[slim] Re: No Mac nightlies since 1/3/06
THX. I knew it had to be out there and if I commented on it someone would show me the link. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19837 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: No Mac nightlies since 1/3/06
Wo . . . let's keep things civil here -- ok? -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19837 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: I have been using the newest skin available for Mac (nightly updates aren't regular for Mac). I am curious about the New Music and Favorite selections on the main menu. First, to me the New Music isn't really that helpful. Do many people use this option? It just shows the 100 most recently added songs to the collection, right? Second, I still haven't figured out how to add songs to Favorites. Every time I try to access that feature on the 770 it shows my favorite list is empty. Overall, performance is significantly faster than before. I think that update to 6.5 on the image rendering thing (can't recall exact name and too lazy to look back in thread) really helped us out. On a related issue to the streaming to a 770. I set my wifi router up to public port my stream server. I was then able to access it from other locations via www. It was really cool. I went to Starbuck's typed in my address and it went straight to SlimServer running 770 skin. I was able to access music (with images too) and play songs. The only problem was that the connection was slow and the songs sometimes needed to re-buffer. Also, it was slow to browse between pages. However, I haven't tried it again now that the recent version of 6.5 improved the image rendering thing. I don't know if the speed issue is due to the image rendering, my internet connection at home, internet connection at Starbuck's or nature of the beast (trying to do something that wasn't really an intended use). Ben you are doing an awesome job on this and I for one, really appreciate your efforts. P.S.: Great avatar. When I read your posts, I sometimes imagine that kid's voice from the avatar. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: No Mac nightlies since 1/3/06
Excellent! Thanks Dean. I have been having withdrawl symptoms for Ben's 770 skin updates. macdaddy -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19837 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: No Mac nightlies since 1/3/06
I'm confused. The nightly update for 6.5 did NOT include Mac OSX last night. What's the deal? They could at least leave the most recent Mac OSX update available until it is updated. That way some one missed who missed it the day it was originally available still could download it. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19837 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: No Mac nightlies since 1/3/06
I have been asking the same question in other threads for the past week but cannot get a response from anyone! Please let me know when you get an answer. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19837 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: Actually the MAC OSX image of 6.5 is finally available. I just downloaded it. I see that you have made quite a few changes over the past week. I will have to play with my 770 before giving any input. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
For the past few nights I have been looking for the nightly update for 6.5 so I could see the changes Ben has made. Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate the 6.5 update for MAC OSX. The last update I found available for download was the image file for SlimServer_v2006-01-03.dmg. No longer do I see any .dmg file available, nor do I see any description tag that the update is for OSX. I posted a request for help a couple of days ago in this thread, but have no response. It is odd that I cannot find the MAC file because it has been mentioned in this thread that the changes to allow for quicker thumbnail browsing has been completed on MAC and Linux. ??? -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
I have been unable to use the browse by art feature on the 770 skin because it takes up too much memory and processor speed of my 770. Sometimes, I must close browser and re-open. Once I even had an automatice re-boot. Sounds like this improvement in Slim might change things for the better. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Hey SlimDudes: I just checked the nightly updates and did not see the usual MACOSX image. Has the file name changed or is not yet ready? What's up? Thanks -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Updated Slimserver and now does not read tags?
Michaelwagner Wrote: when the server shuts down, what is the error message? Thanks for responding. I am glad to see that your advice has helped the others resolve their problems. I have tried to clean and rescan, have deleted the slimserver files from the library and re-installed, but still have the same problems with only a partial scan of the library. I am running Mac OSX on a MacPowerbook with an Airport Extreme wireless router. My current Slim Server version is 6.5b1 from the 01-01-06 nightly updates. I use the most up to date version of iTunes for Mac. I have tried telling Slim Server to use iTunes and to not use iTunes yet still have similar results of partial scanning of library. I am at work, but tonight will post the remaining information you requested about the error message on the web browser when Slim Server shuts down. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19617 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Hey Ben: I resolved my Mac / Slim 6.5 problem. Have been using latest skin. It is awesome! I think the larger version for toolbar off mode in opera rocks! I don't want to bore you w/ obvious tweaks that you are already aware of. Could you provide updated ToDo list? Also, I noticed tonight that when playing songs w/ long names there is no word wrap or truncate feature, which results in need to scroll left right to see full page. Not a problem - just an observation. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Updated Slimserver and now does not read tags?
I am having a similar problem with partial scanning of my library when I upgraded to 6.5b. I told it to clear and rescan (several times0, but only a partial library is created OR the server will shut down 15 seconds after starting scan. I thought this might be a 6.5b issue so I tried un-installing 6.5b and then re-installing 6.2, but same problem exists. I am running MAC OSX on a Powerbook. I would like to know how to resolve this issue too. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19617 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
screen shots look great. the random icon looks cool. i especially like seeing the playlist summary on now playing page. i too re-flashed memory management seems better. was a pain to re-install all the little apps though. been tweaking w/ 6.5 on macosx and seems better. had to cmpletely delete re-install. i think it will work. 50% of library scanned, but taking a really long time to finish scanning library. have a happy safe new year everyone. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Hi Ben. I went to http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.2.2/ this morning to download the latest revisions to the 770 skin. I downloaded two files: SlimServer_6_2_x_v2005-12-30.dmg 30-Dec-2005 01:11 9.1M Mac OS X Disk Image SlimServer_6_2_x_v2005-12-30.no-cpan-arch.tar.gz 30-Dec-2005 01:02 6.8M GZIP compressed archive Unfortunately, I could not locate the 770 html folder in either one. Also, my SlimServer does not show the new 770 skin -- only the old one. What am I doing wrong? P.S.: I still prefer the extra space. Also, hopefully the changes to Opera will be a sticky in the next upgrade. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: I installed Slim Server 6.5 for Mac. I have had several problems. First, when I run the web browser, it does not show any songs, albums, etc. as being available when I click the corresponding icon -- just a blank page. I tried to rescan my library, but still no music shows up (although the bottom of the screen on the home page states that I have xx albums and xxx songs). Second, the Slim Server tends to turn itself off every minute or so. I assume this is a Mac OSX compatibility issue with Slim Server 6.5. I was concerned that this might be an issue with 6.5, which is why I have been using 6.2. It is disappointing because I wanted to continue to beta test your 770 skin, but if I can't resolve this I will have to re-install 6.2 and be content with your first generation 770 skin until Slim gets the bugs worked out of 6.5 for Mac OSX :-( -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: I am glad you are concentrating on 6.2 as I am a Mac user. I can't wait to see the modifications! -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with intermittent pauses during playback
Tourne Wrote: Hi I have a problem with pauses during playback, which seems to have started happening since I upgraded the server to v.6.2. Every so often, maybe 2 or 3 times an hour, the playback of a track will pause, usually for about a second or two, but sometimes longer. Then the music resumes, but from slighlty before where it paused, so that a few notes are repeated. I have an older slimp3 player, with server version 6.2.1 running on a Mac mini, OS 10.4.3, 1.25 gHz, 512mb ram. I use iTunes for the music library but the bulk of the actual MP3 files are on a external USB HD. My iTunes reload interval is set to 60,000 seconds. The Mac mini is not used for anything except to run the music server. Anyone have any idea where the problem might lie and what I can do about it? cheers Tourne I have a similar problem. I use a Powerbokk w/Airport Extreme. At first I thought the problem was because I use a Roku Siundbridge, but have come to conclusion it is a buffer issue. IThe problem s ore severe n .AAC files or those rcordd tigher than 128. I have thought about sing LAME to stream as .MP3, but hdon't knw how to install it. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19523 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: Where is the updated skin? I could not find it. Or do we have to wait 24 hours until the nightly whatever it is they do at slim devices? Thx, macdaddy -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem with intermittent pauses during playback
I have been looking for a couple of days for info on how to install LAME as I thought it might solve my problem (which is similar to the one described in this thread). I found it! See http://slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-aacwireless. I downloaded LAME as per the instructions and have no more problems with st . .st . .stut . . stutering. Give it a try. Good luck. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19523 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770
I pre-ordered from Nokia too. After reading the complaints dealing with Nokia customer service and after reading that the device was VERY SLOW, I decided not to buy. Then I saw the 770 at CompUSA. I tested it and it wasn't too slow for what I expected from a handheld device. Also, CompUSA offers the extended warranty. This isn't too bad. I had an extended warranty on a PalmPilot and when it broke, they gave me a new one -- which was a newer model as the older one had been discontinued. Good luck. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19543 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: I have been using the SlimServer 6.2 version of new skin for a few days now. It is great! Thanks for sharing. I have a couple of suggestions. First, have you considered to eliminate the Search Music icon from the Browse Music box on bottom half of the homepage? I think this is a duplicated command that also appears on top menu bar. Second, have you considered making the skin a little bit bigger so it is easier to read? When I am running the skin, I generally run it in Full screen mode on my 770. Also, I turn off the Toolbar which frees up another 1/2 or so on bottom of screen. The toolbar can easily be turned off by going to View -- Show toolbar -- Full screen in your browser and making sure it has NO check. I leave the toolbar visible on Normal screen mode. I can toggle back forth using the button on upper left top of 770. I don't know if anyone else has tried this but I don't want to see the toolbar as I want the 770 to serve as a glorified remote control when accessing the SlimServer. Thus, I have some free space on the bottom of the screen that could be used for more skin. I don't know if you can tell from the attached some screen shots (I wanted another excuse to use the screen capture utility), but there is plenty of extra space at the bottom without the toolbar visible. These are just a couple of suggestions you may or may not have previously considered. The skin is fantastic and thanks again for sharing it with us. +---+ |Filename: screenshot00.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=583| +---+ -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: Another suggestion to add to my post 2 above, is to remove the back key on the top of the menu bar. This is duplicated by the HARD KEY backspace on the 770 just below the arrow keys. By elminating this soft backspace key and the search key as mentioned above, you will have a symmetrical quasi-matrix (4 across on top menu bar 4 across on bottom Browse box). Just a thought. Not trying to tell you what to do -- it is after all YOUR skin, but I thought you might want to consider a little tweaking ;-) macdaddy -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: Glad to see that I was able to contribute w/ some creative input (as I could never create the skin myself -- I am not that technical.) I agree w/ you about GENRE. I integrate that feature through playlist. STASTICS isn't that critical either (as long as it is somewhere in there). It would probably be better if the skin had 2 - rows of 3 icons in bottom Browse section intead of the current 9. I think we have identified 3 we could cut (GENRE, STATISTICS, SEARCH), but this is YOUR baby! As for volume control, Biomech was right in that it only happens when using i770 to listen to tunes. Not that big of a deal. There is still volume control on 770. Don't waste your time on it. Sorry for highjacking w/ Roku question. I started a separate thread (don't remember link offhand), but have no answers on LAME. Please direct any Roku input there. Cheers, macdaddy -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Biomech is right that that this is due to controling the 770 instead of the slim device. Yet, even when I selected the slim device in my browser control window, the volume control still would not appear. When all else fails -- reboot. I did a reboot and everything works fine. I do not know what version of the screen shoot app I have, but delay shot is an option. What a geek, I was a bit excited to finally get to use the screen shot app! I do not have lame drivers on my Mac. Does anyone know if installing them will allow the 770 to play .aac files? -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
bklaas Wrote: Instead, I think you should favor the simple approach. Open the included audio player on the 770 and point it to http://yourmachine:9000/stream.mp3. Then go to the browser on the 770 and select the player to be your 770 (which should show up as your 770's IP address). You may have to do some back and forth with the browser and hitting play on the audio player before you get the stream going, but this does work, and as far as I can tell works quite well. #!/ben Pretty nifty. I saw app to do this on internettablettalk.com, but this is better -- no need to modify w/xerm to reognize daap. Plus not,too much of a memory hog. It won't play .aac files (even unprotected) but I think that is an issue w/770. My browser on 770 refreshes every 10 seconds. Is this normal? A 770 issue? Or Mac issue? Man! Who needs an iPod around the house when you can have 770 limited only by computer hard drive. Thanks a ton. Everyday I discover more to lke about 770 and sllimserver! -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
I changed the browser refresh from 30 seconds to 60 seconds and it seems to work better. I am using the version for 6.2 and there is no volume control. Ben, do you plan on adding this later? Thanks so much for sharing this skin and your other tips with us. I shared your streaming trick to the 770 on http://www.internettablettalk.com. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Ben: I downloaded Nokia770Skin_for_slimserver6.2.tar from your website and installed it in the html folder for slimserver. For some reason on my skin the upper right box you talk about is only a straight black line. Other than that, everything else seems to work fine. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Victor Brilon Wrote: I've been running various Slim devices (since the first one) on an OS X box (panther, and now on tiger). Works just perfect. And yeah, the 770 is sweet :) Victor Thanks Victor. If I have configuration issues, are there many iSlim users out there I can count on to provide help in the threads? -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
danco Wrote: You're not likely to get much help with Roku here, as there is neither interest nor knowledge. SlimServer comes with SoftSqueeze, and you could try out what happens with that to help diagnose the prob;em. -- Daniel Cohen No interest or knowledge in Mac either? I would get Slim device if I knew the problem was a Roku issue not a Mac issue. I don't want to buy Slim device only to have same problem. Thx in advance for your input. Man this 770 is S W E E T! -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
II am not trying to hijack the thread, but thought you guys mmight help. I own a Roku Soundbridge. My computer is a Mac PPowerbook with Apple Airport Extreme as WIFI router. I have bbeen looking for a GUI remote control since buying the Roku. I ttried the Phillips RC9800i, but UPnP is just like Microsoft's pplug-and-play . . . it is actually plug and pray. The 770 llooks like it could do what I wanted, so I bought one this wweek. It is awesome! Anyway, to my problem. When accessing mmy Roku via the slimserver web interface, music plays for 30 sseconds then hiccups for about 5-10 seconds. I assume this is aa buffering issue. However the internet radio works fine. I know the easy solution is to get a true Slim Device instead of tthis Roku, but I want to make sure it iisn't a Apple issue. Aany suggestions? Is the Roku iincompatible with slimserver websurfing control or is my Mac iincompatible with slim? Sorry so long winded. Thanks in advance for your input. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
