Filed bug 6609 on this:
If the artist and albumartist field are different, SC delivers
erroneous
anchors to the skin. This has the following effects:
In the iPeng skin, which shows the anchors, there are additional
anchors shown
(as headings).
In ALL skins clicking a link on the alphabet bar for
I think ALBUMARTIST isn't even a standard tag, but an iTunes thing.
Not an iTunes thing - they use BAND I believe. iTunes is particularly poor in
that if you do have an album artist or band tag, it doesn't display it as the
artist in the artist list.
ALBUMARTIST is imho mapped to BAND, as does
On 13-Jan-08, at 11:44 PM, Michael Herger wrote:
Just out of interest, what are the db numbers supposed to represent?
They appear to be negative, which doesn't seem very intuitive.
That's physics, and I never understood it :-).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel
dB is an expression of
Filed bug 6609 on this:
No need to start a thread once the bug is filed. This only risks to scatter
around the discussion. Better start a thread first - some bugs are solved by
explanation ;-)
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Michael Herger;258299 Wrote:
Filed bug 6609 on this:
No need to start a thread once the bug is filed. This only risks to
scatter around the discussion. Better start a thread first - some
bugs are solved by explanation ;-)
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Don't think this one is...
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smc2911;257774 Wrote:
I'm getting
Are there plans for an amd64 build? At the moment I'm running with the
nightly, installed with a dpkg -i and that seems to work ok.
None of the code in SqueezeCenter really needs to be in 64bit... there
are a few architecture-dependent
ALBUMARTIST is imho mapped to BAND, as does eg. mp3tag as well.
mp3tag is my main tag editor. The author did change a recent developer build
(v2.39h) to make TPE2 map to ALBUMARTIST. However, this change was reverted
a couple of days later (v2.39i). ALBUMARTIST is a TXXX frame. They are
One thing I was thinking might solve a number of problems would be to
make sure every album has an ALBUMARTIST (forgetting for a moment the
issue of whether or not (and how) to map ID3v2's TPE2/Band tag to the
ALBUMARTIST role). When an explicit ALBUMARTIST isn't given in the
tags, then the
I should add that I had SS 6.5 working fine.
P.S. The latest nightlies are up, but no deb package. Am I just early?
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Michael Herger;257454 Wrote:
I'm trying to reproduce the same problem reported for _advanced_
_search_ only - http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4498. But I
just can't reproduce it. Any help and hints would highly be appreciated.
This happens to me, with no plugins installed.
Robin Bowes;258298 Wrote:
Diranged wrote:
smc2911;257774 Wrote:
I'm getting
Are there plans for an amd64 build? At the moment I'm running with
the
nightly, installed with a dpkg -i and that seems to work ok.
None of the code in SqueezeCenter really needs to be in 64bit...
I am having trouble (on two different WinXP machines) getting MusicIP to
communicate with SC7. In the past this has been due to Slimserver
starting before MIP. So, I have stopped Slimserver, started MIP and
restarted Slimserver.
The problem is that I don't see a way to stop Slimsever any more.
This ONLY occurs on the home page. If I'm browsing artists/albums, no
problems... If I leave it on the home page
(http://localhost.localdomain:9000/) then it appears to be stuck in a
state of loading
Do you still see this issue after you have
- installed the latest build
- cleared your
The problem is that I don't see a way to stop Slimsever any more.
Slimtray just offers Open Squeezecenter, Go to LogiTech Web Site and
Exit.
You'll have to use Windows' service manager.
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Thanks for your reply, Michael.
I found Component Manager. Is it possible to run SqueezeCenter the way
it was in version 6.x, controlling it from SlimTray? I know this isn't
a Windows forum, but after reading about running SC as application vs
service I'm not any wiser.
I often have this
As I mentioned, I am running SqueezeCenter (the latest nightly) on two
different machine. One is running as a service and the other is not.
How did that happen? How can I switch back and forth between running as
a service and running as an application?
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Starting with the January 12 nightly, I have experienced the following
problem with SqueezeCenter MusicIP integration:
SqueezeCenter recognizes the MIP information, displays an M
appropriately, and allows mixes to be made from both the Squeezbox and
the web interface.
However, SC does not
Hi,
I like the time format to be 24 hour notation but none of the format
change result in a different display of the time format when the SB is
off.
Also when I change to e.g. a format with 'PM' added, this is not
displayed. I don't know if this is still a bug or not?
Frank
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I absolutely agree with JHC.
There is no clear description how you can use Playlists from the
mainstream players like WinAmp, MusicMatch, MediaSource etc.
The world is not only using iTunes !
It would be very helpful, if the Support of Slim Devices would describe
somewhere the use the
Michael Herger;258414 Wrote:
I like the time format to be 24 hour notation but none of the format
change result in a different display of the time format when the SB
is
off.
The screensaver can overwrite SC's setting. You'll find it in the
player settings.
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I checked
I checked it but the player screensaver is set to 'Date and time
screensaver'. In the player section there is no option to change the
time format though.
Sorry, it's not in the player settings... Settings-Plugins(Extras)-Date
Time-Settings
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As I mentioned, I am running SqueezeCenter (the latest nightly) on two
different machine. One is running as a service and the other is not.
How did that happen? How can I switch back and forth between running as
a service and running as an application?
Start - SqueezeCenter - Manage startup
I found Component Manager.
Just to be sure: it's the service manager you need.
Is it possible to run SqueezeCenter the way
it was in version 6.x, controlling it from SlimTray?
The short answer is: no. The long answer can be found in a thread where we were
discussing pro and contra running
I like the time format to be 24 hour notation but none of the format
change result in a different display of the time format when the SB is
off.
The screensaver can overwrite SC's setting. You'll find it in the player
settings.
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However, SC does not accept mixes passed to it from MIP. MIP gives
Error sending playlist to player. If I change the MIP Send to
preference to Winamp (or any other) it functions correctly.
On which of your systems is this? Is SC running as a service or app?
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Michael Herger;258415 Wrote:
On which of your systems is this? Is SC running as a service or app?
It is happening on both.
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I'd paste a section of the m3u file for forumites to look at.
Winamp will save a file with paths relative to where the file is saved
iirc.
Slimserver needs the file to have a full absolute path ot each MP3
file.
So your playlist needs to look something like this
bamyasi;258214 Wrote:
My guess just listing mysqld_safe and safe_mysqld as equivalently
sufficient should work. Oh, and it is installed in /usr/sbin/ here, not
in /usr/bin/.
AFAIK, there is no way to tell an RPM that a Requires has an or
condition. I set the RPM to require
Robin Bowes;258298 Wrote:
Is anyone testing SC on x86_64?
If not, then some one should! (I don't have a platform available at the
moment).
I say this because I have seen some funnies in getting SC running on
x86_64, especially relating to MySQL and finding libraries, etc.
I am
I just noticed that after a fresh install, any players that connect are
in the power on mode. Is this intended? Has it always been this
way?
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I have just installed ScueezeCenter and have noticed that wma files are
not showing up in the SqueezeCenter library. I rescanned the whole
library, but again, my wma files still were missing.
Any suggestion?
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The existing installation was slimserver 6.5b1, and I had a problem with
installing the squeezecenter rpm because of a missing mysql dependency.
The answer was to upgrade the mysql server to 5.0 from 4.1 (which was
the latest version in the default repos) by:-
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Fletch;258024 Wrote:
That seems strange. The RPM starts squeezecenter with
--prefsdir=/var/lib/squeezecenter/prefs. The only things in
/etc/squeezecenter are some config files that are never written to and
a symlink to the server.prefs file. Have you changed
/etc/sysconfig/squeezecenter?
CC 3.2 is pretty old, but AFAIK SC7 should work with mysql = 4.1. This
may be a bug in the RPM. What is the exact error message you got
regarding the missing dependency?
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Fletch wrote:
Robin Bowes;258298 Wrote:
Is anyone testing SC on x86_64?
If not, then some one should! (I don't have a platform available at the
moment).
I say this because I have seen some funnies in getting SC running on
x86_64, especially relating to MySQL and finding libraries, etc.
Robin Bowes;258532 Wrote:
The issues I remember were quite some time ago. I believe you've written
the RPM to use the system-install MySQL instance so that gets rid of
the
main problem which was finding the right mysql binary.
The only other issue I remember is this weird bug
Thanks for the prompt reply. Are the following assumptions correct?
1) I should run as a service.
2) The Music Folder (under Basic Settings) should be
//RedSavina/media/music instead of R:\Music.
3) I should get rid of old playlists which may have had both types of
paths.
4) I need to do a
Anybody? Nobody?
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So in other words, Plugins that have a menu structure that would fit
well somewhere else, like Music Library (Erland's dynamic playlists) or
Internet Radio (PublicRadioFan), etc should (to use RFC parlance) put
their menus in the logical place, and those that don't fit in well into
those groups
To further confuse/elucidate, the little software programs we write
that add functions to the Squeezebox Controller (nee Jive) are called
Applets.
Applets can add Extras, but also can do much much more...
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Well, you could try installing only one plugin at a time to see if you
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First of all - I had (I think) the same problem: the music scan don't
work, there is no scanner.log file created.
1. I telnet my DS-107+128 and can't find /usr/libexec. Therefore I
can't follow your ideas.
2. May you plaese give me a hint, where I could find some information
about CPAN, is
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So in other words, Plugins that have a menu structure that would fit
well somewhere else, like Music Library (Erland's dynamic playlists) or
Internet Radio (PublicRadioFan), etc should (to use RFC parlance) put
their menus in the logical place, and
Whether you use UNC paths (like //RedSavina/media/music) or mapped paths
(like L:/My Music) try to make sure that you stick to the same
convention throughout (e.g. in shortcuts, within playlists and in the
paths to your music and playlists directory).
Application or service, it's up to you.
I am running SC7 build 16051 under Windows XP. I have only just bought
by Squeezebox, so please excuse me if this is a bit of an idiotic
question.
The experimental library is all MP3s tagged by Windows Media Player and
all the tracks have Album Artist set; some have multiple primary
Artists.
What kind of WMAs are they?
If they are purchased tracks with DRM they will not show becasue they
are unplayable by SlimServer.
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One thing I was thinking might solve a number of problems would be to
make sure every album has an ALBUMARTIST
I think what you are saying is that every album (or song on an album) would
have an albumartist role in the contributors table. I'm not sure that helps,
as SC can still display
TXXX means no standard tag. It's whatever you want to call it. Create a
MYVERYOWNTAG and it will be stored in TXXX.
Yes, I know that, but SqueezeCenter is written to look for a TXXX (ALBUMARTIST)
tag. It's an arbitrary tag, but one that SC specifically looks for. I use
TXXX ALBUMARTIST a
I wish I could tell you which build it is, but I can't load the settings
page. It's the .deb available today.
My home page seems to load (a little slowly) and display OK, but the
browser indicates that the page is still loading by displaying Waiting
for 192.168.1.8, a 3/4 complete progress bar,
Quoting Mark Lanctot
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Is there anything I can do to assist debugging? This behaviour
survives an SC restart and a browser restart even after clearing cache.
first stop, check the log. If you've ended up with any corrupted
templates, it will spit out there. Otherwise,
Phil Meyer;258622 Wrote:
One thing I was thinking might solve a number of problems would be to
make sure every album has an ALBUMARTIST
I think what you are saying is that every album (or song on an album)
would have an albumartist role in the contributors table. I'm not sure
that helps,
OK, I can confirm that all my files have the TPE2 tag set to be the
Album Artist, just as seems to be required. Yet, they fail to behave
properly.
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Phil Meyer;258619 Wrote:
At the end of the day, the counts are not a big thing; it's just I have
a habit of spotting little things ;)
You're right, the counts aren't terribly important. Which is probably
why the discrepancies have pretty much been ignored.
You can count the 'artists' for an
Not sure if this is related.
I'm running the latest Windows version:
SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 16243 - Windows Server 2003 - EN -
cp1252.
Accessing via IE7
When I first click on Settings, I get all the ususal tabs.
Clicking on each one, I get a double refresh of the screen, and the PC
clicks
The experimental library is all MP3s tagged by Windows Media Player and
all the tracks have Album Artist set; some have multiple primary
Artists. Each album has its own directory. I am playing with tags using
Tag and Rename 3.4, which recognises WMP's album artist tag, but I don't
know how to
Good grief! I just got used to using the term Extras ;)
Sounds like a good move - logical and perfectly clear to me.
Is there any distinction betwen built-in plugins and third-party plugins, other
than the location in which they are installed?
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I am running the latest SqueezeCenter 7.0 (14-1-08). Same problem in
earlier build as well.
I have album arts in the music directory of each album. (one album one
directory). In each directory, I have cover.jpg for the album. For
directories with English names, the cover art is displayed
On Windows XP I have the 12 Jan nightly working with MIP and no issues.
Both are running as a service.
I DID have a Windows XP (probably?) issue. Very odd/inconsistent
network functionality. It took a windows reboot to clear it up. I
THINK that some of the recent security changes weren't all
OK, I can confirm that all my files have the TPE2 tag set to be the
Album Artist, just as seems to be required. Yet, they fail to behave
properly.
SqueezeCenter also understands a user-defined tag (TXXX) called ALBUMARTIST. I
use generally use this instead of BAND (TPE2). You can set this in
Quoting Honva [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Is anyone having the same problem?
some are:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4485
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For albums. You never want to see all the artists listed in the
by-line for an album. You don't want to see 'The Time-Life Treasury of
Christmas' by 30 different artists. Nor do you want to see the
Santana album 'Supernatural' by 9 different artists.
For a few track artists, it's quite nice,
Hi
I decided to take the plunge with SC and tried upgrading my SS 6.5.4 on
Vista with the 13th nightly build.
The install seemed to progress fine, until it tried to open a browser
to http://127.0.0.1:9000. Then I was surprised to see a Enter login
for SqueezeCenter prompt and then whatever I
Wigster;258660 Wrote:
Since both iTunes and Windows Media Player use and set only TPE2 it
would seem to me that it should be at least an option to have TPE2
albums appear in the library. Is there something I can do, or is it a
bug?
I believe there's supposed to be a way, but after wading
JJZolx;258669 Wrote:
I believe there's supposed to be a way, but after wading through this
bug report, I'm not certain how it should work or even how it's set.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6490
It seems like everyone's quite confused. I guess this means that this
won't get
Thanks kdf. Didn't see that one in my 2 hours of search.
Apparently, it is still not fixed yet. I have just tried 6.5.5 and it
is showing the same problem as SC7. Hope someone could fix it in the
official SC7 release.
Biu
kdf;258652 Wrote:
Quoting Honva Honva.3379gn1200354001 (AT) no-mx
Thanks -- it turns out this may really be a bug.
The playlists are being scanned and the playlists tracks are found. The
problem is that the playlist entry in the tracks database is being
created with the wrong content_type.
I've posted more info here:
Michael Herger;258340 Wrote:
We've changed the wording regarding plugins/extras again. We hope to
have it done right this time. We're now using both terms.
Is this change just in documentation/discussions or have you actually
changed something in the code that I should adapt to ?
Anyway, I
It should work, but I don't use the .deb so can't confirm directly.
Is this what you fixed in 16266?
Michael
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On 14-Jan-08, at 10:10 PM, Michael Herger wrote:
It should work, but I don't use the .deb so can't confirm directly.
Is this what you fixed in 16266?
no, that was just an overlap for the unused menu items section title
and the menu options.
I've not seen any blank settings pages.
-kdf
I have a minor quip regarding the first-time install process...
I frequently reinstall squeezecenter from scratch and while I love the
install-wizard-like prompts, asking where your music is stored,
playlists stored, etc... I do wish I had the option of NOT scanning my
music right away and here's
Is this change just in documentation/discussions or have you actually
changed something in the code that I should adapt to ?
No, it all should be covered by the strings changes we did. All you'd have
to do is update your documentation.
(don't tell anyone, but in the code the menu items are
Are there other valid db: link formats? eg, for artist name search?
Yes. A quick grep resultet in some of the following:
db:contributor.namesearch=%s
db:genre.namesearch=%s
db:year.id=%s
There are very likely more, eg. for all of the Schemas defined.
Would this produce a heirarchy of
I frequently reinstall squeezecenter from scratch and while I love the
install-wizard-like prompts, asking where your music is stored,
playlists stored, etc... I do wish I had the option of NOT scanning my
music right away and here's why:
Hmm... the wizard should only be run the very first
1) I should run as a service.
This depends on your use case. I do prefer it.
2) The Music Folder (under Basic Settings) should be
//RedSavina/media/music instead of R:\Music.
Just make sure you use backslashes instead. And you run the service under
your user account (the option is given in
The install seemed to progress fine, until it tried to open a browser
to http://127.0.0.1:9000. Then I was surprised to see a Enter login
for SqueezeCenter prompt and then whatever I entered I got the error
back 401 Authorization is Required to access this SqueezeCenter.
That's odd. But
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