[slim] Re: Linux x86_64 and AAC heartache....
Can you provide technical info. Nobody can help unless you provide better information. What becomes dog slow - the audio sounds like it is being played at half speed or slimserver web interface repsonds slowly or SB interface becomes slow or there are large gaps between tracks or something else ? What is jumping - you jump items in the playlist or it jumps within a track ? What are these playlists ? How large are these playlists ? After how many items does the problem show ? What version of mplayer did you install ? Are you still on 6.5.0 or have you upgraded to 6.5.1 ? Did you check what processes are running when the system is running slow to see what using most CPU, memory , disk activity ? Mplayer will be restarted for each track so the dog slow problem could be either - something in slimserver (e.g. scanner) or lots of mplayer processes not being killed when finishing a track. If there is a jump within a track and if you using wireless - I'd advise running tests to see how good is your wireless connection. -- 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
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[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.5.1 plays no FLAC ?
Hi, I've had the exact same problem with streaming flac files to a remote client for the past couple of years and can only run slim.exe from the command line to resolve this. I've made no changes to convert.conf in recent versions. Playing flac directly to the SB2 (no conversion) is fine. Curiously, I see the same issue when attempting to stream any files other than mp3 - i.e. anything that does conversion. I can only assume that there is an O/S issue hidden away somewhere with permissions/paths when running as a service rather than command line. I've tried running as both SYSTEM and specifying a user for the service but still see the same issue. If this has only just started happening for you then I would suggest that this is something that has been introduced by a change to something other than the slimserver itself. I've had the same issue since the year dot - not quite sure of the the version number but would certainly by 5.x. I'm currently running with 6.5.1. -- liamg liamg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=279 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Server settings - file types order
In Server settings - File types there is the file format conversion setup. There are several entries per file format, and I would like to know which one the Slimserver will use. For example for Flac there is the builtin, a conversion to MP3 and a conversion to wav. Will the Slimserver always pick a format that the Squeezebox can handle natively first, so not convert Flac to anything else, or will it always pick the topmost entry for a format first? Thank you for taking the time to respond. -- egraaf egraaf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8495 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] we are mobile phones/laptops/ipods wholesalers
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[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.5.1 plays no FLAC ?
It looks like something to do with permissions and/or user id. The permission problem can be anywhere from the volume, directory down to the file with user groups and ACL. It also looks like it may be to do with how the child application FLAC is initiated and not slim.exe itself. What version of Windows do you use ? What userid runs the slimserver service ? If you are using XP Pro or Server - do you have a domain controller ? Is the drive where you have the media files NTFS formatted ? Is the media drive internal, external USB/Firewire or something else (e.g. mapped drive from a NAS) ? Do you have a FAT formatted drive (a USB memory stick may or may not work) - if so can you copy a flac file to the FAT drive and try to play it (you can use Tune with a file:// prefix). If it plays then it is definitely a permissions problem. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looking for Bathroom/Kitchen Solution? Roku WiFi Radio works with Slimserver
BBobley;154571 Wrote: I also have the Tivoli. It does sound great, but with one problem: I fairly loud buzz or hum. If you are playing at a low volume, you can definitely hear it. Do you get the same? (I don't get it when listening to AM/FM. Only when I turn to AUX and listen to Squeezebox). I don't have that issue. I connect by going RCA cables off the back of the squeezebox to a RCA-minijack converter plugging into the aux port of the Tivoli. I keep the volume of the squeezebox at 100 and control the volume from the Tivoli. #!/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=29661 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB does not resume playing at power up
I've got my system set to resume playing at power up, and while the SB previously did this, now it will not. I have chosen Pause at power off - resume playing at power on in the SB options area, but when I power up my system, the SB is on Stop and I have to manually start it. This is not always convenient because I have a whole-house audio system and am rarely in the den where the SB sits when I turn on the audio. Is this a bug, do I need to reset the SB, or what? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29694 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wish List for Slimserver - editing and adding of 'Favorites'
My one wish for future versions of the Slimserver GUI is the ability to add and edit favorites directly from the software. Why? In my situation, the SB3 is located in a different room of the house from the computer which runs Slimserver. So if I use direct internet radio tune in via Slimserver, I have to go to the SB3 itself, and access the add favorites function to save the radio station. Then, some stations are saved as IP addresses, rather than their station name. It would be nice also to be able to EDIT the station names directly from the Slimserver interface. I found a 'work around' for this - but it would be better to use the Slimserver software, instead of tinkering with the favorites directory itself. Other than this minor quibble - Slimserver works quite painlessly here. I recently upgraded computers from my trusty old Gateway Athlon 650 to a new Gateway Athlon 3500 with 1 Gb of RAM. I'm amazed at how much quicker Slimserver responds to remote control requests from the SB3 now. No problems, no glitches, just pure listening enjoyment. -- Cleve McIntosh MX-132 preamp/tuner McIntosh MC2205 amplifier McIntosh MC7100 amplifier McIntosh MAC4100 receiver Klipsch CF-4 speakers (front and center) Klipsch CF-3 speakers (surrounds) Denon DR-M3 Cassette Deck Cleve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] AAC / limited / Russian characters
After tracking down that my wireless is (suddenly) too slow to work without the lame solution, I've uncovered a new problem. Slim will not play AAC files with Russian characters in the song titles (possibly album titles, but I think it is just the song titles). MP3s are fine. Band names that are in cyrillic also appear fine. These songs were working fine before the lame change. I have tried to look at the log file but may not have the right options turned on. I can see the following, that in attempting to parse the filename, it shows %DC type characters for the band name (indicating perhaps it recognizes this is a foreign charcter set?), but nonsense characters for the song name. Any ideas? (I should note, I also installed TrackStat at about the same time). -- gsalton gsalton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29691 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Server settings - file types order
My understanding is that slimserver will choose conversion in the following order if multiple entries are enabled: 1) no transcoding necessary (eg flac -- flac (native) ) if the source format is compressed 2) transcode to a natively supported compressed lossless format (eg aac -- flac) 3) transcode to a natively supported compressed lossy format (eg wav -- mp3) 4) transcode to a natively supported uncompressed format (eg mp3 -- wav) -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can not get SB to connect to slimserver
The whole time I was having troubles is when the computer was wirelessly connected to the router. I have a relatively new Linksys router so I would never have thought it would not allow a wireless to wireless connection. Anyway, thanks again for your help guys. I really do appreciate it. Next up for me is some analog and digital mods and then I may try and figure out how to connect wirelessly to the router. -- tf1216 tf1216's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6730 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29517 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can not get SB to connect to slimserver
tf1216;154674 Wrote: The whole time I was having troubles is when the computer was wirelessly connected to the router. I have a relatively new Linksys router so I would never have thought it would not allow a wireless to wireless connection. Aha. I often try to mention this, and when I do I usually get 5 replies with works for me. But it's definitely pushing the envelope. Routers *do* allow a wireless-to-wireless connection but it's a two-hop arrangement, server - router (1 hop), router - Squeezenox (another hop). On each hop you can get interference, attenuation, all the lovely things that impede wireless networking. It can work, but you greatly increase latency and decrease bandwidth. The combintation of the two can cause all sorts of problems, from minor stuttering to no connection at all. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29517 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] UK shipments delayed?
Hi I ordered a black wireless SB from ripcaster on the 25th Oct and, after a series of 'shipping later this week' emails, I've now had one saying they don't expect to receive any new stock before 23rd November. A quick search of other UK suppliers shows no others with stock either. Has SD stopped shipping the SB? Can anyone from SD say authoritatively what's happening? -- Brian Abbott Cheers Brian Abbott Brian Abbott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29695 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: UK shipments delayed?
Scan has them www.scan.co.uk -- geegee geegee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8497 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29695 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wish List for Slimserver - editing and adding of 'Favorites'
I 2nd this request. As a very happy Nokia 770 user, I'd also like to be able to create new favorites within slimserver. TechHome -- TechHome TechHome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2340 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Server settings - file types order
The player type determines the target format by preference. SB3/3 and Transporter will request wma ogg flc aif wav mp3 in that order. If there is a built-in palyback, or a transcoding option that works, you get playback. if not, it moves on to the next or fails after the last. This way, you can have conversions to wav mp3 and flac and the SB2 will use the flac output, SB1 will use WAV and SliMP3 or software clients using stream.mp3 will use the mp3 conversion. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wish List for Slimserver - editing and adding of 'Favorites'
Hi, Take a look at the My Picks plugin it works great and is more robust than using Favorites. Doug. -- Dougal Dougal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5489 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wish List for Slimserver - editing and adding of 'Favorites'
Have you tried the MyPicks plugin. It does not allow you to edit from the player user interface, but allows you edit and reorder a list of radio stations from the web interface which you can then access from a menu on the player: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/plugin/attachments/WikiRadio/MyPicks-0.5-6.5.zip -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: UK shipments delayed?
I got mine from Ebuyer last week. At that time they had 37 in stock. Peter -- 2pods 2pods's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29695 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
For those of us with dual libraries-one for ipod and another for slimserver the ability to only recognize the apple lossless files when importing from iTunes and leave behind the other aac files would be great. -- danwaterman danwaterman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4361 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: UK shipments delayed?
the UK seems to be a prety big market for the SB, and i guess the pre christmas buying season is kicking in. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a shortage for a few months. Same thing happened last year, although the SB3 was still a new product then too. :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29695 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
I've jsut upgraded from 6.3.1 to 6.5, running under Mozilla Seamonkey. I use Default Interface. In 6.5 the NOW PLAYING pane under MUSIC PLAYER on the right frame of the screen has its track info all squished up. It also runs too far to the right in the grey box, and runs past the bottom margin of the box too. The CURRENT PLAYLIST panes below are fine. Didn't happen in 6.3.1. Looks ugly in 6.5: really annoying. I've tried switching between Interfaces (I strongly prefer Default), clearing my cache, refreshing the browser. Still happens with any track info that runs to more than onefull line n total. Any ideas? AGB -- agbagb agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is there anyway to save a zapped playlist with a new title from the remote?
Any news on a working version for 6.5? Hoping... -- Wasaia Wasaia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25389 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nokia 770 - comments please?
I've been mulling over the idea of a Nokia 770 for some time now, but just can't make up my mind. I know there are loads of threads about the unit on these forums and I've read quite a few of them, but I still can't decide. I'd be looking to use it partly as a SS controller, and partly for a handy way to surf the web from the sofa. I've been trying out the Nokia 770 skin via Firefox. It seems a little slow on my Intel Dual core machine, so I'm wondering what sort of performance I can expect on the 770 itself (SS is just running on a Epia Via C3 / 1Ghz / 512MB, but this gives acceptable web performance on the default skin). Searching the web for general reviews of the 770, I've found some very positive ones, but an equal number that complain of poor performance. Having said that, most of the negative reviews seem to be based on the older software, and it seems that the 2006 update was quite an improvement. So, 770 owners, what do you like and dislike about your toy? Also, has anyone compared using the the 770 with a PDA (and one of the relevant apps) to control SS? Any thoughts gratefully received. Richard -- SadGamerGeek SadGamerGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6145 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Confused and disheartened of the UK
I have had my wireless SB3 a few months now and have had many niggly problems. I bought it just for the internet radio facility - radio choice in the UK is at best pretty limited. To cut a long story short, to access Internet radio I have been manually selecting stations from within the SB3 - unfortunately this meant I could not access any of the AlienBBC stations or anything else not listed. A new laptop has been bought and at last thought I had the SB3 under control - last night I was actually playing, for the first time ever, AlienBBC, no blips, pops stutters, yes it was working - real music. I created a new favourites list from within SB3 of purely AlienBBC stations and amused myself from jumping from free form jazz to early music via Norwegian fiddle music. It also sounded great. This is it - the key had been unlocked - however, that was yesterday :-( Today, I thought I would impress my wife by demonstrating how she can now, at any time, replay the latest Steve Wright show. So I switched on the SB3 and connected to the squeezenetwork - as per normal - shock horror, my new AlienBBC favourites had disappeared along with the AlienBBC facility. Switch on the laptop - fire up slimserver, nothing - make sure your SB3 is switched on - well I know it is - I am actually listening to it. The only way I can connect to the slimserver is to go into the SB3, and force a connection to the Laptop. It then coughs into life - hey presto the SB3 favourites again contain my new AlienBBC selections. However, go back to a SB3 to squeezenetwork connection, and I am back to an old favourites list. Why does the AlienBBC option disappear when connected to the squeezenetwork? Where does my old favourites list go to? Why can't I just use the SB3 as a stand alone item? Why can't slimserver automatically connect to the SB3? Why can't the AlienBBC stay resident in the SB3? And to cap it all, tonight I am back to serious stopping and starting on AlienBBC. It works fine for a while then goes into meltdown - one blip of sound every sec or so. I even had the laptop next to the wireless router with the sb3 next to the laptop - nope, no joy. SB3 on its own works fine - albeit with the limited functionality. Why am I spending hours and hours trying to get this thing going reading endless posts? It is all becoming too hair shirt for me. It is a real shame as when it is working it is great. Also I can not criticise the level of support from Slim Devices. The whole relationship between the slimserver and SB3 is totally confusing. They just don't seem to get on. When slimserver is communicating with the SB3, is SB3 talking directly to the web, or is it going via the Laptop. Who knows. -- derekc derekc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7130 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is there anyway to save a zapped playlist with a new title from the remote?
I saw in another thread the answer to my question above. So there IS a version working with 6.5 :) Great! -- Wasaia Wasaia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25389 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
Your SB3 can be connected to SqueezeNetwork *or* Slimserver. Not both. AlienBBC, as it performs format conversion of the streams, requires a local Slimserver. So if you want to use SqueezeNetwork you can't use AlienBBC, and vice versa. The whole relationship between the slimserver and SB3 is totally confusing. They just don't seem to get on. There is no relationship - they're entirely seperate. Squeezenetwork is just a public Slimserver running in California, useful if you don't have a local server but limited in what it can do. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 - comments please?
SadGamerGeek;154752 Wrote: I've been mulling over the idea of a Nokia 770 for some time now, but just can't make up my mind. I know there are loads of threads about the unit on these forums and I've read quite a few of them, but I still can't decide. I'd be looking to use it partly as a SS controller, and partly for a handy way to surf the web from the sofa. I've been trying out the Nokia 770 skin via Firefox. It seems a little slow on my Intel Dual core machine, so I'm wondering what sort of performance I can expect on the 770 itself (SS is just running on a Epia Via C3 / 1Ghz / 512MB, but this gives acceptable web performance on the default skin). Searching the web for general reviews of the 770, I've found some very positive ones, but an equal number that complain of poor performance. Having said that, most of the negative reviews seem to be based on the older software, and it seems that the 2006 update was quite an improvement. So, 770 owners, what do you like and dislike about your toy? Also, has anyone compared using the the 770 with a PDA (and one of the relevant apps) to control SS? Any thoughts gratefully received. Richard I just got a 770 and can say that it's not yet mature. Whether or not it's worth buying is largely dependent upon how willing you are to part with your cash. Ben's skin is excellent, and makes the most of the device's slow processor, but expect an overall slow experience. It's certainly not going to be faster than your experience on your PC. It's workable, but be willing to be patient. The now-playing playlist seems to be particularly slow in loading. The 1-by-1 cover display, on the other hand, works *quite* well and speedily. Ben apparently plans an update to make it not jump to the now-playing screen after pushing play on a track, which will be a huge improvement for my usage patterns. I generally like the device, and it can be handy to have at a party for guests to scroll your music collection (it's a more familiar interface and easier to see lots of music at one time), but at the same time they sometimes get confused by the delays and the difficulty in tapping accurately (it can be tough to precisely hit the letter of the alphabet you want to go to when browsing music). If I know what I want to play, and am within reach of the IR remote, then there's absolutely nothing faster than the IR remote. You can positively fly through the SB's interface. I use the 770 to read the occasional RSS feed or email, but it's 10x more efficient just to sit down at the computer--particularly if you're going to be doing any text input at all. I think the PDA control options are probably much better from a speed/usability standpoint but perhaps aren't as pretty as the 770 skin, nor as sexy as the 770 itself. I would have bought a PDA if slimremote or telcanto supported Rhapsody. As it is, Rhapsody (oh, and AlienBBC too!) is pretty much the reason d'etre for my squeezeboxen, so a PDA wasn't even an option. As I look back over my post I notice I haven't organized my thoughts too well...hopefully I've provided some useful info here... -- azinck3 azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
derekc;154754 Wrote: The whole relationship between the slimserver and SB3 is totally confusing. They just don't seem to get on. When slimserver is communicating with the SB3, is SB3 talking directly to the web, or is it going via the Laptop. Who knows. Well that confusion is part of why you are confused, so perhaps I can help. The Squeezebox is a slim device, (hence the company name) or in less polite terms, a dumb terminal. It obviously has no local disc, so you can't store music on it, but it also has very little else: it has a very nice crisp display, some great audio circuitry, a network interface or two if you have wireless, and a CPU to tie all those together. The real functionality (what to display, where music lives, even whether it is on or off) all comes from a server. There isn't even a clock on the Squeezebox: when it displays time, that is because the server said, hey, draw this! and it has no idea what it is drawing. Squeezebox2 and later can either use a local server for control, or they can use Squeezenetwork. They can only be on one or the other at a given time, just like a network aware printer can only print from one machine at a time or you would have a mess. The problem with the BBC radio programs is that they are in Real Audio, so they can't be on Squeezenetwork. (Assuming it was legal, your radio station would have to send all its data to California, be re-encoded as mp3, and then retransmitted back. Lots of room for failure and degraded audio to boot! In practice, it would almost certainly require Slim to get a license for re-encoding the station.) So the best way to do formats like Real Audio is to have your local server do it: it can grab the station directly, and then transcode it to a WAV or FLAC (lossless! so no further degradation in quality) and then send it to your Squeezebox. It does mean you need to keep your laptop on for BBC radio, which is why a lot of people either piece together a cheapo box or a NAS device and use that for a server. Remember very little is actually -in- the Squeezebox: the playlists and favorites are saved on a server. Remembering which server that is (either your own or Squeezenetwork's) can be tricky. Slim hopes to make the transition between local and squeezenetwork more transparent in the future, but that will be a while. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
radish;154758 Wrote: Your SB3 can be connected to SqueezeNetwork *or* Slimserver. Not both. AlienBBC, as it performs format conversion of the streams, requires a local Slimserver. So if you want to use SqueezeNetwork you can't use AlienBBC, and vice versa. There is no relationship - they're entirely seperate. Squeezenetwork is just a public Slimserver running in California, useful if you don't have a local server but limited in what it can do. Thanks - this has moved my understanding on - I did not realise squeezenetwork was just a server somewhere - I guess the simple question is why can't AlienBBC be loaded on this - but I think you have probably answered this. The question I have is please though - for clarity - when the SB3 is connected to the slimserver, is the data streamed first into the laptop, processed and sent across to the SB3? If this is true, when the stream gets the dreaded jitters - is it possible to break into this procedure to see if it is leaving the laptop entact. This would be a real help in understanding where the probelm is. Hope this makes sense. -- derekc derekc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7130 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
The squeezebox always needs a server to connect to. The server controls almost every aspect of the device. The server tells it what to display (even the time display in the off state is sent by the server), sends the audio data, even button presses on the remote control are sent to and processed by the server. When you want to listen to your own music you need to connect the squeezebox to your local slimserver. You can also listen to internet radio this way. The server software reads the data from the internet radio stream and sends it to the squeezebox. If you listen to BBC streams slimserver delegates the processing of the stream to AlienBBC because it cannot handle the data format of the stream. AlienBBC converts the stream into a format slimserver understands and can send to the squeezebox. SqueezeNetwork is nothing more than a public slimserver in the internet. Instead of connecting to your local server you connect to a server provided by Slimdevices. You can only connect to one or the other, not both. Because none (except network settings) of your preferences are stored in the squeezebox (it's a rather dumb device, remember?) but on the server you won't have the same settings in SqueezeNetwork and your own server. You won't be able to listen to any streams that require AlienBBC when connected to SqueezeNetwork because AlienBBC is not installed on that server. I hope this gives you an idea of how the squeezebox, slimserver and SqueezeNetwork work together. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
Without trying to complicate thing, just 2 comments 1) You mention placing the laptop router SB3 close together to solve dropouts. This kind of implies that you have a wireless card in your laptop communicating with the same router as the SB3. This is a poor network design that is know to cuase issues as there are 2 wireless hops involved in getting data from the machine running Slimserver to the SB3. I suggest a wired link from the machine running Slimserver to your router. 2) You talk about listening to the Steve Wright show while it's live on the BBC. The BBC can only support a finite number of streams before users start to experience dropouts in the audio. The more popular the stream, the more likely for this to occur. This is why they don't even bother to stream the likes of Wogan and J. Ross live. The Beeb provides the listen again links to try to spread the load on their servers. You'll find that a PC running Realplayer would be experiencing similar dropouts as the SB3 is when stream Steve Wright, although Realplayer might buffer the data better. -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
derekc;154770 Wrote: The question I have is please though - for clarity - when the SB3 is connected to the slimserver, is the data streamed first into the laptop, processed and sent across to the SB3? If this is true, when the stream gets the dreaded jitters - is it possible to break into this procedure to see if it is leaving the laptop entact. This would be a real help in understanding where the probelm is. Hope this makes sense. Depends what data - if it's from your own music collection, it gets pulled off the disc by SlimServer. The disc can be on the SlimServer machine, on an external drive or on your network. If it's Internet radio data, as of SlimServer 6.5, SlimServer merely acts as a helper, the stream is actually sent directly to your Squeezebox. You could even turn your SlimServer off at this point, which would cause your display to go dark as SlimServer can't send anything more to it, and you couldn't change streams as that functionality is contained in SlimServer. But the stream should still play. Jittery Internet radio is often caused by web congestion - your wireless network has way more bandwidth than the pipe used to feed Internet radio to you, so the performance playing local files and Internet radio will be different. However, there have been reports of poor SqueezeNetwork performance for about a week now, so it's best to play Internet radio through SlimServer at the moment. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
There is no definitive way to identify the cause of you BBC start/stop problems but it sounds like an internet issues. When you have the problem - are you listening to Live or Listen Again streams. If the stream from the BBC breaks down and the buffer in AlienBBC is depleted - the stream will revert to short burst of sound followed by silence. This will generally only happen in live streams. If the BBC is the problem then if you press - the stream will be restarted and buffer refilled and live stream will start again in about 10 secs. If the problem happens with Listen Again then it is likely to be a something to do with wireless - if you install Lame and then disable RTSP-WAV and RTSP-FLAC, it should minimise the problem as you will used MP3 to SB and not Flac. Finally, in the UK you can listen to BBC WMA streams for live stations - this can be done with Squeezenetwork. I can't say how good or bad are these streams. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
Mark Lanctot;154772 Wrote: If it's Internet radio data, as of SlimServer 6.5, SlimServer merely acts as a helper, the stream is actually sent directly to your Squeezebox. You could even turn your SlimServer off at this point, which would cause your display to go dark as SlimServer can't send anything more to it, and you couldn't change streams as that functionality is contained in SlimServer. But the stream should still play. True, but only for native format stations. The catch with the BBC is that they like Real which isnt native to the SB. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
derekc wrote: The question I have is please though - for clarity - when the SB3 is connected to the slimserver, is the data streamed first into the laptop, processed and sent across to the SB3? If this is true, when the stream gets the dreaded jitters - is it possible to break into this procedure to see if it is leaving the laptop entact. This would be a real help in understanding where the probelm is. Hope this makes sense. In the case of AlienBBC, the data is pulled into slimserver, transcoded, and then streamed to the sb3. If your laptop is connecting to the internet via an 802.11 interface, that means that the music data is making _3_ wireless hops -- internet-router-server, server-router, router-sb3. If so, I'm surprised it ever worked. It is strongly recommended that the computer running slimserver have a wired connection. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 - comments please?
SadGamerGeek;154752 Wrote: Also, has anyone compared using the the 770 with a PDA (and one of the relevant apps) to control SS? I suspect that what I am going to say is not of the greatest interest to you, but... I have an O2 XDA Exec (the HTC Universal) PDA phone, and it works well to access the SlimServer via IE on it. The screen is big enough (using the handheld stuff built into 6.5.0). It is slower than the PC though. Since you can get this direct from O2 for just £150 on a sub-£20-per-month contract, it's good value. For me I needed Pocket Word, which was a clincher (plus the good keyboard), but it's nice to lose the separate phone. Anyway, thought it might be of interest, but I do recognise it's kinda last year's gadget ;) Adam -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playing WMA
bpa;154375 Wrote: The Squeezebox 2 and 3 decodes WMA itself. I am a little confused. The FAQ for the Squeezebox suggests that WMA is not decoded by the players but needs to be transcoded. So, if I have WMA lossless files can these be played natively by the Squeezebox3 or are they transcoded by the server? Thanks. -- cncb cncb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8501 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playing WMA
There are 3 models of Squeezebox. The original Squeezebox does not support WMA but needs to be transcoded by Slimserver. The Squeezebox 2 (same case as a Squeezebox) and Squeezebox 3 decode most WMA codecs natively - I am not sure about WMA lossless. Comparison of the different products can be found here. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison I am not sure which FAQ you are looking at - but this FAQ entry is clear. http://faq.slimdevices.com/index.php?action=artikelcat=7id=60artlang=en -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
You could try the WMA Radio 2 feed to see if it is any better: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/wm_asx/aod/radio2_hi.asx only 48k though -- audiofi http://www.audiofi.co.uk/reviews/ audiofi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
A few possibilities... First, upgrading to 6.5.0 had a few issues as not all of the old version was cleared out. The safe way to do this is a complete deletion of the old slimserver directory (or rename, more safely) before installing 6.5. Second, I know you said you've cleared browser cache, but do it again just to be sure. Third, try a 6.5.1 nightly as there are several useful fixes since the original 6.5.0 HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] dvbshout - streaming a complete DVB-T or DVB-S multiplex!
I have just finished putting together a new Linux (Ubuntu Edgy Server) Slimserver / AlienBBC / DVB-T streaming solution (which should also support DVB-S radio streaming) using icecast and a very neat and efficient piece of software called dvbshout - http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~njh/dvbshout/ . This has replaced my old DAB Wavefinder / DABBar solution and has the major benefit over other DVB-T/S solutions Ive seen in that it will serve an entire multiplex concurrently eg one client can listen to BBC Radio 3, another to Radio 4 and (using Streamripper) a Radio 2 show could be recorded. Im using it with a current Hauppauge Nova-T card but I guess it would work with all DVB-T/S/C cards supported by current Linux kernels. It takes selected channels from a tuned Multiplex and fires them at an icecast2 server, from where they can be received by Squeezebox(es) (or any other Shoutcast-compatible client such as foobar2000, ITunes, Winamp or Windows Media Player). Unlike my old solution, which needed separate boxes Win98 for Wavefinder / DABBar and XP for Slimserver, this brings it all together on one system, which seems much snappier and, so far, more stable than the old combination. Other benefits over DAB are that the station bitrates are higher (better quality) and changing channels is snappier. I think something similar could be done using VLC, but after lots of time with Google it looks like VLC would be far more resource hungry. My setup all runs quite happily on an old 733MHz PIII. There is a submitted Debian dvbshout package available at http://sponsors.debian.net/viewpkg.php?id=286 . Its not 100% clean (the Perl script to build the required config file had some minor bugs) but once running its been completely stable. A DVB-S (Nova-S) solution would deliver more radio stations in a single multiplex but for now the DVB-T card is good to work with. My next challenge is to setup some Streamripper jobs to record and tag my favourite shows so that I have full quality versions of Late Junction etc. to complement the AlienBBC / Listen Again complete 7-day archive, and figure out the best way to file them in Slimserver. If theres any interest in more detailed instructions, or if someone has any ideas for a better capture / archive / Slim database solution (Ive considered a minimal MythTV install) then let me know Brgds Phil -- florca florca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7486 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 - comments please?
SadGamerGeek;154752 Wrote: I've been trying out the Nokia 770 skin via Firefox. It seems a little slow on my Intel Dual core machine This statement has me scratching my head, esp. since you say that the default skin seems to perform just fine. IMHO, you should *only* see performance improvements with Nokia770 over default on a PC. There's tons of AJAX enhancements to make responsiveness better when using that skin. It doesn't make sense that it should be slower than the default skin from the same browser/PC. Anyone else see this? I don't think there's a person on the planet that would give the Nokia 770 an unequivocal thumbs-up, but it does have a lot of whiz-bang features. pros: fantastic screen resolution kicks the pants off of most if not all handheld devices on the market opera browser renders pages beautifully VOIP with gizmo project works quite well if you format the video properly, watching vids is quite nice (and what the 770 can handle improves with each update) newest 2006OS is pretty stable, and light years ahead of the original 2005OS streaming audio works well open-source model means tons and tons of free apps to run cons: performance can be an issue for some. i'm patient and find it to be reasonable, but not great delay on waking from sleep, auto shutoff of wireless and/or screen makes using it as a slimserver remote somewhat limited if i work at it, i can crash it it's right-handed i want it to be a streaming video client, but i have to load vids locally to view them the 770 is a first-of-its-kind device. With it comes all of the baggage associated with such a gadget. 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=29699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
Yep - there sure were a few issues in upgrading to 6.5! And I eventually did a total out (auto and manual) of 6.3.1 and a fresh in of 6.5. Plus reinstalling the 6.5 versions of AlienBBC and SoftSqueeze too. A few more total cache clearances (using 3 methods), and I've still got the issue. It looks to me as if the NOW PLAYING box is just set to expect to contain a very short text title - my stuff is mostly classical / opera, and a title runs to about three lines. I'll try 6.5.1. Can I install that as an upgrade to 6.5, or am I back to square one, clean install from scratch? AGB -- agbagb agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
I'm running Firefox with 6.5.0 on XP, and can confirm the same thing. I hadn't noticed before, as I don't have many tracks with such long titles, but on testing it's certainly messes up the Now Playing box. Also happens on on IE6. Edit: If you want to try 6.5.1 it should be a simple install-over, no need to uninstall. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.1 Streams in iTunes playlists not shown
Is this function working OK for others? If so, what should I look at correcting on my server? Thanks, Jon -- Bonesteel Bonesteel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1438 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29470 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 - comments please?
bklaas;154795 Wrote: This statement has me scratching my head, esp. since you say that the default skin seems to perform just fine. IMHO, you should *only* see performance improvements with Nokia770 over default on a PC. There's tons of AJAX enhancements to make responsiveness better when using that skin. It doesn't make sense that it should be slower than the default skin from the same browser/PC. Anyone else see this? Sorry - my initial statement re. speed was a bit vague on this, and I've just revisited the skin and compared it to the default one side by side. Navigating albums/artists etc. is done at a very reasonable speed - it seems pretty much the same as default to me. Where it is significantly slower than default for me, is in initial loading of the icons. When I start the browser first navigate to the skin there frequently seems to be quite a delay as it loads all the icons for the main screen, and also the transport icons (play, pause etc.) This may well be a Firefox issue (though I don't have it set to clear the cache on exit, nor do I manualy clear the cache). Thanks very much to everyone for all the thoughts so far - this is all really helpful! -- SadGamerGeek SadGamerGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6145 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
Just upgraded to 6.5.1 - same problem. If no-one comes up with an idea in the next few days, I'll file a bug report. AGB -- agbagb agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
On 14-Nov-06, at 4:43 PM, agbagb wrote: Just upgraded to 6.5.1 - same problem. If no-one comes up with an idea in the next few days, I'll file a bug report. I certainly hope you'll search for this one before you just jump in and file: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4495 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] UPNP/DLNA server for sqeeezebox?
Is it possible to get squeezebox to use a general media server. I want to se up a network with a few squeezeboxes and maybe some AV hardware. I dont want to run mutiple media servers on the one machine. I'm dont really want to go for the lower quality alternatives (M1000 Soundbridge). I've heard that slim server is pretty good put proprietory software puts me off purchasing squeezboxes. -- booji booji's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7523 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB3 No Longer Connects to Network
Yesterday, songs started automatically stopping like there was a bad wireless connection, and after putting up with it for about 10 minutes I turned the player off. I tried to use it this evening, and after seeing the Welcome screen, the player tried to connect to wireless but the screen goes completely blank after a couple of seconds. I pressed the right arrow on the remote, and it still said obtaining an IP address. I unplugged and plugged back in the Player, and went through the wireless settings again, but I still couldn't obtain an IP address. After thinking that it might be a problem with the router, I turned off the router and player, let the router come back on, and then turned on the player-still no luck. I then decided to hook the SB3 directly to the router and setup the player over ethernet. I choose the ethernet connection over wireless, tried DHCP--no luck, tried specifying an IP manually, entered the IP of the server, and had no luck there either. Is my player defective or is there something else I can try? -- lord.hypnos lord.hypnos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29707 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 - comments please?
As sb remote: I've had a 770 since last march and use ben's skin on the 770 (obviously) and on my pcs. After an initial period where I used the 770-as-sb-remote a lot, I now use the pc more than the 770 (other than at parties, where it's still the cats meow!). I think this has more to do with my perhaps peculiar rhythm in selecting music than with the device per se; I tend to que up 4 or 5 'albums' (I still prefer listening to tracks in the order they came on the original album/cd) or a pandora radio station so there's not a lot of moment-by-moment interaction and the always-on laptop or the actual sb remote tend to be a bit easier since I generally already know what I want to play. As a browser: I use the 770 as a lying-around-on-the-couch browsing device quite a lot. You'll see on these forums a vibrant pov re 'why not just use a laptop' and that makes sense UNLESS you're like me and find that somehow a laptop is just a bit too awkward and a bit too hot (literally) to have anywhere near your actual lap for an extended period of time. If that's the case for you AND your browsing doesn't require a lot of typing (a pretty big stack of 'ifs' I know) then the 770 is quite remarkable as a browsing device and in a whole different league from other pdas since most websites work as-is on the 770 and most definitely do not on other pdas (because of the 'full' screen size of the 770). fyi, I read a fair number of blogs everyday and the 770 is really great for that; I also read but do not reply to email on the 770. I own a Dell Axim as well as a drawer full of blackberry, treo, q phone devices that supposedly have internet accesss but I've never in my life willingly accessed an internet site on them unless I was miles a way from a pc/laptop. I will use the 770 instead of a laptop if I'm 20 feet away from the laptop. One man's experience... -- cshaida cshaida's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1981 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: UPNP/DLNA server for sqeeezebox?
Squeezebox requires Slimserver, it will not work with UPnP or any other server software. However, Slimserver is very far from proprietary (at least according to the definition on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary#Proprietary_software). You don't mention what other servers you'll be running, or why? Slimserver is good for all your music needs :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
Oh, indeed I would have done so. Disappointing to hear the development team already suggest it's the fault of extravagant and wasteful Slimserver users, rather than someting they might like to fix: Best solution here is to cut the extraordinary long tracklines to something that will fit. AGB -- agbagb agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Radioio - paid for sound pass, can listen via Squezebox?
pm314;153760 Wrote: Anyone have any thoughts on this? I purchased Soundpass and have checked and double checked my userid/password under Server/Internet Radio.I get Radioio at 128 but still get the ads. Does anyone have ad-free radioio? I just joined for ad-free and higher quality. Looks like you are getting the higher quality. My ads stopped. At first I could not get the higher quality. I edited out my user name and password in Slimserver. Put it back in, start and stopped the server. For me it is working. Is 128 the highest rate? Is this near CD rate. Just wondering. -- Jazz1 Jazz1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28150 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Radioio - paid for sound pass, can listen via Squezebox?
Just be sure to check the high-quality connection -- jarome jarome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1223 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28150 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Why won't mp3 stream to SoftSqueeze
http://wnychi.streamguys.com:80/ is supposed to be 128 kbps mp3. It buffers but will not play in SoftSqueeze. It does work in SqueezeBox. Other mp3 stations work just fine. -- jarome jarome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1223 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
agbagb;154817 Wrote: Oh, indeed I would have done so. Disappointing to hear the development team already suggest it's the fault of extravagant and wasteful Slimserver users, rather than someting they might like to fix: Best solution here is to cut the extraordinary long tracklines to something that will fit. AGB I think they're actually suggesting truncating the text automatically so it fits. As the bug report describes, fixing it properly (so the space resizes to fit the text) is very far from trivial. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 No Longer Connects to Network
I left the player off for about 30 minutes, and I am now able to connect using the ethernet connection and inputting a manual IP, subnet, dns, server IP, etc. However, I receive the cable is disconnected message every once and awhile, then things work again. Just like I was experiencing with the wireless connection yesterday. DHCP over ethernet still doesn't work. When I setup the player to use the wireless connection, the player sees the SSID, allows me to enter the 64-bit WEP key, and then confirms that it has connected, but when it asks if I want to connect using DHCP or manually, neither method works. I am using the stable 6.5.0 release on WinXP SP2 using a Linksys WRT54Gv5 router. -- lord.hypnos lord.hypnos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29707 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slim Server 6.5 - formatting garbled in Firefox
I guess I should have knocked on wood when I posted earlier today that Slimserver had been working painlessly for some time for me. Now I've a problem. I'm running Firefox 2.0 on my computer. My previous version of Slimserver worked fine on both Mozilla, Firefox, and Firefox 2.0. Tonight, Slimserver prompted me that a new version, 6.5, was available. I downloaded the .exe file, closed Slimserver, and then ran the executable. Well, Slim Server works, BUT all the borders, shadings, highlights, et al in the interface vanish in Firefox. But if I use Internet Explorer to open Slim Server, Voila - it's all returned. I've attached screenshots of both browsers with Slimserver open. As you can see, in Firefox I can't even tell if power is on or off!!! Is there a fix? +---+ |Filename: Exploder.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1986| +---+ -- Cleve McIntosh MX-132 preamp/tuner McIntosh MC2205 amplifier McIntosh MC7100 amplifier McIntosh MAC4100 receiver Klipsch CF-4 speakers (front and center) Klipsch CF-3 speakers (surrounds) Denon DR-M3 Cassette Deck Cleve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29709 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Support for WPA2 Enterprise and/or 802.1x?
Just some idle curiosity...how big a deal would it be to support 802.1x and/or WPA2 Enterprise for SB/TP wireless auth? Reason I ask is that my home wireless is split into several segments, one SSID on a vlan that's secured via 802.1x for personal use and one SSID on a public vlan (and different radio channel) that's for public usage. I ended up setting up a third vlan secured via WPA2 to support my SB which is running wireless in the bedroom. I'm fairly certain that I'm a fringe case here, but thought I'd ask. -- benh benh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29710 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
Oh, I see: thanks! It's interesting that in the CURRENT PLAYLIST panes below the problematic NOW PLAYING window, everything does fit (at least in my set up). So, if Slimserver itself could automatically truncate the contents of NOW PLAYING, you wouldn't really lose any valuable information (as the NOW PLAYING contents are of course repeated in CURRENT PLAYLIST). I kind of thought they were suggesting that *I* edit all my track lists (I have an - over - suspicious mind). Certainly a convenient software trucation would work. It's one of those things that just *looks* annoyingly ugly, rather than having any real effect. I'll try loading a copy of SlimServer 6,3.1 onto the laptop tomorrow to see if my memory that this problem wasn't evident in that version is right or wrong (as it so often is.). I have a sense that the DEFAULT INTERFACE is slightly different between 6.3 and 6.5 - but it's easy to get those comparisons wrong on the fly. AGB -- agbagb agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server 6.5 - formatting garbled in Firefox
Ok, sorry for playing the 'drama queen'. I found the interface setting, changed the interface from default, now the GUI in Firefox looks good! Did the old Slimserver have selectable skins like that? I've been using over a year, and never stumbled across it, if so! LOL -- Cleve McIntosh MX-132 preamp/tuner McIntosh MC2205 amplifier McIntosh MC7100 amplifier McIntosh MAC4100 receiver Klipsch CF-4 speakers (front and center) Klipsch CF-3 speakers (surrounds) Denon DR-M3 Cassette Deck Cleve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29709 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Slim Server 6.5 - formatting garbled in Firefox
On 11/14/06, Cleve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, sorry for playing the 'drama queen'.I found the interface setting,changed the interface from default, now the GUI in Firefox looks good! Did the old Slimserver have selectable skins like that?I've beenusing over a year, and never stumbled across it, if so!LOLYes it did. You probably just needed to clear your browser cache. Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playing WMA
Thanks, that FAQ is very clear. Somehow I got to an old version of the FAQ that didn't mention anything about WMA (it wasn't searchable). -- cncb cncb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8501 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 No Longer Connects to Network
Have you tried a reset? Press and hold ADD as you unplug and replug the power. Failing that, sounds like failing hardware - contact support at slimdevices dot com. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29707 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 No Longer Connects to Network
Saw the Factory reset message, went through setup again, and still have the problem. I'm contacting support now. Thanks for the help, though. -- lord.hypnos lord.hypnos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29707 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Default Interface Issue in SlimServer 6.5
On 14-Nov-06, at 7:42 PM, agbagb wrote: I have a sense that the DEFAULT INTERFACE is slightly different between 6.3 and 6.5 - but it's easy to get those comparisons wrong on the fly. it actually looks only marginally different, but it is really a very large difference in the way the pages are created. yes, the playlist section handles many lines. this is because they are within a frame. the now playing section runs out of room at the edge of the frame, which is not simply moved when it suits the fit. getting rid of the frame is very far from trivial. however, patches welcome -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] UK shipments delayed?
Thanks folks. Just ordered off ebuyer. Brian Abbott wrote: Hi I ordered a black wireless SB from ripcaster on the 25th Oct and, after a series of 'shipping later this week' emails, I've now had one saying they don't expect to receive any new stock before 23rd November. A quick search of other UK suppliers shows no others with stock either. Has SD stopped shipping the SB? Can anyone from SD say authoritatively what's happening? -- Cheers Brian Abbott ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 - comments please?
I think I've read enough not to get the 770 - which I was also contemplating. I was planning to restyle the 770 skin with all new graphics and make it much more finger friendly. Such a device has a lot of promise and a lot more can be done to create a fantastic consumer-level UI that anyone would be able to use at a party. But the pitfalls seem to be in the device itself. I won't be able to live with something that crashes when using its own built-in web browser. That's just not something that a company like Nokia should ever release in any software update. I suspect the performance of the current skin might be able to be improved slightly depending on what people actually want to do with it. One way is to streamline it a bit. Doing it carefully of course, not with an axe just by chopping out huge features. But if the device is slow to begin with, there's not much that's going to be able to change that. I'm not sure if Nokia will stand behind the 770. The rumored images of its sequal are completely incorrect and not at all of a product in the same device class. If I were a betting man I'd put my money on Logitech eventually coming out with some type of graphical controller. With or without ties to their Harmony product line. Who knows, maybe if Apple releases a full-screen WiFi iPod we can hack that as a controller. ;) In any case a PDA is not an really an option due to the limited resolution, small screen and generally poor button selection/placement. And I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but Telcanto just looks like complete crap, so much so that I wouldn't be able to run it myself, let alone show it to anyone else at my home. I think letting people use one of the Macs here for browsing is going to be the best option for a little while. I'm looking forward to using something that both looks and works even better than the Sonos controller, but I'm willing to wait for a suitable hardware platform to do it on. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
Marc Sherman;154777 Wrote: derekc wrote: The question I have is please though - for clarity - when the SB3 is connected to the slimserver, is the data streamed first into the laptop, processed and sent across to the SB3? If this is true, when the stream gets the dreaded jitters - is it possible to break into this procedure to see if it is leaving the laptop entact. This would be a real help in understanding where the probelm is. Hope this makes sense. In the case of AlienBBC, the data is pulled into slimserver, transcoded, and then streamed to the sb3. If your laptop is connecting to the internet via an 802.11 interface, that means that the music data is making _3_ wireless hops -- internet-router-server, server-router, router-sb3. If so, I'm surprised it ever worked. It is strongly recommended that the computer running slimserver have a wired connection. - Marc Hi everyone - sat here eating my cornflakes - wow what a response. Many many thanks to all of you who have responded. The confusion has been lifted, but still I am still disheartened. My final conclusion last night was that the poor old wireless belkin must be running around like a headless chicken trying to sort everything out. Marc - you have confirmed this. The whole point of buying a wireless SB3 was to have it located in another room. Unfortunately, this makes me believe I have bought something not fit for purpose? Or did I miss the small print somewhere? BPA please if you install Lame and then disable RTSP-WAV and RTSP-FLAC, it should minimise the problem as you will used MP3 to SB and not Flac. I see MP3 as the scourge of the noughties, however, it might help, can you please tell me how to do this. Thanks -- derekc derekc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7130 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
Marc P.S. It is strongly recommended that the computer running slimserver have a wired connection. Do you mean, please, wire the Laptop - SB3 direct, or wire the Router - SB3? Thnaks Derek -- derekc derekc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7130 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
derekc;154852 Wrote: Marc P.S. It is strongly recommended that the computer running slimserver have a wired connection. Do you mean, please, wire the Laptop - SB3 direct, or wire the Router - SB3? Thnaks Derek It means that one of the links, either server to router or squeezebox to router should ideally be wired. Many people have it working fine with both being wireless, but you're pushing it and it won't always work. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
