Re: [slim] Extremely long startup and rescan times
I was experiencing this problem and was looking for anyone else experiencing the same thing. Your fix works perfectly! Thanks for posting it! *B Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96677 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nice Job on 7.4
My upgrade on Ubuntu 9.04 went seamlessly. Like most folks, I didn't like losing my squeezecenter preferences. But in the end, it's a nice product and very stable. Congratulations on a nice job with this release. *B -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multi disc sets not in order
No, It isn't working and my FLAC/Vorbis Tags are correct. This worked perfectly in prior versions to 7.3.2. Now my album listings are not correct for Various Artists Compilation groupings. All it took was an upgrade to 7.3.2 and rescan of my library to produce this problem. -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multi disc sets not in order
I agree that this is broken in the latest release (7.3.2). Multi-Disc Compilation (e.g., Various Artists) Albums appear as separate listings for each disc, even though settings are set to group as one disc. Also interesting is that each track on the 1st Disc of the group is numbered, 1, 2, 3...N. But the 2nd Disc in the group has it's tracks labelled 2-1, 2-2, 2-3,...2-N. 3rd Disc in the group has its tracks labelled 3-1, 3-2, etc. Multi-Disc Single Artist Albums set to group as one disc work fine. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Upgrade to SC7.0 - FABULOUS on Gentoo!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Thanks so very, very, very much to EVERYONE involved in making the SC7.0 release AND getting it to be a flawless upgrade from SS6.5.4 on GENTOO (not exactly the most popular Linux distribution)! After having it running for several days while putting it through its paces, I can attest that it is stable, memory efficient and has excellent performance. Keep up the superb work! *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44614 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Herger Plugins on SC7.0 - Stable?
I'm talking about AlbumReview, Biography and No-Setup. Has anyone tried these on SC7? Are they stable? They are all marked on his website as version 2.4.99-beta. I upgraded to SC7 on Gentoo today and would like similar functionality as 6.5.4. I was going to start with No-Setup as I see no other way to lock down the server settings on SC7. Please let me know you experiences with these Michael Herger Plugins on SC7. Thank you, *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44239 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod, FLAC and Music Managers
Paul_B;238724 Wrote: > I have all my music CD's ripped to NAS storage as FLAC and this all > works beautifully with Squeezecenter and my SB3. > > However, some times I would like to listen to the same music on a > portable device. Currently I have an original 2GB Nano but I am > thinking of getting a new device. > > 1. Should I get a new iPod? If so which one, Touch, Classic? > > 2. Should I get a non-iPod device (Zune Gen 2, Archos, Zen, Cowon, > etc); I assume I will still need to transcode from FLAC to Mp3? > > 3. Which Music Manager is "best" for ease of use, MediaMonkey, Sveta > from dbPowerAmp. etc? > > Paul: I've been in the same situation as you for me and family. For me, I bought a FLAC capable player, a COWON iAudio XL5. It's a bit dated now, but awesome. You might want to take the same tact, as no conversions of your media library files are necessary and, as such, you retain the high level of lossless sound. The only caveat is that FLAC files are large, so you'll need a player with a large capacity to carry a large amount of music. For my family, they all have iPods. To accomodate them, for a while, I bought several licenses of Red Chair Software's Anapod Explorer, the software that others in this thread have mentioned. It will transcode your FLAC files to MP3 format (user selectable to a quality/bit rate). That may work for you, but note that Red Chair Software is out-of-business and does not support the software any longer -- they just collect the license fees you pay to download it. The software also has problems in dealing with Album Art, and conflicts with ITunes, so you'll need to learn the quirks necessary to get it to work with these two things. I've totally dropped Anapod for something I feel works much, much better for family and iPods, or any non-flac compatible device (see below). If your Slimserver is on Linux, which mine is, I would strongly suggest you look into MP3FS (http://mp3fs.sourceforge.net/). This utility lets you mount a psuedo "MP3 drive" of your FLAC files, which you can then set up as a SAMBA (SMB) Shared Drive, for Windows and Mac computers. In this scenario, iPod users see a drive full of 100% compatible MP3 files, fully drag and droppable into iTunes or to the device's directory. I find this is the perfect solution for my wife and son for their music needs . They pick the music files they want, and MP3FS transparently transcodes them to MP3 files for their use, on-the-fly. As for music managers, if you go with an Apple Device, you can't beat iTunes, in my opinion. I've tried some of the others, dbPowerAmp, Media Monkey, but have settled with simple drag and drop with the windows file system explorer and using both a Samba (SMB) Share mapped to the straight FLAC files and a second Samba Share mapped to the MP3FS system for MP3 versions of the FLAC Files. Best of luck, *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39762 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] MusicIP in New SC7 Default Skin?
I'm waiting for the official release, but was wondering if there is MusicIP capability in the New SC7 Default Skin? Currently in SS I use the Fishbone skin for this. Thought by now, folks would have integrated it into SC7. Thanks. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42274 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
andyg;254770 Wrote: > I think he meant would an SB3 provide the ad-hoc connection. Currently > the answer is no but it would technically be possible in future > firmware. Exactly. I'm looking for an ad-hoc connection (or as I understand, a "private wireless network for only the Controller" and no Other wireless computing device. Is this doable with 1) the Receiver and/or 2) the SB3? Thanks in advance. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
andyg;254761 Wrote: > Yes, if you have a wired Duet receiver and no other wireless network, > you can bridge the controller through the receiver's wireless > connection. What about if you just bought the controller and not the receiver? Would the SB3's provide the same functionality? -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
mvalera;254720 Wrote: > > Bridging works the same as on the SqueezeBox. You connect your > SqueezeBox wirelessly to your network, and then you can connect wired > devices, like a PS2 to your network through your SqueezeBox's Ethernet > port. Or you can connect a switch to it, and hve a whole load of > devices connected. > Mike What if everything you have is hardwired Ethernet (including 6 SB3's), not wireless. Can the Controller then be the sole wireless device that talks to the Squeezebox or Squeezebox Receiver, and onto the hardwired network through this bridging capability? Hint: I live in a city and don't use wireless because of security concerns. Not clear whether this would work. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox
Thanks for the great Firefox plugin! I realize that there is a difference between pause and stop. Thius it'd be great if both functions are available in SqueezeFox. While you're thinking about it, a "Mute" would also fair nicely. Thanks again for the great work! *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34769 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Gentoo Build of 6.5.2?
Anyone know of one? Anyone? Anyone? *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Don't Miss the Final "Slim Devices" Open House! 3/22
agentsmith;187727 Wrote: > For us past customers who reside overseas, any chance we can be have an > virtual open house and be invited to the discounted SB3? I would love > to get an extra one or two. I live in NYC which is practically overseas from Mountain View, CA. If you were located in NYC, I'd be visiting, but unfortuately the time plus the cost of the plane ticket outweigh the benefits. I've been waiting for a good deal on SB3's for a year. I own 4 SB's now, I'd love to pick up 2 more at $199 each. What do you say, SlimDevices? How about a $199 one-day blow-out for all existing owners? *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What happened to wired-only Squeezeboxes?
Dear Slim Devices/Logitech: Had I known the wired-only Squeezeboxes were being discontinued, I would have bought another one right away (I've been waiting for a deal on two -- as in the past deals). I have no need to pay for wireless capability that I will never ever use. Please, if any of the wired-only squeezeboxes are still available, please let me know and I will purchase them now. Thank you. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32147 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo
More fiddling around seems to point to the init.d script (and thus the slimserver.pl) not finding the correct pref file -- left from the previous version. I copied the original 6.5.1 version of MySQLHelper.pl into the 6.5.1, making sure that the script starts up with the proper location of the pref file explicitly specified and it worked. I've updated my bug report to reflect this finding. Don't know why this new version needed the pref file to be specified as it is located in the default location. -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo
Please feel free to add more info to the bug record. -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo
Ron Olsen;172193 Wrote: > MySQLHelper.pm should be part of the Gentoo 6.5.1 ebuild. It is located > in /opt/slimserver/Slim/Utils/MySQLHelper.pm in my installation of the > 6.5.1 Gentoo ebuild. > > I wonder why it's not present in your version. Did you install 6.5.1 > via "emerge slimserver"? If so, you should have MySQLHelper.pm in the > correct location. > > MySQLHelper.pm is also in the Slim/Utils directory in the > SlimServer_v6.5.1.tar.gz download file. > Ron: It was in the 6.5.1 build. It just wasn't working. Perhaps your install is working because it's a new install? I've been using slimserver since version 2 or 3 on my machine. -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo
The error originally described at the start of this thread dealt with an error happening in MySQLHelper.pm. I briefly eyeballed the script and really saw nothing apparent in the 6.5.0 vs. the 6.5.1 versions, so I copied the MySQLHelper.pm script from the 6.5.0 release to the proper place in the 6.5.1 release. That eliminated the permissions problems! So, pretty pretty please: SD/Logitech Devs please look into what's going on with the logic in THAT script between 6.5.0 and 6.5.1. That'll probably reveal the ultimate problem and get a solid fix for me and anyone else struggling with this or a similar problem. For now, the "bandaid" I discovered at least is allowing me to run under 6.5.1. If anyone has any further insight, please add to this thread. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo
My old 6.5.0 install works fine. Maybe that's the problem. Is the 6.5.1 script expecting to create directories? They're already all there based on having a 6.5.0 install, as is a full non-slimserver install of MySQL. As for the permissions issue, all the /opt/slimserver or /usr/local/slimserver or the /var/cache/slimserver or the /var/log/slimserver directories/files are chowned to slimserver:slimserver. The user slimserver, however does not have a home directory. When I normally start slimserver, I use the /etc/init.d/slimserver start command -- which is run as root but then switches to the slimserver user using the --user parm in the script. The reason I was running ./slimserver.pl is to see the error output because running the /etc/init.d/slimserver start command displays nothing. I did a search on the forums and see that there are several other users that have had the same problem on the pre-release version of 6.5.1 since December. I do not see a resolution to their issues either and they stem from the same problem. I took a look at the MySQLHelper.pm script (where the error is happening) and don't see anything significantly different about 6.5.0 and 6.5.1 in there. I'm willing to provide more debugging information. I just need someone to specify more helpful info, so I can help debug. For example: What directory is it trying to create? Perhaps I can manually create it and set the correct permissions. Please try to help me. Thank you, *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo
kdf;172149 Wrote: > seems obviously a permissions problem. you should consider creating a > slimserver user and running slimserver.pl as that user. > > -kdf It's NOT so Obvious and NOT so simple apparently I have a slimserver user and slimserver group. I've done a chown -R on everything slimserver related. I still get the same error. I even tried installing the Ebuild of Slimserver-6.5.1 through Portage. Still get the same error. I can still get my old Slimserver 6.5.0 build up and running. Thus I say, the Slimserver 6.5.1 build is BROKEN -- because SOMETHING has changed between versions. Can ANYONE Please Help me? Thanks in advance *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo
Tried to get this going two different ways: 1. New Install 2. Overlay over the 6.5.0 install This is what I see when I run ./slimserver.pl: 2007-01-19 20:05:19.1228 ERROR: Cannot write to preferences file /root/slimserver.pref, any changes made will not be preserved for the next startup of the server 2007-01-19 20:05:19.1240 Use of uninitialized value in negation (-) at /usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Utils/Misc.pm line 1148. 2007-01-19 20:05:19.1254 Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81. 2007-01-19 20:05:19.1256 Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81. 2007-01-19 20:05:19.3706 Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81. 2007-01-19 20:05:19.3710 Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81. 2007-01-19 20:05:19.3712 Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81. 2007-01-19 20:05:19.3714 Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81. 2007-01-19 20:05:19.3715 Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81. mkdir /MySQL: Permission denied at /usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Utils/MySQLHelper.pm line 156 2007-01-19 20:05:19.3749 Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at /usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Utils/MySQLHelper.pm line 470. Any all help is greatly appreciated! *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What?? No holiday super sale? :)
Why not a repeat of the "Buy 2 SB3's, get $100 off" Or how about "Buy Three , get One Free?" Sign me up for either of these. My CC is ready! -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30078 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Cover art files
I only see cover art on drilling down to an album. The gallery pages show nothing. I use FLAC files with a cover.jpg file in each album directory. -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28059 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgrade to 6.5 problems
I agree with the poster above. I'm running on Gentoo and also had to put in a considerable amount of effort (about 3 hours) to get 6.5 up and running (BTW, I'm been using Slimserver for a couple of years, so I'm used to doing a full blown upgrade). It took a whole bunch of configuring to get MySql ready to accept connections from SS, however, the notations on the Wiki were extremely helpful. TIP: If you're upgrading on Linux and your /etc/init.d/slimserver start command isn't starting up slimserver, go into your local slimserver install directory and run the main slimserver script manually, via a ./slimserver.pl. By doing that, it'll tell you what it doesn't like and you can go ahead and fix it. Now that it's up and running, I'm very pleased with the improvements. Seems to be running much more efficiently on the server and web interface response is very nice. There are only two things wrong that I"ve noticed thus far: 1. A few albums are not being flagged with the MM for integration with MusicMagic (MusicIP) -- they are quite clearly shown as mixable on the MusicIP interface, though. 2. The mouse cursor disappears when positioned over the Softsqueeze interface -- makes it difficult to push the Softsqueeze buttons. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27707 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.3.0: Many Duplicate Albums Listed (as well as duped New Music, Album Art, etc)
Siduhe Wrote: > > This is a known issue, but it isn't yet clear whether it is a bug or > something to do with a slightly revised way that Slimserver reads tags. I'm sorry, but this IS A BUG. It did not exist in previous versions. It's ruining my experience with this product -- It will no doubt ruin the experience of other users (especially new users). I have a huge music library of solely FLAC files and many, many compilation albums. My system runs on Gentoo Linux It is LUDICROUS to ask me to go into some editor and resave tags. The tags are fine. THE CODE IS BROKEN, not the Tags. All I did was take a fully functioning 6.2.2 release and install 6.3.0. Developers MUST fix it, NOT put the burden on users. If you folks changed the way the system handles tags, then either write a compatibility layer that bridges any changes in logic, or write a converter that fixes tags to what Slimserver needs to see. As a former VP of Development and CTO at many firms, I would never tolerate a situation like this -- nor a release of software that breaks basic functionality. Where is the regression testing? A word to SlimDevices: It's great that you've enjoyed success to date with your products, but start facilitating BS like this 6.3.0 release and watch your customer base rapidly shrink towards zero. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25070 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 6.3.0: Many Duplicate Albums Listed (as well as duped New Music, Album Art, etc)
Just upgraded to Slimserver to 6.3.0 from 6.2.2 today on Linux. I was shocked to find this problem (among others -- eg: CPAN issue) These are obviously Albums containing tracks with different artists, otherwise known as compilation albums. Is there a fix for this? To me, this isn't a valid release. It should still be beta until it's fixed -- that's why I'd waited to upgrade. So much for that. Maybe it's time for a new DB Architect? Please help me (and countless others) fix the music library we each depend on. You know how dependent we are on the SlimDevices system at this point. Thanks in advance, *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25070 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
Greg: On a leap of faith, I downloaded and tried 0.5.2 again (with the official 6.2.2 release). This time I got it to work (using a different method to start the player)and noticed a problem which you should be able to reproduce. I wasn't able to use the Web Channel Listing (which is great, btw) to get a player started on Sirius the first time. It will only start (the first time) using the Remote (or virtual remote in Softsqueeze). Once a player has started a Sirius Stream, then the Web Interface will work. Maybe this will point to the other problem I found? It seems to produce a similar debug log: Here the log shows me trying to start the stream (twice) via the Web interface: 2006-04-28 08:43:22.7962 openSong: remoteURL stream format : flc 2006-04-28 08:43:22.8993 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec New play mode: play 200 08:43:22.9148 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-28 08:43:22.9151 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4169 Read to end of file or pipe 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4173 end of file or error on socket, opening next song, (song pos: 4186(tell says: . ), totalbytes: ) 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4174 opening next song... 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4178 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Switching to mode playout-stop from play 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4179 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec New play mode: playout-stop 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4189 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Current playmode: playout-stop 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4191 No pending chunks - we're dropping the streaming connection 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4215 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Can't opennext, returning no chunk. 2006-04-28 08:43:23.4290 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Decoder underrun while this mode: playout-stop 2006-04-28 08:43:31.3193 SiriusRadio: got http://itson.siriusbackstage.com:8999/streams.php 2006-04-28 08:43:31.3205 SiriusRadio: NOW PLAYING: Alt Nation:Panic! At The Disco - But It's Better If You 2006-04-28 08:43:41.6587 SiriusRadio: got http://itson.siriusbackstage.com:8999/streams.php 2006-04-28 08:43:41.6598 SiriusRadio: NOW PLAYING: Alt Nation:Panic! At The Disco - But It's Better If You 2006-04-28 08:43:52.0440 SiriusRadio: got http://itson.siriusbackstage.com:8999/streams.php 2006-04-28 08:43:52.0451 SiriusRadio: NOW PLAYING: Alt Nation:Panic! At The Disco - But It's Better If You 2006-04-28 08:44:02.3785 SiriusRadio: got http://itson.siriusbackstage.com:8999/streams.php 2006-04-28 08:44:02.3796 SiriusRadio: NOW PLAYING: Alt Nation:Panic! At The Disco - But It's Better If You 2006-04-28 08:44:12.6539 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Switching to mode stop from playout-stop 2006-04-28 08:44:12.6542 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec New play mode: stop 2006-04-28 08:44:12.6544 Stopping and clearing out old chunks for client c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec 2006-04-28 08:44:12.6553 Resetting song queue 2006-04-28 08:44:12.6554 Song queue is now 0 2006-04-28 08:44:12.6557 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Current playmode: stop 2006-04-28 08:44:12.6657 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 --- Heres what it shows when I start the player via the remote (virtual remote): 2006-04-28 08:57:45.8971 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-28 08:57:45.8972 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-28 08:57:45.8973 Matched Format: flc Type: flc Command: - 2006-04-28 08:57:45.8974 openSong: remoteURL command - type flc format flc 2006-04-28 08:57:45.8975 openSong: remoteURL stream format : flc 2006-04-28 08:57:46.1631 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec New play mode: play 2006-04-28 08:57:46.1697 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Current playmode: play 2006-04-28 08:57:53.6335 Got a track starting event 2006-04-28 08:57:53.6340 Song 0 has now started playing 2006-04-28 08:57:53.6344 Song queue is now 0 --- Hope this helps you debug. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > Hey Brad- > I do test functionality before posting a version. All of my posted > versions have worked when using the default skin. 0.5.2 works on both > of my test systems. I'm not sure why 0.5.2 doesn't work for you. Did > you remember to update it with your password? > > The problem I had earlier was while developing. My local copy stopped > working because of a bad password and I thought it was related to your > earlier post. The next version will store login information in the > server Internet Radio settings... > > The problem you're having with multiple streams appears to be stemming > from mplayer (used for wma streams on Linux) as the Sirius plugin is > passing it a valid URL to play. Maybe mplayer doesn't handle multiple > streams well, for the time being maybe just try streaming with one > player and see how things go for you. > > -Greg Greg: Mplayer works great with multiple streams on my system. AlienBBC, Shoutcast, RadioIO, etc work great. I can stop and start the players, listen to different things in different rooms. You plugin does not work properly. As I said, if you start and stop different players playing different channels (after a period of time), your plugin gets confused. Something is clearly going wrong there and not being tracked or reset. Restarting the server restores functionality. Just trying to help you get the bugs out. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
19:06:29.6860 checking formats for: flc-flc-softsqueeze-* 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6860 checking formats for: flc-flc-*-* 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6861 Checking to see if flc-flc-*-* is enabled 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6862 There are 0 disabled formats... 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6863 Testing wma-wma-squeezebox2-* vs flc-flc-*-* 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6864enabled 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6865 Found command: - 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6868 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6870 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6871 Matched Format: flc Type: flc Command: - 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6872 openSong: remoteURL command - type flc format flc 2006-04-27 19:06:29.6873 openSong: remoteURL stream format : flc 2006-04-27 19:06:29.7792 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec New play mode: play 2006-04-27 19:06:29.7820 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Current playmode: play 2006-04-27 19:06:29.7933 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:06:29.7937 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3120 Read to end of file or pipe 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3124 end of file or error on socket, opening next song, (song pos: 4186(tell says: . ), totalbytes: ) 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3126 opening next song... 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3129 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Switching to mode playout-stop from play 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3131 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec New play mode: playout-stop 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3141 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Current playmode: playout-stop 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3142 No pending chunks - we're dropping the streaming connection 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3168 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Can't opennext, returning no chunk. 2006-04-27 19:06:30.3324 c5:fe:5c:d2:44:ec: Decoder underrun while this mode: playout-stop 2006-04-27 19:07:13.1345 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:07:13.1349 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:08:29.9598 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:08:29.9601 Setting maxBitRate for Ellison - SoftSqueeze to: 0 2006-04-27 19:08:34.2054 RssNews: getting feed from http://news.com.com/2547-1_3-0-5.xml -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > > OOPS... I forgot I had to change my password because I accidentally > posted a version with it hardcoded (DUH!). My current version seems to > be working... > > -Greg Greg: First off, I appreciate your efforts on this plugin. I love being able to listen to Sirius via Slimserver. I can't develop in Perl, but I am a developer (python, C#, vb), so I know what you go through. Everyone makes mistakes, but it would be helpful if you would make a best effort unit test of all functionality before posting each new version. Thanks for your continued efforts. Are you saying that there is a second 0.5.2 version? I couldn't get that version to do anything earlier in the day. Currently playing in two different rooms on 0.5.1, though. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > Thanks for your continued testing and feedback. In a few minutes I'll > post an updated version (0.5.2) to try. > Gave 0.5.2 a try with the 6.2.2 release. Couldn't get anything to play from Sirius. Went back to the 0.5.1 release. I'm able to listen to Sirius *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > Hey Brad- > > Thanks for your continued testing and feedback. In a few minutes I'll > post an updated version (0.5.2) to try. > > As it turns out, I was wrong in my previous post about the hash keys. > What appears to have been happening is that after a while (or maybe if > you login via a web browser while already logged in via SlimServer) > Sirius boots you out and makes you re-login. Thus, the section in my > code that gets the hash key wasn't finding the key in the web output > and it would then attempt to reuse the last known key. That key was > bad and the plugin wouldn't get a good URL to play. > > In the new version, if I don't get a key back I do a re-login. > Hopefully this works, it's kind of a pain to test since there is a time > delay. For this version you'll see a huge slew of debugging code that > I'll ultimately comment out. > > Now what you explain above sounds like a different problem-- some sort > of streaming error. All my plugin does is determine the URL to stream, > and then it hands it over to the SlimSever streaming code to handle. > Depending on what OS you're running, it'll use wmadec.exe or AlienBBC > to decode the stream and SlimSever to send it back to the player (since > direct hardware streaming isn't supported right now). If something in > this process is crapping out so bad that the server has to be > restarted, it's out of my hands. > > Hopefully with various debugging options we could figure out exactly > where the problem is and perhaps a bug could be logged about it. > > -Greg I haven't tried your new build (0.52) but noticed something else. If you have both Softsqueeze and a SB3 playing (separate Sirius Channels) for a while and you stop the SB3 (Softsqueeze is still playing the other channel), then you try and restart the SB3 (same or different channel), it will not start -- just takes you to the "now playing" display -- does not say, "Connecting" or anything. You probably have to maintain status for each player -- that's what Slimserver is all about after all. Having a different thing playing on each player -- in your case, a different Sirius channel. Let me know your thoughts, if you need help debugging, but you should be able to easily reproduce. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > I haven't done extensive testing streaming to different players on the > same server, but I'll look into it. Where are you initiating playback > from (web interface or remote control) and which menu (by genre, > channel, etc)? From the error log it looks like a HTML call is > failing, but it isn't showing the URL or specific error message which > is odd. > On SB3, via the remote. On Softsqueeze both using the "remote" and the Web. GoCubs Wrote: > As for as removing the "Home" link... Which skin are you using? All of > the other radio plugins on my copy have a home link listed. > -Greg I'm using Fishbone. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
I used it. Then stopped it. Then waited 12 hours (overnight). Now it won't play anything without restarting slimserver. I also noticed similar behavior if playback was stopped and started from different players around the house. Log (d_source, d_plugins) simply says: 2006-04-24 08:54:10.4466 SiriusRadio: error getting 2006-04-24 08:54:10.4469 SiriusRadio: 2006-04-24 08:54:25.0306 SiriusRadio: error getting 2006-04-24 08:54:25.0308 SiriusRadio: Also, on the web interface, you should remove the "Home" link. Not necessary (at least in 6.2.2 - per the other Internet Radio plugins) and messes up the interface if you click it. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > As for the web interface, it should be appearing. What skin are you > using and did you delete the old Sirius directory before installing the > new version? On my 6.2.2 copy the web interface works with the default > skin, and on my 6.5b1 it works with the Fishbone skin so I would think > it'd work everywhere (although it might not look as good with some > skins). > You have a path problem. Your HTML file path starts with a path called "Default". It needs to be changed to "EN", then it works. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
I downloaded the latest nightly of 6.2.2 and confirm that the Sirius Plugin works on both Softsqueeze and SB3 with the WMA builtin file type disabled. Thanks for the update! Is it correct that there is no web interface yet (even though SiriusRadio appears in the SS Web dropdown? *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless 802.11a
I've been using 802.11a with Squeezeboxes for over two years. Yes, it works and works very well, today! I use these... http://tinyurl.com/7mfwb ..plugged into WIRED squeezeboxes. Let's me run 108MB turbo (dual channel) WEP mode to anywhere I need to. The Squeezeboxes (both SB3's and SB1's) work flawlessly -- no dropouts, skips, hangs, etc. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21943 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > Bradley- > Thanks for the message. I did notice something about this when looking > at the documentation for the Yahoo widget. However, I'm not sure how to > get this information. Do I have to do something special to get it out > of the stream? I thought SlimServer did this automatically for WMA > streams, but when I didn't see anything appear I assumed Sirius wasn't > sending it out. > > -Greg Greg: Slimserver probably handles this for you. Just be advised that Sirius only sends out Artist/Song info when the song changes. So if you start streaming in the middle of a song, there won't be any song info. Later when the song changes, you'll see the info. You can see this behavior through the Yahoo widget -- it'll say "Waiting for Data" until it gets the info. Otherwise, if you have the "Enable Channel Data" option selected, it will get the current Artist/Song info from there. BTW, the Sirius Yahoo Widget guy keeps updating his software. Moreover, now he's also using an "all channel feed" from http://www.farmingdaleweather.net/sirius/tracker.txt as his primary provider.It's considerably faster than the itson.siriusbackstage.com feed. He uses the itson.siriusbackstage.com feed as a backup. You might want to check it out. You also might want to trade emails with PhilF -- the guy who wrote the XM plugin. Apparently he was faced with some of the same obstacles you've faced, and might be able to get you on the fast track. Looking forward to your next update! *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
Chop Wrote: > Not trying to be a downer, but won't the Sirius stream sound like > complete crap through a home stereo? I have XM and it offers low > bandwidth 32k and high bandwidth 64k WMA steams. The 64 is listenable > but by no means good sounding. > > I tried out Sirius using my friends account and unless I was missing > something, the only stream offered was 32k WMA. This is barely > acceptable on computer speakers, let alone a home stereo. Actually if you even listen to the actual audio stream directly from the satellite using Sirius hardware, you'll hear a lot of imperfections and digital artifacts. Satellite radio is far from Hi-fidelity. It's more about variety. So you may want to reconsider your point. I actually listen to Sirius to get ideas for new CD's to buy. They have a decent rotation on most of their channels and best of all, all the Artist/Album/Song information is displayed, so you can make a mental note of what you like and then go out and buy the CD and load it onto slimserver for the true Hi-fidelity experience. The point of having a Slimserver plugin is to allow listening where you ordinarily wouldn't have a Sirius hardware tuner, or wouldn't want to pay for one. The online feed gives you portability and overall more value for the monthly subscription you are paying for. I feel I'm getting my money's worth by being able to stream Sirius from a computer, because I'm not often in my car (where my Sirius hardware is) and it seems foolish to be paying for something I wouldn't otherwise be able to listen to often enough. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
GoCubs Wrote: > FYI- Latest beta posted now retrieves song information. Once the stream > starts hit the now playing button to view it. > > I have it set to refresh every 15 seconds. However, the web page where > it retrieves the information from can get quite bogged down and at times > takes 20+seconds to respond... > > -Greg You should also be able to get the song info from the stream itself (in real time). Most folks who are writing Sirius stream players are using the actual stream for currently playing channel song updates and that auxiliary website for channel browsing (seeing what's playing across other channels). You may want to switch to using the actual stream for song info. If/When you develop a channel browser or web interface, knowing what's playing across channels (without hitting the play button) will be come valuable. You might want to download the Yahoo Widget Sirius Tuner. http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=38478 It's a fine non-slimserver example an effective, efficient implementation of Sirius stream playback. It blows away what Sirius offers to its subscribers. If you can eventually come close to the feature set the Yahoo Widget Sirius Tuner offers for Slimserver/Squeezebox, I think you've conquered the task you set out for. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
Richard: I did figure out a way to get Softsqueeze working on the above mentioned machine. It apparently was the ContentProtect content filtering mechanism that was causing the problem. However, fixing it required downloading the Windows exe version of Softqueeze 2.3 and then entering softsqueeze.exe as an "application override entry" in ContentProtect in order to get Softsqueeze to get past the above mentioned error. Now Softsqueeze is working on that PC so, I can avoid using SqueezeSlave. Nonetheless, hope the above debug information is helpful in the evolution of your software. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20799 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
rtitmuss Wrote: > On 11 Feb 2006, at 15:18: > > Can you try running with 'squeezeslave --debug slimproto > ', and then post the output. > > Here's the output: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Theo>"C:\Documents and Settings\Theo\Desktop\SqueezeSl ave.lnk" --mac 00:09:5b:95:7c:42 192.168.100.5 --debug slimproto C:\Documents and Settings\Theo>Found 4 devices Primary Sound Driver : : 2 SoundMAX Digital Audio : : 2 Primary Sound Capture Driver : 11025.00 22050.00 44100.00 : 2 SoundMAX Digital Audio : 11025.00 22050.00 44100.00 : 2 slimproto_connect(192.168.100.5, 3483) PortAudio on DirectSound - Latency = 5376 frames, 121 msec Connected to 192.168.100.5 slimproto_send: cmd=HELO len=10 slimproto_recv cmd=vers len=9 Cannot parse vers slimproto_recv cmd=grfb len=6 Cannot parse grfb slimproto_recv cmd=grfe len=1120 Cannot parse grfe slimproto_recv cmd=visu len=50 Cannot parse visu slimproto_recv cmd=audg len=22 Cannot parse audg slimproto_recv cmd=grfe len=1120 Cannot parse grfe [Above line Repeats infinitely] rtitmuss Wrote: > On 11 Feb 2006, at 15:18: > > OT: Anyone have any way to diagnose the softsqueeze problem? I > can't > > seem to get anything useful to show in the console. I was able to > get > > one version of softsqueeze to generate an error.log file. In that > file > > it had a "NullPointerException" relating to "UDP". This is all on a > > > XP > > system that uses a content filtering mechanism called > ContentProtect. > > > > Could you post the exact error? It may be that ContentProtect is not > allowing Softsqueeze/squeezeslave to communicate with the slimserver? > > Richard Here's the error: Exception in thread "SlimUDP-0" java.lang.NullPointerException at com.slim.softsqueeze.Protocol$UdpSocket.run(Protocol.java:525) Richard: My desire is really to get Softsqueeze working again as this is my son's computer. I have tried disabling the "Content Protect" application, but it has no effect. Softsqueeze UI comes up but it never gets to "Welcome to Slimserver" and the Remote Buttons are unresponsive. However, the web interface will display (although it won't show softsqueeze as a player) and the options windows/tabs will show up as well, but I can't find any options that will make this work. I very much appreciate your help. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20799 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
I tried this as an alternative to Softsqueeze on a machine where softsqueeze stopped working properly (UI comes up but stays dark - it doesn't communicate with Slimserver). I'm able to get music started with it, but then it doesn't respond to any commands from the player's web page once it gets started. I know this is an early version, so just wanted to give feedback. I'm not seeing the CPU gains another user describes. Mine is at 100% while this is running. OT: Anyone have any way to diagnose the softsqueeze problem? I can't seem to get anything useful to show in the console. I was able to get one version of softsqueeze to generate an error.log file. In that file it had a "NullPointerException" relating to "UDP". This is all on a XP system that uses a content filtering mechanism called ContentProtect. *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20799 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
Hey Greg: Great to hear you've got something started on playing Sirius. I think you'll need to pass the WMA streams to AlienBBC in order to play them across all Slim hardware. A forum member named Triode should be able to give you assistance with this. Also, in order for you to display song information from Sirius, you'll need a real time feed for that. Most folks who have made online players use the following realtime channel/song feed: http://itson.siriusbackstage.com/ There's a new online player which is a yahoo widget which is very slick, and shows what you can do with the channel/song feed and apply it to slimserver's capabilities. You might want to look at it for ideas... http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=38478 Really looking forward to helping you test your Sirius plugin. I'm not in my car much and really want to make more use of my lifetime subscription without having to sit in front of my pc! *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
Should be easy for a perl guy to do especially now with the slim framework code written for XM... Not much different other than the channel selection and the authentication for login, and that's documented here http://fakeboard.com/?p=14 Count me in as a $ contributor *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Add me to the list of SB3's falling apart...
I _just_ bought 2 of these. Sad to see the metal plate falling off the front without me doing anything to them except letting them sit on the shelf for a week. What's the solution? *Bradley -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Unsigned Entry in Latest Softsqeeze Download
Just downloaded and tried to run Softsqueeze 2.2 from Sourceforge. Upon starting Softsqueeze, I get the following error: An error occurred while launching/running the application. Title: Softsqueeze 2.2 Vendor: Richard Titmuss, et.al. Category: Download Error Found unsigned entry in resource: http://slim:9000/html/softsqueeze/SoftSqueeze.jar -- Bad build on sourceforge? I'm reverting back to the original slim 6.2 version -- Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Interesting Competitor to Squeezebox...
The Olive Musica... Nice write-up in the NY Times. Sounds a lot like what squeezebox/slimserver do without all the "diy, hands-on" work -- simply plug-in and enjoy. Sounds promising and its feature set greatly compliments all the ideas and hard work that's gone into the Slim Devices stuff. Of course it's more expensive -- but that's what you get with Plug and Play. Here's the NY Times article: http://tinyurl.com/96ws6 Here's the manufacturers site: http://www.olive.us/p_bin/?cid=home Any thoughts out there?? *Bradley -- Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: my homely designed squeezebox
Very very nice enclosure. It reminds me of the Tivoli Audio units I own. Here's a link to the Tivoli Model Satellite Unit: http://www.tivoliaudio.com/customer/product.php?productid=175&cat=&page= Looking at your picture and Tivoli's makes me think that maybe Slim Devices should do some sort of co-marketing/manufacturing thing with squeezebox hardware embedded in Tivoli's integrated Amp/speaker enclosures. Would be an awesome match. *Bradley -- Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Softsqueeze flaky with Live365 streams, Squeeze Network sound streams
I tried switching from Java MP3 Plugin to JLayer, but I'm still seeing the same problem I had before. On Live 365, the stream won't start playing unless: after clicking play and waiting a few seconds for the stream to start buffering, you toggle to pause and then un-pause. Then it plays fine. So still the problem originally described is still there. *Bradley -- Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Softsqueeze flaky with Live365 streams, Squeeze Network sound streams
Found a problem with Softsqueeze that causes it not to play a stream even though it says it's "Now playing". This seems to happen with virtually all Live365 streams as well as the Squeeze Network's Natural Sounds. The problem does not happen with RadioIO or Shoutcast. There is a work around to get it to play -- clicking the pause button once or twice (after you know the stream is already buffered), usually will get the stream going. I normally wouldn't notice this problem (I just moved and my squeezeboxes are still packed), but I'm using Softsqueeze on my PC a lot until I fully unpack and setup my SB's and stereos. Anyway, I hope this can be fixed easily. I'm currently using Softsqueeze 2.0b11 (but it also happened on 2.0-10 *Bradley -- Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: XM Radio Online?
Here's a link to a python-based Sirius online stream player with full source code: http://mak.zopelabs.com/xplay/ Provides everything necessary to build a crossplatform player plugin for Slimserver. All you need to do is port the source from Python to Perl and drop into the Slim Plugin SDK. Should be a snap for Perl whiz. *B -- Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] AlienBBC 0.97 - Not handling RTSP properly
Here's the trace log (d_source) when I try and play the links for KPLU (in the Other Streams): 2005-04-04 11:04:21.5169 Trying to open protocol stream for http://www.mrtickle.org/dyn/RadioStations.txt? 2005-04-04 11:04:21.5171 Looking for handler for protocol http 2005-04-04 11:04:21.5172 Found handler for protocol http 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9311 Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::Player::Source::playmode (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 880) frame 1: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/usr/local/slimserver/Plugins/Alien/Plugin.pm line 387) frame 2: Plugins::Alien::Plugin::__ANON__ (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 616) frame 3: Slim::Hardware::IR::executeButton (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 589) frame 4: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 640) frame 5: Slim::Hardware::IR::processCode (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 499) frame 6: Slim::Hardware::IR::releaseCode (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 394) frame 7: Slim::Hardware::IR::checkRelease (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Utils/Timers.pm line 62) frame 8: Slim::Utils::Timers::checkTimers (/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl line 611) frame 9: main::idle (/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl line 549) frame 10: main::main (/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl line ) 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9314 00:04:20:05:5b:58: Switching to mode stop from stop 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9315 Already in playmode stop : ignoring mode change 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9317 Adding song index 0 to song queue 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9318 Clearing out song queue first 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9319 Song queue is now 0 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9417 Trying to open protocol stream for rtsp://cool.str3am.com:554/broadcast/kplu.rm 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9419 Looking for handler for protocol rtsp 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9420 Found handler for protocol rtsp 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9424 Adding song index 0 to song queue 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9425 Clearing out song queue first 2005-04-04 11:04:25.9426 Song queue is now 0 2005-04-04 11:05:19.6752 Trying to open protocol stream for http://www.mrtickle.org/dyn/RadioStations.txt? 2005-04-04 11:05:19.6754 Looking for handler for protocol http 2005-04-04 11:05:19.6755 Found handler for protocol http 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7709 Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::Player::Source::playmode (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 880) frame 1: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/usr/local/slimserver/Plugins/Alien/Plugin.pm line 387) frame 2: Plugins::Alien::Plugin::__ANON__ (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 616) frame 3: Slim::Hardware::IR::executeButton (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 589) frame 4: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 640) frame 5: Slim::Hardware::IR::processCode (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 499) frame 6: Slim::Hardware::IR::releaseCode (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Hardware/IR.pm line 394) frame 7: Slim::Hardware::IR::checkRelease (/usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Utils/Timers.pm line 62) frame 8: Slim::Utils::Timers::checkTimers (/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl line 611) frame 9: main::idle (/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl line 549) frame 10: main::main (/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl line ) 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7712 00:04:20:05:5b:58: Switching to mode stop from stop 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7713 Already in playmode stop : ignoring mode change 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7715 Adding song index 0 to song queue 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7715 Clearing out song queue first 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7716 Song queue is now 0 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7789 Trying to open protocol stream for rtsp://cool.str3am.com:554/broadcast/kplu.rm 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7791 Looking for handler for protocol rtsp 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7792 Found handler for protocol rtsp 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7795 Adding song index 0 to song queue 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7796 Clearing out song queue first 2005-04-04 11:05:28.7797 Song queue is now 0 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.0 - Big Disappointment
>A little more debugging info would be useful. >What does an "strace -p" on the process id yield? (it will output a lot). >Can you try disabling MusicMagic? Ok, the culprit seems to be MusicMagic and the integration between SlimServer and MusicMagic. Once the MusicMagic API is shut off so that SlimServer doesn't see MusicMagic, the server behaves and CPU utilization by SlimServer is extremely low. Also, when I stop the server (without the MusicMagic API), the process ends as expected. However, the big deal for me in waiting for 6.0 WAS the MusicMagic integration. I must say that MusicMagic's playlist generation functionality is simply amazing (WOW, what it does with my music collection - I'm totally perplexed by the intriguing mixes it builds!), however, it is TOTALLY BOGGING DOWN SlimServer or vice-versa. A shame to hold out such tasty candy and see painfully disappointing results (in terms of server performance). So SlimServer 6.0 seems good by itself. The wait for a solid link between Slim and MusicMagic is what is next. Slim's capabilities paired up with MusicMagic's stuff is truly worth waiting for - audio ecstasy! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer 6.0 - Big Disappointment
Maybe it simply was over hyped. I waited and waited until the official release date, then, backed up my 5.4.x Slimserver and installed a fresh 6.0 version. After using it for the last day or so, I wonder what folks were thinking. I see no improvement in speed, whatsoever. I hear dropouts I never had before. And, if that wasn't exciting enough, I'm finding that my system has become almost completely unresponsive with Slimserver eating up over 80% of the cpu when NOTHING is playing on any of the devices on my network. What's it doing? Nothing good. Even better, when I try to stop Slimserver, it just won't die. Even trying to manually kill the process doesn't work. Only a reboot kills it. I'm very frustrated and don't want to be rude, as there are nice people who've worked hard to put this thing together -- however, unless I am really missing something (and I am very thorough) this 6.0 version is NOT READY for widespread use. FYI: I'm running Gentoo Linux (Perl 5.8.6, i686, 2.6.11 Kernel). I'm also running the MusicMagic API, Unless I hear something worthy of staying put, I'm probably going to restore my backup and stay with 5.4.x for a few more weeks. Thoughts? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] RE: Is ExBrowse2 working on new 6.0 Release?
Disregard previous message -- it seems to be working now. Wiping the cache (server/browser) perhaps fixed it. However, seeing that it doesn't have any MusicMagic support (and that artwork is only available on individual song drilldown) means I'm back to Fishbone. Oh, well. -Original Message----- From: Bradley Feldman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:14 PM To: 'discuss@lists.slimdevices.com' Subject: RE: Is ExBrowse2 working on new 6.0 Release? >What browser are you using? > >- Jacob This occurs on both MS Internet Explorer 6.0 and on Firefox 1.02. *Bradley -Original Message- From: Bradley Feldman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:23 AM To: 'discuss@lists.slimdevices.com' Subject: Is ExBrowse2 working on new 6.0 Release? I heard so much about this new interface, when I downloaded and installed the new 6.0 Release, I wanted to try it right away. However, when I try and bring it up, all I get is a black browser screen with the text, "Loading...". That's it. Any ideas? *Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] RE: Is ExBrowse2 working on new 6.0 Release?
>What browser are you using? > >- Jacob This occurs on both MS Internet Explorer 6.0 and on Firefox 1.02. *Bradley -Original Message----- From: Bradley Feldman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:23 AM To: 'discuss@lists.slimdevices.com' Subject: Is ExBrowse2 working on new 6.0 Release? I heard so much about this new interface, when I downloaded and installed the new 6.0 Release, I wanted to try it right away. However, when I try and bring it up, all I get is a black browser screen with the text, "Loading...". That's it. Any ideas? *Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Is ExBrowse2 working on new 6.0 Release?
I heard so much about this new interface, when I downloaded and installed the new 6.0 Release, I wanted to try it right away. However, when I try and bring it up, all I get is a black browser screen with the text, "Loading...". That's it. Any ideas? *Bradley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] AlienBBC v0.94 beta released
Well, I'm glad this is working fine for Windows folks, but I'm still having problems on Linux (hope you're not leaving us folks behind, now that the windows world has AlienBBC). In both 0.93 and 0.94 1. It still doesn't seem to find mplayer.sh in the right place -- you have to copy it to /usr/bin for it to attempt to call/find mplayer properly. 2. Some of the rtsp streams aren't working -- like WBGO -- get errors finding playlist. 3. On my system (Gentoo Linux - with a fresh compiled mplayer-1.0pre6-3.4.3) I get a few seconds of sound, then silence, then the next few seconds of sound, etc. If I tell slimserver to limit bitrates, I get continuous play (because it pipes to lame) but that's not how I use slim. I'd go back to the old transcoder version if it didn't break all those BBC streams. I'd even go back to alienstream if this version would support it via a switch -- those methods worked flawlessly on my end. I didn't want to have to "upgrade" to a BETA -- things worked fine for me before. My only request: Please fix basic operation on Linux before pushing any new features or other tweaks! Thanks. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss