Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 2 questions about album art
Good morning. OK, here are a few images which might assist (they might not of course) This is one of the offending tracks, you can see it does have an album tag but only resides in the top level My Music folder. [image: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1930/image1jrl.png] However, when I was searching for this track, I discovered that actually the Wedding Singer art (which I must admit is starting to appear in my dreams) is tagged in the search results... [image: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9004/image2i.png] But when I play it in WMP11... No album art [image: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1153/image3mr.png] There is only 1 jpg file in that top level My Music folder which is a Sly The Family Stone album cover. Do these help illustrate anything? -- jamesg1979 jamesg1979's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16824 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71290 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 2 questions about album art
jamesg1979;484727 Wrote: Sorry I think it might be me, I hadn't appreciated that SB will look for any art files in the folder, even if it's the top level My Music folder. So all the thousands of songs in there that do not reside in an album folder could then get whatever jpg is in there. Am I right? Well... There is only one jpg file that resides in there (and it was hidden) and it is... (drum roll)... Sly The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime So the Wedding singer must be somewhere else, I even checked in the Wedding Singer folder and there is no actual image in there, it looks like it's embedded. well, it sounds to me like thats it then. first off, SBS doesn't use ANY art file, meaning any old one by any name. it will use ANY art file IT FINDS. it'll only find certain ones by certain names, or whats embedded. so what was the filename of the sly file? secondly, if it found the wedding singer art as an embed in the group folder, and thats all it found for files in that folder, it might have used it for the art for all the files in that folder. that would be very similar behavior to a jpg file it finds in the folder, only its embedded. again, if you stop using a group folder, and move files into a artist\album struture, i think you'll see better results, that at the very least are easier to troubleshoot. also, at some point you need to do a cleanup ie. clear the SBS cache operation, and a full clear and rescan. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - sbs 7.4.2b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 35k mp3 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71290 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 2 questions about album art
The sly file is called Sly The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime.jpg. I'm guessing somewhere along the line the blasted wedding singer got imbedded in the top level folder. I need to test with lots of different songs tonight really to be sure. I am getting more and more tempted to mirror your suggested folder structure. My concern though is I have thousands of loose songs, a lot of them by one off artists. Is it necessary to have a folder for every artist even though there might only be one song? -- jamesg1979 jamesg1979's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16824 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71290 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 2 questions about album art
jamesg1979;484938 Wrote: The sly file is called Sly The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime.jpg. SBS would not find this. jamesg1979;484938 Wrote: I'm guessing somewhere along the line the blasted wedding singer got imbedded in the top level folder. I need to test with lots of different songs tonight really to be sure. you mean in a file in that folder. thats what i'm assuming to be the case. jamesg1979;484938 Wrote: I am getting more and more tempted to mirror your suggested folder structure. My concern though is I have thousands of loose songs, a lot of them by one off artists. Is it necessary to have a folder for every artist even though there might only be one song? what you want to do is take that folder [or the loose files] out of your main music folders, put it somewhere else for the moment. then setup an empty folder to write to. then, assuming the tags are otherwise good on these files, i THINK you can use an app like mp3tag to take ALL those files, and create an artist\album structure based on the tag data in that blank folder you made, as well as create new file names. then copy it all back to your main music folder. u'll have to ask others how to do that in mp3tag, but i know apps out there will do it. maybe bliss as well. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - sbs 7.4.2b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 35k mp3 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71290 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm through speaker although headphone plugged in?
Since we all know that the headphone plugin bug of the controller has even after more than 12 months not being solved and that one get no answer to what is the reason for the bug on the Radio nor when it is going to be addressed: Could it be that it is a hardware design flaw which could not be solved by software? I'm going to wait a few more days and after that i'm going to return the last Radio i owned too, because of wrongly announced features. Sorry for not being a loyal customer anymore. But all the things regarding the SB Radio that happened to me personaly (the people involved do know what i mean) are driving me mad! TheMule! -- mule mule's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30049 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67916 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Fall back alarm
You can set the alarm volume level, the fallback alarm goes off at this level, too. (At least with my SBR) Greetz, Halveraner -- halveraner halveraner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34273 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71328 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Status of radio battery?
pfarrell;484859 Wrote: BTW, the packs contain 10 cells.[/color] You sure about this? Yes, I'm sure. You could at least read the post that was linked and see Caleb's battery comments and specs instead of just trying to bash what I wrote because you don't agree with it. My comments are based on facts and industry experience. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70815 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Status of radio battery?
MelonMonkey wrote: Yes, I'm sure. You could at least read the post that was linked and see Caleb's battery comments and specs instead of just trying to bash what I wrote because you don't agree with it. Nope, I am bashing your posts because I think you are a bully and jerk. Love Pat ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm through speaker although headphone plugged in?
mule;484959 Wrote: Since we all know that the headphone plugin bug of the controller has even after more than 12 months not being solved and that one get no answer to what is the reason for the bug on the Radio nor when it is going to be addressed I don't think this relates. Though the detection doesn't work, with linux internals its still possible to force a specific output (that why the headphone switcher applet works). So that should work on the radio as well (and thus should be solveable in software). Where did you read that there won't be another 7.4.x release ? Maybe its a problem, that the bug is not marked as 7.5 then (noone is seeing this one in his filters) ? I hope someone from logitech sees this thread and can comment on the current priority of this bug. To be sure you are heard, you should comment on the corresponding bug-report (and you will see who at least is notified). -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on Linkstation NAS (LS-CHL) (with Debian Lenny instead of Stock-Firmware) bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67916 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm through speaker although headphone plugged in?
I already commented on the bug last week, because i believe that the given priority level P1 normal is wrong, because normal is defined as under certain circumstances. I won't believe that plugging a headphone into an alarm device with a buildin headphone plug is something special. Especialy because i asked for it and get the official info that it is intended to work... But still no answer in anyway. TheMule! -- mule mule's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30049 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67916 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Status of radio battery?
MelonMonkey;485066 Wrote: Yes, I'm sure. You could at least read the post that was linked and see Caleb's battery comments and specs instead of just trying to bash what I wrote because you don't agree with it. My comments are based on facts and industry experience. Anyway, IMO, the battery pack and remote package is too expensive for my tastes. I believe they will still sell, though I think at $25 they'd sell a lot more and still provide decent profit. Am I allowed to have an opinion? I know how much it costs to manufacture and ship remotes and AA NiMH cells like this in China. All the power to Logitech for a decent revenue stream, I just really wish that at $200 it had been rolled into the base radio package. Considering your knowledge and experience in this area I think it would be wonderful for you to manufacture alternate battery packs that can be purchased for under $25. With a warranty of course should anything go wrong. I agree that the S-Radio should have had the battery standard, along with the remote for that matter, but unfortunately such decisions lie in the brains of marketing dweebs. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70815 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Status of radio battery?
jmpage2;485207 Wrote: I agree that the S-Radio should have had the battery standard, along with the remote for that matter, but unfortunately such decisions lie in the brains of marketing dweebs. And it would have made the Radio more expensive for everyone, even those that don't want the battery or the remote. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x squeezebox radio *1*x squeezebox touch *1*x squeezebox boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black), *1*x sb2 wired (silver) *1*x sb (black), *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) interested in any others if you have them! funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70815 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm only works when connected to mysqueezebox?
IMHO the first thing that really needs to be fixed is the Radio loosing connection to MYSB.COM. Indeed after more than 6 hours in standby (soft off), there's a 90% chance that my Radio looses the connection to MYSB.COM and doesn't even try to reconnect when I press e.g. the alarm button. And let me emphasize that neither my internet connection nor the WLAN setup is the problem. Indeed even the stream is played at the correct time, so this can't be a connection problem on my side. The main problem with this is that I need to get to the menu and select the Last.fm entry since this seems to be more or less the only way to re-establish the broken connection. There are several facts that hint that the Radio is not even aware that the connection was lost and thus gets into an undefined state as the software developers obviously forgot to add a sensible fault handling for this case. The fact that the Radio just beeps in this state when I press e.g. the alarm button instead of trying to reconnect is a major design flaw. Indeed there should be also a timer event that checks the connection every e.g. 10 minutes. Else chances are that the Radio doesn't receive a new alarm setup via MYSB which is really a big problem since you have to rely on a programmed alarm. As a side note: it's not only that the alarm menu is not shown in this faulty state. Also the whole system behavior is erratic. E.g. while the programmed station is played, it usually stops after a few minutes instead of playing for the full alarm time. Which is also a very big problem as chances are that I miss the alarm or fall asleep again when it plays only for a few minutes. Sometimes playing continues in this case when I press the knob, sometimes it doesn't. In the end I really need to navigate to the main menu and select Last.fm before the alarm menu pops up. And all of this in darkness and without glasses. Obviously this doesn't happen for all customers so maybe it's related to dynamic IP or maybe it's a problem in my local MYSB node (the system info hints that the Radio indeed connects to a nearby datacenter and not to the American server). Yet it's really a shame that such a basic design fault survived the beta phase and was not even fixed with 7.4.1. I understand that some features like a better NP screen and customization features need some time. Yet the most basic functions for a bedside radio MUST work soon. And nothing is more important than a working and reliable alarm feature. So I REALLY, REALLY hope that I don't have to wait for December or January when 7.5 is released, before at least the alarm works reliably. This could be such a great product with a mature software and a better display layout. Currently it's pretty much frustrating. -- 0xdeadbeef 0xdeadbeef's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70526 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
