[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;170732 Wrote: Most significantly, how can this device be used, reliably, as an alarm clock if there is some other process, outside the users control, competing with this function? Hmm? Answer: it cant be. Because a sleeping brain cant discern between the intended alarm and a false alarm, and youll eventually learn to ignore it (like the boy who cried wolf too many times), at which point its no longer useful as an alarm clock. It can not reliably be used as an Alarm Clock with Squeezenetwork because you can not predict any maintenance windows, the reliability of your ISP, or the ISP of the music stream, the reliabilty of your Cable or DSL modem, or the reliability of your router.. or the reliability of electricity for that matter. If you want a 100% reliable alarm clock, you can get something far closer for $10 or so as you keep it wound or keep the batteries fresh -- depending which model you get. Complexity breeds failure as any engineer will tell you. If you want a foolproof system, go for something simple. My sleeping brain has no problem with light: the display on the SB isnt THAT bright, it's across the room anyway, and my eyes are usually closed when I sleep (though admittedly not always, but that is another story). Ignoring reasonably loud music, on the other hand, especially since I deliberately do not use an alarm with a Snooze button, is much more difficult. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 and NTL Cable Modem
Looking at Netgear, I can get something like the following: Netgear RP614 4 Port Cable Router - £28 http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/product.asp?pr=RP614 or the Netgear WPN824 Pre-N MIMO 108Mbps Router - £64 http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/product.asp?pr=WPN824 I guess it does make sense to get a wireless router and not enable the wireless part. Actually I just saw ceejay's post so it looks like I'm on the right lines. Thanks very much for the help, guys. It's much appreciated. -- chobbney chobbney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9648 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31677 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable
yes - have tried the Song Scanner plugin which works well. But of course you can't scan and listen at the same time so getting to where you want to be is a bit tricky. Also it is not as handy to use although I believe you can reconfigure the FF and FR keys to use it .. -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable
Do your FLAC files have a SEEKTABLE? and if so what are the SEEKPOINT intervals? http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_metaflac.html --list will show the metadata contents of the flac file and your seektable This post 'here' (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=47524) on HA.org will help you add them. Or just do a serach over there ;-) -- jaybeee jaybeee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2530 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 and NTL Cable Modem
chobbney;170782 Wrote: Looking at Netgear, I can get something like the following: Netgear RP614 4 Port Cable Router - £28 http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/product.asp?pr=RP614 I'm pretty sure that the RP614 was one of the various Netgear routers that were guilty of causing NTP request storms at a US university. I would sincerely hope that a firmware update has fixed that, but you should do a bit of research first. FWIW, I have an NTL cable modem and use a Linksys BEFSR41, which is a simple (wired-only) router that works fine. If you see no reason why you'd want wireless in the near future, I'd hold off getting a wireless router, until whatever supercedes 11g gets ratified. You can always add a wireless access point in the future when the time comes. On the other hand, if you know you'll want wireless fairly soon, then a wireless router is *much* cheaper than a wired router + separate access point. -- 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=31677 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
Slightly OT: A new, different type of alarm clock, based on sleep research. Looks very interesting. 'aXbo' (http://www.axbo.com/axbo/CMS/CMS.aspx?ClientID=wf319384100292419676SiteID=0GroupID=7Status=328EA6Language=E) 'review' (http://www.digitalreviews.net/reviews/miscellaneous/axbo-sleep-phase-alarm-clock.html) Sorry about the OT. +---+ |Filename: 6001_home_news_ri.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2255| +---+ -- TCM http://www.last.fm/user/ThisCharmingMan/ TCM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable
I just created the FLACs with EAC. I am not aware of any seektables, cuesheets or anything - not even sure what they do. Is this for the FF/FR buttons, or for Song Scanner? Should I add them? -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Compilation albums - problem
Hi all, Firstly, I'm new to this forum, so hello to all... I've had a squeezebox and an old SLIMP3 for ages and am running the latest version of slimserver on XP. I'm not sure when it happened but I noticed a while ago that there is a problem with compilation albums. Each track on the album is listed as a different album, so when I browse album each album name has, say, 14 listings with one track each? I have tried rescanning my music. Any other ideas? Thanks -- SW4Peter SW4Peter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9672 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31716 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB1 for sale
Due to recently getting a shiny new All-Black SB3, I've now got a Wireless SB1 with upgraded display for sale. In good condition, never had any problems with it. Selling for around £100 or swap for a wired-only SB2. It's got a UK Power supply and and UK shipping's included in the price. Anyone interested? It'll go on Ebay next week if not. Aynsley -- Aynsley Aynsley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31717 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;170758 Wrote: Wait, this may be it. I was just experimenting with the remote for the SB-3 and discovered that, while listening to music via SqueezeNetwork, if I choose the Connect to SlimServer option from the main menu, this logs me off SqueezeNetwork. And if I do this while my PC is off (and therefore SlimServer isnt running), the display just goes blank, at which point, Im concluding, its logged onto NEITHER SqueezeBox nor SlimServer. While in this state, can I conclude that its basically turned off and wont display any messages that are transmitted by the SqueezeNetwork OR SlimServer? Then, to turn back on, I just hit the left arrow, then select Connect to SqueezeNetwork. Notice in either the power down or power off routines I just described that the red button isn't involved at all. Might this be a reliable way to turn off the device, to avoid receiving messages from the SqueezeNetwork during the night, and that actually pulling the plug, or putting a granola box over it, may not be necessary? Yes, NauticusLX, this is the ideal work-around and is indeed exactly what I do if I want the boxes off (for want of a better word to describe the obvious non-off state!). However, be warned, if for some unknown reason your router power cycles, messages will be displayed (normally, Can't find slimserver, briefly as your computer is still off). Whilst I appreciate your panic frustration at this problem, my only comment on this whole debacle is that the initial post was perhaps too aggressive for its purpose. I, like others too, am not woken by small point sources of light, but can appreciate that there are folk who will be. TC Nic -- DrNic DrNic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=92 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Compilation albums - problem
I have tried rescanning my music. Any other ideas? There's a setting where you can define whether you want them grouped or not. Did you check this as well? What exact version are you using? Latest means tonight's build? -- 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: Faster Access to new MP3s or just play a file not in the archive instantly
Use the Browse - Folders functionality. This method gives you instant access AND adds the tracks to your library without a rescan. -- jeffluckett jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31728 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Faster Access to new MP3s or just play a file not in the archive instantly
great! Never saw it, was blind to it, since I'm so much into tagged music and the album, artist, title thing :-) when does it add them? If I have it in a temp folder and play it... it's not then added, is it? -- analographi analographi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31728 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: ipod, itunes slimserver - getting them to work together
Awesome. I didn't realize I had that 'include all songs' option in the slimserver. sounds like that should solve the problem! like I said, I expected it to be embarrassingly easy... :) thanks much -- Brandt -- sea-speak sea-speak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6185 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31696 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
mecouc;170861 Wrote: I find the lack of an Off button a bit of a pain. My Squeezeboxes keep having the power lead pulled out either by myself or my wife because they don't turn off.. and then the lead drops down the back of the cupboards and you can't reach it to reconnect it.. Simple solution for you ... get an inline cord switch from your local hardware store or radioshack. Then you can just switch it off there, and you don't have to unplug and subsequently drop the wire from the SB. -- jeffluckett jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Basic Question
See http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?IRBlasterDirectLink It's very new and incomplete - you would greatly assist anyone trying to do this if you filled out what equipment it was, any caveats you found and even if it did/did not work. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31425 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Another Album Art questions
From your screen shots, it looks like you are still scanning the library when you see this behaviour. My experience is that the album thumbnails are the last thing to be built by the scan and only appear at the very end. Do you still see this behaviour after the scan has finished? Cheers. -- shabbs [shabbs] *Rip/encode:* 'EAC' (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) 0.95b4 [secure] w/ 'Lame' (http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html) v3.97 [-V 0] *Audio:* 'SB1' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) -- boombox; 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) -- Technics SA-DX1040 -- JBL E30's *Storage:* 'Linksys NSLU2' (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2childpagename=US%2FLayoutcid=1118334819312pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper), 'WDG1U5000 500GB External USB Drive' (http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=232language=en) shabbs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6016 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Another Album Art questions
I didn't let it get that far I noticed other problems as well, remote streaming not working, text in window pane not wrapping correctly. Whilst the 'scanner.exe' process was running, my PC kept giving me warnings about running out of virtual memory which I find hard to believe as SlimServer is the only 'real' application that runs on the PC, plus it's got 1Gb of memory to play with. I'll stick with 6.3.1 for now until I get some confidence in another release. All works great for me :-) -- MrP MrP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1001 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 and NTL Cable Modem
I didn't notice that the Netgear I linked to was a pre-N - I thought it was a G. *bleaches eyes* Cheers all. -- chobbney chobbney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9648 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31677 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 and NTL Cable Modem
chobbney;170883 Wrote: I didn't notice that the Netgear I linked to was a pre-N - I thought it was a G. *bleaches eyes* Cheers all. Pre-n and MIMO are pretty good though. You would probably get higher throughput and longer range than with a standard g router. But you're paying more, and there's no guarantee it will be compatible with 802.11n when it's released. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31677 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
I also just considered--I only really ever use the remote-control interface. I went to the web interface to set up the sync but did everything else from the remote control on one device. Perhaps there's different behavior when you set the playlist for both devices from the web interface? -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX wrote: Ceejay, turning off the power itself is what I’ll do. A practical solution would be for the red button to be multi-purpose: press it to put in stand-by, press and hold to turn it off. That seems like an easy, win-win solution, I wonder if Slim Devices will take this suggestion. I agree, that would be a sensible feature for people who want OFF to mean OFF. It would also be nice for people who want to use a master/slave power block to turn their amps or active speakers on and off. With a way to turn the display network hardware off, the power usage might just change enough to trigger the device. Wake-on-lan would be nice so you can turn the SB's back on from the server for these urgent nightly server messages ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
snarlydwarf wrote: If you want a 100% reliable alarm clock, you can get something far closer for $10 or so as you keep it wound or keep the batteries fresh -- depending which model you get. I use an SB3 with a local playlist (tried internet radio, that's a bad idea). That works fairly reliably. And if the server decides to turn off at night there's alays the 8 month old as a backup. Not very precise, but extremely reliable... ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Web Interface not wrapping in pane..
MrP;170817 Wrote:
Hi,
Just upgraded to the latest nightly 6.5.1 (16th Jan) and I've noticed
that in the web interface (Firefox) when a song is playing the song
details goes off the page,
Firstly, you're using Fishbone, so you'll need to edit
SlimServer\server\HTML\Fishbone\skin.css . Just delete:
#TopMenu1 .currentSongData
{
white-space: nowrap;
}
HTH
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[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
Peter;170902 Wrote: I use an SB3 with a local playlist (tried internet radio, that's a bad idea). That works fairly reliably. And if the server decides to turn off at night there's alays the 8 month old as a backup. Not very precise, but extremely reliable... ;) Yep, local playback is a lot more reliable since you cut out a ton of intermediaries. My backup is the kitten, but she is usually ahead of the alarm clock by about 5 minutes, so I guess the SB is sort of my snooze-breaker. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
Shouldnt be. The already-playing player should restart the song it was playing so that they are both started at the same spot. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Web Interface not wrapping in pane..
Thanks, I'll give that a try the next time I try and upgrade to 6.5.1. -- MrP MrP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1001 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31720 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Web Interface not wrapping in pane..
Should have mentioned if you want to lose the bitrate data alltogether you can edit SlimServer\server\HTML\Fishbone\status_header.html . The plus side would be that the artist album links won't get pushed out of frame as quickly. Code: div id=songtitlehref class=currentSongDataa class=songtitle [% songinfoHRef %] target=browserspan id=songtitle[% songtitle %]/span/a nbsp;span id=duration[% IF itemobj.duration %]([% itemobj.duration | html %])[% END %]/spannbsp;span id=bitrate[% IF bitrate %]([% bitrate %])[% END %]/span/div Delete from the above: span id=duration[% IF itemobj.duration %]([% itemobj.duration | html %])[% END %]/spannbsp;span id=bitrate[% IF bitrate %]([% bitrate %])[% END %]/span/div PS it's 6.5.0 too -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31720 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
Press and hold left arrow takes you back to setup screens. you can dim it there and the players can do nothing, receive nothing from any server. they will sit there until you use the remote to select connect to squeezenetwork or connect to local server. -kdf -- kdf kdf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
mecouc;170861 Wrote: I find the lack of an Off button a bit of a pain. My Squeezeboxes keep having the power lead pulled out either by myself or my wife because they don't turn off.. and then the lead drops down the back of the cupboards and you can't reach it to reconnect it.. Why not just cut the power cable and add a small inline switch? -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli Khuli's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=851 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Unable to stream at lower bitrate
I've just switched my slimserver over from my mp3 folder to my freshly ripped FLAC folder. Previously I could stream the mp3s no problem from slimserver on my home pc to winamp on my work laptop at the office. Now when I show winamp the stream and tell slimserver to use lame to encode the flacs to mp3 before sending the stream (it confirms lame is properly installed on the server page), nothing happens when I press play on the server. Winamp says welcome to slimserver and notices the name of the last item in the playlist but doesn't play the stream. Just to note, the FLACs stream fine to my squeezeboxes around the house and sound so much better. What have I missed? Bet it's really simple. -- charlesr charlesr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Basic Question
Yes, that is what I meant. AudioVideo;170745 Wrote: I think Dave means a 1/8 jack to 1/8 jack cable like he said. They are available at Radio Shack or many other places. -- Gildahl Gildahl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31425 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Unable to stream at lower bitrate
I just started re-ripping all of my music to FLAC since Apple's lossless is having problems with SS. I woke up this morning to begin listening to some of the newly ripped files and they won't convert to LAME. I'm having to limit to 320k on my wireless devices, yet the Transporter is wired and runs NO LIMIT. NO LIMIT settings allow the files to play fine, but my 811.b network can't handle that throughput, so I keep it limited. LAME IS installed correctly, as I can convert Apple Lossless or AAC files to the 320k limit, but no FLAC-LAME. All file types are set correctly. I even reverted back to SS 6.5 with no change. Latest nightly give the same response. LAME is updated to the latest version, too. I've tried everything... any ideas? -- 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=21387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] CD Player like display for SB3 / TP ?
Is there any way to have a CD player like display on the SB3 with either the current playing time or the remaining time in large numbers on the display? Would like to have it on my TP with the analog VU meters on the right and the time displayed on the left. Very retro :-) -- magnanimous magnanimous's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31732 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: ipod, itunes slimserver - getting them to work together
I am in the same situation even though I'm using LAME mp3. Here is something else you can do: leave your iPod set up to automatically sync, but only sync specific playlists (don't sync all). In your library, create a playlist called something like My Synced Music. Set the iPod to only sync this playlist. Drag whatever tracks you want in your ipod into this playlist. Sync your iPod and you are done. When you want to change around what you sync to your iPod, just add/remove tracks from the playlist. You can easily see if you have more room or maxed out because iTunes shows at the bottom what the current size of the playlist is. A big benefit of this is that you can manage using a subset of your library with you iPod and still have the updates made to last-listened-to and number-of-times-listened. When you manually update your iPod, you lost this functionality. I also use this feature to manage the music for my wife's iPod from the same iTunes library. Enjoy! Rich -- maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31696 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Faster Access to new MP3s or just play a file not in the archive instantly
Note that the option is NOT there if you have SlimServer configured to look for music only in iTunes and have the music folder field blank. I ran into this myself and it is not obvious. I thought I was going nuts because I couldn't find the option. Rich -- maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31728 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CD Player like display for SB3 / TP ?
magnanimous;170928 Wrote: Is there any way to have a CD player like display on the SB3 with either the current playing time or the remaining time in large numbers on the display? Would like to have it on my TP with the analog VU meters on the right and the time displayed on the left. Very retro :-) You can use the MusicInfoSCR Plugin to customize the display to your own needs. This includes playing time or remaining time in huge letters... :-) regards, Markus -- schiegl schiegl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6654 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31732 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gaps between songs in 6.5.1
Hi Since upgrading to 6.5.1 (and maybe before that), nearly all my songs miss the last 5 seconds or so on playback - with the next song starting straight away. I have a large library of MP3 (LAME) and Apple Lossless albums, and use the iTunes interface. This playback problem occurs on every playlist or album that I play. I have checked server settings, re-booted, re-installed etc., but to no avail. Is this a known problem - I thought it was a glitch that would be fixed, but it makes listening very frustrating. Thanks for any help! Nick -- nickrt Nick See: www.moyo.me.uk/squeeze nickrt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=177 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: Need help with IR-Blaster
You are correct. I realised that the IR-Blaster only worked with SB2 and I had it in my feeble mind that I had an sb2. I now remember that I purchased it just 5 wks before the sb2 was released. Back to the drawing boards. Thanks! Ben -- bmccall bmccall's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31704 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Faster Access to new MP3s or just play a file not in the archive instantly
analographi;170848 Wrote: I have this song and I just want to listen to it one time before I decide to add it to the library or not. I have my laptop, connection to the slimserver and my SB running... Is there a way I can simple and fast listen to the song on my SB? Like others have mentioned, the browse Music Folder method is the quickest way to get the song added to the library and enable you to play it. But SlimServer has no means of listening to a song without first adding it to your library. When you're done listening, it will be stuck in the library. If you delete the song, you'll need to run a rescan to delete that track. There's no 'temporary' or one-time music. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31728 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Browse oddity...
When I select browse then choose any of the options, as the info scrolls across I'm left with the 'm' character from the Slim Devices logo (the one with a line above and below) in the very top right hand corner! This occurs on both my SB3 and Softsqueeze. I'm using Slimserver 6.5.1. Does this happen to anyone else? -- MillmoorRon MillmoorRon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slim.exe crashes
Hi All There was another thread (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28032;) that seems to begin to address this issue but then gets lost amongst other issues that are raised within the same thread. So was going to start a new thread in the hope that there is a resolution to the issue! I received my squeezbox 3 shortly before xmass and have been very pleased with it. However sometime last week Slimserver would just stop. You would then restart it and 15 minutes later again it would just stop. By executing slim.exe at the command prompt the following error message appears at the time of the crash: --- Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\WINDOWSC:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\slim.exe 2007-01-16 20:13:39.2173 UPnP: Read search result failed: recvfailed: Unknown error at /PerlApp/Slim/Networking/UPnP/ControlPoint.pm line 106. 2007-01-16 20:13:40.9546 Terminating on signal SIGALRM(14) C:\WINDOWS --- However, if I start slim.exe at the command prompt using slim.exe --noupnp then the problem disappears. My system information is: SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11196 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Server IP address: 192.168.2.3 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt The problem began while I had 6.5.0 installed. Ive tried re-installing it (fresh) and installing 6.5.1. I have not made any changes to my PC at all in recent weeks however, and this may be a coincidence, I changed the file name of some MP3s and then went and played them on SB3 without re-indexing them in slimserver. Once I realised what I had done I then re-scanned the folder. That is the only thing out of the norm I can think of that happened around the time the problem appeared. Is there a solution out there? Besides having to manually start slim at the cmd prompt! Cheers wah -- benwah benwah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31737 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
sdevans;169527 Wrote: I've looked at Mareo in the past, but it doesn't fit my needs exactly in that I need the replaygain added. (Plus I could never get it to work) Currently if I want an mp3 (or other 'portable' version) of a CD, I'd rip to FLAC for the squeezebox, load into FOOBAR to scan for both album and track replaygain, fix any tags if I've messed up (I like to merge double albums into 1 album for instance), then convert the FLACs to mp3 with replaygain applied. If I rip using MAREO I don't 'think' I get that flexibility, plus I'd definitely have to fix 2 sets of files tags. Mareo has a post-processing option which I believe will allow you to apply both album and track replaygain. Check out the Mareo documentation for the nitty-gritty. -- Balthazar_B Balthazar_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7366 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: Browse oddity...
This may be the MusicIP Mixer marker which indicates that you can select a MusicIP mix from this track. Presumably you have the MusicIP plugin installed. -- Ramage P2 266MHz,Linux ClarkConnect 3.2, SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10145, Alien 1.06 P4 2.6GHz, Win XP, SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10638 - Windows XP, Alien 1.06 NSLU2 Unslung 6.8b SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Linux - EN - iso-8859-1 Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse oddity...
When I select browse then choose any of the options, as the info scrolls across I'm left with the 'm' character from the Slim Devices logo (the one with a line above and below) in the very top right hand corner! Isn't this the MusicIP icon? It is there to tell you that you could start a MIP mix based on the current selection. -- 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: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
I've made the following improvements to the downtime service: * The brightness setting set for your player on SqueezeNetwork will be remembered and used for the downtime message. * You can change the brightness of the downtime message. * You can hit the power button to toggle brightness between off and whatever it was previously. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Clean up music collection
Over the years I've ripped my CDs to MP3, Ogg, FLAC, and maybe a few other formats. In addition, files are not always organized very well and the file names are not consistent. Anyone know if there's a script (for Linux-type system) that can go through my music directory and try and figure out album and song from id3/meta data (or perhaps by consulting a local CDDB copy and the file's name) and organize the collection into artist/album directories? Fetching album art would be nice, too. ;) I downloaded the CDDB some months back to start this project, but ran out of time. But before I start again I want to make sure there isn't already something available. Thanks, -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Universal remote using Nokia tablet + Squeezebox
Thanks guys for your help. I searched as well, but to no avail. The existing Yamaha remote has a toggle on-off button, as most do. This does not mean that my receiver does not accept discrete codes, only that they weren't implemented in the remote. Next time I'm fiddling with the setup, I'll swap the Yammie for a newwer Denon that has discrete on-off codes. TechHome -- TechHome TechHome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2340 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31665 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
andyg;170985 Wrote: I've made the following improvements to the downtime service: * The brightness setting set for your player on SqueezeNetwork will be remembered and used for the downtime message. * You can change the brightness of the downtime message. * You can hit the power button to toggle brightness between off and whatever it was previously. Customer service of the month! Great one! :-D -- TCM http://www.last.fm/user/ThisCharmingMan/ TCM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Fast Forwarding not working. Ideas?
I use iTunes and have all my tracks ripped using the Apple Lossless format and from what I understand I cannot use the Fast Forward or Rewind functionality of the SB3's remote with that format. However, even if I rip tracks in AIFF or WAV formats, the Fast Forward and Rewind functions using the SB3 remote still isn't working for me with tracks in those formats either... Any suggestions? SB3 SlimServer 6.5.0 on WindowsXP iTunes 7 -- USAudio SB3 - PS Audio Trio C-100 - Revel Concerta F12's USAudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8580 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31740 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
For what its worth, I use Anapod Explorer to convert from FLAC to MP3 on the fly. It offers a drag and drop interface to iPods (and other devices) and means that I don't need iTunes installed. It also supports playlists. Takes 3-5 minutes to copy a CD over but it means that I don't need to maintain a parallel library of MP3s. -- dSw dSw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=362 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
Re: [slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:25:26 -0800, TCM [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: andyg;170985 Wrote: I've made the following improvements to the downtime service: * The brightness setting set for your player on SqueezeNetwork will be remembered and used for the downtime message. * You can change the brightness of the downtime message. * You can hit the power button to toggle brightness between off and whatever it was previously. Customer service of the month! Great one! :-D Way to go! Next time I want something done, I'll remember to swear and threaten with lawsuits ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
Haven't had a chance to install NetTest yet, but I wanted to ask two more questions: - Could my use of WPA2/AES wireless security be putting a load the processor that might cause such a delay? - Could certain receivers (for the Transporter) and active speakers (for the Squeezebox) introduce such an obvious delay? (probably only a half-second now that I reconsider it, but still way too long) I went home briefly and verified that wireless reception at the Squeezebox's location is excellent (5 bars, whatever that means) in the Windows' wireless setup screen, with a standard Centrino laptop with no special external antenna. -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
The way it should work: . slimserver fills the buffer of both players . slimserver sends them both a 'start playing' The difference between the two starts should be minimal (unless you have a very icky network and the packets have to be retransmitted I guess...) Are you transcoding or anything odd? WPA2/AES shouldnt be adding any serious load. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
TCM;171002 Wrote: Customer service of the month! Great one! :-D Agreed, good stuff, how often do you see customer service like that? Other companies take note. -- mattybain '[image: http://imagegen.last.fm/recenttracks3/recenttracks/MattyBain.gif]' (http://www.last.fm/user/MattyBain/?chartstyle=recenttracks3) mattybain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Browse oddity...
I thought it was a graphical glitch! MusicIP is not in my plugin list though - the only ones I have are Erland's plugins (Trackstat, SQL playlist etc) and Lazy Search. Could it be one of those? -- MillmoorRon MillmoorRon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Browse oddity...
MillmoorRon;171034 Wrote: MusicIP is not in my plugin list though - the only ones I have are Erland's plugins (Trackstat, SQL playlist etc) and Lazy Search. Could it be one of those? Yes, several of my plugins indicates with the 'm' that you can hold play down to access their functions in the context of the currently selected item. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
No, I'm not transcoding or bandwidth-limiting or anything. In addition to NetTest, I'm going to try it out with FLAC and see if this is a Vorbis-only issue. I'm assuming kdf has a similar-enough setup to mine that I should be able to get similar results when doing the exact same thing. -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
Peter;171023 Wrote: Next time I want something done, I'll remember to swear and threaten with lawsuits ;) Perhaps we could further improve customer service by adding a I'M GOING TO SUE YOU checkbox in bugzilla? -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
Well, FLAC sync works for me as well between an SB and a Transporter. I'm wondering whether you are unwittingly transcoding, either because the ogg-ogg entry in server settings/file formats isn't ticked, or perhaps there is a bug in some table somewhere that tells the server that the transporter is capable of playing ogg natively? I think you could test this hypothesis by playing some ogg to each device and then looking on the player display to see what type of stream it is getting (arrow right for detailed stream info, then scroll). Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playlists - how do you save after updating?
Hi. I've been using SlimServer for over a year, and it's great. But everytime I rescan my songs on the hard drive to update them, my playlists disappear! How can I prevent that? Thanks. Slimmin' -- slimmin' down slimmin' down's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5078 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31744 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Fast Forwarding not working. Ideas?
Probably because in Server settings/file types the server is set to transcode both of those types to FLAC, which would stop ff/RW working. Uncheck the boxes for AIFF to FLAC and WAV to FLAC. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31740 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
How does the synch get off by a full second only seconds into the track? One is starting before the other? One has dropouts? One is playing (significantly) slower than the other? If that's possible, then what does it say about non-synched playback through the SB - can playback speed be faster or slower than it should be? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Another Album Art questions
MrP;170882 Wrote: I didn't let it get that far I noticed other problems as well, remote streaming not working, text in window pane not wrapping correctly. Whilst the 'scanner.exe' process was running, my PC kept giving me warnings about running out of virtual memory which I find hard to believe as SlimServer is the only 'real' application that runs on the PC, plus it's got 1Gb of memory to play with. I'll stick with 6.3.1 for now until I get some confidence in another release. All works great for me :-) I know what you're saying, but 6.5.1 should be pretty stable. If it's all over the show as you suggest you should probably stick it out for a bit and report back. Like I say, it should be a happy bunny. -- hunta hunta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=333 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Has SlimServer 6.5.1 been released?
If not, what's the point of tagging the software with the release tag and entering a release date of 1/15 in the changelog? If so, where are the announcements, the fireworks and the champagne? The phrase not with a bang, but a whimper comes to mind. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia N800
jpj, I've owned a SqueezeBox since the week before Christmas, and am thrilled with it. When you say the N800 makes for a great SB controller, do you mean it can be used as a remote control for the SqueezeBox (2 remotes would be more useful than 1, I admit), or because it allows you to access the SqueezeNetwork website via Opera on the N800, such as for rearranging favorite radio stations, or to paste urls from the N800 radio app into the favorites page? Also, what's your primary use of the N800, if you don't mind my asking? -- NauticusLX NauticusLX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8981 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: Has SlimServer 6.5.1 been released?
Soon as we're done testing the release builds we'll put it out. But if you've got a recent nightly, you might as well have the real deal. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Adding Internet Radio .PLS/.M3U stations to Favorites
I'm considering purchasing a Squeezebox. One important thing for me is internet radio. My goal is to create an easily accessible list of favorite stations. I have been trying SlimServer with the SoftSqueeze player. I'm only trying to use stations that have MP3 streams -- I'm not worried about WMA, AAC etc. at this point. Ideally I should be able to add the URL that stations post which point to a .PLS or .M3U playlist, which in turn contain a list of the actual URLs for the MP3 streams. I don't want to put the actual URLs of the steams into the Squeezebox playlist because those URLs change frequently. When I add the .PLS/.M3U addresses to the Favorites list I seem to get inconsistent results. Sometimes this allows me to tune to the station, sometimes not. Can anyone recommend the best way to accomplish what I've described? I'm also interested in how the server/Squeezebox handle connection errors. For example, if a steam at a given URL in the station's .PLS file isn't working, will the player attempt to connect to the next URL in the .PLS? Thanks in advance, Judd Volino -- jvolino jvolino's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31747 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Album Artist tag causes no artist to be displayed
Due to Windows Media Player doing some misdeeds to my tags without my permission, many of my tracks now have Album Artist and Track Artist tags instead of simple Artist tags. When I play these tracks, the artist name is not displayed at all on the Softsqueeze or SlimServer web interface view of the current playlist (queue). Is this by design? For example: I have a 10,000 Maniacs track with Album Artist and Track Artist both containing 10,000 Maniacs but only the song's title and album title are shown even though I have defined the display to include Artist. Is this because Artist in the display format is taken literally? Do I need to include all 3 tag types in the format for this to work? Thanks, Judd -- jvolino jvolino's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31749 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
seanadams;171042 Wrote: Perhaps we could further improve customer service by adding a I'M GOING TO SUE YOU checkbox in bugzilla? Maybe, but to be credible, it would have to be a US-only service, like Pandora -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Fast Forwarding not working. Ideas?
Thanks ceejay. I think I'm confused as to what is really going on there with those settings ... why is the same format selected multiple times? How does the SlimServer then decide which one to use? Aren't we just telling SlimServer which format to convert the file TO before it is streamed to the SqueezeBox? -- USAudio SB3 - PS Audio Trio C-100 - Revel Concerta F12's USAudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8580 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31740 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WiFi frustration! (But happy ending... for now)
Peter;167608 Wrote: I don't lose much sleep over things that occur so rarely. AFAIC the WAP just had a moment of weakness after years of reliable service. I find the SB3's wifi pretty good. I suppose I shouldn't either; but I've now had the connection fail at least once a day ever since. It happened when we had friends round; I was in the middle of some intricate cookery and couldn't do anything about it for a while. They suggested we put a CD on instead - oh the shame! So this is beginning to get annoying. (At least, if I don't touch SlimServer, when the SB3 returns it doesn't lose its place in the playlist.) Right now, for example, it had just been playing OK for about an hour, when suddenly it started to stutter. I'm now in the habit of turning on monitoring whenever I use the web interface, and so I was able to bring up the Network Health pages pretty quickly - and they gave everything a clean bill of health. Even refreshing the player stats page claimed that the buffer level was still high. Something, somewhere is telling porkies, methinks... Then the display went black, and a few seconds later the audio stopped completely. Network Health said that the control connection had failed, but everything else was OK. During all of this, my laptop was having no trouble at all, and reporting signal strength as Excellent (albeit at 36Mbps rather than 54 for some of the time). All attempts to turn the SB3 back on failed: it would say Connecting to the wireless network... then go off again. Eventually, I power-cycled the SB3. After the usual round of Waking... Connecting... iterations (and why DO I need to press the power button when it gets to Connecting... but doesn't?), it finally came back, and seems to be OK again. One change I made a few days ago (after a particularly annoying flurry of failures) was to switch the wireless router from channel 11 to 13; for a while I thought that'd cracked it; but no. (I'll have to change channel again tomorrow, for I need to work from home, but my stupid work laptop's internal card is triskadecaphobic.) -- 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=31330 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First attempt at synchronized playback - disaster!
Hooray! Here's the solution for my problem. Please help me determine what this means. The fix? In SlimServer, under File Format Conversion Setup, UNCHECK the box next to Ogg Vorbis (built-in). Suddenly everything is synced beautifully. More on the symptoms: JJZolx was correct, the Squeezebox was starting playback a fraction of a second later than Transporter playback. The offset between the two streams remained constant, it's just the the cacophany was destroying my capacity for rational thought and I believed it was getting worse. What I think that means? I believe a firmware bug in one or both players, preventing Ogg playback from being able to sync between the two classes of device. By disabling native playback, SlimServer transcodes to a format that syncs without problems (FLAC?). If you agree with this assessment, let me know. I'll file the bug! Thanks! -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist tag causes no artist to be displayed
You didn't mention what version of slimserver you are using, but this sounds like a known problem in 6.5.0. It is already fixed in the 6.5.1 nightly builds available here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html 6.5.1 is expected to be officially released in the next few days, any nightly build more recent than Jan 15 is basically an exact duplicate of what will be released. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
Nic, when youre as near sighted as me, a small point of light appears much bigger. aubuti, your previous comments did serve as inspiration, so thanks. Regarding the in-line power switch suggestion, which has been made in a few postings, do you think it best to hit the red button first, to disconnect from the server, and then flick the in-line switch, or would it matter? A related question that arises is does the SqueezeBox benefit from being completely powered down occassionally an in-line power switch would serve this added benefit. A question thats occurred to me is, what does the red button actually do? It doesnt disconnect from the most recently used server, according to prevous posts. Does it simply turn off the light display and terminate the flow of sound? AndyG, I was thinking yesterday that the SqueezeBox was like a rose bush. Beautiful, but with thorns. Now, its simply beautiful. But tell us how we can change the brightness of the downtime message, hopefully it can be turned down all the way that would be a great solution. -- NauticusLX NauticusLX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8981 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
I'm glad your problem was solved so quickly (if only in a development release). I'm honestly amazed at the fast turnaround. Don't let the occasional anarchy in the forums get you down. SlimDevices does seem to listen to its customers. That's why they're the best. -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;171080 Wrote: Regarding the in-line power switch suggestion, which has been made in a few postings, do you think it best to hit the red button first, to disconnect from the server, and then flick the in-line switch, or would it matter? Shouldn't make a wit of difference. A related question that arises is does the SqueezeBox benefit from being completely powered down occassionally an in-line power switch would serve this added benefit. They say that solid state electronics actually prefer to stay in a powered-on state at operating temperature all the time for longest life. So, if that is true, then I guess you're doing a little damage any time you turn it off. In reality, it probably doesn't hurt in any measurable amount. Now, the display will live a longer life if it's not glowing 24/7 ... but probably the same benefit is had by setting the brightness to 0. A question thats occurred to me is, what does the red button actually do? It doesnt disconnect from the most recently used server, according to prevous posts. Does it simply turn off the light display and terminate the flow of sound? Bingo. -- jeffluckett jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Adding Internet Radio .PLS/.M3U stations to Favorites
You may also want to check out the My Picks plugin instead of using Favorites. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?MyPicks -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31747 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playlists: best practices?
shabbs;169459 Wrote: Have you looked at RealVNC? http://www.realvnc.com/ (Well, I think I'm going senile... I was *sure* I'd replied to this, but can find no record of it now. Maybe I forgot to hit Submit; or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Maybe (since I was almost certainly saying rude things about rubbish Microsoftware) it got filtered out by some NetNanny. Anyway...) Many thanks for the pointer! I'd shied away from looking into other virtual networking solutions, because they seemed to require a PhD in networking just to follow the README (and I only have a PhD in computing theory :-)) But this was pretty easy to install and set up, and seems to do pretty much what I need. (Well, once I'd worked out that despite my answering YES to some bit of WinXP asking me are you sure you want to run this Dangerous piece of software?, Windows Firewall *still* didn't open up the necessary ports. This is the point where I probably used Bad Words last time... Genuine Advantage my Jim Royle.) The free version doesn't support encryption, but then I'm only using it over my encrypted (albeit WEP) WiFi network. They might deserve a registration anyway. -- 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=31399 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playlists - how do you save after updating?
From the SlimServer web interface on the right hand side at the top you'll see an option Save. -- 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=31744 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;171080 Wrote: A question thats occurred to me is, what does the red button actually do? It doesnt disconnect from the most recently used server, according to prevous posts. Does it simply turn off the light display and terminate the flow of sound? The Off switch actually just turns the sound off and changes screensavers to whatever you have chosen as the Off screensaver. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Clean up music collection
I will do it for you, just send me your music collection. Bet that others will want it to. -- Lleo_ Lleo_'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
NauticusLX;171080 Wrote: AndyG, I was thinking yesterday that the SqueezeBox was like a rose bush. Beautiful, but with thorns. Now, its simply beautiful. But tell us how we can change the brightness of the downtime message, hopefully it can be turned down all the way that would be a great solution. The downtime message will use the last brightness setting that your player was set to on SN. So if you've got it powered off with brightness of 0, it should stay dark. I also changed the default to 2, so if for some reason it can't get your previous brightness setting, it won't be so bright. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Clean up music collection
Bill Moseley;170990 Wrote: Over the years I've ripped my CDs to MP3, Ogg, FLAC, and maybe a few other formats. In addition, files are not always organized very well and the file names are not consistent. Anyone know if there's a script (for Linux-type system) that can go through my music directory and try and figure out album and song from id3/meta data (or perhaps by consulting a local CDDB copy and the file's name) and organize the collection into artist/album directories? Fetching album art would be nice, too. ;) I downloaded the CDDB some months back to start this project, but ran out of time. But before I start again I want to make sure there isn't already something available. Thanks, -- Bill Moseley moseley (AT) hank (DOT) org Check out www.musicbrainz.org. It uses signatures to match up your tracks and apply standardized tagging information and then rename the files with the conventions you specify. While you CAN just let it do its thing, I recommend supervising it as it's not 100% perfect. -- jeffluckett jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album Artist tag causes no artist to be displayed
I'm using v6.5.0. -- jvolino jvolino's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31749 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
We have plans to add additional data centers, but there will always be a need for that kind of downtime message. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
If you can have a downtime service available, couldn't you instead achieve nearly 100% uptime of SqueezeNetwork itself with a second SN cluster at another datacenter? One in the US and one in Europe, for instance. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia N800
NauticusLX, the Nokia 770 skin for SlimServer has certainly sold more than a few 770s and N800s. Have you tried it yet? Just punch this URL into your N800 browser, then bookmark it: http://your-slimserver-host-ip:9000/Nokia770/ You get all the extra functionality (and eye candy) of the web interface, and don't have to worry about line-of-sight. I have two Squeezeboxes and can control both from wherever I am. That's really the application that originally put the 770 on my personal radar. I also have a Palm T5 for PDA functions and MP3 portability, and a RAZR V3m phone that can do some of the same things in a half-hearted way. Still, the RAZR fits so easily into a pocket (no belt clip, thanks) that mostly I use its calendar and leave the Palm home. Verizon's Mobile Web and VCAST whetted my appetite for Internet on the go, but the low res screen is rather limiting. Armed with a couple 4GB SD cards, the N800 can carry an extensive music library and plenty of maps for the Maemo Mapper program (and Bluetooth GPS receiver). It finally makes coat pocket web browsing a reality, and with a Bluetooth keyboard will probably move a lot of my email handling away from the desktop. I expect to migrate from the Palm to open source alternatives, retiring that device. Essentially, I'll be using the N800 more like a modular laptop in a PDA form factor. Beyond all that, as a professional software developer I'm really attracted to the N800 as a target for new applications, based on its ultra portable aspects and the open source paradigm. It's always fun to mix business and pleasure. -- 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: Universal remote using Nokia tablet + Squeezebox
TechHome;170996 Wrote: Thanks guys for your help. I searched as well, but to no avail. The existing Yamaha remote has a toggle on-off button, as most do. This does not mean that my receiver does not accept discrete codes, only that they weren't implemented in the remote. Next time I'm fiddling with the setup, I'll swap the Yammie for a newwer Denon that has discrete on-off codes. TechHome sometimes devices have undocumented discrete codes that are not the remote (may be on optional remotes by vendor) You could try adding something like the remote codes for the RX-V series that do have discrete codes and trying it out. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31665 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Clean up music collection
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 06:58:51PM -0800, jeffluckett wrote: Check out www.musicbrainz.org. It uses signatures to match up your tracks and apply standardized tagging information and then rename the files with the conventions you specify. While you CAN just let it do its thing, I recommend supervising it as it's not 100% perfect. Is it the Picard program? Or the MusicBrainz database in general? Doesn't look like Picard is what I'm after, as it's a GUI based tool and I'm looking more for a way to automate the process. Debian has tunepimp available, but that uses the old RDF Webservice. I don't really get how the tumepimp utility works. It seems like I should be able to generate TRM fingerprints for untagged files using Perl's MusicBrainz::TRM. Although, it's not entirely clear how to do that from the docs. Have to look in the morning. If I can figure out how to lookup the song in the database I can easily re-organize the collection. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
