Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezePlay for Mac OSX
ralphy wrote: > That warning is coming from the portaudio library. The portaudio > developers are aware of the issue but have not yet updated the library > to use the newer api. So if the portaudio folks don't do anything, what happens? Are there alternatives for you to use? mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezePlay for Mac OSX
ralphy wrote: > Squeezeplay for OSX intel is now also available for download from > 'sourceforge' > (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezeplay/osx/). I see that squeezelite has also been recently updated. But I still get this running on OS X El Capitan: 2016-05-30 21:35:00.915 squeezelite[49331:5322559] 21:35:00.915 WARNING: 140: This application, or a library it uses, is using the deprecated Carbon Component Manager for hosting Audio Units. Support for this will be removed in a future release. Also, this makes the host incompatible with version 3 audio units. Please transition to the API's in AudioComponent.h. Will this be difficult to rectify? Thanks for your continued work on this! -mark mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
Dogberry2 wrote: > Isn't there enough interest out there to create a replacement thread, > with contributions from the community to keep it going? That's exactly what my "high-end hardware player" thread was intended to foster. -mark mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] High-end, low-cost hardware player
markiii wrote: > I think the issue is it can be designed and discussed just not with any > implication that it's a part of or in any way related to the community > squeeze project So how did the full posting I drew from, in any way, shape, or form, reference those two taboo words? It sure got shut down mighty fast, and that's what I don't get. The hardware project, since mid-April, divorced itself from that hot-potato, and a bit later the project owner simply stated he could not devote cycles to it anymore. Then a couple of days ago he seemed to find someone who could help with a critical part of the software design to make the *hardware* work better. Then "Poof!" Gone again. Don't get it. You'd think we were discussing the building and deployment of a DIY nuclear warhead :-) So -- if it's not part of the contested project, let's move it forward! If not, let's resurrect the hard work folks working on the hardware have put into the design and rework it if necessary for one of the Pico or other squeezeslave-type players. mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103042 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] High-end, low-cost hardware player
A prominent post in the last two days mentioned this: > The driver is designed to work with Triode's SoA project, it is currently already working with SoA. SOthat got me thinking. What would the reason be for not being able to design, and discuss here, a high-end, low-cost hardware player (along the lines of Picoplayer)? All people seem to want is a good player/DAC in a Squeezebox touch-like enclosure that has 2015-level audio performance in the digital and analog domain, that works with LMS. Can we continue that kind of discussion here? -mark mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103042 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
Triode wrote: > > The player requires separate installation of codecs files and if > installed will play wav/aiff, flac, mp3, ogg and aac streams. What would be the best way to do this, and how do you inform Squeezelite that appropriate codecs are indeed installed? I'm on OS X, and flacs play fine but iPeng flashes a quick "Unable to play file type for..." MP3 songs. BTW Squeezeslave works fine for MP3's. Thanks for the help! mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just One Question To The Original SD Team
mark-e-mark wrote: > Well, that's how it shoulda gone. No, it shouldn't have. About the same time or a little before the flip, Cisco came out with a Sonos/Squeezebox competitive product line. Being an employee of Cisco at the time (and of course an avid Squeezebox devotee as well) made me particularly interested to see how this product would fare. It died a quick death after being in the marketplace in less than 6 months if I recall correctly. mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezePlay for Mac OSX
ralphy wrote: > > This version plays 24/96 wave and flac files natively using the latest > LMS 7.8.0 nightly. Does this *require* 7.8.0 LMS, or will 7.7.2 suffice? Thanks! -mark mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Squeezebox alternative that supports 24/192?
Any movement on gapless and sync support for the VortexBox player being served up by LMS (not MPD)? If only SqueezeSlave did high-rez :-) Thanks! -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92320 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CBS Radio app (US only)
andyg;665879 Wrote: > We've added a simple app to work around the recent insanity where TuneIn > was forced to remove all of CBS's radio streams from their radio index. > So, if you need to find any CBS stations, you can add this app. > > http://www.mysqueezebox.com/appgallery/CBSRadio This is great, but now when I set radio presets I just get MP3-64 (the stream I've selected) for the station call letters and the Antenna station art rather than the actual station call letters/artwork (like KNX in LA and WXRT in Chicago). Is there any metadata at all transmitted via this app? Thanks! -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91193 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
mherger;655626 Wrote: > > > Make sure your iPod is on the same network as your server. > > Michael Is this restriction ever going to be removed? I'd love to be able to manually enter the IP address of my SBS server; it is on a different net than my wireless LAN that drives my IPad and other devices. I know there was some talk earlier about fixing this but it's been silent for awhile. -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
Phil Leigh;627155 Wrote: > ? - I seriously doubt that many people would have devices on different > subnets within their house - that is a pretty exotic setup! Yeah, I guess you're right -- I have a network that has two subnets which supports, as you say, a rather exotic setup including a full VOIP phone system. The wireless AP happens to be on the wrong subnet as far as Squeezebox is concerned. Time to move it or pick up iPeng/Squeezepad. I still don't like the idea of network software relying on broadcast or other discovery mechanisms to the exclusion of setting parameters manually. Guess you get what you pay for as others have said... -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
pippin;627138 Wrote: > You were clear. > But you can't manually set an IP address in the Logitech App. > So with the free app your iDevice is required to be on the same net as your SBS? Is UDP broadcast used to find the SBS instance? If so that will severely limit the free app's applicability for many folks. -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
I asked earlier but maybe I wasn't clear. How do you select the SBS instance you want to use? When I log into my SN account the app just sits there says it cannot find any players. My SBS instance is on a different net than the players, but the players don't seem to have any problem connecting to SBS when I properly specify its address. Is there no place in this app to specify an IP address of your SBS instance? Does it completely rely on UDP broadcast to find the SBS instance? Lastly, can you manually specify the SBS IP in iPeng and/or SqueezePad? Thanks for any help, -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
amcluesent;627043 Wrote: > > I use a local SBS; how do you point the app at that?< > > Just put in your mysqueezebox.com login info, and the app will then > find your SqueezeboxServer and you choose a player. > > How? My SBS is not on the same net as my wireless LAN (to which the iPad connects), but is reachable via routing. In any case, the app does not see my SBS. Is there any way to enter its IP address manually? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
I downloaded this and the first thing it asked for was my login to mysqueezebox.com. I use a local SBS; how do you point the app at that? None of my players are connected to SN, and the app made that very clear :-) Thanks, -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] VortexBox 1.7 released with DVD and CD auto ripping
agillis;599606 Wrote: > > We have also incorporated SqueezeBox server 7.5.2 for use with > SqueezeBox players. Is this the full-featured (really 7.5.3) version of 7.5.2, or the Rhapsody-fix-only (official Logitech release) version? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Radio randomly stops playing
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76938 Though you're directly connected, it might be the same issue since no one knows what's causing it. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77248 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.2 released
I'm getting these logs: [vortexbox.localdomain ~]# tail /var/log/messages Mar 15 15:44:14 vortexbox kernel: squeezeboxserve[20159]: segfault at 0 ip 00cde6f8 sp bf897850 error 4 in libperl.so[b49000+256000] Mar 15 15:44:44 vortexbox kernel: squeezeboxserve[20163]: segfault at 0 ip 00cde6f8 sp bf897850 error 4 in libperl.so[b49000+256000] Mar 15 15:45:14 vortexbox kernel: squeezeboxserve[20166]: segfault at 0 ip 00cde6f8 sp bf897850 error 4 in libperl.so[b49000+256000] Mar 15 15:45:44 vortexbox kernel: squeezeboxserve[20170]: segfault at 0 ip 00cde6f8 sp bf897850 error 4 in libperl.so[b49000+256000] in /var/log/messages (and on the console) every four hours or so. I can't see any negative effects on the vortexbox (or SBS) operation. This happened as well with version 1.1 before I upgraded to 1.2. Thanks for any insight! -mark -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76082 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now that the dust has settled...
snarlydwarf;513085 Wrote: > you'll kick it back up? > Nope; not my intent at all. It was simply said, by certain Logitech employees late last fall, that "when the dust settled" we'd get more info on what was going on. The absence of information is what in many cases causes the "Squeeze is fighting for survival" postings, etc. All we know now is that the numbers of folks working on Squeeze are way down -- and that can't, on the surface, be a positive thing. If there are indeed plans to go in a different direction with the product line that would be beneficial for Squeeze owners in the long run, that would go a long way toward a more positive tone in the forums. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74818 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Now that the dust has settled...
Over the last few weeks there's been threads on "Marketing missteps", "Competition surpassing Squeeze...", and many comments along the likes of "...for the survival of Squeeze products...". The central component of each of these threads, in my mind, point to one thing -- the effects of the seemingly wholesale gutting of Slim Devices' development and marketing resources. Is the reason for being of Slim -- reasonably priced, high-quality streaming audio-only gear -- no longer relevant in today's customer base? Now that the "dust has settled" on Logitech's reorg, I'm curious to hear Logitech's take on the Slim acquisition and what it intends to do with the line moving forward. I must give credit to those left in Squeeze group for doing a fantastic job with the resources they have. You all have done a fantastic job! I just don't understand Logitech's long-term goals with such a reduced staff. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74818 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.4.2 nearing release, need your help!
erland;513059 Wrote: > For the survival of the Squeezebox products... This is somewhat of a thread hijack, but the comment above has me preplexed as it has been repeated largely verbatim and certainly in spirit elsewhere in the forums. If Logitech bought Slim, largely a successful niche company, why wouldn't they put the resources into the operation to ensure it thrives? Why this complete gutting of the developer base, shift to contractors, etc.? Has the market dynamic shifted that much to the point where Logitech regrets the purchase? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74608 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.1 released
agillis;512918 Wrote: > > We have also added a lot of other great features requested by the > VortexBox and SqueezeBox communities. Here is a list of the new > features. > > - VortexBox Player as the default software player. > - Cover are added to all mp3 files for easy use in iTunes and XBMC. > - Option to have mp3 or AAC mirror updated after ripping. > > Can you change the default ripping/SBS directory from /storage/music to an externally-mounted filesystem? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74804 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What's next for VortexBox???
1. A way to specify an alternate path for both ripping and music directory for SBS. Right now it's hard-coded to /storage/music. 1a. A way to tell the ripper to use a character set that is supported by the mounted target filesystem -- i.e. no accents like those on the last "e" in Andre, etc. Moving Vortex-ripped music directories to a FAT32 directory proves to be a challenge now. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74637 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why is AAC the default
agillis;506281 Wrote: > Thanks for finding that for me. It looks like it's fixed in 7.5. I'm > still using the release 7.4.1 I might have to patch 7.4.1 on VortexBox > to get around this issue. Just curious; as a vortexbox user one of the first things I did upon installation was upgrade the default 7.4.1 SBS to the latest 7.4.2 build. Is there a reason that Vortexbox has not adopted a fairly recent 7.4.2 build as the default, as it's fixed many things (and will fix other critical items shortly like Radio alarms)? It may also take care of this bug, but I'm not sure it's been backported. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73995 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is third party plugins/applets important for your Squeezebox purchases ?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73698 Question: Is third party plugins/applets important for your Squeezebox purchases ? - I won't buy any more Squeezebox products unless support for third party development is prioritized - I won't buy any more Squeezebox products unless the third party plugins I rely on is supported - I use third party plugins but I would still consider buying more Squeezebox products without them - I don't use third party plugins so they aren't important to my Squeezebox purchases erland;504424 Wrote: > > For me it seems to help to restart the web browser. Chrome fixes (or bypasses) this problem 100% for me; Firefox on Linux has been having the stated issues for the last day or two. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Separate Internet Radio Forum? Problem: WFMT only plays sponsor 30-sec intro stream
bpa;502306 Wrote: > It looks like a problem with RadioTime URLs ( > http://wttw.ic.llnwd.net/stream/wttw_wfmt_livebroadcast ) - you should > report the fault to RadioTime. How did you extract that URL? Is that what is pointed to by RadioTime after the promo plays? In any case, I did go to the WFMT website itself and it says the stream is "not available at this time", so that might be the culprit. I'll try again when I can listen successfully off the website. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73496 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Separate Internet Radio Forum? Problem: WFMT only plays sponsor 30-sec intro stream
Does it make sense to have a separate forum for internet radio questions? I see them scattered anywhere from here to the radio and server forums. Now, for my specific question. On some stations, notably public radio, you get a 30-second sponsor stream and then the feed goes silent. Hitting "play" simply replays the intro message. How can you get to the real thing? In my case, WFMT in Chicago via RadioTime suffers from this, and KPBS in San Diego has in the past. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73496 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce:VortexBox 1.0
If you've upgraded to 7.4.2 on an earlier (pre 1.0) vortexbox installation, can you upgrade to Vortexbox 1.0 and leave the squeezebox server installation as is? I don't want to downgrade to 7.4.1... -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72887 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...
dsdreamer;451824 Wrote: > Sounds like you could use some kind of mesh network to increase > robustness. Perhaps throw in a little MIMO technology to make it even > more robust and far-reaching. Something like -damager- just installed, > perhaps? > I've said it before and I'll say it again -- Implement N in the product and I'll bet 90% of this duet/rebuffering/etc. crap goes away and stability goes through the roof. How many folks do we have complaining about wired setups? Wireless N will get you that much closer to what the wired folks are experiencing. I'm not saying that N will fix the bugs, only mask them. But that's good enough for the wife in the kitchen... -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67040 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
dsdreamer;445145 Wrote: > 1) I agree with the above two posts. The 2.4GHz ISM band is a very > tough environment for music streaming, and getting worse over time. > 2) But, for some posters here it used to work fine on previous versions > of SC. > 3) Since the SB system is designed to work using WiFi, it should be > robust to bursts of interference shorter than a buffer length. > 4) Since most users will apply these devices in a non-ideal WiFi > environments, the performance of Squeezeboxen under such conditions > should be a known quantity (i.e., tested as part of the release process > for new versions of SC and new hardware products). > 5) Bug 9393 is still open. "Buffer underun doesn't recover itself...", > and may (just possibly) be related to this issue. > 6) It is quite possible that nothing is wrong with the presently > released hardware and software in respect of streaming performance under > network congestion conditions, but there is also inconclusive evidence > to the contrary, which makes it worth investigating. > 7) Implement 802.11n in the product. Congestion/crummier performance as the band gets more crowded is exactly why n/MIMO/other newer wireless technologies have been created. Yeah, I know it's draft, yada, yada, yada, but it's certainly baked well enough that all new wireless gear is N now. Get it done and I'll bet the problem, while maybe not solved at the root cause, will be masked well enough to not affect most people. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora cutting off songs
andyg;359021 Wrote: > How often does it happen? Enable plugin.pandora debug, and see if you > see any "Direct stream failed" messages. Not very often; about once in every 5-6 hour-long listening sessions. I'll throw on the switch and see what happens. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54838 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora cutting off songs
I'm getting this too; SC 7.2+ on Ubuntu. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54838 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Instructions on 7.1-7.2 upgrade?
Howard Passman;17 Wrote: > Never having upgraded from one version release to another, is there any > specific instructions or recommendations to follow. > > 7.1 is working like a well worn pair of shoes for me and I really don't > want to rock the boat, but a Boom is on its way. > > Thanks in advance, > > Howard Is the following now the setup for the Debian repositories? Main --> 7.2 Testing --> 7.2.1 Unstable --> 7.3 The debian/ubuntu page still shows 7.1 as the official release. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 Now Available
I get the following in the server log file after updating to 7.0.2 (from 7.0), but the SuperDateTime plugin does appear to be working fine: [08-05-22 10:09:31.9136] Slim::Utils::PluginManager::enablePlugins (374) Couldn't load Slim::Plugin::PreventStandby::Plugin. Error: [-5] This is on Ubuntu Server 7.10 -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47663 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet Another Error from SC7 server.log
AndrewFG;282402 Wrote: > Ping! . I get this in my server log running under Ubuntu 7.10 at *shutdown* time, not startup. I never have solved it, but SC7 seems to run just fine... -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems in 7.0 (Log file errors)
Do you have a comment on the shutdown errors? They really don't look good; I'm afraid of database corruption... -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems in 7.0 (Log file errors)
Michael Herger;276735 Wrote: > > What does autor do? > > I'm sorry, that was a typo. I meant the author would have to fix his > plugin. > > -- > > Michael Oh man, do I feel silly :-) Been a long week... -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems in 7.0 (Log file errors)
Michael Herger;276700 Wrote: > > The following is a start/stop sequence from SqueezeCenter 7.0. The > > "file not found" is from trying to access the settings for the > > SuperDateTime plugin. The web page is, sure enough, blank when > trying > > to get to the settings. > > Then the plugin autor should fix it. Remove the plugin until that's > done. > > > > I have no idea what the DNSResponderBinary is. > > Support for Apple's Bonjour/RendezVous. This isn't critical. > > -- > > Michael What does autor do? Does this mean that SuperDateTime requires this and the SuperDateTime beta for 7.0 won't work until "autor" is done? Any comment on the backtrace on shutdown? Thanks for the quick response! -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problems in 7.0 (Log file errors)
The following is a start/stop sequence from SqueezeCenter 7.0. The
"file not found" is from trying to access the settings for the
SuperDateTime plugin. The web page is, sure enough, blank when trying
to get to the settings. I have no idea what the DNSResponderBinary
is.
On the shutdown side, a raft of errors.
I'm running on Ubuntu 7.10 server. Can anyone shed light on this?
Thanks!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/squeezecenter# more server.log
+ Starting SqueezeCenter ++
2008-03-07 15:30:28 squeezecenter_safe started.
[08-03-07 15:30:34.9656] Slim::Networking::mDNS::startAdvertising (110)
Error: C
ouldn't find mDNSResponderPosix binary! Aborting!
[08-03-07 15:36:37.9488] Slim::Web::HTTP::_generateContentFromFile
(2332) Error:
file error - : not found
2008-03-07 15:43:23 squeezecenter_safe stopped.
+ Stopping SqueezeCenter ++
[08-03-07 15:43:27.0685] Slim::Schema::forceCommit (1363) Warning:
Trying to com
mit transactions before DB is initialized!
[08-03-07 15:43:27.0714] Slim::Schema::Storage::throw_exception (67)
Error: DBI
Connection failed: DBI
connect('hostname=127.0.0.1;port=9092;database=slimserver
:mysql_socket=/var/lib/squeezecenter/cache/squeezecenter-mysql.sock','slimserver
',...) failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (111) at
/usr/share/
squeezecenter/CPAN/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm line 652
[08-03-07 15:43:27.0723] Slim::Schema::Storage::throw_exception (67)
Backtrace:
frame 0: Slim::Utils::Log::logBacktrace
(/usr/share/perl5/Slim/Schema/Storage
.pm line 67)
frame 1: Slim::Schema::Storage::throw_exception
(/usr/share/squeezecenter/CPA
N/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm line 658)
frame 2: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::_connect
(/usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/D
BIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm line 616)
frame 3: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::_populate_dbh
(/usr/share/squeezecenter/C
PAN/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm line 543)
frame 4: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::ensure_connected
(/usr/share/perl5/Slim/S
chema/Storage.pm line 27)
frame 5: (eval) (/usr/share/perl5/Slim/Schema/Storage.pm line 27)
frame 6: Slim::Schema::Storage::dbh (/usr/share/perl5/Slim/Schema.pm
line 244
)
frame 7: (eval) (/usr/share/perl5/Slim/Schema.pm line 244)
frame 8: Slim::Schema::disconnect (/usr/sbin/squeezecenter-server
line 964)
frame 9: main::cleanup (/usr/share/perl5/Slim/bootstrap.pm line
368)
frame 10: Slim::bootstrap::sigint
(/usr/share/perl5/Slim/bootstrap.pm line 40
2)
frame 11: Slim::bootstrap::theEND (/usr/sbin/squeezecenter-server
line 1001)
frame 12: main::END (/usr/sbin/squeezecenter-server line 0)
frame 13: (eval) (/usr/sbin/squeezecenter-server line 0)
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Re: [slim] Best Universal remote for Squeezebox?
ceejay;216652 Wrote: > My Harmony 885 has the letters on the number keys, and they do match the > same convention as used by the slim remote and the Lazy Search plugin. > > Highly recommended, as long as you don't want to use it to control a > Panasonic plasma. > > Ceejay What's wrong with the 885 and a Panny plasma? I use the 676 and it works just fine with my Panny commercial display... -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37036 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: ETA for 6.5.1?
ceejay;162407 Wrote: > Well, I'd rather they spent time fixing bugs and adding capability than > in formal release cycles every month, say (which would be very > expensive). > > Ceejay I agree that formal release every month doesn't make sense, but 6.5.0 in my opinion was rushed due to a major hardware release; it has *many* issues and is crying for a formal maintenance update. More importantly, there is also a cost in distributing and maintaining a daily release. At some point the 6.5.1 development process will stop; I'm just wondering when that might be. I'm simply asking for some insight into what Slim's criteria for the 6.5.1 (or any) release are and when *they* feel the release is ready. As kdf said, who says the current nightly isn't the one -- but *no one knows*. Can someone from Slim please comment? Thanks! -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30595 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: ETA for 6.5.1?
ceejay;162299 Wrote: > > Being "released" doesn't mean its been magically annointed with > anti-bug pixie dust, it just means its been through a formal test > -and-release cycle. Then why not just run it through a formal cycle and release it so that folks not accustomed to the Slim "late beta is just as good as a final release" way of doing business can grab the release and be assured that it is reasonably up-to-date with respect to bug fixes? Many of us here know that we shouldn't be using 6.5.0 because the latest 6.5.1 nightlies are more stable and have many bug fixes -- but those not on this forum do not. Bottom line -- why does slim feel that 6.5.1 is *not* ready to go through the formal testing/release cycle at this time? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30595 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: ETA for 6.5.1?
Tarn;162242 Wrote: > > I really don't want to switch to one of the daily drops of 6.5.1 if I > don't have to, but I don't want to wait much longer either. > > Anyone know of an approximate ETA for 6.5.1? > > If you look at other postings and bugzilla, there's an impending firmware release (71) that is being internally tested that you may want to wait for. I've also been asking about an official 6.5.1 release date in the beta forum for quite some time; the replies have been mainly "It will be ready when it's ready." I do think that 3 months for a third-level dot release is a little long; but more frustrating is the lack of information about what is holding up the release (other than what can be gleaned via Bugzilla) and what particular bugs they feel they must be fixed prior to release. Though there are differing opinions on the matter, I feel that getting a reasonable 6.5.1 out there sooner for reviewers and the general public to feel better about the product makes sense, following up with a 6.5.2 or whatever to finish up. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30595 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: FLAC Gaps with Sync'ed players
kdf;131891 Wrote: > On 28-Aug-06, at 8:57 PM, Mark Lanctot wrote: > > > > Isn't that what it says here? > > > > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SoftwareRoadmap > > > >> * - Network clock for synchronization. > >> o Owner: dean/andy/richard ? > >> o Status: N/A > >> > yes, but lets include a broader paste... > Future / Untargetted > > My only comment here is that the marketing literature regarding syncing > should be toned down or eliminated until this works. There seem to be a > few too many corner cases (flac gapless, crossfading, etc.) where > syncing doesn't work to claim general support. This is similar to the > issues we had six months or so back when people were (rightly so) up in > arms about WPA2/wireless support. It simply didn't work in most cases > until our new firmware guru came on board, and stating support in the > marketing collateral rubbed people the wrong way. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: FLAC Gaps with Sync'ed players
funkstar;131723 Wrote: > Right now, syncing in a pain. There is a plan in place to re-work how > players are kept in sync, but this will take a lot of work. I think you > are probably looking at v7.0 until this gets out. Does anyone know if a) Sonos gets this right, and b) if so, how? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Radioio bit rate on 6.3.x
andyg Wrote: > If you don't sign up for a RadioIO account, it's 32k. If you sign up > for a free account and enter your login details under Server Settings > -> Internet Radio, you get 128k. If you signup for a premium SoundPass > account, you get 128k ad-free streams. Is there any reason RadioIO requires a street address to register for an Internet based service? Is there any way to sign up without this; the last thing I need is more hard junk mail... -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26227 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Slim Devices Product? "The Transporter" per 6moons.com??
radish Wrote: > 6.5 is not even in beta, it's in development. It will break, it will > have bugs and it will be unusable for much of the time. If you're using > it, well good luck - now you know what to expect. To criticize an > application based on a pre-beta dev build of a future version is absurd > - but of course people should feel free to criticize (constructively!) > the current release (6.3.1) all they like. >From a software development standpoint, then, SS is at extreme risk for not making the Sept 18 deadline. The software should be in beta with only 50 or so days left before release. Though I'm happy with 6.3.x and not using 6.5, from the traffic in these forums it looks like there's *no way* it's ready to enter beta, and a 60-day beta is the absolute minimum I've seen to get a true quality release out the door -- both on software I've worked on and that which I've purchased. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25771 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Stereophile's visit to Sonos
Interesting read with photos: http://www.stereophile.com/news/062606sonos/ -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25321 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Did SD change wireless card suppliers?
JJZolx Wrote: > You have many people that have no willingness to run beta versions of > the server, yet if a new firmware might help them resolve connection > issues I'm sure they'd be all for it. > Or, as is more likely the case currently, you have those who wish to have the benefits of 6.2.2 on the Slimserver side without the headaches of the "FW > 28" issues. I lobbied on another recent thread to just have 6.2.2 release with FW 28 and reserve 6.2.3 for whenever the new FW is ready. That would enable the general user community be able to take adavantage of the many 6.2.2 server fixes without worrying about whether the FW would introduce new issues (stuttering, etc). It would also provide reviewers who might desire or be obligated to review only production code to obtain the latest sound and functionality available, which we know has undergone significant improvement since 6.2.1. Your proposal of separating the two makes more sense than releasing a 6.2.2 for Slim and 6.2.3 for the firmware, as it is much less confusing. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22554 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Frustrating new problem
kdf Wrote: > 6.2.2 is fairly stable at this point. the risk lies in nearly entirely > > with the firmware, since that is also the critical requirement for > making 6.2.2 an official release. Why is the firmware so critical for this release? As you say, slimserver's been stable (for quite some time, I might add) and includes several bugfixes and enhancements that truly affect sound quality (like the volume fix). Why not just release 6.2.2 with FW 28, so that reviewers and others such as the OP leery of beta code will get the best sound, and call the release with the fixed wireless FW 6.2.3? This firmware holdup of 6.2.2 has gone on for *months*! -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22532 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Power Supply RF EMI
seanadams Wrote: > We have an alternate one but we do not normally ship it because it is > much bulkier and most prefer the small supply. Is this, by chance, a linear supply others are raving so much about? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help Me Choose / Setup SqueezeBox + Wireless Remote for Wife and Kids
bradesp Wrote: > Wow, 53 looks and not a single idea? Gotta be some way to do this, > right? If you can skip the album art, just get a Harmony and a SB and all of your requirements will be met. My 9- and 12-year old daughters and 70-year old mom use this setup to switch easily and cleanly between TV, DVD, and "Music Server" using the one-button "activity" feature on the Harmony 676 remote. Programming it for the SB was easy; it even had control codes for more esoteric equipment in my setup like my Creek amp and Proton TV. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21200 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Great SB Review (Podcast) on AVS Forum
http://www.htguys.com/audio/2006/HDTV-2006-02-03.mp3 This is done by the HT Guys; a very positive review covering most aspects of the SB -- Closed vs. open source, remotes (Sonos' killer remote vs. PDAs/Nokias), high-quality audio engineering, competition, even their attempts at synchronization and resulting (positive) interaction with Slim support personnel, and more. This was one of the best reviews of th SB I've heard/read. Very fair reporting discussing the pros and cons of the SB vs. other options. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20784 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Yahoo/Linksys - another SB competitor
Here's some more heavyweights getting into the fray. No details, except price: $99. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/tc_nm/media_yahoo_linksys_dc -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20433 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] "Replaygain" for Internet Radio
On my SB2, any Internet radio station is far louder than my ripped collection. Is there a way to "replaygain" Internet radio so that it more closely matches the rest of my collection? Many times I'll change from and album I'm playing to the radio, and I get blasted out. A general parameter for this is fine; I by no means need to categorize each station as they all seem to be far too loud. Thanks for any help! -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20236 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Radio Free Colorado...
...is not working in SB. Nor is it a choice in Shoutcast '80s anymore. It has worked intermittently over the last few weeks, but today I can't get it to play even if I paste the .pls URL from their website into the "tune in" area on the slimserver interface. Of course, other Internet stations are playing just fine. Anyone else have a problem receiving my favorite Internet station? -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19983 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver-ready NSLU2 NAS or better?
I'm reading about many media server PCs being shown at CES that's going on now in Vegas; one particular company is Aopen who makes small cube-based PCs using Intel Pentium M (laptop) chips for lower power consumption and heat. They should make killer Slimservers; of course most of them at CES were demoing with MS XP Media Center edition. Google them; many outfits sell them. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19781 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet
dean Wrote: > > I don't understand it either. Make sure you get in touch with our > support team, it may be that there's an actual hardware problem, > they'll make sure you get it resolved. Elsewhere in another related wireless thread, a member of slimdevices mentioned that "we're working with our OS vendor to resolve the wireless issues. There should be a new version of the OS that resolves this by mid-Dec" or something to that effect. So, if you "don't understand it", what exactly are you working on with your OS supplier? It just seems that too many folks are coming up with crazy workarounds to an issue where Slim should be a bit more forthcoming. I think it would make everyone feel better if Slim mentioned that wireless is simply broken (if that is indeed the case) and is being worked on. Then, people won't spend endless cycles trying to come up with router lists, etc. in an attempt to get the SB2/SB3 to connect. All I know is that the wireless industry would be nowhere if you only had a 50% chance of connecting at any given Starbucks. Something must be going on with the HW/FW in the Slim to be causing so much grief. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18938 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
bossanova808 Wrote: > I was having a play last night - the difference between having 'Library > Statistics' on and off is enourmous. Where do you turn this off? Couldn't find this anywhere in the browser interface. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.2.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] slimserver]# rpm -Uvh slimserver-6.2.1-1.noarch.rpm Preparing...### [100%] package slimserver-2005_11_09-1 (which is newer than slimserver-6.2.1-1) is already installed I would think that the released 6.2.1 would supersede a nightly from almost a week ago. -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18215 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Replay Gain!!
Robin Bowes Wrote: > > I'll be tidying up the code, bundling the modules it uses, making sure > > it works on windows, etc. over the weekend and hope to have a release > sometime next week. > Did this ever happen? I'd still be interested in this. -- mbonsack ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Track search forward/Backward
seanadams Wrote: > Agreed (I love my Tivo!). However, video is different. A single video > frame has enough info to tell you where you are. With audio, on the > other hand, you need a few 1/10ths of a second in succession to get an > idea of your position. So, a few tenths of a second won't be an appreciable wait for most folks, especially if you mute the output when collecting those few tenths of audio that you need. The user will never notice if you push a button for a 30 second skip and, under the hood, spend an extra 200 ms finding out where you are. I'll still go back to my Windows Media Player example (or any other software-based media player I can think of) -- how do they allow you to simply select where you want to be on a slider-bar underneath the real-time progress bar and go there at your request? Note that, like Tivo, this is not scanning but a direct navigation to a user-selected point in a song. -- mbonsack ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Track search forward/Backward
kdf Wrote: > > > Hopefully this little tweak will be enough to get the effect you are > after. > > cheers, > kdf I gotta love the quick response to feature requests. Thanks for making this Slim stuff so fun! I have to admit, though, I'm a bit confused by the new version. I can' seem to figure out when the new header is updated. When I scan to the end, it just stops, and if I wait for a song change nothing happens either, as you say. Furthermore, often the bottom scan indicator is out of synch with the header at the top. Only when I let music play for awhile do things seem to sort themselves out. I guess my main question is why this plugin is even necessary. Right now I have my screensaver set to progress bar when music is playing. Why couldn't the up/down buttons on the remote just use that for real-time scanning, while also showing the progress through the song? This would make it operate like, say, Windows media player where you just slide the bar to wherever in the song you want. Since we only have buttons on a remote, with no mouse to select an arbitrary point, the method you use for scanning (progressively faster as you hold it down) would work fine. I could care less about audio feedback; I just want to go quickly to a particular spot. As an aside, can anyone shed any light on why the stock Slimserver scanning seems so primitive? -- mbonsack ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Track search forward/Backward
kdf Wrote: > Quoting blah509 forums.slimdevices.com>: > [color=blue] > > > > How about a slider bar? To select wherever you would like within a > > track > > Some fancier fiddling and you can map a button to enter the plugin. > -k Thanks for this; it's exactly what I'm looking for. It would be great if the "up/down" buttons used to operate the plugin would work directly on the progress bar in the screensaver rather than having to navigate to the plugin. Also, I've noted that when the plugin is active and the song transitions to the next one, you have to exit the plugin and re-enter it to get a "reset" on the progress bar for that tune. Is there any way for the plugin to detect a song change and automatically reset itself? -- mbonsack ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Track search forward/Backward
Justme Wrote: > I also have endless problems with FW and RW. Basically the song skips > very slowely (hardly spedup, just jittering)... This is exactly what I see with 6.2 on Linux w/ FLACs. Song is barely FF'd or rewound, with just a stuttering effect noted. Usually on must scan systems when you hold the button down, the scan multiplier will increase from 2X, 4X, and so on and resume normal operation when you hit Play as others have noted. My 1997 DVD player FF'd better than SB2 does at this point... -- mbonsack ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
