[slim] Re: SB3 locking when wirelessly connected
same here Steve. When wireless the SB3 plays a few songs then freezes. Unplugging it is the only thing you can do. My laptop has no problem using this wireless network. When plugged via ethernet the SB3 does not crash. I agree a replacement is probably needed. -- slimdemage slimdemage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19613 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 locking when wirelessly connected
SteveL Wrote: > My crashing occurs regardless of what SB3 is connected to > (Squeezenetwork or Slimserver). Wireless conect = crash. Wired > connection = no crash. The box is being returned for replacement on > basis that if it crashes, its is faulty. Steve I assume you received the replacement by now - was this resolved? -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19613 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Off-topic: zip file expander
Kyle wrote: Is there a free zip file expander available? I have used StuffIt and WinZip, but both have nag screens. I don't care about compressing, just unzipping. FilZip @ http://www.filzip.com/ /a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Off-topic: zip file expander
Another vote for 7-zip -- TCM Quiet Brain! Or I'll Stab You With A Q-Tip http://www.last.fm/user/ThisCharmingMan/ TCM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20531 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How I got SlimServer v6.2.1 working with MySQL
I don't know about debug flags, but you could check slimserver.log (/tmp/slimserver.log on my installation), for a basic error message. I found that you had to set SQL permissions for user '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to get it to run properly. AFAIK, slimserver runs with user 'slimserver' - the 'er' may be trucated somewhere on your display. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20397 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 does not function
Try Firmware 29 in today's build. It has worked wonders for me, though your mileage may vary... -- Gatchers Gatchers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1790 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20530 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 does not function
also make sure all advanced Turbo/108 modes are disabled on your router (if it has any). You might also try stepping down to wireless B only in router set up. Alex -- ajmitchell ajmitchell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=800 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20530 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Choppy play on Synched SB3 + 2x SB2s causes Synch delays/Unsynched
Hi all, I have sold 2 sb1s which were working perfectly with 2 sb2s. My intention was to upgrade the sb1s to sb3s and gradually add more sb3s but now I am not so sure. Here's my latest problem after adding one new Sb3. If I synch the 2 SBs and leave the Sb3 on its own everything is fine. If I add the Sb3 to the synched Sb2s then play gets very choppy on the audio (multiple stuttering and drop outs etc although it muddles along!). This has the effect of slowing the track play time and the SB3 becomes unsyched finishing a typical 5min song 10 to 15 seconds late. The main Sb2 (with no problems) waits in silence until the SB3 finished before restarting the next track simultanously. However, within a few seconds they have become unsyched again with choppy play largely on the SB3. The type of track seems to make no difference, neither does the coding rate. For various reasons, I cannot use wired on the SB3 except as a test. In fact, all the boxes are using wireless. All are getting signal strength above 40%. My main question is have people synched SB2 amd Sb3s on the same wireless network without problems? Setup: mp3's + WinXp + not as a service (slim.exe) + SlimServer Version: 6.2.2 - 5886 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 +netgear WGT624 wireless B&G -- ajmitchell ajmitchell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=800 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20534 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: DHCP oddities...
Pfarrell, I don't think you read my original post correctly. That's what I am already doing. You're describing my home network almost exactly. The problem is that there is a bug in the Squeezebox firmware. When it makes a DHCP request with bridging enabled, it does so with the *wrong MAC address*. And that MAC address was the same on both my units, so I can't assign an address based on it. Plus, according to the guy who originally spotted this bug, that wrong MAC address also changes unpredictably, so even if it were just one Squeezebox, it would *still* break. MrC, I'll try the updated 6.2.2 later on, and will post back with results. -- Malor Malor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20496 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Lame problem
This morning my SBG and SB2 were unresponsive - the time on the SB2 was static. I went to the server machine and I could see that I had a Windows Data Execution Prevention message for Lame. This must have been blocking the SlimServer code in such a way that the squeezeboxes didn't report server connection errors. I killed this and tried streaming flac->mp3 to my SBG again, which instantly caused the DEP message again. Yesterday I changed my windows settings for DEP to "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select", and only had "windows.exe" selected as a test to try to resolve another unrelated issue with my system. I switched this back to the usual "Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only" and rebooted. I still got DEP messages for Lame though. This was strange, as I have been using Lame with SlimServer for well over a year without problems. So I thought I'd reinstall Lame. I was previously using version Lame3.96Final. I went to sourceforge and found there is a newer version (lame3.97b2), so I installed that one (copied lame.exe and lame_enc.dll to C:\Windows). I noticed that the file sizes for the new version were substantially smaller. The problem has now gone away (although I did have a few stutters in playback that I didn't used to get - but that might not be down to Lame). What could have happened to Lame to suddenly cause the problem I've been seeing? What is the best version of Lame to use with SlimServer? I read the following (from http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm): There is a bug in LAME MP3 Encoder 3.96 Final version that can cause skipping. We recommend you to download LAME MP3 Encoder 3.96.1 Stable or LAME MP3 Encoder 3.97 beta There is also a 3.98 alpha version. Phil ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: DHCP oddities...
Version 29 of the firmware is even worse. The players are both now requesting DHCP addresses with the MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:10. So they both get handed the same IP address by the server (I'm not sure why this didn't happen before; perhaps they were slightly different and I just didn't see it.) This renders the second Squeezebox nonfunctional. I see the bug is tagged for fixing in the 6.5 release... if 6.5 doesn't release soon, I think the fix should be backported. This is the kind of problem that would make users' heads spin. Multiple Squeezeboxes in bridge mode in a DHCP network can't be _that_ unusual, and the MAC address conflicts, when they happen, are going to cause much pain. Having the WRONG MAC address, as long as it's unique, even if it changes, isn't that serious. Having multiple Squeezeboxen with the SAME MAC address, on the other hand, would appear to be a critical-severity bug. -- Malor Malor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20496 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Unable to play XFM radio feed
I'm trying to get Century FM using URL mms://ms2.capitalradiointeractive.co.uk/Century_1002 which works on Windows Media Player. Using Server version 6.2.1 with SB3 and Softsqueeze -- daverush daverush's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2998 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: When should I switch from SQLLite to MySQL?
rkeeney Wrote: > OK, that was helpful. I copied the aforementioned files into the > specified directories (choosing to overwrite some directories already > there). Now, slimserver starts and creates the tables but just stalls. > According to MySQL Administrator, there are now 145 rows in the newly > created tracks table, 1 row in the metainformation table and nothing > else. I started over again and it gets to that point again and stalls. > No indication in the cmd window what's happening. The tray icon will > say it is running but it will not open in the browser. > > This is getting very frustrating. I suspect I'm missing something > obvious but I don't know what. > > Regards, > Rob... I had the same problem using MySql 5. Removed 5 and installed 4.1, recreated the slimserver database and assigned all permissions to user slimserver. Started slimserver and the tables were created and all of the tables were then being populated, as viewed in mysqladministrator. Hope this helps ..Mark -- macallf macallf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20281 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Off-topic: zip file expander
MrC Wrote: > You mean different than the one built into Windows XP? I've got XP Pro, but the only expander I can find on my machine is StuffIt, which has nag screens. Is there a built-in that doesn't have nag screens? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20531 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 wireless getting bizarre IP address
First of all I wanted to thank "KitKat" for posting the fix for the DHCP issue with regard to D-Link Routers in Turbo Mode. Sean, I seriously think this issue should be listed in FAQ section, why isn't it? D-Link routers are widely used so why wouldn't you highlight this potential setup problem to D-Link users? I personally wasted 2 hours trying to get my squeezebox to aquire the right IP address so that i could connect to the server but was unsuccessful till I read KitKat's post. More importantly what is the update with regard to getting this to work in Turbo Mode? It's my understanding that SB1 worked OK in Turbo Mode but only recently SB2/SB3 does not. I for one would prefer to turn Turbo Mode back "ON". Please provide all of us D-Link users with an update. Thanks.. Steve -- WisteriaVillage WisteriaVillage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3636 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16648 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 wireless getting bizarre IP address
WisteriaVillage Wrote: > I seriously think this issue should be listed in FAQ section, why isn't > it? D-Link routers are widely used so why wouldn't you highlight this > potential setup problem to D-Link users? I think you will find the issue highlighted in the "router status" pages on the wiki. As I understand it - the main FAQs are more to help people decide if the Squeezebox is for them and provide more general info. Oh, and it's not just D-Link routers by the way - TurboG or Speedboost (or whatever each manufacturer wants to call it) mode does lots of things like try and vary the rate and size of packets, as well as put them in a different order from the way they are sent. And each manufacturer does it in a different way (and differently between models from the same manufacturer). That's why it's so hard to design a one size fits all firmware. What works for D-Link, may not work for Belkin and so on. Glad you got yours working though. If it's any consolation, I spent most of a day getting a new Belkin router to work (precisely the same set up as worked flawlessly with my old D-Link 624+). Turned out that the DCHP is pretty flakey and will only really deal with static IP from both Slimserver and music source. I also wouldn't have got there without help from others here. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16648 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 skin without 6.5?
On 1/28/06, bklaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You won't have any 'is this PDA friendly' worries with the 770. The > browser rocks. If you have reservations, I'd check with your area > CompUSA and/or Frey's and see if they have a demo unit out. this reply was written in gmail using the 770 browser. it is impressive - particularly usinger the view optimise setting (which works really well with the handheld skin). the other programs are less impressive however, the handwriting recognition is a joke and the hardware is rather underpecced. it is anawesome slim remote ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: DHCP oddities...
I see that the severity on the bug is "Normal". According to the bug's life definitions, I think it should be one of these: > Critical crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak > Major major loss of function > -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20496 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: When should I switch from SQLLite to MySQL?
I got MySQL running last night. It was fun, and I even updated the wiki page a bit with some pointers. I haven't run it through its paces yet but it seems a bit more responsive. The catch for me is I'm using a bit more memory (slimserver uses less, mysqld uses more than the difference) and with a 128 MB Kuro Box there's not much room to play. Also of note is my album count went from 1018 to 994. I think some of this might be that I've renamed a few albums (incorrect tagging from freedb) and perhaps the SQLLite database wasn't cleaned up correctly. Either that or I'm missing some albums (but I haven't noticed any yet.) -- mrfantasy --Mike mrfantasy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20281 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver 6.2.1 on OS X 10.2.8
The beige minitower G3 doesn't run Panther, so to do as you suggest I'd have to buy a new machine. Why bother? I have Slimserver 6.1.1 running happily, and communicating with the latest version of Softsqueeze. The earlier versions of Slimserver are available at www.slimdevices.com/downloads/ -- MartinP MartinP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3513 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20513 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] BOM for stand-alone Music Server
Hello I'm considering getting my local computer hardware supplier to put together a standalone, low-cost, 24x7 computer to serve as my music server, and I was looking for some advice on what is the minimum I should purchase, a Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) so to speak. For example, I could configure: 1) The cheapest Celeron mother board available (Is Celeron Ok?). Which one? 2) The minimum amount of RAM required to run the OS and SlimServer (how much is adequate?) 3) Would Win XP Home be adequate, or must I use Win XP Pro? 4) A Linksys/Netgear (?) Wireless card 5) A 200GB HDD (?) 6) A CD-ROM Drive 7) A USB port so's I can sync my iPod to the iTunes library 8) The smallest profile cabinet I can get Etc. Any contribution to this idea, or a link to a site that has suggestions on how to go about it would be most welcome. I'm not familiar with Linux, or I'd imagine that would be the way to go? Any Linux 101 sites I could look at? Thanks Pankaj -- pankaj pankaj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20543 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox 1g for sale (UK)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5860563921 Squeezebox v1 with graphical display upgrade. This was bought with the upgraded display (not a DIY job). selling due to upgrade. So far I've had v1, v1g, v2 and now v3. Rgds, Bruce. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20544 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 1g for sale (UK)
Cost to ship to Canada? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20544 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How I got SlimServer v6.2.1 working with MySQL
Patrick Dixon Wrote: > I don't know about debug flags, but you could check slimserver.log > (/tmp/slimserver.log on my installation), for a basic error message. Thanks for the pointer. I found slimserver.log in /var/log on my system, and the error message was: install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pm in @INC [followed by more details about @INC] I searched for this file and it's simply nowhere on my system. So clearly it wasn't installed along with Slimserver. I'm currently running version 6.0.2 - was MySQL support added in a later version? Patrick Dixon Wrote: > AFAIK, slimserver runs with user 'slimserver' - the 'er' may be trucated > somewhere on your display. I'm pretty sure the user on my system is 'slimserv' - that's how it appears in /etc/passwd. And just to make sure usernames weren't being truncated to 8 characters on display, I created another user called 'testlongname', and it was included to full length in /etc/passwd. (Presumably there are some peculiarities with the FreeBSD version). -- cliveb cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20397 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 1g for sale (UK)
Michaelwagner Wrote: > Cost to ship to Canada? I'll find out tomorrow and let you know. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20544 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BOM for stand-alone Music Server
pankaj wrote: Hello I'm considering getting my local computer hardware supplier to put together a standalone, low-cost, 24x7 computer to serve as my music server, and I was looking for some advice on what is the minimum I should purchase, a Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) so to speak. For example, I could configure: 1) The cheapest Celeron mother board available (Is Celeron Ok?). Which one? There are a lot of people running Slimserver on embedded or Mini-ITX systems, any Celeryon would be okay. 2) The minimum amount of RAM required to run the OS and SlimServer (how much is adequate?) 256mb would probably be fine, but I always buy as much RAM as I can afford and skimp on CPU power to afford it. Swapping is a bad thing. 3) Would Win XP Home be adequate, or must I use Win XP Pro? If this is a dedicated system, I'd just boot it with SlimCD and bypass the whole issue of OS. XP Home is lacking a lot of network features, but I'm not positive if it would be a problem or not. Better to skip it and not find out. 4) A Linksys/Netgear (?) Wireless card I'd also avoid wireless unless you have to use it. It's a pain. if you do have to use it, get the WAP and cards from the same vendor at the same time. It doesn't matter which one you chose IMHO, I've gotten DOA gear from all of them and they're all crap. 5) A 200GB HDD (?) 6) A CD-ROM Drive 7) A USB port so's I can sync my iPod to the iTunes library Get lots of USB ports, they're handy. 8) The smallest profile cabinet I can get Mini-ITX systems are very handy for this sort of thing, though they're rather gutless. I wouldn't want to run Windows on one, but they're fine for a single-purpose server. Etc. Any contribution to this idea, or a link to a site that has suggestions on how to go about it would be most welcome. I'm not familiar with Linux, or I'd imagine that would be the way to go? Any Linux 101 sites I could look at? Thanks Pankaj iPod/iTunes use becomes interesting if you go with Linux, you can't run iTunes on Linux and so would need to set up some automatic storage or transfer of the XML file to/from the Linux server. This isn't that difficult, but it's an extra step. -- 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: Off-topic: zip file expander
Kyle wrote: MrC Wrote: You mean different than the one built into Windows XP? I've got XP Pro, but the only expander I can find on my machine is StuffIt, which has nag screens. Is there a built-in that doesn't have nag screens? It does, though installing something else may have broken it. -- 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: Off-topic: zip file expander
Skunk wrote: I love 7-zip too. So refreshing :) When will someone put all this freeware together into a OS 'for dummies'- like MS but free (?) http://osswin.sourceforge.net/ http://www.theopencd.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_software_packages -- 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] Question about development tree
Dear All, I am aware that this may not be the correct forum to post this question, but: Can someone provide me with a (ballpark) date for the official introduction of slimserver 6.5? I seem to understand it will be built around MySql rather than SqlLite: what advantages are we to expect? I currently run slimserver 6.2.1 on a Linkstation (thank you for all the excellent tutorials!). It works sweet, were it not for the slight lag it seems to experience when I browse too quickly through the library (approx 4000 songs, so not immense) or fast forward a particular piece of music (slimserver freezes sometimes). Will this slight sluggishness be addressed in 6.5? Thank you all in advance, Giacomo -- gbruzzo gbruzzo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3633 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20547 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BOM for stand-alone Music Server
pankaj wrote: > For example, I could configure: > 1) The cheapest Celeron mother board available (Is Celeron Ok?). Which > one? > 2) The minimum amount of RAM required to run the OS and SlimServer (how > much is adequate?) > 3) Would Win XP Home be adequate, or must I use Win XP Pro? > 4) A Linksys/Netgear (?) Wireless card > 5) A 200GB HDD (?) > 6) A CD-ROM Drive > 7) A USB port so's I can sync my iPod to the iTunes library > 8) The smallest profile cabinet I can get First, there is no one answer, just opinions. These are mine. The first question is do you want the cheapest or smallest? The really small cases cost much more than a moderate mid-tower. I'd build it using a modest AMD, something like a 2400+, you can get the CPU and motherboard for less than $100. It is going to have a built in Ethernet nic, so I'm not sure about your Wireless card. You may end up with a more flexible system running a wire from the built in NIC to a wireless WAP/Router. Any modern motherboard is going to have at least two USB ports for you iPod. Ram is cheap, and more is better. Unless you are a geek, you are probably better off with more RAM and spend less time optimizing it. I always buy a gig of Ram, you might live with less, but I would not think of less than 512 The CD drive is either very important or totally not. My SlimServer is in the basement, I never touch it. So I rip CDs on another computer and just move the files. For for me, the cheapest $10 CD drive works fine for the once a year upgrades of the OS. Always get more disk drive than you think you'll need. The price difference between your 200GB and a 250GB disk is maybe $10. Going to 300 or more is a very small increment. What you care about is disk quality, as you don't want to deal with replacing it anytime soon In your system, the legal Windows OS license is a huge part of the total cost. I can see your system costing about $300 or so with $100 for XP. You do not need XP pro, and I would strongly suggest not using Windows at all. There are tons of free distros for Linux, you get buy them for under $10 from places like cheapbytes. If you get on such as Mandriva 2006, it is as trivial to install as Windows. And then there is the SlimServer CD from Mike, with Knoppix and slimserver ready to go with one button push. You need some video, not much, and most motherboards have enough for a headless Slimserver. You will also need a keyboard, mouse and monitor at least for the installation. You don't need it for operation if you have a normal network in your house and other computers to manage the SlimServer over your network. I just pull an obsolete monitor off one of my basement shelves for the setup. You do not need to pay more than $20 for the video card, you probably can get one built in. I would not pay for a floppy drive, not even the $5 that most shops charge to throw one in. Not used enough to be worth it. YMMV -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 does not function
I just ran the upgrade of the nightly build. Now my SB3 just keeps rebooting during setup. As I enter networking information the cursor freezes, then the screen goes blank, then the unit restarts. The SB3 is now totally unusable. What a weekend! I feel like a beta tester who paid money. I am still willing to pour hours of my time into making this product function, if anyone has more suggestions. -- slimdemage slimdemage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20530 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BOM for stand-alone Music Server
Most of your other questions have been answered, although I should point out that I'm running SlimServer 6.2.2 on Windows XP Home quite successfully. There are a few very cheap "CPU on a board" motherboards out there. ECS has one, the 760GX-M. This has an AMD Socket 754 Athlon Mobile 2800+ but not soldered-in as on their earlier boards. Heatsink and fan are installed as well. It's amazingly cheap, on sale right now for $119.99 CDN. I hear PCChips makes others. Yes, PCChips is the bottom of the barrel in terms of quality though. I have a much earlier ECS "CPU on a board" combo, which has a 1.2 GHz Duron CPU soldered-in. It has worked fine for me as a secondary computer and would have no problem at all with SlimServer and 256 MB of RAM. These boards have onboard video (nothing fancy) and an onboard LAN port as well. Use one of these boards with a basic case that has a quality power supply, like the Antec Solution series. Add a 250 - 300 GB IDE hard drive and a cheap CD-ROM and you'd be all set. pankaj wrote: > Hello > > I'm considering getting my local computer hardware supplier to put > together a standalone, low-cost, 24x7 computer to serve as my music > server, and I was looking for some advice on what is the minimum I > should purchase, a Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) so to speak. > > For example, I could configure: > 1) The cheapest Celeron mother board available (Is Celeron Ok?). Which > one? > 2) The minimum amount of RAM required to run the OS and SlimServer (how > much is adequate?) > 3) Would Win XP Home be adequate, or must I use Win XP Pro? > 4) A Linksys/Netgear (?) Wireless card > 5) A 200GB HDD (?) > 6) A CD-ROM Drive > 7) A USB port so's I can sync my iPod to the iTunes library > 8) The smallest profile cabinet I can get > > Etc. > > Any contribution to this idea, or a link to a site that has suggestions > on how to go about it would be most welcome. > > I'm not familiar with Linux, or I'd imagine that would be the way to > go? Any Linux 101 sites I could look at? > > Thanks > > Pankaj > > -- ___ 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] Multiple PC databases
I want to view and play music located on other computers on my home network. The documentation says all I need to do is create a short cut in \My Musc\ to these files. This does not work. I use iTunes on all 3 computers. What am I doing wrong/ -- dhartz dhartz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20549 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] No SLIM.EXE in 29th Jan Nightly
Am I going mad? I just installed the 6.5b1 from the 29th Nightly release, and there is no SLIM.EXE file in the release. Have I missed an important decision step where this executable is no longer used/included, or is this an error? FYI - I am an iTunesUpdate plug in user, and therefore I cannot run slim as a service. -- jhurley jhurley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=405 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20550 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 89.3 Current Stream
Hello, Does anyone know how I can get the stream at http://mpr-wm.streamguys.com/mpr?MSWMExt=.asf to work? It appears to be WMA9.1 without DRM... I tried to "tune in" to it but it doesn't seem to work. I have a G2 Squeezebox, i think... -- fihzy fihzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3640 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20551 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 locking when wirelessly connected
I have had the same exact problems for about a week plus another. I have a flawless wireless system for laptops but slimbox freezes. The additional problem: mine has a power transformer that seems to be arcing. The entire electrical circuit carries the cracking and popping to other electrical devices (radios) on the same circuit when slimdevice is plugged in. Some worry here about a fire danger. Could the defective power supply also have caused the wireless problems to develop? -- Charles Charles's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3384 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19613 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Off-topic: zip file expander
Thanks Jack. I'll definetely check those out. I meant create it, and shove it in their faces. I major in New Media- so think to seek open source. The general public is just now catching on to firefox. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20531 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver and OS X
Martin, The 6.2.2 nightly release should work with 10.2.8 (there was a bug in 6.2.1 that was fixed), but it will be the last release that does. After that release, we'll be dropping support for the 10.2 line of Mac OS. Consider upgrading to 10.3 or 10.4 (10.3 upgrade disks can be found for about $50 online). On Jan 28, 2006, at 1:11 PM, MartinP wrote: With the help of the Slim Devices support people I was able to confirm that Slimserver 6.2 is not compatible with OS X 10.2.8, so I installed Slimserver 6.1.1. Rebooting the machine was necessary before the browser connection could be made, but now the server is running smoothly. I am able to stream nicely to the current version of Softsqueeze, 2.3, though it probably expects to be talking to Slimserver 6.2. I'm a bit concerned whether a new Squeezebox will be compatible with this older version of Slimserver, though. -- MartinP -- -- MartinP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php? userid=3513 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20379 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Uh Oh, A problem
Thanks for the response. Can you tell me how/where to do this script? I'm not familiar with how to do that. In addition, would the script change depending on the file format? I have encoded to FLAC, does that change the script? Thanks again. -- WrightDawg WrightDawg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2793 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20492 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
How is the display connected? Is it with a cable, like the SB2, or is it soldered to the mainboard? Just wondering if the SB3 would be as simple as the SB2 to transfer to a new case if someone wanted to repackage it. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: No SLIM.EXE in 29th Jan Nightly
* jhurley shaped the electrons to say... Am I going mad? I just installed the 6.5b1 from the 29th Nightly release, and there is no SLIM.EXE file in the release. There was a permission issue - I'm fixing and rebuilding it now. -D -- burning substations is manifestly the desire of the free market. hooray for utility deregulation the government would never be able to set fires with such brutal efficiency ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Tray icon, Windows Service, or both?
When I first unpacked the SB3 and ran the 6.21 installer, it froze when "Starting Slimserver". When I called tech support, the guy had me open a DOS prompt and type a command to enable SlimServer as a service. I just noticed slim.exe running in the background, with no tray icon. Should I be avoiding slimtray.exe? Should the service be "Manual" or "Automatic" ? How does the service interact with slimtray.exe and slim.exe? -- slimdemage slimdemage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20552 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How I got SlimServer v6.2.1 working with MySQL
> I searched for this file and it's simply nowhere on my system. So > clearly it wasn't installed along with Slimserver. I'm currently > running version 6.0.2 - was MySQL support added in a later version?I think > that's probably it. I'm running a 6.2 nightly. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20397 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Off-topic: zip file expander
For the built-in XP one you can usually right click and Open. If something else is your default then open a folder, go to Tools, Folder Options, File Types, find *.zip, and change the associated program to the Windows program. I'm not in front of a Windows PC to remember exactly what it is called but you should see it. -- notanatheist notanatheist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20531 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
It's soldered. There are two 3 pin connections, and one 12 pin connection. The pads (double sided padded tape?) the display rests on are the only other connection. Looks like a tossup between soldering in wires for display or in/out connections. +---+ |Filename: dis.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=812| +---+ -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 89.3 Current Stream
fihzy Wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know how I can get the stream at > http://mpr-wm.streamguys.com/mpr?MSWMExt=.asf to work? It appears to be > WMA9.1 without DRM... > > I tried to "tune in" to it but it doesn't seem to work. > > I have a G2 Squeezebox, i think... It plays on my SB2 with firmware version 29. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20551 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tray icon, Windows Service, or both?
> I just noticed slim.exe running in the background, with no > tray icon. Should I be avoiding slimtray.exe? No, but slimtray.exe really doesn't do much, so it's not essential. >From SlimTray you can: 1) start the SlimServer service, 2) stop the SlimServer service, and 3) launch a browser, connected the SlimServer web interface #3 you can do just as easily (or easier) with a browser favorite/bookmark. #1 and #2 are useful if you don't always run the service and want to have a handy way of manually starting and stopping it. > Should the service be "Manual" or "Automatic" ? These are the startup settings. When set to Automatic, the service will be started whenever Windows starts (like many other Windows services). If you want to run SlimServer 24x7 use Automatic, then you won't have to manually start it. If you want to control when SlimServer runs, perhaps to save the memory that it uses, then set it to manual. > How does the service interact with slimtray.exe and slim.exe? slim.exe is SlimServer, the program that runs as the service. Apart from the stop/start actions mentioned above, the only interaction between the SlimTray and SlimServer are the little lights shown in the tray icon when SlimServer is running. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20552 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
The displays are extremely hard to remove without breaking them - not recommended. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver 6.2.1 on OS X 10.2.8
'XPostFacto' (http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/) will let you run the later versions of OS X on those early machines. Ben -- Ben Ben's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=54 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20513 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Off-topic: zip file expander
Kyle Wrote: > I've got XP Pro, but the only expander I can find on my machine is > StuffIt, which has nag screens. Is there a built-in that doesn't have > nag screens? Stuffit does not come with XP - that was most likely installed by your vendor (or you at some point). Uninstall it (and all your zip prog's) to see Windows' native Right-click on a zip Extract command. The built-in extractor does not have nag screens, as its part of Windows' now. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20531 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: BOM for stand-alone Music Server
My original plan was to have a low-end server built ... until I stumbled on a cheap ($265), low-end server that had everything I needed, in my case: AMD Sempron 3100+ CPU MS WinXP Home 256MB memory (which I upgraded to 768GB for $20) 80GB Ultra ATA hard drive 52x32x52x CD-RW Drive What I like about this particular PC (Powerspec 5500; http://www.powerspec.com/systems/system_specs.phtml?selection=5500) is that the motherboard has 4 SATA ports on it, and the cabinet appeared to have four empty bays for future expansion (I have since discovered the hard way that three of the four bays will take a bit of 'creative re-engineering' if I want to fit a 3.5" drive in them). I added a 400GB SATA drive (which is where I intend to store all my music) for $189, and am now in the process of ripping 800 CDs. I was especially interested in having SATA ports, I personally like the idea of separating my music collection from the disk containing the OS. Also, I originally thought I was going to need two disks for my collection, and was planning on using two SATA drives in a RAID0 configuration ... until some testing showed that my entire collection won't take up more than about 250GB. I should point out that the Powerspec 5500 is normally $350, but they were running a $50 rebate and I found an open-box system which reduced the cost further. The one thing this server does not offer is a small form factor, it uses a mid-size cabinet. I guess the moral of this story is, you might be able to buy a pre-built system as cheaply as having one built for you, if you shop around for rebate deals and open-box specials. One important question is, how many CDs do you have to rip? Ripping is somewhat CPU-intensive ... I find that when I rip to FLAC with Compression Level 5, or to Windows Media Lossless, my CPU is pegged at 100% busy. My CD R/W seems to be reading as fast as it is capable, so the CPU doesn't seem to be slowing down the ripping ... but with a faster CPU, I could add an external CDROM and rip two CDs at a time. This won't be an issue once I get through the stack of 800 CDs, though. With the Sempron CPU and 52x CD R/W, most of my CDs rip in 1.5 to 3 minutes, depending on length. -- Jon Jon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20543 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
Good tip. I should also note that I only took mine out because the display went bad. I have close ups of why I believe it did, but that's not the point. The point is if I were taking apart my good one, I would have used more antistatic measures. It's not like a cd player, because it has a motherboard. FYI -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver and OS X
I certainly don't want to argue with the CTO, but I just tried to install the nightly of Slimserver, 6.2.x.v2006-01-29, and it fails to run. It installs, but a few seconds after clicking Start Server it shuts down. The log shows: dyld: perl Undefined symbols: _bytes_from_utf8 So I (too) need to update my Perl library? Sigh! -- MartinP MartinP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3513 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20379 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 89.3 Current Stream
JJZolx Wrote: > It plays on my SB2 with firmware version 29. Oh, I just discovered I have a G1. I have Player Firmware 40 on Slimserver 6.2.1. Is there anything I can do to get this stream going? -- fihzy fihzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3640 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20551 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver and OS X
Whoops, sorry about that. The problem in 6.2.1 that was causing SlimServer to not run on 10.2.8 has been fixed, but in the process of adding support for the intel macs, a new bug has been introduced. Dan's in the middle of fixing this new issue. On Jan 29, 2006, at 12:41 PM, MartinP wrote: I certainly don't want to argue with the CTO, but I just tried to install the nightly of Slimserver, 6.2.x.v2006-01-29, and it fails to run. It installs, but a few seconds after clicking Start Server it shuts down. The log shows: dyld: perl Undefined symbols: _bytes_from_utf8 So I (too) need to update my Perl library? Sigh! -- MartinP -- -- MartinP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php? userid=3513 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20379 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Strange things happen with multiple genres (6.2.2)
Hello, I'm running the 6.2.2 5877 Jan 27th nightly on Windows 2000 and the following strange things happen with multiple genres. (The same happens with previous 6.2.2 and 6.2.1 releases). - I have defined the ; as separator for multiple genres (I don't use multiple artists, albums) - part of my library has two genres defined When completely scanned, only one or two of the many albums with double genres appear in the genre list. For all other double genre files, either no genre is available anymore or only the one defined first. The funny thing is that during the scanning all albums with two genres do appear under the two defined genres! Somehow the second genre or both genres are removed somewhere during the scan. I tried the following: - Remove the cache directory, same results - De-install Slimserver and re-install (only keeping the prefs file) - removed from some albums the ID3V1 tags, same results My library is 95% MP3, a few wma (one WMA album i defined with multiple genres) I installed the 29 jan nightly of 6.5 on another PC, pointing to the same library. Then everything worked as expected. Should multiple genres work with 6.2.2? Or should I wait for 6.5? Is 6.5 already stable enough? The 3 players in my house have the status 'production', especially the players in the kid rooms :-) I can't afford complaints about outage of the Slimserver Thanks, -- willem ~Willem willem's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=430 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20559 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
Oddly enough, I took mine apart after the first post (but didn't take pictures). What's with the Torx screws? You guys really love them, don't you? Is that to keep the riff-raff out? I wouldn't try to disconnect the display. I was trying to figure out if, without the case, it would fit inside a 2U rack unit (short answer - I think so). -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: BOM for stand-alone Music Server
I'd like to re-emphasize the "avoid wireless unless you have no other choice" statement. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20543 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
Michaelwagner Wrote: > > I wouldn't try to disconnect the display. Well no, not after being warned ;) I should have just said, 'it looks easier to hardwire the connectors', but I have a wired only SB so I'm not sure how the wireless card fits in.. EDIT: But a modified SB with a detached display, but the same rca jacks, would be pointless- or at least silly, which is why I titled the first post, 'think interconnects matter' [after going through those CB traces]. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
On Jan 29, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Michaelwagner wrote: What's with the Torx screws? You guys really love them, don't you? Is that to keep the riff-raff out? Ha! Actually we use torx because they make assembly much quicker. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can't connect Squeezebox 3 to mp3-Stream with SlimProto-Command
Hi. I'm doing some experiments with a small own-written software that shall control my Squeezebox3 instead of slimserver. All documents that i have found (Technical documentation and Wiki) seem to be a little out of date, but anyway i'm now at the point where i can send a "strm"-command over the TCP socket, but there is sill an error somewhere. After sending the strm-command i get response with a STMc and then a STMe event code, but after a few seconds a DSCO-Message. This is the command i send to the Squeezebox in order to get a stream to this URL : "http://64.236.34.196:80/stream/1040": 0 56 "strms1m" 5 "0" 0 "0" 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 64 236 34 196 "GET /stream/1040 HTTP/1.0" 10 10 10 (Every number is one byte written in decimal) The server is from Club977, retreived over shoutcast, the link worked with vlc media-player. As i can see the squeezebox establishes a connection to the server but for some reason the connection is closed after a few seconds. Can anybody help ? Best regards, Tom. -- te_gonzales Thomas Eller Frankfurt GERMANY te_gonzales's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3643 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
Michaelwagner Wrote: > > What's with the Torx screws? You guys really love them, don't you? Is > that to keep the riff-raff out? Not so much - they just go in faster and don't slip off the driver. Also we have the torque dialed in very precisely (using $700 screwdrivers!) to tap the plastic properly. With philips heads it's not as easy to control - you'd have to press harder to keep the driver in the screw head, making it less consistent. Here's the tool http://www.etorque.com/html/edriv_electric_screwdrivers.html It's not really a concern unless you have a LOT of screws to put in. :) -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
seanadams Wrote: > The displays are extremely hard to remove without breaking them - not > recommended. >From internal photos of the Squeezebox2 it appears the display in that model was mounted to another board by the same pins. And _that_ board was connected to the mainboard by a cable. I'm guessing that some electronics to drive the display have been moved from that display mounting board onto the SB3's mainboard. So it looks like it would be difficult or impossible to separate the display from the mainboard and mount the electronics of an SB3 into a case other than one several inches tall. Sound about right? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: BOM for stand-alone Music Server
When you say "avoid wireless", are you referring specifically to the end-to-end connection between the server and the Squeezebox (via a wireless router), or just to the portion of the connection between the server and the router? I have two Squeezeboxes arriving next week, I was planning on going hardwired between my server and my router, then wireless from the router to the squeezeboxes - is this a situation to be avoided (and why?). Thanks. -- Jon Jon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20543 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
JJZolx Wrote: > Sound about right? Not really. The board(s) just needs to stay with the display. The connectors need rewiring for audiophile performance anyway, so they can extend to the outside of as big a box as desired. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] PC makes clicking
After having SB for about 3 weeks and ripping 100+ CD's. My Pc makes a clicking noise whenver slimserver is running? What is it and how do I stop it (cycle is 5 to 10 seconds click.click...) -- Paul Fessler Paul Fessler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3347 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20566 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
JJZolx Wrote: > From internal photos of the Squeezebox2 it appears the display in that > model was mounted to another board by the same pins. And _that_ board > was connected to the mainboard by a cable. I'm guessing that some > electronics to drive the display have been moved from that display > mounting board onto the SB3's mainboard. So it looks like it would be > difficult or impossible to separate the display from the mainboard and > mount the electronics of an SB3 into a case other than one several > inches tall. Sound about right? Actually that is about right. SB2 had a separate display module connected to the main board by a removable flex cable. In SB3 there is no separate board for the display, the glass is mounted directly to the main board. (The glass is what I was suggesting NOT to remove - SB2's flex-connected module is easy to remove). Here's the SB2 dissection: http://www.slimdevices.com/photos/inside_squeezebox2/ Sorry I don't have a full set of photos like this for SB3. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
seanadams Wrote: > you'd want who'd want? he asked... [for a bigger box] -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: DHCP oddities...
I've found and fixed the problem, look for it in the forthcoming firmware v30. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
Damn! I'm glad I read this thread. I was going to order a SB3 and mod it into a custom AV enclosure because I prefer the new blue screen to the older green. I guess I will have to use my old SB2 now. Not at all interested in building a 2+ rack height mod, I want it to be *ahem* "slim". I just replaced the ugly green and red LEDs on most of my gear with blue, and was hoping that everything that had to be lit up would be blue. Crud. -- Jetlag Jetlag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1012 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
seanadams Wrote: > Not so much - they just go in faster and don't slip off the driver. > Here's the tool > http://www.etorque.com/html/edriv_electric_screwdrivers.html > > It's not really a concern unless you have a LOT of screws to put in. :) Cool! Thanks for the reference. I'm familiar with power screwdrivers, although we don't use them. We use power tappers, which are related, but ours are air driven, not electric, and not hand actuated but machine actuated, and cycle at 1 cycle per second. We're threading metal, not plastic, so we need a bit more power. These are just over half horsepower units. http://irtools.com/IS/product.asp/id/45,268,303,486,471 The same company makes a power screwdriver with the same air motor, which is why I (peripherally) know about them. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: BOM for stand-alone Music Server
Well, you were asking about the server box, and you wrote you wanted a wireless card there. If your data takes two wireless trips (one to the router, one from the router to the slim) you automatically half your capacity. That's not a good thing to do in any case, if you want to plan ahead for more of them. There are some current problems with wireless SBs, but I expect they'll get fixed in time. I was more remarking that you shouldn't build a dependence on wireless into the server. That said, I always believe that it is better to not radiate. If you can put real wires into your house for not too great a cost in time and effort, that's generally the preferred route. I live in an apartment. I'm not allowed to go into the walls. I'm sure the landlord would have a fit about what I've already done to the place, drilling through the walls in a few places. So I run wireless into the bedroom. But it's easily the least reliable part of my setup. YMMV -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20543 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Duplicate album listings?
Okay, I figured out what the problem is. Some of the tracks in the album had the disc number set, and others didn't (the 'TPOS' field). I think SlimServer gets confused when it sees this and starts a new album listing each time the field changes values. I wrote a simple perl script to skim all the files and zero out the frame when it wasn't useful, and the problem was solved. -- dpranke dpranke's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3533 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20340 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
Jetlag Wrote: > Damn! I'm glad I read this thread. I was going to order a SB3 and mod > it into a custom AV enclosure because I prefer the new blue screen to > the older green. It's actually the same display -the lens determines the color. SB2 uses a neutral gray color, whereas SB3 is a little more purple giving the natively-green display an aqua color. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
Michaelwagner Wrote: > > The same company makes a power screwdriver with the same air motor, > which is why I (peripherally) know about them. Sorry I can't find a link to my favorite tool of all, the Pneumatic Hog Debunger. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?
seanadams Wrote: > -the lens determines the color- I don't suppose there is any way to get ahold of a purple lens and replace the neutral gray one is there? Better yet, if it is possible, what color lens would produce the "blue-est" display? -- Jetlag Jetlag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1012 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: PC makes clicking
This is most likely internet explorer clicking as it refreshes. Follow this link and see if it goes away. http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-annoyingclick -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20566 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Button Sensitivity
I have had the problem with the remore and I recently got the harmaone 880 and am having severe skipping with it. i have to belive it's not the remote. I thoigh i saw in another post that will be fixed with the next release of the server software. Please!!! -- hawk52 hawk52's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2523 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: PC makes clicking
Paul Fessler Wrote: > After having SB for about 3 weeks and ripping 100+ CD's. My Pc makes a > clicking noise whenver slimserver is running? What is it and how do I > stop it (cycle is 5 to 10 seconds click.click...) Just a wild guess, but could it be a hard drive going bad? If so, it would be happening during a period when the hard drive access light is lit on the front of your PC. It would be good to determine if it is a bad drive. If it is, then get everything on the drive backed up ASAP before it completely dies. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20566 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] defualt.map functions
Are the functions used in .map documented? Where? Right now, what I'd like to do is to change the rew-fwd behavior to be like Winamp. In Winamp, a single press jumps fwd/back about 5 seconds - holding the button does an accelerating skip until you release, then stops. Is this the right forum for this question? -- Millwood Millwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20572 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists
I finally discovered why my Mac OS itunes playlists weren't showing up in the server: There was an empty folder titled "Playlists" in the iTunes folder. As soon as I deleted that folder, the server found the playlists. Magic. --dblatner -- dblatner dblatner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3648 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: SB3 internal pic?
I would much rather see pitch and tone controls done as a server-side function. There is *so* much more you can do beyond the primitive control on SB1. Eg it is possible to "speed up" music without changing the pitch (a frequency-domain instead of time-domain function). If you haven't heard this effect before it's pretty slick - i don't know of any easy tool to do it - last time i did this was ten years ago with SoundEdit on the Mac. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: PC makes clicking
Firefox doesn't 'click' as much for me as IE. Best to check your drive as noted, in case you need to back up sooner than later. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20566 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists
* dblatner shaped the electrons to say... I finally discovered why my Mac OS itunes playlists weren't showing up in the server: There was an empty folder titled "Playlists" in the iTunes folder. As soon as I deleted that folder, the server found the playlists. Magic. Under /Users//Music/iTunes/Playlists ? -D -- There is no emergency. Nothing to see here. Move along. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: DHCP oddities...
Great! when it's available, let me know, and I'll be happy to test it. Thanks! -- Malor Malor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20496 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
