[slim] Re: SB volume, why is it so loud? (i did a search already)
beatdownvictim Wrote: Hi all, i just got my SB to work today, and i was wondering why the heck it's so bloody loud?!? Anyway, I'm using the SB's volume control into my amp (analogue connection). Anyway, When i open up slimserver, it shows volume 1-11. On my SB, it shows 1-40. I tried doing a search, but i can't even begin to think what to search. Can someone help a noob out? Thanks all! Hi! First, don't be put off by the volume controls being 1-11 on the web and 1-40 on the remote UI - the control covers the same range, you just have more resolution using the remote. Second, the reason it sounds too loud will be to do with the sensitivity of the amp you are driving it with- other people have complained its too quiet! But the good news is that there is a feature just for you. In the web interface, go to Player Settings - Audio and look for Preamp Volume Control. This is the value of attenuation in dB which will be applied to this player regardless of the volume setting. Default 0. Try som other values like 10 or 20 - look for the value which , when used with max on the normal volume control, gives you the loudest volume you can imagine wanting. This feature was added relatively recently, so if you don't find it you should download a more recent version of slimserver. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20816 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: fast forward/rewind problems with WMA
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20773 -- 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=20803 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 6.2.1 install help needed
I recently upgraded my system and am trying to install 6.2.1 on Mandriva 2006 but am having some problems getting is started. Slimserver thinks it starts OK but it's never actually running. I'm getting an error that the connect.al module is missing. I tried building the Perl modules, but I get an error on the first one that it couldn't find a valid dynamic library for compress-zlib. Any thoughts? - Dave ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
rtitmuss wrote: Feedback welcome, as always ... Hi, Syncing between a SB1 unit and squeezeslave 0.41 on an old laptop (W2000) is still a little off and drifting. It starts out with squeezeslave beeing circa .15 secs behind, and grows. Both players are fed by the same wireless access point. When I am playing flac files there is a quite perceptible background hiss on the squeezeslave-side. this was not the case with earlier versions. not as noticable when playing mp3s. (sync is about as off for flac and mp3). I also installed sqeezeslave on a faster XP machine, and here lag (compared to same SB1) is almost impeceptible to start with, but grows to ~.1 sec in about 1 minute. start of next song eliminates lag, and then it starts growing again. It seems my old laptop is too slow, doesn't it? /peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Roll back / uninstall 6.5 beta?
Thank you, it's working now. -- jmania jmania's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18423 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.2.1 install help needed
Maybe have a quick shufties through my post '_here_' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=83101postcount=9) and see if that helps. -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20817 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Control SlimServer _from_ iTunes
Should work with any kind of SlimServer client. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: No sound from Squeezebox after reflash
Thank you. It worked for me but I had to reflash the Chip after the firmware update. I guess I can now upgrade to 6.2.2 again. -- thxnordic thxnordic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3630 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20384 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: music magic moods
can the MM Moods directory be set as the Playlist directory in Slimserver, and will this work? I've installed but not used MMM yet as I am still busy slugging through the re-riping of my collection to FLAC and replaygaining them using the PERL script that someone on these forums had written. It's on my list to investigate. I note that I have Mood Logic installed. Is this a default plugin or did I install it with something else? Can I disable it safely? -- fairyliquidizer fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20797 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Music Magic resulting in duplicate songs
agentsmith Wrote: OK I installed 6.5X and it started this time. But same issue with duplicate entries. Any suggestion of turing some debugging thing on? I tried the blank server entry, still duplicates. I am at my wits end on this one, my MM is expiring in a few days, I am debating whether to buy it. I really wanted to get mm, it makes the SB experience so much better. -- agentsmith agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20767 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB volume, why is it so loud? (i did a search already)
beatdownvictim Wrote: I tried doing a search, but i can't even begin to think what to search. Can someone help a noob out? Thanks all! I'm going to assume you're not an 'audiophile' because of where you posted this, but depending on what kind of amp you're using you may want to 'attenuate' the signal outside the Squeezebox for other reasons. If your amp is that 'loud', you may be vulnerable to a burst of noise coming out of the Squeezebox in one form or another, and potentially damaging your speakers. Limiting the maximum volume with the volume knob of a receiver or integrated amp, or using a passive attenuator on a power amp, will keep the digital attenuation applied by the Squeezebox to a minimum. Not only does this reduce the risk of a noise burst, it may have sonic benefits as well by keeping total digital attenuation above the -35db gain point [see link for clarification]. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20719 -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20816 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB volume, why is it so loud? (i did a search already)
Mine sounds fine volume wise about the same as my CD. beatdownvictim Wrote: i was wondering why the heck it's so bloody loud?!? Anyway, I'm using the SB's volume control into my amp (analogue connection). Anyway, When i open up slimserver, it shows volume 1-11. On my SB, it shows 1-40. I think this explains why it's so bloody loud: Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder? Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where? Marty DiBergi: I don't know. Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do? Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven. Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder. -- fairyliquidizer fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20816 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playing WMA in native format.
Hi all, I am trying to stream WMA files in native format. For this, I did the following steps . I added the following lines in the convert.conf wma wma * * - I enabled the debug option. When I tried playing a WMA file, I get the following errors in the Slimserver debug log file. 1. 2006-02-06 15:02:49.6260 HTTP parameter p0 = playlist 2006-02-06 15:02:49.6262 HTTP parameter p1 = play 2006-02-06 15:02:49.6265 HTTP parameter p2 = C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\My Music\all-WMA\Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication.wma 2006-02-06 15:02:49.6267 HTTP parameter player = 11:b0:d0:d3:a4:cf 2006-02-06 15:02:49.6277 processURL Clients: 10.145.6.210:1034 2006-02-06 15:02:49.6674 ERROR: Couldn't open song. 2006-02-06 15:02:49.7212 ERROR: Couldn't gotoNext, stopping -- b_prem b_prem's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2119 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20460 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Great work Richard! I've been using squeezeslave since I first ported it to linux after the first release. The ability to sync multiple squeezeslaves is my favourite feature. I've been running my SB3 wired v29 sync'd with two squeezeslave clients almost every day for the last two weeks and it's been flawless. Both slaves run ArchLinux. For one I'm using an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 440cdt 133Mhz Pentium MMX with 48MB of memory, the other on my P4 2.4GHz Dell machine. The laptop never misses a beat. I've used FLAC and mp3 files served with slimserver 6.2.1 without a hitch. While playing either of these file formats the laptop CPU utilization never peaks above 62% and all the clients stay close enough in sync that as I move from one room to another there is no noticeable diffence in playback position of the song. Ralphy. -- ralphy ralphy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3484 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20799 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.2.1-6.2.2 now gets Can't open file for:
It was an issue with the conf files. I copy them forward to preserve AAC support so I don't have to hand edit the new conf files. It's worked up to this point. Can slimserver.conf include changes to the types established in types.conf or the recipes given in convert.conf? That would be an easier way to keep my changes. -- John Stimson John Stimson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=218 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20774 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Music Magic resulting in duplicate songs
On 2/6/06, agentsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: agentsmith Wrote: OK I installed 6.5X and it started this time.But same issue with duplicate entries. Any suggestion of turing some debugging thing on?I tried the blank server entry, still duplicates. I am at my wits end on this one, my MM is expiring in a few days, I amdebating whether to buy it.I really wanted to get mm, it makes the SB experience so much better.This is not a bug reporting forum -- it's a discussion forum. If you think you've found a bug and you want it fixed, you might want to file a bug against SlimServer with the debugging tips enabled that kdf mentioned. The only significant different about your setup vs. mine is that you use FLAC -- I use MP3 and don't have any dups. If you provide the log information that kdf suggested then that will help immensely. As far as your MM copy expiring soon, email Predixis, explain your situation and say you're experiencing problems and can't invest the money until you've got the integration working. I'm sure they will give you another key. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB volume, why is it so loud? (i did a search already)
I knew somebody would chip in with the 'Spinal Tap' reference! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20816 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB volume, why is it so loud? (i did a search already)
I couldn't resist! If 11 is loud, how loud is 40 going to be! It'll rock! -- fairyliquidizer fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20816 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB volume, why is it so loud? (i did a search already)
Ceejay, I hope my post didn't come off as an attempt to supersede your advice. I'm sure that works perfectly for almost everyone. I do wonder, though, if the attenuation set in 'server settings' is relatively the same as lowering the volume on the player, if that makes any sense. Another way of putting it, would 16bit throughput to the DAC be possible at #40 on player, with attenuation applied on the server setting? -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20816 ___ 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 Ben - thanks so much for all your continuing hard work. I don't even have my SB3 yet, or my Nokia 770, but your software is clearly what I want and have been hoping for for a long time! Anyway, quick n00b question to the group - as someone with 6.2 running on my server now (though I haven't even put a SB3 on my network), so I simply uninstall it completely and download a daily .exe windows installer of 6.5b and run it? Is that all I need to do to get set up with 6.5 and Ben's skin? I'm just not clear if the 770 skin is preloaded and what I'll need to do to make it work on the 770 itself... Is there a FAQ or any setup tips? Sorry, I searched the forum and didn't find a good answer specific to the Nokia device... Thanks! -- RDaneel RDaneel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3695 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
Skunk Wrote: I seriously question your motives for being here. A recording/editing professional would frequent different forums. Monitor on your PC, burn it to DVD, and go watch it in your HT. I question your support of this product and its OPEN SOURCE software. I came here because of my interest in the product and that it is the only one supported by open source software. My query was and has always been the same - is there the flexibility to leverage that open source community to extend the software to cover more sources. That's it and all its ever been. I never started the burn CD conversation - that appears to be your gig (and a rather dictatorial one at that given your responses). Keep it up. Great way to discourage potential customers is to persist that they are wrong unless they do things the way you prefer -- 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: 6.2.1-6.2.2 now gets Can't open file for:
John Stimson wrote: It was an issue with the conf files. I copy them forward to preserve AAC support so I don't have to hand edit the new conf files. It's worked up to this point. Can slimserver.conf include changes to the types established in types.conf or the recipes given in convert.conf? That would be an easier way to keep my changes. use custom-types.conf and custom-convert.conf -k ___ 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 I think that should work. The one quirk that I saw switching from 6.2 to 6.5 (mind you, this was on a linux machine) was that the database schemas are not compatible with one another, and I had to make sure that my 6.2 db cache file was removed. I'm pretty sure doing an uninstall on windows will remove that file. Once you install 6.5, you just need to point your browser to http://localhost:9000/Nokia770 (or, if you are on a different machine than your slimserver, replace localhost with the IP address of the server). The Nokia770 skin is part of the 6.5 distribution. If there's Nokia770 skin users out there that use a Windows-based slimserver, feel free to pipe in your experiences with changing to 6.5. 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: Review on HotHardware
Hmm. The article ID didn't end up in your URL. Try this one: http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=779 They do note the fixed upward angle as a potential problem for users that want to install the SB on a high shelf. I recall that being discussed on this forum earlier, but people that actually installed in this way had no problems. They also mention the issue of the power supply introducing noise on the second page of the article, as noticed by many audiophiles, but then say they used the stock supply for their tests. Then, on page six, they talk about how good the sound quality is. If at all, I think it would have been better to mention the power supply issue nearer to where they raved about the sound quality. But overall, a very good review. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20792 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy
I ran into a number of the exact same problems, then returned the Squeezebox3 after too many wireless dropouts and crashes. They are claiming my unit had a bad wireless card. Perhaps your unit is defective. Isn't fun paying $300 to test this product? It's like a hobby! I am still really looking forward to a working wireless music setup, someday. -- slimdemage slimdemage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20773 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: music magic moods
Quoting fairyliquidizer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: can the MM Moods directory be set as the Playlist directory in Slimserver, and will this work? not at this time. The enhancement includes this possible feature, but it is not a priority. The integration is not intended to cover 100% of the MusicMagic API, but patches are welcome as always. I've installed but not used MMM yet as I am still busy slugging through the re-riping of my collection to FLAC and replaygaining them using the PERL script that someone on these forums had written. It's on my list to investigate. I note that I have Mood Logic installed. Is this a default plugin or did I install it with something else? Can I disable it safely? slimserver has a plugin for MoodLogic, but the MoodLogic software must have been installed by you at some point. You can use or disable at will. It is not exclusive of MusicMagic importing. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Speaker Recommendation for non-audiophile
I bought two pairs of Klipsch Promedia 2.0 speakers, one for the SB3 in the kitchen and the other for the family PC. These are not primary listening zones so I preferred to do without the extra space of a subwoofer. Here is the link to the speakers from the retailer from which I bought them (along with my two SB3s) 'Digimania.be' (http://www.digimania.be/en/prod_det.asp?ProductID=672) The bass response on them is actually really good for what they are and I'm more than happy with them. -- Cams Cams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20775 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Speaker Recommendation for non-audiophile
From a used or new retailer, buy an amp and 2 speakers. The speakers should be 2-way or more. You don't have to spend a lot. You may want to avoid computer speaker systems, due to their cheapness, distorted bass, and lack of frequency response. No cheap computer audio system can compete with a basic amp/receiver and two decent speakers. Running the signal from your computer will most likely require a simple 1/8 to RCA cable that you can run right into the amp. The Squeezebox comes with the appropriate cable to hook into a stereo. -- slimdemage slimdemage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20775 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?
Michael, I did what you said via the command prompt, but it didnt mention anything for Dateibetrachter plug-in. Im not supposed to put that file in seperate folder inside the plugin folder right? You want me to drop it in the plugin folder root? Is there anyway you could email me the file? maybe I'm doing something wrong? -- NJSal NJSal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3667 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20705 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Syncronising -- track restarts
I'm just curious to know whether this behaviour can be changed. I'm listening to one SB3 and move to another room and wish to sync, so I go through Settings Synchronise and it makes the track restart. This is particularly annoying when listening to podcasts, which I do regularly. Can this be prevented from happening? Thanks Cams -- Cams Cams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20821 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Speaker Recommendation for non-audiophile
The Edirol self-powered speakers have been spoken of favorably here. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syncronising -- track restarts
Quoting Cams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm just curious to know whether this behaviour can be changed. I'm listening to one SB3 and move to another room and wish to sync, so I go through Settings Synchronise and it makes the track restart. This is particularly annoying when listening to podcasts, which I do regularly. Can this be prevented from happening? not at this time. The syncronisation feature works by matching the buffer fills and starting playback for each player at the same instant for each track. It would be a better idea to sync before you start. There are a few enhancements requested for more advanced sync handling, but I'm not sure that skipping to a midpoint in a podcast is covered by any of them at this point. That would see mto require the ability for a player to connect to the existing stream going to another player. Right now, the server delivers a single stream to each player, even if they are copies of one another. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How can I stream my favourite radio stations?
vain4 Wrote: patrickw59 Wrote: When I use the Slimserver, option /Help/Internet Radio and use the option Tune in now, the web page displays (for example): Now playing 1 of 1: http://player.rireetchansons.fr/V4/rireetchansons/microplayer/rireetchansons micro main.html?id=rireetchansons QUOTE] after you get to that point try saving them as a playlist. for some reason this seems to help, for me at least. Vain4, I cannot get your suggestion to work. -- patrickw59 Patrick Squeezebox 2, Slimserver 6.2.1 or higher WiFi connection to IMAC-G5, OS X.4.4 or higher ADSL connection 1 Mbps. 3 songs from my CD collection patrickw59's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3747 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20765 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?
Have you enabled the plugin after installing it? To install the plugin, just copy it into the Plugins folder. To enable the plugin, go to Server Settings / Plugins on the web interface, and it should be obvious what to do. -- cbemoore cbemoore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=163 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20705 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?
Yes, Ive dropped it into that folder, but when i go to serversettings/plugins, its not even shown as an option to enable at startup. -- NJSal NJSal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3667 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20705 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Syncronising -- track restarts
hrrm... the GrabPlaylist plugin does this... usually very close to the same spot the other player was at. It doesn't Sync... it steals the playlist, even mid-track, and moves it. (I use it every morning as part of my Migrate To The Living Room process, and every night in reverse...) I haven't looked at how it syncs though, it should be possible to use the same logic and have it not stop the other player. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20821 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Music Magic resulting in duplicate songs
Quoting agentsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: agentsmith Wrote: OK I installed 6.5X and it started this time. But same issue with duplicate entries. Any suggestion of turing some debugging thing on? I tried the blank server entry, still duplicates. now that is odd. If you have only one source, there should be no duplicates. Maybe your playlists are interfering? do you use iTunes integration? I am at my wits end on this one, my MM is expiring in a few days, I am debating whether to buy it. I really wanted to get mm, it makes the SB experience so much better. I'd highly recommend it. I strongly suspect that these problems can be overcome. They are, however, proving to be very difficult to track down. Would it be possible to file a bug report about this, and include your prefs file, and slimserversql.db file (if it's too large to attach, consider creating a smaller library for testing). Have you tried using a local file tree? -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syncronising -- track restarts
IME one of the biggest disappointments of the Squeezebox is synchronisation. There's the track restart you mention (and even then my SB2 and 3 are often unsynchronised for the first track), no crossfade on synchronised units and my set-up keeps displaying tracks it's not playing when units have been synchronised for a while. On occasion the track that is playing is not even in the playlist. The AudioScrobbler plug-in always logs the correct track so it's something to do with the server. My intent on buying an SB3 for the kitchen (having decided SoftSqueeze just wasn't going to be able to synchronise with the existing SB2) was that if anyone was sitting in kitchen and wanted to hear more clearly the track currently being played they could just synchronise it - that causes the restart and first-track-not-synchronised issue. I then thought I'd leave them 'permanently' synchronised and anyone wanting to listen could just turn the speakers on but that causes the track display problem. I also thought when we have a party these would be really good for playing music round the house - they're not for the reasons already mentioned. The result of this is the kitchen SB3 sits there as an expensive ornament most of the time which is both a shame and a waste of money. Don't get me wrong, I think this is a great device and the SB2 in the study is on most of the time, but it would be much better and more functional if only I could get the damn things to synchronise properly and display the correct track names when it does so. I assume it's something to do with my system (although I've no idea what) as otherwise I assume I'd see other people here complaining that synchronisation - one of the advertised benefits of the units - just doesn't work but when I see Synchronize music to more roomsBroadcast the same music or independent streams to 2, 10 or even 20 rooms by adding Squeezebox players to stereos in each location. ..on the SlimDevices page I wonder how accurate that claim actually is. Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syncronising -- track restarts
Quoting Kevin Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ..on the SlimDevices page I wonder how accurate that claim actually is. I don't sync often, but when I have it works. Admittedly, not always first time, but a quick stop and play solves it. What ends up killing it for me, is that I can't seem to get my network to stay fully connected, so it never lasts long. In any given evening, something will get kicked off, whether its one of the squeezeboxen, or the laptop with the older pc card. That will kill sync every time, of course, and also plays havoc with the internal dns. -k ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?
NJSal Wrote: Yes, Ive dropped it into that folder, but when i go to serversettings/plugins, its not even shown as an option to enable at startup. Have you tried doing a reboot after loading the file in the plugins folder? Sometimes that's what it takes for me to have a plugin actually show up in Slimserver. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20705 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?
Yes, I re-started the service, re-booted the machine (windows xp) and tried everthing else I could think of. Maybe I didnt save the file correctly? I just dont know. -- NJSal NJSal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3667 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20705 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.2.1-6.2.2 now gets Can't open file for:
Is the use of those files documented somewhere? I have looked for documentation for the slimserver software. The slimdevices web site refers me to the help section of the slimserver web interface. I can't find anything in there. The only other documentation I can find is the Installation.txt file, which doesn't mention any config files other than slimserver.conf. I tried creating those files and placing them in /usr/local/slimserver where I have slimserver installed, but they do not supercede the convert.conf and types.conf entries. When I bring up Server Settings-File Types, it still lists mov123 as the decoder for Apple AAC. Have I placed those files in the wrong directory? Should they live in ~slim instead? -- John Stimson John Stimson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=218 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20774 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Syncronising -- track restarts
I use Sync all the time for no real reason. (I have the same music playing at work as I do at home... I don't know why.. because I can?) kdf, since you know the code far better than I.. do you know any reason that Sync.pm can't have the Slim::Player::Source::gototime($client, $offset, 1) line inserted in it? That seems to be the key to GrabPlaylist's ability to move a song mid-track? Yes, things may be a bit out of sync to start with, but they'll resync on the next track. Or make it an option to allow mid-track syncing. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20821 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Syncronising -- track restarts
Thanks to you all for responding. It's interesting to find these things out after I've committed to the SB3 rather than the Sonos. I figure that the Sonos works better with its way of setting up Zones. I suppose that, since it seems to be a server-related thing where the SB3 is concerned, that it can be fixed at some point down the line. I shall look forward to that day. -- Cams Cams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20821 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
I think there's a misunderstanding here. Support for DRM and iTunes DRM has nothing to do with open source. In fact, quite the contrary. Apple won't release the license to anyone, Slim or others (well, there was one other, but it was some kind of an exception). Many people here don't much like Apple for what they've done with iTunes. But the people who have contributed here on this form and in this thread (including myself and Skunk) are not Slim employees. They don't speak for Slim (unless it says Slim Devices in their header). If you somehow acquired the license to the iTunes decrypting library, you'd be welcome to leverage the open source and modify it. But I think you'd find that Apple, not Slim, would be the stumbling block there. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 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: Roll back / uninstall 6.5 beta?
On 05 Feb 2006, at 23:29 , KDF wrote: jmania wrote: Can you tell me how to find and remove all files? get rid of slimserversql.db (sorry, I don't have instant recall on where that is in osx) This is the music library database, and it is not compatible with older structures it is in ~/Library/Caches/SlimServer When upgrading SlimServer on OSX, consider making a duplicate of both ~/Library/Caches/SlimServer and ~/Library/SlimDevices so it is easy to roll back to an old, working version. Allan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syncronising -- track restarts
It would be really nice if SlimServer/hardware players could communicate to interrogate where they are currently up to in a song so that synchronisation can be started at any time. If Player A is currently playing and Player B is told to Sync to A, could SlimServer send a pause to A, find where it is in the track, and then fill the buffer on B at the same point, and then unpause both players? Does SlimServer do anything else special to overcome different delays in network transport? Phil ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syncronising -- track restarts
Quoting snarlydwarf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I use Sync all the time for no real reason. (I have the same music playing at work as I do at home... I don't know why.. because I can?) kdf, since you know the code far better than I.. do you know any reason that Sync.pm can't have the Slim::Player::Source::gototime($client, $offset, 1) line inserted in it? That seems to be the key to GrabPlaylist's ability to move a song mid-track? Sync is done via the track start event, and I wouldn't want to mess with that hardware trip using a software jump. Gototime could be way off by the time the buffer fills (buffer can hold upwards of 30 seconds of mp3). The format for playback is set to the best SHARED format. If you sync SB2 with SliMP3 then all playback is converted to mp3 and gototime will have no effect for transcoded files. Starting over is consistent behaviour for all of these cases. In all honesty, there are much better causes to lobby for at this point. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
rtitmuss wrote: Feedback welcome, as always ... Sounds good to me in linux (ubuntu) and windows xp. No hissing (on my crappy computer speakers) with flac or wav) Only point woudl be that I did not realise I had to tell sqeezeslave teh ip address of the server. If I double click on the executeable it exits /really/ quickly so I did not realise it was saying it could not connect. How about asking for an IP address to connect to if one is not specified and it can not connect to localhost? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: 6.2.1-6.2.2 now gets Can't open file for:
Quoting John Stimson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is the use of those files documented somewhere? I have looked for documentation for the slimserver software. The slimdevices web site refers me to the help section of the slimserver web interface. I can't find anything in there. The only other documentation I can find is the Installation.txt file, which doesn't mention any config files other than slimserver.conf. I tried creating those files and placing them in /usr/local/slimserver where I have slimserver installed, but they do not supercede the convert.conf and types.conf entries. When I bring up Server Settings-File Types, it still lists mov123 as the decoder for Apple AAC. Have I placed those files in the wrong directory? Should they live in ~slim instead? I'll have to look into why they don't override, but you can make this work right away by specifying the player type in your custom lines. Instead of using mov flc * * use: mov flc squeezebox2 * not that from the server perspective, squeezebox2 is the same as squeezebox 3. other valid player types: slimp3 softsqueeze squeezebox Then you should have all of the options listed in file types, and the ones from the default convert, for which your setup does not have binaries, will be automatically disabled. -k ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Syncronising -- track restarts
I synchronise two SB3s all the time. Living room and kitchen locations so any disparity is immediately noticeable. It is very rare for them to fall out of sync. I did find that a SB2 and SB3 struggled to stay in sync for more than a few tracks. Presumably down to the the difference in the way each had to handle my music which is mainly flac decoded to wave on the server for the SB2 and directly on the SB3. Ken -- Ken Ken's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20821 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
You seem intent on making life difficult for yourself. There are utilities for unlocking AAC files with DRM. I think the hymn tool that several people have mentioned is one of them. That seems like the simplest solution to me: use a tool to remove the DRM, then you can use the mov123 script or FAAD2 to play the resulting unencrypted AAC files on your SqueezeBox. -- John Stimson John Stimson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=218 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] Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?
I want to be able to stress test and am curious as to which of the audio formats would provide a heavy load on the SB3? Would it be FLAC, since the SB3 would have to uncompress a large audio stream before playing? Thanks! -- joek joek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3318 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20825 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM
John Stimson Wrote: You seem intent on making life difficult for yourself. There are utilities for unlocking AAC files with DRM. I think the hymn tool that several people have mentioned is one of them. That seems like the simplest solution to me: use a tool to remove the DRM, then you can use the mov123 script or FAAD2 to play the resulting unencrypted AAC files on your SqueezeBox. Do these programs still work? I was planning on burning to CD and ripping as FLAC for the tracks that I have bought. -- fairyliquidizer fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 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] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy
slimdemage Wrote: I ran into a number of the exact same problems, then returned the Squeezebox3 after too many wireless dropouts and crashes. They are claiming my unit had a bad wireless card. Perhaps your unit is defective. Isn't fun paying $300 to test this product? It's like a hobby! I am still really looking forward to a working wireless music setup, someday. I must admit I can see both sides to this. I bought into the community and open source nature of SlimDevices because I like to tweak and modify my setup, but I can also see how someone seeing the SB in a review would not expect to have to touch a damn thing after installation. There is a dilemma here, to be more successful for those people who want to install and leave alone, then it has to be a lot more solid out of the box. No matter how many times you can point to inferior products, that doesn't make this one better. At the same time it still has to appeal to the community that contribute and therefore be fast moving. I personally think the answer is to have much more solid and well-tested releases for more general users, rather than enthusiasts. These would be updated a lot less often and be more rigorously QA'd. The nuts like me who like to live on the bleeding edge can carry our with the nightlies and betas and scratch our heads when it doesn't work. I know it's kind of like this already, but I think the builds for people who don't want to fiddle need to be more robust. The fact that Roku are tied to products like iTunes gives them that. Paul -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20773 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?
joek wrote: I want to be able to stress test and am curious as to which of the audio formats would provide a heavy load on the SB3? Would it be FLAC, since the SB3 would have to uncompress a large audio stream before playing? What do you mean by stress? The CPU runs all the time. If it is doing more useful work, say uncompressing a FLAC stream, do you consider that stress? the cycles were going to happen anyway, electrons would move, etc. FLAC was designed to be easy to uncompress by very low capabilities systems. Feeding a stream of bytes to a D-to-A convertor makes the DA do something, but that is what it was designed to do. The SlimServer is much more likely to get stressed, and only when driving lots of SBs in parallel. I'm not sure what stress is to a dumb box like a SqueezeBox. Its a slim device, after all. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syncronising -- track restarts
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ken wrote: I did find that a SB2 and SB3 struggled to stay in sync for more than a few tracks. All my tracks are Mp3 so that shouldn't be a problem...should it? Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Hey, that's probably what's happening to my laptop. Runs fine on the SlimServer computer because it's probably set to 127.0.0.1... Yes, works fine on my laptop if I run it from the command prompt: squeezeslave slimserver IP address. One thing I notice is that SlimServer cannot differentiate Squeezeslaves running on different machines. There's only one SlimServer player entry for Squeezeslave and it reuses the one I specified for my main PC. I assume this is due to the program's early development, but it will become an issue once its use is extended to multiple machines. John Gorst wrote: rtitmuss wrote: Feedback welcome, as always ... Sounds good to me in linux (ubuntu) and windows xp. No hissing (on my crappy computer speakers) with flac or wav) Only point woudl be that I did not realise I had to tell sqeezeslave teh ip address of the server. If I double click on the executeable it exits /really/ quickly so I did not realise it was saying it could not connect. How about asking for an IP address to connect to if one is not specified and it can not connect to localhost? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- ___ 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
Re: [slim] Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?
Pat answered most of your other questions, but I guess you should qualify: load on the system in terms of bandwidth required or load on the Squeezebox CPU? For bandwidth, it would be WAV: completely uncompressed, full bitrate, 1440 kbps. Note that FLAC was designed to be very easy to decode, placing most of the processing power requirement on the encoding step. It's assumed that a track will be encoded on a typical PC, so the encoding emphasis was on compression rather than efficiency. Once compressed, the format is designed to be extremely easy to decompress. Even though no hardware FLAC players existed at the time of its creation, the FLAC developers realized that the efficiency would have to be concentrated on the decoding first and foremost. Thanks to that forward thinking, the Squeezebox can play FLAC with only modest demands on its 250 MHz RISC processor. joek wrote: I want to be able to stress test and am curious as to which of the audio formats would provide a heavy load on the SB3? Would it be FLAC, since the SB3 would have to uncompress a large audio stream before playing? Thanks! -- ___ 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: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Mark Lanctot Wrote: One thing I notice is that SlimServer cannot differentiate Squeezeslaves running on different machines. There's only one SlimServer player entry for Squeezeslave and it reuses the one I specified for my main PC. I assume this is due to the program's early development, but it will become an issue once its use is extended to multiple machines.You need to use the --mac option to set player mac address. It does not autodetect and set the mac address of the local NIC like softsqueeze does. I'm sure that it will at some point, but for now you can set it from the command line just like you do to specify the SlimServer IP. --Tom Malsbury -- malsbury malsbury's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20799 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] OT: Slim's office in Google Earth?
Been playing around with Google Earth lately. According to GE, this is Slim Devices. Incidentally, it measures as 1.21 miles from Google's headquarters. Unfortunately the insanely high-resolution image of Google's HQ doesn't extend out this far or we'd be able to see Sean on the roof getting a tan! :-) -- ___ Mark Lanctot, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Aha - that makes sense. Thanks Tom. malsbury wrote: Mark Lanctot Wrote: One thing I notice is that SlimServer cannot differentiate Squeezeslaves running on different machines. There's only one SlimServer player entry for Squeezeslave and it reuses the one I specified for my main PC. I assume this is due to the program's early development, but it will become an issue once its use is extended to multiple machines.You need to use the --mac option to set player mac address. It does not autodetect and set the mac address of the local NIC like softsqueeze does. I'm sure that it will at some point, but for now you can set it from the command line just like you do to specify the SlimServer IP. --Tom Malsbury -- ___ 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] OT: Slim's HQ in Google Earth?
Been playing around with Google Earth lately. According to GE, this is Slim Devices. Incidentally, it measures as 1.21 miles from Google's headquarters. Unfortunately the insanely high-resolution image of Google's HQ doesn't extend out this far or we'd be able to see Sean on the roof getting a tan! :-) +---+ |Filename: slim devices.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=860| +---+ -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20827 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?
Yes, Ive dropped it into that folder, but when i go to serversettings/plugins, its not even shown as an option to enable at startup. Oh, just one thought... did you also check for File viewer? Yeah, I did translate that simple line... -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: OT: Slim's HQ in Google Earth?
Nope, that's a recycling center. And the next building to the West is a great place to get a German transmission repaired. Slim Devices is in the next building south of there, the one running East-West. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20827 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Ahh that's better, no hiss. Having problems with synchronisation today, it is coming up with Slimproto_send: Error sending cmd: Unkown error Was working fine yesterday though. -- mattybain After intensive investigation (comma) of the markings on the alien pod (comma) it has become clear (comma) to me (comma) that we are dealing (comma) with a species of awesome intellect (colon). Good. Perhaps they might be able to give you a hand with your punctuation. - Rimmer and Holly mattybain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20799 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?
Thanks for the replies and sorry for the confusion. I am currently running two wireless SB3#8217;s playing MP3#8217;s (VBR highest quality setting) and have not experienced any network drops or skips in the audio. I feel confident my network, server and SB can easily manage these MP3 streams. I just wanted to make sure my environment (server, network, SB) as a whole can handle the most extreme cases when streaming audio. Based on Mark#8217;s reply, wav audio format is probably the most demanding on the network (and possibly server), since it is streaming at 1440 Kbps. Good starting point for me to run some wav streams through my configuration. What do you mean by stress? stress - try: test the limits of -- joek joek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3318 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20825 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NEW! ReadyNAS NV
It is probably wrong to find this as exciting as I do :-S Are they meant to be quiet? -- fairyliquidizer fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20678 ___ 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 Awesome, Ben, thanks again. This skin is clearly the reason I'm buying a 770, and was a factor in the decision to go with the SB3 as well! All the Sonance folks should see this before paying for that system... -- RDaneel RDaneel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3695 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: Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?
To place demand on the server you could set it up to transode from something like OGG (takes slightly more CPU to decode than MP3) and then send it out as MP3 with some insane quality presets. That should stretch your server. What is your server hardware? Are you using all this wired or wire less? How many SBs are we talking here? a completely wired network with hardware less than three years old and a single SB is going to cope with anything you can throw at it. Increase the number of SBs significantly, use old hardware and switch to wireless and you will very easily start to come across problems. Some of with will be easy enough to get round, others not so (wireless especially when you have a noisy signal area) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20825 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: OT: Slim's HQ in Google Earth?
seanadams Wrote: Nope, that's a recycling center. And the next building to the West is a great place to get a German transmission repaired. Slim Devices is in the next building south of there, the one running East-West. Dang. GE strikes out again. Its map database seems a little off. This would be it then: +---+ |Filename: slim devices.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=861| +---+ -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20827 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Mark Lanctot wrote: One thing I notice is that SlimServer cannot differentiate Squeezeslaves running on different machines. There's only one SlimServer player entry for Squeezeslave and it reuses the one I specified for my main PC. You need to use a unique mac per player. You can set the mac address used for the player using the '--mac' option, for example like this: squeezeslave --mac 01:02:03:04:05:06 192.168.0.1 Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?
If you can play WAV without issues, you can definitely play FLAC. WAV = 1440 kbps (off a CD), with overhead you'd need 2000 kbps of bandwidth at least. FLAC = 1000 kbps, 1500 kbps of bandwidth will do. There's no reason to stream WAV though. You won't gain any quality, it doesn't support tags and it uses more hard drive space and bandwidth. There's a good network test plugin here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18149. If you can manage 2000 kbps at 100%, you will have no problems with WAVs, but you'll only need 1500 kbps for FLAC. joek wrote: Thanks for the replies and sorry for the confusion. I am currently running two wireless SB3#8217;s playing MP3#8217;s (VBR highest quality setting) and have not experienced any network drops or skips in the audio. I feel confident my network, server and SB can easily manage these MP3 streams. I just wanted to make sure my environment (server, network, SB) as a whole can handle the most extreme cases when streaming audio. Based on Mark#8217;s reply, wav audio format is probably the most demanding on the network (and possibly server), since it is streaming at 1440 Kbps. Good starting point for me to run some wav streams through my configuration. What do you mean by stress? stress - try: test the limits of -- ___ 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: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy
I think many (most?) of us can see that it could be a better experience for people out of the box. I'm just not sure how to get there. And I'm sure there are many different ideas on how to get there. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20773 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy
* Michaelwagner shaped the electrons to say... I think many (most?) of us can see that it could be a better experience for people out of the box. I'm just not sure how to get there. And I'm sure there are many different ideas on how to get there. One of the things I'm working on in my copious spare time(tm) is a Setup Wizard - which will hopefully answer questions and be a lot more use friendly than what exists today. -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] Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Thanks Richard, works fine now. Richard Titmuss wrote: Mark Lanctot wrote: One thing I notice is that SlimServer cannot differentiate Squeezeslaves running on different machines. There's only one SlimServer player entry for Squeezeslave and it reuses the one I specified for my main PC. You need to use a unique mac per player. You can set the mac address used for the player using the '--mac' option, for example like this: squeezeslave --mac 01:02:03:04:05:06 192.168.0.1 Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- ___ 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: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy
Dan Sully Wrote: One of the things I'm working on in my copious spare time(tm) [...] I'm really looking forward to this hangover. I bet those 2 go together ... a Setup Wizard - which will hopefully answer questions and be a lot more use friendly than what exists today. This sounds like a good idea. Some of the options could use better explanations and a wizard-like sequential walk-through model. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20773 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: OT: Slim's HQ in Google Earth?
Yep that's it. The image is quite up-to-date by the way. I can tell from the state of highway 101 construction that it's about six months old. Also taken on a weekend judging by the one car in the parking lot which might have been mine. :) -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20827 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?
I checked, and no fileviewer either. This is what I have available to me in my server settings/plugins area: Date and Time Favorites iTunes MoodLogic MusicMagic Podcast Browser Random Mix Rescan Music Library RSS News Ticker Save Playlist Server Network Health SlimTris Snow Screensaver SuperDateTime Screensaver Visualizer Screensaver XML-RPC/JSON-RPC Interface Not sure whats going on here? -- NJSal NJSal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3667 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20705 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NEW! ReadyNAS NV
There's a couple of sites that indicated this in stock. I ordered a custom config unit (w/ 3x300GB HDD) today from: www.spacecentersystems.com The Infrant web site lists dealers, not all show inventory. Rob -- rkeeney rkeeney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20678 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Noise at track change since FW update for 6.2.1 on SB2
Dean, this is still an open bug apparently because I'm using a quite recent build (SlimServer Version: 6.2.2 - 6070 - Mac OS X 10.4.4 (8G32) - EN - utf8) and I'm having exactly the same problem. Just wanted you to be aware. John -- jmesberg jmesberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19398 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: OT: Slim's HQ in Google Earth?
Robin Bowes Wrote: Nah, yours would have been halfway up the kerb, wouldn't it? :) R. True, that one does seem to be in an actual parking spot - and only slightly crooked. :) -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20827 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB volume, why is it so loud? (i did a search already)
Thanks for the help guys! really appreciate it! now, i can listen when i go to sleep! ah excellent! Damn, i forgot to list my system, it would have helped a bit :o Modest, but good enough for my room Amp: Teac Al-700p (VR modified) Source: SB (ha) Speakers: Omega A8 clones Cabling: Magnet wire IC's and speaker cables Nice little system. great for my purposes! A big thumbs up to y'all! -- beatdownvictim beatdownvictim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3504 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20816 ___ 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 RDaneel Wrote: Awesome, Ben, thanks again. This skin is clearly the reason I'm buying a 770, and was a factor in the decision to go with the SB3 as well! Yeah I've enjoyed this skin on my PSP and miss the fact that my PSP's screen isn't touch sensative. If I ever pick up a portable web device, it will be a 770. I'm just trying to justify spending that kind of cash on something that I will use 90% of the time as a remote for my Squeezebox! Ahhh well, I could always drag a 770 instead of my PSP to a Panera Bread for Wi-Fi lunchtime fun... ;-) -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 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
Re: [slim] Re: 6.2.1 install help needed
That worked perfectly. Thanks! It would be helpful if there was mention in the Installation.txt file about what the dependencies are for installation. Or provide a link to a website that has this information. - Dave CavesOfTQLT wrote: Maybe have a quick shufties through my post '_here_' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=83101postcount=9) and see if that helps. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Speaker Recommendation for non-audiophile
Kevin O. Lepard wrote: The Edirol self-powered speakers have been spoken of favorably here. Kevin I like mine. However, I don't think they're intended/marketed as computer speakers, but rather as musician monitors that can incidentally be hooked to a computer, squeezebox, or whatever. I agree with the OP that the ones intended for making games go boom and emails go ding are not very good for music. Just tried it out with my computer's kenwood speakers, in fact, sounds nasty even though they sound okay when playing files from the soundcard. -- 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: Anyone else seeing evidence of a memory leak?
Alright, I tried the 6.2.2 maintainance release. It worked for a few days and then bombed again. Sooo... I thought I'd try the 6.2b5 nightly (SlimServer_v2006-02-06.exe) but the freaking skins are all messed up. Great, so I'll just switch back to the 6.2.2 and live with it for a while, right? WRONG! Now the server begins to run and then exits abruptly. Reboot, same behavior. Okay lets try the 01-31-nightly... Nope. WTF? No matter which of the versions I install, I get the same behavior. No I can't get any of them to run... Any more ideas? -- tim tim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18592 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Audio Books and bookmarking
I love using this plugin for audiobooks and long podcasts. I was hoping somebody could assist me in button mapping the functionality into my Custom.map. I tried to just do the same as what I did with song scanner but it didn't work. Basically I added the line 0.hold = menu_PLUGIN.Bookmark but that did not seem to do anything. And I did disable the Favorites plugin also. Thanks to anyone who can help. mike -- saltydog4791 saltydog4791's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=420 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=13885 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: OT: Slim's HQ in Google Earth?
seanadams wrote: Nope, that's a recycling center. And the next building to the West is a great place to get a German transmission repaired. Slim Devices is in the next building south of there, the one running East-West. Interesting... using the address, Google Earth/Maps is about three houses off when looking at my house too. Makes ya wonder. -- 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: Audio Books and bookmarking
On 6-Feb-06, at 10:22 PM, saltydog4791 wrote: I love using this plugin for audiobooks and long podcasts. I was hoping somebody could assist me in button mapping the functionality into my Custom.map. I tried to just do the same as what I did with song scanner but it didn't work. Basically I added the line 0.hold = menu_PLUGIN.Bookmark but that did not seem to do anything. And I did disable the Favorites plugin also. it should work. It does for me. Did you restart the server after making the change? if you put this in a custom map, have you selected that map in the player settings? -k ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
