Re: [slim] iTunes playlist script
This thread is pretty old but it came up pretty high in my Google search results so I thought I'd add a little more info... I have been running Logitech Media Server for many years from Windows. Recently I moved all my music to a Synology NAS and was having trouble getting the Media Server to see my content on the box. So I installed Logitech Media Server on the Synology NAS itself (supported right out of the box with just a few clicks!). Everything was working great except for the fact that all my playlists were being held captive by iTunes in Windows. My solution was to download iTunes Export from here: http://www.ericdaugherty.com/dev/itunesexport/ I grabbed the command line version so I could write a batch file to invoke it easily. Here's the contents of my command file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java -jar itunesexport.jar -outputDir=\\diskstation\Media\Music\iTunes\Playlists -musicPath=/volume1/Media/Music/iTunes/Music -musicPathOld=C:\Media\Music\iTunes\Music -fileTypes=ALL -separator=MAC -includePlaylist=Brad 4 Star Sorted,Brad 5 Star Sorted,Kids 4 Star In the above command line the musicPathOld is where iTunes sees all my files from Windows, i.e. I created a softlink at C:\Media that points to \\diskstation\Media. The musicPath is the path that gets inserted into the m3u files, which is where Logitech Media Server sees the music locally on the NAS. I only wanted to create a few playlists as indicated by the includePlaylist. If you get rid of that part it generates all the playlists. I also have my iTunes library xml in the default location so didn't need to specify anything there. Anyway, I hope this helps someone else having a similar issue. Now if I want to re-create the m3u files I simply run the batch file and then rescan playlists. bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35608 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 802.11n Devices
Thanks for all your replies. There were some other good reasons given for why 802.11n (or Draft N currently) should be added to devices. Summary of Benefits * 5 GHz operation avoids interference from microwaves, phones, etc. * Gives ability for people to use Greenfield mode for increased throughput (i.e. all N network) * Increased range from MIMO technology * Better throughput for people using their SB as a wireless bridge Recommendation * In order to keep costs down while still offering these benefits to those who want/need it, the best scenario would be if Logitech offered a replacement mini-PCI Wifi to support 802.11n. I'm sure they could sell this device at a nice profit and everyone would be happy. Side note * Some people seem to be against using this technology because it's not a finished spec. Everything I've read indicates that current hardware will be firmware upgradeable to be compliant with the final 802.11n spec. Note that although the spec is not yet ratified, there are still quality controls in place. The Wifi Alliance does interoperability testing and has a Draft N certification process. The Draft N equipment has been available for quite some time and seems to have matured quite a bit. I too was wary of this certification early on, but now that I see how long the 802.11n spec is dragging on I think it was a smart move by the Wifi Alliance in creating this intermediate certification. I'm sure lots of great inputs have made their way into the final spec as a result of all the real-world usage that has resulted. Also, people who need the range/throughput of 802.11n have gotten access to it years sooner. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57042 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] better way to enter wireless key??
If you would like a better/easier method to enter Wifi passwords then vote for this bug on Bugzilla: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10052 -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55229 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 802.11n Devices
Can anyone comment on future support for 802.11n? Specifically I am referring to any new devices planned that will include 5 GHz 802.11n WiFi. I'd like to buy a Squeezebox for the kitchen, but the problem is that when the microwave is turned on there is a lot of interference on the 2.4 GHz band. Another benefit of true 802.11n support is that I could configure my 802.11n network for the Greenfield mode of operation such that my other 802.11n devices can achieve highest throughput. Another alternative that would be great would be if Logitech offered an upgrade module (i.e. a new mini-PCI card) that would allow me to upgrade devices to 802.11n. I'd like to buy another Squeezebox but I don't want to get stuck with a bunch of 802.11g equipment. I'd like everything on my network to be 802.11n within 18 months. Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57042 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How fast should slimserver be?
My old PC was a 2.6 GHz P4 with 1 GB RAM. I saw similar speeds when browsing web pages, maybe worse! It was to the point that I hated to use SS. I even got to the point that I was modifying the SQL parameters to try and give the database more RAM to work with, but that had no effect either. It definitely seemed to get slower as the playlist got longer. Pretty much anything more than 1 album in the queue made it very annoying. Now I'm on a 2.4 GHz C2D with 2 GB RAM running Vista. The web interface is MUCH better now. Even with large playlists it responds in under a second. Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39468 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL
This is a great thread. I've been having SlimServer performance issues on Windows for quite some time now. I'm going to try out making those changes to the amount of RAM it uses. I think it would be even better if SlimServer would optimize the commands that it uses for the MySQL to be more efficient. Has anyone file a bug report (enhancement request) on this? I'd love to see this get into the nightlies ASAP! Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32417 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL
FYI, I made the changes to my.tt and restarted slimserver. Unfortunately that hasn't solved my problems. The web interface seems to choke if I add say a dozen albums to it and then try to navigate. For example I tried clicking on page 2 of 3 and the web interface is pretty much completely stalled now. :( It seems like right now I can only queue up a couple albums without making things choke. Also, the web interface is painfully slow and I end up using the player instead. I'm really getting sick of this damn thing. I've been thinking about getting a second PC and running Linux. Maybe I'd have better results there. Anyway, thanks for the discussion on this. I hope the optimizations you suggested for MySQL work their way into SlimServer. Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32417 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver wants a FAST machine
Thanks for the suggestions. I have disabled all plugins EXCEPT for CLI, clock screensaver, and network health. I then restarted SS so my new plugin selections would take effect, but it was still very slow. I enabled the network health monitoring and it reported that Server Response Time is poor. (Tell me something I don't know!) In the statistics section it broke down the components of the server and the main culprit appears to be the web page build: Web Page Build The length of time taken to build each web page. 0.002 :0 : 0% 0.005 :0 : 0% 0.01 :0 : 0% 0.015 :0 : 0% 0.025 :1 : 7% ### 0.05 :2 : 13% ## 0.1 :2 : 13% ## 0.5 :4 : 27% # 1 :2 : 13% ## 5 :0 : 0% =5 :4 : 27% # max : 10.843141 min : 0.018849 avg : 2.926769 So how do I improve such a statistic? Right now it sucks! Here are a couple more that might be noteworthy but don't appear as significant as that first one: Timer Lateness The time between when a timer task was scheduled and when it is run. 0.002 : 19 : 15% ### 0.005 :5 : 4% # 0.01 : 37 : 28% ## 0.015 : 10 : 8% ### 0.025 : 11 : 8% 0.05 :4 : 3% # 0.1 :3 : 2% # 0.5 :8 : 6% ### 1 :2 : 2% 5 : 31 : 24% ### =5 :1 : 1% max : 5.142914 min : 0.13 avg : 0.599746 Server Response Time The response time of the server - the time between successive calls to select. 0.002 : 585 : 63% ### 0.005 : 91 : 10% 0.01 : 104 : 11% # 0.015 :2 : 0% 0.025 : 10 : 1% 0.05 : 14 : 1% 0.1 : 91 : 10% 0.5 : 16 : 2% 1 :5 : 1% 5 : 16 : 2% =5 :0 : 0% max : 2.568374 min : 0.66 avg : 0.049329 Any thoughts on how to improve this? Thanks! Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30145 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver wants a FAST machine
I've lately been feeling more fed up with the response time of SlimServer. I'm not sure if I never noticed it before or if it has actually gotten slower since the 6.5 release. I'm running SS on WinXP SP2 with a 2.6GHz P4 HT with 1GB RAM and RAID0. For example if I click on a song to delete it from the playlist I count about 6 seconds before that actually occurs. That's an ETERNITY! I decided I didn't want to hear the album I had just queued up and it took forever to get the freaking thing deleted! I'd love to see performance take center stage for the 7.0 release. I'm not sure where the bottleneck is, but it would be great to see someone from Slim Devices do that analysis and then take the appropriate corrective action. Perhaps that means restructuring some of the Perl code or maybe even re-writing critical portions in C. I don't really care what needs to be done, just so long as SS becomes more responsive! (Perhaps there's a setting I need to change -- if so please kindly respond!) -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30145 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IP Address issues..
Open up the device manager and see what shows up under Network Adapters. Do you see your network card/hardware in there? Are there any error messages such as missing driver, etc.? -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29941 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5 won't stay running
I experienced a problem with this too. I had been listening to music for about 15 minutes when it suddenly stopped. When I came upstairs SlimServer was in a stopped state. I run WinXP SP2 (Pro Edition). In the Windows Event Log I have event ID 7036 with message, The SlimServer service entered the stopped state. Is there something else I should look at? That doesn't tell me anymore than I already knew! After this occurred I double-clicked the SlimServer icon in the tray and it started running again. I listened to another 45 minutes of music without any problems. Hopefully that was just a one time fluke, but I thought I'd post in case other people are having issues too. Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
So far so good for me. After letting my computer sleep overnight I was able to wake it up and find the SB2 right away. I'm pretty sure my problem is solved. Danco, if you don't have a static IP address for your Mac you may want to try it just in case. I was experiencing the same issues with my SB2 staying black even after my computer was on. I think when this problem occurs you will see Player not found on the server end and a black screen on the player end. I believe the problem boils down to something changing in the network which makes the SB no longer see SS. For me it was the IP address changing but perhaps there are other things that can cause this same behavior. Your Airport Base Stations seem like a good place to do some digging. How do you have them configured? Perhaps someone on the forum will recognize something that needs changing in the setup. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
Is anyone else having this problem? I've updated to 6.5b3 and still see the same issue. My computer with SS was asleep all night and I woke it up about 20 minutes ago but it says Your player cannot be found when I open the web page. It looks to me as if there is a timeout mechanism in the firmware for the SB2/SB3 such that after a certain number of attempts to talk to the server it gives up. That should be modified to perhaps just try on a less frequent basis (e.g. once a minute or so). It shouldn't stop trying altogether though or else you get this behavior where I am forced to walk to the basement and turn it on. Ross, any word back from the experts? Hopefully you're talking to the firmware experts and not the SS experts. Thanks. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
I also have the problem only when my computer has been asleep for a long time. I think I may have an idea of what the issue is (for me anyway). I think it may have something to do with the computer changing IP addresses. That is, the computer goes to sleep with one address and when it wakes many hours later is given a different address. Would that cause this behavior? I may go to a static IP address and see if that helps. Thanks for looking into this. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
Yes, I just tested out my theory and it appears to hold up. My player was showing up a minute ago, but after switching to static IP and then back to DHCP the router assigned me a new address and now the player cannot be found. How can I get around this? I don't want to set my network to be all static addresses. That won't work well when I bring my laptop home from work. Is there a way to make only my desktop PC static but keep the rest of my network DHCP? I don't see such an option in my router's firmware (WRT54G HW v3.0, FW v4.30.5). -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
OK, I've successfully converted to a mixed environment containing both static and dynamic IP addresses. I'm not positive if this was the problem, but I've been wanting to go to this sort of setup for a while to resolve some other issues like having to hunt around for the slimserver from my laptop when my desktop gets reassigned an IP address. Here's how I changed it: 1) First do Start - Run and type in cmd. That will open a command prompt. 2) At the command prompt type ipconfig /all (no quotes). 3) Copy down the default gateway and the DNS (usually 2 DNS addresses). 4) Go into your router's administration page and change the IP address range for the DHCP to start at a later address. For example I set mine to start issuing addresses beginning with 192.168.1.103. This prevents any collisions with your static IP address. 5) Go to Start - Control Panel - Network Connections. Right-click on the connection corresponding to your internet connection and go to Properties. 6) Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then Properties. 7) Select Use the following address and type in the IP address you'd like to assign your computer (e.g. 192.168.1.100), subnet mask (e.g. 255.255.255.0), and gateway (e.g. 192.168.1.1). 8) Click Use the following DNS servers and then type in the DNS addresses you copied down in step 3. So in my setup I have my desktop with Slimserver configured with static IP address 192.168.1.100. My laptop is now statically configured as 192.168.1.101 and my SB2 as 192.168.1.102. The router is setup for DHCP beginning with 192.168.1.103 so if for example I brought my work laptop home with me it would get issued an address by the DHCP. I'm pretty sure this is going to fix my problem. I will report back in a day or so to confirm in case anyone else comes across a similar problem. Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
I turn it off by pressing clicking Off on the SS web page. I then put my computer into standby. Thanks for looking into this. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Your player cannot be found message
Just curious why I get this message. It seems like my player goes into some kind of low power mode after a certain amount of time where I need to wake it up using the remote control. I suspect this might be tied to the WoL functionality. I keep my computer asleep most of the time and have it set to wakeup only by a magic packet. Does the SB2 eventually give up trying to send packets when it doesn't get a reply? I recently added a transmitter (for wireless speakers) to the analog output of the player. It would be nice to be able to start the player from my computer on the 2nd floor rather than walking down to the basement. Is there a setting that affects this? Thanks for any pointers. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
Thanks for the reply. My SB2 is not connected to SqueezeNetwork and the player is not seen when SS comes back on (i.e. when the computer wakes up). I'm sitting at the computer that runs SS so I'm positive the computer is awake and SS is running. It appears to be the player that is in some sort of hibernate state. When I press the power button on the player it displays a connecting to Slim Server message and then connects. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Degraded Wireless Network Performance
It sounds like a problem with your router. I thought a firmware upgrade would fix your problem, but it looks like you're already on the latest firmware. Does your laptop have a 802.11g card in it? If so, double-check that the D-Link router is configured for g only and not mixed mode. That will make better use of the available bandwidth. One other possibility might be to turn off security if you're using it. You could probably get by with MAC address filtering to keep people from free-loading on your internet connection. Of course if all this fails I recommend you get a new router. Personally I despise the D-Link routers. I'd recommend a Linksys WRT54GL if you want something high quality at a decent price. You can pick one up for $40-$60. Good luck! I hope you get your issue solved! -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26935 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
The things I'd like to see: 1) Better interface! That web page feels so old and clunky. I've been using Moose and I'm happier with that. Heck, maybe Slim Devices should pick up Moose (with permission of Dr. Lovegrove) and use that as the main interface after making some further improvements. That may be a bit drastic for Slim Devices so perhaps just a more modern web page. Throw in some AJAX or something! 2) Auto DJ. It would be cool to have the capability to have SS automatically generate music to play. I'd love to see an interface like this: Genres to Include in Auto DJ (check the genres below) __ Rock __ Jazz __ Blues : : Type of music to play (check one) __ Song __ Album __ Artist Percentage of Music Played (specify a percentage below) __ Favorites (i.e. most often played) __ Newest __ Haven't heard for a while So for example I could go in and tell it to play 75% of my favorites, 15% new music, and 10% stuff I haven't heard for a while. You could consider this an extension of the Random Music capability currently available. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Only one out of 5 Squeezeboxes work.
You're using the initial release of your router firmware. There have been multiple firmware upgrades since then. Go to the linksys website, go to Support - Downloads, select your product in the dropbox, and download the most recent firmware. I see in the release notes that they have fixed issues related to DHCP. To upgrade the firmware you'll need to log into your router and most likely there will be a place where you can browse to the file you downloaded and click update firmware or something similar. Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Optimal settings for FLAC
That's not true, at least with respect to the SB2/3. (I'm not sure about the other devices.) You ARE able to stream flac which is one of the great advantages to storing your music as flac as opposed to WMA Lossless. You are still able to get a bit-exact output with about half the bandwidth as PCM. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25064 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WAV to FLAC
Another good one is Media Monkey:
http://www.mediamonkey.com
The free version of this media player will do flac encoding. It will
also do mp3 encoding if you replace the version of lame_enc.dll that
comes with it with one you get elsewhere online. All you do is browse
in Media Monkey to the directory containing your music, e.g. D:\WAV.
Once all your music pops up, select all, right-click on a song and do
Send to... - Folder (Rip/Convert) - {choose directory}. You will
then get a dialog box that comes up and lets you choose what codec to
use. You can then select flac and also make adjustments to the path if
for example you want it to create a folder
D:\FLAC\{Artist}\{Album}\{TrackNum} {Title}. Plus it gives you a nice
preview window showing you all the titles of what you'll end up with.
Brad
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[slim] Re: I would like better flac to MP3
I keep a mirror directory of mp3's. That is, I've ripped all my music to F:\FLAC. I then use Media Monkey to transcode all of that music to F:\MP3. http://www.mediamonkey.com/ Besides being able batch transcode all your flac files to mp3, it will also play flac files if you're listening to music directly from your pc. It's a great program all in all so I recommend giving it a try! Brad -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album Artist versus Artist behavior
I just spent all afternoon editing tag information. Much to my disappointment SS does not appear to deal with Album Artist correctly. Even if I make the Album Artist Various Artists it still lists all of the Artists that make up those albums when I Browse Artists. I am using SS 6.2.1 right now. I even went to Server Settings - Behavior - Compilations and set the first option to Group compilation albums together and the second field to List albums by band. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21944 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album Artist versus Artist behavior
Does anyone have any more information regarding the compilation tag that Jon mentioned? I have been using Media Monkey to do all of my tag editing and don't see any field that resembles compilation. I also tried the tag editor within WMP and didn't see a compilation field there either. I really like using Media Monkey so I hate to shell out $25 for TagRename to get this one stinking checkbox! If anyone knows anything else about this I'd greatly appreciate the info. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21944 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up
I actually came to the forums earlier this afternoon with the intent of asking/suggesting about making a nicer interface than the web page through which I currently talk to my SB2. A quick search brought up this thread and it really grabbed my attention. I've installed Moose v0.26 on two of my computers now and am happy to report that it is working quite well for the most part. What a fantastic program! Anyone out there who is looking for a nice GUI front-end to Slim Server should try this out! This program is great for being able to scroll through your music and add songs to the playlist. It's a heck of a lot nicer to look at than that boring web page. It makes SS feel a lot more like the media players I've become accustomed to. Thank you, Dr. Lovegrove for putting this together! This application has breathed new excitement into my SB2! I did have one problem -- I'm trying to scan the Slim Server library from a *different* computer using the SQlite mode. Every time I do this Moose crashes! I worked around this by doing the folder mode. Other things that are non critical but would be nice would be to have the option to be able to view all albums (currently you can only view all artists and then by clicking on an artist you can see their albums). It would also be nice to be able to right-click on songs in the library and choose Add/Insert/Play. Same goes for right-clicking on an artist or an album... The current layout of the library makes it very laborsome to click on a song way down at the bottom left of the screen and then go way up to the top right to add it to the play list. Minor things, but would be nice. Anyways, kudos to Dr. Lovegrove on his application. Very nice! A big thank you to him for all the hours he put into making this a useful program. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21676 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with Clear library before rescan
Jim, Thanks for your reply. I'm sure that they are from different directories. If I click on a song in the album it shows the file path and I can see that one is from the wma folder and one from the flac folder. I have not tried restarting SlimServer. I can give it a shot when I get home from work. Was that just a generic suggestion or is there something you know of requiring me to restart it? Either way, thanks. Brad -- bgriffis ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with Clear library before rescan
Thanks everyone for the replies. I think I'm going to try going to 6.2 to see how that behaves. This is the first time I've upgraded. Do I need to completely uninstall and then reinstall or if I try to install a new one will it just upgrade the old one? I'd like to try and keep my user preferences if possible. Thanks again everyone! I love my new SB2, just working out a few minor kinks! :) Brad -- bgriffis ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problem with Clear library before rescan
I have two copies of my music on my computer. One copy is in wma format and the other is flac. I originally had set the music folder to be the wma folder and it scanned in all the album/artist info. I have since changed it to the flac folder and I clicked the Clear library before rescan box and had SlimServer rescan. However, it still shows BOTH sets of music for everything. Is this a bug? Thanks, Brad -- bgriffis ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
