Re: [slim] No Automatic Startup
Will a clean install of 6.5 fix this? I'd imagine yes. If you once installed with the automatic startup feature, updates possibly just replace the files, but don't change the service setting. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
mkozlows;139746 Wrote: > I know what production quality open source projects look like, and those > aren't it. Although I'm willing to try. I followed the instructions here: http://losslessaudio.blogspot.com/2005/12/media-center-edition-2005-with-flac.html And FLAC stuff appears where I'd expect, has read-write metadata, and appears to play back properly in WMP 11. Promising so far; I need to think out some other details before I go any further, though. -- mkozlows mkozlows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How would you like to browse your music ?
I'm looking for ideas of new type of browse menus to include with the Custom Browse plugin. So I would like to get some ideas of different ways you would like to browse your music that is not possible with the current version of slimserver. Try to include a menu hierarchy example in your idea to make it easier to understand how you would like it to work, for example: Genres - (List of genres) -- (List of artists within the selected genre) --- (List of albums for selected artist within selected genre) (List of tracks on selected album, artist and genre) So how would you like to browse your music ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-trackstat) , 'SQLPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-sqlplaylist) , 'DynamicPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-dynamicplaylist), 'Custom Browse' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-custombrowse) and 'RandomPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-randomplaylist) plugins) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Date & Time screensaver for Transporter
Great! I see that the Slim guys are already on it My only question remaining - Does kdf EVER sleep?!?! :) Andrew - Original Message - From: "kdf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [slim] Date & Time screensaver for Transporter Quoting depeche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Now that the Transporter is here, I wonder how much work it will be to conver the Date & Time Screensaver to have the Time on one side and the Date on the other? I wish I had a clue about programming!! http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3964 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Date & Time screensaver for Transporter
Quoting depeche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Now that the Transporter is here, I wonder how much work it will be to conver the Date & Time Screensaver to have the Time on one side and the Date on the other? I wish I had a clue about programming!! http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3964 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
radish;139735 Wrote:
> Don't go criticising open source around here ;) There's actually a
> couple of WMP plugins for FLAC - illiminable and CoreFLAC.
Open source is fine, when it's an active project. But dead open source
projects, not so much. CoreFLAC is at version 0.4, hasn't been updated
in two years, and has open bugs since 2004 (including little things
like not being able to drag the position bar without crashing WMP).
Illiminable is at 0.72, has a changelog that's full of critical issues
("fixed crash problem with x", "fixed crash problem with y", "fixed out
of memory problem with z"), had a year between releases, and then hasn't
had any release in the last seven months.
I know what production quality open source projects look like, and
those aren't it.
--
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[slim] Date & Time screensaver for Transporter
Now that the Transporter is here, I wonder how much work it will be to conver the Date & Time Screensaver to have the Time on one side and the Date on the other? I wish I had a clue about programming!! Andrew H...Transporter!!! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
mkozlows;139721 Wrote: > That's what people told me before, too. And then it turns out that the > only DirectShow filter for FLAC was some open source thing at version > 0.3 that hadn't been updated for two years and didn't actually work, as > such. Don't go criticising open source around here ;) There's actually a couple of WMP plugins for FLAC - illiminable and CoreFLAC. As far as I know both are usually pretty stable, I've certainly used them in the past without problems. Drop me a PM if you need any help with them. Of course MS could write a nice, closed source version themselves, but that would be too helpful :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
On 9/25/06, Pale Blue Ego <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Browny;139628 Wrote:> I upgraded from 6.3 to 6.5 at the weekend. >> Simply removed 6.3 and installed 6.5.>> Worked first time, no issues. The only thing I made sure was that the> old version was completely gone before I started installing (I always > clear out any Plugins left over and reinstall these once I have the new> version running).>> This was on Linux (Clark Connect).A few questions, if you don't mind. I'm also using ClarkConnect. I'm currently running SS 6.2.2, and would like to try 6.5.0Right now I do not have the MySQL service running on ClarkConnect. Itis installed, but set to manual startup. Do I need to have MySQLrunning on ClarkConnect, or does 6.5 install its own version of MySQLand start it?6.5 brings its own MySQL, you don't need another one. Did you simply do an RPM -e to uninstall Slimserver? And a RPM -i toinstall 6.5?Yup. If you have any problems after doing that, you might also need to run /usr/local/slimserver/Bin/build- perlmodules.pl -- I needed it on SuSE 10.-- "I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,So across the Western ocean I must wander" -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
Sue - can you please contact me at: dan | at | slimdevices.com Thanks -- Dan Sully Dan Sully's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
Yeah, that stopped it, but now I can't get it to start rescanning again. I keep clicking the rescan button but nothing is happening in the Web interface and I can't hear the hard drive churning at all. -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
Sue, if you stop the 'scanner.exe' via the Task Manager, that will stop the scan. -- Dan Sully Dan Sully's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] No Automatic Startup
I use the iTunes rating plugins that require slimserver to run as an app not a service. Over the last couple of upgrades (not up to 6.5 yet) of continually checked the option to start slimserver manually, not automatically at start up. It doesn't work though. It still starts up and I have to end the slim.exe process so I can start it again. Anybody know what's going on? Will a clean install of 6.5 fix this? -- Mr_Smiley Mr_Smiley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3213 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27898 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
Well I did the clean install and once again it is trying to guess tags from my directory structure for about half my songs. These songs have good tags they are the same songs that have been in my library since before I had a SlimServer! Since it was a clean install, it put back the settings for guessing tags. I removed it and tried clear and rescan again, but it is just continuing on with the original scan. Is there any way to stop the scan and start a new one? -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
Dougal;139409 Wrote: > To anyone who may be put off encoding to flac becouse of compatabillity > with media player don't be as it is a direct show player and with the > corect direct show filter installed plus a tag reading plugin it will > play any popular media file. > Doug. That's what people told me before, too. And then it turns out that the only DirectShow filter for FLAC was some open source thing at version 0.3 that hadn't been updated for two years and didn't actually work, as such. -- mkozlows mkozlows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver not running
Some users have reported problems about Slimtray not starting Slimserver. I just ran into the same problem. I am a newcomer to SlimDevices. I downloaded and installed 6.3, and got Slimtray saying forever that it is starting Slimserver. Uninstall and reinstall as suggested in some posts. Same problem. Moving to 6.5b. Same problem again. It turns out that Slimserver was running perfectly when launched manually from a command window. Still it could not be started manually as a service. Two evenings later, the solution to that problem was to change the status of slimserver as a service from belonging to Local System to belonging to a user with administration privileges. Doing that makes everything work perfectly and Slimserver starts automatically at Windows start-up. I have Windows XP with the latest security patches and I suspect that recent changes to the security strategy forbid Slimserver to start as a Local System service. In hope that will be useful and help spare some time. -- kuzcobd kuzcobd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7669 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27896 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Scanning problem (6.5.0)
I have around 22.000 songs and 1600 albums in my library. As I installed the latest 7.0a nightly yesterday and did a wipe-and-rescan as always, I noticed that the scan stalled at around 4000 songs. More rescans produced wildy varying results, between 3000 and 7000 songs, but still far away from the entire library. I uninstalled 7.0a1 and reverted to 6.5.0, to no avail -- still stuck around 4K songs after a wipe-and-rescan. Since I add albums to my libray almost daily and had been using 6.5.0 for a few days (and various nightlies before that) without a problem, I figured the issue was in my library somehow. I moved the last few days' worth of mp3s outside of the library and did a full rescan -- same problem. I'm not too sure which variables to check in the Debugging settings to find out where the scanning process chokes -- I tried d_scan and d_info, but the log is barely a few lines long with nothing suspicious as far as I can tell. Any ideas? -- Nikk0 Be seeing you, Nikk0 Nikk0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1068 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27895 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tag problems with 6.5.0
Peter Evans;139408 Wrote: > Maybe slimserver is just reading the artists from your directory > structure. > > In my case a third of my MP3 files are parsed, identified as id3v2, but > all the data is ignored. Then the program just guesses from the > directory structure. > > With 6.3.x these tags were fine. > > There are no v1 tags, no APE tags, though there is some replaygain info > in the tags. For a moment I thought this might apply, as the folder names do (largely) reflect the artist names before I flipped the surname to the front. However, not only are plenty other tags reported by SongInfo in SS (including ReplayGain), but it also reports the tag version as ID3v2.3.0. (OK, so it actually says "ID3 Tag Version:...", which doesn't exactly say that there aren't non-ID3 tags in there...) To add a bit more info: SS reports both Artist and Band/Orchestra tags, both with value "Anouar Brahem". MM says that Artist and AlbumArtist are both "Brahem, Anouar", and (I'm fairly sure, details not to hand right now) that it claims to be reporting ID3v2 tags. Hmm. I'll have to see what DBPowerAmp says... -- Brian -- Brian Ritchie Brian Ritchie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27848 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tag problems with 6.5.0
Ben Sandee;139348 Wrote: > On 9/24/06, Brian Ritchie Maybe check to see if you have APE tags in > there, I believe they may take > precedence of ID3v2. If you run linux, what does id3v2 -l > output > for one of these files? I'm sure there's a tag in there and it's just > a > matter of figuring out where it is. > Thanks for the suggestion Ben, though I might've expected MM to report on any APE tags present. The change seems odd since the files themselves haven't changed, only the version of SS. I'm running XP, not linux; I might have a cygwin installation on that machine, but am not sure that'll have an id3v2 command. -- Brian -- Brian Ritchie Brian Ritchie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27848 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Crestron for Transporter?
I'd like to see a module also. I'd write one but I really don't have the time. A note to SD: It's a lot easier to integrate your products with Crestron/AMX if you have a module posted on your website. Dropping in a module makes life much easier for integrators which results in higher sales to the high-end market. -- Firebat Firebat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27595 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Recommendations for Using SB3 as an Wireless Bridge
You need a CAT5 crossover cable, something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812117821 -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27894 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver memory usage on windows
Here is my 6.5 on Windows XP process with only 16 albums loaded so far. Good thing I've got 1GB of RAM in this machine. Command line: C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\slim.exe Handle count: 102 Threads:2 Page fault count: 24190 Peak working set size: 73,576.00 KB Working set size: 73,524.00 KB Peak page file usage: 69,276.00 KB Page file usage:69,224.00 KB Total memory usage: 142,748.00 KB -- bradsjm bradsjm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27856 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What happened to Artist on display?
I have the same bug with FLAC files. I wiped my server 100% (server software, database, the contents of /usr/local/slimserver, etc) without helping in any way. I have also added a comment to the bug report. -- tomsi42 SB3, Rotel RC-1070/RB-1070, dynaBel Exact, Kimber Kable 4TC and Timbre. tomsi42's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux x86_64 and AAC heartache....
Man, I don't know how I missed that thread before! Would have saved me so much grief!!! Thanks for your help! Eamon. -- eamon eamon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3580 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27811 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Recommendations for Using SB3 as an Wireless Bridge
Slightly off topic here, so my apologies, but I've ordered a new tivo and want to use my SB3 as the access point. I know how to set it up (or at least think i do) but its not clear to me what kind of cable i need to connect the two. Can someone provide an example of the type of cable I would need to connect my Tivo (Series 2) to my SB3? Thanks. Nathan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wierd problem
Hi all, Does anybody have any ideas why my squeezebox will only play one song from an album I ripped early today, whereas it can 'see' the other songs but cannot find them. I ripped using musicmatch if that helps. Secondly - does anybody else find that you search for a certain tune by name, press play and get a different track! thanks, Hywel -- Hywel Hywel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3983 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5 Upgrade - a few questions
aubuti;139354 Wrote: > Can't help you on #1, but on #2 as has been mentioned elsewhere (can't > recall the specific thread now), because the artwork view is > part-and-parcel of album view, it no longer makes much logical sense to > exclude albums without art from the listings. In other words, this was a > conscious design decision by the developers. > > I don't know if you can turn off artwork completely, but you can use > the icon in the upper corner to toggle between artwork view and list > view. Just keep it with list view. It even sets a cookie that keeps it > in list view if you change to another skin. Thanks for replying aubuti, Thought that some things may be a design intention Turning off artwork would be useful though - I thought that it made a huge impact on the database keeping track of the artwork such that large libraries could grind to a halt with artwork (irrespective of image size - as it is the database links that hit performance)? Nic -- DrNic DrNic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=92 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27791 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What happened to Artist on display?
I've raised this as a bug. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4215 If you use WMA I suggest you go there and vote for it ! -- Flamingo Flamingo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7504 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] build playlist while browsing music?
Hi, Is there some convenient way to build a playlist while browsing music? >From the player interface, the standard way of creating a playlist seems to be to browse around and hit the "+" button to add to the "Now Playing" playlist. The downsides to this are that one wrong button press can wipe out all your work (hitting play for example), and that you cannot preview songs before deciding to add them. Seems like you want to be able to browse around like normal, and have a button which adds to a *separate* playlist. Does this exist? I see the "add to favorites" but it doesn't look like it's intended for this given the favorites are stored in the prefs file. There's also the "zapped songs" playlist, but that seems to only come into play from "Now Playing", is that right? thanks, Greg ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
bklaas;138467 Wrote: > FWIW, I put loads of Ajax in Nokia770 and Touch skins, both available in > 6.5. ExBrowse3 and Fishbone also have AJAX components in their > interfaces. > > Check out the 'Now Playing' page on Touch while listening to music and > try out some of the controls. Playlist page is also AJAXed, as is the > '1-by-1 artwork' page, which is unique to Nokia770 and Touch. > > Constructive criticism welcome. > > #!/ben And these skins are a thing of beauty! -- MikeGilpin MikeGilpin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
kitecarl;139655 Wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I installed 6.5 w/o uninstalling 6.3 this past Friday and everything > has continued working great... I did notice however many people > commenting on the "gallery" view which I do not see as an option in the > Fishbone UI. Perhaps this is why! > > I'll completely wipe out my SlimServer installation tonight and install > 6.5 fresh tonight. Afterwards will I see the "gallery" view as the same > level as Albums, Artists, Years, etc? Thanks. No, the gallery view is an alternative to the list view that you can optionally use when you have a page full of albums. It's not a seperate browse mode. Go into browse Albums and click the icon in the upper right of the browse window, next to the "Sort By" dropdown box. It's also there if you browse Artists, then select an artist. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
Browny;139628 Wrote: > I upgraded from 6.3 to 6.5 at the weekend. > > Simply removed 6.3 and installed 6.5. > > Worked first time, no issues. The only thing I made sure was that the > old version was completely gone before I started installing (I always > clear out any Plugins left over and reinstall these once I have the new > version running). > > This was on Linux (Clark Connect). A few questions, if you don't mind. I'm also using ClarkConnect. I'm currently running SS 6.2.2, and would like to try 6.5.0 Right now I do not have the MySQL service running on ClarkConnect. It is installed, but set to manual startup. Do I need to have MySQL running on ClarkConnect, or does 6.5 install its own version of MySQL and start it? Did you simply do an RPM -e to uninstall Slimserver? And a RPM -i to install 6.5? -- 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=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
oreillymj;139134 Wrote: > I'd like each SB to support the idea of perhaps 4 playlists, A,B,C,D > where the selected playlist A, moves to slot B, B moves to C etc when > you make a new selection. > > So say you're listening to Random mix and a good song comes on. You > want to check out something by that artist so you browse to the > artist/album/track and press play. Currently you go out of Random mix > mode and create a new playlist. > > I'd like to retain my Random mix playlist and be able to switch back to > it, if I want to. > The idea is similar to the "Tabs" in Firefox. how it could be > implemented with the current remote is a bit of a problem. > > I also reckon that retaining the last 4 playlist selections would be > the most required as it might otherwise just become confusing. Michael, you and I have corresponded about this one before. I think we're both trying to solve the same problem. Note the "stateful playlist" idea I just posted. Would something like that address your requirements? -- MikeGilpin MikeGilpin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
Nostromo;139321 Wrote: > - A small request. I would like to have a progress report when SS scans > my music folder. It doesn't have to be graphical, a percentage would > suffice. 5%, 15%...100% Done! > > - I'm not sure its a priority one issue, but the "up" and "down" arrows > have to disappear. The ideal replacement would be implementing drag & > drop. But if that's too difficult, why not use the numerical ordering > they use at Netflix. It would be a lot better than the arrows. > > Here's an example: > > 1. Song A > 2. Song B > 3. Song D > 4. Song C > > Suppose you want to put song C between B and D, you just type in 3 on > the left of song C. Voilà! > > Again, I'm not sure its a huge problem, since I'm not sure that many > people use SlimServer to create playlists. Yes to both! Yet another example of Netflix as good example of Web UI. -- MikeGilpin MikeGilpin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
Phil Meyer;132927 Wrote: > >> I would like a way to customize your library by player. I have a > SLIMP3 > >> in my son's room and a Squeezebox in the living room. There are > certain > >> tracks I don't want available to my son. > >> > >Interesting idea... as a variation on the theme, why not arrange for > >this data to be stored in some tag or other in the music files? > > A better solution would be to use multiple music libraries/personas. > > Eg. you could have libraries/personas called "Dads" and "Son's". > You could have 3 music folders - Dad's, Son's and Shared. > Dads persona could include Dads music folder and shared. > Son's persona could include Son's music folder and shared. > > Son's Squeezebox could be configured to use Son's persona, so would use > Son's music library. > Living room Squeezebox could be configured to use Dad's persona. > > Optionally, perhaps a persona could be configured with a password to > restrict access. > Optionally, perhaps restrict persona's to specific players. > > I think this kind of support is so versatile, it could fit in with many > different user requirements. > > Phil In our house the issue is not so much personas, as the different kinds of music we play depending on who is around - since we have varying tastes. My 23 year old daughter and I have very similar tastes which are very broad and eclectic - which we meet with two playlists, one with lots of jazz on it, the other without (but all the rock, soul, R&B, alt-folk, and such still there). Then when my wife is around, we switch to a much more limited playlist without anything she finds "raucous" (about 50% of what I like!). And then there are the classical, dinner-music, music-to-study-by, and Broadway musical playlists (which we generally play shuffled by album instead of song). The problem: each time we switch between these various lists, SlimServer "forgets" where it was before, when we later come back to the same list. So it would be great to have a "Remember state" option to turn on for each list, so that when you switch away to a different list, it would automatically save that list in its current exact state - shuffle order, what's already been played, etc. - so when you switch back to it later (when my wife leaves!) you're back where you were before. That would mean you wouldn't have to listen to the same song again the same day just because you switched out of the list and back in again, which today causes a full reshuffle and loss of state. It's not that I mind hearing certain things twice - a little Miles is nice - but to hear Carpenters' "Only Yesterday" more than once in a week is a tad much to take... -- MikeGilpin MikeGilpin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mods to Handheld skin for field highlighting
I got it to work by adding the following to slimserver.css
A:hover, A.selected {
color : white
font-weight : bold;
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[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
MC: I think you missed the point. When he said > if gapless were important to me I wouldn't hesitate to migrate to a > format that supported it more uniformly he didn't mean migrate away from slimserver, he meant migrate away from mp3. At least that's how I understood his comments. And again, folks, it's rapidly becoming moot. It's slated for the next minor release. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
Hi everyone, I installed 6.5 w/o uninstalling 6.3 this past Friday and everything has continued working great... I did notice however many people commenting on the "gallery" view which I do not see as an option in the Fishbone UI. Perhaps this is why! I'll completely wipe out my SlimServer installation tonight and install 6.5 fresh tonight. Afterwards will I see the "gallery" view as the same level as Albums, Artists, Years, etc? Thanks. -- kitecarl kitecarl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3017 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
Ben Sandee;136224 Wrote: > On 9/14/06, CatBus forums.slimdevices.com> > wrote:Transcoding at the server is a great workaround for gapless > playback, and I'm very grateful we have it. But true client-side > gapless MP3 playback support would be a very good feature--and not just > a feature only a few rare cases would take advantage of. > I realize anyone can hear the gaps -- I certainly can hear them > (although they are VERY short, almost inaudible). But I'm also able to > contain my rage at them and still enjoy my music. If gapless MP3 were > added I would certainly use it. On the other hand, if gapless were > important to me I wouldn't hesitate to migrate to a format that > supported it more uniformly, > rather than waiting for the feature to be added to my player. > Ben The gaps are not that short (are we talking microseconds or cloth ears?) and they are very annoying. Many other players support this and SlimServer should too. Unfortunately migrating away from SlimServer is not that easy as nothing else quite does the trick... and perhaps this is why people are so eager to get their particular problems sorted. MC -- ModelCitizen Why does it always happen to me? Squeezebox2 > Benchmark Dac1 > Naim NAC 82 > Naim NAP 250 > Shahinian Arcs. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tag problems with 6.5.0
Same tag problems here. Many tags are not read. Songs appear with no album and no artist. Song name is just the filename. I did not have this problem with the 6.3 version of slimserver. Hope this will be fixed soon. Im using Windows XP. Rob. -- RobbyS RobbyS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7665 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27848 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.0 and cover art strangeness
Nostromo;139641 Wrote: > I only use one "folder.jpg" file for each album. I wonder if this only affects people who are using one album art file for both as opposed to two seperate art files? Cheers. -- shabbs [shabbs] *iPod:* 4G [40GB] | *OS:* Windows XP Pro SP2 | *iPod audio:* Sony ' MDR-EX71SL' (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=16xGo7sNu5VGifp5w5lMqPQCC6R64p2DISc=?ProductSKU=MDREX71SL&Dept=acc_Headphones&CategoryName=acc_Headphones_Fontopia%2e%2fEarbud) and 'MDR-V600' (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=_kMTDIIA2joTVcNyXogZB80QbAefQPuz-8U=?ProductSKU=MDRV600) headphones *MP3s:* 59.3 GB / 8,609 songs and growing! | *MP3 ripper:* 'EAC' (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) 0.95b4 [secure] w/ 'Lame' (http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html) v3.97b2 [-V 0] *Manager:* 'Anapod Explorer' (http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/) v8.9.7a | *Extras:* 'Squeezebox v1' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html), 'Linksys NSLU2' (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1118334819312&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper), WD Dual-option 250GB External Drive shabbs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6016 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
I did a clean install, but there are still some minor issues. Nothing major so far. 6.5 is big improvement. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux x86_64 and AAC heartache....
Alternative approach - try mplayer instead of faad. See post #2 in this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24369 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27811 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.0 and cover art strangeness
> What sizes are your Album Art files? I use two files for each of my > albums. The large cover art image is called folder.jpg and it's 200x200 > (this file is also embedded in each track). For the album thumbnails, I > have a file called albumartsmall.jpg that is 75x75. Both seem to be > used fine for my library. I only use one "folder.jpg" file for each album. Most of the them are 300x300, some are 475x475 and even 500x500. Normally, Slimserver is supposed to generate the thumbnails itself. But there doesn't seem to be any correlation between the size of my album art files and the 'disappearing act" some of them are pulling of. Someone linked to a bug report earlier, and it said that the problem occurs after modifying tags. And that's exactly what happened to me. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
I agree with the previous poster. As long as you do a complete un-install of your previous version, 6.5 installs and runs fine. MOST of the issues I've seen seem to stem from "previous version poisoning", and also people who are using the more advanced features or have lots of plugins. There's enough "new goodness" there to make it worth your while. -- jeffluckett jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
That's encouraging. I'm on Windows XP and the only plugin I believe I have installed is the telcanto remote (although I really never use it). The reason I asked the question was that my upgrade from 6.2.? to 6.3.1 was somewhat frustrating. -- PBS PBS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7664 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5 and Live365 problem -- cannot connect
I have the same problem. I was able to log into Live365 with my account from the browser and it played just fine, but it did not work from Slimserver. From the Squeezebox, it could connect, but did not log into my account either. Just logged in generically. -- Martin -- mschiff mschiff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27816 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
I upgraded from 6.3 to 6.5 at the weekend. Simply removed 6.3 and installed 6.5. Worked first time, no issues. The only thing I made sure was that the old version was completely gone before I started installing (I always clear out any Plugins left over and reinstall these once I have the new version running). This was on Linux (Clark Connect). -- Browny http://www.last.fm/user/BrownySV/ Browny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.0 and cover art strangeness
Nostromo;139337 Wrote: > Or maybe its a size issue: maybe my album art is too big. What sizes are your Album Art files? I use two files for each of my albums. The large cover art image is called folder.jpg and it's 200x200 (this file is also embedded in each track). For the album thumbnails, I have a file called albumartsmall.jpg that is 75x75. Both seem to be used fine for my library. -- shabbs [shabbs] *iPod:* 4G [40GB] | *OS:* Windows XP Pro SP2 | *iPod audio:* Sony ' MDR-EX71SL' (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=16xGo7sNu5VGifp5w5lMqPQCC6R64p2DISc=?ProductSKU=MDREX71SL&Dept=acc_Headphones&CategoryName=acc_Headphones_Fontopia%2e%2fEarbud) and 'MDR-V600' (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=_kMTDIIA2joTVcNyXogZB80QbAefQPuz-8U=?ProductSKU=MDRV600) headphones *MP3s:* 59.3 GB / 8,609 songs and growing! | *MP3 ripper:* 'EAC' (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) 0.95b4 [secure] w/ 'Lame' (http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html) v3.97b2 [-V 0] *Manager:* 'Anapod Explorer' (http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/) v8.9.7a | *Extras:* 'Squeezebox v1' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html), 'Linksys NSLU2' (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1118334819312&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper), WD Dual-option 250GB External Drive shabbs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6016 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux x86_64 and AAC heartache....
To get AAC working in 6.3.1 (on Gentoo) I had used the older version of faad2 from the CVS repo and compiled and installed it. Modified the convert.conf file (changes to slimserver-convert.conf or custom-convert.conf didn't seem to make much difference). Everything seemed to go fine. However, new machine, different OS. The CVS trick isn't working for faad2, as now it fails to compile. Here are the steps I have taken to get it working in the past, that fail now: ## Begin Paste # 1. Build/install faad2 as per: http://robinbowes.com/article.php/2004080319394853 Here's what I did to build a version of faad2 that can sucessfully play .m4a files from slimserver on my Linux system (Fedora Core 2): CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/faac export CVSROOT cvs login (Hit return when prompted for a password) cvs co -D2004-03-03 -dfaad2-CVS faad2 cd faad2-CVS autoreconf -vif ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-mp4v2 make sudo make install The "make" fails with the following errors: make errors ### mp4property.h:61: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token mp4property.h:77: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token mp4property.h:78: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token mp4property.h:82: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token mp4property.h:84: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token mp4property.h:87: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token rtphint.h:38: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token rtphint.h:39: error: invalid pure specifier (only `= 0' is allowed) before ';' token make[3]: *** [atom_co64.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `faad2-CVS/common/mp4v2' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `faad2-CVS/common' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `faad2-CVS' make: *** [all] Error 2 ### So, what I really need is for someone to show me what they have done, step by step, to get it working. Any takers? Cheers, Eamon. -- eamon eamon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3580 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27811 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Is 6.5 ready for non techies?
There seem to be a fair amount of threads detailing issues with 6.5.0 Is this representative or have most upgrades gone smoothly? -- PBS PBS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7664 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] QNAP SS 6.5 to 6.3 rollback
Has anyone had any success with using the SS 6.5 to 6.3 file on the QNAP upgrade site? -- Jerryacg Jerryacg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5539 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27887 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Why use iTunes
--- aubuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jelockwood;139504 Wrote: > > Apart from the FF/Rwd issue (does that affect FLAC as well?) I > cannot > > see any disadvantage to using ALAC over AIFF. ALAC is supported by > all > > the major hardware devices (SqueezeBox, Sonos ZonePlayer, Roku > > SoundBridge via FireFly, and of course iPod!). It is possible to > use it > > in WinAmp and I even have it working in WMP 10 and Media Center > 2005! > Correct me if I'm wrong, but SqueezeBox does *not* have hardware > support for ALAC. I don't think anything except apple hardware directly supports ALAC, the rest all support via transcoding on the PC, using either quicktime or that reverse-engineered decoder (which has to play catch-up when the format changes). Josh __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sleep function with SlimServer 6.5.0
Ahhh. Fantastic. That's what I was missing. Thanks for your help. -- edc1 edc1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.0 and cover art strangeness
This brings us offtopic, but anyhow, I do use exact same application, but in reverse order:) I apply tags and download covers using T&R. After I prepare a bunch of albums, I run all of them through foobar's replay gain (by tags). No problems; I have done 1692 albums so far:) -- ymilner ymilner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1370 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: sleep function with SlimServer 6.5.0
Quoting edc1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Rather than downloading a nightly build of Slim Server I thought I'd be able to put this change into Slim/Buttons/Common.pm on my Slim Server installation and then I'd have the fix. I tried restarting the Slim Server but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Am I missing something here? Do I need to do something else for this change to work? I'm running Slim Server on a Windows machine if that make any difference. The change isn't in a nightly, as it is only posted to the bug report. When the changes make it into a nightly, you'll get a notification from bugzilla that mentions the revision levels and that the bug is fixed. Making changes on your local copy will work, but ONLY if you run slimserver.pl. Slim.EXE (aka the installed service) is pre-packaged so that all core modules are already part of the EXE. Only changes in Plugins will have any effect. In order to run slimserver.pl, you can install ActiveState's ActivePerl, available from activestate.com. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Scanning on restart
Thanks for the tip Siduhe! I do use both of these, not necessary to manage my library, but in parallel... I did change the reload settings as you suggested and have then restarted twice without Slimserver starting to scan! Looks very promising so far!! Thanks again Zevs -- Zevs Zevs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6890 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27835 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sleep function with SlimServer 6.5.0
There is also a new Sleep button on the Transporter remote. =) -- WSLam WSLam 'SB3' (http://www.slimdeviceas.com/) | 'Unidisk 1.1' (http://www.knekt.com/spec_sound/product_display.cfm?ProductID=179&activeNavBar=products&activeSubNavBar=Source) -> 'EMM Labs DCC2 SE' (www.emmlabs.com/html/audio/dcc2/dcc2.html) -> 'Acoustic Reality eAR1001' (http://www.acoustic-reality.com) > 'Magico Mini' (http://www.magico.net) 'Photos of my Setup' (http://photos.lam.ws/gallery/1573984/1/87768997) WSLam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=830 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sleep function with SlimServer 6.5.0
The bug report I setup has an update on it now. It changes the following line in Slim/Buttons/Common.pm: my @sleepChoices = $remaining ? (0, $remaining, 15,30,45,60,90) : (0,15,30,45,60,90); to read: my @sleepChoices = $remaining ? sort(0, $remaining, 15,30,45,60,90) : (0,15,30,45,60,90); so that the sleep time options are numerically ordered. Rather than downloading a nightly build of Slim Server I thought I'd be able to put this change into Slim/Buttons/Common.pm on my Slim Server installation and then I'd have the fix. I tried restarting the Slim Server but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Am I missing something here? Do I need to do something else for this change to work? I'm running Slim Server on a Windows machine if that make any difference. Thanks. -- edc1 edc1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5 and Live365 problem -- cannot connect
After upgrading to 6.5.0 I get the "Connecting..." message on any live365.com stream but no music. I downloaded the latest nightly and then started getting the login problem with live365. I've reverted back to 6.3.1 and all is well. -- pannetron pannetron's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1401 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27816 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.0 and cover art strangeness
...and I've started to get pretty frustrated with something between T&R and Foobar conflicting... I'd been using Foobar for replaygain scanning for all my mp3s, then polishing the tags and loading album art in Tag&Rename... depending upon which direction I go, the replaygain tags are wiped out, or the id3v2 tags are screwed up and the album art disappears from the id3 tag along with ARTIST, BAND, YEAR, and track number. I've had better luck switching to mp3gain for the replaygain scanning - no more tagging or scanning in foobar for now :( -- vacaboca vacaboca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2715 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with FFWD/REW of Ogg Vorbis
It's fast-forward/rewind only; normal playback is fine. I hadn't actually considered the possibility that the files wouldn't be supported at all! The native support is still very welcome -- I'm pleased not to be transcoding on the server now (since the overwhelming majority of my music is Ogg Vorbis). Thanks, Steve -- smst smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27862 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with FFWD/REW of Ogg Vorbis
Does this refer to a fast-forward or rewind issue, or the fact that you can't play your Ogg files at all? If the latter, check the encoder version that was used to encode your Ogg file. Any pre-1.0 beta versions of oggenc probably won't work, and you'll need to re-encode using a non-beta encoder. Or, uncheck the Ogg (built-in) item and you can transcode to FLAC. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27862 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
Thanks. I will try it later when it's a more convenient time to reboot. -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
Sue - to start from scratch: Open task manager, and make sure that the following processes are not running. If they are, stop them. slim.exe scanner.exe mysqld.exe Once that's done, remove SlimServer via the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. If that doesn't work (or in addition to), remove the C:\Program Files\SlimServer directory. Just to be safe, reboot. At that point, SlimServer is completely removed. There is a registry entry for the service, but that won't affect these scanning issues you are seeing. -- Dan Sully Dan Sully's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
tyler_durden;139558 Wrote: > When you rescanned the library did you select "clear library and rescan > everything" from the options list? > Yes, always. BTW, the scan has finished and it's still mixed up with artists listed as albums, albums listed as songs and such. Not for everything... maybe half my library. I just deleted everything under "GUESS TAGS FORMATS" of server settings, and now I am doing clear and rescan once again... -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?
For me, another factor with the Sonos is that their controller controls Sonos gear only. So if, like me, you have a multi-component playback system controlled from a single device through NetRemote or Charmed Quark or similar, you have no way to integrate that slick music browsing experience with the rest of your system control. Web-based UI will integrate with almost anything. And of course, just like SlimServer, the Sonos provides almost no classical-friendly browsing features. -- MahlerFreak MahlerFreak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27824 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with FFWD/REW of Ogg Vorbis
I see; thanks for pointing that out. I can do without it, as I have done until now -- just wanted to be sure there wasn't something broken at my end. Cheers. -- smst smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27862 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] URC MX-700 discrete codes?
I've tried to import discrete codes from the CCF files in the MX-700 but it doesn't seem to work. Would it be possible if someone who's got a MX-700 export their device info a MXD/MXF file? I've seen search and browse artist, album, my folder, genre discrete codes...would be great if I could get these (oh and stop as well) -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27877 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
When you rescanned the library did you select "clear library and rescan everything" from the options list? TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with FFWD/REW of Ogg Vorbis
On 25-Sep-06, at 1:23 AM, smst wrote: Is this a known problem? http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3809 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
Thanks for your help Radish and everyone...I'll put in an enhancement request...seems likely that I'm not the only one with this issueKirk -- kklemme kklemme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7442 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: RSS reader device?
not looking to save money necessarily. looks like i might buy more SB3s just for this purpose. -- grimholtz 'Get PasswordMaker' (https://passwordmaker.org/) 'Get FoxyProxy' (http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/) 'Read one of my books' (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1861005202/102-7541338-1644948) grimholtz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5235 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27850 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
kklemme;139539 Wrote: > > Apparently WMA and WMA lossless are different animals. > Indeed they are, but the tagging scheme is the same. So if Slimserver reads tags for one of them it will for both. > > WMAL is not supported by the hardware at all and is transcoded as you > know. I am wondering if there could be some way to read the volume > leveling information and then transcode to the correct level.way > over my head > Yes, that's exactly what could be done (although the volume adjustment occurs on the player, it's based on reading the tags on the server). Hence my suggestion that you file an enhancement request :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?
Marc Sherman;139488 Wrote: > > I'm starting to think that Slim should work out an OEM deal with Nokia > > or another vendor of one of these devices, not because it would make > them any significant amount of money, but just so that they can check > off that box on their feature list: "Available graphical remote for > people who want to compare our feature list to Sonos'". > > - Marc If they do that, I want a(nother) free pony. ;) FWIW, as the person probably most familiar with the Nokia 770 as a slimserver remote-- if you did a side-by-side demo of the 770 controlling a squeezebox and a Sonos remote controlling a Sonos, I'd have to guess the user experience would go hands down to Sonos. To me, the principal reason for this is that the 770 is a first-gen device that still has some quirks. That said, it's a reasonable alternative to the Sonos, allows you to use the (IMO) superior squeezebox/slimserver, and I can promise that I'm dedicated to building on the Nokia770 skin's UI (as well as the Touch skin, now largely under my stewardship). One of the great selling points, to me, of the Slimdevices software model is allowing average schmoes like myself to contribute original ideas/interfaces to the user experience. Sonos might have put a ton of $$ into developing an proprietary solution, and give them their due--it's a sharp looking solution-- but I'd be bummed if my only outlet to changing/enhancing a feature to the product would be asking the company to fix it. With Slim, I can actually fix it myself. I know not everyone can/wants to interact with a company in that fashion (what? I paid for this thing, and now you want me to work on it???), but isn't it cool that there is an organically assembled bunch of open-source developers tinkering with this thing and enhancing its feature list? I use the Nokia 770 for two main things now (though it can do so much more): as a slimserver remote, and to make phone calls using Gizmo Project. I don't recommend using a Sonos remote for making phone calls ;) cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas "the Nokia770 skin guy" bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27824 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.0 and multi-disc set
Can you please file a bug on http://bugs.slimdevices.com/ with example files and your configuration? Thanks -- Dan Sully Dan Sully's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27775 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to start clean with 6.5? My library is hosed.
Is deleting the SlimServer directory in Program Files all I need to do for a truly clean install of 6.5? Are there registry entries too? Because I have been trying to get a usable scan of my library for three days now and each rescan results in new oddities. At first there were a lot of weird things in my library and the scans would go for hours ad hour without ever finishing. Yesterday I tried the uninstall through Add/Remove Programs and it got stuck in some kind of loop where an error was popping up in a command line window and then disappearing over and over. I had to go into task manager and kill the process for some temp file to finally get it to stop. Then I deleted the SlimServer directory, waited for the rescan, and my library was all hosed with things like multiple repeats of an Artists name in the Albums list, split Albums, Artists listed as MP3, Albums listed as CD1. So then I removed the music library and playlist paths and rescanned with just MusicMagic enabled. Well, it got better, but I still had duplicate albums. Giving up for the night, I decided to just create a mix in MusicIP and send it to Slimserver from the MIP UI. When I refreshed my playlist in SlimServer, it was listed several wrong songs. But when I played the playlist, the songs were the right ones. In other words, the Web UI and player were showing different information from what was actually playing! Throughout all this, I have not once gotten it to show anything but placeholders in the gallery views, although I have album are in the Web Now playing section and in the song info. At this point I have removed MusicMagic from the picture and I'm rescanning for about the 10th time with only my music path. So far it does not look good, but I will wait to see if things fall into place when it finished. It seems as if SlimServer is just ignoring my real tags (the same tags that were read fine in earlier versions) and using the "Guess tags" info which is not working well at all. Is there some way to disable the guessing of tags entirely? If not I am not sure what else to try unless there is more to clean install besides blowing away the program directory. Can anyone help or should I just go back to 6.3.1? -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
Thanks Radish... Apparently WMA and WMA lossless are different animals. WMA is supported directly by the hardware. I don't know if the volume tags are honored or not. WMAL is not supported by the hardware at all and is transcoded as you know. I am wondering if there could be some way to read the volume leveling information and then transcode to the correct level.way over my head K -- kklemme kklemme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7442 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5 Playlist Window No Longer Updates
No, not just you. You can force the playlist to refresh by pressing F5, but it doesn't refresh automatically. However it's the only glitch I've come across so far having upgraded to 6.5, so I'm not complaining. -- Matt B Matt ___ FLAC, AAC, MP3 -> SB3 -> Moth monoblocs -> ProAC Tablette II -> my ears Matt B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Duplicate Albums
No, Slimserver doesn't renumber the tracks but it shows all tracks from disc 1 then disc 2 starting with track 1 again. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.0 and cover art strangeness
I don't use iTunes, but EAC and Tag&Rename. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Duplicate Albums
I assume you mean that SlimServer doesn't actually renumber the tracks for you while browsing them, just then they are shown in the correct order...e.g. - . I *did* have my albums numbered contiguously, but since I've figured out how to get this working (thanks to this thread), I've renumbered them all from 1. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5 Playlist Window No Longer Updates
On 9/25/06, Neil Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...as the songs progress.Is it just me?If you're using IE this is a known bug, which will be fixed in 6.5.1. Your alternative to waiting for this release is to download a low-risk nightly for this upcoming bug fix release: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/Look for the newest folder starting with "SlimServer_6_5_x".Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] slimserver memory usage on windows
On 9/24/06, totoro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was wondering how much memory would be considered "normal" for aslimserver that had been running for a week or so (about 500 cds worth of cds compressed lossless, so something like 145g of music, withstandard db cache settings and the db that came with the installuntouched by me).What version are you running? I think those numbers are common for pre-6.5 but 6.5 seems to be use fewer resources.Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users
kklemme;139385 Wrote: > But now I'm hopeful that I can transcode and add volume leveling on the > fly. It seems like a lot of processing on the fly, but like I > questioned above maybe it always tries to stay "one file ahead" or > something like that. > No, slimserver doesn't have any support for calculating volume adjustments itself, it can only go on tags already in the files. As for adding them during transcoding, it's all done in realtime so there's not really an opportunity to prescan the file. Sorry! > > That would also explain why fast forwarding and rewind will not work > properly with transcoded files...not a big deal in my estimation. > FF/REW doesn't work because there's no way for slimserver to tell the external decoder to speed up or start going backwards - it's just reading a stream of data coming in and passing it to the player. I wouldn't think the change to add support for the WMA volume tags would be particularly tough, so it's probably worth opening an enhancement request. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Use Squeexebox from MCE2005
yjv;139402 Wrote: > sounds interesting, > BUT will this JRMC plugin will somehow be compatible with the MCE 2005? The JRMC plugin will not support MCE, although the architecture is designed to be ported to other music libraries. MCE is not all that interesting to me in that it seems to support only the same limited Genre/Album/Artist/Song view that most music libraries do. JRMC was my first target because it at least allows for user-defined fields (tags) in libraries, thus allowing me to define real schemas for classical, opera, jazz, and other genres that don't neatly fit the pop-oriented world view of iTunes, MCE, SlimServer, et al. -- MahlerFreak MahlerFreak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=11377 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Radio woes in 6.5
On 9/25/06, Gildahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Since upgrading from 6.3.1 to 6.5, it seems that the radio features have taken a step backwards.A few of the issues you mention have been fixed in the the nightly builds following 6.5 and are due out in 6.5.1. You can try these relatively low-risk bug fix builds by downloading from here: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/Look for the newest directory prefixed "SlimServer_6_5_x".I think the radiotime issues may be partially out of SlimServer's control. If a station goes down or changes their radio address and doesn't let RadioTime know then you've got a dead link. Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?
great ida, I wouldn't have figured it out if I hadn't spent some tme in these forums. If it were a part of the package more people would know about it and not go with the sonos. Marc Sherman;139488 Wrote: > gorman wrote: > > This is a product suggestion. > > > > Why doesn't Slimdevices create a "deluxe remote" with a color > screen, > > jog shuttle, touch screen, something... that would more or less give > > users the same experience you can get through Sonos? > > > > It could work via Wi-Fi connection to Slimserver or IR to Squeezebox > or > > Transport (I suggest both, so as to be adaptable to customers' > > configurations). > > > > What do you think? > > > > I'd pay $199 for it. Don't know it's enough to cover costs... > > I'm starting to think that Slim should work out an OEM deal with Nokia > > or another vendor of one of these devices, not because it would make > them any significant amount of money, but just so that they can check > off that box on their feature list: "Available graphical remote for > people who want to compare our feature list to Sonos'". > > - Marc -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27824 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2
On 9/25/06, yjv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey peoplehowcome this new MS WMP 11 Beta 2 "feature" is not compatibly with thenew Squeezebox3 but with other mostly cheaper devices to stream music?have a look at the list: http://www.playsforsure.com/SearchResults.aspx?searchtype=GetStarted&cat=DMRwould this be posible one day with a firmware update? or is there aproblem with the MS.this would also be step further to get the Squeezebox work with the MCE 2005 :-)--yjvyjv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6567 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27587___discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.comhttp://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss You might want to experiment a bit more with WMP11's naughty DRM ways before getting too tight with it: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34523 I don't use it so I can't say if that article is being overly alarmist, but the trend of behavior in WMP and iTunes is quite clear, and I don't think it's going to reach steady-state against consumer pushback at a point that I'm comfortable with. -- "I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,So across the Western ocean I must wander" -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2
The UPNP support in slimserver is to allow it to act as a client. So if you're running slimserver you can browse and play tracks from another UPNP server on your network. But the players themselves have no knowledge of UPNP so you do still need to have slimserver running. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27587 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why use iTunes
mmcguff;139283 Wrote: > If you use an iPod, FLAC files won't work, so that would require an > extra transcoding step to use those files on an iPod. For those who like to live on the bleeding edge, RockBox (www.rockbox.org) offers an alternate, reversible firmware solution that allows your iPod (and several other players) to play FLAC files amongst other things. At present it is not quite as intuitive as the standard iPod functionality, but it's better than several players I've tried. I have most of my files in FLAC on the server and getting music on to the iPod is simply a matter of mounting the iPod disk and copying the folders across. RockBox builds a tag database allowing search facilities and the playback quality, thanks to lossless coding, is excellent. On the subject of lossless formats: they're the realtime audio equivalent of Zip and Stuffit - what you get out is exactly, bit-for-bit, what you put in (otherwise it wouldn't be "lossless"). The penalty is somewhat larger files than perceptual coding produces. I am not aware of FLAC (for example) coding putting a bigger load on a playback device than any other codec: in fact you might expect the opposite to be true as FLAC files are not as highly compressed. --Richard E -- relen relen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27729 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Duplicate Albums
When using the DISCC/DISCNUMBER tags there is no need to have all tracks numbered contiguously. Tracks on the second disc can start with 1 again. Slimserver orders them correctly (DISCNUMBER, TRACKNUMBER). -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why use iTunes
jelockwood;139504 Wrote: > Apart from the FF/Rwd issue (does that affect FLAC as well?) I cannot > see any disadvantage to using ALAC over AIFF. ALAC is supported by all > the major hardware devices (SqueezeBox, Sonos ZonePlayer, Roku > SoundBridge via FireFly, and of course iPod!). It is possible to use it > in WinAmp and I even have it working in WMP 10 and Media Center 2005! Correct me if I'm wrong, but SqueezeBox does *not* have hardware support for ALAC. It needs to be transcoded to something else (FLAC, MP3, WAV) on the server before being streamed to the SB. And it's precisely because the SB supports FLAC (plus AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WMA lossy) natively that you can ff/rew tracks in that format but not in ALAC. For you those disadvantages of ALAC compared to AIFF might well be outweighed by the advantages of ALAC. For a listing of what formats SB supports natively, see: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27729 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Questions about new 24/96 support
Support suggested I keep this bumped. -- freelunch freelunch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2671 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27582 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2
I'm pretty sure that the supported devices are through UPnP (Universal Plug and Play). It appears that some level of UPnP support has been added to the latest slimserver (see the Release Notes for v6.5.0), but I haven't been following (a) exactly what level of support that is, or (b) what SD's plans are in this direction. There was an interesting recent thread on this topic: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27103 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27587 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why use iTunes
mmcguff;139283 Wrote: > One thing that I think a lot of people aren't really aware of is that, > while aiff and wav files are functionally similar (i.e., uncompressed > formats and I believe they are actually just minor variants of each > other), iTunes treats them differently in one VERY important way. If > you rip directly into iTunes, it will tag both formats and allow you to > add/modify tags for other files not ripped into iTunes. However, for > wav files, that information is stored in the iTunes database file, not > in the sound file itself. For aiff files, this information is stored > in the actual audio file (even under Windows). > > So, if you rip to wav's and rearrange (or move) your audio library in > some other program (or move the library from one computer to another), > iTunes will "lose" most of those tags. If you always use iTunes to > manage/move files (and keep your iTunes database backed up), then this > probably won't be that big a deal. However, with aiff files all the > tagging info is stored in the file, so it doesn't matter if you have to > do some library maintenance outside of iTunes; when you rescan, it's all > still there. Other programs (including Slimserver) can read those tags > as well (though I'm not sure that other programs would be able to > modify those tags). I discovered this when I first started ripping a > couple of years ago, but don't see it mentioned in many of these > discussions. Since I was still experimenting with different storage > strategies (internal vs. external vs. network drives), this became an > important issue for me. This was before ALAC came out, so I'm not sure > if I were starting all over today whether I would still go aiff, but I > suspect I would. > > If you use an iPod, FLAC files won't work, so that would require an > extra transcoding step to use those files on an iPod. > > ALAC would work, but last I checked, the Squeezebox doesn't support FF > or RWD within ALAC files (aiff files are fine). > > WAV really has no advantages I can see over aiff and the (to me) very > important disadvantage I mentioned. > > I have considered moving to FLAC anyway, but iTunes doesn't support it > and there really don't seem to be all that many other alternatives on a > Mac (I use both Mac's and Windows, so the dual-platform nature of iTunes > is a real advantage). Apart from the FF/Rwd issue (does that affect FLAC as well?) I cannot see any disadvantage to using ALAC over AIFF. ALAC is supported by all the major hardware devices (SqueezeBox, Sonos ZonePlayer, Roku SoundBridge via FireFly, and of course iPod!). It is possible to use it in WinAmp and I even have it working in WMP 10 and Media Center 2005! ALAC uses the MPEG4 container format and therefore the same tag format as AAC. This means it has good tag support by applications, unlike AIFF which while iTunes supports AIFF fully most other applications (e.g. WMP) do not, as you said WAV is useless in terms of tagging. ALAC, AIFF, WAV, and FLAC should all be the same audio quality. -- jelockwood jelockwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5947 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27729 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Duplicate Albums
This is now working for me: I happen to have my compilation albums (where there are multiple artists) grouped under a directory called "Various Artists" then the album name, otherwise all albums are grouped under the artist name. For all compilation albums, each track has the tag "Compilation", which is set to "1". For albums that are multi-disk, I added: Discc= Discnumber= I have "group compilations albums together" AND "Treat multi-disk albums as one album". I did a complete re-scan and hey presto everything is working as it should be: you get one entry for a multi disk album, which when selected lists all the tracks from all the discs in set. Chris. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RSS reader device?
grimholtz wrote: Hi, I absolutely LOVE the scrolling RSS reader capabilities of the SB3. Does anyone know of a stand-alone device that simply displays RSS feeds? If you're looking to save money, you might be surprised; my understanding is that the display is the single most expensive component in an sb3. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: playlists missing after upgrade to v6.5
bernt;139464 Wrote: > Same problem here. > > Playlist made with notepad. File extension pls. > Radio streams only. > > Worked fine in 6.3.1. See Ben's post above. Playlists with multiple URL's don't work in 6.5. A good alternative is the MyPicks plugin. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4092 -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27821 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos-like remote?
gorman wrote: This is a product suggestion. Why doesn't Slimdevices create a "deluxe remote" with a color screen, jog shuttle, touch screen, something... that would more or less give users the same experience you can get through Sonos? It could work via Wi-Fi connection to Slimserver or IR to Squeezebox or Transport (I suggest both, so as to be adaptable to customers' configurations). What do you think? I'd pay $199 for it. Don't know it's enough to cover costs... I'm starting to think that Slim should work out an OEM deal with Nokia or another vendor of one of these devices, not because it would make them any significant amount of money, but just so that they can check off that box on their feature list: "Available graphical remote for people who want to compare our feature list to Sonos'". - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
