Re: [slim] Loud pop & noise starting mp3s (7.1 + OSX).
Hey thanks Andy. I've raised a bug ticket (9078) and have attached a file that pops/clicks every time on startup. I did a lot of playback last night and discovered that the files that show the problem are only a minority and generally ones that aren't ones I ripped/created myself. I honestly don't know if it's a problem with 7.1 but I know they played fine under 7.0.1. Could be related to an OSX/iTunes upgrade, hard to say. Thanks for responding. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50825 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Loud pop & noise starting mp3s (7.1 + OSX).
Yeah every time so far. Let me try and grab the audio and if I can I'll file a bug and attach the snippet. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50825 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Loud pop & noise starting mp3s (7.1 + OSX).
Upgraded to 7.1 today along with the firmware upgrade and I seem to now get a loud split second pop of white noise before a track starts to play. This only appears to happen with mp3s, other formats don't suffer the problem. AAC and Apple Lossless (my other two main formats) play fine without the issue. Anyone else suffering this or can perhaps offer a solution? Here's my system: SqueezeCenter Version: 7.1.1 - 22439 @ Thu Aug 7 01:03:17 PDT 2008 - Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17) - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.8 darwin-thread-multi-2level MySQL Version: 5.0.22-standard Obviously this piercing noise, though short, is making the system quite annoying to use at the moment. At one point tonight starting an mp3 just generated endless low-level white noise and I had to reset the SB3 by holding the power button down. Seems very iffy. I go through a wireless network (all my music is managed in iTunes) and the output is through the phonos on the back of the SB3. I upgraded to the nightly build above but this didn't solve the problem. Oh, and I just have mp3 set as 'Native' under the formats pane. Any help appreciated as always. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50825 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New to Mac and Itunes - slimserver & library help
I've found SS and iTunes integrate pretty nicely together. iTunes generally orders things by Artist->Album but once you're comfortable with that it becomes quite natural to use and you'll very rarely take notice of the files anymore. I find it very easy to use as a tag manager and have become very at home with the iTunes interface. Artwork can be an issue as Apple recently changed the way iTunes stores artwork and this means it wont often show-up via SS. There are scripts out there that you can run to rectify this. Only things it doesn't like format-wise are OGG and FLAC (although I believe there is a codec for OGG, and FLAC files can be converted on OSX to AIFF pretty easily). For lossless stick with AIFF or Apple Lossless. But in general, for importing, converting and managing music files, iTunes is a top class app. SS will pick up new additions automatically although if I'm in a hurry to listen to something I'll do a quick re-scan of new items and it takes only a short while to get updated on the server-side. I've also found all the plugins I use (AlienBBC, XMRadio, LastFM, and Song Scanner) all work flawlessly. Good luck! -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nintendo Wii + Slimserver?
Yeah if anyone has a solution to this or knows of a Flash player that'll play Slimserver's mp3 stream, I think it would be wonderful to access music libraries and play them via the Wii. All of the embedded Flash player's I've tried haven't worked. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32021 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter vs. SB3
seanadams Wrote: > That is an interesting comment. If not lower noise, lower distortion, > higher sample rates etc, what COULD the specs possibly offer that would > improve sound quality? Are you asserting that there is no room for > improvement in SB3? If so, I'm flattered, but respectfully disagree. > :) Certainly room for measured signal improvement with the aid of engineering test kit. The noise floor of my room with ceiling fans going isn't great, I run short cables, distortion levels from the SB3 don't seem to hurt me, and I don't need 96kHz myself (ymmv). Whether any of these tweaks deliver genuinely significant (my word) audible improvements for most listeners in most rooms with MP3/AAC/FLAC etc source material is a debatable subject that I prefer not to engage in because I've been there so many times before. If customers hear the difference and need the new cable ports then I'm certainly not going to argue. The SB3 DAC technology for two channel audio suits me fine, I absolutely love it. Maybe the best piece of audio equipment I have ever bought. Sounds as good if not better than my venerable Meridian 508.20 which I've retired to the loft in the 'don't need this anymore' box. :-) The Transporter is impressive kit, no doubt, it's not for me though, that's all I'm saying really. You still need to provide a non-audiophile version for us mortals though. ;-) Good luck with the product, I'm still cheering for you guys. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter vs. SB3
Under a properly conducted level-matched A/B/X test I would imagine no audible difference between the Transporter and SB3. There is nothing in the Transporter spec that I can see significantly improving the sound quality for most users. Balanced analogue XLRs are nice but generally not necessary for *most* home audio unless you really do need the interference rejection and are running long cables. Otherwise RCA will give you all the quality you need. The digital connectors are nice but streaming lossless data over Wifi is all I personally use. S/PDIF, yuk. I2S, yum. An outboard DAC might sound different but then it's really a preference thing. I expect to see a lot of comment from the audiophile community over the coming weeks about how the Transporter is more 'musical', has better 'timing' and 'rhythm' and simply 'sounds like music'. Y'know, that sort of stuff. Or they'll just say it's not much cop. It's a lovely piece of kit but at 2 grand definitely not for me. If they can shove slightly upgraded SB3 internals into that case and charge $600 or something then I'm all ears. A functionally identical product line that now goes from $299 to $1999 with a gaping void in between is frankly silly. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default skin volume control....
Oh yeah I know about Spinal Tap. :-) I thought it was highly amusing that's all, a nice little touch. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24477 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Default skin volume control....
...goes up to 11. I've just noticed this, was it deliberate? :-) I can just imagine the marketing "Our volume goes up to 11, that's one louder than our competitors". Great stuff. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24477 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New user alert!
A quick question for OSX iTunes users. I went back into SlimServer this morning only to find all my music had disappeared. All my iTunes settings had vanished. The only thing I had done was install the LastFM and SlimScrobbler plugins and then re-cycled the server. After this re-cycle, I got the "Your music contains 0 artists" type of message. The iTunes settings on the config page seemed to have been wiped. Most odd. So I clicked the 'Use iTunes' button again, and re-cycled, still nothing. Then changed the rescan option to "Clear library and rescan everything". Hit rescan, still nothing. The only thing that seems to have got my music back was entering the path to my iTunes Library xml file in the appropriate box. My library's on the same machine as the server, does anyone know why SlimServer wasn't able to pick up all this info automatically (like it did when I first booted it up)?? -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New user alert!
Alright, I'm officially gob-smacked by the software and the Nokia skin. Just got all my music scanned and have been playing around for the last hour or so. Wow. The box hasn't even arrived yet! Eeeek. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New user alert!
Many thanks for the responses guys, very helpful information all round. :-) I will most certainly be trying out the Nokia skin tonight, looking forward to it. Also quite pleased to know I can continue using iTunes to manage my songs, that's quite a bonus. I'm guessing the server simply refreshes it's catalogue each time you add new songs? Looks like my Powerbook will host the server, although thinking about it my PC gets far less use so I may use that instead. Hmmm. On the DRM'd AAC front I was thinking of either setting up an Audio Hijack session or (as someone else told me) doing the convert in iMovie. I have quite a few files so I really want to try and automate it, it's a difficult one really. That'll teach me to upgrade. If I settle on a quick and decent solution I'll be sure to post it here. -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New user alert!
Hi all, Just wanted to say that I ordered my Squeezebox this morning and am very much looking forward to it arriving. Giving up iTunes after all this time (about 3-4 years) is going to be a big change for me. :-) But I'm looking forward to pastures new and finally having decent remote control of my music (wake up Apple, Front Row isn't it!!). So can anyone advise this n00b on essentials? I've already been told that AlienBBC and SongScanner are must-haves. Plus I do (as chance would have it) own a Nokia770 so I guess the skin for the server interface is also a must. Also any potential traps/things-to-watch-for for someone coming from OSX iTunes? My music is mostly Apple Lossless, AAC, MP3 and AIFF. Actually one question I do have is what people have found the best method for re-ripping protected AAC files? Obviously I'm going to need to convert all mine. Anyway, sorry for rambling. One of the key decisions for me choosing a SB3 over the Sonos (which I *almost* bought - booo!) was the comparative friendliness, openess and general knowledgeability of this forum (I've lurked for months). So I hope once I'm up and running I'll also be able to contribute. :-) -- GeeZa GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
