[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
thomsens;168812 Wrote: This is the no brainer. I add some music and want to listen to it now. But, I have to wait until all 12000 songs are re-scanned. Same deal with playlists. It seems they get verified when imported. You don't have to scan the whole of your music files again. Via the web gui or the remote you can Browse Music Folder to play the music you've just added. Adding the music to your playlist also causes Slimserver to index the music, making it available by genre, artist, album, new music, search etc. There is also a function to Scan Playlists Only which, if you don't have humungous playlists that include most of your music, should be a lot quicker than scanning all your music (although I must say it did not seem to work for me last time I tried to pick up a new playlist in 6.5.1 beta... but it should!). MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] FF problem with SqueezeBox
I hold down the button for a few seconds and let off and it goes to 2x scanning speed (which is much too slow to be useful). I hit play and it will start playing fine. However if I am at 2x and want to go to 4x and I press and hold again, it will usually go to 4x, but it seems to jump forward an indeterminate amount of time (by the track time indicator) but then nothing happens. This sounds similar to bug 3899 (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3899) that I reported a few months back. I was seeing it with the squeezebox and softsqueeze. If you think this sounds like the same problem you are experiencing, please add any information to this bug report add your emial address to the cc list/vote for the bug. Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, c) I'd like to see a web interface for slimserver that resembles what you get with orb 2.0. -- morberg morberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8757 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sonos - Support for M$ DRM
JJZolx;168672 Wrote: From a sales and marketing standpoint, it would be incredibly shortsighted not to pursue support for DRM. There are realities of the marketplace that dictate what features a product in a certain niche must have. Quite so. The average man in the street who buys some DRM'd music won't want to go through any hassle to play it on his devices - he'll just want it to work. HOWEVER... the dominant DRM in the marketplace right now is the Apple one. From the perspective of the number of potential new customers you could attract, supporting Apple's DRM is what's needed. But of course it's a closed system, and Apple refuse to licence it to others. At last November's What HiFi show, the Sonos guy told me that they have the technical ability to play Apple DRM'd stuff, and that only legal reasons prevent them from doing so. This implies that Apple DRM has been cracked. In which case, given the open source nature of Slimserver, I can't see how a third party could be prevented from building and releasing a SS plugin to transcode Apple DRM'd content into something that can then be streamed to a Squeezebox. (Or maybe the Sonos guy was full of sh*t, and Apple's DRM has not yet been cracked). -- cliveb Performers - dozens of mixers and effects - clipped/hypercompressed mastering - you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Scanner.exe has encounter a problem
Hello! Since i've upgraded to the newest server Scanner.exe is crashing again and again and again. I've tried to clear libary and rescan but i just keep getting the windows error message that tells me that Scanner.exe has encounter a problem Error Signatur: szAppName : scanner.exe szAppVer : 0.0.0.0 szModName : perl58.dll szModVer : 5.8.7.813 offset : 00089994 Here are my detalis. I'm using a old SliMP3 (if it has anything to do with anything..) SlimServer Version: 6.5.0 - 9916 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Server IP address: 85.226.81.111 Perl Version: 5.8.7 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt) /Hans Sorry for my bad english -- DiSNEYN DiSNEYN's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Sonos - Support for M$ DRM
cliveb wrote: JJZolx;168672 Wrote: From a sales and marketing standpoint, it would be incredibly shortsighted not to pursue support for DRM. There are realities of the marketplace that dictate what features a product in a certain niche must have. Quite so. The average man in the street who buys some DRM'd music won't want to go through any hassle to play it on his devices - he'll just want it to work. HOWEVER... the dominant DRM in the marketplace right now is the Apple one. From the perspective of the number of potential new customers you could attract, supporting Apple's DRM is what's needed. But of course it's a closed system, and Apple refuse to licence it to others. At last November's What HiFi show, the Sonos guy told me that they have the technical ability to play Apple DRM'd stuff, and that only legal reasons prevent them from doing so. This implies that Apple DRM has been cracked. In which case, given the open source nature of Slimserver, I can't see how a third party could be prevented from building and releasing a SS plugin to transcode Apple DRM'd content into something that can then be streamed to a Squeezebox. (Or maybe the Sonos guy was full of sh*t, and Apple's DRM has not yet been cracked). The guy who cracked the DVD DRM, apparently has reverse engineered the format and is 'licensing' it to companies that want to support AAC files: http://gigaom.com/2006/10/02/dvd-jon-fairplays-apple/ Dunno if it's legal... ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
I'd like to see a web interface for slimserver that resembles what you get with orb 2.0. What's orb 2.0? -- 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] UK Repair
Hi, Does anyone know of any companies in the UK that can repair Squeezeboxes? I have a SB 1 that has just died, no power, nothing. I've bought SB 3 just to survive but would like to try and getting my original one working again. Thanks bte -- bytheedge bytheedge's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31496 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 case color question
Don't feel stupid. I've been here a long time :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31412 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Adding a new download link
There is no way to do this currently. I guess a plugin could be written to do this. I think this has come up before, but some poeple get twitchy about the implications of this. Especially when you can make the SlimServer interface available online really easily. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31455 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] UK Repair
bytheedge wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any companies in the UK that can repair Squeezeboxes? I have a SB 1 that has just died, no power, nothing. I've bought SB 3 just to survive but would like to try and getting my original one working again. It will probably cost you more to get it repaired than to buy a new one. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: So where's the All White SB3 ?
SD would also need to replace the perspex over the screen, pretty sure that can't be white :) Making it clear would expose some of the internals ans would probably look a little home made if you ask me. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31469 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Would support for Folder.jpg (uppercase F) be useful?
kdf;168593 Wrote: On 9-Jan-07, at 7:09 AM, hunta wrote: SadGamerGeek;168520 Wrote: I'll attempt to RTFM next time.. Does such a thing exist? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AlbumArtwork http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?ToolsAlbumArt simple thing: use Tag Rename to grab album info from Amazon, and have it store the art in tags and as a file. It just works. Or forgoing any tool advocacy, just store a cover.jpg file in the same folder as the tracks for the album and put each album in a folder. -kdf kdf, thanks again for your help. After a certain amount of head-scratching, I am well on the way to getting my library straightened out. There are a few additional points worth mentioning as I was having problems with albums appearing multiple times: - I had a number of albums with blank (i.e. white, rather than no) artwork, even though there were valid cover art files in the folder. This was due to a 1x1 white pixel in the tag, which seem to correspond to around the time I used iTunes for ripping. The SS browser interface would show this as blank artwork (white, not the '?' icon) in the album list, but would show the correct image when viewing a single album's details. Attaching the file to the tag in TagRename solved this one. - It's definitely worth removing tags and recreating them, as opposed to updating them. This from another thread I saw about how multi-format tags can be read multiple times, resulting in duplicates. TagRename has this function. - Another source of duplicates was the MusicIP cache. Tracks need to be rescanned and any updated tags (=new tracks) validated. SS seems to hang on to the track in the MusicIP cache as mixable with the new version also showing as unmixable until this is done. - Periodic full library deletions and rebuilds don't go amiss either. Thanks to those who contributed pointers for this. Andrew -- hunta hunta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=333 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31463 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia N800
ron thigpen;168315 Wrote: The new proc looks to have a DSP, and real hardware FPU (very useful for A/V codecs) and posts (notably bogus, and a single test, but...) BogoMIPS of 320.37 vs 125.76 from the 770. Now that is interesting. Especially when another new feature is uPnP client support :) I think i read on Engadget (or somewhere similar) of a speed doubling of the CPU, i thought they just meant clock rate, but a full CPU replacement makes sense. I guess Nokia realised that people want to use this for more than just Web Tablet functions, such as media playback. So a real FPU is definitely a massive boost. Any ideas what DSP functions are available? Hardware MPEG-2/4 acceleration? Video scaling? both of those would make a massive difference to the usability as media device. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stream Musicmatch On Demand?
Did you ever figure out how to get this working? -- REM0753 REM0753's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9536 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia N800
funkstar;168868 Wrote: Any ideas what DSP functions are available? Hardware MPEG-2/4 acceleration? Video scaling? both of those would make a massive difference to the usability as media device. Here's the Texas Instruments spec sheet for the OMAP 2420: http://dspvillage.ti.com/pdfs/omap2architecture.pdf -- jpj jpj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1564 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
Peter;163189 Wrote: Configure IP filters on your router and only allow certain IP addresses in. That's perfectly secure and fairly easy to set up, provided your 'clients' have static ip's. Regards, Peter I have had 3 different routers (Linksys, Netgear and now a US Robotics) and I don't believe any of them have had the ability to do IP filtering. Is this only on high end routers or do I just have the few routers that do not have this ability? -- lemmy999 lemmy999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sirus plugin has problems with some skins?
I upgraded from slimserver 6.2.2 to 6.5 last night. I did this because I wanted to be able to use the new Sirius plugin that is only supported in slimserver versions 6.3. After install of the new 6.5 slimserver and install of the Sirius plugin, I picked a skin and kicked everything off. When I tried to select the Sirius option under internet radio, it crashed the server. After a bit of head scratching (not the sharpest tac on the block) I decided to try a different skin. This time, I noticed that the skin allowed more config interaction for the Sirius login requirements that the other skin did not offer. This skin too crashed the server. I picked one more skin, and this one is working to the best of my knowledge. Is there sensitivity to the skin selection with this plugin, or is it most likely due to the fact that I probably did something else wrong? This is my first post to this forum, so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate section to ask this question. -- slimrick slimrick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9535 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stream Musicmatch On Demand?
I imagine you could use something like ShoutCAST or Icecast to stream the MusicMatch playlist to the SB. I found a couple of links that suggest that this is possible: -When MusicMatch is properly configured, you can use Icecast, M3U, Shoutcast, and ASF/ASX (a Microsoft video compression format-. It may depend however, how the playlists are set up and whether any other authentication is required. P.S. The other thread you posted in is about MusicIP - a playlist creator, not MusicMatch (the title is misleading). -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, c) Michael Herger;168839 Wrote: I'd like to see a web interface for slimserver that resembles what you get with orb 2.0. What's orb 2.0? A solution for streaming media (not only music) to any web enabled device. See http://www.orb.com for more info. -- morberg morberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8757 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
I have my music stored (as FLAC) on a simple windows 2000 PC stuck to my garage wall. I'm buying a laptop for the first time, and I'm stuck on a Macbook. I'm also planning on buying a ipod as it now supports gapless playback. I want a mp3/aac version of my entire music library on the laptop managed via itunes so that I can do the whole playlist/syncing to my ipod. I know I can use foobar to convert my library to mp3 and copy it over to the laptop (after a couple of days), but how to keep this up-to-date? Also I'd love it if my playlists created on the ipod could be used by the squeezebox? I understand there is some integration between Squeezeboxes and Itunes, but since my music is stored in FLAC I don't know if that's an option. Anybody got any ideas on this slightly off-topic post. Thanks -- sdevans sdevans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1867 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iTunes Library.xml vs. iTunes Music Library.xml
Hi, it appears that slimserver is looking for iTunes Music library.xml but iTunes (since I don't know when) uses iTunes Library.xml. A link does not work to solve this. I tried searching the forums to see if this issue has been brought up, but the search appears to be broken. Is this a known issue? thanks. -- iamnotmad iamnotmad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31504 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sound level seems too low
I'm not sure if you applied replay gain normilization/sound level tags to your music/MP3's but if you have SmartGain turned on you'll generally experience lower sound levels across the board. -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31362 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
I converted all my FLAC files to MP3 using the appropriately named FLAC2MP3 script. Do a search around here and you will find how to do it. Basically you set it running and forget about it until it is finished (a couple of days for 5,000 songs). Point iTunes at your new MP3 diectory and you are away. I now rip new albums to FLAC and then use foobar to convert to MP3 for the iPod. -- Heuer Heuer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
Does the I in the Iphone stand for idiot? As in : only an idiot would pay that much for a phone that doesn't do as much as a smart phone which can be almost free with a contract? Idiotphone: no user replacable battery, locked sim card that is probably harder to unlock than any other phone(or impossible, remember, it's Apple) I don't think it has wi-fi so you have to burn minutes to surf the web(could be mistaken on this one) If the fragility of the ipod is an indicator don't buy this phone w/o the normal cellphone extended warranty that includes mysterious loss. When it breaks(like the ipod) Apple will do anything they can to not honor the warranty. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
It does have wi-fi. Looks great to me apart from the phone bit - I don't need that at all! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sirus plugin has problems with some skins?
slimrick;168879 Wrote: I upgraded from slimserver 6.2.2 to 6.5 last night. I did this because I wanted to be able to use the new Sirius plugin that is only supported in slimserver versions 6.3. After install of the new 6.5 slimserver and install of the Sirius plugin, I picked a skin and kicked everything off. When I tried to select the Sirius option under internet radio, it crashed the server. After a bit of head scratching (not the sharpest tac on the block) I decided to try a different skin. This time, I noticed that the skin allowed more config interaction for the Sirius login requirements that the other skin did not offer. This skin too crashed the server. I picked one more skin, and this one is working to the best of my knowledge. Is there sensitivity to the skin selection with this plugin, or is it most likely due to the fact that I probably did something else wrong? This is my first post to this forum, so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate section to ask this question. Hey Rick- I've tested the plugin with both the default and popular FishBone skins. I'm not sure about the others, but I'd be surprised if the plugin wouldn't work with them. Regardless of the skin, the plugin settings under Internet radio settings should work no matter what. How you get to the Internet radio settings page will vary from skin to skin though. The only predictable way that causes SlimServer to crash while using the plugin is to attempt to access the plugin without any clients/players. Do you have a Squeezebox connected when you're using the plugin? If not, make sure you at least have a copy of SoftSqueeze running. When I designed the plugin I assumed that there'd always be at least one player (I thought it was a safe assumption) but apparently sometimes people run slimserver without any players connected. Let me know what you find. -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Would support for Folder.jpg (uppercase F) be useful?
On 10-Jan-07, at 5:50 AM, hunta wrote: - Another source of duplicates was the MusicIP cache. Tracks need to be rescanned and any updated tags (=new tracks) validated. SS seems to hang on to the track in the MusicIP cache as mixable with the new version also showing as unmixable until this is done. This is an excellent note, and one that I'm certain gets overlooked so many times. MusicIP doesn't have the same abilities on all platforms. I believe on windows there is supposed to be some live folders, but in most cases you DO need to do a reload to update for changes. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
One small error in this article is the statement ...any sonic compromises resulting from the use of my WiFi network to transmit audio data around the home were minimal. It should state that any sonic compromises using WiFi are non-existent. Digital is digital regardless of whether you're hardwired or wireless. Unless this reviewer is experiencing dropouts from an especially bad connection, I don't know how he could qualify any connection-related sonic compromise at all. Of course I've never tried one of those uber-expensive Monster Ethernet cables. Maybe it actually does help. :-) -- Gildahl Gildahl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
In general, I hate cell phones, and wouldn't mind too much if a law were passed allowing one to shoot annoying cell phone users on sight. I also grow weary of Mac zealots that equate Steve Jobs with Jesus Christ reach for the torches and pitchforks if anyone utters the slightest misgiving about Apple. But... It is a neat looking little machine, and the screen resolution 166 ppi -- that'll make for some amazingly sharp images. P.S. I do have a Mac, by the way. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wake-on-LAN: something new...?
I had this issue when I first got my Squeezeboxes over a year ago. I eventually gave up on using WOL for precisely this reason and run my server 24/7 instead. -- Gildahl Gildahl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23176 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: External Hard Drives -- Most reliable (least likely to fail) brand?
It is not true at all that all the HD are the same in term of reliability. Also between the same brand there is a lot of variability in the MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) between different models. MTBF is rating indicating the expected number of power on hours (POH) before failure will occur. Hard Disk for use on servers have a much higher MTBF, but they are also more expensive. I cannot say which brand is better, but just for fun I have compared two Samsung HD of the same size, one was 330'000 POH and the other 600'000 POH; that mean that one is much likely to fail than the other. The bottom line is: if you want reliability just check the MTBF before you buy, you can always found them in the web site of the manufacturers. If you are unlucky of course your better hard disk can fail earlier than another which has a worst MTBF, but on average it does matter. For the same reason it does not make much sense to refer to their own experience with a couple of HD Aragorn -- Aragorn Aragorn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4229 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31321 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
Interesting comment in the review: In a poll on our website last September, 25% of respondents felt that the magazine was losing the plot with its coverage of music-server devices such as the Squeezebox. Rich Foster's response was typical: I don't mind you covering things like [the Sonos gear] or iPod-related gear, as long as they are kept in perspective. These items are nice for convenience or portability, but they are not high-end equipment. Stereophile has always been about sonic purity. There are some hard-core audiophiles that dislike any sort of wireless or computer-based media streamer. It's a philosophical thing and at this point does not reflect technological reality - any more so than cables, but let's not open that 10-ton can of worms. I have a few audiophile acquaintances and when I extol the virtues of Slim Devices stuff I usually get a yeah, but doesn't it only play MP3s?! Sigh. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
Heuer wrote: I converted all my FLAC files to MP3 using the appropriately named FLAC2MP3 script. Do a search around here and you will find how to do it. There are several. Mine is here: http://robinbowes.com/projects/flac2mp3 I'm on the verge of releasing a new version - the last couple had problems on Windows. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
sdevans;168893 Wrote: I have my music stored (as FLAC) on a simple windows 2000 PC stuck to my garage wall. I'm buying a laptop for the first time, and I'm stuck on a Macbook. I'm also planning on buying a ipod as it now supports gapless playback. I want a mp3/aac version of my entire music library on the laptop managed via itunes so that I can do the whole playlist/syncing to my ipod. I know I can use foobar to convert my library to mp3 and copy it over to the laptop (after a couple of days), but how to keep this up-to-date? Also I'd love it if my playlists created on the ipod could be used by the squeezebox? I understand there is some integration between Squeezeboxes and Itunes, but since my music is stored in FLAC I don't know if that's an option. Anybody got any ideas on this slightly off-topic post. Thanks It doesn't help you (as it's Linux-only), but in case any Linuxers want to do the same thing I've a strategy for this using some commonly-available tools: http://hickinbottom.demon.co.uk/development/script-to-maintain-a-transcoded-mp3-tree/ Stuart -- hickinbottoms -Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after - with 'Lazy Searching' (http://hickinbottom.demon.co.uk/lazysearch)!- hickinbottoms's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=255 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
Mark Lanctot;168927 Wrote: There are some hard-core audiophiles that dislike any sort of wireless or computer-based media streamer. It's a philosophical thing and at this point does not reflect technological reality - any more so than cables, but let's not open that 10-ton can of worms. Hrrm, I guess worms would conduct and therefore be possible to be used as cables, but I am unclear on where to get a 10-ton can of them, and how to keep them alive. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
sdevans;168893 Wrote: I have my music stored (as FLAC) on a simple windows 2000 PC stuck to my garage wall. I'm buying a laptop for the first time, and I'm stuck on a Macbook. I'm also planning on buying a ipod as it now supports gapless playback. I want a mp3/aac version of my entire music library on the laptop managed via itunes so that I can do the whole playlist/syncing to my ipod. I know I can use foobar to convert my library to mp3 and copy it over to the laptop (after a couple of days), but how to keep this up-to-date? I use the flac2mp3 script on my server, it converts my whole music directory of flac files to mp3 files in another directory with the same structure every night. The result is that I have both a flac and mp3 directory tree on the server. Slimserver is configured to point to the flac tree. Once in a while I run rsync from the laptop to copy changed or now files in the mp3 tree on the server to the corresponding mp3 tree on the laptop. The laptop is used for the synchronization with the iPod. sdevans;168893 Wrote: Also I'd love it if my playlists created on the ipod could be used by the squeezebox? I understand there is some integration between Squeezeboxes and Itunes, but since my music is stored in FLAC I don't know if that's an option. I haven't verified this myself, but I thing you should be able to do something like. Take a copy of your iTunes library xml file and open it in a text editor and use replace to replace .mp3 to .flac and also replace the beginning of the paths from for example D:\MyMp3MusicFromItunes to /home/xxx/MyFLACMusicForSlimserver. This should get you a iTunes xml files which point to the correct files and now you can just point slimserver to this and perform a rescan to show the playlists in slimserver. As I said above I haven't verified that this actually work, so I might have missed something. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-trackstat) , 'SQLPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-sqlplaylist) , 'DynamicPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-dynamicplaylist), 'Custom Browse' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-custombrowse),'Custom Scan' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-customscan),'Custom Skip' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-customskip) and 'RandomPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-randomplaylist) plugins) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
Craig, James (IT);168914 Wrote: It does have wi-fi It does, but it's not possible to download media except by a connection to a Mac/PC. The WiFi seems to be solely for web browsing, although the problem with WiFi outside the home is the lack of roaming agreements between WiFi providers. It's nice and does really mark a big step forward for cellphone UIs, but it is expensive and the true cost isn't known yet as the monthly data rate has't been announced yet. Plus you can't use it without the cell phone part, so even after the two years is up, you have to have a cellular agreement. No replaceable batteries, no memory expansion, no games or 3rd party applications, it's a closed system for Apple and friends only so far, perhaps they'll change that, but who knows? -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
jonheal wrote: In general, I hate cell phones, and wouldn't mind too much if a law were passed allowing one to shoot annoying cell phone users on sight. I also grow weary of Mac zealots that equate Steve Jobs with Jesus Christ reach for the torches and pitchforks if anyone utters the slightest misgiving about Apple. But... It is a neat looking little machine, and the screen resolution 166 ppi -- that'll make for some amazingly sharp images. P.S. I do have a Mac, by the way. Yeah, we figured that when we read that you're only growing weary of armed Mac zealots while you're willing to shoot innocent cell phone users. ;) It looks good and it's a welcome kick in the butt to other cell phone makers, but I'll just keep waiting for the Nokia E90 myself. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
Mark Lanctot wrote: Interesting comment in the review: In a poll on our website last September, 25% of respondents felt that the magazine was losing the plot with its coverage of music-server devices such as the Squeezebox. Rich Foster's response was typical: I don't mind you covering things like [the Sonos gear] or iPod-related gear, as long as they are kept in perspective. These items are nice for convenience or portability, but they are not high-end equipment. Stereophile has always been about sonic purity. There are some hard-core audiophiles that dislike any sort of wireless or computer-based media streamer. It's a philosophical thing and at this point does not reflect technological reality - any more so than cables, but let's not open that 10-ton can of worms. I have a few audiophile acquaintances and when I extol the virtues of Slim Devices stuff I usually get a yeah, but doesn't it only play MP3s?! Sigh. With their logic they'll probably think mp3's played from the old 360 KB floppy disks (when they were really floppy) would sound far superior. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
snarlydwarf;168939 Wrote: Hrrm, I guess worms would conduct and therefore be possible to be used as cables, but I am unclear on where to get a 10-ton can of them, and how to keep them alive. I don't know if feeding audio current through them would keep them alive but it might make their lives more interesting until they die. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
CardinalFang;168945 Wrote: It does, but it's not possible to download media except by a connection to a Mac/PC. The WiFi seems to be solely for web browsing, although the problem with WiFi outside the home is the lack of roaming agreements between WiFi providers. Widgets (as shown) obviously need the ability to communicate online, how else could the Weather app show its data? And the Google Maps app... would you call that web browsing? Looked like a dedicated app. And then, it's MacOSX. CardinalFang;168945 Wrote: Plus you can't use it without the cell phone part, so even after the two years is up, you have to have a cellular agreement. I've read a bunch of sites quoting the Keynote, and watched it myself. Didn't hear or read that anyway. CardinalFang;168945 Wrote: No replaceable batteries, Who said that? Can't really tell from the Keynote pictures imho. CardinalFang;168945 Wrote: no memory expansion, Who said that? Can't really tell from the Keynote pictures imho. CardinalFang;168945 Wrote: no games or 3rd party applications, So the widgets shown during the keynote are not third-party, and you think that they'll contrary to widgets on the other MacOSX, they'll limit the number of widgets that can be run? Just take a look on how well Apple supported software developers over the past 20+ years. CardinalFang;168945 Wrote: it's a closed system for Apple and friends only so far, And I always thought that MacOSX is based on BSD... that you could even download the Darwin part... might be the GUI is closed source, but since its MacOSX, widgets are already well documented and for the rest... do you expect Apple to change MacOSX radically to make all the existing documentation void, just after they announced they took MacOSX to NOT develop something new? I'm still sceptical whether typing text on the device would be fast enough for me, but there's one thing that's great: they actually cared about use the PHONE. Take a look at all those smartphones out there, and using it to call someone seems to be the most neglected part of the whole device. -- CCRDude CCRDude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8478 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
According to Wired Magazine the battery is NOT user replaceable. That alone is reason enough for me to not buy it. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
tomjtx;168955 Wrote: I don't know if feeding audio current through them would keep them alive but it might make their lives more interesting until they die. So even 10 tons of worm cable need a burn in time? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gaps between songs in 6.5.1
Let me chime in on this: Songs should be played as they are on a cd. Par example: When I'm listening to Pink Floyd's The Wall, There is no audible division between the songs. There should be no extra gaps between the songs. I just switched from Slimserver version 6.5.0 to version 6.5.1 and at the moment what I hear is a very minute break between the songs, less than 1/10th of a second but it is audible, it's better than in version 6.5.0 but it's not completely gone yet... -- servies servies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31433 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
Peter;168948 Wrote: jonheal wrote: In general, I hate cell phones, and wouldn't mind too much if a law were passed allowing one to shoot annoying cell phone users on sight. I also grow weary of Mac zealots that equate Steve Jobs with Jesus Christ reach for the torches and pitchforks if anyone utters the slightest misgiving about Apple. But... It is a neat looking little machine, and the screen resolution 166 ppi -- that'll make for some amazingly sharp images. P.S. I do have a Mac, by the way. Yeah, we figured that when we read that you're only growing weary of armed Mac zealots while you're willing to shoot innocent cell phone users. ;) It looks good and it's a welcome kick in the butt to other cell phone makers, but I'll just keep waiting for the Nokia E90 myself. Regards, Peter I suppose shooting 'em -is- a bit extreme... How about a law authorizing Mac zealots to go after annoying cell phone users with torches and pitchforks? And if need be, they can be shot after the fact, to put them out of their misery. :-) -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gaps between songs in 6.5.1
For best gapless results you should really use FLAC or Ogg. For MP3's make sure they were encoded with LAME and that you do a full wipe and rescan to pick up the right gapless data. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31433 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
CCRDude;168956 Wrote: Widgets (as shown) obviously need the ability to communicate online, how else could the Weather app show its data? And the Google Maps app... would you call that web browsing? Looked like a dedicated app. And then, it's MacOSX. I specifically said media, as in music, video and the apps you mention are from partners. CCRDude;168956 Wrote: I've read a bunch of sites quoting the Keynote, and watched it myself. Didn't hear or read that anywhere. Time magazine, engadget, gizmodo CCRDude;168956 Wrote: Who said that? Can't really tell from the Keynote pictures imho. Time magazine, engadget, gizmodo CCRDude;168956 Wrote: Who said that? Can't really tell from the Keynote pictures imho. Time magazine, engadget, gizmodo CCRDude;168956 Wrote: So the widgets shown during the keynote are not third-party, and you think that they'll contrary to widgets on the other MacOSX, they'll limit the number of widgets that can be run? Just take a look on how well Apple supported software developers over the past 20+ years. Widgets are Java based, games in general are native code or on mobile devices are sometimes J2ME based. OS/X has J2SE. The view from the street is that it's a closed system to keep Cingular happy. I'm in the cell phone business and know the market extremely well CCRDude;168956 Wrote: And I always thought that MacOSX is based on BSD... that you could even download the Darwin part... might be the GUI is closed source, but since its MacOSX, widgets are already well documented and for the rest... do you expect Apple to change MacOSX radically to make all the existing documentation void, just after they announced they took MacOSX to NOT develop something new? Cellular networks do not allow downloading of any content, only operator-approved content that they get a cut of. Cingular are heavily subsidising the device and need to get a good return on their investment. It's a walled garden to a large extent for apps. CCRDude;168956 Wrote: I'm still sceptical whether typing text on the device would be fast enough for me, but there's one thing that's great: they actually cared about usage of the PHONE. Take a look at all those smartphones out there, and using it to call someone seems to be the most neglected part of the whole device. Agreed, usability is dire on most, if not all, handsets. -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Random Mix from remote
I used to have my system set up so I could press-and-hold the 7 button and it would start a random track mix. I know it was an edit in the default.map file, but I've recently re-built my server, didn't back up the default.map file and now can't remember the syntax for the file. I've had a search, but can't find the answer. Anyone know off hand? Regards Aynsley -- Aynsley Aynsley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31512 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
snarlydwarf;168962 Wrote: So even 10 tons of worm cable need a burn in time? Burn out or burn up might be a more accurate description -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] MP3 Conversion Software
Anyone use software to convert their MP3's? I've got about 100Gb of MP3's, mostly in 320kbps and I want to create a copy of them in 128kbps for use on my laptop/iPod etc. I've seen plenty of software that'll convert the MP3's to a different bitrate, but they all seem to only allow selection of a single folder at a time. I want to point the software at my d:\music folder and get it to output to d:\low_music, but with all the sub-directory structure intact. Anyone come across anything that'll do that? I'd like to just leave my PC churning for a while and not have to intervene. Hope that makes sense, Aynsley -- Aynsley Aynsley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
CardinalFang;168971 Wrote: Time magazine, engadget, gizmodo I watched the updates on engadget yesterday getting updated and updated and updated... I assume we speak about this here? http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone Where exactly does it tell about batteries or memory extensions? Except in dozens of contradicting user comments? CardinalFang;168971 Wrote: Cellular networks do not allow downloading of any content, only operator-approved content that they get a cut of. Interesting... am I doing something illegal then? We've developed a cellphone application that downloads updated from the Internet (for both Symbian and Windows CE/Mobile). I'm pretty sure Vodafone (the one I use for testing) hasn't approved, and I'm even more sure I don't pay them a cut of it. And this application has been tested with dozens of other providers by our users. Granted, its not media content, but then, every advanced smartphone browser can view any media available through http (the Keynote was very clear on the topic that Safari would NOT be crippled in any way compared to the desktop version). I could easily write applications that do download any file through http as well - OS like Symbian and Windows Mobile support standard Internet access routines. So, where do networks currently have to approve? Do they filter contents through a proxy? Doubt so, you can use browsers to access a lot they don't get a share for. Detecting the accessing software? Doubt so as well, Opera might have made a secret deal about that, but the Mozilla foundation couldn't possible hide such tricks in their software, since its open source - and the Minimo can browse a lot of media content where Vodafone doesn't get a cut. So, sorry to tell you ;) but the cellphone world has evolved quite a lot since iMode and WAP, and the big networks around here even advertise fully-featured flatrates as primary home Internet access, so I seriously doubt networks are still limiting content (except maybe for old, outdated WAP, can't say a thing about that)... Granted, it might be difficult to bring the downloaded content to work in the shipped applications, but that is another topic, and I'm kind of thinking that stuff like VLC could be ported to the iPhone quite soon. CardinalFang;168971 Wrote: It's a walled garden to a large extent for apps. The clostest attempt to walling a smartphone off are Windows smartphones that allow only code-signed applications. Still, you could always insert your own root certificate or turn that off, or just by a certificate at VeriSign, no big strings attached. And contrary to Windows, the kernel of MacOSX (Darwin) is - imho - still under the BSD license, which puts some limits on the way of implementing the limitations. I only have to think about MacOSX for Intel... how long did it actually took them to get to run on ANY (well, those with specific hardware) Intel PC? Or it might be that I - as a software developer developing for mobile platforms as well - have watched so many ups and downs of different mobile Operating Systems and found that 3rd party apps where what made some of them strong (Palm lived on just that for years, the more modern Windows Mobile did only pass it with .Net that allowed more standard developers to code for it, Symbian lives only thanks to good public documentation on interfaces, and the GNU compiler), that I just can't believe they would make a device for geeks that could not be extended by those same geeks, making it only half as geeky :D -- CCRDude CCRDude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8478 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Random Mix from remote
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[slim] Re: MP3 Conversion Software
Perhaps I may be wrong here, but I'm not sure this is such a good idea. Won't you be compounding compression artifacts by re-compressing an already-compressed file? Again, I may be wrong on this. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
tomjtx;168909 Wrote: no user replacable battery If this is true (and I realise it's open to question) it's criminal considering the unbelievably and extremely crap battery Apple put in the third generation iPod. 500 UK Pounds for a music player that played good quality mp3s for only two hours before dying... and that was before the battery became worn... which took about errr... two months. Two years later (or probably more) my battery lasts for 5 seconds. Un*believable. And that was just one of the things that made it not-fit-for-purpose (lack of volume, dodgy OS, crap headphones and overall fragility were others). Five hundred pounds! I was mad to buy the vain trinket and learnt an embarrasing lesson about fools and their money. I've not even mentioned Apple's policy to ignore any complaints or returns. Yes I know I can get a new battery and even replace it myself if I cared to, but I'd rather put it in the marketing-over-content museum... or how the 21st century used up it's planet working too hard to buy useless, instantly obselete rubbish.. and then bought more! Apple for me are almost the personification of virtually all that is wrong with modern life. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes Library.xml vs. iTunes Music Library.xml
Ross L;168997 Wrote: Search works fine for me. Try a search with iTunes Music library with or without the quotes. Blank page. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31504 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes Library.xml vs. iTunes Music Library.xml
Search works fine for me. By default I'm pretty sure iTunes calls it 'iTunes music library.xml'. Have you tried searching your computer? -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Technical Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] - +1.650.210.9400 ext. 3 Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31504 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3 Conversion Software
Sure, it would be compounding the compression artifacts, but for playback on a laptop or iPod the loss in sound quality might not be that noticeable. Especially when weighed against the cost of re-ripping everything! You need something like Robin Bowes' flac2mp3.pl perl script, except modified for mp3-2-mp3. You could take a look at his script to see how it traverses the directory structure, and instead of decoding with flac, decode with lame before re-encoding at the lower bitrate with lame. Of course, handling the tags would be completely different, too. Or try the brute force approach: Load your backup copy of the music library (you do have a backup, don't you?) into foobar2000, and convert all of them to 128. Then re-backup the 320kbps version after the conversion finishes. No doubt, there more elegant solutions out there, but I've never been accused of excessive elegance -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes Library.xml vs. iTunes Music Library.xml
iTunes 7 uses 'iTunes Music Library.xml'. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31504 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
ModelCitizen wrote: tomjtx;168909 Wrote: no user replacable battery If this is true (and I realise it's open to question) it's criminal considering the unbelievably and extremely crap battery Apple put in the third generation iPod. 500 UK Pounds for a music player that played good quality mp3s for only two hours before dying... and that was before the battery became worn... which took about errr... two months. Two years later (or probably more) my battery lasts for 5 seconds. Un*believable. And that was just one of the things that made it not-fit-for-purpose (lack of volume, dodgy OS, crap headphones and overall fragility were others). Five hundred pounds! I was mad to buy the vain trinket and learnt an embarrasing lesson about fools and their money. I've not even mentioned Apple's policy to ignore any complaints or returns. Yes I know I can get a new battery and even replace it myself if I cared to, but I'd rather put it in the marketing-over-content museum... or how the 21st century used up it's planet working too hard to buy useless, instantly obselete rubbish.. and then bought more! Apple for me are almost the personification of virtually all that is wrong with modern life. I still can't believe you bought those bird flu protection kits at £30 a pop. :) R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3 Conversion Software
aubuti;168999 Wrote: Or try the brute force approach: Load your backup copy of the music library (you do have a backup, don't you?) into foobar2000, and convert all of them to 128. Then re-backup the 320kbps version after the conversion finishes. No need to do that. Just load the 320kbps MP3s into foobar2000, and convert them to 128kbps into a different root folder. For anyone who runs on Windows, foobar2000 really is your friend - it's a Swiss Army Knife audio manipulator. (Oh, and it's a damn fine audio player, too, although I don't use it for that). -- cliveb Performers - dozens of mixers and effects - clipped/hypercompressed mastering - you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: UK Repair
Robin Bowes;168864 Wrote: It will probably cost you more to get it repaired than to buy a new one. R. ... especially if you are happy with an SB1 and can find one on ebay... -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31496 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
Robin Bowes;169010 Wrote: I still can't believe you bought those bird flu protection kits at £30 a pop. :) R.I'm not sure of the relevance of that Robin but bird flu is still bubbling under and history pretty much shows that it is inevitable that a pandemic will occur.. so £30 for some Tamiflu for each of my family seems like a reasonable precaution (even considering that it is now very likely that if the current bird flue strain does mutate it will be Tamiflu resistant). This topic is quite removed from trivial consumer products though, it's in a very different league and you shouldn't have brought it up in this context (sorry Robin). MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
Who says they have to be alive? THAT should be an interesting ABX, as well as smelly! -- konut konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Really Long Digital Coax Cable
Has anyone tried soldering RCA jacks on Cat-5 to make a really long (100ft) digital coax cable? -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Really Long Digital Coax Cable
It won't work without baluns. Something like this would give you the right impedance match: http://www.svideo.com/500021.html It's hard to say how far you might be able to go... would depend on the s/pdif circuitry on either end, the quality of the cable, and the environment in which it is run. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First sec of song getting clipped off
So, there are a couple of CDs that are UNPLAYABLE on SS because of this problem. It's definitely pointing to the call to QuickTime (mov123) and a delay in processing in the first 350ms. My ONLY way around this is to re-encode from AAC to 320k MP3 using iTunes. I can't get any Mac based FLAC encoder to re-encode the AAC files... some 'wrapper' error comes up. If anyone has another way to do this I'd sure appreciate it... other than re-ripping my entire library to FLAC. It's just not practical on a Mac until someone gets the TAG options working. Thanks guys. (SD, is there a fix for this soon?) -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23668 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Really Long Digital Coax Cable
jonheal;169022 Wrote: Has anyone tried soldering RCA jacks on Cat-5 to make a really long (100ft) digital coax cable? You'll need to use a balun at each end to get the signals right. I've used them before for video with amazing results. http://www.svideo.com/500020.html -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Really Long Digital Coax Cable
You'd almost be better off converting to AES and back to SPDIF. AES can go 330 meters with the proper cabling. -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Server 6.5 - formatting garbled in Firefox
Thx to the CTRL F5 trick my slim server is now a vivid array of colours - i've never seen it look quite that good, dunno whats been happening for the last 3 months but i have never been able to load a theme correctly, until now Cheers! -- W1NDRUSH W1NDRUSH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9392 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] Re: First sec of song getting clipped off
The problem is EXCLUSIVE to AAC files converting to LAME to stream to SB/TP. My ALAC (Apple Lossless) files do NOT have the problem. SD... can we figure this out, PLEASE?! -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23668 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB1 IR receiver broken
i got an email from support saying they have the IR module and also a replacement screen since my screen is dead too. since i work nearby they said i can stop by and pick them up. i just got back with my replacement parts. now that is customer service!!! -- damage 'My House' (http://www.kjsdoghouse.com/autohouse) 'My HA blog' (http://kjsdoghouse.blogspot.com) damage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=628 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes Library.xml vs. iTunes Music Library.xml
SteveEast;169005 Wrote: iTunes 7 uses 'iTunes Music Library.xml'. Steve. I am using iTunes7 and when I add musc to my library iTunes Library.xml gets updated. iTunes Music Library.xml which is what slimserver is looking at, does not get updated. I have copied my iTunes Library.xml to a file called iTunes Music Library.xml and requested slim server to scan, and it picked up the new music. Obviously I don't want to have to copy the file every time. I am reading what you guys are writing, but this is what I am experiencing. Am I the only one? -- iamnotmad iamnotmad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31504 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Random Mix from remote
kdf;168986 Wrote: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16091highlight=random+default+map Is your Random Mix plugin for 6.2 equivalent to the random playlist functionality in 6.5.1? I couldn't find it at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginsAudio Do you still access it with: 7.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-tracks 8.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-albums 9.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-artists even though its no longer a plugin? -- morberg morberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8757 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31512 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
ModelCitizen wrote: Robin Bowes;169010 Wrote: I still can't believe you bought those bird flu protection kits at £30 a pop. :) R.I'm not sure of the relevance of that Robin but bird flu is still bubbling under and history pretty much shows that it is inevitable that a pandemic will occur.. so £30 for some Tamiflu for each of my family seems like a reasonable precaution (even considering that it is now very likely that if the current bird flue strain does mutate it will be Tamiflu resistant). This topic is quite removed from trivial consumer products though, it's in a very different league and you shouldn't have brought it up in this context (sorry Robin). Well, in my twisted mind, it seems that there are parallels between marketing hype for the iPod and the media hype over the threat posed by bird flu and the resulting wave of marketing hype for protection kits. It amused me that you seem to have fallen for both. Obviously, I don't share your fear of an imminent bird flu pandemic. Apologies, and I won't mention it again. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes Library.xml vs. iTunes Music Library.xml
I just checked a second PC running iTunes 7 and it's using iTunes Music Library.xml. I had assumed iTunes kept this info in the registry, but a registry search doesn't find it on my PC. Still, you might want to try deinstalling and reinstalling iTunes - that's been known to work for esoteric iTunes problems. Sync the 2 versions of the .xml file after the deinstall. Failing that, I suggest you force SS to use the iTunes Library.xml variant by explicitly configuring it in the SS server settings. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31504 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Random Mix from remote
Quoting morberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Do you still access it with: 7.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-tracks 8.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-albums 9.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-artists even though its no longer a plugin? it's still a plugin; it's just shipped WITH slimserver instead of being a separate download. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First sec of song getting clipped off
I am not sure that the FLAC problem is the same bug that was discussed before regarding ALAC. I am one of the people who had clipping of the end of certain tracks. SD support gave me a fix that solved the ALAC problem (in SS 6.5.1) by revamping a file and using an older translator. Since then, I have decided to switch from Apple lossless to FLAC, and I have had no problems with FLAC whatsoever. Good luck, David in NYC -- DMR NYC DMR NYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8790 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23668 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: External Hard Drives -- Most reliable (least likely to fail) brand?
SteveEast;168941 Wrote: 330,000 POH is roughly 37 years. I can cope with that. When you double an extremely small chance of failure, you still get an extremely small chance of failure. Steve. It's sort of like lottery tickets. Your chances of winning are almost exactly the same whether you buy a ticket or don't... TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31321 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter - Native support for WMA Lossless?
I was about to buy a Transporter, too, until I saw that it didn't natively support wma lossless (in the forum). I think that the SlimDevices help files are very unclear on this issue. Not all slimserver builds can transcode wma lossless (I am thinking of the Infrant NAS running Linux). When I read the Transporter specs, it was written that it 'natively' supported wma lossless... but this is not true. I understand that Microsoft charges a hardware licensing fee for hardware support - but how much are they talking about? The Transporter is already $2K. This is a high-end device and, I feel, should include native wma lossless support. -- slimditty slimditty's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4829 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28267 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Really Long Digital Coax Cable
I've used 75 ohm coax cable with an F to RCA adapter at each end. Correct impedence, works great, and is inexpensive. -- robertlewisca robertlewisca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8922 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
Mark Lanctot;168927 Wrote: There are some hard-core audiophiles that dislike any sort of wireless or computer-based media streamer. It's a philosophical thing and at this point does not reflect technological reality - any more so than cables, but let's not open that 10-ton can of worms. Yes, let's hope no-one starts arguing that WiFi sounds better through oxygen-free air - though it might help evolution if they were to try it :-) -- Brian -- Brian Ritchie Brian Ritchie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How do i connect A NAS to a PC ?
Hi there, Thinking about getting a NAS for all my music files. i currently am running a pc tower with a USB hookup to an external drive for my music files. The PC is wired to my router and the Squeezebox runs wirelessly. I basically want the NAS to replace the external HD. I can't connect the NAS via USB, can I? What are my options? Thanks. -- dgstrat dgstrat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
For the best audiophile results, they really need to be _silkworms_ suffocated first in a vacuum chamber. Of course, the vacuum must have been created using a diffusion pump, and only krytox will do as the pump oil. :) -- totoro squeezebox 3 - mccormack dna .5 - audio physic tempo 4 totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
Hrrm, I guess worms would conduct and therefore be possible to be used as cables, but I am unclear on where to get a 10-ton can of them, and how to keep them alive. These worms are kept alive with a constant and liberal dose of horse manure. -- The Smokester The Smokester's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9198 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do i connect A NAS to a PC ?
NAS is Network Attached Storage. You'd connect it to your router with an Ethernet cable in the same way your PC is attached. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Really Long Digital Coax Cable
I have successfully used 75 ohm coax (cable TV wire) to transmit S/PDIF over a run of more than 200 feet. However, any wire you use (coax or Cat5) cannot be carrying any other signal at the time. And if you are using Cat5, it cannot be connected to any active networking devices (no routers, hubs, etc.). None of those devices would know what to do with S/PDIF. -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice
The Smokester wrote: Hrrm, I guess worms would conduct and therefore be possible to be used as cables, but I am unclear on where to get a 10-ton can of them, and how to keep them alive. These worms are kept alive with a constant and liberal dose of horse manure. I'm sorry, but that's a load of crap... R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do i connect A NAS to a PC ?
SteveEast;169105 Wrote: NAS is Network Attached Storage. You'd connect it to your router with an Ethernet cable in the same way your PC is attached. Steve. No connection necessary to the PC? -- dgstrat dgstrat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Initial Slim Server starting problems
Thanks Ross. I get this result (regardless whether slim.exe is running or not): C:\C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\slim.exe -remove OpenService failed: The specified service does not exist as an installed service C:\C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\slim.exe -install slimsvc installed as SlimServer. Rebooting in a few minutes (have some files copying) to see if that fixed it. -- shawnharper shawnharper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9489 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Live365 VIP password getting clobbered
I'm just got my SB two days ago, and I love it, but Live365 is not recognizing my password in Slimserver, and as a result I'm not getting the VIP member benefits. When I go to server-settings/internet radio, enter my live365 password, and then hit change, if I then back out of that page and come back into that page, my password now has additional characters concatenated to it. For example, if I enter a 6-char password, and hit change, then back out and come back in, the password is now 10 char. After a while, it grows to 13 or more chars. I have no trouble signing into Live365 directly through its homepage. Has anyone encountered this? I am using last night's build of 6.5.1 on Windows IE 6. -- leperf leperf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9557 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31523 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First sec of song getting clipped off
Again, the problem is NOT with LOSSLESS files but with AAC (Apple's own 'better then LAME' concept) that must use QuickTime to convert prior to LAME converting for the server. In most cases, the first 350ms is lost in the conversion, i.e. FIRST NOTE MISSING. As I've mentioned before, Apple LOSSLESS (ALAC) does not have the problem... and I'm not sure what the difference is since both formats must go through QuickTime to get to FLAC... SD??!! WHAZZUP??!! -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23668 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Initial Slim Server starting problems
That didn't fix it (didn't think so after the -remove command line response). Still in the starting stage... Any other suggestions? -- shawnharper shawnharper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9489 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimServer Process Crash
Have disabled Norton auto-protect and Norton Internet security altogether. Still crashes. Installed the latest nightly build. Still crashes. Thought some device (like disk array) might be powering down, but have all of those settings set to Never turn off. Have also tried setting all the server debug flags, but can't find the log file after process goes down and starts back up - http://localhost:9000/log.txt is blank when the server comes back... any way to make that data persistent? Any other troubleshooting ideas? Thanks!! -- scnewton scnewton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31482 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia N800
Spotted an 800 in the wild (compUsa). The first thing that caught my attention were scratches on the display. After attempting to rub the marks off to no avail, I lightly scraped the display with my thumbnail and sure enough it was permanently marked. I do mean lightly too. They had the 770 next to it, which seems to have a glass coating. Scratching this one hard left no mark. Unless it was a lot faster with slimserver, I would probably go with the 770 for durability alone. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do i connect A NAS to a PC ?
Only indirectly, via Ethernet and your router. Typically you administer them through their web interface. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] For Sale New Nintendo Wii For $200usd
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[slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
I've been working the opposite direction re-ripping my CDs to flac as I had previously ripped to mp3. When I get a new CD now, I rip both a flac copy and an mp3 copy, correct tags on both and store them in separate directories. Itunes looks only at the mp3 directory and I let it organize things it's own way. The slimserver looks only at the flac files (and remaining mp3s to be re-ripped). I do all of my playlists on itunes and use a little utility to create an m3u list which I then edit with a text editor for slimserver. The utility is here http://www.mecalabs.com/wiki/index.php?title=Playlist_Generator and it's not fancy but gets the job done. Just note to save the edited file in a different place then the program's output directory. The whole process is a bit clumsy but it works. -- tmarino tmarino's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Initial Slim Server starting problems
Seems this is old hat. I was looking in the wrong forum. An uninstall, then a reinstall fixed it. Thanks. -- shawnharper shawnharper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9489 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
tmarino;169126 Wrote: I've been working the opposite direction re-ripping my CDs to flac as I had previously ripped to mp3. When I get a new CD now, I rip both a flac copy and an mp3 copy, correct tags on both and store them in separate directories. Itunes looks only at the mp3 directory and I let it organize things it's own way. The slimserver looks only at the flac files (and remaining mp3s to be re-ripped). I do all of my playlists on itunes and use a little utility to create an m3u list which I then edit with a text editor for slimserver. The utility is here http://www.mecalabs.com/wiki/index.php?title=Playlist_Generator and it's not fancy but gets the job done. Just note to save the edited file in a different place then the program's output directory. The whole process is a bit clumsy but it works. I'm in the same boat as you. The directory names that itunes chooses can have characters embedded in them which, in my experience, can cause slimserver to refuse to show album art. So I changed them in my flac tree. I still let itunes manage the mp3s, though. I suppose the best answer there might be to make the flac tree however it needs to be, use a script to generate the appropriate mp3 tree, and simply stop having itunes organize its directories. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Thinking further, I guess this will be necessary in order to manage playlists in any sensible manner. -- totoro squeezebox 3 - mccormack dna .5 - audio physic tempo 4 totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
