[slim] Re: Tons of Problems with 6.5
Unfortunately the only choice is to stick with the old version. I have around 63000 files so tagging again is not an option and for the same reason I think I would not have enough space for FLAC (and the thought of re-ripping my music collection is not one I relish. Also MP3 still provides the best flexibility and choice for players so not being overly concerned about that extra bit of sound quality I will stick with that. I am still puzzled how Media Player, iTunes and Musicmatch and indeed Slimdevices (version 6.0.1) are all OK but the new version does not work. I take your point on the standards but lack of functionality aside I did not see many complaints about 6.0.1 for tagging but there are clearly issues now is it not possible to revert to the way the tagging worked then rather than make changes. That aside I have been happy with the squeezebox (I have v1 and v3) it just bugs me that I cannot use the latest version of the software with some of the new functionality that has been included without investing a very significant amount of time on music that appears OK everywhere else. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tons of Problems with 6.5
I am running Windows 2003 server fully patched but without R2. I have experienced some of the issues on this forum but primarily the ones around the whole tagging problem. I know that many people say you have to go through with a certain tagging program and put them all onto a certain format v4 for example. My comment would be this: It works fine on 6.0.1 (I must admit I am still getting an issue with 6.3.1), it works fine on iTunes, Musicmatch and Media player so why can we not get the tagging right on Slimserver? I look forward to a posting saying all items have been fixed. That is when I will upgrade until then I will do without some of the additional functionality in return for all my tracks being tagged OK. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: to many directory tagging problem
Final post of the night. 6.3.1 has the same problem with the multiple directories. Half of my albums disappear under "Web" with the artist being MP3's. It must be something to do with the tagging not being picked up as the other half are OK but can't for the life of me figure out what. Anyway on the plus side 6.0.2 works fine. I did the following: Stopped service, removed slimserver from the add/remove (control panel). Deleted the directory C:\program files\slimserve. Then did a full install of 6.0.2 set my directory up to scan: H:\web\mp3's and bingo all present and correct. As I mentioned before it is probably some rogue tagging that is in some of my MP3's though I have been through with iTunes to remove everything other than album, artist, track name, track number, genre and album art so heavens knows which bit is the problem. Also I converted all tracks to 2.4. Finally I removed, gapless, album artist infomation, part of compilation tags again using iTunes. Now I can listen to my music again, when 6.5.1 works the same way as 6.0.2 I will upgrade, until then at least everything that I need is working. Would be glad to hear from anyone with other resolutions or the same issue. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: to many directory tagging problem
Right 6.5.1 nightly 18/10 does not fix this issue. Exactly the same problem. Have tried it scanning the directory directly and using iTunes - issue occurs on both. Now having got it working fine under 6.0.1 (both scanning directly and with iTunes) I am regressing back to 6.3.1 to see it the issue is there as well. More work needed I think. Will let you know when I have tried 6.3.1 if this does not work the solution is to go back to 6.0.1 and do a clean installation and then a clean update of all music. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: to many directory tagging problem
Thanks for the update - I wonder if this is the same issue as I have updated all mine to 2.4 tags. I am thinking there is something funny going on where it does not pick up the tag but with the option set to pick up artist from the directory it does this. Anyway have downloaded the nightly and will let you know if the issue resurfaces. Cheers. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] to many directory tagging problem
There have been several issues reported with tags not being picked up properly in the new version of slimserver. With a fairly substantial library (43000 tracks) I was disappointed to find that many of the tracks had disappeared to "Web" or "MP3's" which were the subdirectories that I had assigned for my music. Previously I know 6.3 was working so I reverted to that only to find the same issue. Having worked my way through iTunes, Musicmatch and Windows Media Player (all showing the correct tags) I decided to rever to an even earlier version 6.0.1. Despite removing all traces of slimserver the same problem occured. In my desperation I remapped a H:\web\mp3's as Z:\MP3's (I tried) to map it completely but you can't scan only a drive. Anyway so this meant that I could see if the artists all changed from Web to MP3's however it was even better than I expected - all tags were fine. Next move is to move back through the upgrades and see if and when it plays up. If you have this problem I suggest in the interim you move the directory closer to the root or if this is not ideal share and map the drive so you only have one sub-directory to your music. I will keep you posted on whether this fixes the problem in later releases. I guess if this does it probably needs to be fixed by someone but as a casual user I am not sure how this works hopefully someone can pick this up and see where the problem lies. It has taken a couple of days but at last it seems like I am making progress. Still the best music steaming system out there even with these little trials keep up the good work. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tons of Problems with 6.5
The saga continues. I have now taken off all of 6.5.1 (or so I thought). Uninstalled from Windows and deleted the directory (I assume just the one in Program Files). Put 6.3.1 back on and same problem half the albums are under MP3's or Web (the two parent directories - H:\web\mp3's. Despite this all the other programs seem able to pick up the tags. If I go into slimserver the tag is showing 2.4 and the same is showing in iTunes so why are they both not showing the same thing. Has anyone got any suggestions where I can go from here? This is really getting to be a pain as I have spend most of the day trying to fix this problem. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver missing albums
slimpy;146693 Wrote: > You're going back to 6.3 because your files are not properly tagged? > -s. Only not tagged properly in 6.5.0 Properly tagged in : musicmatch, winamp, windows media player, itunes and 6.3.0 so in view of the fact many others have the same problem and I would have to wade through 43000 tracks I will just go back to something that works. I just want to listen to my music - which I could with the last version. Whatever has changed needs changing back as it seems I am not alone. But thanks for the help you have provided. I really would have preferred not to downgrade but see no other sensible option. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28718 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tons of Problems with 6.5
I am afraid I have just downloaded 6.3.1 to reinstall. Having checked the tagging issue with Musicmatch, Winamp, Windows Media and iTunes (where they all show tagged correctly) and 6.3.1 I drew the conclusion that 6.5 has introduced a bug that was not there. I tried today to download, remove (from Windows uninstall) and delete the directory and pluggins and reinstall - and the problem remained. If you haven't yet upgrade all I can say is do so with care. I to would prefer the stable release rather than being a tester. Does anyone know if 7 is any better? -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver missing albums
OK so - I have download MP3tag and found that huge volumes of the MP3's do not appear tagged. So ran through iTunes auto update as all the tracks appeared fine there. Went back into MP3tag still loads missing but have tried winamp, musicmatch, iTunes and Media player and all of these pick up all the tracks and the correct tags. 6.3.0 did not have the problem (although I cannot tell when this problem did occur). Clear from other posts that this is causing several people problems. I just want to see my music again. To cut a long story short I will go back to 6.3.0 but can anyone tell me where I can download this? Many thanks for any assistance. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28718 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver missing albums
Thanks Ramage - have done that but I am not sure the clear is working I did a clear and rescan and my track count is going up from where it was before (43000) I am now up to 45000 dispite clearing playlists and selecting clear and rescan. This version seems to be misbehaving a bit at the moment -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28718 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Artist search produces 'empty' playlist
I have a similar thread running at present where some of the albums have disapeared - I have found mine under Web / MP3's which is where the tracks are stored: h:\web\mp3's\depeche mode (etc) I think that it is taking the first two directories and using these rather than starting at the right point. I assume as a large number of my tracks do appear that it is only doing this where the tag is no good. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimserver missing albums
After a rescan (unfortunately it is still going) it looks like it is second guessing the tags incorrectly. My directory structure is as follows: H:\web\mp3's\depeche mode\personal jesus cd single\track 01 and so on Where for some reason it is not picking up the tags it thinks the artist is web and the cd is MP3's. The thing that puzzles me is that Media player and iTunes are both tagged perfectly. I am not sure which tag you are refering to but most of mine are tagged Artist rather than Album artist in iTunes - not sure if that helps. Would it help if converted the whole iTunes library to id tag 2.4? which I think is the latest - or should I be picking an earlier one? Thanks for the assistance so far. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28718 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] slimserver missing albums
I have had slimserver running successfully on a 2003 server for some time but recently things seem to be playing up. Normally I scan the directory for music and this works fine. I noticed in the last week or two though that a significant number of albums are not listed under the artist. For example I have around 10 albums either of, or with a track from "Air" on them. Only half of these are listed. I have in the region of 20 "Depeche Mode" albums that have gone AWOL. The strange thing is that there are approximately the right number of tracks in Slimserver so I wonder if they are hiding elsewhere. Also when I go into "Depeche Mode" under artist then the number of track drops by about 50% to 21,000 in the listing at the top. Finally I thought that maybe it would work if I linked to the .xml file in iTunes. Despite all the albums being listed in the file I still have exactly the same problem. The tracks are ripped at different times but all in unprotected MP3 format. All tracks appear and can be played fine in iTunes and iTunes and Slimserver both run on the same machine. My thoughts are: Is there a problem with Slimserver? - as neither is working I thought that may be the issue. Is there a problem with file protection? - would not have thought so otherwise the tracks would not play in iTunes. Have I got too much on here? Should I revert to an early copy of Slimserver/iTunes (personally I do not think the iTunes part will be a problem as an xml file is an xml file and you cannot do much to stuff that up. Also a straight scan of the folder causes the same issue. If so can anyone direct me to a place where I can download say version 6 which I don't think caused me a problem. Thanks for any assistance you can provide. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28718 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless / DHCP problem
This morning my Belkin stopped working on WPA so back to WEP which seems fine. I am fairly certain this is an issue with firmware/software as everything else works fine. Can anyone point me to the download for the latest firmware for SB3? I have 28 installed currently but could not find a link to it on the site. Many thanks. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22836 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless / DHCP problem
V1.02.04 on a Netgear DG834GT (Europe) is no good. I have however got this working OK now on My Belkin Pre-N Router Firmware Version 1.00.06 Boot Version 2.01.08 Hope that helps. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22836 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with wireless connection
Couple of points no security in its own right will stop someone getting access to your network but the more levels you put in place the more likely a hacker is to use your next door neighbours unsecured network rather than yours so I think hiding the SSID is still a valid measure that you can take to help to keep your network safe. On the wireless issue. I have just set up a belkin wireless router and can report that this has enabled me to set up the WPA protection without any issues. This leave me with my Netgear/Slimserver/SB3 combination being the problem. Not sure exactly which part but I still suspect the Slimserver as there have been no other changes to the system and it was working OK last week. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22878 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with wireless connection
Reading through the forums it appears that there is a problem with the latest builds with some routers having issues with WPA. So I am now back to WEP though I have managed to hide my SSID and put the MAC filtering on so I ought to be grateful for that. I could have got by with my SB1 to do that though so am extremely disappointed at the moment. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22878 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with wireless connection
Have a look at my posting about DHCP and Wireless. I think we may both be suffering from some upgrade that has stopped things working. Either from Microsoft or Slimdevices. mcgoverg Wrote: > Hi there, wonder if any of you guys can help on this one. > > I'd been having some problems with my wireless connection dropping and > noting that 6.2.2 was supposed to address some of these issues i > thought i'd give it a try. I downloaded and applied (and also got FW37 > at the same time). > 6.2.2 install didn't work - got continual 'starting slimserver' message > but never got to 'slimserver running'. > > During the install i got a message to the effect that a module for auto > start of slimserver couldn't be found. > I tried a complete deinstall of slimserver and re-install with same > message and same effect - 'starting slimserver' > > Backed it out and re-installed 6.2.1 which went ok but now I can't > connect wirelessly at all - not with wep not with wpa not even without > any protection. I always get the same problem - it times down to 0 then > error msg 'cannot find specified wireless network'. > I've tried a cable connection and all is fine but wireless is > completely screwed > > ANy Ideas? > > Help much appreciated - a cable connection while the most desireable is > just not practical -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22878 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless / DHCP problem
Right, thanks for your thoughts here is where we are at. Firstly I had tried some of the items mentioned and am an IT manager so have a good knowledge of networking. Here is what I have done and what the results are. Removed all security on the router (MAC filtering, hide SSID and WPA). Bingo all worked fine. Put MAC address filtering on and still no problems. Hid the SSID still working. Then put the WPA on and it stopped completely. I am having a similar problem to another posting at the top of the forum list currently. So disabled the WPA and bingo working again. So I decided on the WEP 64 still working. WEP 128 still working. Back to WPA and no joy. The network part is connecting but the slimserver will not start. Now here is my deduction and you can let me know your thoughts. As the WPA is working fine on my two other laptops and the SB3 appears to connect but cannot link to the Slimserver (which I know is working because my other SB1 is OK) the problem must be in some recent code that has been either released as part of windows update or as a slimserver upgrade must have caused the problem. My next job (though not tonight) is to roll back any windows updates on my W2003k server and then to reinstall an earlier version of slimserver. The fact that there is an almost identical posting leads me to believe one of the two items above is to blame. I must admit that I only use the SB3 once a week or so which makes it difficult to say which day the problem arose but it would be over the last 7-10 days I suspect. One other thought is whether the 54g part of the card has failed in the SB3 and I may be connecting at 11b but I will probably check this now. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22836 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wireless / DHCP problem
I purchased a Squeezebox 3 just before Christmas and have been very happy with it until this week. As some background I also have a squeezebox that is connected to the my slimserver via an Ethernet connection. The problem I have is that my Squeezebox 3 which is using the wireless connection cannot connect to the Slimserver. My wireless is working fine as I have two laptops connecting without issues. The settings for the wireless are all fine as the Squeezebox 3 appears to connect without problems. The slim server appears to be working OK as my other Squeezebox connects fine and works via Ethernet (as does the Squeezebox 3 when I connect it this way). This leads me to the conclusion that there is some kind of issue with the wireless connection using slimserver. It will go through and appears to connect however if I leave the IP address to get one automatically from my DHCP server it will not get an address in the right range. My two laptops are not having this problem. I can do a release / renew without a problem. I should point out that my DHCP server is on a W2003 Server which runs slimserver so the Squeezebox 3 could connect to the wireless without necessarily getting an IP address. Which I think is the problem. However it does get a correct IP address if connected via Ethernet (so I don't thing the DHCP service is a problem). The mystery deeps when I fix a static IP address in the range. The Squeezebox 3 appears to see the slim server address as you go through the settings but once it tries to connect it cycles through two things connecting to slimserver and connecting to wireless network before it comes up with the usual message that it cannot connect to slimserver. I am total confused with this and the only thought I had was that a recent update to the slimserver software may be causing some conflict (I have automatic downloads and updates turned on) and am running 6.2.1. I have reinstalled the slimserver and tried setting everything up from scratch again but to no avail have you any thoughts on this. My guess at this stage is that whilst the wireless network connection is appearing to connect it is not doing actually doing so. This would lead me to the conclusion that this could be a hardware fault. Could anyone either confirm this or suggest any other options that I may need look at before going down this route. Thanks for any assistance anyone may be able to offer. -- cmaskelyne cmaskelyne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22836 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Building a house server?
If you are planning to use this as a proper server and run services such as file & print, internet hosting, etc you would probably be better with Linux as this could handle it. Don't think you would get away with Windows 2003 mine sometime grinds to a halt and that is a P4 3.0Ghz with 1.5 Gb RAM. If people are downloading from the server then it can affect the slimserver stream. You may get away with more services running if you set up some QoS or you could try W2000 Server which is not so memory hungry. Regards, Carl Maskelyne PaperPak Systems IT Manager Mobile Telephone : 07971 659494 Attends website : www.attends.co.uk This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. Emails sent from PaperPak that contain commercially sensitive data should not be disclosed to third parties that may benefit from this knowledge. This e-mail and attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving PaperPak however the company will not be liable for any losses as a result of any viruses being passed on. -Original Message- From: Bob Fish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2005 14:07 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Building a house server? I run mine on a PIII 400 with 512M ram and a 250G drive. Runs Fedora Core. Talking with Orb on 18 Apr 2005 at 4:45 about "[slim] Building a house server?" we discussed: > > What do people recommend for a basic house server? > I could get my hands on an old (very cheap) Pentium 3, 600 MHz, 256mb > ram pc. I have a 200gb drive where my music is stored which would live > in the house server. > > Would a machine of this (old) spec be good enough to cope with > slimserver, file sharing and maybe a broadband connection in the > future? > > What do people recommend as a OS? I have an old copy of windows 98 > floating around but what about the free OS like BSD? > > Any tips appreciated. > Thanks > > > -- > Orb > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- Robert Fish -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bobfish.orgPGP available ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
