Re: [slim] Scanning - Metadata Changes
Here is how my workflow has evolved over the years as far as editing tags: I update the Album, Artist, Genre, Title, Track and Year tags with MP3Tag I delete all other tags with MP3Tag I use Foobar2000 to scan and update tags for ReplayGain I use MusicIP to scan and update the tags for Music IP Doug On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM, pjs < pjs.58ka7b1330291...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > OK, thanks to everyone for the really instructive responses. I now > understand why I wasn't seeing the song artist being updated. It was > the ol' Artist vs Album Artist issue. I had changed the Artist in the > metadata, but I guess the "key" that's used when you browse "music by > artist" is the Album Artist, not the Artist. > > Actually, that brings up a good point. If we have a compilation > album: > > Album: No Alternative > 01. Superdeformed (Artist = Matthew Sweet, Album Artist = Various > Artists) > 02. For All to See (Artist = Buffalo Tom, Album Artist = Various > Artists) > ... > 19. Verse Chorus Verse (Artist = Nirvana, Album Artist = Various > Artists) > > If I browse the Squeezebox by Artist, I definitely do not want to see a > million "Various Artists" under "V". So I think we'd want the > Squeezebox to display "Artist", not "Album Artist" in this case. > > If we have an artist who has recorded albums under different names: > > Surfing On Sine Waves (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Polygon > Window) > Analogue Bubblebath 3 (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = AFX) > Joyrex J9ii(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Caustic > Window) > Rushup Edge(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = The Tuss) > Richard D. James Album (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Aphex > Twin) > > I think I'd prefer to see all this under Aphex Twin, the Artist, since > this makes navigation with the Squeezebox remote much easier. > > In both cases where there's a distinction between Artist and Album > Artist, I think I prefer Artist. Is there a way to make the importer > use the Artist as the key and not Album Artist? > > Other for our own personal knowledge, is there ever a time when Album > Artist is useful for tagging music? I really don't care about the fact > that, say, an album was put out by "Frank Black" or "Frank Black and the > Catholics", although I *do* care if it's "Frank Black" or "Pixies". > > I know this is pretty anal, and I apologize, but I'm sure many of you > must be as anal as me with tagging your music. :-) > > Thanks! > Pete > > > -- > pjs > > pjs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32020 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 > > ___ > discuss mailing list > discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Local ShoutCast stream suddenly kaput.
I run several old laptops with ShoutCast/Winamp comibinations for streaming music inside my home, across the local network. I put them into the "favorites" menu at mysqueezebox.com, and get the message that there's no connection there, but there wouldn't be...for them. The stream address looks something like (http) 192.168.1.10:8000 Across the local network, these streams have worked just fine to my Squeezebox, to an old Receiva box, to an even older Linksys box, to any iTunes machine, and even to my iPhone. After the last update to Server/Firmware, trying to connect with the Squeezebox to the local ShoutCast streams now gives a funny error message. (Something about "missing endpoint.") Or the connection simply times out. Any advice? Thanks in advance...it's probably just something I need to tweak. - Doug Boynton -- Doug Boynton ---- Doug Boynton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52390 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Control Squeezebox from laptop
2 to 1 the other team scored Doug Wise dougw...@yahoo.com (203) 751-5312 -Original Message- From: "nordvest" To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Sent: 10/11/09 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [slim] Control Squeezebox from laptop Ok; I did as you said and got 255.255.255.0 . Could that be right??? -- nordvest nordvest's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11427 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69616 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3tunes, Music Locker - outages!
There was a period of time last night where a server issue caused a subset of lockers to respond slowly. If a locker contains a lot of data, the request may have timed out. Sorry about that. Everything should be functioning normally now. If you are still having problems accessing your locker through a device, send me a PM with your login email address (not your password) and I'll check out your account. If anyone else has a problem accessing a locker from one of the supported Logitech devices, let me know and I'll investigate. dr -- doug Doug Reese CTO, MP3tunes doug's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6774 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] best stand-alone seakers to connect a SB3 to?
http://www.audioengineusa.com/___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
Any suggestions for an amp that meets these specs? Woah - seriously? That's $267 USD and *WAY* overpriced for a 35 watt amp. Forget it! This thing should push 100 watts RMS per channel and not resample the audio to even begin to be worth that kind of cash.___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multi Zone Installation help please
I use a Niles Audio ZR-4630 in my six rooms with wall / ceiling mounted speakers. Doug Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED]___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Library
I recommend ripping your CDs to FLAC with EAC. These links should get you started: http://flac.sourceforge.net/ http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToRipping http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToOrganising http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?EACBeginners http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?EACInstall http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?EACRipping MP3Tag is great program for editing tags: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Backup Music
With drives as inexpensive as they have become (500GB $100 / 750GB $200 at http://www.pricewatch.com/hard_drives/), I keep two backup copies of my music- one on a second computer at home which is updated daily, and another in a drawer at my office which is updated every quarter. Doug Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED]___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Power Amp
I have a siz zone Niles Audio ZR 4630 that drives wall mounted speakers in six rooms with the associated wall mounted controls. The receiver has three inputs (four if you count the included radio). Works and sounds great. Amazon has it listed for $2,050 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002MV0V4/ref=nosim/coffeeresearch50316-20) Doug Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED]___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wanted: Transporter Stories!
Now that the Transporter is working its way to the first owner's hands, lots of people are waiting to hear about this new piece of hardware: How does it compare to the SB? Does it live up to the hype / expectations? How does 128k compare to 192k, 256k and FLAC? Where is the sweet spot? Tell us about your system. Doug Wise[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Treo 700p
I want to get one of the new Treo 700p phones which has a 320x320 resolution display. Does anyone have one yet, or know if the Nokia 770 skin will work on this device? Thanks, Doug___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nokia 770 Upgrade?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060515/ap_on_hi_te/finland_nokia_google_1 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Whole House Audio with Squeezebox
I have six rooms in our house wired with a Niles Audio system that uses the Squeezebox as its source. I have intentionally kept it very simple so the children and my wife can use the system. The the wall mounted controls send commands to the Squeezebox with an IR flasher. Let me know if you want more details. Doug Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Flac comment tag. Excess text causing Slimserver to runbadly?
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 07:19:04PM +0100, Simon @ Home wrote: > I now have PCBSD, which is supposed to be simple to install and leaves you > with a gui (hooray!). ---end quoted text--- PCBSD looks interesting. Let us know how this works out! -- Doug Carter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problem starting slimserver with slimserver.sh on FreeBSD
Using FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE, Slimserver 6.1.1 from the ports collection. Up to this point I've been starting slimserver from the command line directly (/usr/local/slimserver.pl -daemon) and it runs fine. I decided to use the /usr/local/etc/rc.d startup script to automate things and it doesn't work. When I issue (as root) '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/slimserver.sh start', I get a "starting slimserver" response and then see the Perl app in the Top command... seems normal. Problem is that when I try to access the slimserver web page the app dies. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Flac comment tag. Excess text causing Slimserver to run badly?
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:11:55AM +0100, Simon @ Home wrote: > BTW. If anyone can recommend a Linux/Unix distro that will run very well on > a 500khz, 512mRAM Pentium laptop, but that includes a (light?) gui front end > (as I do not have the time to get to grips with the CLI) I'd a appreciate > it. I only want to run SlimServer on it. ---end quoted text--- I use FreeBSD (http://freebsd.org). Unix, not Linux but runs very well on small machines. My Slimserver is running on my mail/web/webDAV server which is a 500Mhz box. A friend of mine is running Slimserver on FreeBSD on a 100MHz 64Mb box with no issues. I don't bother with GUI's on these things though... they consume more ram than the Slimserver app :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: wired / wireless lan
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 01:15:49AM -0700, ceejay wrote: > ... > so a simple Wirelass Access Point (WAP) is all you need. Plug it into > your wired LAN at any convenient point and off you go. ---end quoted text--- Its a good idea to set up WEP security on your access point (and SB2) so that you don't wind up providing your neighbors Internet access :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problem starting slimserver with slimserver.sh on FreeBSD
Using FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE, Slimserver 6.1.1 from the ports collection. Up to this point I've been starting slimserver from the command line directly (/usr/local/slimserver.pl -daemon) and it runs fine. I decided to use the /usr/local/etc/rc.d startup script to automate things and it doesn't work. When I issue (as root) '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/slimserver.sh start', I get a "starting slimserver" response and then see the Perl app in the Top command... seems normal. Problem is that when I try to access the slimserver web page the app dies. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Flac comment tag. Excess text causing Slimserver to run badly?
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:11:55AM +0100, Simon @ Home wrote: > BTW. If anyone can recommend a Linux/Unix distro that will run very well on > a 500khz, 512mRAM Pentium laptop, but that includes a (light?) gui front end > (as I do not have the time to get to grips with the CLI) I'd a appreciate > it. I only want to run SlimServer on it. ---end quoted text--- I use FreeBSD (http://freebsd.org). Unix, not Linux but runs very well on small machines. My Slimserver is running on my mail/web/webDAV server which is a 500Mhz box. A friend of mine is running Slimserver on FreeBSD on a 100MHz 64Mb box with no issues. I don't bother with GUI's on these things though... they consume more ram than the Slimserver app :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: wired / wireless lan
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 01:15:49AM -0700, ceejay wrote: > ... > so a simple Wirelass Access Point (WAP) is all you need. Plug it into > your wired LAN at any convenient point and off you go. ---end quoted text--- Its a good idea to set up WEP security on your access point (and SB2) so that you don't wind up providing your neighbors Internet access :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New Item Request- Squeezebox with amplifier
What would make the squeezebox even more cool is to integrate a decent amplifier into the box. That way, you would only need a network connection and speakers to have a stereo system. Doug Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver error in opening localhost connection
Thanks for the tips. I will try the additional switches tonight. I have a feeling some basic thing is hosed in my OS... I was having some funny problems under 2000 and the simple upgrade to XP didn't fix them, so I am now just about decided to wipe the disk and do a clean XP install and start over ... lot of trouble, but whats a mother to do lah? Bill Gates strikes again. ;) I am able to run winamp and connect to the desktop slimserver from the laptop without problem, and can also open the browser with // :9000 to the other box, so I don't think its a firewall or port issue. Anyway tonight will try the additional switches to learn what I can... and if I am ambitious I might just rebuild the whole laptop hard disk. Dougkdf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Doug Huskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> Thanks for the tip on starting slimserver with debugging. Where are the> command-line switches documented?"c:\program files\slimserver\server\slim.exe" --help> I started it up in a debug window and realized that it is not hanging but> gets an error on when it attempts to open the graphic window with a local> host connection:>> Timeout on connect to [localhost:10002]: 10035: Unknown error>This is the attempt to find musicmagic, should be harmless since it is justtiming out as it has been told to do.> It is not possible to connect to it from a web browser after that, and> although slim.exe is running it doesn't seem possible to get it to initiate a> playlist or play.>> Any ideas as to what is going on ? or how I should debug this further?do you have any firewall blocking port 9000? try d_http to check on any incomingconnections to the server, d_info to make sure its done scanning (which mightslow down an initial browser connection)-kdf___Discuss mailing listDiscuss@lists.slimdevices.comhttp://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver error in opening localhost connection
Thanks for the tip on starting slimserver with debugging. Where are the command-line switches documented? I started it up in a debug window and realized that it is not hanging but gets an error on when it attempts to open the graphic window with a local host connection: Timeout on connect to [localhost:10002]: 10035: Unknown error It is not possible to connect to it from a web browser after that, and although slim.exe is running it doesn't seem possible to get it to initiate a playlist or play. Any ideas as to what is going on ? or how I should debug this further? Thanks, Doug OS: Windows XP Version = 6.0b3 Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver hang at start-up
I have been having trouble with both Slimserver 5.4.1 and the 6.0b3 versions on my laptop. On the desktop server the install went fine under XP, but on the laptop running Windows 2000 it hangs at the start up splash. I have invoked it with the default skin to see if that was the issue, with no effect. I also eliminated all the music files in the music directory to verify that there was not a problem with one of the files. I have been having some problems with running java applets so I re-installed the java 5.02 runtime. I just tried upgrading to Windows XP - something I have been wanting to do, but unfortunately I am still having the same thing. Does anybody have suggestions as to the next steps in debugging this? I have check the application event log and no records are being written there by Slimserver. How do you start slimserver with debug logging enabled? Any help will be appreciated. Doug__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
