously loud white noise when played back on my SB3 if the SB3's Volume Adjustment was turned on. This should be fixed in the 6.2.2 nightlies. -D -- iNoah kernel's original recipe: 11 secret args and switches ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Snow!
Thanks! Andrew -- Andrew B. = SB3- Benchmark DAC1 - EAR864 valve pre - ATC SCM50ASL active speakers... nice! Andrew B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19534 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Update On White Noise Bacground Issue/Bug
I'm not sure you're going to find a solution. It should never happen. It appears to be a bug, so no one's likely to tell you to just turn off some feature. There seem to be one to several ways to trigger this white noise problem. iTunes volume adjustment is one, but there are other people who have had this problem who have been listening to the radio, so we likely have several causes for the same symptom. The problem until this point is that no one could reproduce it - it seemed to happen at random. Now that you have a reproduceable case, you (or someone) needs to file a bug report, in order to get the bug squashed. Can you do this? If you don't feel up to it, I could help you through it. Or you could send me the file and I could do it. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19845 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Java-based server, SlightServer 0.2
Listener Wrote:
I appreciate your effort in making this program.
Thankyou.
Some comments:
1. I downloaded the zip file. The link didn't work the first time; it
timed out. The second time, I got to the sendmefile.com site but it
was VERY slow. Then it forced me to stare at the ads for at least a
minute before I got the download link. This free service is annoying!
Yeah, it took ages to upload too. I won't use that service again.
I have an iTunes library elsewhere but your format for the path isn't
right for Windows XP (c:\documents...\user\My Documents\My Music. And
the iTunes library is below that level in iTunes\iTunes Music. I didn't
want to try to guess what iTunes folder I needed to point to.
I have a shortcut to C:\My Music in the iTunes library folder. I tried
to point slightserver to the simple c:\My Music folder as a way to get
started.
I'm not sure what you mean by the format for the path isn't right.
You can put any path you like for the music_dir; directories are
specified by forward slashes, so you could put in
c:/documents.../user/My Documents/My Music
Also, on Windows, ${user.home} will expand to c:\documents and
settings\user, so you can use that.
I don't think shortcuts will work though, I haven't tested that.
5. Different versions of Windows had different conventions on placement
of music files and other things. You need to make your scheme work for
Win 98 (original, SE and ME) and XP. And maybe Win 2000. It would be
simpler to let the user browse to the right directory. And you need to
specify which level for the iTunes hierarchy.
Absolutely correct. For now, it's a simple solution to default to
searching the user's home directory, with the ability to change it by
editing a text file.
I'd like to have a setup wizard. Patches are welcomed.
6. I realize that this is an alpha release. However, your instructions
need to be better. The process didn't work for me and the instructions
didn't give me any help in resolving the problem.
Let's see if we can fix the problem now, then. The first thing that
stands out is your JAVA_HOME - \bin\java is is not the normal place for
java to be installed on Windows XP.
Can you post the results of the command:
c:\bin\java -version
Regards
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[slim] Re: What's the minimum slimserver version required for SB3?
Thanks for the info. No, no crash log. The thing is, slim doesn't crash. It just becomes unresponsive. When I issue the service slimserver restart I am told that it ends ok, rather than receiving any service wasn't running messages. That's what's so frustrating, it's as if it gets into a loop. Real shame about the 5.4 / 6.0 thing though, as 6.x isn't nearly as stable as 5.4.x was. Jim -- jimwillsher jimwillsher's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19847 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Options for remote power on of non ir amp
seanadams Wrote: Note the geekport output is 3.3V, not 5. There's a chance it might still trigger a 5v solid-state relay, but don't count on it. Related to this, I'm assuming something akin to an IR Linc (see [1]) should be used to connect the output of a Squeezebox to the (the IR input of) a Xantech system (e.g. a 789-44 connecting block)with the Xantech system use of 12V ? Unless one uses an emitter on top of a receiver ? Is this the case ? Thanks, James [1]http://www.smarthome.com/8175.html -- morrison12 morrison12's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3282 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17974 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Backing Up the Slimserver Database
Having just had an 'accident' I've restored my SlimServer program directory but am having to re-scan my music tracks to rebuild the database. The reason for that is that Slimserver runs 24/7 and SecondCopy (a Windows back-up program) says it can't back-up the database file as it in use. Are there command lines I can use to tell SlimServer to shut down and restart that I can set up in Windows Scheduler? If I can do that I can schedule the back-up as well. SecondCopy does actually have an option to try to ignore whether a file is in use but when I set that SlimServer stops whenever the back-up kicks in and doesn't restart. Thanks. (Be nice if Slimserver contained an option to backup the database to a specified directory at a specified time) Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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clumsyoik Wrote: Let's see if we can fix the problem now, then. The first thing that stands out is your JAVA_HOME - \bin\java is is not the normal place for java to be installed on Windows XP. Can you post the results of the command: c:\bin\java -version Regards CO I typed the command in a command line window and got a one line response: The system cannot find the path specified. There is NO c:\bin directory on my C: drive. I have a Start menu command Java 2 runtime environment with a single sub-menu item Welcome to Java 2. If I click on that item, I get a web page on my hard disk at file:///c:/Program%20Files/Java/j2re1.4.0/Welcome.html I'd guess the Java runtime is installed in this directory. As far as I can see, the \bin path was generated in your s/w. Bill -- Listener Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19843 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Listener Wrote: I typed the command in a command line window and got a one line response: The system cannot find the path specified. There is NO c:\bin directory on my C: drive. I have a Start menu command Java 2 runtime environment with a single sub-menu item Welcome to Java 2. If I click on that item, I get a web page on my hard disk at file:///c:/Program%20Files/Java/j2re1.4.0/Welcome.html I'd guess the Java runtime is installed in this directory. As far as I can see, the \bin path was generated in your s/w. Bill The slightserver.bat script expects to find the java executable at %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java. So the problem is almost certainly that your JAVA_HOME is not set up. It may be my mistake to assume that this environment variable is set up by default by the java installer. I'll have to check. Try the following command before running slightserver.bat: set JAVA_HOME=c:\program files\Java\j2re1.4.0 (I'm guessing the path, from the location of the web page you quoted - it should contain a bin directory, with a java executable inside that.) -- clumsyoik clumsyoik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1997 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19843 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Java-based server, SlightServer 0.2
I looked at the batch file and saw that it expect the JAVA_HOME environment variable to be set. %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -classpath ..; (more) That variable is not set on my XP system. The Java runtimes were installed with the standard installer. Softsqueeze works w/o the JAVA_HOME variable. I can set the JAVA_HOME variable but I think you should check your assumption. Next problem In the Batch file you need to enclose the command name in quotes. A space in the path name of a command ends the command name. Since C:\Program Files\... is the standard place to install s/w under windows, you need to fix this. - Next problem I started softsqueeze and got a message saying that I should click on the up or down arrow. When I did, I got two menu lines: random play and albums - sorted by Artist(0). If I click on albums ..., I get a blank 2nd line. If I go back to the previous menu and click on random play, I get a display showing 00:00 followed by what looks like a speaker symbol and a bar. Dead end. I guess Slightserver didn't find my music library. --- next problem Ending execution of Softsqueeze caused an exception. See attached screenshot. - I'm done until Slightserver is a bit farther along. Bill +---+ |Filename: Cmd_line_3.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=648| +---+ -- Listener Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19843 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Button Sensitivity
Assuming you are playing lossless transcoded to flac, I think it is the same problem as in the bug I referenced. For the moment if you don't mind eating more cpu on the server and a bit more network bandwidth, you can alter server settings file types to avoid sending flac to the player: disable: wav-flc, wma-flc, flc-flc -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19796 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Java-based server, SlightServer 0.2
random play and albums - sorted by Artist(0). If I click on albums ..., I get a blank 2nd line. If I go back to the previous menu and click on random play, I get a display showing 00:00 followed by what looks like a speaker symbol and a bar. Dead end. I guess Slightserver didn't find my music library. - I'm done until Slightserver is a bit farther along. Thanks for your efforts. If you do find a little spare time, I'd be interested to see your slightserver.properties, so I can work out why it didn't find your library. CO -- clumsyoik clumsyoik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1997 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19843 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Backing Up the Slimserver Database
On 08/01/06, Kevin Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Be nice if Slimserver contained an option to backup the database to a specified directory at a specified time) Be pretty handy for Moose too as pointing it at the 'live' db file causes all sorts of grief.. -- - Dr Lovegrove http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization
I have released a new version of Softsqueeze 2.3. This will be in the 6.2 nightlies or you can download it from Sourceforge (http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net). Later in the week I'll release a new version on the trunk. This fixes (for me anyway!) sync. I've been listening with out problem for nearly a couple of hours now. Gapless flac playback should also working again, but I have not tested this (please let me know). Several times people have asked how the buffering / sync works, so if you interested in what the problems were please read on. Three audio buffers are used in Softsqueeze; the decoder buffer holds encoded audio (mp3, flac, etc), the output buffer holds pcm samples, finally the small javasound buffer holds the samples written by Softsqueeze to the audio device. When two or more players are sync'd then the slimserver starts streaming the encoded audio but leaves all the players paused. The players send status information back to the slimserver reporting how fully the audio buffers are, when all players have enough data in the decoder buffer then the unpause command is send to all payers. The first problem was a recently introduced typo that caused a block of silence to be written into the output buffer when a new track started to be decoded in Softsqueeze. This also broke gapless flac playback. Doh! The Squeezebox decodes audio a few bytes at a time so it does not take long for the decoded pcm samples to play out of your speakers following the unpause command. In Java the most efficient to stream audio is to decode blocks of audio data, Softsqueeze uses a block size of 128000 bytes. It takes too long to decode a full audio block and start playback compared to the process in a hardware player. So Softsqueeze cheats, it starts decoding while the player is paused to reduce the latency when playback starts. The second problem was that sometimes the decoder buffer had reached the playback threshold and the unpause command sent but the first block of audio had not yet been decoded. This made Softsqueeze play behind the Squeezebox. To fix this Softsqueeze now sends zero buffer fullness until some samples have been decoded to the output buffer, causing all players to wait until Softsqueeze is ready to start playback. The opposite problem also exists, if the hardware player is slow to buffer (say working wirelessly) then Softsqueeze might have decoded lots of pcm samples. I then found that the first write to the javasound buffer could take too long, again causing lack of sync. Now to help smoothly start playback both the decoder and output buffers are filled using an exponentially increasing block size, starting with 4096 bytes until the maximum block size is reached. This helps control the playback latency, but this approach does increase the risk of an audio buffer underrun at the start of a track. Only with wider testing can we be sure the balance here is correct. I hope this now works for everyone!! Richard -- rtitmuss rtitmuss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Java-based server, SlightServer 0.2
clumsyoik Wrote:
Thanks for your efforts. If you do find a little spare time, I'd be
interested to see your slightserver.properties, so I can work out why
it didn't find your library.
CO
I already listed the only change I made to the properties file but here
is the entire file.
Bill
#
# slightserver.properties
#
# Use a single forward slash as the file
# separator for all OS's, including Windows.
# ${user.home} will be expanded to the user's
# home directory, typically /home/fred on linux
# and c:\Documents and Settings\fred on Windows.
#
database_dir=${user.home}/.slightserver/database
transcode_cache_dir=${user.home}/.slightserver/transcode-cache
transcode_cache_max_size=120M
podcast_cache_dir=${user.home}/music/podcasts
# music_dir=${user.home}/music
music_dir=c:/My Music/music
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[slim] Re: MoodLogic Problem
PeterBorner Wrote: I'm seeing a double count and a duplicate tracks. I've tried clearing the database and re-scanning but still have the same problem. I figured this out! I had both the music directory and the MoodLogic database loaded and scanned. I removed the music directory setting, cleared the database and rescanned... correct number of tracks and no duplicates. -- PeterBorner PeterBorner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19404 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Backing Up the Slimserver Database
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Weller[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there command lines I can use to tell SlimServer to shut down and restart that I can set up in Windows Scheduler? If I can do that I can schedule the back-up as well. net stop service name net start service name I don't know what the appropriate service name is for Slimserver is under Windows, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. Andy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature request: gapless crossfade type
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19736 Question: quot;gaplessquot; crossfade type would be useful - Yes - I'd use it - No - not interested shlomomofo Wrote: i registered just to post this message... squeezebox looks awesome, but the lack of gapless mp3 playback is a dealbreaker for me, and probably for a lot of other people too. i think more people use lame mp3 than either ogg or flac, even though those formats are superior in terms of quality. all lame mp3s have tags to make gapless playback posssible, for example: enc_delay = 576 enc_padding = 1812 mp3_accurate_length = yes foobar2000 is able to do perfect gapless playback using this info. i have about 120 gigs of music, mostly in lame mp3. i was all set to get a squeezebox, until i discovered it couldn't do gapless mp3. hopefully this gets fixed soon. everything else about the slimserver/squeezebox setup is really sweet. btw, there's probably way more views than votes because prospective buyers look here to find that squeezebox can't play their dark side of the moon mp3s gaplessly, and then they move on. I can see where you are coming from, it's one of my biggest pet hates. But can you name a device in the same league as the SB3 that can? Not even the latest almighty Ipod cant do it -at all-. The problem is the MP3 format (and WMA/AAC for that matter), not the Squeezebox. Foobar does it well with a clever bit of cross fading 'workaround', which the SB3 could do with an update to Slimserver. But if you have ripped your MP3's using a later version of LAME, without the padding frames that historically have always been added to MP3's, you should find you get pretty good gapless playback. It's not 100% perfect, but nothing will be if people insist on sticking with MP3. However, i will say that i firmly believe companies like Slim Devices do need to take this more seriously. People around here already have one and not many people around here wont be buying one, because like you say, they find out MP3 gapless playback it not very good and move on. The number of people who really want a good gapless playback solution for MP3's are vastly underestimated It's al very well for people like me to say use a better format, but many people have massive librarys of existing MP3's they need gapless playback for. Really though, you are missing out. Unless you have stupid amounts of cash to play with and buy a Sono's, don't be put off buying a SB3. -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19736 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Special characters (accents, etc)
Triode Wrote: if you find a crash in any of the display code I can look at it.. Thanks for the offer ... If I nail it down to that area, I'll call. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18985 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: True Type fonts
Ok, i have converted some true type fonts to unicode ones, but in slimserver under player settings display font, i still only have the option for Light/standard/full? -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19826 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: True Type fonts
Also, it would seem that putting the unicode font BMP's in the graphics folder causes Slimserver to crash when it starts :/ -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19826 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: True Type fonts
* dangerous_dom shaped the electrons to say... Also, it would seem that putting the unicode font BMP's in the graphics folder causes Slimserver to crash when it starts :/ No conversion is necessary. All you need to do is drop one of the .TTF files in the Graphics directory. The fonts on the settings page are sizes - and have nothing to do with the Unicode/TTF setup. I'll make this more clear in a future version. What version of the server are you running right now? 6.5 is broken because of an upgrade that hasn't been done on Windows yet. -D -- noah I'm partial to lipstick lesbians, I guess, but I suppose that's a little like saying you're partial to blue when you're blind. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: True Type fonts
I have been using a build of 6.5b1 from a few days ago because of some updates to the CUE file handling (which is completely broken in 6.2.2). Is that the cause of the crashes then? As for the fonts, i have put both unicode and .TTF files in the graphics folder, how do i use them then? i cant see the option anywhere. -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19826 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Hello Ben, Progress on the skin is looking great. Question: is there a Power Off button for a player anywhere? I like to use the web to poweroff the player (so that the off-mode screensaver kicks in). Also, in your newly checked in 5578, the file menu_radio.gif needs to be checked in. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature request: gapless crossfade type
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19736 Question: quot;gaplessquot; crossfade type would be useful - Yes - I'd use it - No - not interested I'm not convinced that slimserver is the way to solve this problem. To understand why, understand that there are (at least) 4 sources of gaps in mp3 playback. 1. Silence in the original material (which should be left there). 2. Silence that the encoder put there (either out of a misguided sense of needing it or because of an idea that padding was harmless). In some subcases there, there are also tags attached to the file to show how much was incorrect silence. 3. Silence that the SB hardware imposes in a song transition. It's my understanding that this is quite small. 4. Silence that occurs because of a network problem just as the buffer for the old song runs down and the buffer hasn't started to fill yet for the new song. 5. Silence that occurs because, in a synched playback environment, all the players stop and wait for them all to partly fill their buffers before starting the next track. There may be other sources I don't know about, but let's start with these 5. Which one are you asking us to vote on? Because my answer isn't the same for all. I believe slim should work on 3-5, in order to make the hardware output as faithful to the original as possible. I don't think anyone should automatically be removing silence from (1). The problem is, it is indistinguishable from (2) without intensive scrutiny. I would agree to Slim interpreting the silence tags if the encoder put them in. But I don't think Slim should act automatically, at run time, as if it knows better. This sounds like the right place for an off-line program, that lets you listen to the tips and tails of a song and decide where the song should begin and end playback and tag the files appropriately. In fact, I'd go further and say that support should be added to SB2/3s to send them a file and a set of start and end timestamps. That could be used for trimming silence (in this case) but also for playing a file fragment. For instance, if you don't like the applause at the beginning or the end of a live track, you could say by tagging that you don't want in general to hear it. That would not remove the sound from the track, it's still there in case you want to hear it, but in general, when it's played, it's left out. My $0.02 -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19736 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Announce: WinSlim
As part of another development effort (see my post on the developers forum) I've ended up with WinSlim - a very simple, small control panel for your players which runs as a native Windows app. Current features are basic - play, pause, skip tracks, volume, etc but it suits my needs. It also responds to the Media Control buttons found on many keyboards. The library stats also update in real time which is nice when watching a rescan to see when it will be done :) More details and the download are here: http://www.adamreeve.com/software/ Note - this is a beta and so comes with no guarantees! It's not open source yet but will be soon. I'm not touting this as the best thing ever, more as a demo of the SlimCliLib I'm developing. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19859 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization should use fine-grained network clock
In order to maintain sub-ms clock accuracy, ntp requires significant support from the host operating system, which the squeezeboxen may not have in place. Under linux, there is an entire kernel process devoted to system time, with a corresponding API for slewing the time in a gapless fashion to maintain a highly accurate system time (which is NOT based on the RTC, but the processor clocks while the system is running--the RTC is read/set only on system startup/shutdown). ntp may have impose too much overhead for small embedded devices; not positive though. -- mikew mikew's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3250 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19466 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Thanks to KDF and Grotus on helping me debug the two things that were giving me the most grief with the skin-- identifying radio streams when playing and getting a player chooser pull-down menu to work on every page (for those streaming to more than one player). I checked in several notable changes over the last few days. If you are using this skin for work or play, I suggest you get the new daily on Monday, or update your svn tree. -- now playing page has a custom layout when playing remote streams -- added a radio URL tune-in form on the browse radio page -- misc layout improvements -- player chooser pull-down shows up in upper-right of nav bar on all pages (when using more than one player) -- home page layout changes -- the top nav no longer has the back button, and I added a browse radio button. I was resistant to remove the back button, even though it was redundant with the Nokia's HW back key, because I'm left-handed and find those buttons fairly inconvenient for me. However, Dean @ slimdevices convinced me that using a javascript:history.back() button was problematic when interfacing with the slimserver, so away it goes. I'll just have to start learning to use that HW key I guess... There's still a lot to do, but I think the skin is in pretty darn good shape now. I'll keep you all posted. cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver 6.2.1 hangs at starting slimserver...
I got slimserver downloarded and running once, but after several hours, it crashed. Since then, it won't restart. I've tried reinstalling slimserver but experience the same issue: slimserver starting message. I can't access slimserver directly via the web brower. I run XP but don't have a personal firewall running. Help! -- erica erica's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3272 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19861 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Boy, MrC, you are quick...I had just checked that stuff in. Thanks, though--I never remember to add new images to the tree. No idea about the potential for a power-off button on the skin. Will look into that. While we are on the subjet of icons, I have a request of the SlimNokiaSkinUsers of the World. I am going to remove 'internet radio' from the main selection of icons on 'home' since it is now found on the top nav bar. I want to replace it with a link to 'new music', but I have two problems: 1. I have no idea what a 'new music' icon should look like 2. I am abysmal at making icons Anyone want to design one for the project? You can use one of the existing icons as a template for size/color/dimensions. If you do, post ideas and work to the thread, so others know not to waste days and days on such a noble and just task. cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] looks like softsqueeze 2.3 is ready for download
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169 the only thing i see under changes are: Fixed sync - Fixed gapless FLAC playback -- jackaninny jackaninny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=273 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19862 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
bklaas Wrote: I want to replace it with a link to 'new music', but I have two problems: 1. I have no idea what a 'new music' icon should look like 2. I am abysmal at making iconsMaybe something along the lines of this: http://musicbox.sourceforge.net/musicbox.png I was thinking that it looks like a package that just got opened... just a jumping off point for thought. It would take someone with much more skill then I have to make a similar image in the flat gray style of the other Touch/Nokia770 icons. --Tom Malsbury -- malsbury malsbury's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: WinSlim
This is off topic, but I love your safari photos. If you don't mind me asking, what equipment do you use? I'm interested, because I went on a safari this past summer in Masai Mara, Kenya. I have some pics online here: http://www.cellandtissue.com/Africa2005/Slides/index.html -- ezkcdude ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19859 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Help required
EAC quickstart guide: http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac-qs-en.htm In-depth guide: http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm Note the quickstart guide is newer and its suggestions for MP3 arguments supercede those of the in-depth guide. But if you're ripping a CD, you should be ripping in FLAC anyway. Reserve MP3 ripping for portable devices. There are many more tutorials that can be found using google. Mp3tag is simple enough that no tutorial is really required. One hint though - remove ID3v1 tags and only write ID3v2 tags. Otherwise entries will be limited to 30 characters. I don't use MoodLogic so I can't help there. Regarding downloading MP3s, use Mp3tag to check and correct tags. Be consistent so that SlimServer will handle it consistently as well. Mp3tag makes consistency easy since you can sort by field and make mass changes. --- Badger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your comments Mark/Cejay. I agree, I-Tunes seems to be making a mess of everything. From reading through all of these forums, it apears to be a common theme. Also, lots of mentions of MMM and Moodlogic, so I have just downloaded the latter. I don't fully understand everything it does yet. So my Q now is, being experienced users, how do you advise me to start (ie from scratch). eg: 1. Rip CD's to MP3 using EAC/MP3tag etc to 1 place (my music?) 2. Organise/Tag and create play-list using Mood logic 3. Point Slim server to Mood logic 4. Same as above for downloading MP3's? Cheers -- Badger Badger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3037 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19842 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss __ 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 SlimServMon Widget for Konfabulator
I gotta say.. I'm just as perplexed by everyone else at the fuss the author made about this widget. He wrote several cease desist letters to me, claiming he would soon be releasing his update and didn't want multiple versions out there, yet 2 months later he has still not made any progress on getting his software updated uploaded. I'm going to try to get something up in the next few days since it appears he has no new timeframe for when the fixed version will be released. No promises it will work with OSX or be 100% bug free, but it will at least work :) -- acebathound :Techdose: http://www.techdose.com acebathound's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15981 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: WinSlim
ezkcdude Wrote: This is off topic, but I love your safari photos. If you don't mind me asking, what equipment do you use? I'm interested, because I went on a safari this past summer in Masai Mara, Kenya. I have some pics online here: http://www.cellandtissue.com/Africa2005/Slides/index.html Glad you like them :) Most are taken with a Canon 20D and 75-300 IS USM - the specs should be below each one. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19859 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.2.1 hangs at starting slimserver...
Go to Start - Run and type: services.msc I'm not on my SlimServer computer right now, but I believe it should either be called Slim or SlimServer. Right-click on it. Either select Stop, then Start or try Restart. However the abnormal starting problem may need more troubleshooting - someone else will have to comment on that. Try to start it normally again though. Perhaps it was just a slight glitch after installation. --- erica [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got slimserver downloarded and running once, but after several hours, it crashed. Since then, it won't restart. I've tried reinstalling slimserver but experience the same issue: slimserver starting message. I can't access slimserver directly via the web brower. I run XP but don't have a personal firewall running. Help! -- erica erica's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3272 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19861 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss __ 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: Announce: WinSlim
Hello mate, Great work ! Does rescan on Winslim the same thing as rescan when done on the web interface? ie willit pick up new addes tracks etc... Also why not just go the full nine yard and reproduce the entire option setting capability of the web based interface ? I'd love something that ca do that, as using the web interface is so cumbersome and slow... Well done again. -- eliw eliw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3081 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19859 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben, I played with a couple of images. First, I added a note symbol to the Music Folder. I didn't clean it up, but was wondering what you thought of the idea. Second, I created a New Music image. I thought of those cheesy New! starbursts you see in magazines. I haven't decided how much I like the idea, but thought I'd toss out something for you to play with. As for the Power On/Off code, the Default skin provides this ability. Basically it has an anchor tag with an href with three parameters to status_header.html (p0=power, p1=0 (for off, 1 for on), and a playerid playerid=xyz). +---+ |Filename: new.gif | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=654| +---+ -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2.1 hangs at starting slimserver...
no slim* in the services.msc management console. I guess that would explain why it won't start... How do I fix? -- erica erica's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3272 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19861 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization
Richard, Last night tried both 2.2 downloaded with Slimserver over Christmas, and then latest 2.3, but my wireless SB3 is still significantly (0.5 to 1 sec?) BEHIND Softsqueeze on Windows XP Pro. If I could have a Softsqueeze delay knob . :-) Dave -- DABurleigh DABurleigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with SlimServMon Widget for Konfabulator
It would be great if you're able to get a working version out. Clearly the guy isn't 'actively' working on it. ;-) I'm only interested in a Windows version so no worries if not working on Mac (though I accept that there are others interested in Mac). If I can help test, PM me. Cheers, Tom -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15981 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
