[slim] Re: For people who use the COMPOSER tag...

[ceejay]

Hi

Actually this capability is already there, its just not referred to in
the blurb.  You can use the keyword COMPOSER in a title format string
and Slimserver will happily use it in both the web interface and the
standard UI.

So the request should probably be add COMPOSER to the blurb so we know
we can use it

In testing this, however, I ran into what looks like a different issue,
which if confirmed would be a real bug.  Using Softsqueeze (tho I expect
it would be the same for a real player) to select Song Title Format, I
should be able to select any of the formats defined in the web form:
however I seem to be getting just four to choose from - apparently a
random four.  To get my COMPOSER test case to come up I had to delete
several formats until the one I wanted became one of the lucky ones.

I am using 6.2.2 5549

If you are interested in the use of COMPOSER, you might also want to
look at my enhancement requests
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2698
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2699
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2701

Ceejay


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Re: [slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

[Geoff B]

On 4/2/06, smc2911
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 DJMUK Wrote:
  At least with MP3tag you can sort all your albums in one list by Artist
  and then select each Artist in turn to set the new tag.  Great
  advantage if you have multiple albums by same artist.  It also, of
  course, will include any on compilations.
 
 If you are like me, and find the full job daunting, you can do it bits
 at a time. Using MP3tag, add ArtistSort to the columns (right click on
 one of the existing columns and Customize columns) and sort by Artist
 and -then- by ArtistSort. Then you the ones you haven't assigned an
 ArtistSort appear at the top, but they are still sorted by Artist.

 Sean.

 P.S. The way to add the tag in mp3tag is using Alt-T.

Check out the MP3Tag actions, they offer an amazingly powerful way of
automating this kind of thing.

You could easily define an action to set the ArtistSort automatically
based on the reversed Artist tag.  This would take a bit of fiddling
to deal with more (or less) than two names, but should be doable.

Alternatively, to make the action easier to set up, use the filter
(which allows regular expressions, I think) first to find all your
tracks with artists that have exactly two names, and apply the
appropriate action to them, then repeat for three, etc.

Cheers
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[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

[ultra238a]

Mark,

Sorry to hear you are having problems when other people are using
theirs fine.

The product as it ships supports the native formats of the Squeezebox
range and we are working as hard as we can to support the other
formats. OGG is now available and I hope to have AAC available this
weekend or early next week. APE will follow shortly afterwards. It is
unfortunate what happened with the drive compatibility but that was an
issue for Qnap to sort out which they did very quickly.

Just like Squeezebox, the product will get better and better as time
goes on with updates and fixes.

Regards

Paul
Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd

Mark Norton Wrote: 
 No point you buying a drive duplicator because if you don't get
 SlimServer working on the QNAP, your sales are going to dry up anyway.
 I'm on the point of returning mine, not fit for purpose. Hello? The
 general idea is that you do the development and testing before you con
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[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

[fairyliquidizer]

Paul,

Just wanted to wish you guys good luck.  We SB owners appreciate every
new third party product that we can use with our Squeezebox.  It sounds
like you guys had some teathing problems but are fixing them quickly and
producing an excellent product.  If I hadn't built my own silent server
(a more expensive and energy hungry option) I would buy one of these. 
In fact I might still do that when my Climate Prediction model has
finished running on the server!

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[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

[Fifer]

Mark Norton Wrote: 
 No point you buying a drive duplicator because if you don't get
 SlimServer working on the QNAP, your sales are going to dry up anyway.
 I'm on the point of returning mine, not fit for purpose. Hello? The
 general idea is that you do the development and testing before you con
 people into buying the product, not after.
Slimserver works perfectly well on the Qnap. There is a problem with
AAC files which Progressive are working on (I understand this might be
Mark's problem). Given the efficient way other teething problems have
been dealt with, I trust that Progressive will fix this too. I can
understand Mark's frustration, but his email above doesn't give much
detail and I wouldn't want anyone to go away with the idea that the
Qnap as a Slimserver solution fundamentally doesn't work. It does and
very well, surprisingly well for the money.


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[slim] Re: Product Announcement: K.R.O.N.O.S

[fairyliquidizer]

does the $100 off when you buy two offer apply?

Is it true that Roku will be bringing out an iWatch which will use your
server software to produce a less reliable service on a more cylindrical
device?

Fairy


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Re: [slim] internet radio problems with .asx urls

[Michael Herger]

Do I need a plugin for it?


If you have a SB2/3 you shouldn't need anything. If you've got a SB1,  
you'd need AlienBBC.


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Re: [slim] Re: internet radio problems with .asx urls

[Michael Herger]

Try this alternative stream:
http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/EspaceMusique.ogg.m3u


But keep in mind that ogg can't be played natively by the player.

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Re: [slim] Recalling previous search

[Michael Herger]

However, once the selection has been played and the player stops, the
original FOUND LIST is gone.  Pressing the LEFT ARROW produces only
NOW PLAYING. I would need to re-enter my search from the beginning.


Use another screensaver, like the Now playing (Jump back on wake) or my  
MusicInfoSCR with the jump back option turned on. This should take you  
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[slim] Re: Hiccuping of signal

[holderlin]

Sorry for the scant information.

I'm using Mac OSX.4.5 (dual 1.8 G5 with 1.5GB RAM))
I don't know the version of SlimServer (I assume the latest because I
downloaded it 3 days ago)
I'm mostly listening to AIFF files but also AAC files on the local
drive (I don't notice a difference in performance between the two file
formats.)
I don't understand the server/processor question.  What is the server
(I thought it was the SB3)?  How do I determine the processor load?

I'm running on an AirPort wireless network.

Thanks for helping out the neophyte.
Bob


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[slim] Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsing Speed

[wiped]

I've always used the fishbone skin, since I liked the information shown
in that skin. I've also modofied the latest versions of it to still
show me the cover images...

However lately I’ve realised that the skin is slow and one of the
reasons for the music stopping and stuttering when browsing e.g.
albums, new music or just starting the web interface.
So I change to the handheld skin, which is light and fast. I can now
browse around without my music stopping...

I missed the option to see the cover when browsing new music and
albums, also I missed the nice feature to have two frames (nice when
adding a few different albums).
I also thought the status page on the handheld skin could show more
info, like the playlist and be a bit more compact.

To fix this I modified the handheld skin to fit my needs, it's not
finished yet, but I thought I should put it here in case someone has
similar problems and want to see what can be done with the handheld
skin.
All credits to the creators of the Handheld skin!

If you want to test, just unzip in your html folder and either type :
http://localhost:9000/h2  or change to it in the server settings.


(6.2.1)
Changes:

Status page:
Playlist added
Compacting of the information

Album browsing:
Cover added
Button to remove the album from the playlist added

Frames:
Divided into two frames for ease of adding multiple albums and browsing
while still seeing the playlist

Formatting:
Adjusted the font sizes and format.




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[slim] Re: Hiccuping of signal

[danco]

You can observe the CPU used by vartious processes from Activity Monitor
(in the Utilities folder).

There are some issues, I think, with refreshing the Web browser. It
sometimes takes over the system for just long enough to cause hiccups.

You don't, after all, have to use the browser at all, you can do most
things from the Squeezebox using the remote. Even if this doesn't suit
your normal way of using the SB, I think you should try it to see if
there are still hiccups or not, as that will help in diagnosis.


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[slim] Re: internet radio problems with .asx urls

[gdsqueeze]

This problem is strange, those station works fine for me, what version
of firmware are you using ?


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[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

[timmorris]

If only your post had arrived yesterday Geoff, I've done them all now. I
must make a donation, MP3tag is really well written software, far
superior to othe products which cost $30 to register. I must also send
that postcard in for EAC. Mareo needs a bit of work I must get around
to documenting bugs I've come across.

I'm not going to bother with the mp3s as I personally only use them in
my BMW (it plays CDs with mp3s burned on them and displays the track
and album title on the on-board monitor, but nothing else) My niece and
nephew who use a Creative and an iPod respectively couldn't care less.
Someone was moaning about poorly implemented software the other day.
According to my nephew iTunes is just horrible on the PC compared with
WMP.

Tim


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[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

[timmorris]

I sent him a book from his Amazon wishlist...

Well worth it.

Tim


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[slim] Re: Product Announcement: K.R.O.N.O.S

[Michaelwagner]

fairyliquidizer Wrote: 
 does the $100 off when you buy two offer apply?
Yes. This month only, renewed every month.


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[slim] How was this made?

[some1]

Which programing lanuge was used to make this?
C++  PHP??


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[slim] Re: Custom Cases for Squeezebox3?

[doundounba]

Well, thanks for the info JJZolx - much appreciated.  Guess it looks
like I might be hunting for a Squeezebox 2 on Ebay for a while... BTW,
what I'm thinking of trying is putting my SliMP3 (or a Squeezebox),
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Re: [slim] How was this made?

[Michael Herger]

Which programing lanuge was used to make this?
C++  PHP??


SlimServer is written in Perl. Or what did you mean by this?

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Re: [slim] Re: Custom Cases for Squeezebox3?

[Robin Bowes]

doundounba wrote:
 Well, thanks for the info JJZolx - much appreciated.  Guess it looks
 like I might be hunting for a Squeezebox 2 on Ebay for a while

I have a Platinum Wireless SB2 which I would be happy to trade for a
black wireless SB3.

Let me know if you're interested.

R.

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Re: [slim] How was this made?

[Robin Bowes]

some1 wrote:
 Which programing lanuge was used to make this?
 C++  PHP??

To make what?

slimserver is written in perl.

R.

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[slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

[tyler_durden]

The problem would be reduced if the text that is displayed when the unit
is off scrolled across the screen slowly, or maybe bounced back and
forth across it.  If it moved 1 pixel in 10 seconds it would spread the
load over the whole display and eliminate the uneven burn-in problem by
spreading it out over the whole display.

Of course, displaying a scrolling newsticker instead of the clock will
also solve the problem...

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[slim] Re: internet radio problems with .asx urls

[radioguy]

I'm using sb3 which I bought 2 weeks ago, running on winXP home,
and the urls that you all mentioned work fine streaming with
windows media player and the player from the station's site,
http://radio-canada.ca/radio2/index.html (the en direct button on the
left)just can't connect with Squeezebox.
Thanks again,
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Re: [slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

[Jack Coates]

tyler_durden wrote:

The problem would be reduced if the text that is displayed when the unit
is off scrolled across the screen slowly, or maybe bounced back and
forth across it.  If it moved 1 pixel in 10 seconds it would spread the
load over the whole display and eliminate the uneven burn-in problem by
spreading it out over the whole display.

Of course, displaying a scrolling newsticker instead of the clock will
also solve the problem...

TD


  
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[slim] Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

[slimditty]

I've been using the READYNAS device from infrant for over a year now and
am very happy with it as a Slimserver music server. Infrant offers a
module for download that turns their NAS into a slimserver server. It
is slower than using a computer but it saves a great deal on your
electricity bill. Currently, I'm using the x6 with 500MB drives -
giving me over 1.5TB of storage on RAID 3. I would recommend performing
a memory upgrade to the base device.
One caveat - since the ReadyNAS is using Linux, it won't serve up your
WMA files. You have to use a different format. It also is somewhat less
customizable in terms of the add-ons that you can install.
For those interested in a hard-core discussion of music serving and my
experience over the years, feel free to check out my blog entry on the
subject:
http://nomadz.seam.tv/nomadz.nsf/dx/10302005081812PMDWIRTF.htm


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[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave and SlimProtoLib

[gerry_duprey]

Howdy,

I just pulled a recent version (as of 4/02) of the slimprotolib (via
SoftSqueeze) and tried to build it.  A few comments:

1) You might want to mention in the readme that you need to have the
FLAC source installed.  I didn't have any FLAC installed and then I
tried to install the packaged FLAC version which didn't include the
header files.  Once I downloaded the source, built and installed it,
things were much happier.

2) When compiling under linux, all the gettimeofday() calls fail as
linux (at least under RH 8.0) need to pass two params to gettimeofday
(I altered them to pass NULL and things compiled).

Just FYI

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[slim] Re: Hiccuping of signal

[Mark Lanctot]

holderlin Wrote: 
 I don't understand the server/processor question.  What is the server (I
 thought it was the SB3)?

Sorry, I should have been more specific.  The Mac is the server, the
SB3 is the client.  I was just looking for hardware details, which you
provided.  Stuttering on web page load is an indication of insufficient
resources, but your server definitely doesn't seem underpowered to me. 
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[slim] Re: Slimserver PC going into standby

[Michaelwagner]

Hmm...started to post, then computer crashed.

Another code example, this time Foxpro.

 you may wish to prevent Windows from shutting down under certain
 conditions, such as an import process not being complete. In that case,
 you'd bind to the WM_POWERBROADCAST message and return
 BROADCAST_QUERY_DENY if the shutdown should be halted.

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[slim] WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[oli]

Sorry to re-post on an old/open subject, but I am still to receive a
response from Slim after almost 2 weeks and am becoming slightly
disillusioned and fed up. In the hope that this post either jogs
someone at Slim in to action or receives a solution/suggestion from a
forum member here goes...

I am running the following: 

SB2 (Firmware: 28), connecting wirelessly to a Netgear DG834GT
(Firmware: 1.02.04), connecting wirelessly to a Netgear WG511T
(Firmware: 2.52.29.4), which is plugged in to a Dell Inspiron 5150,
(connected to an external Seagate hard drive for music storage) and is
running Slimserver 6.2.1. 

For almost a year I was running this setup, protected with WPA-PSK with
absolutely no problems. However, on resetting the SB2's MAC address, due
to a problem with SqueezeNetwork and on the advice of Slim support, the
SB2 will no longer connect to my network when WPA Personal is
activated. The network is found, but a strange IP address, different
from all the others on the network, is assigned, and the SB2 fails to
conncet to Slimserver. The only way I can currently connect is by
disabling WPA protection, which I do not want and nor should I have to
do.

I provided Ross Levine at Slimsupport with this information almost 2
weeks ago and despite asking for an update over a week ago have still
to receive any response from him or anyone else at Slim support.

I would be very grateful if any forum members could help out with this
issue, and if someone at Slim would be good enough to contact me and at
the very least update on their progress with this problem.

Cheers

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[slim] Re: Hiccuping of signal

[danco]

Certainly the server is not underpowered. 

But you did say you were running on an Airport network. If you mean
Airport and not Airport Extreme, that is only 892.11b which is a little
slow for aiff files. 
However, as you said it works the second time you try, I think my
earlier suggestion is likely to be more relevant.


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[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

[Mark Norton]

It's all to do with expectation. I bought (ordered) this product in
November since when there's been the countless missed delivery dates,
the bull about the Chinese New Year and the rest. Even if there were
problems in getting the hardware shipped, presumably Progressive could
have been working in parallel to get SlimServer working in all its
guises. As it is, we have a product which shipped 3 months late and
doesn't currently do what it is supposed to.

Yes I use Apple Lossless; disk space is cheap and it's pointless
ripping CDs to a lossy format because if you have a half-decent sound
system, the difference is night and day, far more than any messing with
the power supply will reveal.

I also wonder about the long term viability of the solution. There no
charge for the integration work of Slim Server into the TS-101 and
apart from making a turn on the hardware, where's the incentive to keep
it up to date? I'm resigned to the fact that while a PC hosted SB3 is
likely to evolve for the better over time, a TS-101 hosted SB3 is
likely to be frozen in time - bugs, warts and all - once Progressive
lose interest and move on to some other flavour of the month.

The TS-101 is a closed system and while it will always be useful as
NAS, the USP of it hosting SlimServer may or may not be long term.


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[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[abdomen]

You may want to try upgrading to the latest nightly of 6.2.2. A number
of firmware revisions have been made to correct problems with various
wireless configurations. There is a list of wireless configurations
that have been tested. I just did a quick search, and there is also a
critical bug involving MAC addresses that Slim Devices seem to be
working very hard on tracking down and correcting. You could read over
the comments and see if it seems to be the same issue you have
experienced; if so and you think there is any new and helpful
information you can contribute, you could create a login for the bug
system and add it.

Relevant bug?
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2816

Wireless Access Point / Router Compatability:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?RouterStatus

6.2.2 nightly (the .exe file is the installer):
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.2.2/


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[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

[Fifer]

Mark Norton Wrote: 
 It's all to do with expectation. I bought (ordered) this product in
 November since when there's been the countless missed delivery dates,
 the bull about the Chinese New Year and the rest. Even if there were
 problems in getting the hardware shipped, presumably Progressive could
 have been working in parallel to get SlimServer working in all its
 guises. As it is, we have a product which shipped 3 months late and
 doesn't currently do what it is supposed to.
Yes, I ordered in November too. It's a shame that the AAC and Ogg
Vorbis incompatibilities were missed, but they were and Progressive is
fixing it (Ogg is fixed already). All we are trying to do is keep
things in proportion. Slimserver on the Qnap works. There is a problem
with one file type which is acknowledged and being worked on.
Mark Wrote: 
 Yes I use Apple Lossless; disk space is cheap and it's pointless ripping
 CDs to a lossy format because if you have a half-decent sound system,
 the difference is night and day, far more than any messing with the
 power supply will reveal.
That's a good reason for using lossless, but not necessarily Apple
lossless. I (and many others) use FLAC for the same reason. Others use
WMA lossless.
Mark Wrote: 
 I also wonder about the long term viability of the solution. There no
 charge for the integration work of Slim Server into the TS-101 and
 apart from making a turn on the hardware, where's the incentive to keep
 it up to date? I'm resigned to the fact that while a PC hosted SB3 is
 likely to evolve for the better over time, a TS-101 hosted SB3 is
 likely to be frozen in time - bugs, warts and all - once Progressive
 lose interest and move on to some other flavour of the month.
 
 The TS-101 is a closed system and while it will always be useful as
 NAS, the USP of it hosting SlimServer may or may not be long term.
With respect, perhaps you should have considered that before
purchasing? Nothing in this respect has changed since November. I'm
happy to take the risk as (a) Progressive's incentive will be the same
as SD's (who also provide free upgrades) - building a reputation and a
satisfied customer base and (b) even if support does stop at some
future date, the firmware at it's current level will still work as it
does today, the Qnap will still work as a NAS and it wasn't so
expensive anyway.


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[slim] Re: How was this made?

[some1]

What about the web brower bit?
is that all html?


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Re: [slim] Re: How was this made?

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 11:05 AM, some1 wrote:



What about the web brower bit?
is that all html?


html, css, template toolkit and some skins are now using ajax.
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[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[oli]

I've just installed 6.2.2 but when I try opening it up, nothing happens,
the icon in the task pane just keeps flashing on and off, saying that
Slimserver is starting, but it never does. I've re-installed 6.2.1 and
it works fine.

Cheers

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Re: [slim] Re: How was this made?

[Jacob Potter]

On 4/2/06, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 html, css, template toolkit and some skins are now using ajax.

AJAX is just a buzzword, though, referring to a combination of HTML,
Javascript, and some sort of data format (usually XML or JSON).

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Re: [slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 11:18 AM, oli wrote:



I've just installed 6.2.2 but when I try opening it up, nothing 
happens,

the icon in the task pane just keeps flashing on and off, saying that
Slimserver is starting, but it never does. I've re-installed 6.2.1 and
it works fine.

install 6.2.2 again.  sometimes it seems that the install doesn't fire 
up right away.  installing again has fixed it in every case so far.

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[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

[Heuer]

Fifer Wrote: 
 
 
 That's a good reason for using lossless, but not necessarily Apple
 lossless. I (and many others) use FLAC for the same reason. Others use
 WMA lossless.
 
 

Do iPod's support FLAC?


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Re: [slim] Re: How was this made?

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 11:22 AM, Jacob Potter wrote:


On 4/2/06, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

html, css, template toolkit and some skins are now using ajax.


AJAX is just a buzzword, though, referring to a combination of HTML,
Javascript, and some sort of data format (usually XML or JSON).


yes, it is.  it is also the new messiah, depending on who you ask.
however, it is the buzzwords that people are asking for sometimes (also 
shorter than saying Javascript and XML :)
From what I've read, it is also, apparently NOT meant to be an 
acronym...but then that just starts to make the whole thing sound silly


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[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[oli]

Just tried re-installing it twice and still no joy.

Cheers

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[slim] Re: For people who use the COMPOSER tag...

[axiomatic]

Thanks ceejay. I guess I should have been more enterprising and just
tried adding COMPOSER!

I did vote for your bugs. Obviously classical music fans share a lot
of the same frustrations in a TITLE/ARTIST/ALBUM world, and I hope
others will make the (tiny) effort to vote for your suggestions too.

You're right: the Title format management seems buggy. I had a heck
of a time getting my SB3 to find the format I added. I finally resorted
to supplying the same value 4 times:
TRACKNUM. TITLE (ARTIST) COMPOSER - ALBUM
And now SettingsSong Title Format on my SB3 displays this value on
two lines and blanks on the next three lines.

But the good news is that COMPOSER now displays for every track that
has the tag.


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Re: [slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 11:36 AM, oli wrote:



Just tried re-installing it twice and still no joy.

apologies for perhaps being too simplistic.  I don't run the installer 
on windows personally, so I'm only reiterating what has been reported 
in the forum several times.  It may be that I forgot an uninstall 
before re-installing.  If that fails, then you would seem to have a 
different problem (even though symptoms do sound very much the same)


another thing to try is to run it manually, just to see if anything 
gets reported:

start-programs-accessories-command prompt
c:\program files\slimserver\server\slim.exe

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[slim] Re: internet radio problems with .asx urls

[tom permutt]

See http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368 for discussion and
workarounds.  Some things called WMA play, some don't, and the server
can't tell which are which.  Older versions of SlimServer, which simply
transcode all WMA to something else, play this stream.  (I listen to
it, in fact.)  Or you can patch the newer ones if you feel like it.


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[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

[ultra238a]

Mark,

I'll answer a few of your questions.

Firstly we made a mistake about announcing the product so early. Qnap
prommised us the product would launch back at the end of October last
year and they kept pushing it back and pushing it back. We could have
had a small amount of units just before the Chinese new year but we
didn't want to take them because they would have been off the first
production run. Of course when the first batch did arrive after the
Chinese new year we didn't take into account how long these things
would take to format. All of this has been documented though in this
thread and others.

With respect to us supporting the product in to the future I can only
assure you that we won't loose interest. Why won't we loose interest,
well maybe something to do with the fact that we are the UK distributor
of the SlimDevices products in the UK might have something to do with
it.

I suggest that if you have any further issues with the TS-101 you have
purchased you contact me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to
see if we can resolve any of them.

One last thing. I have a Linn active system at home which could be
considered to be a half decent hifi system and you can't beat a well
encoded FLAC file so if disc space isn't a problem then I would convert
if I were you.

Regards

Paul
Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd

Mark Norton Wrote: 
 It's all to do with expectation. I bought (ordered) this product in
 November since when there's been the countless missed delivery dates,
 the bull about the Chinese New Year and the rest. Even if there were
 problems in getting the hardware shipped, presumably Progressive could
 have been working in parallel to get SlimServer working in all its
 guises. As it is, we have a product which shipped 3 months late and
 doesn't currently do what it is supposed to.
 
 Yes I use Apple Lossless; disk space is cheap and it's pointless
 ripping CDs to a lossy format because if you have a half-decent sound
 system, the difference is night and day, far more than any messing with
 the power supply will reveal.
 
 I also wonder about the long term viability of the solution. There no
 charge for the integration work of Slim Server into the TS-101 and
 apart from making a turn on the hardware, where's the incentive to keep
 it up to date? I'm resigned to the fact that while a PC hosted SB3 is
 likely to evolve for the better over time, a TS-101 hosted SB3 is
 likely to be frozen in time - bugs, warts and all - once Progressive
 lose interest and move on to some other flavour of the month.
 
 The TS-101 is a closed system and while it will always be useful as
 NAS, the USP of it hosting SlimServer may or may not be long term.


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[slim] Re: internet radio problems with .asx urls

[Siduhe]

As Michael says, Slimserver won't decode Ogg natively.  I don't know if
this applies to radio streams as well as .ogg files, but you may need
to install LAME on your PC to get this stream to work - it's pretty
straightforward, see the Wiki below.  Upgrading to 6.2.2. may also help
- it isn't far away from becoming an official firmware release.

GDsqueeze - do you have LAME installed ?

http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?LAMEForTranscoding - I'm using
v3.96 without any problems.


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[slim] Adventures In Reinventing the Wheel

[jonheal]

Several forum members are using the WebLogger plugin to display what’s
currently playing on their Squeezeboxes on their personal web sites.

My philosophy: Why spend five minutes implementing a perfectly
functional existing solution when you can spend 30 or 40 hours doing a
substandard version of the same thing from scratch?

I’m not a PERL programmer, but I deduced from looking at the scripts
for WebLogger that it relied on a technique to similar to the one
employed in KDF’s Execute Script plugin to ascertain when SlimServer
played files. The Execute Script plugin listens for various SlimServer
events and then executes scripts when the events fire. I was already
using Execute Script, and it seemed like it would be fairly
straightforward to write a script to update a page on our web site that
would execute on SlimServer’s Play, Stop and Squeezebox Power Off
events.

Taking a look at the Technical Information link on the SlimServer web
interface, I learned about SlimServer’s XML skin. By browsing to:
http://localhost:9000/xml/status.xml, I found that the XML returned
from this URL contained all of the information that I wished to display
on our web site. So, I set about writing a script that would read the
current “status” XML, extract the desired data, insert the data into a
much simplified XML structure, post the XML to our web site, and then
FTP the current cover image, should one exist. It took quite a while to
debug, but the script itself was not too difficult to produce. Getting
it to run with the Execute Script plugin was another story. It simply
would not work. Double-clicking on the script worked fine, but using
the Execute Script plugin, my script hung trying to load the XML from
status.xml. I still don’t know what the issue is (although I assume
it’s permissions-related), but eventually I had to look for a
workaround.

I tried all sorts of options, calling my script in a batch file, moving
the portion of my code that would not run into an executable, etc., but
all attempts failed. Finally, I focused on the Task Scheduler. I had
discovered earlier that running the script as a Scheduled Task worked.
I started looking around for information about scripting the task
scheduler. My plan was to have the Execute Script plugin execute a
script that instructed the Task Scheduler to launch my script.

My SlimServer is running on a Windows 2000 box. Scripting the Task
Scheduler on Windows 2000 is possible, but not extremely pretty. And
while I found how script the creation of a task, I couldn’t find a
means of scripting a command to “run this task now.” XP, however,
includes an application called schtasks.exe that can be scripted to run
a task immediately. Officially, this program runs only on XP and higher,
but I found a tip about using a hex editor to make a slight change to
the program that allows it to run under Windows 2000.

Once I got the task scheduling and executing squared away, I had a
little trouble getting Execute Script to recognize the Play event. KDF
helped me through that issue with some changes to the Execute Script
plugin. I also made a few changes myself such as adding a handler for
the Power Off event and suppressing the attempts by the script to
display what it’s doing on the Squeezebox’s display.

The one issue that I was not able to resolve other than through brute
force was to update our web site when the Squeezebox had either stopped
or was turned off. This is possible by using the CLI, but I have no
knowledge in that area right now, so my brute force method is simply to
check the Squeezebox every five minutes (with another task and script)
to see if it’s either stopped or off.

Here’s the finished product. Hopefully, we’re playing something
interesting if and when you have a look:


http://www.theheals.org/jon/squeezebox_status.asp


In the ZIP file below, I’ve included all of the files for this status
monitor in case anyone else wants to play with them. This is a
Microsoft IIS/ASP/VBScript-based project.

*UPDATE_SLIMSERVER_STATUS.vbs*: This is the main script that loads the
“status” XML, extracts the needed data, inserts the data into a much
simplified XML structure, posts the XML to our web site, and then FTPs
the current cover image. It's scheduled to run at system startup and
just sits there otherwise until called upon.

*UPDATE_NONPLAYING_STATUS.vbs*: This script notifies our web site if
the Squeezebox has either stopped or is off. It runs from a scheduled
task every five minutes.

*LAUNCH_UPDATE_TASK.vbs*: This script instructs the Task Scheduler to
run the UPDATE_SLIMSERVER_STATUS.vbs script immediately.

*Execute.pm*: My modified version of KDF’s script (1.7) for SlimServer
6.2.x that includes an extra event to listen for: Power OFF and also
changes 1) to listen for the Play event, and 2) activate the script on
initialization. KDF has a different version of the script for
SlimServer 6.5.

On our web site:

*now_playing.xml*: The XML file that contains data about 

[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[oli]

After re-installing 6.2.2 again and being unsuccessful again, I tried
re-starting the computer. On the password screen I get a pop-up screen
headed slim.exe - Application Error, it says,

The instruction at 0x0012e838 referenced memory at 0x. The
memory could not be written.

Click on OK to terminate the program.
Click on CANCEL to debug the program.


Any ideas?

Cheers

Oli


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[slim] Re: Hiccuping of signal

[holderlin]

Today I haven't had any troubles with it.  I will try to use the remote.
I'll have to get accustomed to the remote after all this time
controlling music via keyboard.
Thanks for suggestions, I'll let you know how things go.

Bob


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[slim] Artwork breaks Slimserver in Firefox; not Internet Exporer

[dickmc]

Have Slimserver 6.2.1-5194 with Fishbone running in Firefox 1.05.01 and
Internet Explorer 6.0.28.  All ran fine until rescanned music, now IE
working fine but all graphics broken in Fishbone on Firefox.  Also
broken are even the little red graphics to load playlists, etc.  Have
tried refreshing window and clearing Firefox cache, restarting, default
skin, etc. etc. but no joy.  Have about 80 albums and 1000 songs in a
naked Music directory.  Am not running iTunes or MusicMatch or any of
that stuff.  Also both Fishbone, Firefox and Internet Explorer were all
working fine before including “Browse Artwork”! 

1. First issue was a few weeks ago when the yellow
Home/ServerSettings/Help at the top of Fishbone in Firefox
disappeared.  Messed around refreshing, etc. but no joy until cleared
Firefox cache and the yellow links magically reappeared.

2. Present issues started when cleared and rescanned music after making
some minor artwork changes to cover.jpg’s while using Fishbone and
Firefox. 

a.) First symptom: All albums and songs, etc. scanned properly. 
However, when “Browsing Artwork” one album had disappeared.

b.)Second symptom: Cleared and rescanned music.  Again all albums
scanned properly, but  Artwork Browse had now misassigned two album
covers.  For example: assume Broccoli, Carrot, Nut, and Melon are all
albums with cover.jpg artwork.  However, on “Browse Artwork” Carrot has
a Broccoli cover and Nut has a Melon cover.  However, if you click on
Carrot which has the misplaced Broccoli cover, Carrot opens with proper
Carrot artwork.  Same thing with Nut which has the wrong cover in
“Browse Artwork” but opens with a proper Nut cover when clicked on. 
Moreover, in the “Browse Artwork” if you let the mouse pointer rest on
the Nut album with the wrong Melon artwork, the link is to the Nut
album.  Cleared Firefox cache, refresh, etc. but no joy. 

c.)Third symptom: Now I dig the hole a lot deeper in the typical human
theory that if something is somewhat broken,  play with it some more
till you really break it!!  Cleared and rescanned music.  Albums, etc.
appear to properly scan.  However, the little red symbols to add songs
or albums to play list, etc are now gone from visibility even from the
album or song page in Firefox.  However, if I run the mouse over where
they were, the links are still there.  Moreover, all of the cover.jpg’s
in “Browse Artwork” are completely gone, nothing but black squares, but
with links if you run the mouse pointer over them.  Tried restarts,
cache clears, refreshes, etc. but no joy.  Internet Explorer however is
still humming away fine with none of the Firefox issues!   BTW, only one
Slimserver is running.  

*
I don’t think this is a Fishbone issue as Internet Explorer is still
showing everything fine.

Has anyone else had this problem?
Is there some place else in Firefox that stores a cache to clear? …how
to get at it?  

Is there any point in trying to manually clear the scan music file? 
How do I do that without risking breaking more things like Internet
Explorer which is still fine with none of the issues in Firefox?

What does a music scan really do?  For example, I have from time to
time changed a cover.jpg but the artwork will not change until the
music is rescanned.

Ideas?  
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[slim] Re: internet radio problems with .asx urls

[radioguy]

gdsqueeze Wrote: 
 Again what version of firmware is running on your squeezebox ? are you
 using slimserver 6.2.1 ? or the latest 6.2.2 nightly release ? I am
 running the latest nightly release without problem accessing those
 station (when installing the latest 6.2.2 server the firmware of your
 squeezebox will be updated to version 36 I believe).
 I was initially having problem tunning to Radio Canada using the
 original firmware.

Wow! after 2 weeks of trying it finally worked after I downloaded
the latest nightly update...thanks very much ! and thanks to
you all for all the help. (Works now with both  file formats)
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[slim] Re: Squeezebox Remote Control Question

[pfaffman]

This message is very helpful, but not all remotes are recognized by my
Squeezebox.  I've got 10 or so remotes from old iMacs.  I'd love to
have them configured so that I could leave them all over the house and
not worry about finding a remote.  Other remotes create lines like
this:

2006-04-02 16:55:58.7503 IR: e1448e71 - unknown

but the mac remotes and an RCA tv remote don't generate any such lines.
Is there some way to change the carrier frequency (or whatever it is)
so that other remotes will be recognized?


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[slim] SlimServer does not start

[khuongkt]

Hello,

I have just registered after a few weeks of interested lurking in these
forums. I have encountered my first problem: When I double-click the
SlimServer icon in the taskbar (or run it from the desktop or Start
menu), it says SlimServer Starting... but it never does. Can anyone
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[slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

[funkstar]

You also cannot transcode any non-native formats to play on the device
either. After much considderation this made me decide to pass on the
ReadyNAS and go for a real server instead (which i've also used for a
PVR/HTPC). At the moment i'm using AlienBBC for BBC radio stations, but
will be using a USB DAB reciever once i get ariels sorted out.

Neither of these options are available on the ReadyNAS


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Re: [slim] SlimServer does not start

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 2:09 PM, khuongkt wrote:



Hello,

I have just registered after a few weeks of interested lurking in these
forums. I have encountered my first problem: When I double-click the
SlimServer icon in the taskbar (or run it from the desktop or Start
menu), it says SlimServer Starting... but it never does. Can anyone
help?

uninstall, re-install. reportedly fixes things just about every time 
(only one case currently not happening)

-k

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[slim] Re: SlimServer does not start

[timmorris]

It could be that you have another application running on port 9000.

Tim


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[slim] Re: SlimServer does not start

[khuongkt]

Thank you both. It turns out all I needed was a reinstall!


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[slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

[radish]

It's also considerably more expensive than a cheap PC based server,
which will wipe out any savings from electricity (which, to be honest,
are going to be minimal).


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[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[slimpy]

What kdf meant was uninstall 6.2.2 and reinstall again, not reinstall
6.2.2 over 6.2.1

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[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[oli]

That's what I did


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[slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3

[Bruce Tucker]

I'm running a SlimP3, and I'm finding that many stations coded at 96 kbps 
won't play.  Is this a limitation on the SlimP3 or do I have a 
server/installation problem. I could have sworn these streams played before 
I switched over to 6.x. The streams play just fine on Softsqueeze.
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[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

[pablolie]

..M3U playlists have been broken for a while, I was surprised there was
no more uproar about it. It seems to me many people in this forum have
such an emotional connection to the SQB that they ignore the
idiosynchrasies - when I reported the broken M3U lists, the automatic
assumption was it was my setup that didn't work.

I think the playlist aspects of the SQB needs to be rock solid until
the device really lives up to its potential, and yes, it should be a
huge priority when it comes to fixes. 

I love the SQB sound and build quality, but until the playlist aspect
and its compatibility with WMP has been ironed out I think it does
represent an unacceptable compromise. The occurrence of a bug like that
is what separates a world class consumer product from a promising toy,
in my opinion.


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Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3

[Ben Sandee]

On 4/2/06, Bruce Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm running a SlimP3, and I'm finding that many stations coded at 96 kbpswon't play.Is this a limitation on the SlimP3 or do I have aserver/installation problem. I could have sworn these streams played before
I switched over to 6.x. The streams play just fine on Softsqueeze.Can you give an example? I'll try it on my slimp3.Ben
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[slim] How Do I View Podcasts?

[baconrad]

Hi,
I see there is a podcast browser but I don't see how to get to it. It
doesn't show up on any of my menu selections. Do I need to have ITunes
installed (I don't)?

Sorry if this is a stupid question as I've never actually listened to a
podcast...never had the need until now that I saw the podcast browser on
slimserver.

Thanks.


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[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[Siduhe]

Are you running Windows XP with SP2 installed ?

That error appears to be a data execution error message - very odd.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=875352product=windowsxpsp2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912923/

I would try uninstalling Slimserver completely - maybe using a third
party uninstaller than the built in one (there are lots you can try
free for a short period - I use System Mechanic 6 which has loads of
features including a powerful uninstaller). Make sure Slim.exe isn't
appearing in Processes of your Task Manager.  Purge the Recycle Bin and
power down and then back up.  Then try reinstalling 6.2.2.


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Re: [slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 3:35 PM, pablolie wrote:



 The occurrence of a bug like that
is what separates a world class consumer product from a promising toy,
in my opinion.


it's a freaking beta...get off it.

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Re: [slim] How Do I View Podcasts?

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 3:44 PM, baconrad wrote:



Hi,
I see there is a podcast browser but I don't see how to get to it.


server settings-plugins.  look for the podcast browser section.  you 
can then add podcast urls to that list.


to access them, look in the player menus for plugins, press right then 
scroll down.


if you do have iTunes installed, then you can add podcasts there, and 
the server will present a browse option for itunes podcasts.


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[slim] Re: Customize Fishbone

[evanhood]

KDF, thanks for the code changes.  For going to the current song, that
worked like a champ (even though the existing code seems to have
changed, using the latest nightly 6.5 build)

Little confused on the changing of the height for the play/add/etc
buttons.  You mention the browsedb_list file and in searching there
isn't that file in the fishbone directory.  Doing some more digging
there is that file in a couple other folders and I changed some values
and tested but can't seem to get anything to change.  Does the fishbone
skin refer to html files in other folders as well?

Last thing, trying to have a party and have people add songs to the
playlist is a nightmare because eventually someone has enough adult
beverages that they forget to NEVER click play and they wipe out the
playlist, which upsets everyone else who added to my saved playlist. 
Can I either remove the play button entirely or change it so that it
adds files to the end of the playlist without clearing everything?

Thanks again for all your help, and for all the work you've put into
what is IMO the best slimserver skin out there.


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[slim] Re: How Do I View Podcasts?

[Siduhe]

You can only access the podcast browser from the player, not from the
web interface, and only when slimserver is running - not from
SqueezeNetwork.

Plugins / Podcast Browser (although you can move this up to the top
level if you want).  There are two podcast alley links to get you
started, or you can add additional links from the plugins menu on the
web interface.

If you have specific podcasts in mind, you may prefer to use an
automatic podcast downloader like Doppler or Juice and have these added
to your Music Library direct.  If you have the automatic rescan setting
enabled, it means they just appear without you having to look for them.


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[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

[Siduhe]

Millwood Wrote: 
 The 6.2.2 beta was broken sometimes between 3-22 and 3-25 and has not
 yet, AFAIK, been fixed.  See (and vote for) bug 3201
 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3201

I think this is fixed in the latest nightly - 6803.  Try downloading
again tomorrow and see if it's sorted for you.

I have to say that I've been using playlists extensively with 6.2.2.
and upgrading daily without any problems (but not WMP or Itunes created
playlists), so there does appear to be some element of setup in it.


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[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

[kdf]

and in case you may have missed it...the bug was marked fixed for
today's build.


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[slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsing Speed

[mikelis]

please repost


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Re: [slim] Re: Customize Fishbone

[kdf]

On 2-Apr-06, at 3:54 PM, evanhood wrote:



KDF, thanks for the code changes.  For going to the current song, that
worked like a champ (even though the existing code seems to have
changed, using the latest nightly 6.5 build)


yes, many changes in 6.5.  Probably more to come, and I'll certainly 
start taking a look at other skins to merge in any redundant blocks.



Does the fishbone
skin refer to html files in other folders as well?


for much of the recent changes, you want to look in EN, and not just 
Fishbone directory.  Thanks to the Template Toolkit and CSS changes, 
much of the EN, Default and Fishbone skins have been blended into 
common templates in the EN directory.  Every template falls back to EN 
if not found in the skin dir.  cmdwrappers handle wrapping common urls 
with skin-ed layout framework.



Can I either remove the play button entirely or change it so that it
adds files to the end of the playlist without clearing everything?

should be a matter of removing the PROCESS cmdlink section from the 
playlink BLOCK in EN/cmdwrappers


or, in Fishbone/cmdwrappers_fishbone, add [% BLOCK playlink %][% END %]

to change it, just copy the addlink block from EN and put it in the 
cmdwrappers_fishbone as playlink.


that should make it disappear, though you will want to make sure you 
have cleared any caches if it doesn't disappear immediately.


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[slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsing Speed

[kdf]

you can get the original at forums.slimdevices.com.  it isn't necessary
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Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3

[Bruce Tucker]

Thanks
Try KBCS-FM  http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=listenlive
attached is the playlist file.
bruce

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Subject: Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3


On 4/2/06, Bruce Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I'm running a SlimP3, and I'm finding that many stations coded at 96 kbps
won't play.  Is this a limitation on the SlimP3 or do I have a
server/installation problem. I could have sworn these streams played
before
I switched over to 6.x. The streams play just fine on Softsqueeze.



Can you give an example?  I'll try it on my slimp3.
Ben







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kbcs2.pls
Description: audio/scpls
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[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

[jonheal]

kdf Wrote: 
 On 2-Apr-06, at 3:35 PM, pablolie wrote:
 
 
   The occurrence of a bug like that
  is what separates a world class consumer product from a promising
 toy,
  in my opinion.
 
 it's a freaking beta...get off it.
You mentioned earlier growing weary with the incessant whining of the
unwashed masses. I believe you may not have been kidding. :-)


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[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

[lnxguru]

I can't add much about hardware requirements -- P II or better and 128MB
RAM is _more_ than enough for most home set ups. You don't have to start
with a huge hard drive if you use LVM but it is usually better to go
with fewer drives from a power/heat perspective. And to repeat earlier
advise -- do not depend on RAID for protection. I use DVDs for backup
and have been looking into USB 2.0 drives.

If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for
command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and
Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM
you'll need for this will depend on what else you're going to do with
this box but you won't need any monitor/mouse/keyboard attached.

Just some thoughts,
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[slim] Thank you, Robin Bowes, for your script

[mrtaber]

Robin,

I just wanted to say thank you for your apply-replaygain.pl script.  It
works like a charm, and saved me from having to write one.  I would have
appended this thanks to the thread where I first found your script, but
for the life of me I couldn't find it.  Go figure.

So, again, thanks.

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[slim] Re: Adventures In Reinventing the Wheel

[Mark Lanctot]

That sounds pretty cool, thanks for all the hard work, Jon!

The really cool part would be if you could use this to display what's
playing on your Squeezebox in a sig file which could be displayed on
these forums.  The forum isn't currently set up to display sigs, but
most vBulletin forums are, so it's merely a matter of turning it on.

Any ideas if this script could do this?

'Course not everything I play on my Squeezebox I want people to know
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Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3

[Ben Sandee]

On 4/2/06, Bruce Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ThanksTry KBCS-FMhttp://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=listenliveattached is the playlist file.Hey Bruce,Yeah, something seems to be going on with at least that stream. I can't play it on my SliMP3 or my SB3. Server says this:
2006-04-02 19:33:19.6865 stream not readableI'm using the 6.5 branch too. Might be time to file a bug or search for an existing bug for these streams.Ben
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[slim] Re: Customize Fishbone

[evanhood]

I edited the cmdwrappers_fishbone file per your post and poof the evil
play button is gone.  Thanks!

In my searches and browsings I was starting to think that the EN
directory looked like a default location that skins fell back on for
info.  I pulled up the files you mentioned in your first post and
looked for height and width settings but only saw them for album art in
one of the files.  Not sure if that functionality moved or if the height
values were removed or I'm just blind.  

Any other hints as to what and/or where I could modify the size of the
play next, add, remove, up down, etc buttons?  Could I just modify the
.gif files in an image editor to make them slightly larger or would
that mess up column sizes/text/etc?

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[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

[snarlydwarf]

fwiw, they seem to have messed up the MIME types.  I can't play the mp3
streams from their web page: instead I get the PLS file displayed in
Firefox.

Content-Type: text/plain

That would break things.

It should be audio/x-scpls, not text/plain.

The live365 link on that page should work.


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[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

[cjhabs]

lnxguru Wrote: 
 Cygwin and Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. 

Xming is a free X implementation for PC - maybe built on Cygwin - not
sure.

Habs


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Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

[Robin Bowes]

lnxguru wrote:
 If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for
 command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and
 Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM
 you'll need for this will depend on what else you're going to do with
 this box but you won't need any monitor/mouse/keyboard attached.

I would add: don't bother with a remote X server - use VNC.

R.

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[slim] Re: Problem With Checked Songs

[KevinW]

timmorris thnaks for the response.

My problem is that the uncheck songs in ITune check box will not stay
the way I want it -  I want to display songs that are not checked.  I
rip using ITunes and use lossless.

As far as my characterization of SS, I think it is about right.  The
problem is that it is not reliable.  I hold my breath every time I use
it.  Often it will not respond or there will be a significant delay in
it responding. Having it open on two browsers seems to be asking for
trouble. Sometimes it does not show all the CDs and I need to rescan. 
To me it just has the feel of a temperamental program.  It is certainly
not robust.  When it works, which it usually does, I have no problem
with it - although I don’t like browser based apps.

Clearly, the very forum we are communicating in is a testament to the
number of problems that users have.  While no doubt some are
attributable to user error there are far to many not to assign some
fault to the program itself.  Part of the problem, as you may know, is
that there is a tremendous variety on the Windows side as to both
hardware and software.  A SS that works fine on your machine may not
work on mine because in the background I am running MSDE and Hamachi
and your not.

I would urge SD to either put resources into improving SS or write a
small fast app for doing the basic displaying and playing.  I would be
willing to pay for such an app.

I also have issues when it comes to indexing music.  I listen to a lot
of classical.  I have three versions of Mahler’s Second Symphony which
is 2 discs each.  There is no easy way I have found to keep this
straight. (I am not blaming SS for this).  In sum I think there is a
lot to be improved upon.  Most posts seem to think SD needs to upgrade
the hardware, I think the need is much greater on the software side.

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[slim] Re: Recalling previous search

[jbschwartz]

Tried that.  Didn't make a difference.

I did a couple of more trials.  Somewhere between the time I start the
song and when the songs ends, Slimp3 forgets the previous search.  I
don;t have to wait for the end and for the screensaver to kick in.

I just want to be able to, say... play the next album after listening
to the first album following a searchwithout having to repeat the
search already performed.  Sort of like hitting the back button in
google to reach the original search results page.

Make sense?

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[slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

[tyler_durden]

The problem is inherent with vacuum fluorescent displays.  One person
has complained, but the product is new.  In a year or two from now,
everyone's display will be fading/burned.  Look at any VCR with a
vacuum fluorescent display.  In a year or so they fade.  In 5 years you
can't read them any more.

The real issue is whether it's worth bothering about.  In 5 years SB3s
will be obsolete, antique, nearly useless junk, like every other
computer device.  The networking will be obsolete and slow and maybe
not compatible with the UWB wireless that will be replacing 802.11g. 
The wired networking will be too slow because wired networks will be
Gbit, if anyone is using wired networks... You'll want the thing to
stream HD video to your wall size TV.

The display will last long enough for 99.9% of everyone who buys one
now because they'll replace it with whatever is new and cool in a year
or two.

In the meantime, I dim the display and run a news ticker or turn the
display off when the unit is off.

TD


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[slim] Re: Adventures In Reinventing the Wheel

[Michaelwagner]

Like the music you play when on the bicycle?


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[slim] Re: How was this made?

[Michaelwagner]

kdf Wrote: 
 From what I've read, it is also, apparently NOT meant to be an acronym
This begins to sound like the
artist formerly known as Prince naming thing.


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Re: [slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

[Jacob Potter]

My SliMP3 is around 4 years old and shows no burn-in whatsoever.
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[slim] Re: Adventures In Reinventing the Wheel

[Mark Lanctot]

Michaelwagner Wrote: 
 Like the music you play when on the bicycle?

I was listening to some fast Chemical Brothers stuff yesterday.

I was averaging over 35 kph, reaching 40 kph.  I sustained that for 16
minutes, 10 km.

Needless to say, quite a workout.

But I'm really starting to like exercising while listening to the
Squeezebox.  Gets me in shape and gives me some quality time with my
favourite toy.  I like Random Mix - what's it going to play next?

That's not embarassing though.  I have some stuff just because I like
it but I'd rather not have anyone else know.  :-)


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[slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

[slimjim]

I have ReadyNAS NV and tried slimserver on it.  It works but you cannot
add any additional plug-ins (it comes with LastFM plugin). 

It is also quite noisy -- noisy enough not to place it in a media room.
My media PC with 5 hard drives and 4 fans (CPU, power supply, inlet,
and outlet fan) makes much less noise.  IMO, Infrant really need to
solve the noise issue.

Ken


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Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

[Jack Coates]

Robin Bowes wrote:

lnxguru wrote:
  

If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for
command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and
Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM
you'll need for this will depend on what else you're going to do with
this box but you won't need any monitor/mouse/keyboard attached.



I would add: don't bother with a remote X server - use VNC.

R.
  


meh. Each has its place. VNC's performance is horrible, but it is easier 
than X. It's probably a point of interest that the most popular page on 
my website is this one: 
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Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3

[Bruce Tucker]

Thanks for checking.  I'll search for known bugs tomorrow.  Maybe others 
with  Slimp3s or SBs could check too to see if this (Live365) stream is a 
problem for everyone.  I know there are other streams that don't work for me 
too (I wonder if they are all 96kbps).  I'll pass on a few of these others 
that don't seem to be working and maybe if you have time you could see if 
they play for you.


Bruce

- Original Message - 
From: Ben Sandee [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Subject: Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3


On 4/2/06, Bruce Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Thanks
Try KBCS-FM  http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=listenlive
attached is the playlist file.



Hey Bruce,

Yeah, something seems to be going on with at least that stream.  I can't
play it on my SliMP3 or my SB3.  Server says this:

2006-04-02 19:33:19.6865 stream not readable

I'm using the 6.5 branch too.  Might be time to file a bug or search for an
existing bug for these streams.

Ben







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[slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

[Mark Lanctot]

tyler_durden Wrote: 
 Look at any VCR with a vacuum fluorescent display.  In a year or so they
 fade.  In 5 years you can't read them any more.

I have a VCR from 1996 whose display has dimmed, but is still perfectly
legible.

I have a microwave from 1998 whose display is at least as legible.


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[slim] Re: SB3 stopped working - (long)

[hifiresource]

Well my problem goes away as soon as I switch to WEP 64 bit. It seems
that the SB2 is having a problem staying connected to my Motorola
Surfboard 900 with WPA encryption. I've contacted Slimdevices tech
support and they only said 'h, that's odd.'. Hopefully they
will get a Surfboard in the shop and troubleshoot. Looks like I'm
doomed to WEP until then.


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[slim] Re: SlimServer does not start

[khuongkt]

It seems I have run into another problem. I'm not sure if the problem
lies with SlimServer or Softsqueeze, but on certain .WAV tracks the
output from my notebook has accelerated speed, like if someone had
messed with audio editing. I'm sure you've heard it before: the vocals
take on a high-pitched tone, and it makes you laugh. For the record,
these .WAV files were recorded by me from DVDs (though one of them
plays fine). The MP3s I tested play fine. I have not changed any
settings that I'm aware of.

Does any one have any explanations for this? I will use FLAC for my
real music library, though.

Thanks.


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[slim] Re: SlimServer does not start

[Mark Lanctot]

khuongkt Wrote: 
 It seems I have run into another problem. I'm not sure if the problem
 lies with SlimServer or Softsqueeze, but on certain .WAV tracks the
 output from my notebook has accelerated speed, like if someone had
 messed with audio editing. I'm sure you've heard it before: the vocals
 take on a high-pitched tone, and it makes you laugh. For the record,
 these .WAV files were recorded by me from DVDs (though one of them
 plays fine). The MP3s I tested play fine. I have not changed any
 settings that I'm aware of.
 
 Does any one have any explanations for this? I will use FLAC for my
 real music library, though.
 
 Thanks.

The output from your notebook?  What are you playing it back with?

What sample rate are the DVD tracks?  The Squeezebox can play 44.1 and
48 kHz files.  It cannot play back 96 kHz material - it leads to
playback speed problems, exactly like you state.

There's a lot of 96 kHz material on music DVDs.


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[slim] Re: SlimServer does not start

[khuongkt]

I am using Softsqueeze on the notebook. I recorded the files using
TotalRecorder; they are 16-bit, 44.1KHz.


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[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

[rudholm]

stinkingpig Wrote: 
 Robin Bowes wrote:
  lnxguru wrote:

  If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh
 for
  command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and
  Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and
 RAM
  you'll need for this will depend on what else you're going to do
 with
  this box but you won't need any monitor/mouse/keyboard attached.
  
 
  I would add: don't bother with a remote X server - use VNC.
 
  R.

 
 meh. Each has its place. VNC's performance is horrible, but it is
 easier 
 than X. It's probably a point of interest that the most popular page on
 
 my website is this one: 
 http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto
 
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You might want to give TightVNC a try, it sports some performance
improvements over the original ATT version.

Also, your howto seems to improperly characterize VNC.  Perhaps I'm
mis-reading but you seem to imply that the VNC viewer and server trade
packets continuously regardless of activity.  That isn't the case, they
only trade packets when there are events to share (such as mouse
movements or screen updates).  An idle VNC session uses no bandwidth.

Additionally, you indicate that a VNC context is limited in size and
pixel depth to the specs of the video card attached to the server
hosting it.  This is not the case, VNC contexts can be of arbitrary
dimesions and quantity regardless of any video hardware that may or may
not be attached to the hosting computer (given enough memory, of
course).

One possible exception would be if a user was using VNC to share screen
0, but that's not a common use and certainly not appropriate for the
scenario you describe in your howto.


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