Re: [slim] never been sooo disappointed
This has happened to me when I've rebooted my computer and for some reason it automatically connected to some neighbor's wireless network rather than mine. Since SB server and my computer were no longer on the same network, the server couldn't see the players. Manually reconnecting to my network solved the problem--good luck. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82068 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Runaway LAME
Yeah, that's why I installed it. I just wish I could make it let go of my system when it's not being used. Thanks. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70861 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Runaway LAME
I hope this is the right place for this... I use Squeezebox Server to play my iTunes library from my Mac (Snow Leopard) to my Squeezebox Classic (it wasn't classic when I got it...) over a wireless network. I have LAME installed because I understand I need that to play my AAC tracks. But I've noticed recently in Activity Monitor that the 'lame' process can take up something like 50-60% of my CPU. Even if I'm not playing anything at the moment, even if the Squeezebox is turned off, 'lame' will still be there using up lots of cycles. So I guess my question is twofold: do I still really need to use LAME? And is there a way to set the server software to quit LAME when it's not needing it anymore? -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70861 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] access to upgrade on Mac
I keep getting a Growl notification (a Mac thing) that there's an upgrade available for my Squeezebox Server, and that I should go to the System Preferences pane to access it. But I don't see anything in the Preferences pane about getting updates. I know I can just go to the site to download it, but I just wonder what the Preferences procedure is. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70218 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] access to upgrade on Mac
No, the Pref Pane just opens (after System Preferences relaunches in 32-bit mode). I have version 7.4.0/r28672. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70218 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists
...for anyone who's still following this: apparently if you put your iTunes Library file (not the song files, the 'Library' database file) someplace other than the default location--for example, on an external disk--the .xml file is renamed 'iTunes Library.xml' rather than 'iTunes Music Library.xml.' http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1617322tstart=45 Even if you rename it, when you next use iTunes, it'll make a new 'Library.xml' file to record your changes. Unless tech support at Logitech has a workaround for this, I guess I need to either keep the Library file in the default location rather than on the external, or rename the file every time I add music and rescan the playlists. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49855 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists
I discovered that I had both an 'iTunes Music Library.xml' and an 'iTunes Library.xml' file in my iTunes folder. (How that happened, I don't know--I have a suspicion, but I'm not going to try to re-create the problem to see if I'm right.) Looking at the files in a text editor, I realized that the former had the out-of-date information, while the latter had the current info. So I moved the out-of-date one into another folder, renamed the other one 'Tunes Music Library.xml,' and rescanned the whole library. And that seems to have done it! Thanks for the suggestions--they got me poking around in the XML files, anyway. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49855 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists
Not in iTunes, as far as I know. The playlist info is stored in the Library the way alZmtbr described it: with references to the songs, whose locations themselves are hard-coded. When you tell iTunes to move the Library to another disk, it rewrites all the path statements. If you move your song files yourself--as I did once--you need to do a search-and-replace on the XML files to fix all the paths. Much better to let iTunes do it. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49855 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists
Glad I searched for other instances of this problem...I recently migrated to a new laptop as my primary Mac. Since the hard disk is smaller than the one on my old iMac, I transferred my iTunes library to an external disk. (I also transferred the actual Library files, not just the music, to make sure I could use the disk with both computers during the transition.) Now I'm set up on the new computer. iTunes finds my library and playlists with no problem. The SqueezeCenter, told to use iTunes and that the files are on the external disk, has found all my songs, albums, playlists, etc. And it can find the songs by album or artist, and play them. But while it lists all my playlists, they all show up as empty when I try to play them. I've rescanned the whole library and also just rescanned the playlists a couple of times, but no dice. Help! -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49855 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists
...where's the m3u file? -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49855 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists
...iTunes creates separate files for playlists? I don't see m3u files anywhere, and there are entries in the iTunes Library.xml file that identify the playlists and reference the individual tracks. The playlists don't have a path statement, but if I follow the reference to the individual tracks, their path statements are correct. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49855 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists
...for iTunes to make separate playlist files. I didn't know it did that. I guess on the Mac it just keeps them in its native Library file, which is gibberish if opened in a text editor. As you describe, the XML file opens with descriptions of the playlists that reference the included tracks by number. And if I find the entry for the track number, it has the correct path statement. I can play the track if I navigate to it in SqueezeCenter via artist name or album name; it's just that the playlist shows up empty. But I've just noticed that the list of playlists in SqueezeCenter isn't right. I've changed the name of one playlist in iTunes, but even though since then I've run Clear Library and Rescan Everything more than once, the old name keeps showing up in SqueezeCenter. So it seems like my real problem is that I can't get SC to truly read in my playlist info. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49855 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer won't index AAC files
I stumbled on the answer last night--the answer which had eluded all my previous searches of the resources here, just waiting for me to ask for help publicly. It turns out that SlimServer ignores songs that are unchecked in iTunes. I leave the re-ripped versions unchecked so only one copy winds up on my iPod--I hadn't realized SS would pay attention to that. BUT at the same time, finding that one song and playing it does seem to have enabled SS to find the album. I did a rescan last night, and now I can see all the songs from the Squeezebox--even though they're all still unchecked. So thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'm glad I apparently don't need them, because I have no idea what it means to retag the files. The other thing: Don't worry about the bit-rate limiting... unless you are trying to stream across the Internet. That page says it's worth doing if both your computer and your Squeezebox are connected to your network wirelessly, which mine are. I do often get pauses when I'm playing AAC files, so I think I'll try the bitrate thing--I downloaded the LAME plugin yesterday. Thanks again. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37991 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer won't index AAC files
I have songs in iTunes in AAC format that the SlimServer can't seem to find. They started as songs I bought from iTunes, so they're in my iTunes Library as Protected AAC files; but I've burned them to a CD and re-ripped them, so they're also in my Library as regular AAC audio files. I can see them if I go into the SlimServer Web access and browse my Music Folder, and once I find them I can play them through the Squeezebox from my computer (Mac, OS X 10.4). But no matter what I do, I can't get SS to add them to its list of songs so I can play them from the Squeezebox itself. I thought the fact that they were duplicates might be the problem, so I changed the album name on the regular AAC files, but that didn't help. I've cleared the entire library and rescanned, but still no dice. Any suggestions? Like I said, if I browse my Music Folder I can find them and play them--any way to force SS to add them directly? -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37991 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer won't index AAC files
Oh, and while I'm here: while I was searching for some clues, I found this page about playing AAC files: http://slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-aacwireless It says in Player Settings for your Squeezebox, set a Bitrate Limit of 320. I can't find the place to set that--where is the Bitrate setting? -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37991 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Scanning But Finds Nothing
I'm having the same issue. Is it because my iTunes library and music is on an external drive? iTunes finds it with no problem. But I've told SlimServer to scan and use iTunes, and it never finds anything. I don't want to just point it to the music folder, because then I bet it won't find my playlists. Is anyone successfully using SlimServer with iTunes with the music on an external drive? (Mac OS X 10.4, newest SlimServer, drive attached directly to Mac with iTunes and SlimServer installed on it.) -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33967 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Empty playlist
I'm trying to listen to an iTunes Smart Playlist. It shows songs in it in iTunes, and in the Slimserver Web interface. But when I try to play it via the Squeezebox, the screen just says EMPTY. My other playlists work, including other smart playlists. Any ideas? Mac OS X 10.4.6, iTunes 6.0.4, Slimserver 6.2.1, Squeezebox 3. Thanks! -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22882 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
