[slim] Going back
All was well with 6.3.1. I then upgraded to 6.5.1, but there was no AIFF decoding for Apple Lossless files and the music quality suffered. I re-installed 6.3.1, but now, Slimserver cannot find the Squezebox, although the SB works fine and can play internet radio, etc. Did the firmware updating make it impossible to go back to 6.3.1? Thanks, MArk -- mcslim mcslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=578 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30262 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Internet Radio resolution?
gdg;159301 Wrote: > Any idea how this compares to the 16bit 44khz cd standard? (I have no > idea what bitrates mean). The bitrates mentioned above generally refer to MP3 encoding bitrates. They're far below CD quality, but the MP3 encoding techniques try to intelligently work around that, so that the information lost is that which is least important to the human mind & ear. I find that Internet radio bitrates are fine for talk radio and discovering new music, and occasionally for background music, but not much else. I'd never consider encoding anything other than speech, even for an iPod, at less that 128kpbs, and this rate is at or near the very _upper_ end of the spectrum for streaming radio. Most of the stations in my neck of the woods call 64kbps their "high speed" stream, and many offer nothing better than 32kpbs. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Internet Radio resolution?
That helps. The reason I was asking is because I am running a very high end system and was curious about how internet radio stacks up against CD (which I consider pretty bad). 128 compared to 1400... wow, that's pretty bad. On the other hand I was intending to only use the radio for backround dance/techno where the quality doesn't really matter much anyway. Gerry -- gdg gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Internet Radio resolution?
Any idea how this compares to the 16bit 44khz cd standard? (I have no idea what bitrates mean). CD is something like 1400kbps. MP3 and the like try to remove "inaudible" parts of your songs before compressing the rest to get the reduced bitrate. That's why these methods are called "lossy". "lossless" compression is popular with eg. FLAC, which results in about 800kbps. 128kbps was once claimed to be CD equivalent. While this is subject of discussion it can be said that on many systems you would indeed not hear much difference between the two (audiophiles will turn over in their graves). Lossless BTW: I've noticed that there are more and more of the popular stations supporting 192kbps. One of my favourites doing so is Radio Paradise (radioparadise.com). -- 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
Re: [slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
jerry_mcbride wrote: > My second suggestion... Use something other than PERL... PLEASE! The > interpreter overhead is horrendous! It pretty much eliminates using > slimserver on lowend hardware... especially if you toss the likes of > mysql into the picture... C would be heavenly... Not to want to jump into a theological argument, because it flat out isn't going to happen. But what makes you think that the Perl overhead is significant in this usage? And how in the world would you suggest C as a replacement? While there is no argument that languages such as Java or Perl are not as fast as well optimized C or assembly for processor intensive usage, your statement appears to be based on a couple of faulty assumptions. First, Perl and Java are usually compiled into byte code that is peephole optimized using JIT techniques. The JIT optimizations are decent and get better all the time. While it is true that Intel developed the Itanium spec as a VLIW processor with the assumption that it would be far faster than X86 processors for applications developed in the late 1990s and beyond, the Itanium has not delivered, and sure isn't the basis for modern things like the AMD X2 or Intel Duo Core. Depending on the benchmark, the difference is really that that big a deal, maybe a factor of two or three, not the 30 to 100 times that statements such are yours seem to rely upon. I've done serious cryptography in Java (RSA, SHA, DES) and had it be within the above factor of two or three, and you can't get much more CPU bound than crypto. Secondly, SlimServer is an application that generates HTML displayed in a browser from data in a database or disk. It is not CPU bound at all. It is communication bound, it gets a little data, reformats it, spits it out to the browser, waits forever for a user response, gets a little data, reformats it, talks to the database... Repeat forever. Taking the SlimServer perl code, itself, to ZERO cpu usage is not going to have a big impact in throughput. As importantly, I can't see the point of your "low end" hardware idea. For years I ran SlimServer on a free computer. It was an ancient P3-500 that I had laying around unused in my basement. You can't get much lower end than that. It ran fine until the day when the CPU fan clogged with dust bunnies -- it was probably already five years old at the time. Perhaps our definitions of low end hardware are different. My definition is something like a TS-7250 from EmbeddedArm.com. Sells for under $200 quantity one retail. But the cost of a slimserver is not the CPU, its the disks and memory. But the reality is that unless someone completes a rewrite in [insert your favorite language here] the SlimServer is written in Perl and maintained and enhanced by software engineers who are comfortable, productive and experienced in perl. On your suggestion of C, I know C, I've written C professionally, and I prefer it over C++. I even am paying a professional software engineer to develop in C right now. But that is for an embedded application that has to run in 32KB of RAM. The SlimServer is developed with OO, you simply can't do that in C. Plus the SlimServer leverages a huge set of CPAN modules for things like MP3 file processing, directory structure recursion, HTML generation, international language support, etc. It is impossible to think about doing such a rich system in C with a handful of developers. I've toyed with the idea of making an equivalent "port" to Java. but haven't had the time to even get started. And as folks talk about a port, the product is being enhanced. Catching up is a real challenge, even if someone really wanted to re-implement it. No one has presented any reasons, other than theology, behind even suggesting a change. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
jerry_mcbride;159311 Wrote: > I use mysql extensively, both at home and at work... I'll go to hell > before I force utf8 on any of those servers, JUST, to support > slimserver... What's the issue with utf8? I thought character sets were defined on a table by table basis. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 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
I use mysql extensively, both at home and at work... I'll go to hell before I force utf8 on any of those servers, JUST, to support slimserver... That aside... My first suggestion... bring back SQLlite... you can configure that anyway you desire... My second suggestion... Use something other than PERL... PLEASE! The interpreter overhead is horrendous! It pretty much eliminates using slimserver on lowend hardware... especially if you toss the likes of mysql into the picture... C would be heavenly... Jerry McBride -- jerry_mcbride jerry_mcbride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8785 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: The ultimate (mid-range) combination?
I havent used any plug-ins yet, so I am a complete novice. Thanks for the thoughts because I was only using VU meter screen saver and I'm going to try Super Date and time just because you said so.!! This community is great for passing on so many tips. Thanks again. -- deserttaxguy deserttaxguy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5005 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30233 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Internet Radio resolution?
Thanx Rich. Any idea how this compares to the 16bit 44khz cd standard? (I have no idea what bitrates mean). Gerry -- gdg gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I map a remote control button to bring up the date and time display on demand?
But in order to get it to do exactly what I wanted, I had to make this slight tweak: # textsize modes size = dead -- boybees boybees's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1153 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help....Slim Server Starts then Stops.
I am not an expert in the inner workings of SS, but can offer some general computer psychology things to try, if you haven't already: 1. Reboot your network appliances 2. Start windows in safe mode to minimize conflicts from other services. 3. Shut down all processes that will stop using Task manager (except Explorer), then stop/start SS service manually. 4. Chkdsk for disk problems. 5. Scan for memory problems/hard drive problems which could be corrupting SS code. I use Tufftest. 6. If the SB can find slimserver on SB startup then there's no IP issue. 7. Type the error message into Google. 1/10 times I get a good clue. That's all my tricks. Sorry if it doesn't help. Good luck! Rich -- richidoo richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30217 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Internet Radio resolution?
Usually 32kbps to 128kbps, although the higher rates are rare. I found this interesting: http://ezinearticles.com/?Internet-Radio-Broadcasting---About-Bitrates&id=231665 Rich -- richidoo richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Favourite You Tube Video Thread
Shakira, Hips Don't Lie, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrlaFDNE1s Electric Six, Gay Bar, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTzs9G-VOZ4 U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKN92DASn0 Enjoy and post your favourites :) Love and Rockets, Fairy -- fairyliquidizer "O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion." -Robert Burns- fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Internet Radio resolution?
Does anyone know the resolution and sampling rates one can typically get from internet radio stations? Gerry -- gdg gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help....Slim Server Starts then Stops.
Hi all.
Same problem. I've been a long time Slim2 user and love it. Purchased
a Slim 3 wireless and got through the wireless setup issues (seperate
story). Once I got the device connected and working, It was losing
connection with SlimServer. Invetigation reveled that the slimserver
service is crashing/stopping unexpectedly. Restarting results in the
service reverting back to a stopped state ("The SlimServer service
terminated unexpectedly.") This is both 6.5.0 and 6.5_v2006-12-02.
Multiple uninstalls and reinstalls has not helped.
With the service dead, no connectivity to port 9000. Basically I'm
dead in the water since I can't get the SlimServer service to run. My
next step is to try and revert back to an earlier version that I still
have saved.
Diane
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[slim] Re: Analogue VU and Replaygain
Browny;140328 Wrote: > I've lived with it for a while, but today I've been using the > Transporter skin on the new version of softsqueeze and notice that > despite having 'smart' replaygain selected, the VU meters in the right > hand screen were displaying the track with volume levels before > replaygain is applied. That's just SoftSqueeze - a hardware Transporter behaves the same as the Squeezebox (at least mine does.) There's an enhancement request out for this, http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4456 Please vote for it. BTW this issue seems to be the same with the analogue VU meter, the digital VU meter and the spectrum analyzer. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.1 won't start
Michael No, I can't -- tjredington tjredington's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8774 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30245 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] server 6.5 broken on ubuntu edgy?
Hi bretonfou Welcome to the slimserver forums. We're kind folks and expect others to be kind as well. Arriving here and start complaining without even say hello isn't very nice. Chances to get help are much better if you stick to facts and give real information: how did you install (debian repository? Download from slimdevices.com? .tar? .deb?), what exact version, what error message you get. Step by step information of what you're doing. Well i'm still fine .. but well edgy + slim6.5 sucks ... Good to know it's the two of them as for the rest of your mail you're only complaining about slimserver. [let's skip the rest as it's only confirming your nickname] -- 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
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 won't start
Can you access http://localhost:9000/ ? -- 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: External DAC Issues with SB3 via SPDIF
Skunk;159239 Wrote: > You could try putting something else in the signal chain between the SB > and DAC, like a Big Ben, Digital Lens, Monarchy DIP, or Meridian 518. > Checking with local dealers (who sell used equip) might allow you to > try before you buy. > > A Behringer DEQ2496 room correction eq would kill two birds, and could > be returned if it didn't work. Great suggestion. I may just try the Monarchy or something like that. I have never used these DIP type devices before. I tried 2 additional DVD players with the DAC in the last day, and still the only issue I have so far is with the Squeezebox/DAC syncing.So far 5 out of 5 devices work just fine with the DAC, and only the squeezebox does not. This does concern me that it may be the Squeezebox(maybe my particular unit?) that may be marginal as far as digital spec, not the DAC.If I continue to have issues, I may want to pursue either an exchange or return. I have attempted to reach slimdevices customer support via email to start an official dialogue, but have not as yet heard back. Thanks again -- jt25741 jt25741's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 12/1 version skipping the ends of songs
I upgraded to the current nightly release last night and it fixed some issues but introduced a bad new one: on 75% of the songs, slimserver (or the device firmware - the behavoir is the same on all devices) skips the last 1-15 seconds of the song and goes on to the next song. Is it possibly some parameter setting? Thanks, Bill -- wduncan wduncan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30251 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] "No album" when listing by artist
Slightly annoying, can't figure this out. Have turned on "group compilation albums together" but it's still not behaving as expected... Basically when I select any artist that has a track without an album title I get a "No album by" followed by a list of several dozen other artists that also have tracks without an album title in the tag. In other words SlimServer treats it as a compilation album with no title. Highly annoying as when I rip stuff from chart compilation CDs (eg Now albums) I usually leave the album title out as these tracks just get played singly. Using SlimServer 6.5.0 - is this bug fixed in 6.5.1 or should I file a bug report? -- Squirrel Squirrel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5785 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: External DAC Issues with SB3 via SPDIF
You could try putting something else in the signal chain between the SB and DAC, like a Big Ben, Digital Lens, Monarchy DIP, or Meridian 518. Checking with local dealers (who sell used equip) might allow you to try before you buy. A Behringer DEQ2496 room correction eq would kill two birds, and could be returned if it didn't work. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] server 6.5 broken on ubuntu edgy?
Till today i was very happy with my slimbox and with the slimserver ... Well i'm still fine .. but well edgy + slim6.5 sucks ... Hi i tried to upgrade from 6.2 to 6.5 and i failed (simulateneously i moved to ubunty edgy from dapper .. probably it was too much). Everything seemed fine, but the web interface produce no output. First the skin was debian and i was ok, since that skin was ugly i decided to switch to default and then all output was gone. I tried to remove the package, and also to remove everything in /var/share/slimserver and /etc/slimserver and to install again .. No way. Worst i had to change the box firmware many times ... GOD typing my wep key is BORING ... is that so complicated to store it in a part of the box not affected by firmware change. Also, One script create a template directory, and there i don't know whoat the writter had in mind when calling a directory /template/home/user/ ... I really tripled checked that i was not removing my home directory. Well according to me 6.5 is just a waste, 6.2 is ok... I don't know why in software engineering the trent is always let's break what works and had some fancy things instead on working on the important bugs and problems. Anyway i had to rebuild 6.2 using the SlimServer_v6.2.2/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl script. Last i also had problems on ubuntu dapper reading ogg or with server not seing so files (even after rescan) ... ok i have like 12000 tracks but for a modern computer this is nothing. Well if you have ubuntu edgy and slimserver 6.5 (either test, beta or stable) working nicely let know. -- bretonfou bretonfou's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30246 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I map a remote control button to bring up the date and time display on demand?
Michael Herger;159220 Wrote: > > > > Go to to Player Settings (web interface)/Remote. There's a dropdown > list > with key maps available. > > ... and the trick, which I for one keep forgetting, is that you have to create the custom.map (or fred.map or whatever) first - the menu will detect .map files and give you the option. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 6.5.1 won't start
Hello- I have tried to download and run 6.5.0 then 6.5.1 and although I manually removed slim server from program files, in addition to removing the old software-I get a dialog box that says -- tjredington tjredington's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8774 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30245 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SqueezeBox spoted in retail store
Jez;159213 Wrote: > > Hopefully the sort of folks visiting Magnolia are the right audience to > 'get it' as far as our products go. Satisified customers like you can > only help the Magnolia staff realize that we have a good product worth > promoting to more of their customers. > > Thanks again. I think one of the issues is that they're picking a random PC in their store, like this vaio windows media center box to run their slimserver. If you're going to ship them a demo station, you should probably include something like the infrant, maybe pre-loaded with some FLAC files.. or atleast give them instructions on how to use EAC too. It's nice to get them familiar with the product via trial by fire, but probably not the best way to impress sales people. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30240 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeeze-o-holic
Put another one in your kitchen! Luckily enough my girlfriend and I have separate home offices. Enough space to put a few more devices :-) -- 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
Re: [slim] Re: How do I map a remote control button to bring up the date and time display on demand?
thanks for your replay, but shouldn't it be size.single = textsize_toggle? You're right, of course. Too much copy/paste :-). Also I've put the cart before the horse here with my question. What I should have asked first is, how do you activate the custom.map file, in other words, how do you make the SB remote use the custom mapping instead of the default mapping? Go to to Player Settings (web interface)/Remote. There's a dropdown list with key maps available. -- 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: How do I map a remote control button to bring up the date and time display on demand?
Michael Herger;159137 Wrote: > > What I want to do is have the date/time display come up when I > > press-and-hold the button that adjusts text size on the SB3. What > > line(s) do I have to add to my custom.map file to make this happen? > > Try the following: > > [common] > size = dead > size.single = brightness_toggle > size.hold = datetime > thanks for your replay, but shouldn't it be size.single = textsize_toggle? Also I've put the cart before the horse here with my question. What I should have asked first is, how do you activate the custom.map file, in other words, how do you make the SB remote use the custom mapping instead of the default mapping? Thanks! -- boybees boybees's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1153 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeeze-o-holic
funkstar;159202 Wrote: > This is in one bedroom appartment, or i would probably have more :) Put another one in your kitchen! -- Jeff52 Jeff52's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=103 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SqueezeBox spoted in retail store
SuperQ;159204 Wrote: > I guess they had just installed it this week, but were having problems > with their mediacenter PC. I don't know the exact story was, but > somehow slimserver was not starting up properly, the event viewer > showed that something was messed up with the mysql database, so I > simply un-installed it, but that didn't clear the files, they were > locked open so I rebooted the machine, wiped the Program Files dir, and > then re-installed with 6.5.1. Now their setup is working again, and one > of the sales guys thanked me for fixing it, he was supposed to give a > demo to other sales people today. > > Glad to see the squeezebox exposed to a wider audience! Thanks so much for helping these guys out. We have just started with Magnolia and unfortunately can't physically get round to every store to mak sure they are up and running. Most of the guys I trained this week by phone said they had tried the product and got up and running very quickly, but there's always one or two that come up with something unexpected. Hopefully the sort of folks visiting Magnolia are the right audience to 'get it' as far as our products go. Satisified customers like you can only help the Magnolia staff realize that we have a good product worth promoting to more of their customers. Thanks again. -- Jez Jez Hildred Senior Manager - Sales & Marketing Slim Devices, Inc. http://www.last.fm/user/Kadosh/ Jez's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30240 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP / MusicMagic and 6.5
On 12/2/06, markmun99 < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I can't seem to get MusicIP to work with 6.5. Slimserver sees the MusicIP - but I don't get the mixes. I tried reverting to 6.3 and it KDF's advice to me was: Make sure you have the latest nightly. Also make sure that you check Plugins/MusicMagic/HTML and delete anything but the EN folder. Then clear the caches. -- I'm not a fan of nightlies - i try to stick to 'official releases' so i ignored that. However, clearing out the musicmagic folder sorted it out. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SqueezeBox spoted in retail store
Ha, they probably thought you were a genius. Nice work though. If this thing gets popular enough I'm gonna start a 'geek squad' for Squeezebox. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30240 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezeBox spoted in retail store
I was wandering into Magnolia HiFi in Palo Alto last night to waste some time waiting for my sweetie to show up for dinner. And in the front section of the store they had a SqueezeBox and a Logitech branded info card hooked up to this setup: * Marantz PM-15S1 Reference Integrated Amp * Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor speakers I guess they had just installed it this week, but were having problems with their mediacenter PC. I don't know the exact story was, but somehow slimserver was not starting up properly, the event viewer showed that something was messed up with the mysql database, so I simply un-installed it, but that didn't clear the files, they were locked open so I rebooted the machine, wiped the Program Files dir, and then re-installed with 6.5.1. Now their setup is working again, and one of the sales guys thanked me for fixing it, he was supposed to give a demo to other sales people today. Glad to see the squeezebox exposed to a wider audience! -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30240 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeeze-o-holic
SB3 in the Livingroom SB3 in the Bedroom This is in one bedroom appartment, or i would probably have more :) Also have a SliMP3 sitting in a cupboard waiting for me to decide what to do with it. I was thinking of giving my partents a SB3 and remotely connect it to my server with bitrate limiting (MP3 @ 128kb), but they have several rooms it would be good in. Might end up giving them my QNap TS-101 for a server too... EDIT: Meant to say, i'm on the hunt for a SB, SB-G and SB2 as well so i have the collection :D -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: The ultimate (mid-range) combination?
Super Date&Time so when you're not watching VU meters or song titles on your SB you can see the time and weather. QuickAccess to instantly jump to playlists. Modify custom.map to enable a one or more buttons to instantly activate a random mix - though I suppose your MusicIP selections will do this in a not-as-random fashion. There are a couple of other plugins I'm evaluating right now but can't recommend until I know I'm satisfied. -- 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=30233 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] MusicIP / MusicMagic and 6.5
Hi, I can't seem to get MusicIP to work with 6.5. Slimserver sees the MusicIP - but I don't get the mixes. I tried reverting to 6.3 and it works perfectly, but I want to get it working on 6.5 for some of the other plugins. Anyone have any tips? Thanks, Mark -- markmun99 markmun99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8772 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30237 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeeze-o-holic
Anyone else have this problem? I just purchased my fourth Squeezebox yesterday. My wife noticed the new SB3 immediately but she had no complaints as she enjoys the SBs as much as I do. I now have: SB3 in my dedicated audio room SB3 with my living room audio/video gear SB2 in the bedroom SB-G will now be used as a portable player, on the deck, in the garage, for headphones, etc. Needless to say, I love these things. Maybe I need "help" with my squeeze-o-holic problem. -- Jeff52 Jeff52's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=103 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Review in "The Perfect Vision"
Pale Blue Ego wrote: The overall sound quality was also better than most of the media servers we reviewed recently, which had price tags ranging from $1500 to $5000 Only 'Better than most'? Since the Transporter pretends to be the ultimate audiophile device, I'm very interested to know what media servers had better sound quality. Regards, Peter (I'm glad I didn't spend $2000 only to read that it's better than most) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] The ultimate (mid-range) combination?
I've been using Slimserver for a while now and have installed, uninstalled, re-installed, and tried quite a few combinations of music, playlist generators, & players. Here is what I have come up with as my favorite affordable software combination. I am curious to hear other's combinations. I'd like to stay away from discussions of computers and stereos because they can add so much to the cost. Maybe there should also be a low-range and high-range thread also. Here's what I use to my satisfaction: 1. A music collection that includes most of my favorites in a few genres, some tunes I don't know but have been recommended to me, some tracks I definitely don't like (to clear the palette). 2. MusicIP Mixer to generate interesting and provocative playlists. 3. Slimserver. 4. A Squeezebox (which I suppose is a piece of stereo equipment, but so integral to the whole combination, that I couldn't leave it out). 5. Moose to display album art when I'm not using my PC for other stuff. What would you add or delete? -- downtime downtime's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3463 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30233 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem playing internet radio (checking stream)
Guys, thanks for your help, everything works great now! I just installed latest 6.5.1 SVN on top of 6.5 and now all asx streams work :) -- rybber -- Regards, Rybber rybber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8714 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30133 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter Review in "The Perfect Vision"
heh, i also thought the "thumbs down" for: * Pricey, if you don't have a hi-fi system was a bit unnecessary. That should go without saying. Nobody with a junk system is going to look at a $2000 source component - and there's no need to when they can choose the $300 SB3. -- 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=30198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: nicecast stream imac via slimserver
I tried this once and got it to work. I forget if I needed AlienBBC or just SlimServer. But what I do recall is that I created a playlist Nicecast.pls (which I still have) that read [playlist] NumberOfEntries=1 File1=http://localhost:8000/ Title1=Daniel Cohen's Broadcast Length1=-1 and played that playlist. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30222 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver can't open Localhost.com
Peter;159144 Wrote: > > Try http://127.0.0.1:9000 instead That did not work either I get 'The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.' Martin -- Deco-Doctor Deco-Doctor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8742 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30227 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver can't open Localhost.com
Deco-Doctor wrote: Sorry for real beginners question here, but I got my slimserver to run by downloading 6.3.1, but I can't open up the slimserver. If I click on 'open slimserver' my browser trys to open 'www.localhost.com' and reports that it is unable to connect. Whats going on here? The owners guide does not explain any of this at all! Try http://127.0.0.1:9000 instead. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver can't open Localhost.com
Sorry for real beginners question here, but I got my slimserver to run by downloading 6.3.1, but I can't open up the slimserver. If I click on 'open slimserver' my browser trys to open 'www.localhost.com' and reports that it is unable to connect. Whats going on here? The owners guide does not explain any of this at all! Thanks Martin -- Deco-Doctor Deco-Doctor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8742 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30227 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I map a remote control button to bring up the date and time display on demand?
What I want to do is have the date/time display come up when I press-and-hold the button that adjusts text size on the SB3. What line(s) do I have to add to my custom.map file to make this happen? Try the following: [common] size = dead size.single = brightness_toggle size.hold = datetime -- 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
