[slim] DS106e + SSODS + SlimServer 6.5.3
Dear All, After departed with my DS106e for a year I just got it back. I have ever installed the SSODS and SS 6.3.x on it and got quite slow performance but at least it was worktable. I am just wondering is it possible to install the latest SS6.5.3 and SSODS on it and still get a functional unit? Just afraid that the hardware is too slow to deal with the software. Is there someone having the same or similar setup and can kindly share your experience? Thank you so much! -- hkpilot hkpilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37569 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Issues Connecting to Linux File Server
> I read on the Logitech FAQ page or whatever that one needs to create a > user on the Linux box called Slimserver and make sure that the user has > access to the files. Not quite right. You'll have to configure Samba on your Linux box to allow for anonymous access, too. Or make sure slimserver is run as a user known to the Linux box. The default system user used by SlimServer isn't allowed to access anything outside the local machine. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] slimserver disables agent newsreader
> In case anyone has agent (at least the old version I have) you must stop > slimserver otherwise agent will not be able to access newsgroups. And why should this be needed? I don't see any relation between a news reader and slimserver... What problem did you encounter? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin
Hi Tim
Indeed the fix you gave me worked perfectly. THANK YOU!!!
{{OK, rblim. I figured out how to display titles from internet radio
just like the squeezebox. In status.html, on line 135 change the
reference to "itemobj.title" to "songtitle". That's it. Let me know if
that works for you. - Tim}}
However, I may have discovered another bug in Internet Radio,
specifically with live365.com (only one I've tested thus far).
When you nagivate to "Internet Radio" then "Live365.com" and then to
ACCOUNT and "log in" everything seems to work fine.
Next, if (at the top) you select "My Presets" (from amongst the genre
choices) the next screen says "Not Logged into Live365.com" and the "My
Presets" are not displayed. It does not appear that you are actually
"logged out" because you can select "Genres" or any other choice and it
gives you back that selection and any station playing continues to play.
However, selecting "My Presets" never retrieves the user's presets from
live365.com as the Squeezebox does. Any ideas?
Thanks again. Unless you get tired of me, I'll continue testing the
PSP Skin and reporting my finds. Greatly appreciate all the time and
effort you have put in. I showed this to a friend who has Sonos, and
now he's upset because Sonos is certainly not as complete nor as
feature-rich a "system as SlimServer is. And with PSP Skin and a Sony
PSP you get all the same glitz os a Sonos remote. Very kewl!!
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Re: [slim] Accuradio - Compatible with SlimServer ?
All of their normal mp3 streams are available within Slim Picks -> By Webcaster -> Accuradio. They have additional "stations" that only work via their website. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37566 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Accuradio - Compatible with SlimServer ?
Any experience with Accuradio ? It is easy to play the stream from their site, but the URL and player are obscured. The URL does contain "shoutcast2" which is interesting. -- robbiex robbiex's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37566 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Flash wrapper to allow daemon on Web access
I don't think I have successfully parsed your question. "Player daemon"? But I'll mention a little I know about Flash. Without special server software (Adobe sells it, but there are open source projects as well), Flash doesn't really stream music. It does progressive download. It can do a great job at playing a single mp3 file (or a sequence of them, for that matter), but without server support or some tricky Flash programming (quite tricky, I believe) it probably wouldn't work on SlimServer's stream.mp3 (part of the problem being that stream.mp3 isn't really rate-limited...not sure how well it would work if it were). It's fairly easy to communicate with a Flash app via javascript, so all sorts of control scenarios are possible. If I ever manage to update slimfx, I would like to include functionality to play music in the browser, making use of the download link per track and managing the playlists in the client code. (I got started on some of this, but put it aside a while ago and haven't managed to pick it up again). -- gsamsa gsamsa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=194 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37535 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver Doesn't Recognize Drive
I have an external drive connected to my computer. The drive letter assigned is N. When I tell Slimserver to search for music files on the drive it returns with and error saying there's something wrong with the drive. I know the drive is working since I can see it in Explorer. I think the issue may be the drive letter. I have been able to catalog music on drives C: and F:. Any ideas? -- dminches dminches's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Issues Connecting to Linux File Server
Hello all I have looked over this forum and can't seem to find an answer that works so i'm throwing up this post to see if anyone can help me out. Here's my setup... I have a SB3 and am running Slimserver Version: 6.5.3 on an XP machine. Also on my network I've got a Fedora Core 5 machine with about 1.5tb of flacs, most of which are 44.1khz/16bit. I've got a few network drives from the Linux box mapped over to the windows box, i can connect that way no problem. Permissions on all directories and files on the Linux box is 777 so they should be wide open to my knowledge (mind you i'm no Linux guru by any means). On my windows box i've got a drive D where i keep my mp3 collection, and I've created windows shortcuts to each of the network drives that are on the Linux box and put them on drive d. Whenever I do a scan to add all music on drive d to the Slimserver, none of the flacs import into the Slimserver database. Everything that is on the windows box (locally) works fine but anything on the Linux box doesn't come over. Or, when I go into Tune In URL and put in \\192.168.1.20\hdf1\New\phish1995-12-29 (which is the path to the flacs) nothing happens. This used to work fine for me, and I dont think anything really changed on my Linux box, and the only real thing that has changed on my windows box where Slimserver resides is just the fact that I've updated the Slimserver software. I read on the Logitech FAQ page or whatever that one needs to create a user on the Linux box called Slimserver and make sure that the user has access to the files. Well i did create a user name called Slimserver but what would the password be(does that matter?). I think i gave that user account access to all the files but i'm not too sharp on users/groups in Linux. So if anyone has any tips it'd appreciate it. I've contemplated moving all this over to a windows platform but its worked well for a long time doing what it does and did work with Slimserver for a while but now it just seems to be broken and my guess is something with permissions on the Linux box. Thanks in advanced. -- crazyed crazyed's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10228 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37563 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] slimserver disables agent newsreader
In case anyone has agent (at least the old version I have) you must stop slimserver otherwise agent will not be able to access newsgroups. Just so you know Tom -- tom.jelly sale items added daily to http://www.industrialtoolandmachineworks.com tom.jelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37561 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim server can't see my USB drive on my Mac mini
Thanks for your reply.. But I'm lost.!! Sorry i'm just an Windows engineer.. I have downloaded Symbolic Linker 1.2v2 from versiontracker In the read me file, this says that i have to copy this in to dmg to tthe contex menu items.. Ok.. this was done.. next .. I'm lost now Read me txt also says that I have to push Control comand esc... how do i make this ? I have only ESc on my apple keyboard or ?? As you can see,, I really need basic help with this.. Thanks.. Caad -- Caad Caad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9350 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finding files (or not) on external hard drive
you are correct. after some trial and error per your suggestion, slimserver was able to read the music folder on the external hard drive. now, it turns out, i have another issue: when i browse the transporter, only a portion of the songs per album are visible on the display. i think i have seen postings on this problem, but i'm not sure where. thanks for your help. -- newsie newsie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] FreeBSD: Mysql issue when upgrading to 6.5.3
Greetings. I just updated slimserver from 6.5.1 to 6.5.3 using portupgrade. No problems whith the upgadeprecess at all, but after that, slimserver server died. Time to dig into Logfile: 2007-08-12 23:21:12.6473 ERROR: MySQLHelper: createSystemTables() Couldn't connect to database: [Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/db/slimserver/cache/slimserver-mysql.sock' (2)] Strange: Mysql on port 9092 was running, so that left me baffled for a second. But slimserver stop (from rc.d) didn't stop the slim-mysqld, so I had to kill it myself, and after that "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/slimserver start" did bring up a new mysql that the slimserver could connect to. I suspect the change of SLIMUSER/GRP is to blame (fits with the errormessage that I suspect is straight from DBI) So perhaps the FreeBSD maintainer should look at the portupgrade, and make sure the mysqld-6.5.1 is stopped while the credentials fits. Of course doing a "windows" (reboot) would solve the problem, but thats just not good unix-carme :) Thanks for maintaining the port, I hope you can use my feedback. Kind regards Søren Schrøder Happy Squeezebox2 and SoftSqueeze on FreeBSD user -- Sch -- Søren Schrøder. Happy Squeezebox2 user on FreeBSD Sch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8991 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37559 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finding files (or not) on external hard drive
Presumably you are using a Mac. I am not sure what you mean by "can't get it into the main music file." Do you mean a folder on your external drive, or are the files loose on the drive? And what do you mean by "I believe I have gotten ss to recognise the drive". What have you done, and how have you checked that SS recognises it? Assuming that you have a music folder on the drive, then if the drive was connected direct to the computer, you would use /Volumes/DriveName/FolderName to point to the folder in the Web interface. I am not sure if this will work in your situation, where the drive is attached to the router. It may work, but may ned different syntax. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Finding files (or not) on external hard drive
Greetings: Despite my best efforts, I have not been able to direct slim server to the music files on my external hard drive. I should add that the external drive is wired directly into my apple extreme router and is visible on my desktop. While I believe I have gotten ss to recognize the drive, I can't get it into the main music file. Help! And thanks in advance, -- newsie newsie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] qnap 201 squeezenetwork anyway to stop constant update
6.5.3 for the TS-101 & TS-201 is due out shortly. Keep an eye on this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37033 -- Ian_F Ian_F's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8308 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] qnap 201 squeezenetwork anyway to stop constant update
There is a hack: change "squeezebox2.version" as outlined here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35664&highlight=squeezebox2.version Don't know how "editable" this is on a Qnap though. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] qnap 201 squeezenetwork anyway to stop constant update
Is there anyway to stop the constant updating everytime you change from slimserver to squeezenetwork. I far as I've been told it's because slimserver is not the latest version (6.5.1 being the latest for the ts 201) apparently to use pandora it needs the latest so has one of you clever Folk found a work round ? surely I can't be the only one with a 201 that likes flacs & radio! All the best Gomez.. -- Gomez Gomez's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12739 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $100 for a better web-based browsing system?
erland;220395 Wrote: > I'm guessing that you have already tried the "Tags" (Dynamic Tags) menu Kinda. I have spent some time with these before, and have just done another hour. The problem is that I rarely know what to expect, and when it doesn't do what I expect, I have no idea what to do. I find these quite difficult to use (and I am not stupid and far from tech-averse!). Current status: it's giving me an error. I'll leave it to do a full rescan now I've installed the latest versions of custom scan/browse and see what happens. I'll post to a separate thread if necessary. erland;220395 Wrote: > Now, some questions regarding your proposal: > === > 1. > Are we just talking about a web based interface, or do you also want a > SqueezeBox interface towards the browsing mechanism ? > Or would the "Tags" menu in the current state be good enough for the > SqueezeBo interface ? > > 2. > Do you have any specific skin in mind for the web interface, or would > default + Fishbone be good enough ? > Is Nokia770/Touch skin also a requirement ? > > 3. > Are we just talking about "browsing" or do you also need an interface > for editing the different tags/values for a specific song ? > Or would it be good enough to store the tags/values in tags in the > music files using some of the standard tagging applications available > ? > > 4. > Are we just talking about a way to browse your own music by the > tags/values you have set, or do you want connection to some sort of > central music database where all users can retrieve tags for their > music ? Like LastFM/Musicbrainz ? > > 5. > When I compare the current Custom Browse/Custom Scan "Tags" menu with > the Fortuna system, the big different is that you will see a lot less > information simultaneously on the screen with the "Tags" menu and it > also requires a few more clicks to get what you want. Is this the same > differences you are seeing or am I missing some major point in your > solution ? 1: the current SB interface is fine - it's hard enough to see anyway, with my 36 year-old eyes! So it's web only for me. 2: default and fishbone is fine. I never use Nokia770 - I'm quite happy with rather boring-looking lists, as long as they show what I want :) 3: standard tagging programs are fine - I spend far too long in MP3Tag! 4: I've given up with last.fm - everything classical has such a random name, even when you try to be MusicBrainz compliant. Just browsing my own music is fine, indeed all I am looking for. 5: the key advantage of the fortuna system is seeing the result of your filters immediately. It's just nicely laid out and allows you to find things when you're not looking for them - the key to a good browse system! erland;220395 Wrote: > It would be great to get a discussion about a browsing mechanism like > this. For people with a small/medium large library with only Pop/Rock > music the current standard SlimServer browsing mechanism probably works > quite good. But I've stared to see that for people with classical music, > the current SlimServer way of browsing doesn't really work. My feeling > so far is that the main problem is that the current browse menus is to > static, the result is that you need to know where the thing you are > looking for is before you start to browse for it. Another problem is > that the current menu structure is to flat for a large library with > classical music. The conflict is that the flat menu structure is also > great for people with small Pop/Rock libraries, since it makes it easy > and fast for them to find things. Exactly right. I like to browse with no end in mind - I might fancy baroque chamber music, say, or modern orchestral. My classical library is large and getting bigger (multisets of complete symphonies of XYZ are so cheap!), so I need to manage it better. I'm happy to spend lots of time tagging, but I am no programmer... Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Philips Pronto PRO
My effort for a complete control system for Slim Server and Slim devices using the Philips Pronto PRO has just about finished beta testing. It functions on the Pronto PRO (TSU9600) running in a wireless (Wi-Fi) environment and supplies two way control/feedback to control Slim Device players. At this time it does not support the construction and editing of playlists, leaving that up to the WEB interface. It provides a fully graphic interface with stylus and/or hard key control depending on the users choice. The initial screen searches and discovers all players and then allows the user to select the player to deal with. Setting options allow automatic selection of a player. The second screen shows the status of the selected player (Sleep, Shuffle, Repeat, Now Playing (Title, Artist, Album, Genre), Next Up (Title, Artist, Album, genre), song duration, Queue position, time remaining and the current play list. All of the obvious controls are provided (Stop, Play, Next, Prior, Pause, Browse, "GoTo", and Playlist traversal. The third screen provides for selection of what is to be played by artist, album, genre, playlist. General filtering is not provided. If you have a good Wi-Fi setup in your home, this control system will run any and all of the slim players from anywhere in the house, or of you are geeky enough and know what you are doing from any wi-fi point in the world. Unfortunately, while you can control the players from Morocco hearing the music in Morocco is a bit of a different problem. If you are interested in a copy contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no charge, but there are some rules regarding use and distribution. -- barrygordon barrygordon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37552 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] rokuradio
ok, thanks for that -- Scotsman Scotsman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12447 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37493 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.3 Woes
kweller;220292 Wrote: > Most of the issues seem to have disappeared with the deletion and > re-installation of Slimserver but the one that remains is this display > issue. > > I have no understanding of why but what is causing it is remote control > software. The display has worked as it should for a few days. I loaded > Moose (I run this on a different machine to Slimserver), went out, came > back and the display problem was back. I closed Moose, pressed the FF > button to clear the display issue, went out again for a few hours and > when I came back it was fine. I then loaded Slimremote and within a few > minutes the display issue was back. > > I then closed Slimremote, hit the FF button and left it and for the > last few hours it has been fine. > > Kevin ...and as a final test I left the Slimserver web page running on the same remote PC and that had exactly the same effect - within a few hours the display was wrong. [shrugs] I took a tangential approach to the problem and moved the Squeezebox to where I can see it from my desk and put the physical remote control on the desk. It's not as convenient but it works! Kevin -- kweller kweller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37123 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim server can't see my USB drive on my Mac mini
As I explained in my earlier post, the *simplest* ay to make a symbolic link is to donwload one of the programs that do it for you - look for them on versiontracker. This avoids the issue of having to get the right syntax in Terminal. And when it is created, the symbolic link is just a tiny file that can be moved to a convenient place like any other file. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $100 for a better web-based browsing system?
Hi Adam, It's fun to read your post as I'm spending all my free time since a month or more to achieve what you're describing. By playing with flac tags, CustomScan and CustomBrowse, I manage to get the browsing system of your dreamss. It may not be as integrated and beautiful as the Fortuna system, but for sure it's as practical. Simply by using a complicated set of tags (MY-CONDUCTORS, MY-INSTRUMENTISTS, MY-COMPOSER, MY-ORCHESTRAS, MY-CATALOG-NUMBER, MY-CHOIRS, MY-SINGERS MY-WORK MY-COMPOSING-GENRE MY-GENRES) each with the corresponding "xxx-SORT" when needed, I can now browse freely with structures like this: composer -> opus -> conductor composer -> work -> conductor composer -> conductor conductor -> composer instrumentist -> genre -> composer composing-year -> genre -> genre -> composer etc. The hardest thing in this process isn't the setup of the software but the way to organize tags. After a lot of tries and errors, I arrive to a system with some similitudes with Fortuna. I told earlier that I would put an article on the wiki to summarize these thoughts and scripts as my process is nearly finalized... I'm only frightened to be the only crazy guy with the need, desire and will to do it this way. -- vrobin vrobin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11705 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $100 for a better web-based browsing system?
I'm guessing that you have already tried the "Tags" (Dynamic Tags) menu which is available when Custom Browse plugin is used together with the Custom Scan plugin and its "Mixed Tag" scanning module ? I've mentioned it in a few threads, but so far I've got very little feedback on it. If I understand what you want correctly, it implements your proposal, but isn't as user friendly as you like. If you haven't used it, here is a short description of the functionality of the "Tags" menu: - Standard information scanned by SlimServer will be part of the menu - Custom tags scanned with the Custom Tag scanning module in the Custom Scan plugin will be part of the menu. - The can browse the menu in unlimited number of levels in what ever order you like. A specific "tag" can be selected several times with different values, for example by browsing music that belongs both to the "Pop" genre and the "Rock" genre. So, if you haven't tried it already, I think it might be worth a try, at least to get some sort of feeling about what works good and what doesn't. Here is a link to my wiki that shows an example how you can configure it: http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Setup:_A_dynamic_browse_menu_to_browse_your_music_by_tags Now, some questions regarding your proposal: === 1. Are we just talking about a web based interface, or do you also want a SqueezeBox interface towards the browsing mechanism ? Or would the "Tags" menu in the current state be good enough for the SqueezeBo interface ? 2. Do you have any specific skin in mind for the web interface, or would default + Fishbone be good enough ? Is Nokia770/Touch skin also a requirement ? 3. Are we just talking about "browsing" or do you also need an interface for editing the different tags/values for a specific song ? Or would it be good enough to store the tags/values in tags in the music files using some of the standard tagging applications available ? 4. Are we just talking about a way to browse your own music by the tags/values you have set, or do you want connection to some sort of central music database where all users can retrieve tags for their music ? Like LastFM/Musicbrainz ? 5. When I compare the current Custom Browse/Custom Scan "Tags" menu with the Fortuna system, the big different is that you will see a lot less information simultaneously on the screen with the "Tags" menu and it also requires a few more clicks to get what you want. Is this the same differences you are seeing or am I missing some major point in your solution ? It would be great to get a discussion about a browsing mechanism like this. For people with a small/medium large library with only Pop/Rock music the current standard SlimServer browsing mechanism probably works quite good. But I've stared to see that for people with classical music, the current SlimServer way of browsing doesn't really work. My feeling so far is that the main problem is that the current browse menus is to static, the result is that you need to know where the thing you are looking for is before you start to browse for it. Another problem is that the current menu structure is to flat for a large library with classical music. The conflict is that the flat menu structure is also great for people with small Pop/Rock libraries, since it makes it easy and fast for them to find things. -- 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=37545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicMagic (MusicIP) does not show
Dave, thanks, I checked again and thenI realized that the API did not start and once I clicked it, it's working. Message: 7 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:39:34 +0800 From: maths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [slim] MusicMagic (MusicIP) does not show To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Yes, API has been turned on in MusicIP -- Message: 26 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:37:54 -0700 From: davep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [slim] MusicMagic (MusicIP) does not show To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Did you turn on the API under MusicIP? (can't remember exactly where it is in the settings. davep -- davep > > > > ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why the focus on specialized NAS devices?
Agree, Purchased a cheap notebook computer for the task, I am thinking of atleast storing or my music + other stuff on a compact dedicated NAS box running 24/7. JDH. danm;219421 Wrote: > Just curious. I took a spare, four year old Shuttle computer laying > around. 1.6GHz processor, 2 gigs ram, with two 160GB disks. Nothing > special, but this is the old Zen line which is very quiet (external > brick power supply). > > Anyhow it's got windows on it, I installed SS and my music and it's > running flawlessly. No configuration, no wasted time. It also has a CD > reader and EAC so it's the complete solution, and dedicated to serving, > ripping, and holding my music. > > The beautiful twist is that I have it suspend after an hour of no use. > If it's down when I try to listen a WOL packet wakes it right up. If > it's turned off it's the same, and up and running in less than a > minute. > > It's low power, quiet, powerful, cheap, upgradable, and easy. Why mess > with any of the boutique NAS solutions? -- jdh500 jdh500's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11601 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why the focus on specialized NAS devices?
erland;220332 Wrote: > As I have said earlier in another thread, my feel is that the optimal > solution for SlimServer would be if someone sold a small pretty silent > computer with pre-installed, pre-configured SlimServer. It could be > something like a Mac Mini or a VIA EPIA based solution. Some people > would still need a NAS for the scalable redundant storage, but I'm > pretty sure a pre-built computer would solve the SlimServer hardware > problem for most people better than what a NAS solution does. No arguments here, however now that NAS boxes with sufficient grunt and supporting modularisation are becoming available I'm quite happy to divorce my listening from having to have one of my desktop PCs running. I think the point is either option is ok, so long as it is a dedicated, independent of my desktop PCs solution, that can for all intents and purposes run quietly and reliably 24/7/365. My Thecus N5200PRO fits that bill nicely. -- egd Thecus N5200PRO >> Transporter >> ATC SCA2 >> ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Softsqueeze for Palm OS?
why not just use the web browser to get into the slimserver interface? -- monkie monkie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] $100 for a better web-based browsing system?
OK, I'd like a proper system for web browsing of classical music, and I have $100 for anyone who does it! Erland, this might have your name written on it! It is very similar to the Fortuna system here: http://www.fortunaclassical.com/5-3-06/maestro/interface.cfm?movie=search It's also very like the dabs way of shopping at www.dabs.com The basic principle is to have a filter-based system whereby one can browse through genres. In the genre tag I use multiple values as follows: > Classical (included in all classical) > Period - baroque (there are 6 or 7 periods, all with tags of this > format) > Scale - orchestral (there are just three scales - also instrumental and > chamber) > Instrument - violin (there are many different instrument choices) Ideally, these would be dynamically generated, so people who had different systems would just tag as appropriate, and the filter system would realise that the " - " (or whatever) was a separator. It would then produce the filter system automatically. Then there would be a system for selecting the other fields: artist and album, certainly; opus number, conductor, orchestra and soloists would be great but not essential. Then we'd have a big list of what currently fits into the filter criteria. Then there would be some drop-downs for what (and how much) to show, sort order etc, and how to group things. Here is an illustration of what I'm getting at: [image: http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x67/AmDismal/ExampleFilterSystem.jpg] This would work via the web browser only - I don't think it makes sense via the remote. It does need to work on my Nokia 770 too! So not much to ask for $100 is it? :) I think it is something that should be included by Slim Devices, but since they have not done so, and are not looking like it, I need to rely on the open source community. If others make valuable contributions, I'll happily contribute CDs from Amazon wishlists or whatever. If there is a better place for such requests (feature request on bugs?), then let me know. And, of course, if anyone else wants to contribute cash, it might provide more of an incentive! Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just blew my power adaptor :-)
I have some new UK ones surplus if you want one. A fiver plus some postage. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim server can't see my USB drive on my Mac mini
hey again Thanks for your replies.. Sorry for not make my self clear. But My problem is that I don't know how to make a symbolic link ln -s ?? and how to set up a patch to the folder.. the FAQ pages had a super description earlier this, but this seem to be deleted?? Thank for any help this simple problem Caad -- Caad Caad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9350 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim server can't see my USB drive on my Mac mini
You put the symbolic link inside the main music folder, if you want to look at files in different places. If all your files are on the external drive, googdot's way of entering its name as the music folder is correct. Symbolic links can be created in Terminal, but there are several programs that will save the trouble of entering Terminal commands. Look on versiontracker or macupdate for "symbolic link". there's a free program whose only function is to create links, and shareware programs with a lot of useful functions, one of which is creating a link. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
