[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!
I have read with interest some of the responses on this thread and they are very varied indeed. Personally, I like to keep an open mind however I do think that Logitech have a steep climb if they want to establish themselves in the high-end audio market. I must say that I have always been very happy with the logitech products that I have come into contact with but these are only mice and keyboards which to my mind are where Logitech's roots are (I could be completely wrong here but that's what I always think of when the name Logitech is mentioned). I work for a company called NXP Semiconductors but you may be more familiar with their previous name which was Philips Semiconductors. NXP is now owned by a private investment consortium and are having a massive drive to impregnate the industry with their new brand image. Previously, as Philips, they spent considerable time and effort implanting a brand image in consumers minds. I believe I'm correct in saying that the brand image of Intel that we all know and love today cost them a ridiculous amount of money ... and I mean stupid amounts of dosh. It seems to me that Logitech are attemtping to alter the impression of their company in the mind of the consumer ... in other words, alter their brand image. I think that they have a massive challenge ahead of them and one that shouldn't be under estimated. However, I wish them all the success they deserve. I can only hope, along with many here, that the quality of the Slim Devices products is not compromised in any way and that the community is still nurtured and sherished for the added value it provides. Cheers, Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: close to giving up
I have read other threads on this forum where people have had difficulties with connections etc. and a clean up and re-install of SS fixed all their problems. I'd certainly give that a go before trying anything else. Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29561 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
Apologies if already mentioned but the ability to connect to Pandora through SS (rather than SN) would be great. Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 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
[slim] Re: Confused and disheartened of the UK
It has been mentioned that a lot of people do successfully use a complete wireless system to connect their server and SB to the router and I'd just like to vouch for this. My router is in a cupboard that is pretty central to the whole house ... my PC (running SS) is in the office in the loft and my SB is downstairs in the dining room and it's all wireless. My house was built in 1940 and all the internal walls are solid brick (none of these flimsy 'cardboard' walls you find in new builds). Well, basically, it all works beautifully. I have a Netgear DG834 router and I made a point of buying a Netgear NIC for the PC. I have seen installations that use different brands of router and NICs and the performance has been utterly rubbish. When the router was changed the difference was staggering. My only other question in relation to this topic would be what the transmission power of a laptop based NIC is when compared to a PCI based one? Cheers, Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
Siduhe;154416 Wrote: > As I understand it, that is very unlikely to happen. Slimserver is open > source, but Pandora is closed source, and so Pandora cannot be > integrated into Slimserver without either a) infringing the open source > nature of Slimserver, or b) infringing Pandora's copyright. > Squeezenetwork on the other hand is proprietory to Slim Devices, so no > licencing issues there. Aye ... but despite the legal/licencing difficulties, it would be a nice feature to have. 8) -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 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
[slim] Slimserver won't play to external client
Hi, The forum search facility doesn't appear to be work so I apologise if this question has already been answered. I want to stream my music collection from home to my place of work so I followed the instructions given in the slimserver web interface for remote streaming. >From a web browser at work (Firefox) I can see my web interface and when I point windows media player at my server, the ip address appears in the server interface so it looks as though a connection has been established. However, after selecting a playlist, when I click the play button on the server interface, it refuses to play. I can change other settings like shuffle, for example but it seems the server refuses to stream my playlist. Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39419 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver won't play to external client
Michael Herger;235999 Wrote: > > However, after selecting a playlist, when I click the play button on > > the server interface, it refuses to play. > > Please make sure you've got the very latest build installed. This was > broken a few days ago, but should be fixed in the latest build. > > Michael Thanks for the quick response. My Slimserver version is: SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Is this the fixed or broken version? 8) -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39419 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver won't play to external client
Michael Herger;236007 Wrote: > > SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 > > Is this the fixed or broken version? 8) > > Ahm... none of these. The problem I was talking about was in the trunk > (SC7). > > Whatever... make sure you're patient enough for the player to fill its > buffer. I've seen delays of up to 30 seconds with WMP before the actual > playback started. If you want instant playback and control, you best use > SoftSqueeze (can be found in slimserver's help section). > > Michael Sorry but you've lost me re: trunk (SC7) The problem I have is when I click on the 'play' button in the Slimserver web interface, it doesn't even get selected. The frame reloads but 'stop' remains the highlighted option. Do you see what I mean? Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39419 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver won't play to external client
@ 4mula1: Yes, I am using stream.mp3. I'm not sure of the implications of not having Lame installed? @ Michael >Please turn on d_http logging (Server settings/Debugging) and >watch the log file (link at the top of that settings page). >Do you see anything special when you try to play a song? I have done this. The debug option is repeatedly giving me messages like the following: Sent 272 to 130.138.227.10 More to send to 130.138.227.10 Sent 17475 to 130.138.227.10 No more messages to send to 130.138.227.10 reading request... HTTP request: from 130.138.227.10 (HTTP::Daemon::ClientConn=GLOB(0x68d202c)) for GET HTTP/1.1 /playlist.html?player=130.138.227.10&d=1192716525645 HTTP parameter player = 130.138.227.10 HTTP parameter d = 1192716525645 processURL Clients: 130.138.227.10:26873 192.168.0.5:42850 Generating response for (htm, text/html) playlist.html generating from include.html type: fill found path: C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\HTML\EN\include.html generating from playlist.html type: fill found path: C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\HTML\Default\playlist.html End request: keepAlive: [7] - waiting for next request for HTTP::Daemon::ClientConn=GLOB(0x68d202c) on connection = Keep-Alive I have also found some error messages in the log and these are as follows: - ERROR: playmode: Couldn't gotoNext song on playlist, stopping - sendstreamingsocket syswrite returned undef: Unknown error These repeat a number of time throughout the log. Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39419 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver won't play to external client
jaysung;236156 Wrote: > If lame is not installed it won't work. Go to player settings for the > specific player and check if lame is installed under audio. If not > install lame and try again. Sorry if you did try that but it looks like > you didn't. jaysung, you're absolutely right ... I don't have lame installed. I must confess, I didn't realise what it was and didn't know that I needed it. Have now been to the lame website and all becomes clear. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I will try to get it installed over the weekend and will let you know if it cures my problem. Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39419 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to un-forget a player?
Okay ... please ignore my stupid question. I have answered it myself now. Thanks for looking. Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to un-forget a player?
Is it possible to somehow retrieve a player IP address after you've told slimserver to forget about that player. I'm not just talking about the squeezebox here either ... what about if you have a remote player that isn't able to refresh the server? Cheers in advance, Gavin -- Gavster Gavster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
