Re: [slim] Album art over remote stream?
does anone know if 7.0 can/will support this? Would be a really nice touch. -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42586 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cheapest way to fix weak wireless signal?
Definitely try the free DIY antenna options here, but if that doesn't seem to work, AND he can get his hands on an old Linksys WRT54G, flash it to DD-WRT and crank up the transmission power. Worked great for me when I lived in a condo building with 10 other wireless networks in range. Google for DD-WRT, and be sure to read the instructions first. -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Album art over remote stream?
I have set up an SSH tunnel so that I can listen to my music at work using WinAMP. Newer versions of WinAMP have the ability to display the album artwork of the currently playing song. Is there a way to set up SlimServer so that it includes the album cover of the currently streaming song over stream.mp3? Thanks! -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42586 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver on Microsoft Windows Home Server OS?
I mentioned this in another post. I'm having goof results with SS on WHS CTP, except when using the stream.mp3 feature to stream music to a software player like WinAMP. It works fine for all formats except WMA. I've tried 6.5.0, 6.5.1, and May 2nd's compile of 6.5.2. I've tried replacing socketwrapper.exe, and I've tried enabling windows media services oj the server, but WMA's just don't get transcoded. Thoughts? -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34622 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Report on powerline ethernet (five weeks later)
Let me stir the pot a little... Reliable wireless DOES exist... check out the products made by Ruckes Wireless (http://www.ruckuswireless.com/). I played around with these at work, and I was able to stream high definition video wirelessly -- at 801.11g speeds!! I've since bought an access point for home, and while I still get the occasional drop out, it is VERY infrequent... way better than my linksys WRT54G was. One disadvantage is the lights on the top of it can get quite annoying, so don't put it in a visible location... anyway.. my $0.02 -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27990 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimServer for photos?
The HD MediaBox looks pretty good, but since I already have the SS/SB combo, its capabilities are overkill, and a little expensive for what I'm looking for... The cheapest one they have is USD $360 without a hard drive. I was thinking of spending about half that amount for a deidacted photo-only device. -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27078 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer for photos?
I had toyed with putting this thought in the SS 7 requests thread (here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874) but I thought that this was a bit too far off topic. So I'm posting in a new thread: I used to use an HTPC hooked up to my TV for all of the wonderful things that HTPC gives you. But there were two inherent problems that I was never able to fully tackle to my satisfaction: 1. I _HATED_ having a PC in my living room... no matter how much I tried to silence it I could still hear it, no matter how pretty I tried to make it, it still looked like a PC, and stuck out like a sore thumb along side my slick A/V devices. 2. Even though the machine gave me all sorts of cool things I could do, I really only used it for music and photos. So the HTPC seemed too much like overkill for the relatively simple things I regularly used it for. So when I began to explore other options, I came across the Squeezebox, and I couldn't be happier as far as my music is concerned (how happy I am that I have gapless playback! I can't believe this was of little concern to the HTPC folk). Plus it looks sexy as hell sitting next to my receiver. But I am left without the ability to view my photos on my TV... SlimServer does eveything I need for music, so I was wondering if there was a similar option for photos. Here's what I'm looking for: - retrieves my photos over my home network, wireless preferred, but not mandatory (ie: a solution that only plays back from a memory card or DVD is not what I'm looking for) - can navigate using an IR remote control. No keyboard or mouse. TV display could be used to browse entire photo collection. - ability to view the pictures using the maximum capabilities of my TV (ie: HD if available, S-Video or composite if my TV is challenged...) and auto scaling to match TV resolution. (scaling could be done on the server side to minimize network bandwitdh usage?) - ability to access this remotely for computer viewing over the internet would be a HUGE bonus I picture a SlimServer / Squeezebox type solution for this, where the server does most of the work and "streams" the media according to the capabilities of the display device (much like streaming to a remote winamp player transcodes to MP3, while streaming the FLAC version to the local squeezebox), while the hardware device sitting beside my TV is JUST for retrieval and display. All organization and management would happen on the server side. Does anyone know of somethiunbg that does what I am looking for? There are networked media players that do this kind of thing, but since I'm only interested in the photo display aspect of them, I was hoping to keep the cost down by only paying for what I need/want. The ability to play music is redundant (nothing beats my SB3) and the ability to play video is something I just won't use (beyond my PVR, I have no desire to watch video files on my TV -- a behaviour I learned when I had the ability with the HTPC). I appreciate any and all suggestions that you may have! - Thanks! -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27078 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Gapless over internet streaming?
Hi folks I've just successfully set up my SlimServer for access over the internet, and I'm now happily listening to my entire collection at work, or wherever I decide I feel like listening to it. And this forum has been a WEALTH of information, so thank you to everyone who helped others out -- you helped me too ;) I'm proxied at work , so my only option is to use the stream.mp3 interface through Winamp (or other stream player) -- no SoftSqueeze. Is there a way to tweak the stream so that it plays back gapless at Winamp's end? I went to the trouble to rip all of my albums in OGG for gapless support (disk space is at a premium, otherwise I would have used FLAC), and they play back perfectly gapless at home on my Squeezebox, but I get a little blip of silence at work through stream.mp3. Given that Winamp just receives a continuous stream, is it possible for Slimserver to create gapless transitions? I am currently streaming the MP3 stream using Lame quality level 9 and bitrate limiting to 192 kBps. Sounds pretty good on my crappy work computer speakers. -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What's the difference between SS 6.2 and 6.5?
Thanks for all your replies. I didn't want to start a pissing fight, just wanted to get a better feel if I should jump on the 6.5 bandwagon early, or just wait until it's released. All your input helps! -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22045 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Menu navigation issue
kdf Wrote: > > > good catch. Easy to fix (testing well so far, but I have to check on > > the history still). Look for it in the next nightly build. > -k Of which component? SlimServer? SB Firmware? Where do I find it? P.S. I'm using 6.2.1 of SS, and whatever the current production F/W for SB3 is. Thanks for your reply -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22067 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Menu navigation issue
Thanks! I'll look for it over the next few days. -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22067 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Menu navigation issue
Hi folks I think I have found a small issue with the menu navigation. I have programmed my Harmony 659 remote control to use the Pronto IR codes found here: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/pronto/SqueezeboxCodes.xls Everything works great (in fact in same cases, better than the original remote) except for one niggly thing. I have assigned the IR code for "menu_home" to the MENU button on my remote control. Sometimes (I haven't found the exact pattern yet) when I press the MENU button from the Now Playing screen, I am taken to the last item I had highlighted in the top-level menu (for example, Browse Music). If I immediately press RIGHT to bring up the item's sub-menu, the SB won't let me. Instead it gives me the bouncy animation that indicates that I cannot go any further. To access the sub-menu, I first need to arrow down to another menu option, then back up to the item I had previously selected, and then I am able to arrow right into its sub menu. I'm using this code for menu_home: Code: 006b 0012 0029 002f 0014 003d 0014 003d 0014 003d 0014 003d 0014 0014 0014 003d 0014 003d 0014 003d 0014 003d 0014 0014 0014 0014 0014 0014 0014 0014 0014 0014 0014 003d 0014 003d 0014 0393 Has anyone else seen this behaviour? Thanks! -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22067 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What's the difference between SS 6.2 and 6.5?
Hi folks I've been trying to figure out what SlimServer 6.5 has that 6.2 doesn't. From what I've been able to find over the last few days, 6.5 has "a bunch more features"... what are these features? Are they worth installing 6.5 and putting up with its beta status for the next little bit? I don't mind providing feedback to aid its development, but I also won't trade a potentially unstable system for features I won't use. Thanks! -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22045 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Now Playing on PLAY key press?
OK thanks. I usually play an album in its entirety and do not continue to browse, so I would prefer the now playing screen to come up right away, and then the VU Meter screen saver to kick in after the set amount of time. It's really not a big deal. I was hoping there was an option I had missed, but I can live with it as is. Like I said in my original post, I love my squeezebox, and really this is the only complaint I could possibly make if I was forced at gun point to do so ;) -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21744 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Custom Browse Groupings?
Hi I'd like to set up my SqueezeBox / SlimServer such that when I choose Browse Music, I can create custom browse categories. For example, In addition to Browse Artists, Browse Albums, etc, I'd like to add one for Live Music. All of my live albums are tagged such that the word "(Live)" appears at the end of the album name name. Can I create a custom filter and make it appear under "Browse Music" that retrieves only live albums based on album name? Can I do a similar one for compilations based on text in the comment field? -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21843 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Now Playing on PLAY key press?
Thanks for your reply Is that the only way? I'd really like to continue to use the Analog VU Meter screensaver -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21744 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Now Playing on PLAY key press?
Hi folks First let me say how much I LOVE my SqueezeBox. I just received it two days ago, and everything has been going absolutely perfect! This device replaced a Media PC in my living room, since I only really used it for music anyway. I couldn't be happier! This forum has been a wealth of information on tweaking it and getting it working perfectly with my Harmony remote. I did a search in the forums for this but I came up empty: It is possible to configure the squeezebox to automatically display the Now Playing screen when I press PLAY from a music selection? Thanks! -- j.e.f.f j.e.f.f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21744 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
