Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] What is or what should be the killer feature ?

2009-12-12 Thread dsdreamer
nctionality needed to > sell the product. > Successful companies in this segment do this. All of them. I don't know why you comment on DNLA/UPnP so much; it seems like there has never been much focus on it in the Squeeze ecosystem, and I wasn't expecting that to change... As fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] What is or what should be the killer feature ?

2009-12-12 Thread dsdreamer
e, management will only be screaming for a sufficiently stable release to allow the Touch to ship. Who under these conditions will be brave enough to try to "fix software development processes?" -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] What is or what should be the killer feature ?

2009-12-12 Thread dsdreamer
ree servers, two > platforms, 3rd party development and an ever changing range of services > to support it's just not going to work, there is a point of complexity > where maintenance alone eats all resources you can ever get onto > something and if you want to live on through

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Quick 7.5 embedded question..

2010-01-23 Thread dsdreamer
spect this is when it happened, but I don't know for sure. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

[SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-01-31 Thread dsdreamer
stance and type 'status' it shows the slow query count accordingly. That must be a doozie of a query that gets sent to figure out which files are new or changed! Is this a known issue? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the c

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-01-31 Thread dsdreamer
files phase is, however, the same in both cases. I'm going to run some timed scans later today, but my informal experience is that (even with only 0.5GB RAM) and connected to a "big" MySQL instance, the scan runs about the same speed as when configured to use SQL

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-01-31 Thread dsdreamer
27; statement to break out of the comparisons as soon as one track is found that has different contributors, but for most albums in my collection, the logic will be required to check every last track before it can conclude that it is not a compilation. -- dsdreamer --

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-01-31 Thread dsdreamer
machine). So, even though a "bigger" configuration of MySQL runs faster, it doesn't in any way compete with the SQLite version. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-02-01 Thread dsdreamer
ccess time constrained, CPU did not get more than 3% utilization during main scan phase. Perhaps running SQLite in exclusive mode will help a bit with that. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-02-02 Thread dsdreamer
ge where you select whether to do Artwork resampling, and can set the server and scanner priorities etc. Regards, -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." -

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-02-02 Thread dsdreamer
AND tracks.content_type != 'dir' ) WHERE scanned_files.url LIKE '$basedir%' }; Am I right? Anyone else see this behavior? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer,

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Version: 7.5.0 - r29961 embedded branch, using MySQL

2010-02-02 Thread dsdreamer
ping new tracks. Scans are either disk I/O constrained or CPU constrained, but what the user cares about is the total time to complete a scan or do a re-scan. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." -

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] trunk runs, embedded hangs

2010-02-09 Thread dsdreamer
ning smoothly, since efficient SQLite scanning will be needed for launch of the SB Touch. The slow speed you noted with SQLite is getting quite a bit of attention from AndyG as far as I can tell from the changes being checked into SVN. -- dsdream

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] trunk runs, embedded hangs

2010-02-12 Thread dsdreamer
Artists: 495 Total Genres: 55 Total Playing Time: 553:45:57 Congrats to Andy. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer'

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Scanning time

2010-02-13 Thread dsdreamer
Using the embedded branch SQIite 8000 tracks takes about a minute to do a complete scan sequence. Pretty amazing! Everying else is working just fine, so I am using this version as my production SBS now. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fit

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SqueezePlay 7.5 binary for x86 Linux

2010-02-14 Thread dsdreamer
that use PortAudio can get blocked out by use of Squeezeplay and vice versa. It just depends who grabs the audio device first. It's a pity that there is no PulseAudio back-end to PortAudio. -- dsdreamer -- "Dr

[SlimDevices: Beta] Embedded 7.5.0 - r30217 on a Buffalo LS Pro v1

2010-02-21 Thread dsdreamer
tal Genres: 55 Total Playing Time: 554:54:00 ---- -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Embedded 7.5.0 - r30217 on a Buffalo LS Pro v1

2010-02-22 Thread dsdreamer
3-XS-0.11.tar.gz This is not a totally complete list, but it should be 90% of it. The last three lines are down-grades that I needed to do for some reason. I ended up typing perl ./slimerver.pl and just fixing the error messages inside the CPAN shell. (There should be a

[SlimDevices: Beta] Number of artists nearly doubled under Home > Albums

2010-02-26 Thread dsdreamer
albums with 7135 songs by 342 artists. Is anyone else seeing this on the embedded branch of 7.5.0 - r30248? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Number of artists nearly doubled under Home > Albums

2010-02-26 Thread dsdreamer
rwise, Artists that ONLY appear on compilations will not be counted > in the Artists Home View. Okay, I see how that could make sense. I'm glad it's not the scanner getting confused. -- dsdreamer -- &

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Embedded 7.5.0 - r30217 on a Buffalo LS Pro v1

2010-02-27 Thread dsdreamer
dy and the team :-) -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

[SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 - r30469 prevents SqueezePlay/iPeng from browsing into albums

2010-04-03 Thread dsdreamer
-- I don't know for sure that both these are the same bug. SqueezePlay reports itself as 7.5.0 r8669M (even though it was freshly compiled today from the svn 7.6 trunk.) -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..."

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 - r30469 prevents SqueezePlay/iPeng from browsing into albums

2010-04-07 Thread dsdreamer
If someone has the time to check if they see the same issue on recent SBS 7.6 builds, I'd sure be grateful. You would need to download the flac track from the bug report to reproduce... Thanks in advance. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that reall

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 - r30469 prevents SqueezePlay/iPeng from browsing into albums

2010-04-07 Thread dsdreamer
If someone has the time to check if they see the same issue on recent SBS 7.6 builds, I'd sure be grateful. You would need to download the flac track from the bug report to reproduce... Thanks in advance. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that reall

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 - r30469 prevents SqueezePlay/iPeng from browsing into albums

2010-04-08 Thread dsdreamer
al download service. I guess such errors will be widely replicated. I will see if fixing those particular issues makes the tracks list properly from SP clients. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the ch

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 - r30469 prevents SqueezePlay/iPeng from browsing into albums

2010-04-08 Thread dsdreamer
So it seems that having an Album Artist but no Artist causes SP/iPeng track listing requests to croak (using SBS 7.6). I should update the bug listing. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fit

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 - r30469 prevents SqueezePlay/iPeng from browsing into albums

2010-04-10 Thread dsdreamer
x-gnu-thread-multi Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.29 (sqlite 3.6.22) Total Players Recognized: 1 -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer&

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 - r30469 prevents SqueezePlay/iPeng from browsing into albums

2010-04-11 Thread dsdreamer
f there is no artist tag. wolfgang Wrote: > IMO it should be in the "No artist" group. > > Just my 2 cents The latter opinion finally prevailed. A highly analogous situation, don't you agree? I for one will complain to Passionato. I'd really like for someone to loo

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Cannot install latest 7.6-debian nightly

2010-04-18 Thread dsdreamer
ocess in pidfile '/var/run/squeezeboxserver.pid' found running; none killed. Starting Squeezebox Server. Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Sorry I can't be me of more help. If it had failed, I would have had a chance to investig

[SlimDevices: Beta] It's been a slow week for SVN checkins

2010-05-12 Thread dsdreamer
eases of SBS is as strong as it once was? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member

[SlimDevices: Beta] Use of uninitialized value $map in hash element

2010-05-22 Thread dsdreamer
aining, so it may be specific to my environment. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=125

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Use of uninitialized value $map in hash element

2010-05-23 Thread dsdreamer
4582] bad tag value in colMap lookup at /opt/ssods4/var/home/SqueezeboxServer/Slim/Control/Queries.pm line 5483 It seems like _songDataFromHash() is being called from _songData() with tag codes that don't exist in colMap. I am seeing tag code str

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Use of uninitialized value $map in hash element

2010-05-25 Thread dsdreamer
$map && $map ne '') { could be used to protect the lookup. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://foru

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Weird firmware upgrade in 7.6 ?

2010-05-27 Thread dsdreamer
given outcome, which would make it stationary (but certainly not deterministic). -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Stability of 7.6?

2010-05-29 Thread dsdreamer
It may have limitations for very large libraries, but I have no issues with it for my modest 8000 tracks of classical Flac. I only use the SQLite (default) database. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fit

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Does SqueezePlay desktop software work remotely?

2010-06-20 Thread dsdreamer
functionality would probably not get caught by Logitech. I suspect that if you can't make it work by forwarding all the usual ports, you have uncovered a bug. It is hard to know for sure, though, because lots of ports probably get blocked in a typical public hotspot. VPN may be

[SlimDevices: Beta] Can the GD-Scaling.patch be backported ?

2010-06-22 Thread dsdreamer
If I compile Perl library support for GD using the patches gd-jpeg-scaling.patch and GD-Scaling.patch from the 7.6 branch, will the calling API remain the same? I would like to take advantage the optimizations while using 7.5.1. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Can the GD-Scaling.patch be backported ?

2010-06-23 Thread dsdreamer
DBI backend, that would seem like a nice combination to me :-) -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Stability of 7.6?

2010-06-24 Thread dsdreamer
at the end of the discovery that has a complexity of N^2, where N is the number of rows. Perhaps the exponent is even higher. But if you were to try again with a small sub set of your library I think you'd find it works. -- dsdreamer -- &quo

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 31354 not starting on LinkStation

2010-09-19 Thread dsdreamer
7 1792177 7-9 12-14 17 t/png.t 22 563245 22 19-36 40-42 45 3 tests and 95 subtests skipped. I built all 3 graphic libs okay, so I'm not sure what could be causing this. Any ideas? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreame

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 31354 not starting on LinkStation

2010-09-22 Thread dsdreamer
andyg;577803 Wrote: > On Sep 20, 2010, at 1:43 AM, dsdreamer wrote: > [color=blue] > > > A lot of tests perform file comparison and expect an exact output from > the library. Usually this is fine but may still have issues on some > platforms. You can probably ignore the

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 31354 not starting on LinkStation

2010-09-23 Thread dsdreamer
avr300;578544 Wrote: > dsdreamer, do you have the 31534 running on the LinkStation ?? I am running the latest nightlies of 7.6 on the LinkStation XHL 1TB. The problem to be overcome is that the latest Logitech ARM builds are liked against GLIBC2.7. SSODS only supports GLIBC2.6. Thus, the e

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 31354 not starting on LinkStation

2010-09-24 Thread dsdreamer
p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipkg If you want to install pre-compiled packages on your Linkstation, good information is available here: http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Ipkg_on_the_Linkstation_%28for_end-users%29 Check out the feeds under the ARM heading -- dsdreamer -- &

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 31354 not starting on LinkStation

2010-09-25 Thread dsdreamer
Don't expect this to be supported by anyone, but you are welcome to try your luck with my patched version of SSODS, which you can grab from here: wget http://charlesrazzell.home.comcast.net/ssods-4.9.1-arm-patched-for-7.6.tar.gz -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in

[SlimDevices: Beta] network thread timeout and buffer underruns on SB Touch 7.6.0 r9135

2010-09-27 Thread dsdreamer
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Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] network thread timeout and buffer underruns on SB Touch 7.6.0 r9135

2010-09-28 Thread dsdreamer
here. Sorry for the noise. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View th

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.0 r9190 Touch firmware initial setup bugs

2010-10-22 Thread dsdreamer
27;s as though none of this was ever tested or else > someone decided to completely rewrite it and it's back to being in the > early beta stages of development. As of now, the *only* way I can get my Touch back on the network is to enter a static IP address. This is with 9090 on the 7.6 t

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Any WHS Vail support planned ?

2010-11-03 Thread dsdreamer
so it won't be done. I would like to think that Fab4's flying off the shelves at full price would eventually make someone see the business in a more positive light, but who knows? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Problem for me using 7.5.2 build.

2010-12-12 Thread dsdreamer
nus, or add a radio station to the end of the current playlist, or...? Ikabob;594199 Wrote: > Anyone else experiencing the crash like the post above? Not yet, but I am still trying to understand how you are making the crash happen. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-08 Thread dsdreamer
and ArtworkCache.db-wal in my Cache directory. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-09 Thread dsdreamer
e it. Every day that goes by while the latest official SBS remains at 7.6 further damages the confidence of the user community, and the reputation of this line of products. Basically, this is a risky change to be making on a keenly awaited maintenance release (IMO). -- dsdreamer ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-11 Thread dsdreamer
. All files were found, and as I say it seemed robust. Is there something particular going wrong under Windows? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer&

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-11 Thread dsdreamer
myself. > > -- > > Michael I consider this machine pretty decently spec'd for SBS usage (scans 8000 Flac tracks in 3 minutes). Is is a Vortexbox distro on bare metal, with a dual core D510 at 1.66GHz. -- dsdreamer --

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-11 Thread dsdreamer
tic algorithm. Just a thought. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-11 Thread dsdreamer
een pointed out before in this thread, but I wonder if it is significant? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-12 Thread dsdreamer
ed on it for a while? I'd expect this to need urgent attention if the intention is to release a -WAL enabled 7.6.1 -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..."

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] SQLite WAL in 7.6.1 - please test

2011-08-12 Thread dsdreamer
As has already been confirmed, the 33068 build is working well under Windows 7, even if the Cache is cleared before a new scan. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fit

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.1 RC in the morning

2011-08-14 Thread dsdreamer
MeSue;649942 Wrote: > Hip, hip, hooray! Thanks, Andy and Michael! +1 Very happy to see this. I actually think this is going to be a good release. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.1 Release Candidates

2011-08-21 Thread dsdreamer
ould get some searches to return a list of stations. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.1 Release Candidates

2011-08-21 Thread dsdreamer
sebp;651692 Wrote: > 'Cured' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16343) (I guess, > works for me, at least.) Sebp, I used your proposed patch for the non-restart issue and tried on my Buffalo Linkstation. It works for me too. -- dsdreamer -- &

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6.1 Release Candidates

2011-08-22 Thread dsdreamer
es.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17484 > > It's working for me. Temporary glitch? > > -- > > Michael It may depend on network loading patterns (the weekend is busier). But I can confirm that the released 7.6.1 is able to browse Shoutcast via the the web UI right now. -- dsdrea

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] Rhapsody/Local Troubles Again :

2008-12-18 Thread dsdreamer
tracks to play in a row without stopping. I know I'm probably jumping the gun, but this shows me the latest firmware (SB3 with 121) can work well if the server end holds up. --dsdreamer -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.7.1 - Mac Preference pane in German

2011-11-12 Thread dsdreamer
an only guess that Michael's taken the Swiss penchant for cross-cultural harmonization to a new level with a direct action campaign. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] New installer and 64-bit PrefPane for OSX

2012-11-03 Thread dsdreamer
1) Of course it is not signed yet, so you have to do a right-click install to circumvent Gatekeeper 2) Picture of Logitech UE Smart Radio still there (cosmetic issue, only) 3) On the Status tab of the control pane, Media Library Statistics remain blank even after a rescan using the WebUI. But if I

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] New installer and 64-bit PrefPane for OSX

2012-11-08 Thread dsdreamer
mherger wrote: > I merged my changes into 7.8. Starting today you should see nightly > builds available. Thanks, will give that one a try as well. dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] New installer and 64-bit PrefPane for OSX

2012-11-10 Thread dsdreamer
7.8.0 - 1352167774 was tested and installed smoothly on Mac OS X 10.8.2 dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97007