[slim] Re: Empty Library
arturo Wrote: I'm having the same problem with a new installation. Windows XP pro, sp2. Zero artists, zero albums, zero songs, empty. Rescanning does nothing The server is now rescanning your Music Library appears, nothing happens. I've ripped one CD to my music folder (using Windows Media Player). If I browse to the music folder (in Slimserver 6.2.2), I see the artist directory, the album directory inside it, but no song files. They really are there - *.wma. Restarting the slimserver DID NOT fix the problem. Arturo, I suspect your issue is something different. The bug we're talking about is fairly uncommon. Try posting in the Beginners forum and I'm sure you'll get some good suggestions on how to begin troubleshooting your problem. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
Bee Wrote: can somebody give the rule for knowing the maximum of concurent streams with one server (Intel IMac for example) over a 100BT ethernet, with mp3 files (256kbps) ... or other configurations ? Well, at the top end: a 100Mbps LAN should give you about 50Mbps of usable throughput, so divide 50,000 by 256 to get 195 theoretical streams. Other bottle necks include the capacity of your hard disc to deliver bits (should be more than 50Mbps so not the limit) and the ability of your slimserver to keep up (which will probably be the limiting factor in practice - so depends on processor speed, system memory and other tasks running). This of course is assuming no transcoding on the server side. This is a long way of saying there is probably no magic formula which will tell you what you really want to know. Why not say how many you were thinking of, and see if anyone can offer evidence of matching that? There was also a thread a while ago on how many streams people had managed, and I seem to remember the answer was tens. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24454 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Restart Scanning Playlist with Remote
Maybe this make things more clear: You can change the function of a button on your remote in a way that by pressing it, it starts a randomplay songs. Using the randomplay plugin. Example: 1.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-tracks -- Amauta Amauta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2669 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24451 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB4 and/or a high-end model, when?
Oooo! What about the odd button on it, like playstop, for when one has a bit of trouble locating the remote. Like the idea of a very good dac inside to save another box appearing, and I like the SB2 size, as SB3 would not fit my shelf space, even thought I sort of think the SB3 looks a bit better... Would be an even happier Bunny :) -- Deaf Cat Deaf Cat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=515 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Device (the Kuro Box)
one of the best investments I've ever made is the purchase six weeks ago of my $149 KuroBoxHG This sounded very interesting, and I found where you can buy it at www.revogear.com, but I was a little concerned by the fact that when I tried to go to the forums, download area, or wiki, I got a page that says this account has been suspended Is this product still viable? Or is there a better source for information? It looks like it'd be fun to pick one up for one of the extra drives I have laying around. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Device (the Kuro Box)
one of the best investments I've ever made is the purchase six weeks ago of my $149 KuroBoxHG This sounded very interesting, and I found where you can buy it at www.revogear.com, but I was a little concerned by the fact that when I tried to go to the forums, download area, or wiki, I got a page that says this account has been suspended Is this product still viable? Or is there a better source for information? It looks like it'd be fun to pick one up for one of the extra drives I have laying around. Sorry to reply to myself, but is there an 3 G SATA version or just ATA? Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Device
thanks to you all, I'm more confused than ever now but I think the multi disk route is the path I'll follow , I have an outside office to store the server so noise isn't a consideration, once again thanks for time -- pkfox pkfox's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24428 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SLIMP3 for sale...
Last chance on this today - auction ends 1am BST... and it's only £60 at the moment! -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24273 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
Seineseeker Wrote: Thanks Funkstar, wouldnt I be better off with a linkstation then, if I can get over the installation issues I would have control over it myself and into the future? I guess it depends. I really couldn't be done with the hastle of hacking a linkstation and if you have problems with it you are on your own as far as warranty is concerned. No idea how well Linkstations work as SlimServers, haven't bothered to read up on it. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Stealth (hidden) Installation Possible? - ie without physical access to the SB3
Hi, I have got some rooms being rebuilt (eg kitchen/bathroom) where I may not want to see the SB3 (yes I know this sounds crazy!) but rather run from PC using ceiling speakers. Basically nothing can be seen in the room. My question is, is it wise to install behind a wall or shelf which is very difficult to access? Are there some things (like a hard re-set) that DO need physical line of sight; or can eveything be done from the slimserver interface. I guess I am most worried when my system hangs and I need to re-boot the SB3 or on upgrades where I have to hold the brightness key. Alex -- ajmitchell ajmitchell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=800 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SLIMP3 for sale...
wasn't going to, but well, bugger it, i put a bid in :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24273 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stealth (hidden) Installation Possible? - ie without physical access to the SB3
Personally, I really wouldn't do that if I were you. You've already identified two situations - hard reboot and firmware upgrade - where you might need to see it. And, besides, isn't it nice to be able to SEE what's playing? If you really want blind ceiling speakers then you might be better off dispensing with the SB altogether and running straight audio cable from a multi-channel PC sound card... Ceejay. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sync between digital and analog units?
Yes, I agree its a fundamental synching problem, not an output type problem. See my headache with the same issue http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20534 Switching to 11g from 11b helped me a bit. In my experience the SB2 seems to have less problems than Sb3 but this is subjective. Probably network signal is the key. If you run Network health and performance from the front page of slimserver it will usefully map each players issues! Alex -- ajmitchell ajmitchell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=800 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24380 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS Device
pkfox Wrote: thanks to you all, I'm more confused than ever now but I think the multi disk route is the path I'll follow , I have an outside office to store the server so noise isn't a consideration, once again thanks for time If you have somewhere to put a server without noise being an issue, then i would go for a regular desktop and a bunch of drives in it. I had looked at a barebones Opteron system with a gig or so of RAM and the slowest CPU i could find, 5x 3.5 to 3x 5.25 hard drive cage and a 5 port SATA RAID controller. Depending on drive size this could easily be done for under £1000. And then you have a decent file server you could use for all sorts :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24428 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stealth (hidden) Installation Possible? - ie without physical access to the SB3
if you are having the rooms re-built then could you not get a small cupboard built to house the SBs? that way if you need to get to them you can quite easily. Although personally i would rather build them into a wall so you could still see the displays. Unless either room is really small and gets really steamy, i can't see there would be a problem with them. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
ceejay Wrote: Well, at the top end: a 100Mbps LAN should give you about 50Mbps of usable throughput, so divide 50,000 by 256 to get 195 theoretical streams. 50Mbps? I'm curious why you don't expect 100Mb/second from your 100Mb/second Ethernet. -- rudholm rudholm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2980 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24454 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help! SlimServer won't start
I'm having exactly then same problem...installed 6.2.2 and slimserver no longer works (thank god for squeezenetwork). I'm running under xp home sp2. Have tried scrubbing slimserver from drives, registry and nothing works. Will try reinstalling 5.3.1 cos that's the previous download I had and see if that helpsbut I'm not best pleased. Alsoanyone figure out why live364 urls don't work anymore ? Cheers, Justin -- jmbirch jmbirch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2966 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Where did Keep Unswapped interval go in 6.2.2?
I can't find it in the performace tab. Is it elsehwere now? Ash -- bashers bashers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Trying to add radio stations in particular BBC
Thanks for the replies. I found an FAQ on the BBC website where they clearly state that they only support their own player or Real. I think it also had a pretty dud reason why. So, I emailed them asking politely whay they do this and that they are missing out on a new and fast growing community of people using SlimDevices, Roku etc. I also read another posting about commercial stations want to keep people reading their online adverts (or should that be Real's adverts) but this also does seem to be a particulalrly valid reason as I would have to assume that people listening to their on-air advertising is more important. I think Real have just done an excellent sales job. I was also out of luck with RTE (Ireland) who also use Real. Just copying BBC I guess? -- Paul Paul's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24430 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Ive made a mistake !
I recently upgraded to 6.2.2 ... bad move, now I cant access my music and the SB3 keeps switching off ! ... how do I get back to older working versions of the software, my system used to run like clockwork ... -- wimberrypie wimberrypie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24463 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ive made a mistake !
I recently upgraded to 6.2.2 ... bad move, now I cant access my music and the SB3 keeps switching off ! ... how do I get back to older working versions of the software, my system used to run like clockwork ... Why go back if you even don't know the problem? Is the server running? Is ony the SB disconnecting? What's wrong? -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ive made a mistake !
I now only get your player cannot be found in the www interface ...the whole setup has been working perfectly for months, until the dreaded upgrade !! ARH .. -- wimberrypie wimberrypie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24463 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Ive made a mistake !
I now only get your player cannot be found in the www interface ...the whole setup has been working perfectly for months, until the dreaded upgrade !! ARH .. Ok, let's try a factory reset: unplug your SB3 (wireless?), press and hold ADD on the remote while plugging the device in again. You'll have to reconfigure the box. Does this help? If not: did it ever connect after the update? -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] mp3 files corrupted?
Before I even got my SB3, I had ripped a bunch of files to mp3 in itunes. (I know there are better formats/better ripping progams, but that's what I did.) The songs played fine on itunes. I moved them to the computer that I am using for the SB server and initially they played fine on sb3. Now all of a sudden they won't play at all on itunes or on sb3. (they cause the sb3 to crash.) When I try to play them in windows media player (WMP), I get a message saying the file you are attempting to play has an extension that does not match the file format. Playing the file may result in unexpected behavior. Do you want the Player to play the file? When I click yes on that WMP can't play the file because WMP may not support the file type or support the codec that was used to compress the file. Any ideas? (other than rerip the cd's in a better format . . . ) Thanks. Rick -- rickoleum rickoleum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5801 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Progress Bar not working properly!
Ok, this is really weird: I have my SB2 display set to show a progess bar with elapsed time. However, it's acting very strange. For most of each song, it stays blank with an elapsed time of 00:00. Then for the last part of the song, it will come on and get updated at approximately 0:40 remaining and then at 0:10 remaining. Any idea what's going on here??? I think something's fundamentally wrong, but what debugging should I turn on? I haven't been able to get anything useful, and following always shows up at the top of log.txt 2006-06-04 11:00:36.2240 Parse error on line 36:EN 2006-06-04 11:00:36.4182 Parse error on line 36:EN Also, slimserver is not showing up in the Process Table, where it always has before (unless I'm going crazy...) I've stopped and started slimserver a couple times to no effect. The only things I've changed recently was to clear my library and rescan a few times, and add Scanner plugin (which I have since removed) HELP! I'm running 6.2.2 - 7135 Linux on Mandriva 2006. Music files are FLAC -- Xhorder Xhorder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1774 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Progress Bar not working properly!
For most of each song, it stays blank with an elapsed time of 00:00. Then for the last part of the song, it will come on and get updated at approximately 0:40 remaining and then at 0:10 remaining. What are your screensaver settings? And which plugins have you installed? 2006-06-04 11:00:36.2240 Parse error on line 36:EN 2006-06-04 11:00:36.4182 Parse error on line 36:EN I think having seen this with some plugin (don't know which one right now). Start slimserver using the -d_plugins parameter. Also, slimserver is not showing up in the Process Table, where it always has before (unless I'm going crazy...) Now this would relly be weird. ps ax? -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
ultra238a Wrote: You can put any plugins you want on our version of the Qnap TS-101. All you need to do is request the plugin and we will make a version that just needs to be droped in to the updates folder. We have done things this way so it is easy to install plugins for anybody and so that we can test them to make sure that they don't mess up anything when installed. We have nothing to hide by doing things this way, we just want to make it as simple and as safe as possible for everybody Regards Fair enough, when I get round to buying a Qnap I'll be requesting the TMS plugin? But what about the future, how long are you going to support slimserver. I guess for the foreseeable future whatever that means!! -- Seineseeker Seineseeker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4591 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
Hi, We are the UK distributor for Squeezebox so we will support the TS-101 for as long as the product is viable I guess. Regards Seineseeker Wrote: Fair enough, when I get round to buying a Qnap I'll be requesting the TMS plugin? But what about the future, how long are you going to support slimserver. I guess for the foreseeable future whatever that means!! -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Progress Bar not working properly!
My progress bar does the same thing since I updated to 6.2.2, and I have never used any plugins. Lanier -- lanierb lanierb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5566 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
error correction and protocol overhead. You will *never* get 100mbit of through put on a 100mbit network. The speed quoted is the wire speed as opposed to the data transfer speed. Gigabit gets round this to some degree by using jumbo frames. Basically this means that your data to overhead ratio is better as each frame being sent contains more data. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24454 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Ive made a mistake !
Same problem here. I tried running the server from the command line and found that it was dying while trying to read my iTunes library. I removed iTunes, reinstalled the server from scratch and things began to work properly. I don't know what about iTunes made it wonky but this seems to have solved my problem. wimberrypie wrote: I now only get your player cannot be found in the www interface ...the whole setup has been working perfectly for months, until the dreaded upgrade !! ARH .. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Trying to add radio stations in particular BBC
the BBC went with Real years ago when there wasn't nearly the same interest in internet radio. There also wasn't the same bandwidth available or types of streaming formats available. Since then WMA has become a real alternative to Real (sorry) at the same data rates, MP3 would requite a higher data rate and is not adaptive (i.e. they drop down to a lower quality if your connection is slow/busy) like the other two are. At the time RealAudio was probably the best choice out there. I guess in the future they could move to another format, but this would mean introducing additional servers to support the streams and encoding etc. The WMA streams for the digital chanels are out sourced to a third party, the BBC does not stream them to you itself. I wouldn't be surprised if the BBC does move to a more open system eventually. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24430 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Ive made a mistake !
Same problem here. I tried running the server from the command line and found that it was dying while trying to read my iTunes library. I Clearly a different problem: wimberrypie's server does start, but does not recognize the players. Your server does not start. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
rudholm wrote: ceejay Wrote: Well, at the top end: a 100Mbps LAN should give you about 50Mbps of usable throughput, so divide 50,000 by 256 to get 195 theoretical streams. 50Mbps? I'm curious why you don't expect 100Mb/second from your 100Mb/second Ethernet. Because Ethernet uses Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance to control traffic. No Ethernet can deliver its rated speed, even getting 50% of its rated speed is hard if not impossible if there is any sharing of the network. And then you have to add overhead, addressing, error correcting, ack/nak messages, etc. For a practical example for Slim users, a WiFi 'b' network is rated as 11 megabits/second but it rarely can actually delivery uncompressed audio. This is a problem for SB1 users, since the SB1 only does WiFi B, and can't do Flac on the fly The RedBook specifies that stereo music is to be recorded in 16-bit PCM sampled at 44.1 kHz. A little arithmetic shows that the data stream of CD audio must be at least: Data Rate = X = 16 bits * 2 channels * 44.1kHz = 16 * 2 * 44100 = 1,411,200 bits/second = 176,400 bytes/second = 172 Kbytes/second So while Red Book (or uncompressed audio) is only 1.4 mb/s and that is only 12% or so of a WiFi b link speed, you can't get it. Assuming that you can get 10% of the rated speed is probably good engineering. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Ive made a mistake !
Right. I missed the 'player can't be found' part :). Michael Herger wrote: Same problem here. I tried running the server from the command line and found that it was dying while trying to read my iTunes library. I Clearly a different problem: wimberrypie's server does start, but does not recognize the players. Your server does not start. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stealth (hidden) Installation Possible? - ie without physical access to the SB3
ajmitchell Wrote: Hi, I have got some rooms being rebuilt (eg kitchen/bathroom) where I may not want to see the SB3 (yes I know this sounds crazy!) but rather run from PC using ceiling speakers. Basically nothing can be seen in the room. My question is, is it wise to install behind a wall or shelf which is very difficult to access? Are there some things (like a hard re-set) that DO need physical line of sight; or can eveything be done from the slimserver interface. I guess I am most worried when my system hangs and I need to re-boot the SB3 or on upgrades where I have to hold the brightness key. I wouldn't do it. I've had to unplug/plug in my SBs on a couple of occasions to get them back among the living. If you don't want to be able to see the SB, then obviously you plan on controlling the music in some other way, such as over the network. If that were the case I'd consider some other type of source, such as a PC with multiple soundcards located in a central wiring closet, with long audio runs to the bedrooms, more in line with a typical whole-house audio setup. These setups have been discussed here before, so you might want to do a search. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ive made a mistake !
I don't use SB3 (so my apologies if this isn't actually relevant) but is it anything to do with wireless security? Like - have Slim Devices introduced new wireless security into the latest build that may need to be reconfigured before your player can be seen? Perhaps a previous security setting has been over-written by the upgrade? WPA, WEP etc? I'm assuming you're on wireless, so may be wrong on that count too :) -- gutted http://www.last.fm/user/gutt3d/ Slimserver 6.2.2 +MusicIP Mixer 1.6b2 +MoodLogic 2.7.1.18 +AlienBBC 1.02a +Slimscrobbler 0.34 Windows 2000 Professional sp4 Intel Celeron 1.4GHz 512MB RAM Squeezebox 1 wireless (Player Firmware Version: 40) Library of approx 6300 MP3s gutted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24463 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Progress Bar not working properly!
mherger Wrote: For most of each song, it stays blank with an elapsed time of 00:00. Then for the last part of the song, it will come on and get updated at approximately 0:40 remaining and then at 0:10 remaining. What are your screensaver settings? And which plugins have you installed? 2006-06-04 11:00:36.2240 Parse error on line 36:EN 2006-06-04 11:00:36.4182 Parse error on line 36:EN I think having seen this with some plugin (don't know which one right now). Start slimserver using the -d_plugins parameter. Also, slimserver is not showing up in the Process Table, where it always has before (unless I'm going crazy...) Now this would relly be weird. ps ax? -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) My screensaver is SuperDateTime showing weather and forcasts, but I have it disabled when music is playing. I have a bunch of plugins. Off the top of my head: Last.FM Sirius SuperDateTime Lyrics Tetris AlienBBC IR-Blaster Random Mix I tired d_plugins and it didn't provide much useful info as far as I could see. Mostly LastFM submission stuff.. I've attached the output of ps ax. Something shows up there. But still nothing shows up in KDE System Guard, which is what I usually use... +---+ |Filename: ps_ax_output.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1393| +---+ -- Xhorder Xhorder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1774 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
On 6/4/06, Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because Ethernet uses Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance to control traffic. No Ethernet can deliver its rated speed, even getting 50% of its rated speed is hard if not impossible if there is any sharing of the network. And then you have to add overhead, addressing, error correcting, ack/nak messages, etc. Only hubbed Ethernet uses CSMA/CD; switched is full-duplex. I've benchmarked over 95 Mbps using generic consumer cards and switches, although that was card-to-card (netperf), not disk-to-disk. It's not that hard. - Jacob ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Incorrect time?
I just looked at my SB3, which is connected to SqueezeNetwork. It's displaying the time as 11:51, and it is actually 12:35 here. Anybody have a clue? I could understand 1 full hour ahead or behind, but ~45 minutes seems weird. -- ezkcdude SB3-Derek Shek TDA1543/CS8412 NOS DAC-MIT Terminator 2 interconnects-Endler Audio 24-step Attenuators (RCA-direct)-Parasound Halo A23 125W/ch amplifier-Speltz anti-cables-DIY 2-ways + Dayton Titanic 10 subwoofer He's not hi-fi, he's my stereo. ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24469 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB4 and/or a high-end model, when?
It seems as if some of the changes people are mentioning would be changes to Slimserver, not upgrades to the Squeezebox. If you have suggestions on Slimserver, you can go to http://bugs.slimdevices.com/ and make a feature request. -- NWP NWP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3730 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SLIMP3 for sale...
Thanks! :-) And it looks like you're winning!! 5 hours to go... good luck!! -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24273 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Restart Scanning Playlist with Remote
I tried, but I couldn't find anything that works. I'm guessing that this pluging (Rescan) wasn't really designed for custom IR mappings - but I may be wrong. Hopefully someone with more experience can help out. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24451 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Empty Library
JJZolx Wrote: Arturo, I suspect your issue is something different. The bug we're talking about is fairly uncommon. Try posting in the Beginners forum and I'm sure you'll get some good suggestions on how to begin troubleshooting your problem. Ok, I've started a thread there as well. I still wonder if my problem is the same as this thread though. So I started using the debugger to log the scanning process. I see that SS finds the album directory, sees 22 items inside it (22 songs), then descends into the directory and decides that each index is not a list type and skips it. For example, here it is looking at song #16: 2006-06-04 10:50:48.8902 index: 16 2006-06-04 10:50:48.8902 itempath: and file:///E:/Muzak/Wire/Pink%20Flag made 2006-06-04 10:50:48.8903 isList() == 0 2006-06-04 10:50:48.8903 not a list: 2006-06-04 10:50:48.8904 Skipping unknown type: So, why didn't it recognize the WMA file as a known type? -- arturo arturo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5795 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB4 and/or a high-end model, when?
The idea of an audiophile SB to me is a non-starter. Why would an audiophile want a SB w/an integrated amplifier? Audiophiles shun integrated amplifiers, unless they are the ones that cost several thousand dollars. Adding a higher-end DAC to the SB also would be difficult, due to size constraints. Have you guys looked at audiophile-worthy DAC's? They are large, mainly due to gigantic (and probably unecessary) power supplies, transformer I/V stages, and sometimes tubes. Finally, and I've said this before in another thread, most of audiophilia is about constantly tweaking and changing your system. An all-in-one audiophile SB is a complete oxymoron IMHO. So, basically, true audiophile won't buy it, and those who are not audiophiles won't need it. I'm really not sure what the market for a $1000 SB would be. Can anyone tell me? -- ezkcdude SB3-Derek Shek TDA1543/CS8412 NOS DAC-MIT Terminator 2 interconnects-Endler Audio 24-step Attenuators (RCA-direct)-Parasound Halo A23 125W/ch amplifier-Speltz anti-cables-DIY 2-ways + Dayton Titanic 10 subwoofer He's not hi-fi, he's my stereo. ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stealth (hidden) Installation Possible? - ie without physical access to the SB3
It's easy enough to hide the SBs and still allow access. Stick them in a cupboard, or build a little access plate into the wall. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Empty Library
Did you disable the automatic DRM in Windows Media Player?On 6/4/06, arturo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:JJZolx Wrote: Arturo, I suspect your issue is something different.The bug we're talking about is fairly uncommon.Try posting in the Beginners forum and I'm sure you'll get some good suggestions on how to begin troubleshooting your problem.Ok, I've started a thread there as well. I still wonder if my problem is the same as this thread though. So I started using the debugger tolog the scanning process. I see that SS finds the album directory, sees22 items inside it (22 songs), then descends into the directory and decides that each index is not a list type and skips it. For example,here it is looking at song #16:2006-06-04 10:50:48.8902 index: 162006-06-04 10:50:48.8902 itempath: and file:///E:/Muzak/Wire/Pink%20Flag made2006-06-04 10:50:48.8903 isList() == 02006-06-04 10:50:48.8903 not a list:2006-06-04 10:50:48.8904 Skipping unknown type:So, why didn't it recognize the WMA file as a known type? --arturoarturo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5795 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24323___discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.comhttp://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IE7 and Fishbone
Unfortunately i just upgraded to 6.3 and still no luck. -- bigmdime bigmdime's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
radish wrote: pfarrell Wrote: - again the myth that you can't run pcm to an sb1 is just that - a myth. I was doing it for a long time before I finally replaced my sb1 with a later model. Sure there was the odd glitch because that buffer was so small but in general it worked fine. My experience is different. I found PCM over wireless to my SB1 to be unlistenable, hence unusable. The fix was easy, drag an Ethernet cable. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stealth (hidden) Installation Possible? - ie without physical access to the SB3
I do this today. I have ceiling speakers in my bathrooms, but the SBs and room amps are in a cupboard outside the bathroom. I can get to them to update firmware when necessary (only had to do it once when upgrading to SlimServer 6.5). I prefer this approach to running a PC with multiple cound cards etc because I like other functionality such as synching players together, and because I like the audio quality I get. I use Telcanto on a wifi pocket PC to control all the rooms. -- netim3 netim3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=219 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Empty Library
Gregory Hamilton Wrote: Did you disable the automatic DRM in Windows Media Player? On 6/4/06, arturo arturo.28w3qz1149444901 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Nope! That indeed was the problem. Thanks Gregory! Arthur -- arturo arturo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5795 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
Do either of these work on a qnap. The music magic plug in shows in server settings= plug ins. However, despite my library being music magic activated nothing works on qnap. Moodlogic does not appear at all. Is there any way of activating either or both of these plugins? -- michaelch michaelch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2132 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Progress Bar not working properly!
My screensaver is SuperDateTime showing weather and forcasts, but I have it disabled when music is playing. Please disable all third party plugins and _restart_ your server with the d_plugins parameter. Still the same behaviour? I tired d_plugins and it didn't provide much useful info as far as I could see. Mostly LastFM submission stuff.. You'd have to _start_ the server with this parameter to see the debugging messages for plugins load. But I guess your problem lies elsewhere. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Progress Bar not working properly!
mherger Wrote: My screensaver is SuperDateTime showing weather and forcasts, but I have it disabled when music is playing. Please disable all third party plugins and _restart_ your server with the d_plugins parameter. Still the same behaviour? I tired d_plugins and it didn't provide much useful info as far as I could see. Mostly LastFM submission stuff.. You'd have to _start_ the server with this parameter to see the debugging messages for plugins load. But I guess your problem lies elsewhere. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) OK, I stopped slimserver and renamed the Plugins directory. Will that disable all plugins? Hopefully it will. I then started slimserver using the -d_plugins switch, and the same behaviour with the progress bar occurs. Here is the log output: 2006-06-04 17:57:33.9198 BROWSE_MUSIC does not exist. creating... 2006-06-04 17:57:33.9207 Registering screensaver Now Playing (Jump back on wake.) 2006-06-04 17:57:33.9209 Registering screensaver None 2006-06-04 17:57:36.4162 Mode OFF.superdatetime not found, using default ... (The last message is repeated over and over) -- Xhorder Xhorder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1774 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
They aren't included as standard. If you want them request them at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we will get them created and tested for you so you can download them and drop them in the updates folder in the Public share to install them. Do not try and install the standard format plug-in's as they won't work. Regards michaelch Wrote: Do either of these work on a qnap. The music magic plug in shows in server settings= plug ins. However, despite my library being music magic activated nothing works on qnap. Moodlogic does not appear at all. Is there any way of activating either or both of these plugins? -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] I built an in-wall cabinet for my Squeezebox
Well our master bathroom remodel is finally coming to a conclusion, more then 4 months in the making. It has a floor to ceiling steam shower, whirlpool tub and mood lighting so I needed to add another Squeezebox to play our tunes. Here are some pictures of the squeezebox cabinet. It fits inside the wall and has room for 3 remotes. I have a hardwired SB3, I didn't want to mess with wireless issues. The rest of the systems consists of a single dual tweeter dual voice coil Boston Acoustics DSI465T2. It's a nice sounding speaker that can play both channels from a single speaker. I decided to go with this because mounting two speakers didn't make sense in the bath. The system is powered by an AudioSource Amp200, 80 watts per channel probably overkill. I choose it because it has an auto on feature when it detects and input signal. Its mounted on top of the cabinet in the last picture. The room isn't finished, still needs painting and a long list of odds and ends. Thanks Ken +---+ |Filename: 2006-06-04 016.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1394| +---+ -- Kenr Kenr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1134 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24475 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stealth (hidden) Installation Possible? - ie without physical access to the SB3
Here is an idea http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24475 -- Kenr Kenr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1134 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Empty Library
Setup: Slimserver 6.2.2 on Ubuntu Breezy, music on Linkstation drive. Linkstation drive is mounted and can be seen (I can browse music folders, but rescanning doesn't find anything) Everything seemed to be working just fine in 6.2.1. Decided to upgrade to 6.2.2. I've started and stopped the slimserver to no avail. It still won't find the music. I've also rebooted the machine, the Linkstation, nothing. Any reasons why this might happen? Also, as an unrelated question, does 6.2.2 use MySql by default? -- hirsp1 hirsp1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I built an in-wall cabinet for my Squeezebox
Thats sweet! Thanks for sharing. -Ben -- Ben Diss Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24475 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
With 802.11b or g, yeah, I'd be happy with 50% of advertised bitrates, but the topic at hand is 100Base-TX (i.e. wired) Ethernet. Even with the preamble byte, the SFD byte, the source and destination MAC addresses, the frame type, and the checksum, you're still only talking about about 20 bytes of overhead per frame, which isn't much even with 100Base-TX's MTU size of 1500 (i.e. not the jumbo frames that Gb Ethernet often uses). None of that could possibly account for a 1:2 ratio between user data and Layer 1 data. And my experience bears this out. I normally see about 10.5 megabytes per second transfer rates on 100Base-TX links, which is quite close to 100 megabits per second. So my question to ceejay stands --I'm curious why he expects only 50 megabits per second from 100Base-TX. -- rudholm rudholm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2980 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24454 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Empty Library
hirsp1 Wrote: Setup: Slimserver 6.2.2 on Ubuntu Breezy, music on Linkstation drive. Linkstation drive is mounted and can be seen (I can browse music folders, but rescanning doesn't find anything) Everything seemed to be working just fine in 6.2.1. Decided to upgrade to 6.2.2. I've started and stopped the slimserver to no avail. It still won't find the music. I've also rebooted the machine, the Linkstation, nothing. Any reasons why this might happen? I just discovered if I go to Browse Music Folders, add everything in the folder to a playlist, all of the sudden, all of the music is found. If I rescan, it's lost again. -- hirsp1 hirsp1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How many streams at the same time ?
Not to beat up on poor ceejay, but I tested this once for a review of a router: http://www.abxzone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17528d=1107717661 See page 8. I found the 100 Mbps connection averaged 82.17 Mbps. Not quite 100 Mbps, but not 50 either. BTW that RacoonWorks Speed Test is a pretty cool little free program: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/speedtest.html You can test server - client on your internal network, wired or wireless, or between a web page and a local PC. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24454 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Default skin volume control....
...goes up to 11. I've just noticed this, was it deliberate? :-) I can just imagine the marketing Our volume goes up to 11, that's one louder than our competitors. Great stuff. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24477 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver 6.2.2 on windows xp fails to start as a service
Almost a month and no reponse... did you ever get this sorted? I recently reformatted and can't get 6.2.2 to start either. Curious as to what you did to get yours going? -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24014 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
