Re: [slim] Audio-Snobs
deepblu;93810 Wrote: > ok...I know you guys think you are the end all of audio forums. > I can tell just by the way you conduct your ever so serious > intercourse. > Bull! > Is there no room for light banter here? > I do not think so. > Not unless your in the audio-snob clique, with all the esoteric gear > and ever so psuedo-scientific theorum. > Once you prove your audio-snob-ness anything goes I guess. > The bottom dwellers who are low on the audio-snob food chain who would > like to contribute and learn must somehow prove worthiness. > Screw that. > Here's one thread killer who won't be back. Is it not too late to reconsider your view? Where's the love of music here anyway? -- haunyack RWA Squeezebox 3 > Bryston BP20 > Rotel RB 1070 > B&W Matrix 805 haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1 Perl Version: 5.8.7 i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.22-Debian_0ubuntu6.06.2-log Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1GB RAM 1 connected SqueezeBox3 over wireless 54Mbps Your music library contains 241 albums with 3060 songs by 345 artists. Installed plugins: - Audioscrobbler - Custom Browse - Custom Scan - Custom Skip - Dynamic Playlist - Multi Library - MusicInfoSCR - SQL Playlist - TrackStat - WeatherTime -- 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' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8468 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Player Firmware Version: 28 Your music library contains 1881 albums with 23835 songs by 1474 artists. I (mostly) love it! -- haunyack RWA Squeezebox 3 > Bryston BP20 > Rotel RB 1070 > B&W Matrix 805 haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Delete music library?
Is there a way to delete my existing music library? Running OS X 10.4.8, SlimServer 6.5.1. My iTunes library has been corrupted and rebuilt a few times - SlimServer is showing 3 and 4 duplicates sometimes of albums, and it's showing a lot of things that have been deleted out of my iTunes library...they exist elsewhere but not to iTunes, and I've got SlimServer set to only look to iTunes. Yet...there they are. I have a LOT of MP3s for social events but the stuff *I* listen to is all in my iTunes library so I only want to use that stuff. Is there a way to rebuild or reset? -- cruster cruster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33103 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
VERSION INFO SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Linux - EN - iso-8859-1 Perl Version: 5.8.8 i686-linux MySQL Version: 5.0.26 383 albums with 4771 songs by 191 artists Running on Dual Intel Xeon 2.4Ghz with 2 GB ram. -- jania jania's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=184 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iTunes/JRMC Volume Adjustment and Slimserver
Does anyone know if iTunes for Mac writes volume adjustment info into the tags of your files, or does it just store that info in its database? If it's written to the tags, does anyone know how to remove it? Here's the reason I ask... I have all my files (MP3) on a network drive. I had done Replay Gain analysis with J River Media Center and SlimServer could read it. Everything was great as far as volume when listening on the Squeezebox. In November I got a Macbook Pro, and before I knew what I was doing, I had imported some of my music from the network drive into iTunes on the Mac. I noticed it was doing some volume analysis and stopped it, but not before it had done an unknown number of files. Ever since then, when I listen to my music through Squeezebox, I am always having to adjust volume up and down, so I suspect iTunes might have done something to the files. Then again, it is also possible that something changed in SlimServer where it stopped using JRMC's replay gain. I know I have updated it several times in the past few months. I'm just not sure how to figure out what the culprit is, and how to fix it. Any suggestions? -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33101 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release
rkeeney;183475 Wrote: > The files are on a NW drive. I'll try again using your suggestions. > Thanks! Still no go. I re-insatlled again amd rescanned the DB, no problem. >From your suggestion I can't tell which cache file(s) to delete. There's a whole directory w/ sub-directory structure and I can't tell which I'm supposed to delete and which I'm not. The rapidly jumping tracks and no playback is evident again. Too much hassle, I'll just revert to 6.5.0 and tray again after the next upgrade. Regards, Rob -- rkeeney rkeeney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimP3 woes (network connection issues)
I have an original slimp3 on firmware version 2.2. Over the past couple weeks I've been having issues with it and decided to update the firmware to the latest (2.3). When I got the player in the update firmware mode (mac addr displaying), and started the update software, it errored out saying that it couldn't connect to the player. I am able to set up the player just fine, but when I attempt to actually play a song, it begins to flash 2 messages over and over (Network appears to be disconnected AND The network is now connected). Eventually I have to unplug/replug. Once it is reset, I'm able to navigate through all menu items, and even scroll through my music library... all is fine until I try to play a song. I believe that I'm unable to upgrade the firmware version because of this issue. I have a Squeezebox, which runs wirelessly without issue. My slimserver software is v 6.5.1 I've tried 2 different cat5 cables and 2 different hubs/switches. The problem does not go awasy. I opened the case to see if the NIC connection was loose, and it does not appear to be. I did have to re-solder the power connection back to the board... that thing sticks like mad when pulling the power cord out so I think the solder-joints became loose over time. I've looked through the forums, but haven't seen anyone with a similar issue. Any help is appreciated. thanks, elm -- elmtree elmtree's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33100 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!
Never had the problem before 6.5 but now I have to wake up the Squeezebox every morning by doing multiple remote button presses. Not quite sure what combination of buttons does the trick. It also craps out every so often during the day if there is a period of inactivity (just like now.) Gotta go press some buttons. Bye. -- fredila fredila's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32869 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Article in "Fast Company"?
On 25-Feb-07, at 3:43 PM, ModelCitizen wrote: > > Just how long is his lunch break? > yeah...beauty of editing for brevity :) It is amazing how much of a day you spend killing time when you are stuck generating 3D models of circuit boards for documentation. Other than that, it doesn't really take much time to send a few emails and run the server during the day. If I'm listening to music, there's nothing stopping me from running a patched server to see if things work right. Of course, what happens when it doesn't, is that I can't help but "just change one little thing" and before I know it, no time to hit the lunch room :(. I prefer snacking anyway. Some play foosball, I play perl. I know...sad, really. -k ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
neocx;183546 Wrote: > No, neither XP nor the router are blocking me. They certainly weren't > blocking me before I upgraded. > Some Windows firewall software grants access to specific .EXE programs, so I would not be surprised if upgrading software would suddenly trigger firewall problems. Good luck. -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album listing for printout?
Do a search on the forums or even look in the plugins. It's been discussed a lot here before (which is probably why no-one has answered your query) and there are a few solutions. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33097 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Article in "Fast Company"?
>From said article: "says KDF (for Google protection), who makes his living as a hardware designer for a printer manufacturer near Vancouver, British Columbia. For several years, he has often spent his lunch break working on software for Slim." Just how long is his lunch break? MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30750 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
On 2/25/07, MrSinatra < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: older versions are available, not sure where. search the forums. also, it could be that XP / your router had proper exceptions for the earlier install, but don't for the new one. u could try hooking the SB directly to the cable modem, and see if it can get an IP and reach SN. if so, the problem would likely be in the router or XP. if not, it might be that u need a [user done] factory reset, (seems possible if its been a long time since upgrading) but since u have local playback, i would try that last. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss I had similar issues with an sb2 acting as a wireless bridge for my server box. I completely removed my install (rpm -e), then installed the latest nightly. Make sure it starts as a service, reboot. Press and hold power button remote - cross fingers. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Article in "Fast Company"?
Nostromo;183560 Wrote: > > They claim that enthusiasts who are not Slim Devices employees also > contributed to the design of the hardware. And the only example they > have is that guy who helped improve the firmware. Richard Titmuss (of SoftSqueeze fame) helped with the firmware I believe. Andrew L. Weekes helped design the Transporter PSU. I'm pretty certain there were others whose ideas were incorporated in to the Transporter (see forum). Someone is reponsible for all those bloody buttons and the knob (wait till I get my hands on them!). I'm very glad they've sold more Transporters than they thought they would. I felt that Sean might have gone out on a limb to make the Transporter and it was lovely to see his enthusiasm with making the cicuitry and signal path as pure as he could. He/they deserve the sales. Hopefully it'll mean it'll continue to be supported too! MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30750 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
MrSinatra;183545 Wrote: > BUT how do i know SS is actually using it on playback? > > i do have SS configured to "smart gain" but how do i verify it see's a > value (or not) for any given file? I believe it's in the file info - click on the file, and if you see a volume adjustment or album volume adjustment value, SS sees it. It doesn't seem to see LAME RG tags, but LAME RG tags seem to be supported by very few programs. It's a shame, FLAC RG tagging at encode time works very well. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Article in "Fast Company"?
I agree, very nice article. They claim that enthusiasts who are not Slim Devices employees also contributed to the design of the hardware. And the only example they have is that guy who helped improve the firmware. I'm not even sure this example supports their claim. Any other example you can think of? -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30750 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
eschurr;183526 Wrote: > -- does the MP3Gain help system indicate that the "Track analysis" > button "analyzes the files" but it doesn't say anything about writing > tags or values? it sounds to me like it reads and analyzes the file > but doesn't write anything back to it. It does write the results of its analysis in APEv2 tags. You can see this in two ways: (1) the program "remembers" the results of previous analyses, even after it's restarted, and (2) a separate tagger program like Mp3tag will clearly indicate that an APEv2 tag has been added after a track analysis is carried out. You can see this immediately if you have both programs open at the same time - look at the tag types in Mp3tag, modify the gains in MP3Gain, and when you refresh in Mp3tag, poof, APEv2 tags appear in the analyzed files. Foobar indicates the same thing. In fact, if you were to use a tagger to remove the APEv2 tags, I bet MP3Gain would "forget" its analysis. The MP3Gain documentation is skimpy - I don't think they even indicate what type of tags they use. > -- doesn't Windows Explorer indicate the file has been modified whne you > hit "track analysis?" it does when you hit "track gain." Wouldn't > writing RG tags to the files with Track Analyis cause the file to be > modified? Hmm, it should - you are modifying bits in the file. I don't doubt what you're saying, but the fact remains, the RG tags have been added. Some tagging programs can change tags while NOT altering the timestamp - perhaps MP3Gain operates this way? -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Album listing for printout?
I would like to print out a list of my owned music, is this possible? I have seen this product to do just that but I would think that between itunes and slimserver I could do this. Help anyone? http://audiophiler.com/ -- jtwrace jtwrace's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8666 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33097 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
VERSION INFO SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt 377 albums with 4200 songs by 186 artists. Running fine on a Athlon 64 3000+ with 1 GB ram. Plugins installed: - Custom Browse - Dynamic Playlists - Lazy Search Music - Music Information Screen - Song Scanner - SQL Playlist - TrackStat -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
Don't bother running tests - just report if my SlimTray somehow does not work in the same way it used to. The failure to open an Slimserver IE window when slimserver starts always happens on my system with the official SlimTray and I think it is due to timing. The bug fix to which kdf referred is only relevant when port no is changed using httpport option, it won't fix this issue. SS 7.0 is not finished so code can change but at present the Windows SS7.0 will try to stop a service called "SlimServerMySQL". I didn't look through the code to see if it configurable. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
If you tell Slimtray to "Automatically run at log in" then the Slimserver process and associated processes are owned by the currently logged on user and can be killed much like Unix processes. If you select "Automically run at system start" then the processes are started as a service and then they are usually owned by the local system account or unless the user specifically decides to alter the logon credentials of service. This is usualy done by owners of external or mapped drives due to a lmitiation of Windows. You can however execute the following shell command to specifically shutdown the Slim MySQL process if started as a service and not affect any regular MySQL instances a user might have running on their box net stop SlimServerMySQL -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
older versions are available, not sure where. search the forums. also, it could be that XP / your router had proper exceptions for the earlier install, but don't for the new one. u could try hooking the SB directly to the cable modem, and see if it can get an IP and reach SN. if so, the problem would likely be in the router or XP. if not, it might be that u need a [user done] factory reset, (seems possible if its been a long time since upgrading) but since u have local playback, i would try that last. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes
Thanks for the responses. I'm not streaming internet radio, just my CD collection stored on my PC in the office. You guys got me to thinking though I am NOT using a static IP on the PC and when it gets disconnected from the internet it is polling to find another available wireless netowrk to hook up to. I live in a Condo building with at least 10+ networks nearby and at least 4 of those are not secured. I suppose that is what might be happening to the connection? I get dropped by Comcast and then the PC hunts for another network to get internet connectivity even though I'm not interested in connecting to the internet, just maintaining my local wireless network connection and being able to stream to my SB3. Can I effectively eliminate this hunting by setting a static IP for my PC to my router? -- Spidey9534 Spidey9534's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33077 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
No, neither XP nor the router are blocking me. They certainly weren't blocking me before I upgraded. That's what I get for upgrading. Do you know if I can still download older versions of the software? Maybe I should revert back to the last working version -- neocx neocx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10408 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
yeah, mp3tag also doesn't seem to natively support "albumartist" the weird thing is the newest winamp IS supposed to support replaygain, but i don't see it in winamp either. i use both 1.1 and 2.3 id tags for my mp3s. i downloaded ur suggestion, LameTagGUI and tried it out... its petty sweet, if what it says is true. here are the results for one of my AC-DC files: > >lametag.exe "AC-DC - 01 - It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock > 'N' Roll).mp3" > > LameTag - Reads the LAME tag from an mp3 file > Copyright (c) 2005 phwip > Release 0.4.1, compiled 2005-09-09 > > D:\mp3home\AC-DC\High Voltage [ReMaster]\AC-DC - 01 - It's A Long Way > To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll).mp3 > Tag revision: 0 > Encoder string: LAME > Version string: 3.96r > Quality:59 (V4 and q1) > Encoding method:cbr > Lowpass:20,500Hz > RG track peak: > RG track gain: -10.8dB (determined automatically) > RG album gain: > nspsytune: yes > nssafejoint:yes > nogap continued:no > nogap continuation: no > ATH type: 4 > Bitrate:255 or higher > Encoder delay: 576 samples > Padded at end: 1,284 samples > Noise shaping: 1 > Stereo mode:joint > Unwise settings:no > Source sample freq: 44.1kHz > MP3Gain change: > Preset: cbr 256 > Surround info: none > Music length: 9,667,395 bytes > Music CRC: B989 > Actual Music CRC: B989 > Info tag CRC: 4AC3 > Actual InfoTag CRC: 4AC3 here is another AC DC tag: > >lametag.exe "AC-DC - 01 - Hells Bells.mp3" > > LameTag - Reads the LAME tag from an mp3 file > Copyright (c) 2005 phwip > Release 0.4.1, compiled 2005-09-09 > > D:\mp3home\AC-DC\Back In Black [ReMaster]\AC-DC - 01 - Hells Bells.mp3 > LAME tag not found. what confuses me is that does have a lame tag. why doesn't it see it? also, the first file does list a replaygain value... BUT how do i know SS is actually using it on playback? i do have SS configured to "smart gain" but how do i verify it see's a value (or not) for any given file? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
could be your firewall on either xp, your router, or both is blocking you. it sounds to me like you can play files locally, which is a good sign if true. its very odd the SB can't connect to SN. one more thing to try is the newest nightly, 6.5.2 it might not solve your issue, but i think its better then 6.5.1 anyway. worth a shot at least. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
how long would it take? and wouldn't daily, automated, overnight [re]scanning do the trick? again, i'm just curious. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
MrSinatra;183490 Wrote: > anyway, i'm just wondering why you aren't running SS on the nas. -mdw I add albums and edit tag/artwork etc. regularly enough to make a rescanning a regular necessity. With that many files in my library, running a rescan on the NV is not feasible. -- egd Linux and loving IT! egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa;183528 Wrote: > Maybe I'm a bit thick tonight but can you confirm that aside from not > leaking handles, on your system you see NO change in behaviour of > SlimTray between my version and the official version. well, the thing is i can't say for certain. i was playing around with the services and options and so on haphazardly... i'd hate to give you bad info. what i am sure of, is how [your] ST acts now given the environment i described above. i really can't say if that all was also true or pertaining to the old ST. i still have a copy of the old ST, would you like me to try it? and if so, besides the IE window, what do you want me to look for? i would prefer to leave the slimrelated services set to manual, unless you specify different. bpa;183528 Wrote: > With regard to mysqld - by design in SS6.5.1 in Windows mySQLD is not > shut down - it possible that decision was made because you can't tell > if MySQLD it belongs to slimserver or not. In SS7.0 there is now code > to shut mysqld down in response to a bug report. It's possible Dan was > mixed up about which version was being discussed Unix or Windows 6.5.x > or 7.0 behaviour. > > The comment in the file MySQLHelp.pm in SS 6.5.1 > > Code: > > > =head2 stopServer() > > Bring down our private copy of MySQL server. > > This is a no-op if you are using a pre-configured copy of MySQL. > > Or are running MySQL as a Windows service. > > =cut > > > ok... so basically in 7.0 ur saying SS will know, or be configurable, to have mysql shutdown with a manual shutdown of slim.exe? if so, it might not be worth your trouble to 'fix' ST for 6.5.x, or maybe it would be easiest to just have 'shutdown mysqld' as an option separate from shutting down SS. let me know what, if anything, u'd like me to do. -mdw -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
Maybe I'm a bit thick tonight but can you confirm that aside from not leaking handles, on your system you see NO change in behaviour of SlimTray between my version and the official version. With regard to mysqld - by design in SS6.5.1 in Windows mySQLD is not shut down - it possible that decision was made because you can't tell if MySQLD it belongs to slimserver or not. In SS7.0 there is now code to shut mysqld down in response to a bug report. It's possible Dan was mixed up about which version was being discussed Unix or Windows 6.5.x or 7.0 behaviour. The comment in the file MySQLHelp.pm in SS 6.5.1 Code: =head2 stopServer() Bring down our private copy of MySQL server. This is a no-op if you are using a pre-configured copy of MySQL. Or are running MySQL as a Windows service. =cut -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
MrSinatra;183525 Wrote: > > > what OS? > Windows XP > > what ver of SS? > SlimServer 6.5.1 > > can ur SB get on SN? No. Everything was working fine. I log onto slimserver and it said a new version of the software was available. So, I downloaded and installed, and upgraded the firmware on the SB as requested. Now, no access to the outside world at all. I am sorry I upgraded. -- neocx neocx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10408 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
MrSinatra;183520 Wrote: > good to know. > > when i rip with EAC and lame 3.96 or above, it does seem to calcualte a > replaygain value. > > however, i can't find that value written in the tags at all, (using > winamp or mp3tag) > > am i doing something wrong? my best guess at this point is the value > is not being written into the tag b/c i don't have a proper command > line switch... is that feasible? It is probably in the LAME tag. I do not know what players can even use the Replaygain values in the LAME tag, but here is a link to a tool you can use to view it. http://phwip.f2o.org/audio#lametag -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
what OS? what ver of SS? can ur SB get on SN? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
Mark: if what you say is correct, why: -- does the MP3Gain help system indicate that the "Track analysis" button "analyzes the files" but it doesn't say anything about writing tags or values? it sounds to me like it reads and analyzes the file but doesn't write anything back to it. -- doesn't Windows Explorer indicate the file has been modified whne you hit "track analysis?" it does when you hit "track gain." Wouldn't writing RG tags to the files with Track Analyis cause the file to be modified? Just trying to understand! -- eschurr eschurr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2007 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access
Hi Gang, My slimserver and squeezeboxes have been working wonderfully for a long while now. Until today. I upgraded to the new version of the slimserver software and upgraded the firmware on both my squeezeboxes. Now, I can access my music collection but I have no access to the internet. I can no longer access internet radio and my RSS news tickers no longer work. One step forward, two steps back. Can anyone help? What's the point of an upgraded that removes service? -- neocx neocx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10408 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
good to know. when i rip with EAC and lame 3.96 or above, it does seem to calcualte a replaygain value. however, i can't find that value written in the tags at all, (using winamp or mp3tag) am i doing something wrong? my best guess at this point is the value is not being written into the tag b/c i don't have a proper command line switch... is that feasible? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
i guess i just wanted that fleshed out a bit... other people seem to have gotten their NAS to do it, altho i'm not sure it was that many files... my Q is, why can't his NAS do it? is it the hardware or the software? just expound the reasoning a bit... i am thinking about a NAS setup for myself, so this would be good to know. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Live365 Station Missing
Issue was a DB problem at Live365. They indicated some other stations may have been impacted as well. Electric Blues Radio 56 now working. -- SB2605 SB2605's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa;183507 Wrote: > MrSinatra, > > I'm not sure what the first bit of the post is about. Are you reporting > a problem with the new SlimTray or explaining your setup to Vdorta ? sorry, i was unclear... the entire post above describes how things are now using your slimtray.exe i am pretty sure it would also accurately describe the way the old one acted, except for the handles issue (obviously). i am uncertain as to the IE issue, if the old one did that or not, or if ST is even a part of that issue. i had thought this was solved in a recent beta, as per another thread seen here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32843 but then i noticed some things might be off with it since that thread... basically, i didn't feel i had enough info to post about it yet. but what is certain, is that for some reason, as per the environment i describe above and using your new ST, it isn't working now. i don't mean to suggest in any way however, that its your ST at fault, just that that is the current situation on my system. bpa;183507 Wrote: > Since I now have a SlimTray development environment setup. I have a few > ideas how to fix the problem opening an explorer window before > Slimserver is ready - I think it has become more prevalent as it takes > longer for slimserver to get ready than the expected delay in > SlimTray. > > I also want to set up SlimTray to modify the shortcut so that SlimTray > will open the port specified in preference and not always 9000. great ideas. :) bpa;183507 Wrote: > I also have looked at what SlimTray bugs are open including the one > references by kdf and I'll see if I do something about them. > > In Windows you runs processes as services so they can run when a user > is not logged in - similar to Unix/Linux daemons. This was a feature > lots of people requested a few years ago. You can run slim.exe as a > normal user process in a dos box. ah, i see... so its useful for when the computer is turned on, but not logged in. very nice. here is a link to the other thread about mysqld not shutting down: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26650 imo the mysqld should, as dan says, shutdown with slim if slim starts it. i would rather it worked that way, then having to shutdown mysqld separately via ST or task manager. thx again, -mdw -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
How about what he wrote - "The ReadyNAS NV would die a horrible death if I installed slimserver to the nas and told it to scan ~50k files. "...? -- tommypeters SB3-->Meridian G68-->NuForce Ref8-->Bc Acoustique ACT A3 tommypeters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa wrote: > Using the latest ActiveState tools, I've tried to rebuild SlimTray.exe > exactly as 6.5.1 - however the resulting version didn't work because of > the changes to libraries also latest ActiveState is build 820 and I > think 6.5.1 was built using 819. > > So I've patched SlimTray.pl as per my previous posts for GetProcessPid > and the port 9000 bug. I rebuilt SlimTray - it works and doesn't leak > handles on my system. Running fine here (WinXP SP2, 6.5.2), handles steady at 57. Nice work! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
Just to kind of clear the slate here a little bit, I am running Vista RC 2,(stock install) and one day in a bit of frustration with my XP install of SS, I installed 6.5.1 on Vista, went through the normal setup of both SS and SB, and have had no issues ever. As a matter of fact, if I'm having trouble with the SB, I'll use the pc running vista as a control since SS always works great there. Just my 2 pfennig. -- speedle speedle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
Vdorta, Can you revert back to your old SlimTray and see if that still works. The error message is as a result of an extra error check I put into the processID code. I need to look up what causes it. MrSinatra, I'm not sure what the first bit of the post is about. Are you reporting a problem with the new SlimTray or explaining your setup to Vdorta ? Since I now have a SlimTray development environment setup. I have a few ideas how to fix the problem opening an explorer window before Slimserver is ready - I think it has become more prevalent as it takes longer for slimserver to get ready than the expected delay in SlimTray. I also want to set up SlimTray to modify the shortcut so that SlimTray will open the port specified in preference and not always 9000. I also have looked at what SlimTray bugs are open including the one references by kdf and I'll see if I do something about them. In Windows you runs processes as services so they can run when a user is not logged in - similar to Unix/Linux daemons. This was a feature lots of people requested a few years ago. You can run slim.exe as a normal user process in a dos box. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
You have two buttons: track analysis and track gain. Track analysis merely writes the RG tags. So you need an RG-aware program like SlimServer to use the volume levelling function. Nothing will happen in iTunes/iPod, it's not RG-aware AFAIK. Track -gain- will not only write the RG tags, it will also -alter the audio-, which means it can be used with non-RG-aware programs/players. If you play these files back in SS, you'll get levelled playback without using RG. If you use RG, you'll get a "double levelling", don't do this. If this contradicts one of my earlier posts in this thread I'll correct that earlier post. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
fyi: i set both 'slim services' in XP to manual, they don't start automatically. slimtray does, its in the startup of my pgm menu. my config uses localhost port 9000 btw. its now at 62 handles (~12megs) and steady upon reboot. when i start SS manually from ST, it starts both the slim and mysql processes, BUT the services seem to stay off. i assume thats the way its supposed to be. the ST handles grow to about 102 and stay steady, (and ~14megs). however, as an aside, the IE window is opening to a blank page again. in any case, ST seems ok. i played a local file and then shutdown SS (via ST) to see if the mysql process would also shutdown, (this is what Dan says should happen in the beta forum) mysqld.exe did NOT shutdown. slim.exe did. so it seems some issues remain, but solid progress nonetheless. does anyone know why someone would want those things to run as services rather than processes? is it a security/users thing? i typically try to not use any services i don't need, and just use things as processes. so i was wondering what the reasoning was? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness
After some experimentation, I am confused and a bit skeptical of what i've read. My goal is to modify my MP3 files to play at a consistent volume in my Squeezebox as well as my iPod without using ReplayGain. I want to know how to operate the MP3Gain GUI to do that. one of the postings says that by hitting the "track analysis" button in MP3Gain it will modify the volume bits but not write ReplayGain tags. to write those tags, the posting says, you need to hit the TrackGain button. however, after experimentation, i find that hitting Track Analysis does nothing except report the difference between the file's current volume and the target volume. the only way to implement the change is to hit the ReplayGain button -- which alters the volume in Squeezebox playback EVEN WITHOUT USING SQUEEZEBOX'S VOLUME ADJUSTMENT (TRACK GAIN). Can anyone confirm or correct this -- please? -- eschurr eschurr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2007 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa;183396 Wrote: > If you want to try my patched version you can find it here. > > http://homepage.eircom.net/~altondsl/slim/SlimTrayexe.ZIP I replaced SlimTray.exe with the patched version and tried both starting it and restarting Windows but it doesn't work (icon continuously on-off, when I right-click the options are greyed out). By the way, I use 6.5.1 and "Automatically run at login". Any ideas? -- vdorta vdorta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
i'm just curious... but can't SS run on the NAS? or is it limited to just a select few NAS boxes? wouldn't it be neat if you had an all in one box solution, (ie, ss, nas, sb = one box) and had a color remote to see what you were doing? the only drawback there i think would be in routing the audio from your stereo to the box in another room, if you thought it necessary. fiber could do it though. anyway, i'm just wondering why you aren't running SS on the nas. -mdw -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa,
thx again. i should mention though that it wasn't the handles that got
me 'worked up,' but rather the times i'd come back to my computer to
find slimtray at 68megs and unresponsive. i didn't even know about the
handles issue till after that.
thx for not tackling me, and tackling the problem. i do appreciate
it.
Victor;183464 Wrote:
> The question itself doesn't bother me, nor anyone else that I can see.
> What bothers people is the tone in which you present your views. But
> I'll leave that alone, as enough people have commented on your
> rudeness.
without cause. tone is a very subjective standard, especially on a msg
board, and imo, i don't see anything to object to in my "tone."
certainly nothing personal, and nothing directed at any individual, (at
least not at first, until someone attacked me).
sounds to me like now you're just grasping at straws, since there is no
there, there. instead, we'll just attack you not on what you said, but
on our subjective impressions of our feelings about what you said.
lame.
Victor;183464 Wrote:
> But since you clearly seem to feel that you're smarter than anyone else
> in the room, please enlighten us with a few things:
> 1) What effort is involved in rewriting the code in C? Specifically
> enumerate the difficulties involved in doing so. If you can't, then
> you're not qualified to say "rewrite this in $MAGIC_LANGUAGE".
straw man. i asked why isn't it done in C? i didn't say do it in C.
u apparently can't tell the difference. read the whole thread, see the
evolution of the convo.
and whats really funny about this whole thing, is i didn't even bring
up C first! jjzolx did. be sure you have enough wood to burn him at
the stake too, (damn heretics)
Victor;183464 Wrote:
> 2) List specifically what technical issues would be addressed in
> rewriting the application in another language and what new technical
> issues would be introduced. And btw, "Reducing memory usage" is not a
> technical issue - it's a symptom. Again, if you're not qualified to
> discuss solutions in details, please don't be offended when people
> think your solutions are useless.
i didn't offer a solution, i asked a question.
and i still don't have an answer to it. why is the current way of
doing slimtray, better than doing it in C, IF jjzolx is correct about
what he says in #5, and i have no reason to doubt him?
is the question itself impermissible? how liberal [small l] an
attitude.
Victor;183464 Wrote:
> Your diagnosis of the problem ("Process takes up too much memory") is
> valid and is a good thing to bring up. But suggesting technical
> solutions, when you don't understand the implications of them is at
> best useless and at worst arrogant and rude to the developers of the
> software.
wow.
thats nonsense, pure and simple.
first off, i asked a question, but even if i had suggested a solution,
its not what you claim it is, ie. 'rude and arrogant.'
do you people who feel this way ever leave your house?
i really don't care what those of you who have a problem with me think.
i just wish you'd PM it. how is what you're doing benefitting anyone?
and the question still remains, why is the current solution for
slimtray, a by definition windows only app, the best one, given the
problems with it, whatever they may be?
its just a question.
--
MrSinatra
www.LION-Radio.org
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[slim] IPv6 network
Has anyone enabled Slimserver on a IPv6 network. The server is on an XP box and I use a Nokia 770 web tablet on wifi to listen while on site. All works fine with IPv4. Any suggestions Thanks -- tmrice Tim tmrice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10405 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33089 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!
On the face of it that does seem extremely concerning. At least with a Squeezebox/SB3 we can always roll back. I'm glad that I'm happy enough with the product i have now. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
EFP wrote: > Peter;183370 Wrote: > >> herbman wrote:[color=blue] >> >>> SB3's double as remote controls for MythTV running on the same >>> >> server. >> >> >> > > Care to share how you went about setting that up? > I wrote a SS plugin and a 'Lirc Junction box' script. The A/V signal is mixed with the TV cable signal that goes to all 4 TV's in the house, so that MythTV is just another channel. Every TV has a SB3 nearby. The closest I've come to documentation (from another post in this forum): The latest plugin is available here: http://a213-84-196-8.adsl.xs4all.nl/slim2lirc/Lirc.pm The 'Lirc junction box' application can be found here: http://a213-84-196-8.adsl.xs4all.nl/slim2lirc/lircjb You start the lircjb (from /etc/rc.local or manually) lircjb -l -p 12345 /dev/lircd & You copy the Lirc.pm plugin to the slimserver Plugin directory and restart slimserver. Lirc.pm will be sending IR codes it receives over UDP port 12345 to lircjb. At this time you should be able to run 'irw' and see the slimremote buttons you press being echoed. Note: Lirc.pm only captures and retransmits button presses when a SqueezeBox is off (standby) or when you've selected 'Lirc Remote' from the Plugin menu. Now you must edit the mythtv .lircrc file to tell mythtv what buttons to react to and what to do when they are pressed. Note that Lirc.pm only forwards codes it recognizes. At the moment that means the slimdevices remote, but the code mapping can be changed at the end of the Lirc.pm file. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver software engineering
another appreciated response, however at this point, i feel it necessary to give you some feedback you may not like, but hopefully is considered constructive: ChrisOwens;182965 Wrote: > It is our goal to have every bug report get a human response, but we > have gotten a bit backlogged. We've hired some people (with Logitech's > money :), and we're working our way up to the present. Please bear with > us. However, as I describe below, if your goal is getting prompt and > effective support, the bug database is not where you want to be. but what if it is a bug, not a support issue? the thrust of this post seems to be 'don't files bugs, call support.' well, i have filed bugs and they were bugs, not support issues. ChrisOwens;182965 Wrote: > One persistent problem for QA, though, is that many users report bugs > that turn out to be really support issues. We'll try and help, but > especially if you want a prompt answer, you're almost always better off > contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Their job is helping you fix *your* > problems and they're really pretty good at it. QA's job is finding > problems, making sure they're correctly documented with step-by-step > instructions for how to reprodce, and assigned an initial priority. i absolutely can see where it could become overwhelming for the bug system when users take their genuine support issues there, which are not bugs. i definitely see that. but this just gets back to the human element... if when a user files a bug, a human were to read it at SD and respond, i'd bet most of the mischaracterized bug reports could be filtered out right then, and referred to support. i know in my case, the 3 bugs i have filed are indeed bugs, and that doesn't include a 4th bug that i did try to take thru support, with extremely disappointing results. luckily, after about 6 months, i was able to make headway with andyg here on the board, but it is merely a workaround, the bug still exists. (more on that in a bit) ChrisOwens;182965 Wrote: > A lot of times our initial replies to bugs seem to be interpreted that > we don't believe the bug report. I believe you! But it's a more > effective bug fixing process if we are be able to reproduce it. The > developer can watch it happen in detail, and formulate the exact best > fix and QA can evaluate the fix to make sure it worked. sure... but what about when you can't duplicate it thru no fault of the user? yet it is a SD bug? my jpg bug was just like that. but what really disappointed me was the SD reaction to the net radio streaming bug. when 6.5 (or whatever it was) introduced non-proxied direct streaming of net radio directly to the SB, it made my SB useless to me as i use it to listen to one stream 90% of the time i use it at all. unless i'm mistaken, i was the first person to bring this issue to SD's attention, which i did first here on the boards. as time passed, i got nowhere, and the constant focus on me, and my setup, my microwave, and everything else got ridiculous. i realize those items must be eliminated first, but when i had done so and it was time to move the focus from me to SD, i found it was IMPOSSIBLE to do so. when i did eventually try support directly, the response was horrible. there is no other way to describe it. i can forward you the emails if you like, but it was no help at all. and i'd be shocked if they filed a bug based on my situation. the situation, which i eventually gave up on as it was like banging my head against the wall, only got resolved when other board posters started posting the same issues i was having. at that point i jumped back in. thats when andyg, (about whom i want to be clear, i have no personal complaints), enacted a workaround so streams could be forced to proxy. but that took at least a minimum of 6 months, and other peoples complaints, to enact. in that time, i barely used my SB at all. so going thru support, was a dismal deadend. i think you should be aware that bad experiences like that make people not want to even try support. and it is also worth nothing, that the bug still exists! but is there a bug filed for it??? i don't know... the point is, i must now have a computer on to listen to my stream. this is not the way it should be. i should be able to listen to my stream without a computer on. but is there a bug filed or being worked on to fix this? i have no idea, and support did nothing to help. so chris, i'm sorry if i sound like a crank, and again i want to be clear that i think andyg does the best job he can do given the circumstances, but having said that, SD does need to pick it up. in closing i just want to reiterate: 1. a human response in 24 hours of filing a bug is really needed. that would be a great time to refer bugs to support that SD likely considers support issues, not bugs. 2. after that, within lets say 5 business days or so, a response from SD should come saying they were, or were not, able to reproduce the bug,
Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release
ModelCitizen;183356 Wrote: > Strange as 6.5.1 is not that different from 6.5. Anyhow, it looks like > SlimServer 6.5.1 can't find your files. If your music is on a network > drive check that the account SlimServer is running on after installing > 6.5.1 still has access to the network drives (it may be that the > installation of 6.5.1 has changed the account Slimserver runs under to > a local account... although this shouldn't happen anymore I believe). > Also, you could try browsing your Music Folder via Slimserver to see if > you can access/play tunes from it. If you can maybe you should stop > Slimserver, delete your cache folder and then start it again so it > completely re-indexes your music from scratch. > MC The files are on a NW drive. I'll try again using your suggestions. Thanks! -- rkeeney rkeeney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems with Rhapsody
SuperQ;183450 Wrote: > Or you could drop the updated firmware into the Firmware/ directory on > your 6.5.1 slimserver, that way you don't have to upgrade to a nightly > release. Careful...that will probably work in this case but it may not always work. Certain SlimServer versions are paired with a certain firmware version, using combinations outside of this may produce unpredictable behavior. In this case it'll probably work fine as the firmware changes affect only Rhapsody, but don't try this with the latest firmware and something before SlimServer 6.5.0. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
On 25-Feb-07, at 10:05 AM, bpa wrote: >> > I was thinking of adding an option to ST to allow users to kill MySqld > as well as Slimserver. cool. There is bug4706 filed to cover this. > > I'd need to look at the Slimserver code to see if explicitly tries to > kill MySqld on shutdown. > See svn change 10795, which is flagged as the confirmed fix for bug 4506. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!
Well guys, I think make the most of the Honeymoon period, as for the Harmony Remote the Honeymoon is over. For the gory details of key (and documented) function removal 'click here' (http://forums.logitech.com/logitech/board/message?board.id=remote_software&message.id=1048). -- stevieweevie stevieweevie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4338 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
> > bpa, you're a genius... > Nope , but from years of experience I found that bugs get solved by applying effort to the problem and not by exchanging remarks. Users always get worked up about "their" problem - so I always used to let them blow off steam and tackle the problem not the person. > > one caveat, my slimtray.exe was in the slimserver root, not the server > dir, but i assume thats what you meant. > Correct - I wrote that from memory > > also, i had already filed a bug report for this, so i don't know if you > want to post this there or what, but regardless, fantastic job. mine > seems to peak at 102 handles and is now at 93. > > one question, what documentation exactly are you referring to above? > I'll add a comment to the bug report. The CPAN ( http://search.cpan.org/~rpagitsch/Win32-Process-List-0.06/List.pm ) synopsis is in error but I feel the bug might be a memory leak elsewhere but cured in release 820 of ActiveState tools. Since I coulnd'rt rebuilt the current SlimTray as I can't definitively what is the bug. > > also, the mysql process still doesn't stop when i use slimtray to stop > SS, as the developers say it should. but i need to reboot and try some > things out to see if it won't under differing various circumstances. > unrelated to your great work here, just mentioning it as another ST > type issue, (although its certainly possible ST isn't the 'underlying' > cause) > I was thinking of adding an option to ST to allow users to kill MySqld as well as Slimserver. I think the "problem" is Windows - I think it may not follow process ownership like Linux. In Linux killing Slimserver - kills mysqld - it doesn't look like that in Windows. First I'd need to look at the Slimserver code to see if explicitly tries to kill MySqld on shutdown. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?
I don't actually play music on my desktop that much and, as WMP was already installed, couldn't see the point in installing a second application just to play back music (besides SoftSqueeze). Therefore the WMP extensions seemed to make sense to me :) -- bonze QNAP TS-101 (version 2.0.0 build 0105T) SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Debian - EN - utf8 2 x wireless SB3 bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I remove Slimserver completely?
Surely you must be able to remove all the Slimserver files?? Are there any ideas out there...please?? -- Kenders Kenders's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10291 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32880 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11515 - solaris - EN - iso-8859-1 Server IP address: 192.168.1.3 Perl Version: 5.8.8 i86pc-solaris MySQL Version: 5.0.33 Installed plugins: SuperDateTime ShadowPlay IRBlaster 510 albums with 1346 songs by 280 artists Running on an Athlon 800MHz (T-Bird core) with 768MB of RAM. Mobo is an Asus A7V with a Seagate 250GB drive (the new perpindicular recording model). The only downer is that Solaris doesn't support my Ultra ATA-100 controller, so I have to fall back to the Ultra 66. Rescans are still quite fast (better than on my XP box where the only difference is it has a 1200MHz CPU instead of the 800). 2 SB3s connected wirelessly via a Linksys WAP54G access point. -- 4mula1 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
MrSinatra;183457 Wrote:
> bpa, you're a genius...
> since slimtray is WINDOWS ONLY and EXTREMELY BLOATED mem usage wise
> considering its very limited functionality, i still believe it to be a
> fair and worthwhile question to ask why not C? and it is just a
> question. the fact that question bothers some of you so much is
> baffling and perplexing to me, i really wonder whats wrong with you?
>
The question itself doesn't bother me, nor anyone else that I can see.
What bothers people is the tone in which you present your views. But
I'll leave that alone, as enough people have commented on your
rudeness.
But since you clearly seem to feel that you're smarter than anyone else
in the room, please enlighten us with a few things:
1) What effort is involved in rewriting the code in C? Specifically
enumerate the difficulties involved in doing so. If you can't, then
you're not qualified to say "rewrite this in $MAGIC_LANGUAGE".
2) List specifically what technical issues would be addressed in
rewriting the application in another language and what new technical
issues would be introduced. And btw, "Reducing memory usage" is not a
technical issue - it's a symptom. Again, if you're not qualified to
discuss solutions in details, please don't be offended when people
think your solutions are useless.
Your diagnosis of the problem ("Process takes up too much memory") is
valid and is a good thing to bring up. But suggesting technical
solutions, when you don't understand the implications of them is at
best useless and at worst arrogant and rude to the developers of the
software.
--
Victor
"I'm against animal testing. They get all nervous and give the wrong
answers."
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Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off
madsk;183367 Wrote: > Ok one last question, is there a limit on how many favorites you can ad > to the squeezenetwork > Thanks Mads. I don't use SqueezeNetwork all that often, but I don't think there's a limit. Within reason though - maybe something weird would happen if you had 1000+ favorites. :-) -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33078 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa, you're a genius... one caveat, my slimtray.exe was in the slimserver root, not the server dir, but i assume thats what you meant. also, i had already filed a bug report for this, so i don't know if you want to post this there or what, but regardless, fantastic job. mine seems to peak at 102 handles and is now at 93. one question, what documentation exactly are you referring to above? also, the mysql process still doesn't stop when i use slimtray to stop SS, as the developers say it should. but i need to reboot and try some things out to see if it won't under differing various circumstances. unrelated to your great work here, just mentioning it as another ST type issue, (although its certainly possible ST isn't the 'underlying' cause) Graham;183426 Wrote: > Thanks bpa -- that works great for me. A steady 56 handles. You're a > hero! strange you feel that way graham, according to ben sandee, no one cares about this but me. Marc Sherman;183395 Wrote: > bpa wrote: > > The problem is in SlimTray code - the routine ProcessID. It uses a > > routine called GetProcessPid in Win32::Process::List. > > Yup, better rewrite it in C... :) > > - Marc so clever! ha ha ha... nevermind that it uses 13megs to run, totally unnecessarily as jim pointed out. in fact, the whole SS system, with all its various processes uses well over 100megs! (on my system anyway) since slimtray is WINDOWS ONLY and EXTREMELY BLOATED mem usage wise considering its very limited functionality, i still believe it to be a fair and worthwhile question to ask why not C? and it is just a question. the fact that question bothers some of you so much is baffling and perplexing to me, i really wonder whats wrong with you? Robin Bowes;183114 Wrote: > MrSinatra wrote: > > this thread was 31 posts long with np... at post 32 good ole boy > marc > > sherman started it: > > > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=182841&postcount=32 > > No, you started it with the post to which Marc responded. i've reread the whole thread, including that post, #31. to say i started something is delusional. please SHOW ME how i started something. you can't. Robin Bowes;183114 Wrote: > > > don't blame me for the little cabal of you guys who can't handle A > > QUESTION which in your twisted perspectives somehow besmirches your > > beloved SS, which is all i'm guilty of. > > Questions are fine. Suggestions are fine. You've already raised the > bug > reports. Why not leave it at that? as opposed to what? what else did i do? and who made you the arbitor of what is right and wrong anyway? Robin Bowes;183114 Wrote: > SS isn't perfect - I'm not some sort of fanatical fanboy. oh contraire mon fraire. Robin Bowes;183114 Wrote: > You just react to anyone disagreeing with your single-minded > perspective > by accusing them of attacking you. > > These are my last words on this subject - you're not worth it. > > R. i was attacked, its right in the thread. like i said, i talked about SS, you and others talked about me. big difference. look at what you just wrote, "you're not worth it." and you're not a fanatic? if you can't see that, thats your problem, not mine. in the future, any of you in this lil fanboy cabal can feel free to vent at me personally via a PM, i'll be more than happy to see it there. but stop ruining threads with your crap that has nothing to do with anything, and certainly not the subject of the thread. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
6607 songs, 798 artists, 494 albums. All FLAC Fanless VIA C3 600MHz with 256MB ram. Gentoo Linux on single 500GByte disk backed up via USB + rsync. Runs fine, but complete library rescans are a little slow. -- davis davis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8771 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
Server version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Linux - NL - utf8 2 modded SB2 Black. 629 albums 7433 songs 473 artists All propperly tagged FLAC files. Running on a Compaq EVO ultra slim PC (Celeron 1400, 256MB), with ClarkConnect 3,2 installed. Server is turned on by WOL, and automaticaly turned of when no player is active for 30 min. The SB2's are connected wireless and I NEVER have dropouts or other problems whatsoever. -- Amauta Amauta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2669 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems with Rhapsody
andyg;182769 Wrote: > We have two options when it comes to Rhapsody firmware bugs: > > 1. Don't fix the bug until we can test and release 6.5.2. > 2. Fix the bugs ASAP and cause a firmware mismatch between the latest > released 6.5.1 and SN. > > We chose #2 because the Rhapsody bugs were pretty serious, and we > figured people would rather play Rhapsody without crashing. :) > > If the firmware mismatch bothers you, you can install 6.5.2 which > should be just as stable as 6.5.1. Or you could drop the updated firmware into the Firmware/ directory on your 6.5.1 slimserver, that way you don't have to upgrade to a nightly release. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes
Unless you're streaming Internet radio, it shouldn't be affected. However maybe it's your modem or router that's disconnecting you, and maybe that's having an impact? Perhaps one of them has its DHCP server go down, and if it's the router, perhaps it's rebooting? -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33077 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
herbman;183318 Wrote: > I wish my device would break so I had an excuse to get a sb3 (or > whatever's next!) Careful what you wish for! As for me: "Your music library contains 401 albums with 3862 songs by 512 artists." SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10591 - Windows XP Pentium 4 "C" 2.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM Music on a 250 GB HDD, currently taking up 108 GB, ~90% FLAC 1 wireless Transporter 1 wireless SB2 Pretty trouble free, really. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
Peter;183370 Wrote: > herbman wrote:[color=blue] > > SB3's double as remote controls for MythTV running on the same > server. > > Care to share how you went about setting that up? -- EFP EFP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - RedHat - EN - utf8 Server IP address: 192.168.0.3 Perl Version: 5.8.5 i386-linux-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.21-standard 19340 tracks 2156 artists 5552 albums 50 genres 1 Slimp3 1 SB1G 3 SB3 Server OS is ClarkConnect 3.2 uptime 128 days, 32 minutes AMD Athlon2000, 512 RAM -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33076 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?
mkozlows;183415 Wrote: > If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar. I have to disagree - foobar works fine right after install. It's plain though - if you want to make it pretty, that's when you have to do the fiddling. Doesn't bother me much. After the bloated monstrosities that WMP and Winamp have become, foobar is a minimalist pleasure. Fast and light on resources. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
I'll do a rescan tonight (need to anyway to clear things up) and will time the results to compare. -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage QNAP(2.0.0)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.37d ~ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
-* What version of Vista are you running? (Home Premium, Ultimate, etc.) Also specify if it's 32-bit or 64-bit.- I'm running Ultimate 32-bit. -* What version of Slimserver have you installed?- Right now I'm running 6.5.2 - 11357, but it appears that there has been a firmware update as of 2/25/2007 because whenever I log back and forth between Rhapsody and Slimserver it asks to update. Every time. -* What error messages are you getting? (if any)- None right now! -* What additional Security software are you using? (Firewalls, Antivirus, etc.)- I'm running my UAC, but I turned off my firewall. I run a hardware firewall through my router though. -* What happens if you try running Slim.exe manually from a DOS prompt? (Cut and paste any errors.)- Err - haven't tried that yet. For now, Slimserver 6.5.2 works rock solid fine with Vista 32-bit Ultimate - except that I can't get the web interface to automatically start running when I restart my computer. Even then, after I get back to my desktop I have to double-click my shortcut and tell Vista to allow it to run. Can't quite figure out how to get UAC to ignore stuff I don't mind starting. *shrugs* All that said, prior to this firmware update I was having trouble with Rhapsody - kept locking up after it played for a while. Sometimes I could get a few songs to play and it would lock up; other times it would play for an hour then lock up. But since this firmware update all seems to be playing fine with Rhapsody now. I don't think this was a Vista issue, though, since Squeeze network is independent of what OS you are running. -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] using the xbox 360
No doubt; talk about being rude.. -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
Thanks bpa -- that works great for me. A steady 56 handles. You're a hero! -- Graham Graham's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Ogg streams played back too slow?
After an initial test, today I decided to try my Icecast/IceS setup to stream music from the turntable beside the Slimserver host to a Squeezebox. It was awful -- too slow. With Michael Herger's MusicInfo screensaver (thanks!) I could see my SB2 (firmware 71, connecting to a 6.5.1 server) running out of buffer. Every 1 or 2 seconds it'd lose another .1 or .2 seconds of buffer. And the pitch was off due to the slowness. The Network Test plugin shows my WiFi is stable (100%) to at least 2000 kbps for the SB I was using. I tried Ogg bitrates from 300k all the way down to 64k, and all played back slow. Then I switched to Darkice and 320k MP3 constant bitrate. I occasionally see the Squeezebox dip into the buffer (change from 0.0 to 0.1), but it always recovers back to 0.0 seconds promptly. Speed and pitch seem fine. Has anyone else had similar problems with Ogg streaming? Thanks, Peter P.S. A hint on encoding: IceS took 15-20% of my CPU (Athlon64 throttled to 1 GHz) to encode Ogg (64k-500k). Darkice takes only 3-6% CPU when configured for 320k CBR MP3 (do not include a "quality" setting in the darkice config). -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33086 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The music stopped!
OK, I fixed it - unplugged the power from the Squeezebox and then plugged it back in. Should have thought of that before, but as the Squeezebox was obviously communicating OK with the server, and as I had turned both Squeezebox and server on and off, I didn't think of killing the power. -- dansumption Dan Sumption www.sumption.org dansumption's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?
Think I'll give MusicCube a try. It has a flac plugin (also toast, which I like from Moose). We'll see how it goes. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?
Kyle;183319 Wrote: > My files are already all flac. I'm looking for a player compatible with > that. If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar. If you don't, I don't think there's a good option on Windows. -- mkozlows mkozlows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
Paul_B;183399 Wrote: > My setup on Windows 2003 R2 doesn't cause any problems or performance > issues. It is wired from W2K3 server to QNAP NAS storage and SB3. A > complete rescan of my 5,000 tracks is fine. Any issues with NIC > settings on network speed and duplex? It is standard practice to always > force this rather than leave it at auto/auto My setup is wired, linked through a gigabit switch, pc, switch and nv have jumbo frames enabled and set to 9014. Network connects at gigabit so it doesn't look like there are any connection speed issues. Same connection via a Linux box and a rescan puts the NAS under the pump, whereas under a windows rescan you'd hardly know it was happening. -- egd Linux and loving IT! egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
erland;183398 Wrote: > Is it faster if you run a PC with Linux and connect that to the NAS ? > > Or are you just saying that SlimServer locally installed on the NAS > itself is faster ? In both Windows ans Linux I had/had Slimserver running on a PC. The ReadyNAS NV would die a horrible death if I installed slimserver to the nas and told it to scan ~50k files. I don't have enough faith in the NV to even contemplate that prior to having a complete backup of the NAS. -- egd Linux and loving IT! egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
JJZolx;183364 Wrote: > Do you mean has anything new emerged since you asked the same question a > month ago? Why not go back to running SlimServer under Linux? I guess I was hoping that something would have changed in recent builds of 6.5.2 for Windows. I would love to go back to Linux but had a drive hardware fail on that box and I'm still recovering data from the drive which is a slow process. Once that's complete I will most definitely be returning to Linux. JJZolx;183364 Wrote: > My experience (and apparently yours as well): A Windows SlimServer with > an Infrant NAS for file storage is a BAD/SLOW/BROKEN combination. > There's something going on there with network file access between the > two systems that just doesn't jive. Whether the issue is limited to > file shares on just the Infrant system or is more general is something > probably worth looking into. I'm guessing it has something to do with the NV, unless of course others using other NAS devices are experiencing similar performance issues under Windows. -- egd Linux and loving IT! egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
My setup on Windows 2003 R2 doesn't cause any problems or performance issues. It is wired from W2K3 server to QNAP NAS storage and SB3. A complete rescan of my 5,000 tracks is fine. Any issues with NIC settings on network speed and duplex? It is standard practice to always force this rather than leave it at auto/auto -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage QNAP(2.0.0)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.37d ~ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
> > bpa wrote: > > The problem is in SlimTray code - the routine ProcessID. It uses a > > routine called GetProcessPid in Win32::Process::List. > > Yup, better rewrite it in C... :) > > - Marc > For ulitmate irony, I was hoping the bug was in the C code that supports this Perl module - turns out the bug is in the Documentation ! -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
Is it faster if you run a PC with Linux and connect that to the NAS ? Or are you just saying that SlimServer locally installed on the NAS itself is faster ? -- 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' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
Using the latest ActiveState tools, I've tried to rebuild SlimTray.exe exactly as 6.5.1 - however the resulting version didn't work because of the changes to libraries also latest ActiveState is build 820 and I think 6.5.1 was built using 819. So I've patched SlimTray.pl as per my previous posts for GetProcessPid and the port 9000 bug. I rebuilt SlimTray - it works and doesn't leak handles on my system. If you want to try my patched version you can find it here. http://homepage.eircom.net/~altondsl/slim/SlimTrayexe.ZIP 1. Stop slimserver and slimtray 2. Backup your existing SlimTray.exe in case you want to revert. 3. Download and unzip my patched version into temporary area 4. Replace current SlimTray.exe in the server directory. 5. Run SlimTray from server directory or restart Windows. Usual caveats apply and to be on the safe side run virus checker etc. If there are no problems I'll post the patches to Developers. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa wrote: > The problem is in SlimTray code - the routine ProcessID. It uses a > routine called GetProcessPid in Win32::Process::List. Yup, better rewrite it in C... :) - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] using the xbox 360
hughesie89;183384 Wrote: > so no one can help we just getting sound working > your a lot of help Two things: 1) Perhaps no-one knows 2) Politely phrased questions are more likely to elicit helpful answers. No one *has* to help you. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] using the xbox 360
so no one can help we just getting sound working your a lot of help -- hughesie89 hughesie89's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800 Remote
Victor wrote: > Ben did a fantastic job on the skin -- it looks really really sharp on > the device. > > I can confirm that with the faster processor and more RAM, the N800 is > even better for controlling the server. It's fast enough now that > browsing by album art (for example) is as quick as it is on the PC. > That's excellent, because I understand that the Nokia E90 (my next phone) is very much like a N800 with a phone and a keyboard. I'm looking forward to using it with my SS setup. http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/12/nokias-e90-communicator-launched/ Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!
herbman wrote: > I figured this forum could use a message like this. Please list > slimserver specs and library specs if everything is fine for you! > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ with 1GB RAM - Fedora Core 4 SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - RedHat - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.6 i386-linux-thread-multi MySQL Version: 4.1.14 10K tracks in 77G on a 200G disk (backupped to colo server) Total storage available: 1.2 TByte 4 wireless SB3, 1 SB1G, 1 SliMP3 (the last 2 are no longer in use) SB3's double as remote controls for MythTV running on the same server. One SB3 died on me and was replaced within warranty by SD. No other problems worth mentioning. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off
kdf;183362 Wrote: > On 25-Feb-07, at 1:10 AM, madsk wrote: > > > > > kdf;183354 Wrote: > >> If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to > them > >> at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to > >> squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or > >> newer. For squeezenetwork, check squeezenetwork.com > >> > >> -kdf > > > > Thanks > > Does this mean that the squeezebox connects the squeezenetwork,and > play > > the predefined stations,so the computer is only needed to setting up > > > the > > stations? > > > basically yes. SqueezeNetwork is essentially a global slimserver. You > > just need to set up the "favorites" that you want through that web site > > and they are available any time you want. Eventually, slimserver and > squeezenetwork will have much more integration, allowing you to save > the favorites from one to load into the other, and possibly more in > future. > > -kdf Ok one last question, is there a limit on how many favorites you can ad to the squeezenetwork Thanks Mads. -- madsk madsk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10397 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33078 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
The problem is in SlimTray code - the routine ProcessID. It uses a routine called GetProcessPid in Win32::Process::List. Changes were made to the Win32::Process::List in June 06 and GetProcessPid no longer returns -1 if the process is not running. These changes to the return behavior are not documented anywhere and even the online CPAN documentation hasn't changed and is inaccurate. I'll do a more complete check of SlimTray before posting to bugzilla. The code in SlimTray.pl should be changed to the following: Code: # Was below # my $pid = ($p->GetProcessPid(qr/^slim\.exe$/))[0]; # return $pid ; # Should be my $pid = ($p->GetProcessPid(qr/^slim\.exe$/))[1]; return $pid if ( defined ($pid) ) ; return -1; -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows
egd;183029 Wrote: > I've just rebuilt a w2k3 machine and installed SlimServer 6.5.2 - 11509 > - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252. Accompanying it is > Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread and MySQL > 5.0.22-community-nt > > I have a large FLAC library (~50k songs) but damnit, it shouldn't take > hours to scan just because it is located on a NAS, especially not when > the same library scans in under 20 minutes under Linux. I'm annoyed > that I started a scan operation ovr four hours ago, came back to the > house after being out for most of the afternoon only to find the damned > thing is still scanning - with scanning set to highest priority. > > What gives, any ideas? Do you mean has anything new emerged since you asked the same question a month ago? Why not go back to running SlimServer under Linux? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31844 My experience (and apparently yours as well): A Windows SlimServer with an Infrant NAS for file storage is a BAD/SLOW/BROKEN combination. There's something going on there with network file access between the two systems that just doesn't jive. Whether the issue is limited to file shares on just the Infrant system or is more general is something probably worth looking into. File a bug report and maybe someone will look into it. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off
kdf wrote: > On 25-Feb-07, at 1:10 AM, madsk wrote: > > >> kdf;183354 Wrote: >> >>> If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them >>> at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to >>> squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or >>> newer. For squeezenetwork, check squeezenetwork.com >>> >>> -kdf >>> >> Thanks >> Does this mean that the squeezebox connects the squeezenetwork,and play >> the predefined stations,so the computer is only needed to setting up >> the >> stations? >> >> > basically yes. SqueezeNetwork is essentially a global slimserver. You > just need to set up the "favorites" that you want through that web site > and they are available any time you want. Eventually, slimserver and > squeezenetwork will have much more integration, allowing you to save > the favorites from one to load into the other, and possibly more in > future. > The only thing missing in SqueezeNetwork is the ability to upload your own library ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off
On 25-Feb-07, at 1:10 AM, madsk wrote: > > kdf;183354 Wrote: >> If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them >> at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to >> squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or >> newer. For squeezenetwork, check squeezenetwork.com >> >> -kdf > > Thanks > Does this mean that the squeezebox connects the squeezenetwork,and play > the predefined stations,so the computer is only needed to setting up > the > stations? > basically yes. SqueezeNetwork is essentially a global slimserver. You just need to set up the "favorites" that you want through that web site and they are available any time you want. Eventually, slimserver and squeezenetwork will have much more integration, allowing you to save the favorites from one to load into the other, and possibly more in future. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...
ASS-Ware wrote: > jonheal;182579 Wrote: > >> Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff, please >> clarify something for me: >> >> As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully) >> prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets you send out into the >> atmosphere. Protecting the integrity of your network, and the machines >> on it, is another matter entirely. Am I wrong in that assumption? And >> if all your broadcasting is music packets, is it that big of a deal to >> protect them? >> > > The thing is, once somebody hacks your wifi, that person is in your > network and can try to access all computers in your network, and even > worse, use your internet connection for attacks to other networks on > the web and you are the one to blame if it's discovered as they use > your connection. > And what about somebody hacking your wifi and thus being part of your > network and then download child pornography ? > If discovered, they come to your door !!! > That happened not far from my village. > They may come to your door, but they won't prosecute you unless they find more evidence. Of course, the hacker may leave some evidence on your disk, but that would be a personal attack against you, which is possible if you have enemies. It sounds unlikely to me that child porn enthousiasts would possess such technical knowledge and go through all that physical work. If you're that good, you'd better set up a botnet to do your dirty work and control them over TOR from the comfort of your own home. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off
kdf;183354 Wrote: > If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them > at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to > squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or > newer. For squeezenetwork, check squeezenetwork.com > > -kdf Thanks Does this mean that the squeezebox connects the squeezenetwork,and play the predefined stations,so the computer is only needed to setting up the stations? Mads. -- madsk madsk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10397 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33078 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
