[slim] Pandora Upgrade still plays at 128K through Squeezebox Server
I just upgraded my Pandora account to a paid account and selected the higher audio quality of 192KB however Squeezebox Server is showing the stream is playing still at 128KB. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Does SlimServer play .m4a files?
Does SlimServer play .m4a files? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does SlimServer play .m4a files?
Not sure what that means. SlimServer sees the files, but when I click play nothing happens. Is there a trick? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Fishbone is all whacked!
I just downloaded and installed SlimServer on a new machine. I selected Fishbone for the Interface. However, it is all whacked. Instead of being black it is all white with lettering and formatting all out of alignment. How do I get this to display Fishbone correct? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38989 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fishbone is all whacked!
yeah... just tried that. It worked fine on FF. So, I emptied the cache and refreshed again in IE and all is well now there as well. thanks for the help -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38989 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sleeping in 35 minutes?
Is Sleeping a new feature in the latest version of Slimserver? If so, where does one turn this off? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38937 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sleeping in 35 minutes?
Ah..cool. Thanks that took care of it. I must have fat thumbed it on the remote. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38937 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Remove lists of Artists under Artwork
Has the ability to not display the album list of Artists when viewing by Artwork been implemented yet into the UI? If not, I cannot find the thread where it explains the edit to cmdwrappers to remove these. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38938 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to record cassette tape into Vista?
I have a number of cassette tapes that are not available on CD. I would like to record them into my machine running Vista so that I can convert them to digital and play through Slim. However, I cannot for the life of me find anything in Vista that will allow for analog recording. In Windows XP There is the Analog Recorder. Any suggestions? Thanks -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38092 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to record cassette tape into Vista?
Thanks. However, I know how to record an analog device into a computer. I have done it numerous times in the past. One of the easiest ways is with the Windows XP Plus Analog Recorder. However, that is no longer available since Vista has come out (see the Microsoft website). The Microsoft website says all of this functionality is built into Vista. Thus my question. How is this done in Vista. I don't see any tools for this. Thanks -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38092 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to record cassette tape into Vista?
Perhaps I am not being clear here... I am asking if anyone knows where the new tools are in Vista? I am not saying there is a problem here or that there are not other tools to accomplish this. Thanks -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38092 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to record cassette tape into Vista?
Perhaps... however... no that does not work. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38092 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
bpa;200049 Wrote: There was some changes in directory layout of 6.5.2 recently for Vista so I think if you are upgrading from one 6.5.2 nightly to another you could try to uninstall first and then re-install to see if it helps. Yes... I could try that, which means then that I would have to resetup the wireless encryption on all my slimdevices and wait for SlimServer to re-index all the files. Frankly... this should not have to happen. And frankly, it's pretty amazing how tighted lipped SD is about all of this. When can we expect a build of SS to work with out patting our heads, rubbing our stomachs and jumping up and down on one foot to work with Vista? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
fingers;197219 Wrote: I have had the most success with the build 6.5.2 from a couple weeks ago. However, I still occastionally experience SlimServer not starting up when the OS launches even with the service set to Automatic Delayed or just Automatic (actucally Automatic seems to work best). This always requires rebooting the computer (sometimes a couple times) to get SS to start. Also, they other thing I am experiencing which never happened in XP is that occassionally a track will just stop playing in the middle of it. SlimServer is still running. This most times can be fixed by selecting another track and then going back to the track that stopped and start playing from there again. Now after installing the 5/5/07 nightly build SlimServer does not start up automatically at all any more even though it is set to do so. Also, once I manually start it, then I also have to press the red button on the remote to start the device as SlimServer says that it cannot find any device once it is started manually. Then I need to go through my house and manually start the remaining 2 SlimDevices. Any chance this is all gonna be fixed sometime soon? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Remove Title under Artwork
This has been working for me until the most recent nightly build from last night. Now, even with the line edited the captions still show up. I am also using Fishbone -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
I have had the most success with the build 6.5.2 from a couple weeks ago. However, I still occastionally experience SlimServer not starting up when the OS launches even with the service set to Automatic Delayed or just Automatic (actucally Automatic seems to work best). This always requires rebooting the computer (sometimes a couple times) to get SS to start. Also, they other thing I am experiencing which never happened in XP is that occassionally a track will just stop playing in the middle of it. SlimServer is still running. This most times can be fixed by selecting another track and then going back to the track that stopped and start playing from there again. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
hifisteve;196327 Wrote: Just curious if there's been any official response on all these Vista issues from SD yet? I may have missed something but since SD initiated this thread back in Feb there doesn't seem to have been any formal response yet and we're now up to 8 pages of posts so problems are clearly widespread. I've got so bored with trying to get my SB working that I've resorted to listening to my music through my surround system using my 360 as a media extender Nope! Not that I have seen -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
gtcharlie;195853 Wrote: Thanks Ross. Now that I know it is a normal message it doesn't bother me. hehehehe hehehehe -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
Yup It seems Like SD finally figured it out with 6.5.2. I installed the beta release a couple days ago and BINGO... all is working... Of course they still have not figured out how to get Slim Server to start automatically as in XP without editing the Services Start Up feature to delayed. It sure is funny with all the communications I have had with support telling me that they see no problem that they finally released a version that does work!. Go figure -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] .m4a file support
Does SlimServer 6.3.1 support .m4a files? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32901 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
* What version of Vista are you running? (Home Premium, Ultimate, etc.) Also specify if it's 32-bit or 64-bit. Ultimate, 32-bit * What version of Slimserver have you installed? I have tried them all after 6.3.1. 6.3.1 is the only version that will work. In fact, it works first time each time, no issues, not fiddle F$*ing around * What error messages are you getting? (if any) No error messages. All versions other than 6.3.1 show Slim.exe running, the interface says it is running, Services says it is running, the systray icon says it is running, even Slim support agreed it was running, the browser opens but is blank. * What additional Security software are you using? (Firewalls, Antivirus, etc.) Besides Windows Vista Firewall, ETrust AV * What happens if you try running Slim.exe manually from a DOS prompt? (Cut and paste any errors.) No errors. Same thing. It says Slim is running -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
ChrisOwens;177939 Wrote: There's some info on our Wiki about Vista at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?WindowsVista Note in addition to the bug reported here (Slimserver fails to start on Vista 64-bit) there is also an existing bug for the fact that our installer needs to be updated to configure the Vista firewall to allow slim.exe to access the net. I'll have a look at this new bug as well. Wow... you mean that Slim admits there is an issue on their end? Swet -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
Alright, got it to work! However, only on 6.3.1. Worked immediatly! I only told Windows Vista Firewall to allow Slim.exe. It appears to be an issue on 6.5.1 and also the nightly builds 6.5.2 -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
t2t;176861 Wrote: Also, I find it kind of hard to believe that a company such as SlimDevices, who is owned by Logitech doesn't have a Vista-equipped PC. Interaction with personal computers is the life-blood of Logitech. I totally agree. I find it amazing as well. I called SD Tech Support yesterday later afternoon. The gentleman I chatted with reluctantly admitted not being versed on VISTA and SlimServer and also that he had no VISTA machine to attempt anything on. All the suggestion he gave did not work. He said he would need to consult the developers and would get right back with me. However... I have heard nothing back. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
Michael Herger;176898 Wrote: - Opened up port 9000 on the windows Vista firewall. You'll need a few more ports: 3483 tcp/udp are needed for the player to talk to the server. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR I have no problem with the Server talking to the player. All my players see the server just fine. The issue I am having is that: 1. SlimServer will not start up on it's own upon Windows Vista Startup as it does in XP 2. SlimServer browser webpage is blank (white). However, the players come to life once I start SS manually. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
bergek;176940 Wrote: How do you start SS manually? Do you mean from the service control manager (run 'services.msc') or by typing 'net start slimserver' from a command line with administrative privileges? If so, wouldn't it work just by changing the startup type of SS from 'manual' to 'automatic' (within services.msc)? It is set to Automatic under Services. It just doesn't start unless you do it all the ways you mentioned or by clicking on the icon to Start SlimServer. When The computer boots up, SlimServer is stopped. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking for the truth
Ben Sandee;176948 Wrote: On 2/2/07, P Floding P.Floding.2le31z1170439201 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: chiefersone;176847 Wrote: Should I continue to use SB3 with my WINXP platform successfully or can you tell me that this new WIN Vista works too? Surely Slim Devices (Logitech) should have the resources to test SS on Vista? And surely they will, but Vista is bleeding edge (whether MS admits it or not) and the industry is in an upheaval trying to cope. There have been people using SlimServer on Vista all throughout the Vista release cycle. These users were most likely relatively experienced and probably managed to work around any issues or simply disabled problematic pieces like the new security framework in Vista. Ben The code and framework should not be new to SlimDevices as it is not new to other software manufactures as well. Software manufactures have known Vista is coming. They also have access to code to work with their applications -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking for the truth
Ben Sandee;176997 Wrote: On 2/2/07, fingers fingers.2le9jb1170447601 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: The code and framework should not be new to SlimDevices as it is not new to other software manufactures as well. Software manufactures have known Vista is coming. They also have access to code to work with their applications What's your point? SD makes no representation that Vista is supported. I develop software for a living and I can tell you that we have absolutely no intention of supporting our products on Vista any time in the first half of 2007. Ben I never stated that SD makes any representation. Not sure where you get that. I also work for a major software company. I know that the code is made available. I will make sure to not look for your products ;) -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking for the truth
Ben Sandee;177018 Wrote: On 2/2/07, fingers fingers.2ledpb1170453001 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I never stated that SD makes any representation. Not sure where you get that. I also work for a major software company. I know that the code is made available. I will make sure to not look for your products ;) Maybe you should just go get yourself an iPod... surely those work perfectly well on Vista. Oh wait, they don't work either? Hmm, a *Microsoft* Zune? No, they didn't work either when Vista was released to businesses in November. Gee, what DOES work on Vista? Early adopters need to beware. Ben Yup... be aware ;) -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer and VISTA
I installed Windows VISTA (clean) last evening and this morning downloaded and installed the latest build of 6.5.2 thinking that it would probably be a better match for the newly released OS. However, SlimServer does not start and I am getting the following error: Localhost is not set up to establish a conneciton on port 9000 with this computer. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
Gregory Hamilton;176644 Wrote: Which Version of Vista? Version is: Ultimate 32 Bit -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
mlsstl;176652 Wrote: Localhost is not set up to establish a connection on port 9000 with this computer. Sounds like Vista comes configured with a fairly restrictive firewall that even applies to itself. I haven't played with Vista yet but I suspect you'll need to authorize port 9000 in the security settings. I added an exception for Slim.exe in the Vista firewall. Now all I get is a blank browser page when launching SlimServer -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
I can't possibly be the only one that is trying to install SlimServer on Windows Vista? I can't believe that SlimServer has not been tested on this OS. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
Gregory Hamilton;176697 Wrote: I am testing on a VM now for you. During the installation did you notice a prompt for elevation? A prompt for what?? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
bergek;176699 Wrote: The Slimtray application runs under the account of the logged in user. However, the slimserver service is set to run under the system account. Unfortunately, under Vista, normal users are not allowed to start services. Try yourself by opening a command prompt and type 'net start slimserver' and you will be met with 'Access denied'. There might be a setting under Local Security Policies but I haven't found it. If you open up the services snap-in (Click Run... and type services.msc) you can start it there. That solved it for me and after that the web page works fine. Another alternative could be to change the slimserver service to run under your own account. I haven't tested that though. What is the purpose of the tray application BTW? Why not remove it from the startup folder and change the service settings so that Slimserver starts with Windows? The only thing that really works for me under Vista is the shortcut at the top to the web page but that can be done with a standard shortcut anyway. Yes I got an Access Denied error however, it was proceed by a syntax error. I attempted to start SlimServer from the CM and it start for a second but then throws the following error: The SlimServer service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
Gregory Hamilton;176702 Wrote: A prompt to allow the installation to run at the administrative or elevated level. At the very least you would have received a dimmed screen and a continue prompt. a got it... YES -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
It is getting even more amazing to me that it appears that Slim folks have not tested any of this on VISTA. I contacted support this even and have been waiting to hear back as support admitted they have no VISTA machine to troubleshoot on after attemtping everything they could think of based on having no VISTA machine to troubleshoot on said they needed to consult others and would get back to me. This ought to be good ;) -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA
AudioVideo;176713 Wrote: I disabled the firewall in Vista and now my SqueezeBox is working. I would like to know if anyone working for SlimDevices can tell us what particular settings need to be configured so that the firewall does not need to be shut off entirely. I also disabled the Firewall in Vista... but it made no difference. Wondering why no one hears from SD -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
That sure would fix some things. However, it also then requires to resetup your network etc which is pain to have to do everytime an update happens to SlimServer. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
Um... at this point I have tried getting back to 6.5.1 and now to 6.3.1. Both to no success. So this has nothing to do with nightly builds. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
I would agree... however that is exactly what happened. I have had no problems with previous builds of 6.5.1 until now. So, here is what follows. After contacting tech support by phone this evening because I never heard back after filling out and submitting a support issue via the website (by the way... they have no record of that ticket). Tech Support was unable to get me up and running. I sent them a file to check out. In the mean time... it has now been 2 days without music so I have done the following: 1. Add Remove Programs: removed SlimServer. Deleted SlimServer folder under Program Files. Rebooted. Downloaded and installed the released version of 6.5.1. Installed. SlimServer would only flahs and never come up. Services said that SlimServer was not started. Started within Services however even though Services said SlimServer started, it never did and when going back into Services it indeed was not started. 2. Tried the above 2 more times. Same thing 3. Tried the above again however, this time I downloaded and installed 6.3.1. SlimServer starts up first time everytime on the computer but... the 3 Squeeseboxes have no clue what's going on and show blank 4. Start with one Squeesebox. Do a Factory reset. However, it is apparent that even though the Squeezebox says that a Factory Reset happened it does not (the Factory reset settings do not automatically advance to the next character when entering the WPA encyrption). Walked through the network setup. Upon restarting the Squeezebox want a Firmware upgrade. I do the Firmware upgrade and after have to walk through the network setup a second time (re-entering the WPA encyprtion). Upon restarting the Squeezebox cannot find the SlimServer. Perform the whole taks of Factory reset 3 more times to success (4 times total). 5. Repeat the exact same procedure for the other 3 Squeezeboxes on my network only they only required 3 Factory resets instead of 4. All is now well. SlimServer 6.3.1 is up and running!! Is is really ashame that someone has to go through this process each and every time they attempt an upgrade. This is not the first for me. The same thing has happened numerous times here at home with my 3 Squeezeboxes and also numerous times at the office with my 2 Squeezeboxes there. Be Aware! -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
Meatwad650;173537 Wrote: Has this happened when upgrading from a production release to another production release? Yup. Not all the time... but more than should -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
So... SlimServer 6.3.1 starts up each and everytime when the computer boots up All 3 Squeezeboxes see SlimServer and are happy. However... The SlimServer interface works just fine with the default skin but is completely horked when chaning to Fishbone. See link http://wrathcat.com/web/SlimServer.jpg - I have refreshed the page - dumped the cache and cookies - and rebooted the machine several times nothing -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
Yes, you assumed correct... a complete uninstall prior to re-install as described, multiple times. I would guess a lot is not initialising right. Already tried your Fishbone suggestion. Same thing Yup, caching can be very sticky, that's why it is a good idea to do it a couple times. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
After upgrading to the latest nightly build of SlimServer, non of my Squeezeboxes now start up when my SlimServer machines starts. SlimServer starts, but shows YOUR PLAYER WAS NOT FOUND. To fix this I need to press the POWER button a couple trys on the remote. Then I need to go around the house to the other Squeezeboxes and do the same to them. They I need to re-launch SlimServer. Any suggestions? PS... SlimServer also does not remember that the other Slimdevices are to be synced to my main machine as well. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
JJZolx;173143 Wrote: Sounds like: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3778 Personally... as a consumer I hate trying to read those bug reports. Is there any work around for this situation seeing as it is an issue with SlimServer? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
JJZolx;173151 Wrote: If you want the short answer: No. No? So, revert to an earlier version? Ditch SlimServer all together? As it is now... no music is playing throughout the house. That's quite the product don't ya think? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
JJZolx;173156 Wrote: Your call. hmm -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
It is truly amazing to me how this stuff is so HIT OR MISS! I just downloaded and installed the RELEASED version of 6.5.1 to revert back to something that hopefully will work. After installing and then rebooting because nothing was happening, it slim icon in the system tray is just blinking... not launching the slim devices are all black... -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
kdf;173166 Wrote: Since you don't like reading the bug report, I can offer a summary. Some players are having a problem reconnecting to the server after detecting a loss of connection to the server. A few people have offered packet traces that show some questionable activity, but nothing yet difinitive. the firmware engineer responsible for SB stuff has asked for more details, but is not yet able to reproduce in order to debug it himself. the current workaround is as you have already noticed, press power a few times to force the player to reconnect. Unplugging and plugging back in also helps. Where possible, avoid restarting the server so that you don't have the reconnect issue. Speaking for myself, I have not run into this issue. As a contributor, I restart often and sometimes leave the server off for a long time before another start. All players reconnect fine, aside from one SB1 which sometimes doesn't realise the bridge from the SB2 it's wired to is back online. While Jim is being rather short about it, he is right. The choice is up to you. If you can accept that you are in an unfortunate minority and live with the extra power button pressing until it's fixed, you'll get to enjoy the SB when it works, and when it's fixed. If you believe that people like me are lying, others saying nothing, and the product itself is utterly useless for all and will never be fixed, then you might want to consider looking elsewhere. As a so-called insider i know just how much of a priority it is to avoid server crashes, and a lot of what is going into 7.0 is to avoid crashes even at the cost of the occasional unstable feature. At the very least, this will mean that you can restart less. As for firmware fixes, there is someone on it, but there are sometimes things in private life that matter more...so you will need to have some patience on this matter. sorry for the aggravation that you are suffering. I offer only what I know. -kdf As I am sure are you are as most of us... I am interested in playing music. It is always humerous when both people that post here and those on product support via email say...OH WELL! The point is... that this is truly not consistent. I just now after installing the released version (not the nightly updates) of 6.5.1 does not work as well installed 6.3.1. It is now also showing that it is not going to work as well. What this means as has been typical in the past over a year of dealing with SlimServer is that I am going to have to purge any instance of SlimServer from my machine, re-install again, re-setup the WPA encryption. Non of this should ever have to happen! -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically
Now this is really special!! After installing 6.3.1... SlimServer launches, but not completely and the slimdevices still do not start up unless I press the red power button on the remote. When I do, the slimdevices immediatly start playing some Christmas Playlist on their own and slimserver only shows black and white squares. This is almost like an episode of Star Trek! Yip -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Still cannot run 6.5
Not sure why I keep trying this. However, this is the 7th time I have attempted to run 6.5 / 6.5.1. Once the install completes I am prompted to upgrade the firmware. Once the firmware is upgraded SlimServer can no longer find any of my SlimDevices. The bug where SlimServer did not work with the NetGear WPN802 was suppose to be fixed. Everything works just fine with 6.3.1 Any suggestions? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] PlayLists do not show up in Slim Server
I just created a Playlist of all my Christmas music. I can see it in the Playlist folder which is a different folder than my Music folder. However, when I view by Playlist it does not show up. SlimServer: 6.3.1 - 8468 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30115 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5 an hour ago
Good choice. I have attempted 6.5.1 5 different times now and each time it completely chokes the machine. I finally after using a big hammer got back to 6.3.1 and all is working perfectly. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How does one force a firmware update?
As I have been unable to get 6.5.1 to work, I have moved back to 6.3.1. However, I cannot get the Squeezebox to update to the previous firmware. I have alread re-set the Squeezebox back to Factory defaults but it did not prompt for a firmware update. So, now I am unable to connect to 6.3.1 -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29380 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remove Title under Artwork
kdf;142074 Wrote: currently, you can't. In 7.0a1 builds, there is an experimental ui (meaning it may go away if people don't like it or if it becomes annoying to maintain) that allows you to click a link to make the text appear or disappear in the fishbone skin. for current releases, you'll have to resort to editing a file. Look for the file, HTML/EN/cmdwrappers under the slimserver install location. open it with any text editor (notepad, vi, etc) Look for the [% BLOCK galleryitem %], around line 150 Near the end of that section, around line 180 you can remove the line: [%- content | indent(4) %] with that gone, the text under the image will no longer be there. installing any newer version of slismerver will require redoing this edit. That didn't take care of it. The text is still there. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to turn off refresh sounds?
oreillymj;150179 Wrote: I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you on that point. While the browser itself is harmless enough, the UI design is just a mess. Instead of the menu system that exist in 99% of windows app, the are icons with menus below them on tab bar. I'll stick with my current way of working. Firefox for blocking ad's and other bandwidth wasting crap like flash. I.E for viewing any intresting Flash. Plus the BugMeNot extension in Firefox is a gem. To each his own ;) -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to turn off refresh sounds?
azinck3;149803 Wrote: Still using IE, eh? Control panel - Sounds and Audio Devices - Sounds (tab) - find start navigation in the list under Windows Explorer and change the sound to none. Yup! IE7... fantastic!!! -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to turn off refresh sounds?
How does one turn off the browser sounds when SlimServer refreshes itself? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album plays with Cue sheet but does not show different tracks
no one has an answer? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28948 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album plays with Cue sheet but does not show different tracks
Ben Sandee;149203 Wrote: On 10/23/06, fingers fingers.2g5onb1161649201 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: no one has an answer? I guess all the people who use cue sheets are in the special cue sheet forum. Sorry. :-) Ben I'll bite. Which forum is that? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28948 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Album plays with Cue sheet but does not show different tracks
I just ripped a live concert album, single file output / with cue sheet. SlimServer plays the complete album just fine however, the display never moves through each track. It just stays on track 1. SlimServer 6.3.1 - 8468 -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28948 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Remove Title under Artwork
How does one remove the Title and Artist from under the ArtWork view but keep the mouseover Title and Artist in 6.5? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remove Title under Artwork
Will this still allow the mouse over with the Album and Artist name to still appear? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimServer and Windows Vista
Ok... nevermind... I got it to work. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27984 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimServer and Windows Vista
Ad an exception for slim.exe in the Windows Firewall -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27984 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer and Windows Vista
Has anyone gotten SlimServer to work with Windows Vista RC1? If so, what's the trick? Thanks -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27984 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Everything just stopped
Well, not so good news after all. After a few days, my Squeezeboxes cannot find the network again. Does anyone one have any other suggestions as to why all of a sudden none of my wireless Squeezeboxes can find the wireless network when all my other wirless devices can? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Everything just stopped
oreillymj;135636 Wrote: Your wireless router will have a Web UI for configuration. Based on the channels in use around you, you'll need to pick a free channel which is furthest away from the ones already in use. It seems strange that your wireless laptop is not showing any of the wireless networks nearby, but a free piece of software called Netstumbler will. It will also show you the channel being used by each Network. Change the channel on your router, then reboot the SB. Well... good news! I now have music again. I did download Netstumbler however, it only showed my wireless network while each of the Squeezeboxes showed 3 other networks in the vicinity. I did change the channel of my new wireless access point and also change it from AUTO to G only (not sure if that made any difference). Even though I was using the same non broadcast SSID and WPA encryption neither of the Squeezeboxes which were already configured for them would access the wireless network. I then reset both Squeezeboxes back to factury settings and set each one up again... presto! Finally have my music back. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Everything just stopped
Pat Farrell;135426 Wrote: fingers wrote: How does one turn off the Squeezebox? Other than pulling the power supply, they do not turn off now. unplug it. Go drink a beer. then plug it in again Please don't say contact support... I have a couple support issues already in the brew.. and they never respond. Contact support, this is not an official support mechanism -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html Typically, when the computer that slimserver is installed on is shut down, the Squeezebox goes blank. There is nothing displayed on the the screen. Once Slimserver is turned back on, the Squeezebox display lights up. However, now even with the Slimserver computer shut down, the Squeezebox stays on trying to connect to the wireless network. Yup... I am fully aware that this forum is not an official support forum. I have read that numerous times here in the past. However, typically the reponces here have helped with all other situations I have run into with SlimServer and or the devices. I have raised 3 support tickets in the past. Communicaiton with support typically happens for about 1 or 2 emails and then disappears. I have a support ticket open with them right now and have not heard back anything for a couple weeks. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Everything just stopped
Pat Farrell;135523 Wrote: fingers wrote: Yup... I am fully aware that this forum is not an official support forum. I have read that numerous times here in the past. However, typically the reponces here have helped with all other situations I have run into with SlimServer and or the devices. I have raised 3 support tickets in the past. Communicaiton with support typically happens for about 1 or 2 emails and then disappears. Then don't use email. Call them up -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html I am looking right at the email exchange we have had. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Everything just stopped
All of a sudden yesterday, no more slimserver. None of my slimdevices (all wireless) can find the server. All of my other wireless devices, (2 laptops) can find the wireless network just fine. Just the squeezeboxes cannot. I have both a 2 3. HELP -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Everything just stopped
How does one turn off the Squeezebox? Other than pulling the power supply, they do not turn off now. They are not connecting to the wireless network, cannot configure them.. nothing is working... 19 people have read this thread... no one responds. Please don't say contact support... I have a couple support issues already in the brew.. and they never respond. It would be really nice to get the music going again. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS - Multiple Squeezebox's
Yes you can! I run 2 off my server at one time. I have them synced so that they both play the same thing at the same time. I have one downstairs connected to my office steroe and the other upstairs in the living room stereo. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26808 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
, then this could leave the SlimServer DB in a mess. (I had this happen because SS assumed that a particular WMA tag was unique for each file, and one of my WMA providers was breaking this. But that was fixed before 6.2.2.) One easy-to-spot symptom of this is if the web interface reports far fewer artists, albums or tracks than you expect (at the top of the Browse Artist page, for example). -- Brian Under Server Settings / File Types, and check that Windows Media - Windows Media - (built-in) is checked. No, there is no ARTWORK folder. No, not all the files appear in Artwork / No Album. Sometimes the files change size after the rescan. Sometimes some of the tag information is missing after the rescan. By the way... is there a better wan to edit .wma tags other than Windows Media Player? I have tried both restoring only the corrupted files and also all the files of a particular album. I have tried both copying over the exisiting files and removing the existing files prior to copying the backup files to SS. I copy both .wma and mp3 files. This problem is only with .wma files. When replacing corrupted .wma files on the SS machine, I copy over my LAN from the computer sitting next to the SS computer to it. At this moment I am listening through SS some files that I just copyied back to the SS machine from the backup machine because after my most recent scan some of these album files (.wma) became corrupted. I have not rescanned since copying the files to SS and they are playing just fine. SS doesn't say anything about the files, it just skips over them if corrupted. It may play a bit of each but just skips over. Windows Media Player on the other hand does indeed state that WMP cannot play the file because it is corrupted. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
bpa Wrote: Why not try Filemon to see what application is changing the files. http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Filemon.html use with caution, it can prevent some apps from running but it may provide some help. Would I run this while I am scanning the library? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
I looked at the bug today and it appears to be closed. Did this get fixed? I did a couple tests this morning. I ran a rescan of the libary (Clear Libary and rescan everything). Once finished I again had a new folder under ARTWORK that says NO ALBUM. Inside were a number of .wma files that were corrupted. I copied my backup non corrupted files from another computer back to the Slim Server computer. Played the replaced files. All played just fine. Re-ran the same scan(Clear Libary and rescan everything. This time there were different files listed under NO ALUBM in the Browse ARTWORK view that were corrupted. I copied backup copies of these files back to the SlimServer computer, played the files just fine. Re-ran the same scan again and now different files are corrupted. This is only happening with .wma files. Clearing run the SlimServer scan affects these files. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
Wow! I will have to really sit down and read through this whole thing before I can reply to all. However, yes, I copy the uncorrupted files back to the machine with SlimServer. I can play the uncorrupted files just fine in Windows Media Player and also in SlimServer when I first copy them over. However, once I run the full scan as I mentioned, random files become corrupted. SlimServer cannot play them and skips them and when I try to play them in Windows Media Player it says it cannot play them because they are corrupted. Yes, the corruption is random... not the same files each time. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!
Michaelwagner Wrote: Well, that's definitely not normal. I don't run XP on my normal machine, but I have run Slimserver on an XP pro laptop, and it was fine. So let's put XP aside for a second. What jumps out at me after that is running multiple Slimservers. Might I ask why? I have done it, just not very often. It didn't effect me in any adverse way, but ... You say you can peg the CPU even when Slim is idle. So if slim is idle, who's pegging the CPU? Can you run task manager and tell us who's getting the CPU? How much free physical memory do you have? Easiest way to get a quick read on that is go to the task manager, select the performance tab, read off the 3 numbers for physical memory. - Might I ask why?: I have 4 devices. 2 run off one of my machines at home. 2 others run off 2 other machines in different locations at the office. - Slim.exe is pegging the CPU per Task Manager. - Task Manager says that Slim.exe is using about 90% of the memory when scanning. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!
geoffb Wrote: On 8/16/06, MrSinatra wrote:[color=blue] If you want to rant, do it at your spouse or significant other. Cheers Geoff Wow! Sounds like you must have a terrific relationship with your spouse or significant other ;) For whatever it's worth, I have experienced scan issues with numerous versions of SS. Some worse than others. Presently, it indeed takes a long time to scan, but I typically do it in the evening when my spouse and I are cuddled up watching a movie. The thing that I don't like is that when scanning it can completely peg the CPU. My box is a 3.06GHZ proc, 1GB Ram and 2 250GB HDs. So, it amazes me that it does that. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!
Michaelwagner Wrote: It's hard to make intelligent comments on this performance without more information. How many tracks? What format are they in? What version of the server are you running? For comparison, I have about 8500 tracks, all MP3, 1.8GHz processor, 512MB Ram. My library is about 80GB. Last time I did a full scan it took about 15 minutes I think. So if I can still do arithmetic this late at night, that's about 550 tracks per minute. Put another way, that's 2ms/track. Seems pretty fast to me. As I recall, and it has been a while since I did a full scan, it doesn't anywhere near peg the CPU. It's pretty I/O bound. I'm running 6.2.2. Your mileage may vary. Here are the details: I am running SlimServer 6.3.0 - 8148 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252. My computer has a 3.06GHz processors, 1GB of Ram, and 2x250MB hard drives. Hard Drive space remaining on drive containing music folder = 129MB 923 Albums / 11374 songs by 554 artists File format: MP3 320KB -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!
Michaelwagner Wrote: I assume you mean GB? I haven't tried 6.3 yet, but based on my experience (I also use 320KB MP3s) that should scan in less than half an hour. How long does it take? Yup... GB Sometimes a couple hours -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!
Michaelwagner Wrote: Sigh ... Almost everything you told us, in flamebait and now more calmly, is already known. You could have found this out yourself with a little light reading. Slimserver is written in perl. Whether you are a perl fan or not, that's the language it's written in. Warts and all. perl did not acquire threads until recently, and not all implementations for all machines work equally well, so the developers have stayed away from multi-threading until very recently. The entire slimserver has it's own internal dispatcher so that it can service music requests and display requests and handle remote control button presses while scanning and dishing out web pages at the web interface. [edit] the two threads you see in windows - one is a perl windows implementation thread that does almost nothing - I think it waits for sigint or something. It is not a perl second thread. Slimserver is at the moment single threaded. In 6.5 they're getting their toe in the water with a second thread. We'll see how that goes. It is true that (some) file systems have a way of notifying you about file updates, but the notification method is not uniform across file systems. Moreover, Slimserver has to work (and does, to a remarkable extent, it does succeed) across multiple systems and across networks. So the file store may be on a linux box, but slimserver may be running on windows. Or vice versa. The problem is complex in it's generality and not, as I understand it, handled at all well by perl. So the application would have to get down and dirty in system details, not a pleasant task. There is code in slimserver, going back to the early days of release 6, to catch and detect most common scanning loops. These loops are more subtle than you might think, because some music file formats spread themselves across multiple files. For instance, one file format records the entire album as a monolith and then generates a second file called a cue sheet. The idea is to prevent gaps between tracks if you don't want them. But the 2 file format wasn't as well thought out as it might have been (by the designers of the format, not Slim) and it is possible to have various out-of-sync problems. But, basically, what you described as happening shouldn't. Which is why we asked to see your logs, to try to get to the bottom of what's happened, to improve the product so it won't happen again. You wrote: No it doesn't. If it's consuming 99% of the cpu, for long enough for you to casually notice, it's not running properly at all. I run slimserver 24/7 and have done so for about a year now. It runs on my main computer that also runs AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop (when you look up pig in the dictionary, that's what you find). Slim may use the CPU for 10 seconds at a time, in response to a query, but that's it. And when scanning, once in a blue moon, it is rather more busy for 15 minutes to half an hour or so, but even then you have plenty of computer left over, at least I do on my 1.8GHz machine. So *if* that's not your experience, and *if* you actually want to get to the bottom of it rather than complaining and *shouting-but-not-for-help in a very loud voice*, turn on the debugging options and show us what your log shows. Or not. Your choice. actually yes it does! I run SlimServer on multiple machines. All the machines are a minimum of 2.8GHz up to 3.06GHz. All my machines have 1GB of RAM and large hard drives with more than enough space remaining on each drive. Everyone of my machines not only pegs the CPU when scanning. But also comes close just during normal operation, even when Slim.exe is idle. All of my machines are running the latest version of Windows XP Pro with all the latest patches. All machines are running SlimServer 6.3.0 - 8148 -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
Yes, I am able to fix the issue if I convert the .wma files as well. I have converted a number the albums that were .wma to .mp3 and the issue goes away. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
Anyone have any ideas here? This is really annoying. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
No other music program running -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
Brian Ritchie Wrote: Sounds odd. I've never noticed anything like this happening. I'd be surprised if scanning modifies the files. When you say [the] process corrupts [some of] the .wma files, do you mean that the actual files are corrupted? Do the file sizes or modification times change in comparison with your backup? If not, then that would suggest that SlimServer's DB is getting confused somehow. I wonder: might be worth checking that you're using a reasonably recent version of WMP. -- Brian Yes, the actual files become corrupted. Slim Server starts skipping through the corrupted files. Even WMP refuses to play them after this happens giving an error message that the files are corrupted. Yes, the file sizes change. WMP is the latest version -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
Here's some other interesting information. When I first copy the .wma files to the Music Folder, browse through SlimServer to the Music Folder, find the particular album and play, all plays well. However, when I then tell SlimServer to find new music, including trying to clear all and find new, it appears that process corrupts the .wma files. Not all, but a few in each folder. I can copy the .wma files back from my backup share, play them again through SlimServer prior to telling SlimServer to find new music. Same thing happens once I do, some of the .wma files in each folder containing them become corrupted. However, not the same ones each time. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
fingers Wrote: ? rescanning? Oh sorry.. I got it. Yes, I have done a scan from scatch a couple times to see if that would do the trick. But it doesn't -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
snarlydwarf Wrote: Digital Rights Management. For reasons known only to Microsoft: when you rip a CD using WMA, it likes to encrypt them so they will only work on your machine. Why? No clue... Look under Tools, Options, and the Rip tab. There is a setting called Copy protect music there when you have WMA selected. I checked and Copy Protect Music is not selected. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] .WMA files not playing correctly
I decided to try ripping a number of CD to .wma instead of .mp3. I used Windows Media Player to rip the CDs. The thing that is strange is that if I play the .wma files in Windows Media Player they all play just fine. However, when playing them with SlimServer they don't. All the tracks for each album are listed, when I start to play the album it typically plays part of the first track and then skips to another track and play part of it and then skips to another or stops playing the album all together as it has now reached the end. This is happening with every album that contains .wma files but does not happen to any of the albums that contain .mp3 files. Any clues? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly
Brian Ritchie Wrote: How are you rescanning after adding .wma tracks? Are you *replacing* any .mp3s with .wmas? Or have you been experimenting with .wma at different bitrates? I found that when I changed even just the bitrate (never mind the format) of tracks, then it was best to do a forget everything scan from scratch. I got behaviour rather like what you describe when I re-ripped some tracks to .wma at a higher bitrate, and either didn't bother rescanning, or didn't do a forget and rescan. Apart from that (well, and that ReplayGain doesn't work for .wma), I've had no trouble with .wma files. (But I'm still switching over to .flac, having got fed up with lossy transcoding issues.) I've not tried ripping with Windows Media Player. -- Brian ? rescanning? -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25739 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
So, even though I am still not able to start SlimServer via a comman prompt, the following build now allows me to play successfully without SlimServer stopping randomly: SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8425 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
andyg Wrote: Nightlies are built at around 1am Pacific time. There doesn't appear to be a Windows version in the nightly builds from last night. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
I now see the nightly Windows build there. I have downloaded it and installed. Attempting to launch SlimServer via a command prompt with slim.exe --noupnp still does not launch SlimServer and still gives the same error message: 2006-07-14 10:45:26.4209 AysncHTTP: No DNS servers responded, you may have trouble with network connections. Please check your network settings. While the event log says this: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7034 Date: 7/14/2006 Time: 10:45:17 AM User: N/A Computer: MAINXP Description: The SlimServer service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
andyg Wrote: That is a warning and will not cause SlimServer to stop. Do you have the actual crash message? This message is what I get when attempting to run from command prompt: 2006-07-14 10:45:26.4209 AysncHTTP: No DNS servers responded, you may have trouble with network connections. Please check your network settings. SlimServer does not open. This is what is listed in the Event Viewer: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7034 Date: 7/14/2006 Time: 10:45:17 AM User: N/A Computer: MAINXP Description: The SlimServer service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. There are no other messages -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
andyg Wrote: From the command line, and you get no other messages? It just stops? BTW, you do have a DNS problem that you should solve. Try running slim.exe --d_http_async to see which server(s) it is trying to contact. Yes. That is correct. It just stops. I ran --d_http_async and it found no DNS servers. I am guessing it is because I am running this on my work network. However, the Squeezebox and the computer hosting SlimServer are on the same hub which should not cause any problems. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
Hi Andy If you are asking if under ipconfig /all there is: Connection-specific DNS Suffix Primary DNS Suffix The answer is YES -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
MrC Wrote: There should be a line : DNS Server some ip address Do you see a valid IP address there? Yes and Yes -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A couple questions
Unfortunetly, things are back the same again today. SlimServer constantly shutting down. I have attempted to start it via command prompt: c:\program files\slimserver\server\slim.exe --noupnp. But that does not start SlimServer. It brings up a list of options of which --noupnp is not one of them. upnp is enabled in the router. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is causing SlimServer to shut down randomly? thanks -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25465 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
