Re: [slim] I need help - Slimserver failing on Mac.
As you are new to mac this is how to open the firewall: Goto systems preferences from the Apple menu. Select sharing in the internet and network section. Select firewall, click new... In port name select other and then type 3483, 9000, 9090 in the port number section. Type slim server in the description section. Click Ok. The firewall should be open now for the slimserver. Try this and get back if it's not working after this. Steven Moore On 17 Feb 2005, at 9:29 pm, Mark wrote: Hi all, I've been running Slimserver on a Windows machine for a few years now with very few problems. However, in an act of madness I decided to buy the Apple Mac Mini to see what I think of OSX. I'm currently trying to set-up the Slimserver on the Mac but am having weird problems - and to be honest I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing :-) Anyway, this is what is happening: 1) I've downloaded the Slimserver for OSX software. 2) Installed the software and it now appears in my system preferences. 3) Started the server, and selected 'when I logon' in the system preferences screen. 4) I then go to the slimserver webpage and can see that it is scanning my library and finding my Music. 5) After a minute or so the server stops running (in system preferences) and I can no longer get to the webpage. This is happening everytime I try this... Any ideas on what could be wrong. Please remember I'm new to OSX so if you have anything I could check please let me know. Thanks, Mark -- ___ 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] Problem: Lost Contact - Check software is running
Is the server rescanning the music library when you get this error? If you wait a while it may connect. Steven Moore On 23 Feb 2005, at 9:32 pm, B C wrote: I am running Slimserver V 5.4.0 on OSX 10.3.8 when i try to connect my squeezebox to the server it goes through al the set up, says 'Set up complete: press right to use your squeezebox'. When I do the screen goes blank and pressing any key brings up the error message 'Problem: Lost Contact - Check software is running' I can ping the Squeezebox from the Mac running the Slimserver. The Squeezebox has worked before on this machine but was connected to another Mac for a few months and not really used. Any help most appreciated. Thanks gfl ___ 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] Announce: SlimServer 6.0a1
Just installed 6.0a1, seems to be taking a very long time ( > 30mins) to rescan music, worked okay in 5.4.0. from log Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x96, with no preceding start byte) in transliteration (tr///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 34. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x96, with no preceding start byte) in substitution (s///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 38. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x96, with no preceding start byte) in substitution (s///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 38. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x96, with no preceding start byte) in substitution (s///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 20. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x96, with no preceding start byte) in substitution (s///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 20. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xb4, with no preceding start byte) in transliteration (tr///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 34. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xb4, with no preceding start byte) in substitution (s///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 38. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xb4, with no preceding start byte) in substitution (s///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 20. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xb4, with no preceding start byte) in substitution (s///) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Text.pm line 20. 800mhz imac(10.3.8), 10k tracks, 512mb. Steven Moore On 24 Feb 2005, at 10:40 am, kdf wrote: Quoting Ben Gladstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: yes, i get the same behaviour using the slimserver browser, IE and firefox. changing the skin to fishbone doesn't affect the time taken to show albums actually, fishbone skin probably isn't an example of quick rendering :) what about http://serverIP:9000/EN/ just to get the most bare bones skin. I'm trying hard not to blame windows :) -kdf ___ 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] UK Prices
I got my squeezebox from Dabs.com.uk they are very reliable and competitive on pricing although stock is very low at the moment. http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/results.htm?searchPhrase=squeezebox £187.70 Wireless inc VAT £136.51 Wired inc VAT, Postage is very reasonable too. Steven Moore On 1 Mar 2005, at 3:07 pm, Bond, Peter wrote: Do the folks across the pond have to pay extra fees for gifts coming from the US? Aside from the additional shipping costs, I don't ever pay anything extra when I buy stuff from ebay.co.uk. Is it something special that happens in the US-> anywhere else transactions, but not the other way around? Yes, all goods incoming to the UK are liable for import duty & VAT. Even gifts. Forgot to mention - there are different duty rates for different classes of product... The limit is a value of around the 18UKP mark (inc shipping), can't remember exactly. Peter *** This email, its content and any attachments is PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL to TANDBERG Television. If received in error please notify the sender and destroy the original message and attachments. www.tandbergtv.com *** ___ 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] Announce: SlimServer 6.0a2
/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 637) frame 9: Slim::Hardware::IR::processCode (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 455) frame 10: Slim::Hardware::IR::processIR (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Control/Command.pm line 572) frame 11: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 87) frame 12: Slim::Hardware::IR::idle (./slimserver.pl line 546) frame 13: main::idle (./slimserver.pl line 512) frame 14: main::main (./slimserver.pl line 1051) Can't call method "moodlogic_mixable" on an undefined value at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Buttons/BrowseID3.pm line 697. 2005-03-04 12:05:38.6765 Got to the END. 2005-03-04 12:05:38.6769 Got sigint. 2005-03-04 12:05:38.6771 SlimServer cleaning up. If you need more info I'll try setting the debug settings. Hope this is useful. Thank you Steven Moore On 3 Mar 2005, at 4:47 pm, Michael Bowyer wrote: OK - Got it working (with OS X 10.3.8) I had to delete the db file before the new version would work: ~/Library/Caches/SlimServer/slimserversql.db I started SlimServer manually: ~/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/ slimserver.pl --d_info --d_server The output form the above command is valuable stuff, just to see what's going on. I have 5800 tracks, and the library scan took a few mins to complete. The new slimserversql.db is 5.4MB big. So far, Slimserver is working fine, and uses between 0 and 2% CPU, much better than before. Searches are totally instant! I am very excited about this now, great work guys (no need to go back to 5.4 even), and to think its only going to get better! Feature request: The OSX preference pane is great, but could you add a real time "Total Tracks: " , or some indication when its scanning. When Slimserver is really busy, neither the web interface or SB can display any information and its nice to know what's going on. ___ 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] Announce: SlimServer 6.0a2
An update to my last post, the server is finding the songs by displaying the first found song ie 1of 48 etc but when I press the down button to see the next song found that is when the server crashes. On 4 Mar 2005, at 12:12 pm, Steven Moore wrote: Sorry for the long post. Just installed 6.0a2, mac os 10.3.8. Cleared out all slim stuff I could find before install. Rescan went okay. Did a search for song name straight after scan, server crashed, from log: ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Search for songs 6.0b1
imac g4, 10.3.8, 6.0b1 Searching for songs on this machine has improved from the alpha slightly. When searching before you got a list of matching songs (1 of 43) etc and then pressing down on the remote caused the server to crash, now in the beta when pressing down you get a list of songs with some missing, e.g the display will read (5 of 6) on the top line then a blank line below with the music symbol at the end. Pressing play or right on the blank songs causes a crash, pressing play on the displayed songs allows them to play. Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Search for songs 6.0b1
Update: there are "blank" songs even when browsing music. Any ideas what the problem may be? Steven Moore On 10 Mar 2005, at 3:17 pm, Steven Moore wrote: imac g4, 10.3.8, 6.0b1 Searching for songs on this machine has improved from the alpha slightly. When searching before you got a list of matching songs (1 of 43) etc and then pressing down on the remote caused the server to crash, now in the beta when pressing down you get a list of songs with some missing, e.g the display will read (5 of 6) on the top line then a blank line below with the music symbol at the end. Pressing play or right on the blank songs causes a crash, pressing play on the displayed songs allows them to play. Steven Moore ___ 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] 6 database question
Will the new db in ver 6 server software be able to update with new tracks incrementally or will it have to do a complete rescan of the whole library? Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wow
Do you know if the 'blank tracks' problem has been solved yet? Steven Moore On 14 Mar 2005, at 5:32 pm, Healy wrote: Just wanted to say thanks to all the developers of the 6.0 branch. Now that I've got it working on my setup, I can't believe how much of a lighter load is on my system. The 5.4.x branch was putting a heavy load on my memory with over 25,000 songs. 6.0b1 is only using a fraction. Thanks for the hard work! -Healy ___ 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] Wow
Sorry you may have missed it but a few users including me have reported 6.0b1 showing blank lines instead of tracks when searching and browsing. Steven Moore On 14 Mar 2005, at 6:48 pm, Healy wrote: I don't know what you mean by blank tracks? On Mar 14, 2005, at 10:12 AM, Steven Moore wrote: Do you know if the 'blank tracks' problem has been solved yet? Steven Moore On 14 Mar 2005, at 5:32 pm, Healy wrote: Just wanted to say thanks to all the developers of the 6.0 branch. Now that I've got it working on my setup, I can't believe how much of a lighter load is on my system. The 5.4.x branch was putting a heavy load on my memory with over 25,000 songs. 6.0b1 is only using a fraction. Thanks for the hard work! -Healy ___ 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 ___ 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] moving back down from 5.4.1 to 5.4
I am getting server crashes with the new 5.4.1 release. 5.4 was ok, never a crash. Crash happened when playing music (mp3). imac g4 512mb, 10.3.8. Getting a repeat of this line in the log: Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Display/Display.pm line 73. Steven Moore. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: moving back down from 5.4.1 to 5.4
Screensaver was time and date, but the display was showing the elapsed time with progress bar. The song was an mp3, Raining again by Supertramp, it was playing and I was not using the remote. The screen on the squeezebox just went off with the music, I checked the preference pane and the server had stopped. The track played okay on 5.4 before. Steven Moore On 14 Mar 2005, at 9:18 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... I am getting server crashes with the new 5.4.1 release. 5.4 was ok, never a crash. Crash happened when playing music (mp3). imac g4 512mb, 10.3.8. Getting a repeat of this line in the log: Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Display/Display.pm line 73. Steven - what was happening when the server crashed? What song was playing? Were you using the RSS screensaver? Thanks. -D -- There was supposed to be a big kaboom. ___ 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: Wow
Sorry can't check this: Deleted all slim stuff. Downloaded 2005-3-14. Installed, for when I log in, and preference pane available to all users. Pressed start server, Pressed web access, Server crashed just after web page loaded. From log: 2005-03-14 22:08:13.8839 SlimServer OSDetect init... 2005-03-14 22:08:13.8842 SlimServer Strings init... 2005-03-14 22:08:14.6716 SlimServer OS Specific init... 2005-03-14 22:08:14.6733 SlimServer settings init... 2005-03-14 22:08:14.7432 SlimServer setting language... 2005-03-14 22:08:14.7436 SlimServer IR init... 2005-03-14 22:08:14.7611 SlimServer Buttons init... 2005-03-14 22:08:14.7646 SlimServer Graphics init... 2005-03-14 22:08:22.1234 SlimServer starting up... 2005-03-14 22:08:22.1240 SlimServer daemonizing... 2005-03-14 22:08:22.1721 Old SLIMP3 Protocol init... 2005-03-14 22:08:22.2229 Slimproto Init... 2005-03-14 22:08:22.2297 SlimServer HTTP init... 2005-03-14 22:08:22.2840 SlimServer saving pid file. 2005-03-14 22:08:22.2864 Got to the END. 2005-03-14 22:08:22.2870 Got sigint. 2005-03-14 22:08:22.2874 SlimServer cleaning up. 2005-03-14 22:08:22.5525 SlimServer CLI init... 2005-03-14 22:08:22.5962 Source conversion init.. 2005-03-14 22:08:22.8077 SlimServer Info init... 2005-03-14 22:08:23.1552 SlimServer MusicFolderScan init... 2005-03-14 22:08:23.1568 SlimServer Plugins init... 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0640 Your data source needs to be configured. Please open your web browser, 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0643 go to the following URL, and click on the "Server Settings" link. 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0649 The URL to access SlimServer is now: http://imac-G4-LCD.local:9000/ 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0652 SlimServer persist playlists... 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0657 SlimServer done start... Can't locate object method "new" via package "Class::DBI::Iterator" (perhaps you forgot to load "Class::DBI::Iterator"?) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ DataStores/DBI/Track.pm line 150. 2005-03-14 22:08:36.0368 Got to the END. 2005-03-14 22:08:36.0372 Got sigint. 2005-03-14 22:08:36.0374 SlimServer cleaning up. But further working with it by starting the server with the web page up and then clicking browsing music etc, i could then get into server settings. Then I wiped the cache, and did a rescan, I had to click the use itunes radio button to get it to see my music. Rescan is still running 1 hr later, at least a perl process is at around 70% cpu. Perhaps something wrong with the rescan process? I Stopped server. Steven Moore On 14 Mar 2005, at 9:16 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... Sorry you may have missed it but a few users including me have reported 6.0b1 showing blank lines instead of tracks when searching and browsing. Steven - I'm interested if you can reproduce this in the latest nightly? What steps? A screenshot of the broken lines would help. Thanks. -D -- There was supposed to be a big kaboom. ___ 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: Wow
9662 tracks. On 14 Mar 2005, at 11:47 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0652 SlimServer persist playlists... 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0657 SlimServer done start... Can't locate object method "new" via package "Class::DBI::Iterator" (perhaps you forgot to load "Class::DBI::Iterator"?) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ DataStores/DBI/Track.pm line 150. I just fixed this. Then I wiped the cache, and did a rescan, I had to click the use itunes radio button to get it to see my music. Rescan is still running 1 hr later, at least a perl process is at around 70% cpu. Perhaps something wrong with the rescan process? I Stopped server. How large is your music collection? -D -- "History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people "maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes." --Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 1813. ___ 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: Wow
Started the server this morning and did a search, Cpu went to to 70% again without stopping, log 2005-03-15 08:18:16.3086 SlimServer done start... getpeername() on closed socket GEN6 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/Socket.pm line 206. getpeername() on closed socket GEN22 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/Socket.pm line 206. syswrite() on closed filehandle GEN23 at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Networking/Select.pm line 164. getpeername() on closed socket GEN23 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/Socket.pm line 206. getpeername() on closed socket GEN42 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/Socket.pm line 206. getpeername() on closed socket GEN47 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/Socket.pm line 206. getpeername() on closed socket GEN49 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/Socket.pm line 206. getpeername() on closed socket GEN68 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/IO/Socket.pm line 206. Hope this helps. Steven Moore On 15 Mar 2005, at 8:35 am, Steven Moore wrote: 9662 tracks. On 14 Mar 2005, at 11:47 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0652 SlimServer persist playlists... 2005-03-14 22:08:24.0657 SlimServer done start... Can't locate object method "new" via package "Class::DBI::Iterator" (perhaps you forgot to load "Class::DBI::Iterator"?) at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ DataStores/DBI/Track.pm line 150. I just fixed this. Then I wiped the cache, and did a rescan, I had to click the use itunes radio button to get it to see my music. Rescan is still running 1 hr later, at least a perl process is at around 70% cpu. Perhaps something wrong with the rescan process? I Stopped server. How large is your music collection? -D -- "History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people "maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes." --Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 1813. ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: Noisy cube (was Re: [slim] LinkStation as SlimServer... Performance Issues?)
Just to Back up what Allan wrote I have a G3 imac and the HD started to whine also, I luckily did a backup and the HD went the next day. Steven Moore On 18 Mar 2005, at 10:02 am, BenRubinstein wrote: Allan Hise wrote: If your G4 cube is very noisy, either there is something seriously wrong with the cube or your ears are way too sensitive. A stock cube has no fans, so noise would come from your hard drive (they can whine terribly when near death) and the optical drive can cause some strance vibrations. Various upgrades can add noise as well. Yep, I was very disappointed. I think it's probably the first thing - this is a cube that's being sitting on a shelf unused for some years. I borrowed it to get the SqueezeBox up and rip my CDs, with a faint hope of turning it into a really long term loan - but it is a big whiner. I don't believe it has any upgrades; optical drive isn't silent (and is losing its grip in terms of being able to eject CDs) but I think it's the hard disk that's at fault. I'm about halfway through ripping my pathetic collection; I'll back up to a firewire disk tonight in case the HD is fixing to die. Thanks for your input. Nice to know that a cube can/should be silent; but since this was my only shot at a free one, and they still fetch remarkably strong prices on eBay, I'm now looking more towards Linkstation or similar. Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 http://www.cogapp.com| Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 ___ 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] DB corruption again
Maybe the db is at fault for my particular problem of not showing all the songs in a particular album or search. By not showing I mean it displays (1 of 15) of an album but when you press down on the remote to see the next track the track name is blank. The next one may display and the next one may be blank. Still happening on 17th nightly. Rescan stops now after 50 mins which is long but an improvement but I am still seeing 70% cpu usage under normal conditions. imac 10.3.8. 512mb, 800mhz Steven Moore On 18 Mar 2005, at 12:29 pm, Christian Pernegger wrote: The DB code and / or the search code are in dire need of an audit. I ripped a new album today, copied it to my music folder and hit rescan. Some time later I actually want to listen to some stuff, but upon entering 'elton' in search music=>search artists via the remote I don't get Elton John, I get Alanis Morissette, who is allegedly the artist for most of my anime soundtracks and a few Elton John tracks. Same results with live search on the web interface - the associations between artists, albums and songs seem nearly randomized. This is on a nightly from a few days ago (SlimServer_v2005-03-16.no-cpan-tar), can't tell you the exact version because the web interface does not show a revision anymore, just a lonely 0 a line _below_ the 'SlimServer Version: 6.0b1' The slimserver worked fine yesterday evening and I haven't touched it or the server machine since then. Basically I have been having problems with every rescan - I just default to deleting the db now when I add something. Seeing as I don't have a version number anymore, something's corrupting more than the db. C. ___ 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] Announce: SlimServer 6.0b2
Just to confirm, It's hanging here also, Log: 2005-03-19 14:54:24.293 SlimServer Installer[8127] LSCopyItemInfoForURL() returned -43 for path /Users/steven/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane. 2005-03-19 14:54:24.294 SlimServer Installer[8127] LSCopyItemInfoForURL() returned -43 for path /Users/steven/Developer/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane. 2005-03-19 14:54:24.460 SlimServer Installer[8127] LSCopyItemInfoForURL() returned -43 for path /Developer/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane. 2005-03-19 14:54:28.060 SlimServer Installer[8127] launch path not accessible Steven Mooe On 19 Mar 2005, at 2:50 pm, Jacob Weber wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Sully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Announcing the second beta release of SlimServer 6.0 This release incorporates many performance and memory related fixes, SoftSqueeze updates, and many other bug fixes. Download here: http://www.slimdevices.com/download Remember - please file any bug reports on http://bugs.slimdevices.com/ Thanks. The Mac installer seems to be broken; it hangs at "Waiting for the system preferences application to quit," even though System Preferences isn't running. I filed bug #1127. Are you sure it's such a good idea to link to the beta release on the home page? The last two beta releases have been unusable for me. If I were a new user, I would be pretty disappointed. Jacob ___ 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] Announce: 6.0b3
Server.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Music/Info.pm line 682) frame 1: Slim::Music::Info::standardTitle (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Buttons/BrowseID3.pm line 703) frame 2: Slim::Buttons::BrowseID3::lines (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Display/Display.pm line 120) frame 3: Slim::Display::Display::curLines (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Player/SqueezeboxG.pm line 141) frame 4: Slim::Player::SqueezeboxG::update (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Buttons/BrowseID3.pm line 97) frame 5: Slim::Buttons::BrowseID3::__ANON__ (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 613) frame 6: Slim::Hardware::IR::executeButton (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Control/Command.pm line 587) frame 7: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 637) frame 8: Slim::Hardware::IR::processCode (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 527) frame 9: Slim::Hardware::IR::repeatCode (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 438) frame 10: Slim::Hardware::IR::processIR (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Control/Command.pm line 587) frame 11: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Hardware/IR.pm line 87) frame 12: Slim::Hardware::IR::idle (./slimserver.pl line 569) frame 13: main::idle (./slimserver.pl line 535) frame 14: main::main (./slimserver.pl line 1100) Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Music/Info.pm line 718. Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Music/Info.pm line 718. 2005-03-20 14:55:24.5316 Couldn't get object for url: [file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Junior%20Walker%20And%20The%20All%20Star/ Motown%20Classics/How%20Sweet%20It%20Is%20(To%20Be%20Loved%20B.mp3] 2005-03-20 14:55:24.7054 Null track request! 2005-03-20 14:55:24.7073 Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::DataStores::DBI::DBIStore::objectForUrl (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Music/Info.pm line 682) frame 1: Slim::Music::Info::standardTitle (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Buttons/BrowseID3.pm line 703) frame 2: Slim::Buttons::BrowseID3::lines (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Player/SqueezeboxG.pm line 555) frame 3: Slim::Player::SqueezeboxG::scrollBottom (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Buttons/ScreenSaver.pm line 130) frame 4: Slim::Buttons::ScreenSaver::screenSaver (/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Utils/Timers.pm line 62) frame 5: Slim::Utils::Timers::checkTimers (./slimserver.pl line 565) frame 6: main::idle (./slimserver.pl line 535) frame 7: main::main (./slimserver.pl line 1100) Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Music/Info.pm line 718. Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Music/Info.pm line 718. 2005-03-20 14:55:24.7104 Couldn't get object for url: [file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Junior%20Walker%20And%20The%20All%20Star/ Motown%20Classics/How%20Sweet%20It%20Is%20(To%20Be%20Loved%20B.mp3] Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/ Music/Info.pm line 718. I hope this helps in tracing the source of this problem Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No Album
I noticed on the latest nightly that some albums with long names are not being picked up on rescan. Steven Moore imac 10.3.8 On 21 Mar 2005, at 3:28 pm, Jack Coates wrote: Patrick Dixon wrote: I always seem to get a "No Album" entry with "No Songs" in it. This also seems to be counted as an extra album (on the album count), even though it doesn't actually exist (there are no unassociated songs). How can I get rid of it - or is it a bug? This is XP/6.0b3 BTW. could be that you have some funky tracks in there, but it's also likely to be a bug. I'm getting some differences in count between 5.4.1 and 6.0b3 too, but haven't been able to track them down yet. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip since 1996! ___ 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: No Album
nt. I watched the browser get to about the itunes number and then go down again. So why is deleting 'good' tracks from the db? These tracks where ok in 5.4.0. Do I need to do something with them? I've got the log saved if you need more info, just ask. Thanks Steven Moore On 21 Mar 2005, at 4:29 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... I noticed on the latest nightly that some albums with long names are not being picked up on rescan. Steven - could you give me a little more information? Running with --d_scan & --d_info would help. Thanks. -D -- It sucks to discover that you are the foremost authority on some set of things when you've got a problem. ___ 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] 24-3-05 Nightlies
Not here, I'm afraid. I'm still getting around 400 tracks short of what itunes reports 9013 slim to 9424 in itunes. 24th nightly. 10.3.8, imac. Hold on, I did a rescan without wiping the cache and now how have 9381 songs. Strange. Tried it again but still have the 9381. I think I solved a problem also. When I clicked on an album I was only getting the first track displayed. I seemed to have solved it by inputting the locations of my itunes xml file in my home folder and music folder on an external HD. What can go wrong with tags that can affect slimserver? Is there a program that can checks tags in os x? I need something that can scan a lot of files. Steven Moore On 24 Mar 2005, at 2:38 pm, Charles Stanton wrote: Ditto here, seems to be working great. On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:03:00 -, Neil Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just to say that I have been playing around with the latest nighlties for an hour and can find no problems with either Slimserver or SoftSqueeze! Excellent news -- Neil ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Missing Files On ReScan v6
You're not the only one, I've been having this trouble all through the betas. Does the new db not accept certain chars in filenames/tags that the 5.4 release did? I had a look at the log and it is clearing files from the db, as they have changed?? It does this when I go to look at an album in the web ui. I haven't changed anything honest :-) eg: 2005-03-29 12:12:10.0948 deleting file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Mrs%20Sidney%20Carter/ 61%20Highway%20Mississippi/ Didn't%20Leave%20Nobody%20but%20the%20Baby.mp3 from cache as it has changed Could someone give me a clue how to fix this? Thank you Steven Moore imac 10.3.8, v6.0.0, xml file in users folder, music on ex hd. On 29 Mar 2005, at 12:04 pm, Mark Gillespie wrote: Hi Everyone, I’ve just installed the v6 release over the top of one of the 21/03/2005 nightly. Both in the nightly and the new release, slim server is not picking up all of my music tracks on a re scan. Can anyone give me some ideas on what to do to try and get it working? Regards Mark ___ 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] Missing Files On ReScan v6
Yes, you are right. I am getting a different song count almost every time I rescan also. Steven Moore On 29 Mar 2005, at 12:28 pm, Neil Cameron wrote: On my system the effect appears to be random; i.e. it happens to different albums each time, so would not appear to be dependent on characters... -- Neil "Steven Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You're not the only one, I've been having this trouble all through the betas. Does the new db not accept certain chars in filenames/tags that the 5.4 release did? I had a look at the log and it is clearing files from the db, as they have changed?? It does this when I go to look at an album in the web ui. I haven't changed anything honest :-) eg: 2005-03-29 12:12:10.0948 deleting file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Mrs%20Sidney%20Carter/ 61%20Highway%20Mississippi/ Didn't%20Leave%20Nobody%20but%20the%20Baby.mp3 from cache as it has changed Could someone give me a clue how to fix this? Thank you Steven Moore imac 10.3.8, v6.0.0, xml file in users folder, music on ex hd. On 29 Mar 2005, at 12:04 pm, Mark Gillespie wrote: Hi Everyone, Ive just installed the v6 release over the top of one of the 21/03/2005 nightly. Both in the nightly and the new release, slim server is not picking up all of my music tracks on a re scan. Can anyone give me some ideas on what to do to try and get it working? Regards Mark ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Missing Files On ReScan v6
I tried disabling the use itunes option and pointed the music folder to the itunes folder and did a rescan. Unfortunately I am still getting the same problem I have posted a bug no 1226. Steven Moore On 29 Mar 2005, at 12:55 pm, Steven Moore wrote: Yes, you are right. I am getting a different song count almost every time I rescan also. Steven Moore On 29 Mar 2005, at 12:28 pm, Neil Cameron wrote: On my system the effect appears to be random; i.e. it happens to different albums each time, so would not appear to be dependent on characters... -- Neil "Steven Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You're not the only one, I've been having this trouble all through the betas. Does the new db not accept certain chars in filenames/tags that the 5.4 release did? I had a look at the log and it is clearing files from the db, as they have changed?? It does this when I go to look at an album in the web ui. I haven't changed anything honest :-) eg: 2005-03-29 12:12:10.0948 deleting file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Mrs%20Sidney%20Carter/ 61%20Highway%20Mississippi/ Didn't%20Leave%20Nobody%20but%20the%20Baby.mp3 from cache as it has changed Could someone give me a clue how to fix this? Thank you Steven Moore imac 10.3.8, v6.0.0, xml file in users folder, music on ex hd. On 29 Mar 2005, at 12:04 pm, Mark Gillespie wrote: Hi Everyone, I’ve just installed the v6 release over the top of one of the 21/03/2005 nightly. Both in the nightly and the new release, slim server is not picking up all of my music tracks on a re scan. Can anyone give me some ideas on what to do to try and get it working? Regards Mark ___ 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 ___ 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] Tag version
Quick question; Does it matter what tag version your mp3 files are for use with slimserver 6? Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Tag version
Thanks Steven Moore On 31 Mar 2005, at 6:08 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... Does it matter what tag version your mp3 files are for use with slimserver 6? Steve - SlimServer will read all versions of ID3 tags - v1.x, 2.2, 2.3 & 2.4 If you have high-bit / Unicode characters in your tags, I highly recommend v2.4 -D -- Welcome to hell. Here's your accordion. ___ 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: Missing Files On ReScan v6
Ok Dan, I'll have to reinstall 6, I'll use the latest nightly and use itunes enabled. I'll post it to you after that. Does bug 1226 not cover this? Steven Moore Steven Moore On 31 Mar 2005, at 9:00 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... Does the new db not accept certain chars in filenames/tags that the 5.4 release did? Steven - the DB fully supports UTF-8 encoding. I had a look at the log and it is clearing files from the db, as they have changed?? It does this when I go to look at an album in the web ui. I haven't changed anything honest :-) 2005-03-29 12:12:10.0948 deleting file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Mrs%20Sidney%20Carter/ 61%20Highway%20Mississippi/ Didn't%20Leave%20Nobody%20but%20the%20Baby.mp3 from cache as it has changed Could someone give me a clue how to fix this? Could you send me your slimserversql.db file - and file a bug on this as well? It's located in ~/Library/Caches/SlimServer/slimserversql.db Thanks. -D -- It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. ___ 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: Missing Files On ReScan v6
I'll do both and send you both 1. itunes enabled, so it will pick up the music folder itself. 2. itunes disabled with the music folder pointing at the itunes music folder if you know what I mean. Because I don't think anyone else has seen this I'm starting to think it's my music files, although they are okay in 5.4. I'll send them tomorrow, getting late here and it takes nearly an hour for each wipe/rescan. Steven Moore On 31 Mar 2005, at 9:54 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... I'll have to reinstall 6, I'll use the latest nightly and use itunes enabled. I'll post it to you after that. Thanks. Are you using iTunes only - or iTunes & a music folder? Does bug 1226 not cover this? It does - sorry - I've got a decent sized list right now. :) -D -- On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place. ___ 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: Missing Files On ReScan v6
Yes I have this too, Dan is investigating. bug number 1226 in may case. BTW I looked at the latest nightlies, there is no mac version, is this usual? http://slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_v2005-04-01/ Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 11:12 am, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Simon, I have similar problems. It seems SlimServer is picking up all tracks after a rescan, but once it attempts to play or displaying them it is removing them at random from the database. See bug 1256 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256 James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Still Sent: 01 April 2005 11:10 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6 I'm getting some strangeness here. SlimServer 6 actually shows slightly more tracks than i have in iTunes but with some weirdness going on. I looked up an album this morning (Kia by Blackalicious) and initially Slim only displayed 3 tracks but reported the album as having 18. Searching for the album in a few different ways it then decided there were only 3 tracks in total. ITunes displays (and plays) all 18 tracks. Nothing odd about the tracknames as far as i can see. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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: Missing Files On ReScan v6
Thanks, btw what system are you running? I'm using mac 10.3.8, with the music on an external drive. Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 11:32 am, Craig, James (IT) wrote: I think the packages etc get built around now. Probably be there in a while... James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Moore Sent: 01 April 2005 11:29 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6 Yes I have this too, Dan is investigating. bug number 1226 in may case. BTW I looked at the latest nightlies, there is no mac version, is this usual? http://slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_v2005-04-01/ Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 11:12 am, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Simon, I have similar problems. It seems SlimServer is picking up all tracks after a rescan, but once it attempts to play or displaying them it is removing them at random from the database. See bug 1256 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256 James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Still Sent: 01 April 2005 11:10 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6 I'm getting some strangeness here. SlimServer 6 actually shows slightly more tracks than i have in iTunes but with some weirdness going on. I looked up an album this morning (Kia by Blackalicious) and initially Slim only displayed 3 tracks but reported the album as having 18. Searching for the album in a few different ways it then decided there were only 3 tracks in total. ITunes displays (and plays) all 18 tracks. Nothing odd about the tracknames as far as i can see. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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 NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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] Missing Files On ReScan v6
No common thread on the systems then. I tried running with both use itunes enabled and disabled pointing the server to the itunes music folder. With itunes enabled finding 'bad' albums was very quick, but I thought I had solved it by disabling use itunes and doing a wipe/rescan, it just took a bit longer to find the 'bad' albums. So it could be something to do with itunes integration, I don't know. Went back to 5.4 yesterday and everything was fine, just like yourself. Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 12:06 pm, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Windows XP, music on local hard-drive, iTunes scan only. I think the iTunes scan is the common link - I believe you're using it? Problems seem to happen when readTags() is called on a track scanned from iTunes - but I can see no pattern in what tracks are affected! James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Moore Sent: 01 April 2005 12:02 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6 Thanks, btw what system are you running? I'm using mac 10.3.8, with the music on an external drive. Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 11:32 am, Craig, James (IT) wrote: I think the packages etc get built around now. Probably be there in a while... James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Moore Sent: 01 April 2005 11:29 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6 Yes I have this too, Dan is investigating. bug number 1226 in may case. BTW I looked at the latest nightlies, there is no mac version, is this usual? http://slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_v2005-04-01/ Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 11:12 am, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Simon, I have similar problems. It seems SlimServer is picking up all tracks after a rescan, but once it attempts to play or displaying them it is removing them at random from the database. See bug 1256 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256 James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Still Sent: 01 April 2005 11:10 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6 I'm getting some strangeness here. SlimServer 6 actually shows slightly more tracks than i have in iTunes but with some weirdness going on. I looked up an album this morning (Kia by Blackalicious) and initially Slim only displayed 3 tracks but reported the album as having 18. Searching for the album in a few different ways it then decided there were only 3 tracks in total. ITunes displays (and plays) all 18 tracks. Nothing odd about the tracknames as far as i can see. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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 NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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 NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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: Missing Files On ReScan v6
No I'm on a mac Dan. It feels though that it could be the check for the tracks validity could be the problem, but I'm only guessing. Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 6:43 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... No common thread on the systems then. I tried running with both use itunes enabled and disabled pointing the server to the itunes music folder. Are either of you running Windows XP SP2? The logic for track validity has changed in 6.0 - as well as the entire subsystem that handles file paths to deal with Unicode. Still a few kinks to work out. -D -- vacation (n) : an extended trip away from home in search of inconvenient ways to connect to the Internet. ___ 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: "EMPTY" when browsing
Well I and a few others have had a particular problem with v6 but once we opened a bug report and explained the problem it seems to be fixed. No software is perfect, even the mighty Microsoft and Apple make mistakes but if we all pull together, report the bugs and help solve them, the software will improve. I think this is the way forward. Steven Moore On 4 Apr 2005, at 8:10 am, kdf wrote: Quoting Michael Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Please try the latest nightly - either 6.0.1 or 6.1 - this should be fixed there. -D I've patiently waited weeks for the new version 6. Not even a week after its release and we're back to 'try the latest nightly'. Excellent! so don't use it. go back and join the crowd who refuse to test. your other option is to wait months until someone else with a more constructive frame of mind takes the time to test and it gets fixed. Personally, I've become sickened by the negative attitudes here. -kdf ___ 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: "EMPTY" when browsing
On 4 Apr 2005, at 9:21 am, Patrick Dixon wrote: I don't actually think the majority here are 'negative' (but I do think Phillip Kerman made some very good points). Personally I'm very happy to test and help get the bugs out in the interests of making a better product, but I'm never quite sure if my unfamiliarily with Perl, Java and Linux is a help or a hinderance in that process! (I do figure that if I have a problem with a Windows version, then probably the 'average' user will too - so that's got to be useful). I also understand (from personal experience) the problems of software and hardware product development, and the pressures on small companies in a competitive marketplace. A couple of things do worry me though, and they are probably a result of my unfamilirity with Perl and the open-source community. I wonder whether the choice of Perl is now causing many of the 'resource hogging' problems that seem to be at the root of many of the complaints. As the size and complexity of the code has increased, is the overhead of an interpreted language just too much? The other thing that worries me is the structure and Now this may be a stupid question so feel free to shout at me. If Perl is an interpreted language is there anyway that it the server software could be compiled for each platform for increased performance? Steven Moore documentation of the code itself. I know (again from personal experience) that when the pressure's on, dotting 'i's and crossing 't's is the first thing to go, and (to me) Perl looks very terse and unstuctured anyway. That can't make it easy to develop and maintain. Forgive me if I'm speaking out of turn, but I do appreciate the effort that's being put in, and I hope I am helping rather than hindering that effort. Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of kdf Sent: 04 April 2005 08:10 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] re: "EMPTY" when browsing Quoting Michael Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Please try the latest nightly - either 6.0.1 or 6.1 - this should be fixed there. -D I've patiently waited weeks for the new version 6. Not even a week after its release and we're back to 'try the latest nightly'. Excellent! so don't use it. go back and join the crowd who refuse to test. your other option is to wait months until someone else with a more constructive frame of mind takes the time to test and it gets fixed. Personally, I've become sickened by the negative attitudes here. -kdf ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes and Unchecked Songs
If you goto to server settings and then itunes in the web interface you should see a Ignore Songs Disabled in iTunes option. Steven Moore On 5 Apr 2005, at 2:30 pm, Roy Owen wrote: I'm Running SS 6.1.X on my laptop, I use iTunes. I can't seem to find a combination of settings so that unchecked songs in iTunes DON'T show up in SlimServer. What am I missing? Thanks -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ 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] iTunes and Unchecked Songs
Did you try doing a rescan after you changed the setting? Steven Moore On 5 Apr 2005, at 2:42 pm, Roy Owen wrote: I've tried that and they still show up. On Apr 5, 2005 9:38 AM, Steven Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you goto to server settings and then itunes in the web interface you should see a Ignore Songs Disabled in iTunes option. Steven Moore On 5 Apr 2005, at 2:30 pm, Roy Owen wrote: I'm Running SS 6.1.X on my laptop, I use iTunes. I can't seem to find a combination of settings so that unchecked songs in iTunes DON'T show up in SlimServer. What am I missing? Thanks -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ 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 -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ 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] iTunes and Unchecked Songs
Sounds like a bug to me, I think it should have been fixed in the latest nightlies. Have a look here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/gforum.cgi?post=37565; search_string=ignore%20songs;guest=55531#37565 Steven Moore On 5 Apr 2005, at 3:15 pm, Roy Owen wrote: Yup On Apr 5, 2005 10:05 AM, Steven Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did you try doing a rescan after you changed the setting? Steven Moore On 5 Apr 2005, at 2:42 pm, Roy Owen wrote: I've tried that and they still show up. On Apr 5, 2005 9:38 AM, Steven Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you goto to server settings and then itunes in the web interface you should see a Ignore Songs Disabled in iTunes option. Steven Moore On 5 Apr 2005, at 2:30 pm, Roy Owen wrote: I'm Running SS 6.1.X on my laptop, I use iTunes. I can't seem to find a combination of settings so that unchecked songs in iTunes DON'T show up in SlimServer. What am I missing? Thanks -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ 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 -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ 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 -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ 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] itunes settings suggestion
I wonder if it would be possible to have a 'scan manually' option in the server settings>itunes section This could comprise of 2 radio buttons beside each other one for manual and the other for reload interval with an input field. At present I have itunes reload interval set very high (10) in order to avoid the server rescanning every time I use itunes to listen to music. Whilst this works I think the other system will be clearer for new users. I still want the benefits of itunes integration namely playlists and adding music via itunes (tagging etc) but not the continual rescanning. Any thoughts? Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: New to 6.x: Scan Time?
If you are on os x you can use the activity monitor and when perl drops from 90%cpu to around 3% or so it has finished scanning. BTW it takes around 50 mins on my imac for around 9000 tracks, so 4hrs for 36,000 is not far off. Steven Moore On 9 Apr 2005, at 12:17 am, Jack Coates wrote: JJZolx wrote: Dumb question, but how do you know when a rescan has finished, and should you avoid browsing while rescanning? When the grey bar on the left says "X albums containing Y songs by Z artists". It's okay to use it while it's scanning. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip since 1996! ___ 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] Tiger and dropouts
With Tiger (mac os 10.4) being released in a week has the dropout problems when using slimserver on it been resolved? Where these dropouts only on wireless or both wired and wireless? Thanks for any replies. Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tiger and dropouts
Sorry should be be about 2 weeks (29th) until the release. Steven Moore On 12 Apr 2005, at 4:53 pm, Steven Moore wrote: With Tiger (mac os 10.4) being released in a week has the dropout problems when using slimserver on it been resolved? Where these dropouts only on wireless or both wired and wireless? Thanks for any replies. Steven Moore ___ 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: Tiger and dropouts
Excellent. Steven Moore On 12 Apr 2005, at 5:20 pm, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... Sorry should be be about 2 weeks (29th) until the release. There was a bug regarding Tiger that ended up being an issue with it's TCP stack. From what I understand, that was fixed just before the gold master was labeled. -D -- $6.66: The Value Meal of the Beast. ___ 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] Mac OS X slimserver install problems - newbie
I have the same set-up as yourself and mine works in both 5.4 and 6.0 so it does work. The web access button is greyed out because the the server is not running. There should be a start server button, click it and wait for a few seconds for the server to start up. If this doesn't work try re-installing the server (5.4.1 or 6), use install preference pane for all users and enter your admin login. You are admin of the computer aren't you? Then set the start slim server to when I log in. If this does not work try repairing permissions with disk utility. Once you get the server working you can change settings to allow for your music to be on an external HD. Let us know how you get on. Steven Moore On 16 Apr 2005, at 5:26 am, skellis wrote: Hi. For reasons best kept to myself I have decided to 'port' my mp3 collection over from Windows to Mac. The slimserver (5.4.1 for win xp on original Squeezebox) always worked superbly. My first try at installing slimserver (6.0!! - i realise this is not the correct version to be using) for os X (Panther), the "web access" button was greyed out - why can't I see this? I then tried 5.4.1 and have the same problem. In addition, the squeezebox does not pick up the server - prompts me to enter dhcp address manually but this doesn't work either. What on earth am I missing? My plan is to keep the mp3s stored on a lacie ext hard drive and have them streaming from this drive via my mac attached to the network. Any thoughts/ideas very welcome. Regards skellis -- skellis ___ 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] Not all songs showing up
Did you try wipe cache? Steven Moore On 16 Apr 2005, at 1:34 am, bmccarthy wrote: I am using the original Squeezebox and I have just recently found that it is only seeing about half of the songs in my iTunes library. I am on Mac OSX 10.3.8 connecting over a mixed G/B wireless network. One non-standard feature of my set up is that I have my tunes all stored on an external drive. It played all the songs in my library for the last couple of years, but now no luck. The song count is half what it should be and several of the playlists show empty. Also, many songs I attempt to play from the Squeezebox (as opposed to the Web interface) don't play but display STOPPED on the display. A couple of things have changed recently that could be behind it. First, I upgraded the Slim Server software recently to version 6.0.1 because the Squeezebox was having frequent trouble connecting to Slim Server (even though it found the network fine). Also, I recently updated to iLife '05, which upgraded iTunes to version 4.7.1 (30). Not sure which event triggered the problem. I followed the suggestions in the FAQ about changing the path for the iTunes library and changing it back with no luck. I also changed the preferences so the Slim Server starts when I log in to get around the problem of the external drive not being mounted right away. I also tried their suggestions about changing the Keep Music Folder Organized settings. I've done all this twice but with no results. Any suggestions? -- bmccarthy ___ 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: Mac OS X slimserver install problems - newbie
My .xml is on my internal HD in my home folder. ie /imacG4/Users/steven/Music/itunes/iTunes Music Library.xml and the music folder is on the external HD ie /Volumes/media/itunes So if you look in the Music folder in your home folder it should be there. Point the .xml location to there and hit rescan. I think the music folder path on the external is okay. Steven On 17 Apr 2005, at 12:35 am, skellis wrote: Thx Steven Have got the server working - now just to change the settings so that the server can find the songs on the external HD. Have adjusted the iTunes settings in the SimDevice web access page... However, doesn't seem to find any of the songs. Have given the xml location as being: /Volumes/160Gb/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml - does that look about right? And iTunes music folder as: /Volumes/160Gb/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music I figure I am close here - but no cigar. Regards -- skellis ___ 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] Just getting started...
Why not rip an album at 192 and the same album at a higher rate and judge the difference for yourself on the SB on Friday. Everyone's hearing is different and 192 may or may not be good enough for you. Steven Moore On 19 Apr 2005, at 2:57 pm, bjmacdow wrote: Dear all, My Squeezebox2 is scheduled to arrive on Friday. I purchased a 200gb drive w/8mb cache for $94.00 and have been ripping music through WMP at a 192kbs rate. My question is whether this rate is enough quality? My home audio gear is fairly decent, running an Onkyo DTS receiver, and decent speakers and my thinking going into this process is that I would not be able to hear much of a difference between 192 and a higher standard. This idea may be considered blasphemy to any audiophiles out there, but it seems to make sense to me in terms of conservative storage space ustage. Currently I have around 800+ CDs to get in there, I have ripped around 350 of them and there is a ton of room left on the drive so that I will be able to continue to add music to it all the time once my current discs are all loaded. Any thoughts that any of you have are appreciated. Also...once it is set up and I have the music streaming, what are some modifications that all of you have made, what do you consider the most important additions, and what would you do first with your new system? It will be a rough couple of days waiting for friday, thank you for any of your thoughts. Ben -- bjmacdow ___ 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: most stable build
Funny I found 5.4.0 more stable than 5.4.1. Might be just my setup. 6.0.1 lately has been quite stable for me. Steven Moore On 20 Apr 2005, at 7:48 pm, JJZolx wrote: Ben Gladstone Wrote: what is currently the most stable, bug-free build? 5.4.1 or 6.0.1? It would be useful to have this signposted on the site... which of course begs the old question about how mature the mainstream releases should be... but for now i just need to know which release will play uninterrupted music the longest 5.4.1. But if you need to run an SB2 you must run 6.something. I've been running the 6.0.2 nightlies with good results. I'm surprised that 6.0.2 hasn't been officially released yet - there must be dozens of bug fixes since 6.0.1. Not exactly time-tested, but how much worse can it be than the 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 releases? http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.0.2/ -- JJZolx ___ 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] OS X - AAC - Slimserver
Check that AAC is ticked in the server settings/File types panel. Steven Moore On 24 Apr 2005, at 5:06 pm, Howard2k wrote: Hey, I installed Slimserver and it's a beautiful piece of software. But It will stream my iTunes MP3 files (MP3 that exist in iTunes) from my Mac to my PC's WMP. But using the brower control it will not play AAC files. I click play and it flicks back over to stop. MP3 fine. AAC not working. These AAC files have no DRM. Just ripped into iTunes from CD. I did search and found some linux related hints but nothing specific to Mac OS X. (10.3.9). Any hints? Thanks. -- Howard2k ___ 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] AOL Radio?
I think with these things more choice is better. I would be interested to. Steven Moore On 25 Apr 2005, at 12:32 pm, Mike Hartley wrote: Paul, I'd be interested. They also have a joint offering with XM coming out this summer, but I do not know if they will use the same streaming format as now. Mike -Original Message- From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 4/25/2005 7:05 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Cc: Subject: [slim] AOL Radio? I've been an AOL subscriber for about 15 years now, and just recently started listening to AOL Radio. With the announcement about satellite radio coming to AOL, I started checking out the current radio offerings. Of course, now I'm wondering if there's any interest in getting access to AOL radio content from slimserver. If I see much interest, I'll start looking at a plug-in to get at this stuff. Paul ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes
I think some of us are setting the reload interval very high (100) and rescanning manually once we have finished importing our songs in itunes. Steven Moore On 27 Apr 2005, at 5:01 pm, dean blackketter wrote: That's not exactly true. With the default setting, SlimServer will wait a minimum of 60 seconds after ending an import of your iTunes library before starting a new one. If your library is very large and you are ripping for a long time, you may see that the iTunes importing is running most of the time. You can adjust the delay in the server settings to make it wait longer, but the downside is that YOU have to wait longer to see new songs in your library. -dean On Apr 26, 2005, at 2:36 AM, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Have you changed the default iTunes library scan interval? With it set to the default of 60s, SlimServer will be scanning the iTunes library constantly while you are ripping. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gocam Sent: 26 April 2005 10:03 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes Perhaps I am expecting too much in which case please feel free to say so ! I'm a longtime happy slim owner - up until recently I've run the 5.4 server on a martian netdrive (low power linux box), but, for closer integration with itunes and my ipod etc, I've decided to experiment with putting the server on my new mac mini, where I also intended doing the ripping from within iTunes using blacktree's lame plugin. I have a slimp3 and a SB1. 6.x releases on my martian seemed to crash a lot when trying to open radio streams, so now seemed a good time to move across, and I also took opportunity to copy music from my 10/100-only accessible Martian to an external firewire drive. So far so good - after remembering to open both ports on my mini's firewall (original slimp3 only needed 9000, hence much confusion on my part) and installing 6.0.2, setting iTunes to look to music I've placed on external firewire drive all works nicely. Live search is great ! (but doesn't work in Camino yet?) OK - now I figured I'd test the end-to-end workflow, ripping a CD and observing it turning up in itunes and slim with no extra copying. And it works ! Yay. But, while ripping it basically seems impossible to do anything with my slims whatsoever. In fact, they both blackout and lose connection sporadically as the rip progresses, I _think_ coordinated with the write of file and tag info - is this simply because the itunes communication with the server is thrashing during the encode ? Is there anything I can do here ? Anyone in same boat ? I'd expected that if I was listening that the rip perhaps would go more slowly but that the server would still be able to serve with a reasonable 'nice' level but no can do it seems - moreover I even lose the displays completely. This all makes me a little worried that my mini is not going to work out as a server if it's doing anything else which is a tad disturbing given that it's a 1.42GHz with a gig of memory and using external fast firewire drive. Am I missing some way of optimising my setup and workflow? I'm also very curious about other mini owner's experiences of running the server - I'm almost contemplating sticking an old laptop on the network ONLY to act as a music server, to be honest Thanks for a great product, despite my grips above! and for all the superb support, -g. -- gocam ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes
Great news. Steven Moore On 27 Apr 2005, at 5:39 pm, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Indeed. BTW KDF changed the iTunes scan for 6.1 - setting the interval to 0 should now disable the automated scans. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Moore Sent: 27 April 2005 17:34 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes I think some of us are setting the reload interval very high (100) and rescanning manually once we have finished importing our songs in itunes. Steven Moore NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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] Slim server, Safari 2.0 and Tiger.
Has anyone else using the above combination noticed that the server page takes a lot longer to appear (26 seconds) than when using 10.3.8 and the previous version of Safari? It didn't seem to take as long before. After it appears everything is okay. Slim 6.0.2 - 3085, Mac os 10.4, safari 2.0 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim server, Safari 2.0 and Tiger.
Hi, I did a bit of experimenting. It seems that it only takes this long to open the web interface the first time you use it since starting up the machine and since I may not go to the web interface first thing it will be later on in the day. I'll try and use the Web interface tomorrow first thing and see if it is different. At any time after that even after clearing the cache the web interface comes up within seconds. Could the sever be getting paged out or something? As I say it's no problem I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed this. Steven Moore On May 12, 2005, at 6:25 PM, dean blackketter wrote: I'm running that here and haven't noticed it. Can you describe the exact sequence of events (i.e. when you start counting and when you stop and what you do before and during that time)? On May 12, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Steven Moore wrote: Has anyone else using the above combination noticed that the server page takes a lot longer to appear (26 seconds) than when using 10.3.8 and the previous version of Safari? It didn't seem to take as long before. After it appears everything is okay. Slim 6.0.2 - 3085, Mac os 10.4, safari 2.0 ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim server, Safari 2.0 and Tiger.
Yes there normally is a populated playlist, usually around 10-30 tracks Steven Moore On May 12, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Steven, Do you have a populated client playlist displayed when you open the interface? My experience (Windows/Firefox) is that this is validated against the database before display. Subsequent re-opening of the interface or the initial one with an empty playlist are much faster James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Moore Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:16 PM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Slim server, Safari 2.0 and Tiger. Hi, I did a bit of experimenting. It seems that it only takes this long to open the web interface the first time you use it since starting up the machine and since I may not go to the web interface first thing it will be later on in the day. I'll try and use the Web interface tomorrow first thing and see if it is different. At any time after that even after clearing the cache the web interface comes up within seconds. Could the sever be getting paged out or something? As I say it's no problem I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed this. Steven Moore O NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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] iTunes 4.8 problem?
I'm on 4.8 and haven't noticed anything wrong. I played a few albums today and actually added a cd via itunes as well. Where is this setting? I have never used it before. Using a Mac btw. Steven Moore On May 13, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Craig, James (IT) wrote: I have not upgraded yet but planned on doing so at the weekend - anyone else upgraded with or without problems ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of oiler1fan Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:35 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] iTunes 4.8 problem? Just upgraded to iTunes 4.8 and now I can only play the selected song, even though I have the "play other songs in album" selected. This is a major problem - anything else I should check? -- oiler1fan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ 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 with finding music since slimserver 6.0.2
Sorry to hear of your troubles. I wouldn't ebay it I would send it back. Before you do. Have you contacted tech support? They may be able to resolve some of the issues. Some could be related to your particular setup or os. Apart from a few minor niggles, since corrected, my sb1 has been performing great. Steven Moore On May 18, 2005, at 10:13 AM, oiler1fan wrote: I've had my SB2 a total of 10 days, and the user acceptance factor is declining fast. I just want to play my music, not spend hours troubleshooting a device I paid $300 for that should plug and play. I am not a software developer and have no intentions of becoming one. I can't see playlists, some artists don't show up, I have albums that are "empty" and more. If I can't get it sorted quick its gone to EBay, and the CD player gets resurrected from the garage. Suggested fixes including wiping cache, rescan, reloadng software etc have all been unsuccessful so far. XP SP2 with iTunes 4.8 and SlimServer 6.0.2 & 6.0.3 :-( -- oiler1fan ___ 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: Safari Crash when using search
Not happening here, using 10.4.1, have you cleared safari's cache etc? Using the default skin, 6.0.2 3085 slimserver. Steven Moore On May 18, 2005, at 6:10 PM, Tom Healy wrote: On May 18, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Dan Sully wrote: * Tom Healy shaped the electrons to say... Anyone else have this problem? Open Safari, go to the server home page, click "search music", enter a search string, hit enter/click button = safari crashes Happens every time. I can supply the Safari crash log if needed. This happened to me with 10.3 & is still going on with a fresh install of 10.4 Tom - can you file a bug report on this? Is there anything in your console window after it crashes? Just the standard Apple "file a bug window" with the crash log. I'll include that in the bug report. ___ 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: Safari Crash when using search
Only other thing is to try it in a new user account this may help with troubleshooting. Steven Moore On May 18, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Tom Healy wrote: Weird. Yeah done all the normal, cleared cache etc. I thought it might have been something funky w/ 10.3 but I did a fresh (ie; wipe & reformat) install of 10.4 with the same issue. On May 18, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Steven Moore wrote: Not happening here, using 10.4.1, have you cleared safari's cache etc? Using the default skin, 6.0.2 3085 slimserver. Steven Moore On May 18, 2005, at 6:10 PM, Tom Healy wrote: On May 18, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Dan Sully wrote: * Tom Healy shaped the electrons to say... Anyone else have this problem? Open Safari, go to the server home page, click "search music", enter a search string, hit enter/click button = safari crashes Happens every time. I can supply the Safari crash log if needed. This happened to me with 10.3 & is still going on with a fresh install of 10.4 Tom - can you file a bug report on this? Is there anything in your console window after it crashes? Just the standard Apple "file a bug window" with the crash log. I'll include that in the bug report. ___ 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 ___ 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: Konfabulator Widget: SlimServMon
I know this is a bit OS dependent but what about a dashboard widget? I only use the web interface to rescan the library, a small widget which does this and displays library stats and maybe currently playing song would be nice. Steven Moore On May 27, 2005, at 4:52 AM, strong887 wrote: Has any progress been made on this working with 6.1? I loved using this widget in the past, but now i'm at a loss and the original developer doesn't appear to be willing to continue supporting it... oh well.. -- strong887 ___ 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: Konfabulator Widget: SlimServMon
Thanks Steven Moore On May 28, 2005, at 12:47 AM, kdf wrote: for your consideration: http://www.bitwalker.nl/software/dashboard/slimcontrol -kdf ___ 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] forcing scroll using remote
Quick one folks, is there a way of forcing a scroll using the remote. Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] forcing scroll using remote
I put in an enhancement request. no 1676. In a darkened room the scrolling, to me, is annoying. I therefore set it to long periods (40 secs) between scrolls. On occasions you do need to see the extra information so you must wait. Steven Moore On Jun 14, 2005, at 10:35 PM, kdf wrote: Quoting Steven Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Quick one folks, is there a way of forcing a scroll using the remote. not currently. you can decrease the initial delay, or speed it up scroll rate from the player settings in the web interface. -kdf ___ 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: [Mac] database problem
Try deleting all slim preferences in your home folder. Steven Moore On Jun 19, 2005, at 4:55 PM, polopo43 wrote: Thanks for your quick answer. Disk Utility did not find any errors. I repaired permissions too but same thing happened with same message. I created a new user and the slimp3 server started this time without any problems. What do you think it is ? I will run Disk Warrior to check my hard drive... -- polopo43 ___ 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: [Mac] database problem
Yep that's it, stop the slim server (if it's running). There's also another one in ~/Library/Preferences called com.slimdevices.slim.plist. I would delete both. Steven Moore On Jun 19, 2005, at 7:45 PM, polopo43 wrote: Hello again. Strange thing. Deleted everything, ran Disk Warrior, rebuilt directories: no errors found. Installed slim server again. Same message Works well from the new user though... P.S: When you say all preferences, what do you mean ? I only have a com.slimdevices.slim.plist and the slimdevices folder in home/library... -- polopo43 ___ 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: New copy protection and Squeezebox
I thought that most piracy was in 3rd world countries like China which copied cd's by the millions. These companies should be the targets for the music business not their customers. Steven Moore On 26 Jun 2005, at 18:04, radish wrote: In fact, Sony/BMG press releases have referred to "casual piracy". They know they are not going to outwit the dedicated hacker who wants to post the stuff on P2P networks--they will fight and are fighting that particular battle with lawsuits and legislation. And this is precisely the fallacy of DRM. It only takes ONE PERSON in the entire world to go to the lengths required to rip a cd and put it on p2p, and it's there for everyone. Why should I pay money for a CD which I can't actually play the way I want, when I could just download it for free and use it however I like? By doing this they are actualy discouraging me from buying their product. How the braindeadness of this doesn't sink in is quite beyond me. Casual piracy is a myth, the vast majority of illegal distribution happens via p2p and DRM does NOTHING to prevent that - it actually encourages it. -- radish ___ 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] File-Sharing Services May Be Sued
Since the file sharing companies are being held responsible for what people do with their computers then the gun companies will now be sued for all the woundings and killings by idiots with guns. The car companies for people killed in accidents etc or will they... Steven Moore On 27 Jun 2005, at 17:25, Johan Hübner wrote: "We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by the clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties," Justice David H. Souter wrote for the court. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Internet radio, a bit of help needed
I haven't used the internet radio for a while (before and erase and install of 10.4) so a bit of help is needed. The setup is mac running 10.4.1, slimserver 6.1b1 - 3574. Netgear dg814 router. sb1 wired. I was using the internet radio using 6.x. on 10.3.9 okay. Tried to listen to some stations today but no music came through the sb or web interface, but I am able to see the station names etc. Normal music plays fine. Are the open ports 9000, 3483, 9090 tcp and udp correct? Tried running with firewall off still no joy. Do I need to do any port forwarding on the router? As I said I haven't used it for a while so I'm probably missing something stupid. Steven Moore. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Internet radio, a bit of help needed
Thanks. Steven Moore On 29 Jun 2005, at 00:53, Vidur Apparao wrote: As I said I haven't used it for a while so I'm probably missing something stupid. Nope - the fault is ours, not yours. The problem seems to occur if you use iTunes and do not have an audio directory set up. That should be unrelated to radio, I know, but it isn't. We'll be putting the fix into a re-rolled 6.1b1 tonight. --Vidur ___ 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] Re: pod casting
Just a note: If you use the new itunes 4.9 any podcasts that you download are available via Browse playlists > itunes Podcasts. Nice. -- Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: pod casting
I am using the 6.1b1 with 10.4.1 version, but I don't think that would be the problem. No dev tools either. Are the tracks in your other playlists showing up? Did you do a rescan after you downloaded the podcast? Steven Moore On 30 Jun 2005, at 20:02, Marshall Clow wrote: Steven Moore wrote: Just a note: If you use the new itunes 4.9 any podcasts that you download are available via Browse playlists > itunes Podcasts. Nice. I've got 4.9 (slimserver 6.02) and while I see the playlist named "Podcasts", it is empty. :-( The box is a mac mini running Mac OS X 10.4.1 (nothing fancy, but no developer tools). I know I've got at least one podcast, but the playlist is empty. I think I've got to be missing something simple here. -- -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. ___ 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] AC3 and MySQL enhancements
I second enabling ac3 files to be played. Steven Moore 2: Enable SlimServer to play AC3 files; i.e., create a new File Type AC3 with stream options wav, flac, mp3 and pcm. The first three stream options would decode the AC3 stream and stream it as wav, or encode to flac or mp3. The last option would just stream the AC3 data so that it can be decoded by a Dolby Digital decoder connected to one of the digital outputs of the SB2. Ideally this option would also automatically disable the analog outputs when playing an AC3 file. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Mute button?
Would it be possible to map a mute function to holding the two volume buttons down at once? Steven Moore On 3 Jul 2005, at 11:23, Patrick Dixon wrote: One reason you may not want to turn the player off is when you are streaming 'listen again' radio streams. If you stop the stream and restart, it restarts from the beginning again; which is not that helpful if you are half way through a 2hr programme! I'd vote for a mute button too, although being a hardware change it's not likely to happen anytime soon. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ 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] loosing contact when browsing new music > all songs
Using 6.1.b1 latest. on mac 10.4.1. ~ 12,000 tracks. Is anyone else loosing contact when browsing the new music > all songs folder? Contact lost from 2 mins to 4 mins, sb comes back on as normal after this time. This is reproducible. Consulting console with d_info set the server is checking status of files. Is the loss of contact due to the number of files involved? On a related note, sometimes when searching the sb looses contact with the server for a few seconds, then returns to normal also. Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] loosing contact when browsing new music > all songs
20 second pause here, using 6/5 nightly on Linux with 698 albums with 7881 songs by 740 artists. Check your mac's performance, is it pegging the CPU? What skin are you using? I get a 50 second pause using ExBrowse2 instead of Fishbone. Not using the web browser just the sb itself, perl is around 90% cpu during the pause. Nothing else is running on the computer. I have noticed the pause is less the next time you browse. Larger scale, this is the nature of the single-process beast -- when one part of the program has a lot of work to do, the other parts gets starved for attention. Seach the Developer archives around January for the latest discussion on splitting into multiple processes, but note that there is no open bug that I can find. Yes I thought it was some sort of performance issue rather than a bug. Could these tracks not be read into a cache on slim server start up or after a rescan? Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Timeout setting
Is there any way of setting the timeout period before the dreaded "connection problem" message appears. I get this message when searching for song titles and then only occasionally. The screen the goes blank but then reappears with the results, not very aesthetic. If the timeout setting was user modifiable i.e in the server settings then we could adjust it to suit. Thank you Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?
Good to hear. Steven Moore On 3 Aug 2005, at 17:20, seanadams wrote: - We are not disappearing any time soon. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] search case
If you search on the sb by pressing the search button you then select song name etc and then press the right button. Then you enter the song name or artist that you want to search for by tapping the number keys. Would it be possible the have the first letter uppercase and then all succeeding letters to be lower case. I think this would be more aesthetically pleasing. Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB2 macworld review
http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2005/08/squeezebox2/index.php Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] my most wanted features...
What about a list of recent searches, sometimes I find myself looking for an artist again (after listening to a different one). Maybe a list of the last five search terms. It would save a bit of key punching. Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes setup using external hard drive
First make sure itunes is looking at the ext hd by going into itunes preferences>advanced and checking where the itunes music folder is located. You can change the location of your music here. Your itunes database file will remain in your home folder>music folder. Then go into slimserver>server settings>itunes and make sure find itunes automatically is set to find itunes automatically. Then do a clear library and rescan and the server should do the rest. Steven Moore On 2 Sep 2005, at 1:00PM, David Eves wrote: I have reformatted my iMac G3 hard drive and transfered my iTunes library to an external hard drive, using Sqeezebox V1. This configuration was working fine before the reformat. How do I configure the Slimserver to find the iTunes music folder on the external hard drive? Many thanks! -- David Eves ___ 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: iTunes 5
Log out or restart the mac and try again. Steven Moore On 8 Sep 2005, at 9:04AM, CardinalFang wrote: superbad Wrote: I have been running it this afternoon with no problems. It's a very incremental update from 4.9- more like 4.9.1 really. It won't install on my Mac, I keep getting "shut down iTunes first message" even when iTunes isn't running. Any clues on how to fix this anyone? -- CardinalFang ___ 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: iTunes 5
Agreed just a slight facelift really Steven Moore On 8 Sep 2005, at 12:07AM, superbad wrote: I have been running it this afternoon with no problems. It's a very incremental update from 4.9- more like 4.9.1 really. -- superbad ___ 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: iTunes 5
My upgrade went fine, as did another machine here. Your itunes Libraries are in your music folder in your home folder. itunes 5 has created its own library in place of the old one. The old one is in a folder called previous itunes Libraries in the music folder also. I know it's a new library file because the date created was 7/9/05. Your Library file could have been corrupted before updating. You can either try and get your old Library file to work by deleting the new one and putting the old one in it's place (renaming it iTunes Library). When you restart itunes it will attempt to update you Library again. This probably won't work. or redo your playlists. I know it's a bit late now but it's a good idea to back up your libraries regularly to avoid this. Steven Moore On 8 Sep 2005, at 10:31PM, CardinalFang wrote: dean Wrote: Hm, that's strange, my iTunes library and playlists are all appearing fine via iTunes 5... Is it possible that what you are seeing is old playlists from 4.9? In other words 5 puts playlists in a different place but doesn't delete the old ones, so you think you're OK, but if you added a new playlist it doesn't appear? How does SlimServer "see" the iTunes playlists? Can someone tell me that so I can check file locations on my Mac? thanks Paul -- CardinalFang ___ 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: My ideal squeezebox
What about putting the buttons on the top? This would only work if the sb is the top piece of equipment but it would give it a cleaner front. Steven Moore On 15 Sep 2005, at 12:47PM, Dave D wrote: audiofi Wrote: Yep, you're right, they were too small, I resized them to the same width as my Rotel amp: http://audiofi.dudehost.com/other/squeezeboxfullwidth.gif http://audiofi.dudehost.com/other/squeezeboxfullwidthblack.gif Screen remains the same size as the current squeezebox. Thoughts: -- black camp :) but see if the pics can show a matte-black finish vs. jet gloss black. -- move the screen to the left (the design is not symmetrical and putting the screen in the center makes it feel lopsided.) -- power button lower left corner. Rectangular, tactile feel/soft touch, momentary. -- headphone jack to the right of the power button. -- replace the control pad with: -- large, weighted, volume/selection knob on the far right. -- three buttons to the left of the volume knob: -- Left button (momentary up/down rocker): Mode select. Depending on menu arrangement/options/modes, might be able to get rid of this button. -- Middle button (momentary): Item select -- Right button (momentary left/right rocker): menu left/right. In place of left-right rocker for menu left-right, could use digital potentiometer (smaller knob) with detents for each selection. -- volume knob controls menu up/down when in any mode but volume. Spinning the weighted volume knob will have affect of fast scrolling. -- volume mode is entered automatically (timer expires) or by selection (press/hold select button). (Remote has it's own modes, buttons, etc.) -- buttons have tactile feel: rubber-click. -- buttons and knobs are backlit. Option to dim/turn off control backlights after timer expires. Backlights turn on as necessary, i.e. whenever a button is pressed or knob is turned. -- No mechanical limits on knobs. Volume knob must spin. Digital pot (left/right menu select) should be turnable any direction at any time. Thoughts? -- Dave D ___ 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] Plugin problems
Using 6.1.0 - 3758 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 (8C46). I tried to install the forecaster, album review, Biography, Weather and recently played plugin's. Stopped and restarted slimserver from system preferences. Recently played plug-in works fine the others don't show up at all. SlimDevices folder in Library looks like this: bin (folder) html (folder) IR (folder) Plugins (folder) Slimserver.pref. Plugins folder looks like this: AlbumReview (folder) Biography (folder) MHCPAN (folder) RecentlyPlayed.pm Scanner.pm weather (folder) Tried without the MHCPAN folder first, no good, then tried with it still no good. Is this folder for windows only? not sure. I'm probably doing something stupid so any help would be appreciated. Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Plugin problems
Thanks, On the recently played plug-in I meant to say that it appeared in the plugins section, I haven't tested it yet, so it may be broken. I've been trying to restart the server with -d_plugins set but it seems to reset itself every time I stop the server and restart. $%$%^! I have dumped the pref files to see if that helps, have to wait on the rescan now. Steven Moore On 15 Sep 2005, at 2:49PM, Michael Herger wrote: Using 6.1.0 - 3758 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 (8C46). Uh... I still don't know where you really have to install the plugins on MacOS X... Recently played plug-in works fine Is it really? I thought it was broken some time ago... the others don't show up at all. Could you try to run the server from a shell using the -d_plugins parameter. This should tell you what's going on while the server is initialising the plugins. Tried without the MHCPAN folder first, no good, then tried with it still no good. Is this folder for windows only? not sure. Yes, it's Windows only. I don't know whether there are packages for Mac, or whether you need some development tools. But you could try to run perl -MCPAN -e "install HTML::FormatText" from the shell. Please see also the following thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16067 -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ 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] Plugin problems
Thanks, Yes the plugins Biography and AlbumReview work fine after following the instructions. Steven Moore On 15 Sep 2005, at 7:12PM, Daniel Cohen wrote: On 15/9/05 at 15:49 +0200, Michael Herger wrote > Using 6.1.0 - 3758 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 (8C46). Uh... I still don't know where you really have to install the plugins on MacOS X... > > Tried without the MHCPAN folder first, no good, then tried with it still no good. Is this folder for windows only? not sure. Yes, it's Windows only. I don't know whether there are packages for Mac, or whether you need some development tools. But you could try to run perl -MCPAN -e "install HTML::FormatText" from the shell. Please see also the following thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16067 - As the discussion in that thread indicates, though *some* of the items in MHCPAN are Windows only, others work fine in Tiger. The thread tells you where the items go. And the thread shows that Biography and AlbumReview work fine - don't know about others - once the relevant items in MHCPAN are put in the right place. -- Daniel Cohen ___ 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] sound glitch on pause (SS 6.2)
This may have been present on previous versions of slim server but I think I would have noticed it. Has anyone else noticed when pausing a song just after you press the remote button there is a split second of silence then immediately there is a sound for a split second. It seems like the SB is playing a little bit more of the song. After this there is silence. At high volumes this sounds bad. Obviously the ideal function would be immediate silence. If anyone else can confirm it I can file a bug report. SB 1, ss 6.2, mac os 10.4.2. mp3's -- Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sound glitch on pause (SS 6.2)
Added as bug No 2422. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2422 Steven Moore -- Steven Moore ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] rescan time
I know this is the $64,000 question but how long should a rescan take? I am using ss 6.2 on an imac 800 mhz with around 13,000 tracks on a fw hd and using itunes. I just added a new album and did a rescan looking for new music. The rescan is taking hours. with d_info set I am seeing this sort of output to the console: 2005-11-10 16:08:32.6720 _checkValidity: Checking to see if file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Archies/Lince%20Dance%20cd/Sugar%20Sugar.mp3 has changed. 2005-11-10 16:08:32.6744 _hasChanged: Checking for [/Volumes/media/itunes/Archies/Lince Dance cd/Sugar Sugar.mp3] - size & timestamp. I have the lazy search plug-in and superdatetime plugin as well. Could it be the lazy search plugin or would it be anything else? -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18072 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: rescan time
Thanks that narrows it down a bit. I tried the latest night-lies with the same result, long rescan times, in fact I had to stop the server (after 2.5 hrs) as it was going on so long. The strange thing was when I reinstalled ss 6.2 and did a wipe scan it took about 40 mins and actually finished. But again the rescan for new music never seems to end. iTunes perhaps? I'll try clearing everything slim out, prefs etc and if it's still the same and anyone else can confirm this I can submit a bug report. -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18072 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: rescan time
I just tried rescanning for new music after doing a wipe/scan and after clearing all things slim from the computer and re-installing ss, the rescan works now. Something must have happened to a file when upgrading to 6.2.1 nightly. For reference I deleted: slimserver.prefpane slimdevices folder slimserver folder in caches com.slimdevices.slim.plist I still think the rescan (for new music) time is very long > 50mins even on my comparatively slow computer. imac 800mhz, 10.4.3, ss 6.2, 13,000 tracks on ex fw hd, using itunes. -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18072 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: rescan time
I think the only way to stop a scan is by stopping the server. I added a couple of cd's today and did a rescan for new music and 1.5 hours later it was still going, I filed a bug report number : 2542 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542 I'm not sure if the server is still scanning but I can hear the ex fw drive being continually accessed. On a similar theme does anyone know when doing a rescan for new music if ss checks every file? If it does I was looking at the music folder and thought that it may faster to just check each folder of each artist to see if it has been modified since the last rescan and if it hasn't just skip that folder. In my case ~13,000 track tests against ~1000 artist tests, an obvious performance gain. Just an idea. -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18072 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: OS X User Switching Problem When Installed For All Users
This sounds like a permissions problem, I would guess your music is in your user area and this is not accessible when you are logged into your wife's account because your wife cannot access your area. Check the activity monitor and see if the perl process is owned by your wife when the problem happens. If you are using itunes your music will be in your music folder >iTunes folder >itunes. This might be overcome by moving the music folder (only the music folder not the .xml files etc) to a shared folder in the users folder or onto an external hd which you can set to ignore permissions. I have my music folder on an external hd and this works fine. You can set the place where itunes looks for music in itunes preferences >advanced >general. I was checking and the perl process is owned by myself. Does anyone know if it's the case the perl process is owned by the first person to log in? -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19863 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver went loopy
This is the second time this has happened since upgrading to 6.2.1. The server dies when playing music, I think on both occasions just after I press pause. I go to the computer and the machine is almost locked up. I launch activity monitor and eventually see that SS is taking almost 100% cpu and 250mb memory (normaly 5% and 40mb), I force quit. I also see we are back to the track number totals being different. 16,340 in SS just less than 15,000 in itunes. The is nothing in the logs. I will try a clear and rescan to see if that helps. Anyone else seen the same? Mac 10.4.4, ss 6.2.1 sb 1. -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20458 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] tags and solutions
I noticed that tag issues keep cropping up again and again through different versions of slimserver and I was wondering how slimserver 'expects' the tags to look like. ie what is the proper format of the tags that will mean that that tracks/albums etc are scanned in correctly into slimserver. I've never seen a document from slim devices (excuse me if there is one) which describes the format for which tags should take and it may be useful for de-bugging if we had a standard format that we could all reference and having that standard may help with tag issues. Even better would be if slim devices or a third party produced some scripts that could run through our music files to check for irregularities and could help pinpoint possible problems and possibly fix these errors. I don't know how long it would take to produce such documents and scripts but the time invested may be recouped in less de-bugging and writing error checking code. If we where all on a level playing field as far as tags are concerned we could at least rule out one source of problems. -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20625 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Pandora Up and Running?
Will Pandora ever run on a sb1? -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21621 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slim server on mac
Perl is slimserver, the server is probably creating it's database of songs, give it an hour or so and the cpu usage will fall to normal. -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21837 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
