Re: [slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
I haven't tried it in a long time. When I did, the plug-in was still in Beta, so it had a number of problems. Will definitely check it out. Thanks, Chris On Sep 1, 2006, at 10:44 AM, ceejay wrote: Christopher Biscoe;132791 Wrote: This might already be in SS, so forgive me if it is, but I would love to be able to use the Web to select dynamic, streaming content and send it to SS for playing through my hi-fi. For example, IMHO, KCRW is one of the world's greatest public radio stations (no affiliation, promise). One of the really cool things they do is archive all of their shows on a searchable page on their website. Some of these shows are music based (for example, a one-hour interview and performance session with the Flaming Lips, or Tom Waits, or whatever), some of which are news/information based. What would be amazing is the ability to select one of these archived shows and instead of playing with Windows Media, Real Audio or Itunes/ Quicktime, but rather, send to a Slim agent, that could then play through Squeezebox. Of course, I know there are ways to record or archive locally and then add those to the slim playlist, but this takes considerable effort and sometimes these broadcasts are not something that you would want to preserve for multiple listenings. I realize that this would be a technically challenging, but why stop a boy from dreaming... So, rather like AlienBBC does for the BBC's stations? Have you tried this? Its another of the world's greatest public radio stations! :) Ceejay -- ceejay -- -- ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ 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
Re: [slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
This might already be in SS, so forgive me if it is, but I would love to be able to use the Web to select dynamic, streaming content and send it to SS for playing through my hi-fi. For example, IMHO, KCRW is one of the world's greatest public radio stations (no affiliation, promise). One of the really cool things they do is archive all of their shows on a searchable page on their website. Some of these shows are music based (for example, a one-hour interview and performance session with the Flaming Lips, or Tom Waits, or whatever), some of which are news/information based. What would be amazing is the ability to select one of these archived shows and instead of playing with Windows Media, Real Audio or Itunes/ Quicktime, but rather, send to a Slim agent, that could then play through Squeezebox. Of course, I know there are ways to record or archive locally and then add those to the slim playlist, but this takes considerable effort and sometimes these broadcasts are not something that you would want to preserve for multiple listenings. I realize that this would be a technically challenging, but why stop a boy from dreaming... ___ 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
Re: [slim] Powered speakers
I think the Apple speakers, the Ipod Hi-Fi, is a brilliant, low-cost solution with pretty good sound quality. I am an audiophile with McIntosh labs equipment, but needed something portable for a summer house. These worked perfectly, providing inputs from any source and also connecting directly to the Ipod. It can be battery powered, if you want to take it on the go, and comes with a simple remote... Chris On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:46 PM, bonze wrote: I'm thinking about buying a set of powered speakers for output from an SB3. At the moment the output is fed through an old boombox, which works OK, but is a bit cumbersome and unsightly. This SB3 is located in a wooden summerhouse at the bottom of the garden so I don't want anything too 'flashy/metallic' looking. Something in a nice wood finish would be ideal. Anyone here using a similar setup?? and could make a recomendation?? Oh, and I'm in the UK ;-) -- bonze -- -- bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26226 ___ 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
Re: [slim] Re: Re: Problems Scanning large library in OS X with SS
Dan, Thanks for your help. Downloading the new build didn't work initially, but I went ahead and deleted the Itunes Library Files and rescanned them. Doing so meant that the scan on Slimserver was successful. Many thanks for your help. As an owner of both Squeezebox and Olive Musica, I have to say that one of the key differentiators (and a significant source of comfort) is this interested community of users listening to, learning from and helping one another Kind regards, Chris On Mar 5, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Dan Sully wrote: * Christopher Biscoe shaped the electrons to say... Have set it to 0. Unfortunately, same essential problem. Scan stops at 340 Albums, 609 songs (a seven song improvement), and 216 artists. When it gets to these numbers, SS is no longer saying that it is rescanning... Very weird. Any thoughts? First of all, try downloading the 6.2.2 nightly build, which has bug fixes since the 6.2.1 official build. http://slimdevices.com/ dev_nightly.html Secondly, could you run slim.exe on the command line? Possibly with the --d_itunes flag? Hopefully that will give some indication of what's happening. Do you have any iTunes Music Store songs? Those won't show up in SlimServer, and will affect the song count. Thanks. -D -- dr.pox NO, NETBSD IS NOT REALLY BUILT WITH ELITE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
Re: [slim] Re: Problems Scanning large library in OS X with SS
Thanks Dan, Have set it to 0. Unfortunately, same essential problem. Scan stops at 340 Albums, 609 songs (a seven song improvement), and 216 artists. When it gets to these numbers, SS is no longer saying that it is rescanning... Very weird. Any thoughts? Kind regards, Chris On Mar 5, 2006, at 12:21 AM, Dan Sully wrote: * Christopher Biscoe shaped the electrons to say... I was an old SB2 user that eventually abandoned it because of chronic issues with the box and the server software. This was about 9 months ago. Recently, lured by both Squeezenetwork (generally) and Pandora (specifically) I jumped back in and bought 2 lovely new black SB3s. Connecting to the Squeezenetwork is a breeze and Pandora works brilliantly. Glad to have you back, Christopher! Problem I am having, and it was an intermittent problem before that seems to be worse now, is scanning. I have aa large CD collection and about 2500 are ripped to two Buffalo SAN boxes (which I highly recommend after being burned by LaCie, TWICE). When I scan, I end up with 340 albums and 602 songs by 216 artists. Many albums are one or two songs long, despite having the entire album available on the SAN. My Itunes database is correct, and everything is fully playable off of the Mac (that is, I have tested that the music is still there in Itunes with success). To begin with, I have just instructed Slim Server to reference my Itunes file, rather than going through the trouble of mapping the drives in SS (although I can be persuaded otherwise). Am running 6.2.1 Slim Server (which seems to be the latest version, unless I have missed something on the slimdevices website). Try setting the iTunes Rescan Interval to 0. -D -- noah I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not sure. ___ 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] Problems Scanning large library in OS X with SS
Hi, I was an old SB2 user that eventually abandoned it because of chronic issues with the box and the server software. This was about 9 months ago. Recently, lured by both Squeezenetwork (generally) and Pandora (specifically) I jumped back in and bought 2 lovely new black SB3s. Connecting to the Squeezenetwork is a breeze and Pandora works brilliantly. Problem I am having, and it was an intermittent problem before that seems to be worse now, is scanning. I have aa large CD collection and about 2500 are ripped to two Buffalo SAN boxes (which I highly recommend after being burned by LaCie, TWICE). When I scan, I end up with 340 albums and 602 songs by 216 artists. Many albums are one or two songs long, despite having the entire album available on the SAN. My Itunes database is correct, and everything is fully playable off of the Mac (that is, I have tested that the music is still there in Itunes with success). To begin with, I have just instructed Slim Server to reference my Itunes file, rather than going through the trouble of mapping the drives in SS (although I can be persuaded otherwise). Am running 6.2.1 Slim Server (which seems to be the latest version, unless I have missed something on the slimdevices website). I am running a Dual 2.5 Mac G5 (latest OS X) with 4gb of ram. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am very excited with the look and performance of the new boxes (and have already helped sell two more to friends through my enthusiasm), but this problem definitely rubs some of the polish off of my experience, and any help you can provide would be dearly appreciated... Chris ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
