[slim] Re: m4a to wav format
Here's what I use (though I rarely play m4a or aac files), but it does work for me. You will need to have mplayer installed for it to work, though. Put these lines in your "slimserver-convert.conf" file: Code: mov mp3 * * [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 4>&1 1>/dev/null | $lame$ --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ - - mov wav * * [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 4>&1 1>/dev/null P.S.: I use Linux. I know lame and mplayer exist on windows, but I don't know if the redirects in the code above work in windows. Can anyone comment on this? -- mlmurray mlmurray's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1910 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wheres everybody buying music now?
Recently, I've used a couple of online stores that specialize in second-hand CD's. I've had very good experiences with them - the CD's I've received have been virtually indistinguishable from brand new - especially since I usually just rip them (in flac) to my hard drive and then store the originals. The best prices for used CD's I've found have been at: http://www.secondspin.com/ , but I've gotten good service from http://www.caiman.com/ as well. Half the price of new cd's is quite common. -- mlmurray mlmurray's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1910 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25158 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nested Folders in Playlists?
Something you may want to try is appending a category or something (whatever you would have named the folder) to the begining of the playlist filename. Something like "Jazz_Playlist_01.m3u". You won't get quite the same effect as with folders, It will still be a flat list, but playlists of a like category will, at least, be grouped together. -- mlmurray mlmurray's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1910 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19308 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Need Help with Poor Buffer Filling and Dropouts
Just my $0.02, but I have been experiencing similar dropouts when streaming flacs and oggs (via pcm) to my SB1. After some headscratching I discovered it was related to the SlimScrobbler auto submission (in the middle of songs). When the Last.FM site is slow (which seems to happen often in the evenings), it caused dropouts in my high bandwidthd streams - not with mp3's, though (I assume that the SB1 has enough of the mp3 already in it's cache that it can stand the 2-3 second lag). All this (as well as the solution) was pointed out in the README file that comes with the slimscrobbler plugin. If you're running that plugin, you may want to check into this if you haven't already pinned down your problem. -- mlmurray ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sox, replaygain, and ogg
Here are the ogg lines from my "old" slimserver-convert.conf file: Code: ogg wav * * [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm -aofile /dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 4>&1 1>/dev/null ogg mp3 * * [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm -aofile /dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 4>&1 1>/dev/null | $lame$ --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ - - Note that the -ao and -aofile options are different for the latest version of mplayer - see my first post above for the differences. You might also have to comment out the ogg aiff lines in convert.conf (or just uncheck them in the Server Settings) just to be sure they don't conflict. Good luck! -- mlmurray ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sox, replaygain, and ogg
mlmurray Wrote: > I have a SqueezeBox 1, thus when I listen to an *.ogg file it must > either be converted to wav or mp3 format in order to be played. > > I have quite a few files in ogg format and I have tagged them all using > vorbisgain to generate the appropriate replaygain tags. Slimserver > reads these tags fine in the web interface, but, of course, when sox or > oggdec decodes them it ignores the replaygain tags so I'm out of luck > with that. > > I did note that sox has a -v (volume) option, that I think can be set > using the replaygain value in dB. I'm wondering if there is a variable > available to be used in convert.conf for setting the -v option (you > know, like $FILE$ or $QUALITY$ or $BITRATE$)? I was hoping for > something like $GAIN$. > > On a side note, I was using mplayer to decode *.oggs using the > following line in slimserver-convert.conf: > > Code: > > [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 4>&1 1>/dev/null > > > Alas, since I've upgrade Ubuntu linux to Breezy (5.10), this hasn't > been working. It looks like only root can write to /dev/fd/4 now and > the song stops playing just a few (maybe 10) seconds into the song. I > wouldn't mind getting this working again, but I'd also like to get > replaygain support in sox since it is the default program to > transcode ogg files in slimserver. > > I would appreciate any ideas and guidance. Replying to my own post... Okay, it looks like a confluence of changes conspired to confound me, but I think I've sorted though it. The changes? I updated mplayer from 1.0pre6 to 1.0pre7 so, much of the time, I just had the slimserver-convert.conf line wrong. I had updated Ubuntu Hoary to Breezy and somehow not all of the perl modules that I had installed previously came accross, so when I started slimserver, it asked me to install several, which I did as a regular user (not root) using the built-in utility (pretty slick, actually). The fact that they were not installed as root, I think caused the problem with not being able to write to /dev/fd/4. I subsequently installed the afore mentioned perl modules "normally", throught apt-get. Once I did this, and got rid of the modules slimserver had download for me, things started working fine again. Well, with one exception. Apparantly, my distribution's version of DBI.pm (perl 5.8.7) conflicts with the version that comes with Slimserver, so I had to rename the slimserver version (DBI.pm.old). I realize most of these problems were brought on through upgrading an my own meddling, but I thought it important to post the results in case someone else encounters similar problems and goes searching through these forums for an answer. Although, the ability to use the replaygain value from slimserver (6.2) as a variable in convert.conf, I still think might be useful, if it's possible. Is there someplace to look in the documentation for a list of those variables? -- mlmurray ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] sox, replaygain, and ogg
I have a SqueezeBox 1, thus when I listen to an *.ogg file it must either be converted to wav or mp3 format in order to be played. I have quite a few files in ogg format and I have tagged them all using vorbisgain to generate the appropriate replaygain tags. Slimserver reads these tags fine in the web interface, but, of course, when sox or oggdec decodes them it ignores the replaygain tags so I'm out of luck with that. I did note that sox has a -v (volume) option, that I think can be set using the replaygain value in dB. I'm wondering if there is a variable available to be used in convert.conf for setting the -v option (you know, like $FILE$ or $QUALITY$ or $BITRATE$)? I was hoping for something like $GAIN$. On a side note, I was using mplayer to decode *.oggs using the following line in slimserver-convert.conf: Code: [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 4>&1 1>/dev/null Alas, since I've upgrade Ubuntu linux to Breezy (5.10), this hasn't been working. It looks like only root can write to /dev/fd/4 now and the song stops playing just a few (maybe 10) seconds into the song. I wouldn't mind getting this working again, but I'd also like to get replaygain support in sox since it is the default program to transcode ogg files in slimserver. I would appreciate any ideas and guidance. -- mlmurray ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
