Re: [slim] how to play by track number during 'browse music folder'

2006-04-14 Thread kdf
rename the files to start with a track number, eg 01_title_artist.mp3, 
02_title_artist.mp3 etc
Browse music folder only works on filenames, and does not look for tag 
data.

-kdf

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[slim] how to play by track number during 'browse music folder'

2006-04-14 Thread robert . b . jones

The title pretty much says it all.  I use 'browse music folder' almost
exclusively because I have organized my music collection by directories
that make sense to me.  When using 'browse music folder', the tracks are
added to the playlist alphabetically rather than by track number.  Is
there any way to change this behavior?  This seems to have started with
the 6.2 release.

thanks,
Robert Jones


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[slim] Re: MLB.com gameday audio on a SqueezeBox?

2006-04-14 Thread slumlord

To anyone from Slim Devices, just a suggestion for your Business Dev
people.

You guys oughta approach Major League Baseball Advanced Media.  Of all
the leagues, MLB has done the best job of embracing the internet!  I
would bet they would be interested in being able to tout a cutting edge
way for fans to use their GameDay audio subscription!


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread ChuckG

38 for me...


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[slim] Re: Okay, maybe it's time to call it a day...

2006-04-14 Thread smc2911

MrStan Wrote: 
> As far as I can tell the Squeezebox is no more reliable or unreliable in
> my setup as my laptop, in fact I cannot see how it is fair to expect it
> to magically work, there may be some compatibitiy issues with some
> other devices but it appears to me that Slim Devices is bending over
> backwards to try to clear any of these issues at the moment.
I would second this view. While I have had a few teething problems with
my SB, I would attribute all of them to wireless networking. A
combination of the physics of 2.4GHz and an enormous variation in
performance between routers seems to be at the root of all evil. When I
think of the number of routers I went through trying to get Skype to
work reliably from my laptop via the wireless network (I gave up and
only ever Skype now from the PC upstairs), I'm actually surprised that
only one router changeover was required for the SB to be up & running
reasonably well. So, if anyone wants faultless performance from their
SB, I think that the only surefire solution is a wired network, but
that's not the fault of the SB!

Sean.

P.S. You should see the stapled bundle of receipts from the place I
keep switching routers. You have to love a good returns policy!


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[slim] Hidden Messages.....

2006-04-14 Thread Assonica

Just upgraded to the latest nightly version (14/04 @ 6.5b1 - 6931 XP Pro
) and reflashed back the firmware to 37 and as i checked through the
player menu I pushed the the right arrow on the firmware screen and got
this message

"Mamma's got a squeezebox, Daddy never sleeps at night...!"

I didnt notice this on previous firmware versions and presume this to
be an easter egg. Is this on other firmwares too? Apologies if its
already been in there and the question has already been answered but I
only bought it yesterday. Honest :-)


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[slim] Re: Help me find heaven

2006-04-14 Thread notanatheist

Pale Blue Ego Wrote: 
> Completely weatherproof - a magazine did a test where they completely
> immersed the speakers in a tub and they kept playing fine.  They sound
> good, too.


Me wonders if the fish would like some music in their little 150 gallon
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Re: [slim] Re: MLB.com gameday audio on a SqueezeBox?

2006-04-14 Thread Mitch Harding
Yeah, that's been on my wishlist since I got my first Squeezebox.On 4/14/06, slumlord <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I also would LOVE to be able to listen to my Gameday Audio streams that
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[slim] Re: MLB.com gameday audio on a SqueezeBox?

2006-04-14 Thread slumlord

I also would LOVE to be able to listen to my Gameday Audio streams that
I subscribe to!  

Hope someone finds a workaround.


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[slim] Re: Menu selection question

2006-04-14 Thread tonycpsu

Bump...  Can anyone answer this one?


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[slim] Re: Trouble getting 6.2.2 started

2006-04-14 Thread dspeirs

I am using a mac, I don't think we have add/delete program option.  Do
we?


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[slim] Anyone here using Panda Firewall?

2006-04-14 Thread duff138

I am and have been using it no problem, until a few days ago.  I think
my computer may have restarted overnight after a Microsoft update, and
now I'm having trouble with the Panda firewall for some unknown reason.
I never really had to configure it before so I'm not sure what I need
to do to allow the SB2 to work.  
How do I set the allow ports?  Like I said did not have to do this in
the past, but think maybe it'll allow the SB2 to be recognized.
If I disable firewall everything is fine, so I'm sure it's something
to do with the set up and configuration, just never had an issue before
and have been using it for several months.


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[slim] Re: Buffer Fullness problem

2006-04-14 Thread wickedbob

Well I have plugged my squeezebox directy into the router, opened up all
the ports to it on my netgear dg834g router, reset the channel from 11
to 9 and installed the latest nightly build of 6.5b1.
One major difference I have noticed is that I can actually stream music
through squeezenetworks - which I haven't been able to use ever since I
purchased my squeezebox.
The menu navigation is still stilted and slow, but at least the
streaming works sometimes.
Unfortunately the audio dropouts while playing FLAC and MP3 files
wirelessly from my laptop have increased in frequency.


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread Stage

48 - and feeling it.


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[slim] Re: Slimserver on Evesham mini-pc

2006-04-14 Thread Mark Norton

I looked at this option since I'm running out of patience with the Q-NAP
NAS and I would prefer an open PC-based solution to host SlimServer. The
issue is that they are tight on space inside and only take 2.5" inch
drives so you are limited by capacity.

They are not unique to Evesham - they are made in Taiwan and
distributed to a variety of outlets. I spoke to another supplier who
told me it would be impossible to fit a larger 3.5" drive, so that
means you are limited to 100Gb or so.

Personally, I'm moving towards ReadyNAS NV as the best solution (not
PC, I know). It would be good to have a micro PC, no CD ROM, no legacy
ports, no audio, just a disk, a network connection and USB.


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[slim] Re: Slimserver on Evesham mini-pc

2006-04-14 Thread gharris999

OK.  It’s two weeks later and I have a functioning AOpen mini-pc up and
running WinXP.  The AOpen RMA folks were nice enough.  I guess it was
about two weeks turn around time to get the machine back with a new
mobo.  Indeed, the fan control on the old motherboard must have been
bad.  With the new motherboard, the fan runs constantly (and audibly)
once the machine is up to operating temp.

I just set up another mac mini for a friend’s mother this past weekend.
The AOpen mini pc seems like a bit of a disappointment in comparison. 
Yes, I could put it together for less $$ than the mac mini, but when I
build a PC, I expect to spend less AND make a better machine.  This one
isn’t better than the mac mini.

I suppose that this machine might be appropriate for someone who wanted
a semi-stylish case running linux and slimserver headless. 
Unfortunately, with this machine you do get constant, audible fan
noise.  So I’m not sure you’d want the semi-stylish case sitting next
to your stereo.  And if you put the machine in a closet and out of
ear-shot, what’s the point of that semi-stylish case?

About the only real benefit of the AOpen mini-pc that I can see is the
low power consumption.  For some folks, I can imagine that that is a
real selling point.

This machine will end up as a present to some needy friend who doesn’t
have a computer.  I don’t think I’ll bother to set up Fedora on it or
install slimserver.


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[slim] Re: Can't connect to shoutcast via SlimServer

2006-04-14 Thread mactavish

was trying as well but when you go to shoutcast.com you get a DB
problem. Looks like the website is down, shame, I was in the mood for
some groove salad !


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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread EnochLight


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


OK thanks Ben, will do!

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[slim] Re: New, having a few problems with SlimServer

2006-04-14 Thread cat5

davep Wrote: 
> Are your AAC files purchased from iTunes?
> davep

Nope. Mostly CD rips.


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[slim] Re: Wireless Signal Strength question

2006-04-14 Thread Millwood

I saw similar power swings with the 28 firmware.  The firmware in the
6.2.2 beta, version 37 right now, seems to perform much better.


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread ikruspan

44
2 squeezboxes


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[slim] Wireless Signal Strength question

2006-04-14 Thread Matt Shelton

I have a Linksys WRT54G v. 5 router in my upstairs den connected to two
SB3's - one in the upstairs bedroom about 15 feet from the router, and
the other in the downstairs family room maybe 25 or 30 feet from the
router.  The signal strength downstairs is routinely 80% to 85%.  The
signal strength upstairs varies between 10% and 70%, averaging about
40%.  Why the disparity, especially when the weaker signal is
associated with a deviced that is significantly closer to the router?


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[slim] Audioholics Review

2006-04-14 Thread bobharp

SB3 Review
Overall Rating: 5/5

http://tinyurl.com/qxb4j

The reviewer seems to have a lot of "only suggestions".


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Re: [slim] flac and more for Ipod and others

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Herger

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WhyRockbox#Key_Features_of_Rockbox


I've been using Rockbox on my Archos Recorder 20 for _years_ (yes, there  
have been MP3 players before the iPod :-)). No FLAC support on that  
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[slim] Re: Slimserver on Linkstation II (MIPS)

2006-04-14 Thread msandover

It's done and been working really well for several weeks now.  The
processor's slow in the box so response on my Roku (or even on the Slim
HTML interface on the desktop) is squishy but it all works.  I'm ripping
everything from CDs as MP3 at the 320K max level and the sound's good
enough to satisfy my ears for CD quality.

The person who made this work for me is Robin Bowes, UK.  His was a
paid consultant's role and he deserves every penny.  He is a thorough
and capable LINUX person who knows SS inside/out so he made it all come
together.  He can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you want to
line up to use his services.


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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread bklaas


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 changed the img src tag locations from

/html/images/...
to
[% webroot %]html/images/...

which will fix this problem if Nokia770 is not your default skin. From
what I saw in your screenshot though, EnochLight, you are already using
Nokia770 as your default. So...doubt that will fix what you're seeing.
Give it a shot with tomorrow's build just in case though.

#!/ben


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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread bpa

The #PIPE# essentially invokes a unix like pipe using the socketwrapper
app and Windows Named pipes.  

Your use for AAC/ALAC should work but a number of 3rd party antivirus
and firewall (e.g. zonealarm, McAfee) can interfere with socketwrapper.
The symptoms of this problem is that everything seems to run but there
is no sound.

If you encounter this problem, there is a solution using new version of
socketwrapper but it is still in test and so is not distributed
normally.


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread willem

47 but getting younger


Willem


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[slim] flac and more for Ipod and others

2006-04-14 Thread wr420

Just saw this on slashdot and seemed intresting since may people seem to
like the Ipod but dislike the lack of format support.

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WhyRockbox#Key_Features_of_Rockbox

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[slim] Re: Can't connect to shoutcast via SlimServer

2006-04-14 Thread earthbased

Mark Wrote: 
> Is anyone else seeing this?
> 
> Until today all was well. However, now when I try to play a Shoutcast
> station, I cannot connect. When I try connect from a player, I get a
> "Error SHOUTcast web site not available" message. When I try using web
> interface, I get a "There was an error parsing the stream information.
> Try reducing the number of streams if you've set a great number. (2)"
> message.
> 
> I checked the bugs and saw a number of people having this issue using
> 6.5 betas, but not 6.2x. I have no problems connecting with Winamp from
> my computer and SqueezeNetwork seems to work, although it seems a little
> erratic. This leads me to conclude that something changed on the server
> that SlimServer connects to to get the radio station streams. Was there
> a recent change that anyone knows about?
> 
> 
> 
> FWIW, I've been hanging back with 6.2.2 using a nitely from 1/10/06
> which includes FW 28. I have tried to upgrade to more recent rolls but
> always had problems (stuttering, SB stops playing, all w/flac and
> connected wirelessly). I have two SBs, a SB2 and a SB3 and SlimServer
> is running on a 2.8GHz XP Home PC.

I can't connect either to Shoutcast and am using SS 6.2.1.  Are you
still having trouble?

Dan


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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread malsbury

jtbse Wrote: 
> I'll check out mplayer and play with convert.cnf to see if I can get it
> to work.
I looked at the XP installer of AlienBBC and this is the line that it
puts in the slimserver-custom.conf:
Code:

[mplayer] -really-quiet -vc null -vo null -cache 128 -af 
volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels=2 -ao pcm:nowaveheader:file=#PIPE# $FILE$


So it looks like they are just handing the output from mplayer to
#PIPE# which you can just drop into my settings.

I downloaded the windows build of mplayer here:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/

and it transcodes both AAC and ALAC files fine from the command line
using my settings.  Here is the command line options I used if you
would like to test it yourself, it will take the "test.m4a" file and
output it to "test.wav" just to show that it works. The output file
will be in the mplayer.exe directory. Replace the info between the "'s
with the location of the file you would like to convert.
Code:

mplayer.exe -novideo -vc dummy -vo null -cache 128 -af 
volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels=2 -ao pcm:waveheader:file=test.wav 
"C:\Documents and Settings\Thomas\Desktop\test.m4a"

To use this with slimserver you should just need to set the output to
file=#PIPE# 

Let me know how you make out with this.  I am intersted in knowing if
it is just that simple.

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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread bpa

You should do an initial test of mplayer from a command line with one of
your files.  Depending on the chosen build options, some versions of
mplayer have faad2 built in whereas other need an external faad2 codec
dll in a subdirectory.


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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread jtbse

Thank you Malsbury!

Yes, I think this definitely gets me on a track that I can work with.

I'll check out mplayer and play with convert.cnf to see if I can get it
to work.  dBPoweramp also has a AAC CLI codec that I might play with as
well.

Thanks again for your help!

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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread EnochLight


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


Yeah they are all in there it seems (see pic).  I have no idea why this
is doing it only on my box - hopefully some others will chime in with
similar reports.

I've had the 770 work great with Firefox for the past several builds
and I can't think of anything odd that I did prior to trying this
latest nightly.

I'll try to uninstall and reinstall and report back.


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[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.5

2006-04-14 Thread NWP

I've also found that I can't play Shoutcast Internet radio through
squeezeslave running on Ubuntu Linux.  It will usually play for a few
seconds, then I get a series of 2-3 "decoding errors" and squeezeslave
crashes.  

With my current setup, softsqueeze plays Shoutcast with no
difficulties.  I should mention that I am using the 6.5 beta, a build
from around a week ago.


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread bklaas

I'm 34

keep in mind that this poll does not describe the distribution of
squeezebox/slimserver users, it describes the distribution of
slimdevices forum users who decided to respond to the question. that
could be a very significantly different demographic than actual
squeezebox owners.

still, it's a fun poll. Even with my caveat, I'm a little surprised
that the age range is as "experienced" as it is...

cheers,
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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread bklaas


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- Want it
- Need it
- Forget it


in your slimserver installation, do you have a file called

(linux, and I think Mac)
HTML/Nokia770/html/images/play.current.gif

(windoze)
HTML\Nokia770\html\images\play.current.gif

?

that should be the play icon for the currently playing track.

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Re: [slim] Re: Anyway to use WPA with SB 1.0?

2006-04-14 Thread ron thigpen

JJZolx wrote:


Instead of being forced to buy an SB3, you could also get a second
wireless router and run WEP on it and connect it to your home network. 


Alternatively, you could get a WPA-capable WLAN-to-Ethernet adapter and 
use the SB1's ethernet port.

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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread EnochLight


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- Need it
- Forget it


Hmmm - OK, I can live with the blue.  ;-)  It's not so much ugly, just
unexpected.

As for the missing icons and slower load... I stopped slimsever, quit
the app, cleared my preferences file (originally I had copied my saved
preferences file over from my previous install), and restarted; still
no difference.  I also tried it in IE7 Beta; no difference - my icons
are missing perhaps?

Where would I find them to check?


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread fgj

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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread bklaas


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- Want it
- Need it
- Forget it


Not sure why you aren't seeing the icons, because they are definitely
checked into the codebase. I don't have any trouble with the icons
(anyone else?). Try a ctrl-reload and/or a shift-reload on your browser
to force a non-cached refresh. You are seeing text there because that's
the alt attribute for the img tag, so in situations where the browser
isn't retrieving the image data, you don't get a broken image icon. I'd
rather hear that you are seeing the icons, but text is better than
nothing...

The "ugly" blue is by design, and is the same color as the progress bar
on the now playing page (sorry, but not interested in a discussion on
color choices...everybody's rods and cones are different; some are even
non-functional, which is of greater concern to me). The blue row is the
playing track, and I colored that row to indicate it as such. There are
also different controls for the playing track (play/pause/next) than
other tracks (play/down/up/next/delete). This is also by design.

I don't know what to say about the slow page load. Mine loads quite
snappy...

cheers,
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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread malsbury

jtbse Wrote: 
> Is there any way to use a decoder besides mov123 for AACs or other files
> in an mp4 container within Slimserver?I used to use FAAD2 on linux to decode 
> non-DRM AACs. However, it could
not handle ALAC when that was introduced.  I now use mplayer to handle
transcoding of AAC and ALAC (as well as WMA and RealAudio).Mplayer has
been ported to windows so it might be what you are looking for you.

I would suggest reviewing some of the posts about AlienBBC, I believe
that the new Windows version of the plugin installs a version of
mplayer and sets up Slimserver to use it for Real Audio streams.  You
can then edit your convert.conf file to have it use mplayer for .mov
files. Here are the lines I use for transcoding.

Code:

mov mp3 * *
  [mplayer] -novideo -vc dummy -vo null -cache 128 -af 
volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels=2 -ao pcm:waveheader:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 
4>&1 1>&2 2>/dev/null | [lame] --silent -q 2 -b $BITRATE$ - -
  
  mov wav * *
  [mplayer] -novideo -vc dummy -vo null -cache 128 -af 
volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels=2 -ao pcm:waveheader:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 
4>&1 1>&2 2>/dev/null 


These most likely wont work "as is" for you since these are tweaked for
my linux box, but they might get you pointed in the right direction. I
would also look at the entries AlienBBC makes in the
slimserver-custom.conf file for Real Audio to see how the output from
mplayer is handled on a windows box.  

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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread EnochLight


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- Got it
- Want it
- Need it
- Forget it


Ben,

Just downloaded the latest nightly (April 14) and there seems to be
some problems with the 770's playlist handling now.

When I add a track and go to the playlist window to check it, there
seems to be a lengthy delay before the page loads (check the first
screen) and then when it does, the playing track is highlighted in an
ugly blue (second screen) and there are no more icons but labels
instead (not sure if this was intentional)...

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[slim] Re: Monitoring wireless signal strength

2006-04-14 Thread Triode

Network health plugin records signal strength over time and graphs it
into a distribution.

If you are using 6.2 or 6.5 you should see this as part of the server
under Help - Network and Server Health on the web front page.


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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread jtbse

Hi Craig...

Yes...I'm familiar with other AAC CLI and .dll-based codecs, but that's
really my question.  I've used several different ones for file
conversions, different players and so forth.

Is there any way to use a decoder besides mov123 for AACs or other
files in an mp4 container within Slimserver?

Thx

Tim


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[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-04-14 Thread bklaas


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- Got it
- Want it
- Need it
- Forget it


thanks for all of the ideas. I'll respond to them one at a time...

1) She liked the bigger album display when using Telcanto on an Axim.
Overall now playing interface is much better, just liked the a bigger
picture.

I like big cover art too, but I'm not sure how I'd layout the page if I
went any bigger...I'll noodle on this one and add it to my list as an
enhancement idea.

2) Same question regarding the Repeat and Random icons - what are they
and why can't you click them. Once explained it made sense. Agree with
earlier post on not adding text, keep it clean. One idea might be to
put a background behind the repeat and random icons so them look like a
header rather than a clickable icon?

I think what I'm going to do is leave those icons the light gray color
when I darken the others (see next request)

3) When you put the 770 down flat (e.g. on a table), the light grey
(teal?) icons and text wash out. Maybe another color?

yeah, this needs to be done. it's been on my list for some time.

4) If click on Squeezebox's Playlist when it's empty, the image is not
sized correctly - scrolls right.

what image? Need more info...

5) If click on a Squeezebox's Playlist when it's full of songs, there
are not icons for Play, Move Up, Move Down, Next, Remove, etc. Looks
like text box image place holders? These basically split the screen in
half and causes songs to wrap. The functionality is great!

I've seen this under certain circumstances, and I can tell you it's an
issue with the Opera browser and not the skin per se. I don't know how
I can fix this, but I will see if there's anyway of preloading images
into opera's cache (esp. ones that are used repeatedly throughout a
page like these)

workarounds: 
configure slimserver through server settings to not display as many
items/page.
hit the playlist icon a second time when you see this and the images
may load on the page refresh.

6) Does not appear to be ability to delete a playlist? Typical
situation is when I do a playlist rescan, it pulls playlists from
iTunes I don't want so I go in to delete them from Slimserver. It's in
the default skin with a second confirmation step.

How is "clear" playlist different than "delete" playlist?

6) What does the Download button do when on a Playlist screen?

I don't use this feature, but its intention is to export your current
playlist as an .m3u file, which could then be saved somewhere on your
PC where you could call it up again. I just tried it and it worked
fine...items in the .m3u were full file paths to those tracks (not
slimserver-specific).

BTW, this is your second #6 ;)

7) When you scroll in a playlist, would it be possible to keep the top
icon in place. Thinking of something like a frame for the playlist, but
sure that's not the right way to do it. Usage example is if you scroll
of the bottom of a playlist to force a song to play next (AWESOME
FUNCTION!), you then have to scroll all the way back up to get to the
Now Playing icon.

If I can do it with css, I'll give it a shot. I want to keep this skin
frame-free though, so that's not an option.

added to my list.

8) Possible to slightly increase font size for the menu on the Settings
page? My fat fingers always click the wrong thing

should be able to do this with css. on the list

9) When perform a search for a song title (e.g. Civil War by GnR), the
result is VERY FAST and more importantly, CORRECT. Can you also show
the artist and album? All that shows is the title, so if there's
multiple results it would be hard to tell.

on the list

Idea - I'm getting a 1GB RS-MMC card. Wonder if it's possible to store
album images on the card so it pulls those local rather than OTA.
Should be quicker?

not a chance will I do that one. that's way beyond the scope of this
project.


thanks for all the input. My list is growing rather than shrinking
these days and haven't had much "fun" development time while my paying
job has been busy. I hope to get to this stuff reasonably soon
though...

cheers,
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[slim] Re: Monitoring wireless signal strength

2006-04-14 Thread radish

It's also listed at the bottom of the settings screen on the webpage.


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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread Craig

Take a look for FAAC or FAAD, I think Faad is the decoder.
I'm not sure if it would integrate with slimserver though.

Craig


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[slim] Re: Decoder for .m4a's besides Quicktime?

2006-04-14 Thread AndreasG

I just had a similar problem and here is what I found out:

It is a known bug/limitation of the Windows QT library that it does not
handle filenames with more than 63 characters correctly!

In my case, the actual lenght of the file name does not matter --
problems only arise when there are two files in the same directory that
share the first 63 characters.

Too bad...

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Re: [slim] Do you wan to be a star?

2006-04-14 Thread Nathan Beaver
Hi Patrick,

I'm a long time user, I have 3 SB1s, and 2 SB3s
sprinkled throughtout my home that I love, my wife has
learned to love, and I've recently explained to our
nanny how to use (our 4 month old son loves listening
to classical music in the morning as well).  I'm a 34
year old lawyer, I live in downtown Washington DC in a
100 year old Federal Style attached row house.  We
have about 24,000 songs so we have a big collection. 
I used to own an Indie Record Store, so we've been
able to store our 2000 or so CDs.  I've always been a
huge music lover, (i still problems go to 4 concerts a
month) and owning a Squeezebox has totally changed the
way I listen to music and I love it.  

I'm currently at work , but can take a picture at home
this evening and send it to you.  

Best regards,
Nathan Beaver
Washington DC


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> Squeezebox will be featured on a segment on HGTV's
> Tech Toy.  The producers
> are looking for "a real home-user who can show us
> how they use the product
> on TV. Someone hip and articulate who can tell us
> how Squeezebox has made
> their life better!"  And specifically, not a Slim
> Devices employee.
> 
> They would prefer if the homeowner resided in. D.C.,
> New York or L.A.
> Alternatively, San Francisco shouldn¹t be a problem.
> 
> If you're interested in being considered by the
> producers, please send me
> your contact info and a picture of yourself in your
> home surroundings.
> 
> We're on a tight schedule so a prompt response from
> anyone interested would
> be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Patrick
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 413-638-5248 efax
> 
> "Over all, you have to love this sweet, satisfying
> machine. Its creators
> have sweated so many details, you want to hand them
> a towel. Now that CD
> players, tape decks and turntables are rapidly
> disappearing, the Squeezebox
> brings us one step closer to the era of the
> stereo-free stereo."
> 
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[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem

2006-04-14 Thread ceepan

I installed the 6.2.2 nightly dated 13-04-06 and the problems seem to
have disappeared.  Thanks for the info though.


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[slim] Re: Do you wan to be a star?

2006-04-14 Thread eq72521

Indeed, the currently running age poll seems to indicate that most of us
are well past hip.  I'm pushing it at 29, but my home is well away from
any major coastal cities anyway.


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[slim] Re: Wireless / DHCP problem

2006-04-14 Thread poyntzj

I have the above combo and it all works here.

All on the 192.168.7.xxx subnet with a 255.255.255.0 mask

Slimserver is 6.2.1, player firmware is 28
Belkin firmware is 1.01.03
Boot version 2.01.08
WPA is enabled and working

I am broadcasting the SSID, Channel 7 and in 11g only mode.  The only
other wireless network around is my other one on channel 1.  1+7+13 do
not conflict (you need to leave a gap of 6 between channels to ensure
this). 
Protectd mode is off
ACK is immediate
Qos is on

Makes little odds except boot if it uses a fixed or DHCP allocted
address.


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[slim] Re: How to connect to a NAS drive

2006-04-14 Thread poyntzj

Back to the first issue, I have an old EPIA Eden machine running as my
slimserver, and as I listen to the BBC I use Alien BBC so have to stay
down this route.  The machine is quiet and lower power.
It itself connects to a Bufflo Terastation which is fine, but the
slimserver software would not do a thing with it where as the MP3s
share was connected as my M: drive and via Media Player or WinAmp plays
my MP3's fine.  sheesh, even the TwonkyServer I was using for the
Netgear MP101 was working fine.
I tried the workgroups, user ID's and everything else.
In the end I looked at the services again mainly to check that the
Windows Firewall was disabled - it was.  I saw that the  SSDP discovery
service was disabled and thought, nothing to loose I'll restart it. 
Voilia, all working and the slimserver is now working via a UNC address
too.

To be honest, with lots of the small NAS devices, a 200Mhz or greater
PPC or MIPS processor can easily do these tasks.  RISC processors can
run at far lower speeds and CISC processors.  Sheesh, Look how long it
took the PPC range to get to GHz speeds after the Intel/AMD race.  The
late G4 processors in Macs easily outperform a high end PIII.
Not sure of the speed of the PPC derivatives in the Xbox, PS3 and
GameCube, but they may just about reach 2.3Ghz, no more which is way
down on the x86 speeds which they have moved away from.


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[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem

2006-04-14 Thread poyntzj

I have the same album and run all my tracks through MP3Gain too - I do
it on a track basis NOT album basis.
I encode using Winamp and a VBR setting
I would undo the MP3Gain on the track, check that the server sees it OK
and then try running the Gain over it again.
these are the details for track 1 on my unit.  MP3Gain is at the
default level too.

Title:  The Fallen  
Artist: Franz Ferdinand 
Band/Orchestra: Franz Ferdinand 
Album:  You Could Have It So Much Better
Genre:  Post-Punk   
Track:  1   
File Format:MP3 
Duration:   3:42
Volume Adjustment:  0.68 dB 
Year:   2005
Comment:Ripped by Winamp
File Length:4,001,998 Bytes 
Bitrate:143kbps VBR 
Sample Rate:44.1 kHz
ID3 Tag Version:ID3v1.1 / ID3v2.3.0 
Location:   \\terastation\mp3s\f\Franz Ferdinand\You Could Have It So
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[slim] Re: Okay, maybe it's time to call it a day...

2006-04-14 Thread poyntzj

I moved to the Slimdevices from a Netgear MP101 and do not even want to
consider going back.  Not sure what other options are out there - I
stopped after getting the SB.
If anyone has a problem with wireless then homeplug ethernet over mains
is an option worth looking at.  Not too bad these days in price, and the
14Mbps version is more than enough for a couple of SB's.
As the MP101 is crap with wireless I had the homeplug kit already so my
first SB3 was wired only.
It worked well, but I wanted another SB so went wireless.
My home WAP is a Belkin Pre-N one.  No I have read of all sorts of
issues with Belkin and wireless and was unsure, but I soon found that
this is simply someone elses kit rebadged.  Indeed, it was the same as
the Netgear kit, but with a different case and aerial arrangement.  All
reviews looked good and gave it a better rating over the Netgear.

My cottage is made with Ragstone which seems to absorb wifi signals. 
Using 11b, I cannot get a signal from one room to the next.  11g I can,
but the range is limited to about 2 rooms.  Using Pre-N, I can now feed
a signal into the bedroom with no problems.

Moving to the wireless SB3 this week I was pleased to find that the
signal was still in the high 60's for a signal rate and no problems at
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[slim] Re: Do you wan to be a star?

2006-04-14 Thread joncourage

I may be an articulate real home-user (at least I think I'm real, will
have to review my Descartes), but I'm about 15 years past hip!


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[slim] Re: i think my display is broken or defective

2006-04-14 Thread happyfishman

It's a known fault that occurs with some (older?) units...

Parts of the display disappear when the device warms up. You will have
to get it replaced.


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread Jeff52

Will turn 54 next month. My wife sometimes thinks I act like an 18 year
old--which I guess I do.


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[slim] Re: Okay, maybe it's time to call it a day...

2006-04-14 Thread MrStan

>From my early days as a Radio Amateur some 44 years ago 2.4Ghz radio was
highly experimental and strictly line of site. Today it is regarded as
everyday but it still doesn't travel well. There are some materials
that it will not penetrate well including some brick and breeze block.

I have very intermittant problems with Wi-Fi even using a Netgear
router and a laptop. Some days it's very good, other days it's just not
reliable. In my opinion it can be totally down to your own environment.
Does it have to travel through brick, breeze or just plasteboard. The
radio wave tend to scatter when it hits a surface it can't penetrate
and will therefore try an alternative route, perhaps through the door,
or perhaps through the ceiling until it is bounced down again. Water
moisture in the air is likely to change the transmission conditions
therefore you can expect the weather to have an effect. My house was
built in the 1920's and many of the internal Walls are solid. The type
of brick used soaks up water like a sponge and it has taken me nearly
20 years to get this house totally dry. I have neighbours who also you
Wi-Fi and it is certainly down to the local weather conditions as to
whether I can see their networks and therefore whether they have the
potential to interfere. If they are not advertising their SSID which is
quite a wise thing to do then you cannot see them and will not know if
they are interfering.

Some of these problems may be reduced by increased use of the 5Ghz band
as this frequency appears to scatter a little more reliably but time
will tell and Squeezebox doesn't support this yet. As far as I can tell
the Squeezebox is no more reliable or unreliable in my setup as my
laptop, in fact I cannot see how it is fair to expect it to magically
work, there may be some compatibitiy issues with some other devices but
it appears to me that Slim Devices is bending over backwards to try to
clear any of these issues at the moment.

Slim Server is open source software that is under constant development
which means it is always going to be liable to bugs. Serious bugs
should be confined to the development version but some minor bugs will
remain in the stable version because it is known that these bugs will
disappear when the stable version moves on. I have been running Slim
Server on WindowsXP over the past year and I reckon this is one of the
most stable pieces of open source software I have run for some time and
I have been in the IT industry for a good many years.

If you want usability and good audio quality then in my opinion there
isn't another product out there to come near to Slim Server and
Squeezebox. 

If you are having troubles try eliminating wireless by using a direct
connection for a test and do it at a time that you have having problems
with the wireless connection. If this is better then don't use Wi-Fi, it
is unlikely to be reliable for you whatever product you are using. Look
for an alternative. Personally I find the Ethernet over Mains works
well in my situation. This has it's own problems, where to plug in the
units, it will not work through mains filters and heavy machinery can
interfere so you might have problems if you have air conditioning.

The final choice is with you, move on to another product if you are
convinced to call it a day, it is probably only the audio quality and
your bank balance that will suffer.


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread inguz

39.9

http://www.last.fm/user/beyondthegroove/


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread MrStan

59 reaching the big 60 this year.
Looks like you'll have to make that chart wider.


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[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

2006-04-14 Thread Bruce Hartley

I'm 31.
Some typing to make the message longer ;-)


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[slim] Re: Help: SB won't connect to SlimServer

2006-04-14 Thread mortod

Panic over - I re-installed 6.2.1 which seemed to fix it. Have now
re-installed 6.2.2 and still OK - hopefully a one off or perhaps a
6.2.2 problem (11/04 version). 

Thanks for the advice - I had tried that, and also noticed that the SB
could connect to the SqueezeNetwork - hence my conclusion that it must
be a SS problem.


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[slim] Re: Help: SB won't connect to SlimServer

2006-04-14 Thread smc2911

I'd try disconnecting the SB, giving it a factory reset (hold down the
add/+ button while unplugging from power and keep it down when you plug
power back in), meanwhile powering down the router.


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[slim] Help: SB won't connect to SlimServer

2006-04-14 Thread mortod

Everything worked fine yesterday, but when I came to switch on my SB
this morning it can no longer connect. When I brought the PC out of
standby a warning did pop up warning of a duplicate IP address. But
logging into my wireless router I can not see any duplicates, though I
do see two IP addresses for the same MAC address (both for the SB) -
not sure if that is normal ?

Winamp connect to SS fine on the same PC. Have tried releasing a
renewing the IP of the PC,rebooting everything, and also going through
the setup on the SB again (ie getting a new IP address).

Any thoughts ? Where can I look for diagnosis information ?


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[slim] Re: New, having a few problems with SlimServer

2006-04-14 Thread davep

Are your AAC files purchased from iTunes?  If so these have Apple's DRM
which prevents them from being played by SlimServer.

davep


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