Re: [slim] Help: SqueezeCenter Configuration
When I get to the config screen asking for my username and password, I enter the correct information but it doesn't recognize my account. I can log into the squeeze network web page without any problem. This is only happening when I am trying to configure squeeze center. Are you using some special characters in your password (eg. accents, umlauts, non-latin stuff etc.)? Could you please set logging for squeezenetwork in Settings-Advanced-Logging to debug, try again, and upload server.log to this thread? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Special Characters like #345; and á
I now experience exactly the same issue: some files with special characters (eg. ü in Ouvertüre) do not play. I am using the iTunes integration and all my files are in Apple Lossless format. Would they work if they were mp3 or flac? Are they showing up in SC at all? Did it work in SC 7.0? I wonder whether it's the transcoder which doesn't understand the file paths, now that they're fixed in SC. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Special Characters like #345; and á
Couldn't create command line for mov playback for Could you please enable debugging for player.source so we get more information about why you're seeing this failure? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Embed images in thread posts
Is it possible to embed an image in a thread post? -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
egd;291138 Wrote: Is it possible to embed an image in a thread post? Each of the forums is configured a little differently. Some of them don't permit the embedding of images using the BBCode IMG tag, but you can upload an image as an attachment, within the size limits set. Use the 'Manage Attachments' button. +---+ |Filename: transporter-black-front-505.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4815| +---+ -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
Oh... To see what's allowed in each forum see the 'Posting Rules' in the bottom left corner of the forum's index page. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
thx, I take it then that the SD forum doesn't display embedded images, but rather shows them as a link. I thoud I'd seen a few embedded images in these forums before though. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?
It is 128kb AAC recorded through iTunes. it shouldn't be a problem to stream. I have now tried streaming the music library from two different PC's running Vista and still the stuttering continues. It is a mystery... -- milesbeverley milesbeverley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16662 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44165 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller scratch
pc4ever1;291073 Wrote: Actually I'm extremely disappointed with the front face ptotection . I've only had my Duet for 2 weeks and have many scratches. I would have thought that 1) the front face be made from glass , extremely scratch resistant or 2) use a scratch resistant coating or 3) offer face protectors or a case etc. You could view this as going through an initial phase of hoping it will stay looking good as new. It's a natural psychological response to anything you buy. The reaction to the first blemish is always one of disappointment. But nothing stays in mint condition forever. After a while, objects acquire a patina of use, and their scuffs and dings become an intrinsic part of their character - almost a mark of their usefulness. So once your Controller is smothered in scratches, it'll be no big deal. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45139 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
No it isn't good enough. Quite contrary. The most advertised tagging program here, mp3tag, allows not to change a file update date (preserves it, to be exact) I predominantly use mp3tag, which is configured to update the timestamp. You should untick Mp3Tag Options Tags Preserve file modification Time when saving tags. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
It works fine for not showing artists in the artist list if that is their only performance. However, it also doesn't allow you to go (following artist link, drilling down by tag) to other albums of that artist if there are any. You're right. That seems undesirable to me - it only shows other albums that the track artist has performed as a track artist. It should display the same list as navigating to that artist. I had a look at the link, (eg. http://localhost:9000/Default/browsedb.html?hierarchy=contributor,album,tracklevel=1contributor.id=703contributor.role=TRACKARTISTplayer=00%3A04%3A20%3A06%3A38%3A3c) I can see contributor.role=TRACKARTIST. Similarly, the album artist link has (contributor.role=ALBUMARTIST) in the link. If you remove that part of the link (eg. so it becomes http://localhost:9000/Default/browsedb.html?hierarchy=contributor,album,tracklevel=1contributor.id=703player=00%3A04%3A20%3A06%3A38%3A3c), then you'll see all albums that the artist has performed on (whether as an album artist, band, track artist, composer, etc). I see no reason for filtering the link to a specific contributor role. I think that's a bug. Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
Perhaps, but is this thread not the continuation of a thread that I began? I'm sorry, I never saw the original thread. This one was pointed out to me from a bug that was hijacked. I don't read much in the discuss mailing list, because it's full of unnecessary chaff. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
iTunes. I'm not talking about multiple artist tags, just multiple artist in one tags. Nonetheless, iTune is still bright enough to list and sort by Album Artist. No it's not. It displays as Band. And it's far from intelligent. Quite awful in fact. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
If I understand correctly, it sounds to me as though bullgod's requirements could be met with the following additional logic: If every track has TRACKARTIST=Artist X (even if some tracks have multiple TRACKARTIST tags) and ALBUMARTIST is not already set, then set ALBUMARTIST=Artist X. No, what he's asking for is not possible, because he has used a single artist name, not multiple artists. It works in iTunes because they have used the frig of using Band to mean album artist, and he's got a single string literal in the band tag for each song (which may contain several artist names in the one band name). The scanner would have to cope with looking for sub-string matches in the artist tags. It would then have to decide that as a substring of each artist string matches for every song, set the album artist to that substring. It would also have to guess when that sub-string is not actually an artist, etc. Eg. an album with songs by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, should not be known as album artist = The . There is no problem to solve in this example. The tags aren't set right. Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?
AAC/M4a file will stutter on PC's running Vista with SATA disks using a NVIDIA adaptor/chips. There are a number of threads on the subject (usually under the header Stutter / m4a and not this thread title !) - the problem is associated with Quicktime. Try the faad2 solution described in post 13 of this thread. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 If your PC matches the above criteria, essentially install faad2 and edit convert.conf (use Wordpad) to match the lines in the post. Ignore the comments about mplayer as that was offered as an alternative to faad2. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44165 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suitability of Network Powerline Adapters?
I too, have been using the 85Mb Homeplugs from Maplin very successfully. After deciding to go over to using iPeng on an iPod Touch, I needed a good wireless signal again, so I added a mains Homeplug connected wireless extender + 4 port switch (Maplins £29) and effectively have moved my WiFi access to a point lower down and nearer the middle of the house. This has been useful not only for SB3 control, but allows me to use my laptop in a less restricted area. -- Lesu Lesu's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15321 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezecenter and audio streaming on Symbian OS, UIQ3 - iPhone?
A nice way to listen to your music through Squeezecenter: Stream it to your wifi cell phone :) Several newer cell phones have now wifi capabilites, it is then possible to listen to streamed audio music for free. I tried this with a Sony-Ericsson W960, that runs Symian Os 9.1 and UIQ3. I had to install 3rd party software, called LCG Jukebox, because although it is a walkman phone, it didnt seem to be able to play streaming audio. I then entered the http://192.168.x.x:9000/stream.mp3 url in LCG Jukebox, and 192.168.x.x:9000 in the web browser, and could then listen to the music I have on my computer, and to Internet radios, services etc.. :) In my case it also helped to pass through the proxy auth this way (Have Squeezecenter as proxy, and Squeezecenter using a proxy that passes on the proxy auth to the 1rst proxy) A question, has anyone done this with the iPhone ? natively, or with a 3rd party soft ? +---+ |Filename: 080413011125.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4820| +---+ -- remd remd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14098 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46282 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SC 7.0 Manual scan
Hello, Why doesn't Dos accept the following command: D:\Program Files\SqueezeCenter\serverscanner.exe-wipe-d_import-d_server-d_scan-logfile=D:\SqueezeCenter.log knowing that D:\ is the correct partition. Probably something very silly on my side but .. Thanks Roger -- Scallywagfr78 Scallywagfr78's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5136 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46283 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
thx, I take it then that the SD forum doesn't display embedded images, but rather shows them as a link. I thoud I'd seen a few embedded images in these forums before though. I do see Jim's image embedded in his posting. Don't you? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
I see it. What do I win? I'm logged in. Using Firefox, if it matters. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter Unable to Write To: when startup
When I start up SqueezeCenter on my Windows Vista PC, I get a Unable to Write To: error message. It does not say what it is unable to write to. Can someone advise how I can debug the problem? Are you running SC as a user without administrative privileges? Would you see the same message if you closed the tray icon and restarted it? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC 7.0 Manual scan
Files\SqueezeCenter\serverscanner.exe-wipe-d_import-d_server-d_scan-logfile=D:\SqueezeCenter.log Did you really write the command this way? If you did so, then just add a space before any hyphen... -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
mherger;291178 Wrote: I do see Jim's image embedded in his posting. Don't you? No, not if I'm logged in. Seems they're visible if I'm not logged into the forum. All I see when logged in is an attached images box with the filename link inside. Bizarre... -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
logged in. Seems they're visible if I'm not logged into the forum. All I see when logged in is an attached images box with the filename link inside. Bizarre... Check your forum settings. This obviously works by default, but you disabled it somehow in your profile. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Remote
egd;291007 Wrote: *Edit:* It gets even better. You cannot order for delivery in the US and pay with a card from a region SD doesn't sell to. WTF...? This means I couldn't buy a SD gift for anyone in the US or anywhere else Logitech has its own defunct SD distribution channels and also means that I simply cannot access spares...I'm beginning to get just a little annoyed! As an aside, this is pretty common in the US and here in the UK too. I don't think it is necesarily SD/Logitech who have imposed this restriction, but their agreement with the credit clearing company. Supposedly this is to reduce the risk of fraud. I've spoken to a couple of online retailers I know about this in the UK. Amazon are an exception to this. They will take payment from a UK card on the US site no problem and ship it to someone in the US or, depending on the item, the UK too. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed images in thread posts
mherger;291190 Wrote: Check your forum settings. This obviously works by default, but you disabled it somehow in your profile. Solved, thx :) must have inadvertently turned it off at some point. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Remote
egd;291051 Wrote: Thx, I'd already emailed them explaining the situation after my rant. Hopefully there's a simple solution to this. In case it helps, I rang them and started a ticket on their support system. BTW. I think Michael Valera may have said that spares would be available by the end of this month somewhere else on the forums. I need a battery for my Controller and even if you have a friend in the US who can order it for you they're not available as they've sold out. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. 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=43173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?
Eric Seaberg;290801 Wrote: You know, I'm not done yet. Now, about that pill you're taking I'd share but I really need them all. ;~( -- Nonreality *-If the rule you followed brought you to this, what good is the rule.-* Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45961 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
smc2911;291050 Wrote: If I understand correctly, it sounds to me as though bullgod's requirements could be met with the following additional logic: If every track has TRACKARTIST=Artist X (even if some tracks have multiple TRACKARTIST tags) and ALBUMARTIST is not already set, then set ALBUMARTIST=Artist X. You'd want to exclude the extreme cases where there is more than one artist that every track is tagged with. No. I don't think it will. Because I have ALBUM ARTIST set, and that's what I want SC to key on. Most of my desired functionality will be achieved by turning off, or overriding, the logic that says: Albums with tracks where artists aren't all the same, implies an compilation. You're trying to second guess, where there is no need. I've said where I want this album to appear by either setting Album Artist or Compilation explicitly. The logic I want is: if there is a consistent Album Artist = not a compilation and this overrides the current rule multiple artists = Compilation. I've hacked the code to remove the multiple artists = Compilation and it worked fine (for me) - where there is a album artist, it gets listed there. When I've said it's a compilation it's under Various Artists. The only down side is that every track artist gets displayed in the Artist List which others might dislike. So probably what's really needed is Home-Album Artist listing, but that's another story. -- bullgod bullgod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9916 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changing SB Receiver from wireless to ethernet
OK - finally got this working. I had to do a factory reset on the Controller. Once this was done, the ethernet option appeared during Receiver setup. Mind you, the first couple of attempts failed. I then rebooted the Controller and Receiver once again and it worked. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46254 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suitability of Network Powerline Adapters?
I switched from an older Netgear rangemax wireless router to a new Netgear type N (WNR854T). The change was pretty incredible. I'm always at 95% and up and have never had any drop outs. My youtube used to be pretty shaky and now it's great on my laptop. I was tentative about getting it because the standard is new but I'm really pleased I did. -- Nonreality *-If the rule you followed brought you to this, what good is the rule.-* Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Remote
My thinking too, should probably ship with the better controller considering its price point !!! JDH. spc337;266466 Wrote: Bummer - I would think a Transporter Bundle would make some sense given the price points. How about some news on a Transporter 2 ?? -- jdh500 jdh500's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11601 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC 7.0 Manual scan
Hello, Thanks Michael. It worked. Regards Roger -- Scallywagfr78 Scallywagfr78's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5136 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46283 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezecenter and audio streaming on Symbian OS, UIQ3 - iPhone?
There was this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39363 awhile back but was more specific to S60 devices. Works well, but the audio drops out when the browser refreshes on my N95. -- 4mula1 SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 + Solaris 10 x86: Because everything else would've been easy! 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46282 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezecenter and audio streaming on Symbian OS, UIQ3 - iPhone?
natively, iPhone cannot play streaming media. :-( -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46282 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
Philip Meyer;291157 Wrote: iTunes. I'm not talking about multiple artist tags, just multiple artist in one tags. Nonetheless, iTune is still bright enough to list and sort by Album Artist. No it's not. It displays as Band. And it's far from intelligent. Quite awful in fact. Not true. It displays as Album by Artist, what the internal representation of this is I don't care. +---+ |Filename: itune.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4825| +---+ -- bullgod bullgod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9916 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
Philip Meyer;291160 Wrote: If I understand correctly, it sounds to me as though bullgod's requirements could be met with the following additional logic: If every track has TRACKARTIST=Artist X (even if some tracks have multiple TRACKARTIST tags) and ALBUMARTIST is not already set, then set ALBUMARTIST=Artist X. No, what he's asking for is not possible, because he has used a single artist name, not multiple artists. It works in iTunes because they have used the frig of using Band to mean album artist, and he's got a single string literal in the band tag for each song (which may contain several artist names in the one band name). The scanner would have to cope with looking for sub-string matches in the artist tags. It would then have to decide that as a substring of each artist string matches for every song, set the album artist to that substring. It would also have to guess when that sub-string is not actually an artist, etc. Eg. an album with songs by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, should not be known as album artist = The . There is no problem to solve in this example. The tags aren't set right. Phil No, it wouldn't. It's already worked who the Album is by. For example in my previous post, the image shows an Album by Frank Sinatra list under Home-Artist-Various Artist there is nothing stopping this Album being listed under HOME-Artist-Frank Sinatra. The scanner does not need to go through the sub string album tags, to find the Album artist. It can use the one explicitly given in the tags. The scanner is demonstrably already determining the correct Album Artist, it's just I question of listing it in the appropriate place. Your example is inappropriate, in that case there is unlikely be an explicit Album Artist, in which case SC can fall back on Various Artists. -- bullgod bullgod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9916 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Creating Playlists from On-Line Services like Slacker
Hi All Is it possible to create a playlist from a service such as Slacker with SC 7.0? When I have a particular Slacker station playing, I have used the web interface to save the station as a playlist but when the playlist is selected, the connection fails for some reason. Amy I doing something wrong or is this not supported? I ask as I'd like to wake up to music from Slacker. Thanks in advance.. -- Kaizen28 Kaizen28's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5953 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46286 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller won't wake up ?
Does it reboot or just turn back on ? Thanks James -- coupesport coupesport's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16527 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suitability of Network Powerline Adapters?
+1 for Netgear HDXB101 Powerline HD (High Definition) Ethernet Adapter kit, now £99 from Amazon. They worked out of the box and no dropouts or interference since I started to use these three weeks ago. HTH. -- miconone Mike miconone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changing SB Receiver from wireless to ethernet
cliveb;291229 Wrote: OK - finally got this working. Well, I spoke too soon. After getting it working on ethernet in my workroom, I took it to its installation position (which is on the same ethernet LAN), plugged it in, and guess what? The ethernet port lights did not come on, and it connected to the wireless network! I verified that the port I plugged into on the switch was working, by moving some of the other patch cables around. No amount of factory resetting of Receiver and Controller would bring the ethernet port to life. So I brought it back down to my workroom, and now the ethernet port lights come on, but any attempt to connect to ethernet fails. I've rebooted the router (which runs the DHCP server), removed the Receiver's DHCP licence from the router, but that didn't help. I tried holding in the front button while applying power, which caused the LED to enter some sort of cycle: red, green, blue, white, off, red, green, blue, white, etc. It does two complete cycles of red/green/blue/white/off every 5 seconds. While in this state, the ethernet port lights blink as follows: orange alone, orange+green, green alone. Checked the wiki but couldn't find a description of what the LED cycle or the port lights mean - I'm guessing it's some sort of internal test. So anyway, rebooted the Controller after factory reset, rebooted the Receiver, went into Setup Receiver, held down Receiver button to get LED flashing red, which brought up the wireless/ethernet option screen, but any attempt to connect to ethernet fails pretty much straight away, followed by the try again/skip this step screen. It really should not be this difficult. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46254 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scan stops part way through
Thanks ModelCitizen, I struggled to understand the logs, but it did twig me to the possibility that a web parental control program CyberSitter might be causing the scan to crash. I disabled it and was able to scan successfully. All good, thanks. -- Hopscotch Squeezebox Duet, Qnap TS-109Pro v2.0.1 0319T Hopscotch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Remote
funkstar;291197 Wrote: Amazon are an exception to this. They will take payment from a UK card on the US site no problem and ship it to someone in the US or, depending on the item, the UK too.I do a lot of online purchasing and I've hardly ever come up against this, though I know there are times when that can be an issue. The SD/Logitech thing is deliberate, it's got nothing at all to do with differing delivery and billing addresses/ countries, it's got everything to do with their distribution channels. Because Australia is in a different Logitech distribution channel to the US, I cannot place an order using Australian card details - the restriction is implemented via there being no option to select Australia as the originating country of the billing address. Every other country that is not part assigned to a different distribution channel is there for the picking. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller scratch
cliveb;291151 Wrote: You could view this as going through an initial phase of hoping it will stay looking good as new. It's a natural psychological response to anything you buy. The reaction to the first blemish is always one of disappointment. But nothing stays in mint condition forever. After a while, objects acquire a patina of use, and their scuffs and dings become an intrinsic part of their character - almost a mark of their usefulness. So once your Controller is smothered in scratches, it'll be no big deal. Most of what is you have said is true, but I don't subscribe to the attitude that After a while, objects acquire a patina of use, and their scuffs and dings become an intrinsic part of their character - almost a mark of their usefulness.. Look at the iPhone, it has a glass front face. It was designed for daily interaction especially in the front face region. I have 3 SB3's and a Transporter, none of that equipment has any scratches. Those devices weren't designed to be portable/handled on a daily basis. I was just saying the front face on the Duet's Controller could have been alot better. For instance the clear front face could have been recessed to prevent surface scratches. I already mentioned different materials, it just bothers me that I handle my equipment with care and that the controller after week 2 looks terrible. I'm not looking forward to seeing what it will look like after year 2. -- pc4ever1 pc4ever1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3836 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45139 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
JJZolx;291115 Wrote: pfarrell;291088 Wrote: JJZolx wrote: No. There's nothing in the database right now that can't be destroyed and rebuilt from scratch with a library scan. You are correct that the current implementation relies on destroying the database with every scan. This does not mean its a good idea. Its just the current idea. To support the proper handling of complex data structures requires a change in the philosophy of the database. It requires that the database not be treated glibly as ephemeral, but rather its the source of all knowledge, some comes from the tags, some from other sources. I proposed how to do this back in the 5.4 time frame, but the others did not see the need. I believe that the need was there then, and is there now. Technically its not a major code change, but it takes a different mind set. -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changing SB Receiver from wireless to ethernet
First of all, I found and downloaded the Duet User Guide and followed *to the letter* the instructions for setting up a Hybrid installation after doing a factory reset of the Controller. That was successful in my workroom. So off we go to the loft (where the Receiver is to be installed), and as per usual: no ethernet port lights. Well folks, you're not going to believe this - I know it floored me. I decided to try the Receiver plugged in to various ethernet switches that are around the house. It worked in all of them except the one in the loft, which was happy to talk to various other devices but wouldn't play nice with the Receiver. I guess it must just be some weird incompatibility between the chipsets used in the SBR and that particular switch. So I did some swapping around of switches and we're in business :-) If anyone's interested, the switch that wouldn't talk to the SBR was a PC-Line 5-port one. (I believe PC-Line is PC World's house brandname here in the UK). The one I replaced it with was another cheap 5-port one marked as Edimax (no, I've never heard of them either). -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46254 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller scratch
pc4ever1;291280 Wrote: ...it just bothers me that I handle my equipment with care and that the controller after week 2 looks terrible. I'm not looking forward to seeing what it will look like after year 2. I couldn't agree more. I'm not so bothered about the black casing but the perspex display facia is just not up to the job. If mine continue to scratch at the rate they have I will not be able to read the displays at all in a years time, let alone two. The perspex is OK for a device that does not get knocked around a lot but is the wrong material for a hand held controller (especially one costing as much as the Controller). I am certain that Logitech will have to address this issue soon and will start producing them with tougher perspex/glass. I just hope that they supply the new display facia as a spare part and that it can be easily replaced. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. 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=45139 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Lost station
Radiofeeds worked like a charm. Couldn't get the Tune in URL thingy to work for some reason. Cheers! -- mundge mundge's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16635 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Stops between tracks with Rhapsody while trying to sync
This has been going on for many months now. I keep updating the software hoping for a fix, but... Also noticed several other threads covering stops between tracks, but none give a solution. I have three SB2 with the latest software/firmware updates (again, same bug with older versions). When playing tracks from Rhapsody, playback stalls often between tracks and occasionally during tracks. Hitting play on the remote or within SC will start the next song, sometimes I have to hit play several times - especially in SC. I usually have 2-3 SB2 synchronized. It seems like the sync process is causing the stops. When I turn off they sync, the playback seems to work without a hitch. -- rickbray rickbray's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8149 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Throw out all your Monster stuff
haraldo;290908 Wrote: I'm following up and throwing out all my Monster stuff, anybody else? Throwing them out won't do a thing to harm Monster. Better to put them on ebay for dirt cheap and cost Monster a sale. -- jsprag jsprag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46246 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Throw out all your Monster stuff
jsprag wrote: haraldo;290908 Wrote: I'm following up and throwing out all my Monster stuff, anybody else? Throwing them out won't do a thing to harm Monster. Better to put them on ebay for dirt cheap and cost Monster a sale. That's also much better for the Earth that someones suggestion to burn them in a big bonfire. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter Unable to Write To: when startup
My user account has administrator priviledges. If I close the tray icon and restart SC, the same error message is still there. Please help! Thanks. -- vett93 vett93's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46258 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
Philip Meyer;291154...You should untick Mp3Tag Options Tags Preserve file modification Time when saving tags.[/QUOTE Wrote: Well, I know that. But I want to be able to use it as it serves good purpose. @snarly jjZolx too. I know that about the allocated tag space also. Point of my post is, there are ways to recognize that the file has changed and re-scan it beyond checking the change date. No need to check all tags either (ZZolx). And the current solution is only half baked. As I said, check how it's done in incremental backup programs. K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8 slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
bullgod;291228 Wrote: No. I don't think it will. Because I have ALBUM ARTIST set, and that's what I want SC to key on. Most of my desired functionality will be achieved by turning off, or overriding, the logic that says: Albums with tracks where artists aren't all the same, implies an compilation. You're trying to second guess, where there is no need. I've said where I want this album to appear by either setting Album Artist or Compilation explicitly. The logic I want is: if there is a consistent Album Artist = not a compilation and this overrides the current rule multiple artists = Compilation. I've hacked the code to remove the multiple artists = Compilation and it worked fine (for me) - where there is a album artist, it gets listed there. When I've said it's a compilation it's under Various Artists. The only down side is that every track artist gets displayed in the Artist List which others might dislike. So probably what's really needed is Home-Album Artist listing, but that's another story. In order to achieve what you want, just set COMPILATION tag to 0 for every track that contains the artist you DO wish to show on the artist list. I don't like this solution because it is undocumented and it is internal and can change with the next change to scaner code. But still cleaner than changing a code itself. K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8 slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stops between tracks with Rhapsody while trying to sync
At the moment synchronized playback will cause gaps between tracks no matter the source. There is an open enhancement request to try and make synchronized playback gap less, but it certainly isn't a trivial task. No idea where this will be on the developers list, but it won't be at the top :) as for Rhapsody introducing more variables, I really have no idea, I've never used it (partly due to it not being available in the UK :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
snarlydwarf wrote: That depends on the program. It can be last-modified-time, size, md4 or some other hash. MD4 is way obsolete. Use at least a SHA1. Computing md4 on every file would be rather time consuming for a fast scan: it should not be the default. I agree it has to be a user control option. But for some folks who care about the database, you have to be able to control, and tell if the song has changed. There is another philosophical question: do you SHA the whole file or just the music parts? -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iPeng, iPhone i/iTouch skin - new version
see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46294 -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
pfarrell;291350 Wrote: snarlydwarf wrote: That depends on the program. It can be last-modified-time, size, md4 or some other hash. MD4 is way obsolete. Use at least a SHA1. Computing md4 on every file would be rather time consuming for a fast scan: it should not be the default. I agree it has to be a user control option. But for some folks who care about the database, you have to be able to control, and tell if the song has changed. There is another philosophical question: do you SHA the whole file or just the music parts? -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ I don't know if checksum would be viable option here since it would be faster to do a full clean rescan. However, there are other ways. If I was to design to solution I'd make it user cofigurable: tick whether you want it checked by date, or/and by size and/or by archive attribute and do you want to reset the attribute afterwards and/or buy checksum (but that's going to cost you some time). BTW, mp3tag sets the archive attribute after change to the file has beeen made. I mean, no need to rediscover hot water - those things have been resolved. Just implement them right. K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8 slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stops between tracks with Rhapsody while trying to sync
funkstar;291336 Wrote: At the moment synchronized playback will cause gaps between tracks no matter the source. There is an open enhancement request to try and make synchronized playback gap less, but it certainly isn't a trivial task. No idea where this will be on the developers list, but it won't be at the top :) as for Rhapsody introducing more variables, I really have no idea, I've never used it (partly due to it not being available in the UK :) These are more than gaps, it stops completely until Play is pressed. I have had it start playing the next track after 5-10 minutes before, but it usually doesn't start playing againon its own. Twice, it went 4-5 hours and then started the next track during the night and woke me. For me, what set's SB apart is its sync abilities. The sync process works well except when using Rhapsody. Since around 75% of my listening is on Rhapsody now, and I use more than one sync'd SB throughout my house, I may have to look at Sonos if the sync bug isn't fixed soon. -- rickbray rickbray's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8149 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
slimkid;291329 Wrote: @snarly jjZolx too. I know that about the allocated tag space also. Point of my post is, there are ways to recognize that the file has changed and re-scan it beyond checking the change date. No need to check all tags either (ZZolx). And the current solution is only half baked. As I said, check how it's done in incremental backup programs. That depends on the program. It can be last-modified-time, size, md4 or some other hash. Computing md4 on every file would be rather time consuming for a fast scan: it should not be the default. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
slimkid;291332 Wrote: In order to achieve what you want, just set COMPILATION tag to 0 for every track that contains the artist you DO wish to show on the artist list. I don't like this solution because it is undocumented and it is internal and can change with the next change to scaner code. But still cleaner than changing a code itself. K You, too, have missed the point. The point is not that artist fail to appear in the Artist list. The point is to get albums with tracks from different artists to appear under Home-Artist-Album Artist. I already have Compilation = 0 on all these tracks. -- bullgod bullgod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9916 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
pfarrell;291350 MD4 is way obsolete. Use at least a SHA1. [/QUOTE Wrote: I didn't say that is what I would use. I said that is what programs use in order to do incremental backups when they cannot rely on filesize or modification time. Specifically, rsync uses md4: whether you believe SHA1 is better or not does not change the fact that rsync does incremental backups quite nicely and uses md4 to determine if files are changed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync Wrote: The recipient splits its copy of the file into fixed-size non-overlapping chunks, of size S, and computes two checksums for each chunk: the MD4 hash, and a weaker 'rolling checksum'. It sends these checksums to the sender. I agree it has to be a user control option. But for some folks who care about the database, you have to be able to control, and tell if the song has changed. There is another philosophical question: do you SHA the whole file or just the music parts? You should include the tags otherwise we are back where we started. (How come when I use XYZTagger, the changes aren't picked up?). Therfore you must check the entire file. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
bullgod;291362 Wrote: You, too, have missed the point. The point is not that artist fail to appear in the Artist list. The point is to get albums with tracks from different artists to appear under Home-Artist-Album Artist. I already have Compilation = 0 on all these tracks. Then you don't have the album artist set. Perhaps you mean I set what iTunes/Winamp/whatever calls Album Artist, but is really the id3 tag called 'TPE2', and I would like SC to be able to treat TPE2 as Album Artist because I don't want to use another tagger to correct this. Again, there is a ton of confusion here when people refer to 'Album Artist': it is -not- (at present anyway) the same as what Winamp or iTunes uses. Setting it in those programs does not mean SC is using it as such. It -does- work if you set the FLAC tag ALBUMARTIST or TXXX ALBUMARTIST or TXXX MusicBrainz Album Artist... But we keep going around in circles when you say I am setting album artist when really you are not (at least according to id3 specs and SC). -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 removes All Songs?
I was pleased to discover that reverting back to v6.5.4 was as easy as reinstalling it. The SqeezeBox firmware was also reverted back. Unless the All Songs option adds to the complexity of the code or takes up an unusual amount of space, I so no reason why it couldn't remain in future releases. I for one hope it returns. -- jdryyz jdryyz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45856 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 removes All Songs?
Unless the All Songs option adds to the complexity of the code or takes up an unusual amount of space, I so no reason why it couldn't remain in future releases. Then you already know the reason why it has been removed :-). -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
larrettp;283795 Wrote: There is, indeed, a lot of stuff out there about performance of Slimserver/Squeezecenter on the ReadyNas. Unfortunately, although customers themselves try to give tips on improvement (some work, some don't) there is little, if any, evidence of the vendors (i.e.Slidevices and Netgear) showing any rapid progress towards finding a lasting, ready to implement solution. I really feel conned out of a lot of time and money for both the ReadyNas and the Squeezeboxes which have NEVER lived up to the promise I was given at the time of purchase. When are we going to see true collaboration and willingness to resolve this issue? Why do you feel conned? If you do not like the SB3 or Duet, send it back. I believe they both come with a 30-day Satisfaction Guarantee. As for the ReadyNAS, I had one and it did what it said it would do. Was it up to the task of my huge CD collection, NO it was not. The ReadyNAS is also really only meant for a small music collection and not other tasks. It is NOT a PC, it is an intellegent Network Storage Device. The Thecus N5200 Pro is in my opinion the minumum equipment as far as an NAS goes for any small to medium CD collection. And if one has over 5000 CDs, I strongly suggest that one builds their own NAS based off a minimum of an Intel P4 machine with 2 GB RAM running some form of Linux (and before everybody goes crazy, yes you can use older slower PCs, but with P4 prices where they are why would you). The biggest advantage of building your own NAS is that you can fix it yourself from regular PC parts as well as upgrade it anytime. Finally, if one has a wireless network, why not try keeping the music files stored on the ReadyNAS and running SqueezeCenter on an old PC. That way the NAS does not have to deal with SqueezeCenter or all GUI overhead. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: SqueezeBox Duet, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Threads dissapearing?
JimC;29 Wrote: I restored the thread. -= Jim thanks. K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8 slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stops between tracks with Rhapsody while trying to sync
Wonder if this is related to http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7661 BTW funkstar, Rhapsody is not gapless even when not synced. I am not sure if WMA supports gapless. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
bullgod;291362 Wrote: You, too, have missed the point. The point is not that artist fail to appear in the Artist list. The point is to get albums with tracks from different artists to appear under Home-Artist-Album Artist. I already have Compilation = 0 on all these tracks. But they should. Are you sure you are using ALBUMARTIST tag and not BAND tag? Can you check in some specialised software like mp3tag? K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8 slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 removes All Songs?
That's an uneducated guess on my part. It could have been removed because it was felt to be redundant if Random Mix satisfies this functionality. mherger;291369 Wrote: Unless the All Songs option adds to the complexity of the code or takes up an unusual amount of space, I so no reason why it couldn't remain in future releases. Then you already know the reason why it has been removed :-). -- Michael -- jdryyz jdryyz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45856 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
slimkid;291376 Wrote: But they should. Are you sure you are using ALBUMARTIST tag and not BAND tag? Can you check in some specialised software like mp3tag? K If you look at the picture I posted on page 10 of this thread you will see that irrespective of whatever or wherever the internal representation of the Album Artist is stored SC is reading it and displaying it. So why can't I navigate by it? Look it might be Band it might be something else. I might be persuaded to use some other tool, but Mrs bullgod won't be, neither will 99.9% of the world. The tags are good enough this is proved by SC already knows that 20 Golden Greats is by Frank Sinatra whether this is by band or artist tag doesn't matter, because whichever it is, SC has read it, and is already using that tag. To say that I have to know to navigate to Various Artists in order to play this album, just because Shirley MacLaine sang on one track, is utter madness. And that's all that requires going: (optionally) removing the test that makes this album a compilation, would fix my world. -- bullgod bullgod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9916 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
FYI, to possibly add to the confusion. :D Mp3tag, a leading tagging tool, maps what is calls BAND to MP3 IDv2.3 TPE2. This is fairly normal. It also directly maps it's BAND variable to WM/AlbumArtist for WMA content, and to the aART atom for M4A content. (These two are real Album Artist tags.) So, at least for 3 media formats with non-'free-form tagging (MP3, WMA M4A)... in Mp3tag, what it calls BAND is really Album Artist based on the cross-mapping. Anyway, like it or not, TPE2 is a popular de facto standard for Album Aritst for MP3. iTunes, WinAmp, Mp3Tag, MediaMonkey, Sonos, Rockbox, Explorer shell, WMP 10/11, etc. It's a shame ID3v2 was half-baked at design, but we're stuck with it. Slim should offer a simple setting to treat TPE2 MP3 as Album Artist as much as WMA WM/AlbumArtist and M4A aART. -- grommet grommet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Adding support for M4A file properties to Windows Explorer
Hi, I use iTunes for ripping my CDs to M4A files, I use Mp3Tag to edit the tags, and I use SqueezeCenter / Transporter for selecting music and playing it. However what I miss is the ability to view M4A tag data and cover art in Windows Explorer, and to use Windows Search to find tracks and albums. (Native Windows provides support for MP3 files but not for M4A). ... So I wrote my own Windows Shell Extension that adds support for M4A files to Windows Vista Explorer. http://www.whitebear.ch/music This shell extension could be a nice extra for SB / Transporter users. -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG AndrewFG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46301 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
There are 2 issues here: 1. I have spent countless hours trying to get this setup to perform as promised. WAY beyond any 30 day guarantee. This is mostly because any technical support offered (for any IT product) automatically makes you assume it is YOUR fault! I have tried every new version of Slimserver, SqueezeCentre and RAIDiator issued and they have ALL performed like dogs. My library is well ordered and I spent a long time converting all tracks to the same format (AAC). I put 1gB of RAM in the ReadyNAS and that DID lift the performance from appalling to just dreadful. Since the ReadyNAS, Squeezeboxes and Slimserver were sold as a package, I would have expected them (naively) to work out of the box. Which part of this statement is unreasonable? 2. I would expect the vendors (Netgear and Logitech) to work TOGETHER to solve this problem, not in seeming isolation and denial of responsibility for a product combination which obviously is not fit for purpose. If you are selling a 1Tb server with a promise of music streaming to a specifically named product, it should be capable of working as well with 1Tb of stored music as with 1Gb. Size should not be an issue. Is there anything wrong with that assumption? What you are suggesting is that the adverts recommending this combination were misleading and, although I can store music on the ReadyNAS and use the Squeezeboxes to stream it, I need to use an interim computer to do the work that SlimServer/SqueezeCenter reckons it should be able to do on the original combination. -- larrettp larrettp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Cant play downloads i have bought
Hey. I have a problem, my wife have bouhgt some songs on the internet, both from Itunes and Cdon.com (WMA), but we cant play it over the S.B. It wont come on if we update the Music folder, and if we use the Itune Plugin, it wont play, its just say Error, Unknow file. It cant be right, that i buy legal music and cant play it. What to do? Best regards //Jesper Hansen -- Kudahl Kudahl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46303 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
bullgod;291385 Wrote: ...Look it might be Band it might be something else. I might be persuaded to use some other tool, but Mrs bullgod won't be, neither will 99.9% of the world. ... Look, that has been beaten up in this thread already. It is now in SD hands to do something about it. Will they - I don't know. The question is, whether you are going to do something about it for yourself, or you intend to sit there and cry with 99.9% of the world. If former, I'm offering you a solution. If not, well ... And as far as Mrs bullgod is concerned (respect), something tells me that she might be even happier if you took tagging fine tuning completely out of her hands and did it for her. K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8 slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought
Quoting Kudahl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hey. I have a problem, my wife have bouhgt some songs on the internet, both from Itunes and Cdon.com (WMA), but we cant play it over the S.B. It wont come on if we update the Music folder, and if we use the Itune Plugin, it wont play, its just say Error, Unknow file. It cant be right, that i buy legal music and cant play it. What to do? It's a Digital Rights Management (DRM) restriction placed on the music you purchased by Apple/iTunes. It won't play through the SB. You should only purchase DRM-free music in general - places like Amazon's music store and Emusic don't burden their product with DRM and are thus universally playable. This isn't a SlimDevices issue, really. Apple won't license their FairPlay DRM technology to anyone, so SlimDevices is powerless to support music from iTunes. I don't know anything about Cdon.com, it may or may not be the same sort of situation. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
larrettp;291391 Wrote: My library is well ordered and I spent a long time converting all tracks to the same format (AAC). I don't recall you mentioning before that your tracks are AAC. So in addition to the demands of 7500 track shuffle plays, you are also spending lots of the ReadyNAS's scarce CPU power in transcoding. I don't expect to change your mind about what you think you were promised, but imo you are way overtaxing that machine. You could get much better performance with a codec that the SB handles natively (Ogg, MP3, FLAC, etc.) and using Random Mix instead of shuffle. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought
One workaround you can use is burn your music to a CD, rip it from the CD, and then encode it in a format that the SB can handle -- mp3 or FLAC. The downside of using mp3 in this case is that you're losing data twice -- iTunes throws away some data when they encode it (unless it's Apple lossless), and then you throw more away when you go to mp3. I try to avoid iTunes whenever I can. Occasionally they have something available exclusively that I want. In those cases, I get it, burn it to a CD, rip it to WAV, and then encode it as FLAC. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Dave Dewey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Kudahl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hey. I have a problem, my wife have bouhgt some songs on the internet, both from Itunes and Cdon.com (WMA), but we cant play it over the S.B. It wont come on if we update the Music folder, and if we use the Itune Plugin, it wont play, its just say Error, Unknow file. It cant be right, that i buy legal music and cant play it. What to do? It's a Digital Rights Management (DRM) restriction placed on the music you purchased by Apple/iTunes. It won't play through the SB. You should only purchase DRM-free music in general - places like Amazon's music store and Emusic don't burden their product with DRM and are thus universally playable. This isn't a SlimDevices issue, really. Apple won't license their FairPlay DRM technology to anyone, so SlimDevices is powerless to support music from iTunes. I don't know anything about Cdon.com, it may or may not be the same sort of situation. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] duet force static ip
even though my network supports dhcp, i would prefer assigning static ip addresses to the controller and receiver. can this be done? how? -- Millwood Millwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46304 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
But it is advertised to be capable of handling AAC!!! Why should I not believe it? There is a basic dishonesty here. How am I to know that, although it is capable of playing AAC files, it isn't capable of playing them efficiently? -- larrettp larrettp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] duet force static ip
I assigned mine by noting the mac address of the receiver (on the sticker underneath) and then allocating a fixed IP to that mac address in my router. So, the Duet is still set to DHCP as such, but the DHCP service in my router will always give, and reserve, the IP address I told it to. Then, press the reset button on the front of the receiver, until it flashes red, and follow the config on the remote if necessary to find and configure the receiver. -- gbrandwood gbrandwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15419 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46304 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng, iPhone i/iTouch skin - new version
Downloaded. Installed. Love it. -- ds2021 ds2021's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10078 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suitability of Network Powerline Adapters?
Bought two pairs of Comtrends 200MB powerline adapaters, both for under £50 per pair. Haven't had any issues either. -- gbrandwood gbrandwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15419 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
Not true. It displays as Album by Artist, what the internal representation of this is I don't care. That image is a picture of iTunes - what relevance has that to the content of your SqueezeCenter library? Out of curiosity, what version of iTunes do you use? I have v7.6.2.9 which allows the user to show Artist, Album Artist and/or Sort Album Artist. I can't see an Album by Artist column like yours. Either way, whenever you see album artist in iTunes, for mp3 files it's actually the Band tag that it is stored in, due to it mis-using that tag. Album Artist is the column title that you can see in the grid, and it groups songs in the list by that when in album view display mode, but that's about all that iTunes will do with it. eg. if you set an album artist, it won't appear in the artist filter. Only the content of artists appears in the list, and you get all artists even if they only appear on one song in a compilation. So in iTunes if you have an album with songs by different artists, and set it as not a compilation album and set an album artist (really this is band), then that band will not appear in the list of artists. SqueezeCenter is much more intelligent and conformant to standards. I dare say that something will be changed to allow it to work in a non-standard way to make it act like iTunes. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
larrettp;291406 Wrote: There is a basic dishonesty here. How am I to know that, although it is capable of playing AAC files, it isn't capable of playing them efficiently? You should not blindly trust ads and reviews. There are tons of threads in both SlimDevices and Infrant forums where people complain about SlimServer's / SqueezeCenter's poor performance with the ReadyNAS and large music collections. Now, if you're so upset with your ReadyNAS, sell it and buy a Thecus or whatever, but please stop bugging Slim/Infrant forums with your complaints. -- sebp sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] duet force static ip
Sadly, my linksys doesn't provide that option. Wish it did, can't image why it doesn't. Thanks. -- Millwood Millwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46304 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
So... Are the forums a service provided for customer feedback and to provide solutions for problems found during use... or are they a nerdfest for those who just want to tinker with the hardware and software but aren't interested in a product that is readily usable by the general public? -- larrettp larrettp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
Forums are like life. They're whatever you make of them. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] duet force static ip
Millwood wrote: Sadly, my linksys doesn't provide that option. Wish it did, can't image why it doesn't. Well, depending on which Linksys, you might be able to flash upgraded or open source firmware, such as DD-WRT. The longer answer is that your network needs a DHCP server. Most folks just have their WAP/router do it. I don't, I have a linux server that does DPCH assigments, among other things. With that, its just a matter of changing the dhcpd.conf to have your way with it. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags
Philip Meyer;291416 Wrote: Out of curiosity, what version of iTunes do you use? I have v7.6.2.9 which allows the user to show Artist, Album Artist and/or Sort Album Artist. I can't see an Album by Artist column like yours.Album by Artist is a sort view. Click on the Album column header and it'll swap between Album, Album by Artist Album By Fear as you click. Album Artist is the column title that you can see in the grid, and it groups songs in the list by that when in album view display mode, but that's about all that iTunes will do with it. eg. if you set an album artist, it won't appear in the artist filter. Only the content of artists appears in the list, and you get all artists even if they only appear on one song in a compilation. So in iTunes if you have an album with songs by different artists, and set it as not a compilation album and set an album artist (really this is band), then that band will not appear in the list of artists.Regretably, Album Artist is barely used in the UI. It's completely ignored in the retro Quick View, too. The Cover Flow view, however, depends and uses it. -- grommet grommet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stops between tracks with Rhapsody while trying to sync
andyg;291375 Wrote: BTW funkstar, Rhapsody is not gapless even when not synced. I am not sure if WMA supports gapless. Good to know, thanks :) I really need to bone up on things like this. My personal experience is limited to FLAC and a couple of AlienBBC stations :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection
With regard to the pepole who post on this website, it is clear just by reading these posts that almost every person here has a fairly good working knowledge of networks and connected devices. I do not recall many posts from someone like me who knows next to nothing and bought the SB with the hope of enjoying the product and not spending night after night on the computer doing nightly builds and upgrading firmware. A few who claim to be newbies spout out technical jargon like its second nature. So now I have to wonder how many people there are out there like me who may view the posts (# of views now exceed 6000 vs # of posts about 140) but don't or won't post herefor one reason or another. Maybe the problem is more widespread than we know ormaybe it isnt. I was given an RMA over a week ago and then had a couple of good days with the SB so I let the opportunity to return it pass. Now it is functionless. I am at a total loss as to what to do since I simply don't have the time or energy to go through all of these upgrades. I was expecting a product to enhance my listening pleasure and to help releive my stress, not to add to it. I think I will e-mail Logitech and see if I can send it back so that THEY can fix it. dj -- denmennis denmennis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45031 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
What processor does your ReadyNAS have? The processor in the ReadyNAS NV is a IT3107 Network Storage Processor. This is a custom processor tuned for networked storage operations and does not have floating point which means the processor is not good at handling some Perl operations and also many decoding applications. AFAICT the SC port is the responsibility of ReadyNAS engineering and it is up to them to assess what is acceptable performance from the ReadyNAS platform and decide which functionality (e.g. plugins) can be supported. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Question for NAS owners
I'm considering purchasing a Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo, mostly due to the fact that i'm just running out of space on my PC. I'm exploring the posibility of running slimserver on the linkstation itself. What I'm wondering is this: Besides saving the processing overhead Slimserver uses on my PC, what advantage do I gain from running SlimServer from a NAS device? Thanks for any info you can pass on! Thanks! -- chazk13 chazk13's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15183 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought
A better option than the burn re-rip method (which is a PITA and can murder sound quality) is to remove the DRM with something like QTFairUse6. -- autopilot *SlimServer:* 7.0 (Windows XP) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (home office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Denon MD30 (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1's. *Remotes:* Harmony 525 (IR) / 1 Beta SB Controller / 1 Official Sb Controller. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46303 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Question for NAS owners
chazk13;291458 Wrote: Besides saving the processing overhead Slimserver uses on my PC, what advantage do I gain from running SlimServer from a NAS device? saving the processing overhead Slimserver uses on my PC What does that mean? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection
denmennis;291444 Wrote: Jim I agree with your comments that every situation is a little different and it is impossible to troubleshoot every possible problem before rolling out a product. With regard to the pepole who post on this website, it is clear just by reading these posts that almost every person here has a fairly good working knowledge of networks and connected devices. I have read very, very few posts from someone like me who knows next to nothing and bought the SB with the hope of enjoying the product and not spending night after night on the computer doing nightly builds and upgrading firmware. So now I have to wonder how many people there are out there like me who may view the posts (# of views now exceed 6000 vs # of posts..about 140) but don't or won't post here. I was given an RMA over a week ago and then had a couple of good days with the SB so I let the opportunity to return it pass. Now it is functionless. I am at a total loss as to what to do since I simply don't have the time or energy to go through all of these upgrades. I was expecting a product to enhance my listening pleasure and to help releive my stress, not to add to it. I think I will e-mail Logitech and see if I can send it back so that THEY can fix it. dj Please keep the context of my reply... the poster made the broad suggestion that the product was flawed. I basically replied that I don't believe the product is flawed for every user, but is clearly having problems with his particular configuration. Having gone through lots of problems like this--most recently with an utterly awful experience with a 2wire residential gateway I got as part of my ATT U-verse service--I know that it can be frustrating. In the end, though, all networking, and especially wireless networking, is a complex interaction between several devices. Depsite there being standards there's always a chance that somewhere in the stack there is an incompatibilty that causes a problem. Clearly, based on the feedback we've gotten, we've found some issues with certain specific routers. This doesn't indicate a fundamentally flawed design, or rushed development; rather, it indicates a compatibility problem that needs to be addressed. Often these type of problems are very setup-specific, making them difficult to duplicate and as any software engineer can tell you, it is *really* hard to solve a problem you can replicate. None of this fixes -your- problem, and for that I am very sorry. I wish there was a simple solution, or that it has simply worked out of the box. The reality is that it didn't but the more information you can share with us, the more likely we are to be able to fix the problem--not just for you, but for all customers in the future that have a setup similar to yours. You should definitely be in touch with our technical support group. That's the best way for us to be able to gather the data we need. Please feel free to request another RMA -- we'll be happy to swap out the products. If possible, I'd like to make sure the product you return is isolated and checked out specifically for wireless connection problems; would you please make sure to note that if/when you return the device? -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45031 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building Playlists
larrettp;291406 Wrote: But it is advertised to be capable of handling AAC!!! Why should I not believe it? There is a basic dishonesty here. How am I to know that, although it is capable of playing AAC files, it isn't capable of playing them efficiently? And it is capable of playing AAC. You have just chosen to torture this little CPU with the way you choose to use it. You have been given advice to reduce your problems, eg, use Random Mix instead of trying to use shuffle play on 7500 tracks, use a separate program for building your playlists, run SC on a separate PC (doesn't solve your ReadyNAS problem, but at least you cut the losses from buying hardware that isn't up to your expectations), etc. Have you tried any of these, or do you just think these nerdfest forums are supposed to be a place to complain and ignore advice? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Question for NAS owners
It means that since slimserver is not running on my PC it is not using up CPU time on my PC. -- chazk13 chazk13's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15183 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
