[slim] Re: Sonos getting on the bandwagon - kinda
I am also interested finding out about Sonos ZP80. I use both SB3 and Sonos system. I use one SB3 for my main Hi-Fi system in entertainment room. I am using Sonos for rest of the house now (where UI and synch ability are more important than Hi-Fi). If ZP80 with digital output is equal to SB3, I will probably change my last SB3 out. -- chocomonsters chocomonsters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3245 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19715 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Hi All, I've just fixed up home.html in Nokia 700 skin to specify image width and height for all the images. This makes it much more pleasant and faster on first use because: 1) it doesn't redraw as it downloads the images 2) because of 1 the final image appears quicker If you use the skin on a modern PC you'll never notice the redraw but on the Nokia 770 itself it's quite apparent. This should probably be done across the entire .html set. I've attached a revised home.html for anyone that's insterested. Malcolm PS still working on a 780 width version ;) +---+ |Filename: home.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=725| +---+ -- mwphoto mwphoto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=652 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: Xbox 360
Are you referring to the old xBox. The old xBox is a dinosaur so it may be unfair to judge the xBox360 with the new one. Just wondering how the xBox score as a media box, as it has tight integration with Windows Media OS it may be work as a video version of the SB. Also, since it has more processing power it should be able to do what the SB does kolepard Wrote: Xbox...potentially loud Not potentially. Is. I've used one. It's loud. Not really acceptable for an audio device, and I'm not even a hardcore audiophile. I don't even think it's quiet enough for a movie. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. -- agentsmith agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20092 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Hi, Just a quick question - is there a Nokia770 skin page for Random mix? The SVN version seems to be from the default skin. I'd be happy to help convert this page, but I don't want to waste my time if someone else has already done it. Malcolm -- mwphoto mwphoto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=652 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: Sonos getting on the bandwagon - kinda
Functionality aside, it looks like a Mac Mini to me, SB3 still looks far better. -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19715 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Attention Slim Devices: Apple/iTunes store DRM question...
ceejay Wrote: Once you've suffered the double indignity of being sent music which is lossy AND DRM'ed... Ceejay LOL - I don't think I could have said it any better myself. ;-) -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20067 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Firmware versions?
Hi Mark, Please refer back to the SMC thread, so we don't up doubling up here! Thanks! Nick -- nicketynick nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20088 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronisation sadness
Synchronisation seems to work on the latest build - IF you are just using harware ( any version of the Slim devices ). However, once a SoftSqueeze client is included, there is a latency of about half a second for that particular client. If you just try synchronising a number of SoftSqueeze clients, there is (just-about)OK sunchronisation, but I am guessing that this is because my hardware is of the same generation and this happens by luck rather than by design. n -- NickM NickM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=894 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19326 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router
To reiterate, the problems I am seeing are on the above configuration. Note that the firmware is fixed at version 21 to match up with the slimserver version, as advised by kdf. I have begun thinking that it may be a server problem, as I have observed that the wireless stops transmitting from the laptop (no blinking light, unless I request a url, SB3 screen goes blank as it has stopped receiving the now-playing info, but song continues to play for a while out of the buffer). So I think I'll try updating to 6.2.1 and see what happens, unless some other great ideas come along. We'll see what Dan and the boys and Slim have to say when they get in to work today. -- nicketynick nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20047 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Firmware versions?
Actually what I meant was, what SlimServer version are you running? (That dictates the Squeezebox firmware version). Not what router firmware version, since I don't have your router, nor am I likely to get one now. ;-) nicketynick wrote: Hi Mark, Please refer back to the SMC thread, so we don't up doubling up here! Thanks! Nick -- ___ Mark Lanctot ___ __ 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: Results with SMCWBR14g router
If your server is on a laptop and the laptop uses wireless to the router - what wireless card is in the laptop ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20047 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NO WAY. Slimserver will not run
Thank you Mark, I figured out what the problem was: by reading an old forum I discovered the problem could lie in a perl issu, as I was keeping some cue sheets created with EAC together with the single flac files. I squeezed the cues to zip files and the problem was solved... Thanks! G -- g_ghirardi g_ghirardi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3161 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20065 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver will not find audio files within a subdirectory of a mapped drive
Hello, Thanks to older posts and newer replies it seems I am solving out most of the problems affecting my squeezebox and my slimserver. One last problem, however, is still there to puzzle me. I am using a Netgear SC101 with a Maxtor 300 giga hard drive in it. This is connected to a Netgear router directly and works fine with all my software. If a indicate a directory in the Maxtor drive as my music folder, the slimerver will accept the link (therefore showing that it does indeed recognise the drive) but will not find any audio files behind the folder. No problems, on the contrary, for the files residing in the root directory of the drive. If I use browse music folder, the slimserver will nevertheless locate the files, and once play is pressed, they will also be available to browse using the search artist/album/year masks, etc. As I am keeping a huge amount of flac files, I am quite frustrated by this problem, as this does not allow me to rely on the *clear playlists and rescan* command to update the slimserver. In previous posts, I found someone suggesting to wipe the cache each time before rescanning, but I cannot find a command like that in the 6.2.2. version of the slimserver. Any help will indeed be mostly appreciated! Thanks Giovanni -- g_ghirardi g_ghirardi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3161 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20099 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router
It is the SMC WCB-G - I've been pleased with it so far. One thing I like is that it tells you signal strength as well as 'link quality', so it helps with identifying issues. For example, last night the SB actually started 'stuttering' - I currently have the laptop near the unit while I'm troubleshooting - although signal strength was over 50%, link quality for some reason was dropping to 10% (noise/interference somewhere? - neighbours phone?) I switched channels and it seemed to clear up. Is it possible the laptop card is causing problems? -- nicketynick nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20047 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Malcolm-- thanks for the patch to home.html. I hadn't realized I didn't have width/height tags on the home img tags. I tested it, then checked in your revision a few minutes ago. I have some ideas on the 780 vs 800 width thing. I'm going to test them out today and see how it works. 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] Re: Erratic display after installing voice adapter
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Well, which firmware was it? I'm using DD-WRT v23. Seems to be very Slim-friendly. :-) Glad you solved your problems! Thanks! Right now I'm sticking with WRT54GS/GL HyperWRT + Thibor. http://www.thibor.co.uk/ I guess it's a combined version of HyperWRT and Thibor. My friend recommended it after great success using it's QOS functionality with his Vonage VOIP adapter. Unfortunately I have not yet been able to convince him to get a Squeezebox... :( Thanks again for all your suggestions. -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20010 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router
I have an Intel 2200BG card which resulted in spurious disconnects to my Linux server - turned out to be power mangement in the laptop reducing wireless signal. I don't know about the SMC card AFAIK WPA results in a small reduction in bandwidth - since both server and SB3 are connected by wireless, Is it possible that you are getting bandwidth problems ? Is there something pulling your network down to 802.11b ? What is the connection speed between laptop and router ? Are you sending WAV to the SB3 ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20047 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Just a quick question - is there a Nokia770 skin page for Random mix? No, and there can't be. Of course there can! You could create Nokia770 specific templates for those plugins. There's already been a request today for this. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20096 -- 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: AllofMP3.com
JackOfAll wrote: Could you also ask why their customer services have refused to even acknowledge my attempts at discussing a way of obtaining replacements for CD's bought in the 80's where the aluminium has rotted and they are no longer playable. Is it acceptable that I should go and purchase another copy? I still own an LP of Dire Straits Brothers In Arms and bought a second copy on CD back in the 80's. Should I have to purchase it again (a third time) just to have a working CD copy? That's the only situation I've ever considered using AllOfMp3.com for, myself; I've got a couple CDs that I really like which have deteriorated to the point of unrippability. But the album I'm most interested in replacing, Element of Light by Robyn Hitchcock, isn't even available on allofmp3.com, and last time I saw it available used on amazon, it was going for $30, which is a ridiculous amount to pay for a record I already own. Argh. - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: adding favorites with remote
nelamvr6 wrote: You guys can't see it right now, but I'm lifting a Guinness to all my fellow Squeezebox users in the UK. Cheers! Actually, some of your favourite plugins were written by a Canadian, not a Brit. :) - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Hi Ben, Actually is should be posible to skin the plugins as well, although I can't get this to work yet. Michael Herger on the developers forums said: QUOTE: Copy Plugins/RandomPlay/HTML/EN to Plugins/RandomPlay/HTML/Nokia770 and change it to your likings. However I've tried this and it didn't seem to work for me - I'm not sure if anyone has ever tried to skin a plugin, so it might just be broken. However this is part of the skinning system design so if it doesn't work it should be raised as a bug. I'll spend some more time on it later. Malcolm -- mwphoto mwphoto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=652 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: MusicMagic and multiple Squeezebox units
Okay, thanks, I see where you can create a mix in MMJB, and then right-click the MMJB Play button to get a list of available players, and for the Slimserver, a list of connected SB units. Each unit is listed by it's MAC address (client name would be easier to recognize). However, when I select the Bedroom unit, the playlist still gets routed to the Living Room unit? -- davidf58 davidf58's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3366 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20007 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router
bpa Wrote: I have an Intel 2200BG card which resulted in spurious disconnects to my Linux server - turned out to be power mangement in the laptop reducing wireless signal. I don't know about the SMC card I'll check power management again - maybe there is something in there set for 100 minutes or something. AFAIK WPA results in a small reduction in bandwidth - since both server and SB3 are connected by wireless, Is it possible that you are getting bandwidth problems ? Is there something pulling your network down to 802.11b ? What is the connection speed between laptop and router ? Are you sending WAV to the SB3 ? I'm sending FLAC or mp3, so minimal bandwidth required. Usually the connection speed is really high - I can put lots of other traffic on the connection without stuttering, with the exception of the incident last night, where the 'link quality' degraded and connection speed dropped to less than 1 Mbps, which caused stuttering, but not an outright shutdown. -- nicketynick nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20047 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with SlimServMon Widget for Konfabulator
I find it amazing that the original author has the idea that his widget somehow warrants a strict attitude like that. The widget does a very basic task, nothing complex has to be done and no inventive coding seems to be needed. I might just take this challenge up and start a new version (have not looked at his code at all). Have looked into the SlimServer's XML interfaces and everything seems to be there to code a new widget... I don't think i will have the time to maintain this code but if i ed up doing this i will make sure everyone is allowed to ;0) Melle... -- mellie mellie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3415 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
Re: [slim] Re: Attention Slim Devices: Apple/iTunes store DRM question...
On 16 Jan 2006, at 06:06 , EnochLight wrote: pfarrell Wrote: Decompressing it does not recover the lost signal. Its gone forever. I am aware of that; I'm not saying that files like that are lossless to begin with. However, ripping them to CD doesn't degrade their sound quality from the original lossy file any further, as ripping them back to a wav wouldn't either. All a file is on an audio cd is a wav file, with a bit of encryption. When you rip songs purchased through iTunes to a CD, it rips them to a wav. I was proposing keeping them as such to get rid of the DRM stuff attached to them. One other point to consider Burning to CD and then ripping a file from iTunes will remove the DRM, and you won't suffer an additional quality loss if you use a lossless format. But remember, you will have the quality of a 128 kbps (or whatever) lossy file with the file size of a non-lossy file. May not be a big deal in this era of cheap drives, and if you only have a few tracks in this situation, but it will add up if you have a lot of tracks from the ITMS. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Michael Herger wrote: Just a quick question - is there a Nokia770 skin page for Random mix? No, and there can't be. Of course there can! You could create Nokia770 specific templates for those plugins. There's already been a request today for this. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20096 with 6.5, it should not be necessary to create custom pages for every plugin. Making proper use of cmdwrappers should alow a plugin o conform to a skins look and feel without needing custom templates. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360
Are you referring to the old xBox. No. I'm referring to the 360. My modded Xbox is _much_ quieter. Just wondering how the xBox score as a media box Well, Xbox media center is pretty slick, but I don't know how long it'll be supported now that the Xbox 360 is out. And you have to hack your Xbox to run it. You really need a mod chip and you may well need a new, larger hard drive, depending on what you want to do. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IRBlaster sony code
My remote is the RM LJ304. what I am really interested in not only changing volume and on/off, but also the source. If I cannot do his, I still have to move from the couch, which ofcourse is not a good thing ;) Had a problem with my cables yesterday but will test the setup via the keene electronics distributer and keep you updated. -- Jaap_98 Jaap_98's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3381 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20042 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Good Wireless 802.11g Router for SB3?
I currently have a Linksys b-based router. However, I really want to upgrade to a g-based router before installing the SB3 and Slimserver. Are the Linksys/Netgear/? etc. routers all equally compatible with the SB3 and Slimserver? -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20103 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IRBlaster sony code
I tried the codes available for sony and power on off worked (albeit reversed), but volume did not. So al least one positive. The connection to the Keene ir distrubutor works fine. -- Jaap_98 Jaap_98's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3381 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20042 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Good Wireless 802.11g Router for SB3?
My Netgear WGT624 is not. Cannot connect with router. -- Charles Charles's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3384 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20103 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Good Wireless 802.11g Router for SB3?
my netgear DG834 has never had a problem, connecting via a belkin 54g WAP. If you look at the wiki here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?RouterStatus there is a list of which routers/WAPs people have got working and which ones people have thrown out. The Linksys WRT54G seems to be very reliable. Pete -- dropbear dropbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=176 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20103 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360
I don't have either one, but I am pretty sure you need Windows Media Center installed on your PC to stream content to the 360. http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/Xbox360/video.html The 360 has two real disadvantages for me: sound quality (not going to be as good as the Squeezebox), and the need for a TV (I don't have one where my stereo is). It's also a lot more expensive (you'll need to buy the wireless bridge as well), but of course you are getting a game console and DVD player for that money as well. -- superbad superbad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20092 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB3 locking up!!!
My SB3 has been working flawlessly until I added a bunch of music recently. I just about filled up my hard drive (7.39GB left of 279GB total). I placed a link to a folder on another drive for more music within the primary folder as well.. Now my SB3 finds everything and starts playing any song chosen but it locks up after a few seconds, stops playing, stops responding in any way, and I have to unplug it to get it to work again. Anyone have any ideas about what the problem is and how to fix it? I removed the link to the other drive, I rescanned my library, I've gone into settings and increased cache size and turned off artwork. I've even Defragmented my HD's. No success yet. Next I'm thinking of removing some albums from my primary music file to free up some memory on the HD. I remember reading that you shouldn't totally fill up your HD but I figured 7GB of free space was plenty. Any help would be appreciated because I can't go back to playing CD's again. Joe M. _ -- jermmd jermmd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1906 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20105 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Switching Off the Server
jtuggey Wrote: I have used auto shutdown Xp with great success. This will either shutdown/standby/hibernate at set time, or more usefully, when a particular process or system measure falls below or above a certain threshold. I use it to monitor the network activity of the slim server, and when this falls below a certain level, the PC shut's itself down. This together with WOL working, makes for a very good turnkey system, but without the server running 24x7. There are alternative programs as well, but this does it for me. http://www.gillit.com/asdxp/index.htm Many thanks. Now that I know that such software exists I will look for somthing cheaper. -- Steve Steve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20030 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: adding favorites with remote
Marc Sherman Wrote: nelamvr6 wrote: You guys can't see it right now, but I'm lifting a Guinness to all my fellow Squeezebox users in the UK. Cheers! Actually, some of your favourite plugins were written by a Canadian, not a Brit. :) - Marc Yaeh, and I'm grateful, but the Canadians aren't quite so vowel happy. :D -- nelamvr6 nelamvr6's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3113 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20064 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
To be accurate, they play audio on machines that have QuickTime installed - it does not use iTunes. And since you must have QuickTime installed to use iTunes (DRM files or not), I'm not sure what the big deal is? Music Library is a Java-based program that uses the QuickTime API for this purpose. I'm just looking for a decent hardware device that will stream audio wirelessly from the PC to the stereo. What Im interested in discussing is how one would extend the SlimServer software to include Music Library as a playback source (as opposed to iTunes). Where should I go to discuss that? -- kewe65 kewe65's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20083 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can't connect to web interface @ 127.0.0.1
I've just installed slimserver on a new machine and have a weird problem. I can't connect to 127.0.0.1:9000 I have a webserver running on the same computer on ports 80 and 8080 and I'm able to connect to 127.0.0.1:8080 just fine. However, I can connect to 192.168.1.101:9000 (ip of said computer) Any ideas? Security settings have allow from 127.0.0.1,192.168.1.* -- BKDotCom BKDotCom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20109 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
kewe65 wrote: To be accurate, they play audio on machines that have QuickTime installed - it does not use iTunes. And since you must have QuickTime installed to use iTunes (DRM files or not), I'm not sure what the big deal is? Music Library is a Java-based program that uses the QuickTime API for this purpose. All of these play via the computers' sound card, or an Apple Airport Express. I'm just looking for a decent hardware device that will stream audio wirelessly from the PC to the stereo. You've found one. What Im interested in discussing is how one would extend the SlimServer software to include Music Library as a playback source (as opposed to iTunes). Where should I go to discuss that? Right here. Slimserver does what you're asking -- however, it cannot play the encrypted files that you buy from ITMS unless you decrypt them first. This design limitation is imposed by Apple and cannot be overcome by the Slim Devices engineers, unless you want to tap the computer's sound card (the so-called analog hole). Check out icecast if you want to go this way; my page at http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/hardware/slim_radio should provide an adequate starting point. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip Since 1996 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] No .shn Playback OS X
Can't figure out why my G5Imac running 10.4.4, Slimserver 6.2.2 won't playback .shn files. When I save/change the shn related preferences in Slimserver it shoots out the related line from convert.conf and says it can't find an appropriate binary. I'm running (Carbonized) Shorten 1.1a4 available here: (http://www.hornig.net/shorten.html) I can decode/recode shns on the Mac without issue;FLAC/mp3 playback work great. Is it a path issue in convert.conf? Do I need to substitute the path to the shorten binary in the appropriate $FILE$ directive in convert.conf? I don't really understand the syntax of convert.conf and haven't been able to find any documentation related to it. My convert.conf looks alright, I guess... Could somebpody that has functional shn to /wav/flac/mp3 playback on their SB3/Slimserver give some help/recommendations? I have an as*load of archived .shns - this is a big issue for me. -- stel27 stel27's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20110 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
kdf Wrote: Michael Herger wrote: Just a quick question - is there a Nokia770 skin page for Random mix? No, and there can't be. Of course there can! You could create Nokia770 specific templates for those plugins. There's already been a request today for this. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20096 with 6.5, it should not be necessary to create custom pages for every plugin. Making proper use of cmdwrappers should alow a plugin o conform to a skins look and feel without needing custom templates. -kdf H...great in theory, but somehow I think this is going to be problematic in the Nokia770 skin. For example, I expect any page within the skin to PROCESS pageheader.html and menu.html. How would you do that using cmdwrappers? I'm already using cmdwrappers to create my browse and playlist controls (pirated that from your skin, kdf), but I'm not sure how I see cmdwrappers providing the higher level support for processing the page formatting. Maybe I'm missing something... #!/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] Re: iTunes and DRM
mikerob Wrote: The Motorola ROKR (aka CROKR) mobile phone does support DRM protected iTunes Music Store tracks (www.apple.com/uk/itunes/mobile/faq/) but Motorola appear to be the only company to date that Apple has done a licensing deal with. And even then, Motorola didn't exactly get a good deal out of it. You can only load 100 tracks onto the phone, no matter how much storage you have. Apple even snubbed the ROKR and announced the Nano instead, i think Moto were a bit peeved at that one. Oh, yeah, and it is a fugly phone with horrible software made by Motorola, end of story :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20083 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Quoting bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: kdf Wrote: Michael Herger wrote: Just a quick question - is there a Nokia770 skin page for Random mix? No, and there can't be. Of course there can! You could create Nokia770 specific templates for those plugins. There's already been a request today for this. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20096 with 6.5, it should not be necessary to create custom pages for every plugin. Making proper use of cmdwrappers should alow a plugin o conform to a skins look and feel without needing custom templates. -kdf H...great in theory, but somehow I think this is going to be problematic in the Nokia770 skin. For example, I expect any page within the skin to PROCESS pageheader.html and menu.html. How would you do that using cmdwrappers? I'm already using cmdwrappers to create my browse and playlist controls (pirated that from your skin, kdf), but I'm not sure how I see cmdwrappers providing the higher level support for processing the page formatting. Maybe I'm missing something... the plugin pages should process pageheader.html already. You could have your pagehead process menu.html so that it is available to any plugin, or have cmdwrappers process menu.html where needed inside the contentcontainer. cmdwrappers is loaded by a PREPROCESS in the slimserver web server, so it should be possible. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
I'm also not sure what exactly is missing. With the patch that I provided in the dev forum, you should be able to see a nokia770-like versino of random and favourites already. You just have to make more use of [% webroot %] instead of making those urls absolute. An absolute href will break the skinoverride in urls. Anyone with the default (or any other skin) as their pref, would see the pref skin. The patch lets the server point to the right place in all cases. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
spot on as usual, KDF! I'm making the necessary changes to all of the pages and will update svn in a few minutes. This will give plugin-fed pages the top nav bar and player chooser. One remaining inconsistency is that I want the playlist controls to show up on the left, not the right of each table row (left is the convention throughout the skin, and IMO for good readson). I'm pretty sure that would have to happen via a custom skin for the plugins, but it's a minor point compared to getting the nav bar up there...thanks for the pointer, KDF. another minor point on those pages...no footer. 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] Re: No .shn Playback OS X
Thanks - I'll look into those logs. If it is a problem with shorten metadata would this mean shn playback on my SB3 is hopeless and a mass recode necessary? Man I hope not... -- stel27 stel27's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20110 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
stinkingpig Wrote: kewe65 wrote: To be accurate, they play audio on machines that have QuickTime installed - it does not use iTunes. And since you must have QuickTime installed to use iTunes (DRM files or not), I'm not sure what the big deal is? Music Library is a Java-based program that uses the QuickTime API for this purpose. All of these play via the computers' sound card, or an Apple Airport Express. I'm just looking for a decent hardware device that will stream audio wirelessly from the PC to the stereo. You've found one. What Im interested in discussing is how one would extend the SlimServer software to include Music Library as a playback source (as opposed to iTunes). Where should I go to discuss that? Right here. Slimserver does what you're asking -- however, it cannot play the encrypted files that you buy from ITMS unless you decrypt them first. This design limitation is imposed by Apple and cannot be overcome by the Slim Devices engineers, unless you want to tap the computer's sound card (the so-called analog hole). Check out icecast if you want to go this way; my page at http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/hardware/slim_radio should provide an adequate starting point. No, the files are decoded prior to the soundcard. A programmer reverse-engineered the quicktime API for the protected format and put the method in a book - QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook By Chris Adamson The software I'm talking about, Music Library, is unique in that it's the only thing out there right now that will play all different file types AND also access Sony CD Changer tracks via a Slink-e AND placed them in the same inventoried library list. http://www.mccain.metaconnect.com/musiclib.htm - not really 'found' yet. not until i can play the protected files along with everything else. - I'm curious about this latter path. Could you describe this in lay terms? I could use the squeezebox to receive the stream based on capturing whatever is passed to the soundcard? I already actually have the computer wired to take the output from the card to go back into the PC via a 2nd sound card - a Lynx Studio pro model. This allows me to record anything the PC plays without any extra software... -- kewe65 kewe65's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20083 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No .shn Playback OS X
Quoting stel27 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have an as*load of archived .shns - this is a big issue for me. check the logs with d_source enabled in server settings-debugging. more than liklely, it is a problem with the metadata. Shorten documentation is very limited for extracting metadata directly. The classic method of extracting the WAV header is the one used by slimserver. This doesn't seem to work for all shorten files, and I have never found a reason why. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
kewe65 wrote: ... No, the files are decoded prior to the soundcard. A programmer reverse-engineered the quicktime API for the protected format and put the method in a book - QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook By Chris Adamson The software I'm talking about, Music Library, is unique in that it's the only thing out there right now that will play all different file types AND also access Sony CD Changer tracks via a Slink-e AND placed them in the same inventoried library list. http://www.mccain.metaconnect.com/musiclib.htm I don't have any ITMS files or $45 to test it out, but I think you may be misunderstanding what I'm saying when I say play via the soundcard... what I mean is deliver the unencrypted sound to the soundcard as opposed to a network pipe or file handle. If this program does enable delivery of unencrypted sound to something other than the soundcard, he can probably expect a Cease Desist from Apple pretty soon. Still, you might be able to hack something together in the meantime. I'm curious about this latter path. Could you describe this in lay terms? I could use the squeezebox to receive the stream based on capturing whatever is passed to the soundcard? I already actually have the computer wired to take the output from the card to go back into the PC via a 2nd sound card - a Lynx Studio pro model. This allows me to record anything the PC plays without any extra software... So you're already most of the way there. You next need to convert that line-in into an http stream. Shoutcast and Icecast are two methods for doing this. This methodology is a huge pain to set up, maintain, and use though. It will probably never work reliably. You're really a lot better off just burning to CD and ripping back to MP3 (a one-time hassle). -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip Since 1996 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Also, hadn't update my svn tree on Nokia770, so I wasn't using the new cmdwrappers you checked in (didn't realize anyone else was checking in things)... anyway, looks pretty good to me now... #!/ben Ben, Would it be possible to have an 'I' button for each track in the playlist, just like fishbone? This would be a great help when I want information on a track in a random playlist that isn't the currently playing track. Thanks for the excellent work on this skin, it's turned my 770 into the perfect squeezebox remote. Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CLI crashing slimserver (6.1.1 + 6.2 nightlies)
I too am getting the same problem, but I don't have the knowledge of how to upgrade Perl. I'm using CentOs 4.2, which is basically RedHat Enterprise. Can anyone help? For what it's worth, I've had this frequently, but only since 6.1. 5.4.x was rock solid, and would run for weeks; 6.x runs for hours at most. Jim -- jimwillsher jimwillsher's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16501 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
kewe65 Wrote: The software I'm talking about, Music Library, is unique in that it's the only thing out there right now that will play all different file types AND also access Sony CD Changer tracks via a Slink-e AND placed them in the same inventoried library list. http://www.mccain.metaconnect.com/musiclib.htm But note what it says on that site: Protected AAC files (M4P) must be authorized to your computer. This can be done only by iTunes, which requires Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OS X. Thanks to the wonders of the DMCA, it's illegal to circumvent the DRM of iTunes in the US. (It may be legal to use the 'analog loophole' .. but then, it may not... depending on whether a court sees the digital protection as extending to analog playback or not... I'd rather not be a test case.) I see nothing to indicate that Music Library allows access to the unencrypted stream, or even that it can do anything other than request iTunes DLL's to play a given track. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20083 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Quoting bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: spot on as usual, KDF! I'm making the necessary changes to all of the pages and will update svn in a few minutes. I saw the checkin, and it looks good from viewing that. I can't update until later. One remaining inconsistency is that I want the playlist controls to show up on the left, not the right of each table row (left is the convention throughout the skin, and IMO for good readson). I'm pretty sure that would have to happen via a custom skin for the plugins, but it's a minor point compared to getting the nav bar up there...thanks for the pointer, KDF. The contentitem object in cmdwrappers should allow you to set the controls wherever you like. It all depends on where in the [% BLOCK contentitem -%] that you PROCESS the controls. Check Moser and Default skin for examples. You can just move it to before the [% content %] section. To make it work originally, I just pasted from Default so that the plugins woudln't be completely wrecked. There are some minor errors that have to be cleaned up. What you probably want is more like this: [% BLOCK contentitem -%] trtd class=listing align=left [% IF controls %] div class=browsedbControls [%- PROCESS $controls %][% ELSE %]td/tdtd/td[% END %] /div/td td class=listing align=left [%- IF anchor %] a name=[% anchor %]/a [%- END %] div class=[% lineclass || 'browsedbListItem' %] [%- content | indent(4) %] /td /tr [%- END %] It isn't perfect, but it will do until a more complete move from tables to css is done. -kdf -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Quoting bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Also, hadn't update my svn tree on Nokia770, so I wasn't using the new cmdwrappers you checked in (didn't realize anyone else was checking in things)... yes, sorry about that. Being as active as you are on this skin right now, I'd normally have posted a note and left it for you. however, in this case I felt it was best to make sure it went in with the plugin changes so that we didn't have a nightly build that generated a crazy-looking page, and consequently dozens of complaints when the nightly came out. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Replay Gain function
Does the Replay gain function work equally well with either the Sound Check feature of iTunes or the manual volume adjustment in Itunes? I ask because the utility i used to equalize the volumes in my library (iVolume) has changed the way it operates. It now uses the Sound Check functionality rather than the manual volume adjustment and I don't want to change anything unless it will still work with my SB3. Thanks. - Joe -- jbuccino jbuccino's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1096 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20112 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Richie Wrote: Ben, Would it be possible to have an 'I' button for each track in the playlist, just like fishbone? This would be a great help when I want information on a track in a random playlist that isn't the currently playing track. Thanks for the excellent work on this skin, it's turned my 770 into the perfect squeezebox remote. Richard 'I' button was replaced by hyperlinking all track names to the info page. Just click on the song title and you'll get what you're asking for... #!/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] Re: Slimserver will not find audio files within a subdirectory of a mapped drive
g_ghirardi Wrote: In previous posts, I found someone suggesting to wipe the cache each time before rescanning, but I cannot find a command like that in the 6.2.2. version of the slimserver. Any help will indeed be mostly appreciated! Server Settings - Rescan Music Library - select Clear library and rescan everything Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20099 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CLI crashing slimserver (6.1.1 + 6.2 nightlies)
jimwillsher Wrote: For what it's worth, I've had this frequently, but only since 6.1. 5.4.x was rock solid, and would run for weeks; 6.x runs for hours at most. I believe 6.x uses (and requires) perl 5.8.7 -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16501 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Page cannot be displayed error in Slimserver
I'm getting a The page cannot be displayed in the right pane, where it would normally show the play list. Hasn't always been like this, and I'm not sure what changed to make it happen. Tried reinstalling Slimserver, but the same behavior started again after a short time. (In fact, I re-imaged the whole system). Anyone run into this/have any ideas? -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20114 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it KDF--something's not functioning right. I'm getting the impression that the contentcontainer and contentitem BLOCKs in cmdwrappers are being ignored... this is what I have (contentitem changed per your last post) nothing I do effects the presentation of the page in any way. [% BLOCK contentcontainer %] table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 width=100% [%- content | indent(4) %] /table [%- END %] [% BLOCK contentitem -%] tr td class=listing align=left [% IF controls %] div class=browsedbControls [%- PROCESS $controls %][% ELSE %]td/tdtd/td[% END %] /div/td td class=listing align=left [%- IF anchor %] a name=[% anchor %]/a [%- END %] div class=[% lineclass || 'browsedbListItem' %] [%- content | indent(4) %] /td /tr [%- END %] -- 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] Re: CLI crashing slimserver (6.1.1 + 6.2 nightlies)
The website here: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_specs.html says Linux/BSD/Solaris/Other: Perl 5.8.3 or later I don't really have the option of upgrading as there's no RPM available for my distribution (CentOs) and I'm a Linux newbie. Even Fedora 4 only comes with 5.8.6. Unless anyone can help me? Help Jim -- jimwillsher jimwillsher's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16501 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Display problems followed by limited connectivity
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[slim] Re: Page cannot be displayed error in Slimserver
Ah, think I got it Pop-up blocker in IE was turned on. Turning it off seems to have made the problem go away. I'll leave this post up in case anyone else has a similar problem. -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20114 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Converting SlimServer Playlists to ITunes Playlists...
Is there a way to convert a playlist that I created in SlimServer to an iTunes playlist? I have tried a few different apps to convert .m3u files to iTunes playlists, but none seem to work. Of course, it could just be the user! Thanks for the help. WT -- wtbates wtbates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2722 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20115 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
'I' button was replaced by hyperlinking all track names to the info page. Just click on the song title and you'll get what you're asking for... #!/ben Thanks, I hadn't realised that. Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can multiple PC players listen to the same playlist?
Hi Is there a webgui (like that excellent Fishbone) that does what kdf is talking about? I'm guessing he's not talking about doing it manually. I could imagine that the pulldown where you can choose the player, has the option all, automatically updating all the players. Or is there another way? -- pjeutr pjeutr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3380 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19982 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Quoting bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it KDF--something's not functioning right. I'm getting the impression that the contentcontainer and contentitem BLOCKs in cmdwrappers are being ignored... I may have had an error in there (wasn't tested after all). Run from command line and usually anything wrong results in dumps to the screen. Things like missing [% END %]'s can do this. A bad edit will generate an error, but might still revert to the cached version and show as unchanged. =-k ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IRBlaster sony code
Hi Jaap_98 The following .conf file has been learned from an universal remote. Maybe it works... Felix Code: begin remote name sony_rec_2 bits 11 flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH eps30 aeps 100 header 2468 537 one 1269 537 zero 669 537 ptrail 1268 gap 44943 min_repeat 2 toggle_bit 0 begin codes power0x0540 Radio0x0420 Tape 0x0620 MD 0x0310 Video_1 0x0220 TV 0x02B0 DVD 0x05F0 5.1_CH 0x0270 CD 0x0520 volup0x0240 voldown 0x0640 mute 0x0140 end codes end remote -- fcm4711 fcm4711's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20042 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can multiple PC players listen to the same playlist?
pjeutr Wrote: Hi Is there a webgui (like that excellent Fishbone) that does what kdf is talking about? I'm guessing he's not talking about doing it manually. I could imagine that the pulldown where you can choose the player, has the option all, automatically updating all the players. Or is there another way? You would have to do it manually if you do not have sync'ed players. There is the FollowMe plugin, that alllows you to pass a curent playlist from one player to another, but that doesn't start playback at the same time either. It sounds like that you want is really synchronised players. In that case, use softsqueeze on each remote site and sync them using the player settings. Then you can pick the sync'ed group in the player pulldown. -k -- kdf kdf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19982 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Page cannot be displayed error in Slimserver
Uh, maybe not. Problem is back. Now setting the pop-up blocker off/on/off isn't resolving the page can not be displayed error. Anyone seen this behavior? -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20114 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it bklaas Wrote: this is what I have (contentitem changed per your last post) nothing I do effects the presentation of the page in any way. That does seemn to work. But, I had to get rid of the cached pages in Cache/templates in order to get the change right away. I sitll don't understand TT caching. -k -- kdf kdf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7 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] Original Squeezebox vs. SB3?
I love my SB3 at home and was thinking about getting one for my beach house. A few original Squeezeboxes are now offered on Ebay. My stereo is close enough to my AP to go wired or wireless. My music files are all flac. Would I be giving up anything that I love about the SB3 with an original Squeezebox? I mainly just play my music files. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20120 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists
I can't get my iTunes playlists either. I have a new PC with fresh install of iTunes and SS 6.2.1 My iTunes Playlist is in the default setting of C:\DOCU..\MY MUSIC\ITUNES My music is on another drive on E:\ITUNES I can get all my music via SS but none of my iTunes Playlists come across. Was there ever a resolution to this ??? thanks - Andy -- ARL67 ARL67's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3427 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18232 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists
* ARL67 shaped the electrons to say... I can't get my iTunes playlists either. I have a new PC with fresh install of iTunes and SS 6.2.1 My iTunes Playlist is in the default setting of C:\DOCU..\MY MUSIC\ITUNES My music is on another drive on E:\ITUNES I can get all my music via SS but none of my iTunes Playlists come across. Was there ever a resolution to this ??? Andy - please try the 6.2.2 nightlies: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html Thanks. -D -- I'm really looking forward to this hangover. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Original Squeezebox vs. SB3?
Quoting Kyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I love my SB3 at home and was thinking about getting one for my beach house. A few original Squeezeboxes are now offered on Ebay. My stereo is close enough to my AP to go wired or wireless. My music files are all flac. Would I be giving up anything that I love about the SB3 with an original Squeezebox? I mainly just play my music files. flac is not native on teh original SB, so it would be transcoded to WAV. If you run wired, that shouldn't be a problem. The DAC is not as good on the SB, so if you use analog outputs, you may find that the sound isn't as nice as the SB3 if your ears are sensitive. original SB cannot connect to SqueezeNetwork, and may only have the character display rather than the graphics display (grphics upgrade at lower res then SB3 came out as the SBG) see more details here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slim Devices - I need your help!!!
I sent my supplier my SB3 back as being faulty. However, they are saying that they have tested it and have found no fault. Also, they are saying that they wont return it until i pay a charge. It is faulty, the top half of the screen fails and the front metal bezel is coming un-stuck. The problem is that the unit needs to be run for a while before they appear because it's a heat issue. I have photo's to prove it. I don't want a refund, it just want a working SB3. It's obviously a genuine mistake, but could someone official email them explaining that these are known faults? Could someone PM me and i will give more details of the company and RMA number etc? Many Many Thanks! -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20121 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim Devices - I need your help!!!
Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] directly. Thanks, dean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360
I have a 360. Excellent games machine, lousy media player. Basically, with an XP machine on your network you can: Look at JPGs Listen to WMA/MP3 To play video (WMV/MPEG only) you need a machine running Media Center (which I don't have or want). If you already have a Media Center PC which you use for DVR etc then the 360 would probably be a nice way to watch videos in other rooms. Without that, it's pretty useless, and certainly no comparison with SB3 for audio. I'm still looking for a (simple) way to watch DivX on my TV without burning DVDs. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20092 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360
* radish shaped the electrons to say... I'm still looking for a (simple) way to watch DivX on my TV without burning DVDs. http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/xbox-360/the-360-does-divx-148837.php -D -- nil It sucks to discover that you are the foremost authority on some set of things when you've got a problem. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists
Taking the advice of a previous poster, here is how it fixed itself: Stop SS service via the system tray Open a command prompt, navigate to the SS folder, and run SLIM.EXE My hard drive churned away for many minutes. Once the hard drive access stopped, I opened up Internet Explorer to config my device and all is now well with finding my iTunes Playlist. On a reboot, all is still well with finding my new iTunes Playlists. - Andy -- ARL67 ARL67's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3427 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18232 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't connect to web interface @ 127.0.0.1
Are you running a Firewall? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20109 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Handheld as UI for SlimServer
All this talk about the work being done for the Nokia 770 is making me jealous. But it seems Nokia has no plans to release the 770 here in Canada. So I was wondering about other options. Has anyone any experience using HP iPAQs for this? If so, how well do they work? Any gotchas, things (or models) to avoid? Any other better PDAs for this sort of thing? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20122 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: WinSlim
twynne Wrote: Putting the machine into suspend and then resuming seems to cause some problems. .net details attached. Let me know if you want/need further info. Cheers, Tom So it does - I guess it loses the network socket. Will put a patch into the next release - thanks for the report! -- 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: AllofMP3.com
Michaelwagner Wrote: But their families might. Regardless of how you personally feel about it, society as a whole decided, not just for music but for all copyright issues, decades ago, that copyrights last for some period of time after the copyright holder has died (I think it's 50 years). Notice that has nothing to do with the artist. The copyright holder is the person who wrote the music, the words or both. S/He might even be alive, even though the performer is dead. It often happens that they don't die at the same time :-) I realize this is an old thread but let's be clear on this point: Society as a whole did not decide anything. The entertainment industry has amassed the world's largest group of lobbyist and experts whose sole job it is to purchase legislation from Congress. Because the issues of digital copyright have become so complicated and because Congress has become so corrupt, the industry has found a glorious loophole in our form of government that allows them to get what they want by paying for it. The current excitement on Capitol Hill surrounding Jack Abramoff admitting that this is how business is done in our government is a fine example. The system stopped working on behalf of society as a whole a few decades ago. There remains hope that the Abramoff debacle will help bring about corrections to this kind of corruption but until it does, the only people deciding on U.S. copyright laws are the entertainment industry who write them and the Congressmen women who agree to pass them for a fee. (yes, I realize that the corruption isn't as clear cut as in-the-open bribes but hiding behind corrupt campaign finance rules and vacations and all of the other things we're hearing about in the Abramoff case show that the corruption has merely been obfuscated to make it harder for the American people to follow) The obvious response is, well you have the opportunity to vote against these people. The obvious answer is, no, you don't. Both parties in our system have constructed things to make the entry of third party and independent candidates virtually impossible. Individuals no longer have a say when it comes to copyright. The debate is between electronics manufacturers and the entertainment industry. Both sides are interested in earning our dollars - neither campaigns for the rights of individuals. We've lost our voice. -- icky2000 icky2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
stinkingpig Wrote: kewe65 wrote: I'm curious about this latter path. Could you describe this in lay terms? I could use the squeezebox to receive the stream based on capturing whatever is passed to the soundcard? I already actually have the computer wired to take the output from the card to go back into the PC via a 2nd sound card - a Lynx Studio pro model. This allows me to record anything the PC plays without any extra software... So you're already most of the way there. You next need to convert that line-in into an http stream. Shoutcast and Icecast are two methods for doing this. This methodology is a huge pain to set up, maintain, and use though. It will probably never work reliably. You're really a lot better off just burning to CD and ripping back to MP3 (a one-time hassle). Can't Slimserver just be configured to stream to the Squeezebox whatever is being delivered to the soundcard? All I'm really interested in is playback of these files. I intend on using the laptop and remote desktop to control the playlists and song selection. What does Slimserver need in order to work with Icecast? -- kewe65 kewe65's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20083 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
kewe65 wrote: ... Can't Slimserver just be configured to stream to the Squeezebox whatever is being delivered to the soundcard? That would be pretty cool: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643. I added my vote. All I'm really interested in is playback of these files. I intend on using the laptop and remote desktop to control the playlists and song selection. No joke: you're really, really a lot better off just burning to CD and ripping back to MP3 (a one-time hassle). Or use Hymn. What does Slimserver need in order to work with Icecast? You just paste the URL of the Icecast stream into the Tune In box under Internet Radio in the web interface. Setting up an Icecast server can be a pain, if converting your DRMed tracks to MP3 looks like trouble, you really don't want to know how complex this path is. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip Since 1996 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Re: iTunes and DRM
* Jack Coates shaped the electrons to say... You just paste the URL of the Icecast stream into the Tune In box under Internet Radio in the web interface. Setting up an Icecast server can be a pain, if converting your DRMed tracks to MP3 looks like trouble, you really don't want to know how complex this path is. Take a look at 'Nicecast' for OS X. -D -- jwb I am POWERBOOK thy god. Thou shalt have no other laptop before me gage and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and the hills shall melt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 locking up!!!
I don't know if it will help but try these two things. First of all, you should have at least 10% free space on any hard drive, optimally 15 - 20%. After freeing up some space I'd try defragmenting the drive. When a volume get's really full like that things can get pretty messy. But be sure you create adequate free space first - a drive will not defrag effectively with only 2-3% free space as you have. -- chaz chaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2802 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20105 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Unable to play XFM radio feed
Hi, I've been trying to play the following internet radio station: mms://ms2.capitalinteractive.co.uk/xfm_high but get no sound. It looks as if it is going to work, and says it is loading the station, but I just get silence. Most other radio stations seem to work. I'm running Mac OSX 10.4.4 with a SB2. -- markcaines markcaines's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1605 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20125 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360
Well I did own a Neuston media box that does video quite well and MP3s very poorly. Not a bad box if you use it mostly for video, as a music box it is close to unusable for me in terms of ergonomics and sound quality. Not sure what the status of the company is. http://www.neuston.com/en/home.php (Also supports the Buffalo LANStation NAS as a server right out of the box) radish Wrote: I'm still looking for a (simple) way to watch DivX on my TV without burning DVDs. -- agentsmith agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20092 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 locking up!!!
What operating system are you using? Was there a message anywhere when it stopped? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20105 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Unable to play XFM radio feed
I'm not being any help, but I can confirm it is working for me. SB1 SlimServer 6.2.1 Ubuntu Linux -- coldslabs coldslabs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=450 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20125 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: AllofMP3.com
icky2000 Wrote: Individuals no longer have a say when it comes to copyright. The debate is between electronics manufacturers and the entertainment industry. Both sides are interested in earning our dollars - neither campaigns for the rights of individuals. We've lost our voice. And they don't protect the rights of the artists either. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
another attachment to handle the randomplay plugin using cmdwrappers, moving the controls to the left side of the page. I'll leave it to you to decide on the exact layout that you like. This is mainly for an example to show that the controls can be moved. -kdf Index: HTML/Nokia770/cmdwrappers === --- HTML/Nokia770/cmdwrappers (revision 5667) +++ HTML/Nokia770/cmdwrappers (working copy) @@ -105,20 +105,17 @@ [%- END %] [% BLOCK contentitem -%] -trtd class=listing align=left - [%- IF anchor %] +tr[%- IF anchor %] a name=[% anchor %]/a [%- END %] - - div class=[% lineclass || 'browsedbListItem' %] - - [%- content | indent(4) %] + [% IF controls %]tabletr + [%- PROCESS $controls %] + [% END %] + + td class=listing align=left + [%- content | indent(4) %] /td - [% IF controls %] - div class=browsedbControls - [%- PROCESS $controls %][% END %] - /div - /div + [% IF controls %]/tr/table[% END %] /tr [%- END %] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
Can't Slimserver just be configured to stream to the Squeezebox whatever is being delivered to the soundcard? That would be pretty cool: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643. I added my vote. There's a discussion of this going on right now in the Beginners list, where pbjbryan announced a command-line app for Windows he put together that reads from the line-in port on the sound card and writes to stdout: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18764 Looks like people are getting really close to having this all working. I think a lot of people will be quite happy as a result -- no more need for Icecast/Shoutcast when all you want is to stream from line-in. SBB ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: AllofMP3.com
Michaelwagner Wrote: Let's be clear on another thing. Some form of copyright was in the US constitution. I don't think the recording industry in it's current form was around back then. Yes, Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution says The Congress shall have Power...To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries That's it. The first Congress in 1790 was left to interpret that phrase into legislation and did so by establishing a copyright of 14 years plus the possibility to register for 14 more. That law has been amended dozens of times so that the current protection is for seventy years after the death of an author. The result is a copyright term that is well over 100 years vs. the 28 envisioned by the authors of the Constitution. The length of copyright is only half the story, however. Individuls used to be protected by fair use, which allows individuals to use works they have purchased for their own personal use any way they choose to. These rights were further supported by the first sale doctrine which allows individuals to dispense with copyrighted works they have purchased as they see fit, including to sell them (this is how we're allowed to sell used CDs and DVDs and used books). Unfortunately, fair use and the first sale doctrine are being constantly eroded. The entertainment industry wants to eliminate both of them and they are having quite a bit of success. The bill they authored that became the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, for instance, made it illegal for you tamper with something you have purchased even if that tampering is for your own personal use. This allows the entertainment industry to sell you something today and change what you can and cannot do with it tomorrow or the next day, whenever they see fit. You no longer own the things you buy. You no longer are allowed fair use or in some cases, the advantages of the first sale doctrine. This is immoral. No one who is deeply familiar with the state of intellectual property in this country outside of those paid by the entertainment industry supports the rampant degredation of our rights that has been occuring over the last 40-50 years. Is it wrong to violate an immoral law? That's a tricky question. Legally yes, but morally? Each of has to decide for ourselves. Finally, allow me to point out that there is almost no one active in the movement to protect individual intellectual property rights that wants to stop financially supporting the artists that produce content. In fact, we want them to get their just dessert for their work and creativity. These two principles are not mutually exclusive. -- icky2000 icky2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360
agentsmith Wrote: Hope I am not causing a stir here. Just wondering how the new XBox 360 compares with the Slim offering. I have an Sb2 and am wondering if I should get an XBOX too. The 360 has several big advantages over the Squeezebox: 1. It can use WMC (on a regular XP box) or Media Center (on an MCE box) functionality, so doesn't require installation of third-party software like SlimServer. This is nice if you have a Media Center, but not important with XP, since WMC is about as resource-hungry as SlimServer (no surprise; it's doing basically the same task). 2. It's PlaysForSure compliant, so works great with the subscription music services (Yahoo, Rhapsody, Napster) and non-iTunes online music stores. This is a huge, phenomenal benefit if you have a subscription service or lots of purchased DRMed tracks, and a total non-issue otherwise. 3. It can do HD photo slideshows. This is very nice, at least with the Media Center UI (I haven't tried it with the 360 Dashboard UI). If you have an HDTV, lots of digital pictures, and people who want to see them, this is a big deal. Not competitive with the Squeezebox, but it puts the Roku HD-1000 right out of business, as far as I'm concerned. 4. With Media Center, It can stream HD (and non-HD) video. This is wonderful if you get HD over-the-air and have a system that can handle it; or if you get NTSC via any source; or if you really, really love to watch the three minute snippets of Imax movies available from Microsoft's WMV-HD Content Showcase. Otherwise, it's a bit of a novelty until Vista comes out with CableCard support. 5. The available games are much, much better. SlimTris doesn't even begin to compete with Hexic, never mind Kameo. But the SB has some big advantages of its own: 1. The UI is better, even compared to the Media Center UI on the 360. The 360 limits you -- like a lot of devices -- to a two-tier browse. Genre, then Album; or Artist, then Album; but never Genre, Artist, and then Album. The larger your music collection, the more this matters. 2. It has real audio output hardware. The 360 resamples everything to 48KHz (like the Roku M1001) and in general isn't aiming for hi-fi street cred. Considering it sells for $400 and has the gaming capabilities it has, no surprise. 3. It's quiet. The 360 is loud, about like a standard desktop computer in media mode (and more like a SFF computer at 100% CPU utilization -- which, really, is what it is -- when playing games). If you're using it for party music, or to watch Armageddon, no biggie. But for listening to relatively quiet music? Unacceptable. 4. It doesn't need the TV. I wasn't sure if this would be a big deal, but it is. Having to have the TV on to listen to music bothers me. My recommendation: If you don't have a Squeezebox, and play your music on your stereo with those round disc things (CDs, I believe they used to call them), you absolutely need to get SOMETHING that'll get you into the modern era. Both the 360 and the SB are excellent devices, but the SB is a device built for one purpose -- and an excellent single-purpose device will nearly always beat an excellent multi-purpose device when performing its intended function. If you don't care about gaming, don't use your MCE PC as a DVR, and don't have a lot of PFS DRMed music, skip the 360 and just get a Squeezebox. It's significantly better for pure music. But if the non-music capabilities of the 360 appeal to you, absolutely buy one. Its music capabilities are better than any non-Squeezebox device (the 360 is much, much better than a Roku SoundBridge, for instance), and given the video, photo, and gaming capabilities, it's a steal for $399. If you do buy a 360, though, seriously consider getting a Squeezebox, too. If you can afford it, and care about music in a significant way (if you have a receiver that costs over $1000 -- or separates of any kind -- you probably can and do), it's worth it. -- mkozlows mkozlows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20092 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: AllofMP3.com
icky2000 Wrote: You no longer are allowed fair use or in some cases, the advantages of the first sale doctrine. Has this survived a supreme court challenge? I'm not in the US, so I'm not familiar with US politics, but it's hard to see how DMCA could overturn fair use and first sale, principles which have been in place for eons. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: AllofMP3.com
BTW, on this topic, interesting web site here: http://www.digitalconsumer.org/ -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] slimserver not recognizing Artist/Album
I am trying to get slimserver (slimserver-6.2.1-1) working with softsqueeze under linux prior to purchasing the hardware. On pc1 I have slimserver running On pc2 I have softsqueeze running The problem I have is that when I try to scan my music collection I do not see individual albums/artists. All the mp3s show up under No Artist and No Album. But when I click on Browse Albums I see 1 album with 38 songs by 1 artist I have the following directory structure /mnt/disk2/slim/ 1_maniacs/ blind_mans_zoo/ mtv_unplugged/ our_time_in_eden/ With the mp3s for each album under the subdirectory. Under Server Settings I set the directory path for Music Folder to /mnt/disk2/slim I then click on Rescan Music Library How can I make slimserver recognize different artists/albums? -- frankslim frankslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3430 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20129 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
