Quoting Ralph Edington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Flame away all you want. I don't care. I won't be reading the e-mail threads
> any more, since I no longer consider myself a Squeezebox or Slim Devices
> fan.
farewell. wish you well in finding what you are looking for.
> Oh, and by the way, I have
I turned off WEP and the SB is still rebooting at random.
I don't know where to turn from here. I've tried every channel, turned off
WEP, reverted to a B-only network, I have strong signal strength, no
cordless phones, no microwaves, I've turned off dynamic IP addressing -- I
don't know what els
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:12:17 -0800, Dan Sully wrote:
>>Thanks for the quick reply. I've got a few questions to make sure I
>>understand completely. Do you guys include the binary modules for Perl
>>5.6.x on the LinkStation? A lot of LinkStation users have upgraded to
>>Perl 5.8.x to get the Sli
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Mark - we don't have any binary modules for perl 5.8.5 on the
LinkStation, as that's not what it ships with by default.
Thanks for the quick reply. I've got a few questions to make sure I
understand completely. Do you guys include the binary modules for
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:39:14 -0800, Dan Sully wrote:
> Mark - we don't have any binary modules for perl 5.8.5 on the
> LinkStation, as that's not what it ships with by default.
Hi Dan,
Thanks for the quick reply. I've got a few questions to make sure I
understand completely. Do you guys includ
The native WMA to
wav streaming does not seem to work at all for me. On both my Squeezebox and on
SoftSqueeze (on the same machine as the SlimServer), SlimServer gives me the
following error:
Opening stream
failed with error code 0x80070003
When I try to play an
album of wma files,
* Chris May shaped the electrons to say...
Can anyone give me any tips on dealing with 30k or so worth of songs?
I'm hoping the 6.0 release will ease up the time it takes to search and
generate large playlists. Is there any danger of filling the disc that
contains the music library, yes we're using
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I just tried the 6.0a1 build on my LinkStation and got the following error at
the command line:
Can't locate auto/Compress/Zlib/autosplit.ix in @INC (@INC contains:
/mnt/slimserver6 /mnt/slimserver6/CPAN
/mnt/slimserver6/CPAN/arch/5.8.5/ppc-linux
/mnt/sl
I have put over 8k sounds under iTunes and saw sluggishness as the XML database that it had to keep up was getting quite large. I imagine your 30k of songs will push it to the limit, but I don't know for sure.
Advice: Get a fast hard drive and lots of RAM for use as the O/S tries to cache the
Hi,
I just tried the 6.0a1 build on my LinkStation and got the following error
at the command line:
Can't locate auto/Compress/Zlib/autosplit.ix in @INC (@INC contains:
/mnt/slimserver6 /mnt/slimserver6/CPAN
/mnt/slimserver6/CPAN/arch/5.8.5/ppc-linux
/mnt/slimserver6/CPAN/arch/5.8.5/ppc-linux/aut
I had a similar experience with the RPM for 6a, but in my case it just wouldn't install at all. I am running SuSE 9.2 with 512MB.
I will try the tar ball this weekend and see if I get any better results. I also have upgraded to 1GB of RAM.
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:20:40 -0800, Phillip Kerman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I thought cracking WEP was relatively easy too.
It's not cake to crack - it takes collecting data for as long as a
month or so in order to have enough to do it. Sure, it can be done,
but it's a whole lot easier to
OK, so channels 5 and 11 have proved worthless for preventing the reboot
problem.
I'm starting to get ticked off a little. I mean, the big question is, why
does the squeezebox have to friggin' REBOOT, for Bob's sake!??!!?!? Can't
it handle wireless interference with some graceful dropouts or som
>
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:26:03 -0700, John Hernandez
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As a datapoint, you may try turning off WEP. I'm not
> suggesting this as
> > a good long-term solution, but you might consider something like MAC
> > filtering if WEP is indeed the problem with your particu
Joe Hickey wrote:
>>I think I've installed Alien BBC correctly on my
Mac, following the
>>instructions to the letter except...
>>Couldn't find any references to Lame with fink
commander (the >>other two installs needed showed up)
the nearest I could see was >>something called lam,
but the descr
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:16:21 +, Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And also is there anyone interested in testing it when I`ve got something to
> show?
I'd be more than willing to test such an applet.
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:26:03 -0700, John Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a datapoint, you may try turning off WEP. I'm not suggesting this as
> a good long-term solution, but you might consider something like MAC
> filtering if WEP is indeed the problem with your particular setup.
I don
I have no idea about iTunes etc. but I do have a recomondation - if at
all possible, rip to flac - even if it means burning to DVD for space
reasons (it probably will)
You can fit quite a few albums in flac on a DVD-R, if you go with the
newer dual layer stuff you can fit even more albums in flac
Chris May wrote:
Can anyone give me any tips on dealing with 30k or so worth of songs?
I have a client who has a HUGE CD collection and wants to take the cream
of the crop and put them on a 250gig or 300gig HD for his listening
pleasure.
Hmmm. Two things spring to mind:
1. File format
You'll presu
Can anyone give me any tips on dealing with 30k or so worth of songs?
I have a client who has a HUGE CD collection and wants to take the cream
of the crop and put them on a 250gig or 300gig HD for his listening
pleasure.
I'm hoping the 6.0 release will ease up the time it takes to search and
gen
Quoting Ralph Edington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks for the suggestions:
>
> -- I will try MAC filtering instead of WEP if the problem persists. I only
> have two wireless devices right now, so it's no big deal.
>
> -- That's good to know about the double-reboot. Makes me feel a little
> better
My server is hard-wired to the WRT54G, WinXP Pro/SP2/no firewall, slimserver
5.4.1. From the router it goes wireless to the SB.
No crashes since I switched to channel 11. Keeping my fingers crossed.
RE
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Are u sending the signal to a lan connected computer to the router and then
to the SB or from a wi-fi connected computer to the router and then to the
SB?
I do have the same problem with same router... I send the signal from my
laptop centrino (wi-fi)
C.
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De : [EMAIL
* Matt Nadler shaped the electrons to say...
Whew. This server is not ready for my computer.
Windows XP cannot handle it. I've noted the following
problems:
Matt - sorry to head about the problems. Could you send me your
slimserversql.db file?
And possibly the server log, if you have it still?
Whew. This server is not ready for my computer.
Windows XP cannot handle it. I've noted the following
problems:
-- Tags are getting mixed up: Songs from one album
get the correct artist (e.g. Hotwax from Beck) but the
wrong album ("Art Deco Music Collection" instead of
the correct "Odelay").
-
Thanks for the suggestions:
-- I will try MAC filtering instead of WEP if the problem persists. I only
have two wireless devices right now, so it's no big deal.
-- That's good to know about the double-reboot. Makes me feel a little
better.
-- As far as interoperability, I don't care who's cert
Quoting Bruce Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hmm.
> I looked at it but don't really know where to start. How do you define a
> file type in the Slimserver for midi and point it toward a specific player
> module?
types.conf determines what the file types are by extension.
this will get it indexed.
Quoting Johnny Stork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I just uninstalled ther 5.4 rpm for Suse and tried to install the 6
> alpha, but it is made for Redhat as various file locations are not
> found. Is there an install or init script to make this version work with
> Suse EL 9?
I haven't had a chance to do
I have the EX71s and they are decent. My Shure E2Cs are much better though.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Ralph Edington
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:58 PM
> To: Slim Devices Discussion
> Subject: RE: Etymotic Earphon
I haven't listened to Etymotic, but my vote goes to my shure e5c's
which my 4th gen iPod is in love with.
In my humble opinion, the sound out from the headphone socket of my
squeeze box sounds better than the ipod though. I think the ipod sound
(which is good) doesn't do them justice - These headp
As a datapoint, you may try turning off WEP. I'm not suggesting this as
a good long-term solution, but you might consider something like MAC
filtering if WEP is indeed the problem with your particular setup.
Ben Gladstone wrote:
ralph, just a thought, and i'm vague on the details, but i've seen
ralph, just a thought, and i'm vague on the details, but i've seen
situations where two "802.11" products will not talk reliably to each
other
hence the non-profit www.wi-fi.org, which created the "Wi-fi"
certification mark for the subset of 802.11 products that have been
tested as interoperable.
On 24/2/05 at 11:37 am -0800, Ralph Edington wrote
I saw the problem where there
were multiple back-to-back reboots, the reconnect countdown getting to 10
before stopping and rebooting again.
I don't know anything about spontaneous reboots - has never happened
with me, except when my computer has
Hmm.
I looked at it but don't really know where to start. How do you define a
file type in the Slimserver for midi and point it toward a specific player
module?
Bruce
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From: "Joshua Uziel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Slim Devices Discussion"
Sent: Thursday, February 24
I'll second the MDR-EX71's. They're way better sounding and way, way more
comfortable than all other "cheap" earbuds I tried. Very happy with them.
Don't forget to check out the EX51's as well. Only difference is cord
length, make sure you get the right one. 71's are good if you jog with the
pl
I have the original 40gb third generation iPod. The supplied earphones were
quite bassless. With the new models Apple supply an upgraded pair of buds
with bass, but unfortunately they do not appear to fit correctly in many
(most?) people's ears.
I looked around and bought some highly recommended S
Thanks. Still rebooting at random.
My DHCP lease time is the standard Linksys 1 day. Shouldn't be a factor,
one would think.
It just happened again -- rebooted. Even though IP is fixed and network is
hardwired to B only.
-d_protocol log shows:
2005-02-24 13:30:00.8762 Got discovery request,
* Dan Sully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050224 12:30]:
> * Bruce Tucker shaped the electrons to say...
>
> >Is there any way to play midi files with Slim?
>
> No. MIDI files don't contain any PCM data, so they can't be played per se.
> They need to be rendered against a set of instruments which are defi
Even if you don't have any offending devices in your own home, a neighbor
100 feet away could easily be causing some of these problems.
One of the things you should do is try a different frequency on the access
point and see if it has an impact on the problem.
Also static addressing should help i
>>6 alpha installs and works, but uses much more memory than 5.4, and
>>uses 100% CPU when playing (after waiting for the scan to complete).
>>5.4 uses between 0 and 2% CPU when playing the same file (an MP3 @320
>>kbps). My library has 5800 tracks.
>Michael - what type of file are you playing
* Bruce Tucker shaped the electrons to say...
Is there any way to play midi files with Slim?
No. MIDI files don't contain any PCM data, so they can't be played per se.
They need to be rendered against a set of instruments which are defined in
the midi file itself, and are different for each MIDI fi
Is there any way to play midi files with Slim?
Bruce
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I am wanting to test out the new alpha on a netbsd machine. Which
unbundled
modules are needed to run the server? I installed a few obvious ones
(Class::DBI, DBI, DBD::Sqlite) by looking at DataModel.pm and the CPAN
auto
directori
wups I meant wrt54g not wrt45g of course
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ralph
> Edington
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:38 AM
> To: Slim Devices Discussion
> Subject: RE: [slim] My NOT good wireless experience
>
>
>
> I would li
I would like to report my very recent bad wireless experience and ask a
question...
I just switched over from wired mode to wireless. I bought a Linksys WRT45G
(v2.2, firmware 3.03.6) and used all the defaults. Using WEP 128-bit. DHCP
addressing. Signal strength on the sbox a good 90%. No wir
I just uninstalled ther 5.4 rpm for Suse and tried to install the 6 alpha, but
it is made for Redhat as various file locations are not found. Is there an
install or init script to make this version work with Suse EL 9?
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To: Sl
* Jason Holtzapple shaped the electrons to say...
I am wanting to test out the new alpha on a netbsd machine. Which unbundled
modules are needed to run the server? I installed a few obvious ones
(Class::DBI, DBI, DBD::Sqlite) by looking at DataModel.pm and the CPAN auto
directories. But I am still
the standard 100 items
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How many items are you displaying per page?
Thanks.
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I'm using iTunes so it isn't rescanning my music library.
I have tried with both the wireless and ethernet connections too.
Any chance the squeeze box could be buggered?
From: Steven Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Slim Devices Discussion
Subject: Re: [slim] Proble
I am wanting to test out the new alpha on a netbsd machine. Which unbundled
modules
are needed to run the server? I installed a few obvious ones (Class::DBI, DBI,
DBD::Sqlite) by looking at DataModel.pm and the CPAN auto directories. But I
am still getting this error:
[slim]$ perl slimserver.pl
Ha
Dan Sully wrote:
> The Add button will clear the playlist if you hold or just press it.
Is this correct - I thought the whole point of the Add button was that
it didn't clear the playlist it added to it.
Neil
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great news, looking fwds to the new features
a few bugs with duplicate info in the web interface
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849
it still
* Chip Hart shaped the electrons to say...
At home, I too noticed that after installing the new server it
crashed after the rescan. Restarting it seemed to work fine,
but I haven't rescanned. Rescanning on this box hasn't crashed it.
Chip - could you run the server with --
* Michael Bowyer shaped the electrons to say...
6 alpha installs and works, but uses much more memory than 5.4, and
uses 100% CPU when playing (after waiting for the scan to complete).
5.4 uses between 0 and 2% CPU when playing the same file (an MP3 @320
kbps). My library has 5800 tracks.
Micha
* Sebastian Wright shaped the electrons to say...
I have just installed 6.0a1 (machine running W2K).
Install was smooth - as usual. Slimserver restarted - and scanned my
music collection (CPU useage around 85%). Slimserver web interface
showed 'still scanning music collection - some songs may not a
I'm trying -- so far unsuccessfully -- to solve the following problem:
I want to execute an arbitrary script using the squeezebox remote.
However, I want whatever's playing at the moment to keep playing.
>From what I can see, this doesn't seem to be what the Execute.pm
plugin achieves.
I'll second what Ron says, and mention that a friend of mine found the
ER6 much too uncomfortable, but loves the ER4s (as do I). Also, most
Ety owners I know prefer the foam plugs for comfort, seal, and sound
quality; I'd imagine that they'd be using the tri-flange silicon tips
at an expo, since t
...sure enough, a rescan crashed slim on my second Fedora box.
I'm checking /tmp/slimserver.log and see only this:
File /mnt/backup/music/chipmusic/metal/Dimmu Borgir/For All Tid/01 - Det Nye
Riket.mpc does not appear to be a Musepack file! at
/usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/Audio/Mu
Jack Coates wrote:
Oh, and get a pair of these ('cos the iPod phones are pretty poor):
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.asp
ewww -- I've been looking for a set of good earbuds, so I tried these at
Mac World. Not for me... They go into your ear, much like the little
bugs in Wrath of Khan, and st
6.0a1 on OS X
My 2c:
6 alpha installs and works, but uses much more memory than 5.4, and
uses 100% CPU when playing (after waiting for the scan to complete).
5.4 uses between 0 and 2% CPU when playing the same file (an MP3 @320
kbps). My library has 5800 tracks.
Mike
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I've loaded v6.0a onto two Fedora 3 boxes this morning. I
wasn't able to look closely at my primary machine, but the one
I'm on at the moment provides the following info:
- Apparently painless install (expected).
- ~15m to scan 9K+ tracks
Hi,
Decided to brush up my C/Linux, and thought a fun project would be a Gnome panel applet to control my squeeze box, i.e.
a method of controlling basic functionality without looking for the remote or opening up a browser etc.
I`m just posting to get some ideas about what peeps might want it to
Michael Scott wrote:
I'm still working on scripts to rip my CD collection to my server.
I am seriously considering using flac as my tests show that it comes back to the
same as the original WAV file and is about 50% smaller.
It looks like I can pipe the output of cdparanoia directly into flac and e
If I install Slimserver 6.0 and it´s not working, can I go back to
Slimserver 5.4?
What happens with the firmware.
If so how do I do it?
Kind Regards
Tore
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Hi.
Looked with interest at the Slim server v6 release that's just made it
out of its cage, along with the announcement of a binary version for
SuSe.
Any chance of a binary release for Qube, maybe with built-in AAC support :-) ?
I'd happily give build time if that's an issue, although my techni
Florent DANIEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My main PC seems to be fine, although I hadn't tried to stream to it
>(copying of files over NFS goes at speed between 1 and 2 MBps, which
> should translate to something between 8 and 16 Mbps).
Update : Tested Softsqueeze on my main PC, it runs in t
I too would like to report a good experience with wireless SB. I have
2 wireless SB's (mind you they are on their own WAP) and have no
interference from microwave or 'phone. In fact both of my WAP's are
on the default channel 6. I do not stream lossless but I do stream
mps with no additional co
Hi
I have just installed 6.0a1 (machine running W2K).
Install was smooth - as usual. Slimserver restarted - and scanned my
music collection (CPU useage around 85%). Slimserver web interface
showed 'still scanning music collection - some songs may not appear'
message. Finished the scan. Slimserve
Just installed 6.0a1, seems to be taking a very long time ( > 30mins)
to rescan music, worked okay in 5.4.0.
from log
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x96, with no
preceding start byte) in transliteration (tr///) at
/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Content
no change with EN. i'm browsing from a second (local) machine, so the
server load is not connected with any rendering issues. on the server,
the task manager shows 100% cpu usage for 5 secs, consistently. disk is
freshly defragged
go on blame windows ;)
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Hi all,
I think I've installed Alien BBC correctly on my Mac, following the
instructions to the letter except...
Couldn't find any references to Lame with fink commander (the other two
installs needed showed up) the nearest I could see was something called
lam, but the description of it wasn't
Quoting Ben Gladstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> yes, i get the same behaviour using the slimserver browser, IE and
> firefox. changing the skin to fishbone doesn't affect the time taken to
> show albums
actually, fishbone skin probably isn't an example of quick rendering :)
what about http://server
yes, i get the same behaviour using the slimserver browser, IE and
firefox. changing the skin to fishbone doesn't affect the time taken to
show albums
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interesting. I do have XP machines, but non are any
Quoting Ben Gladstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> yes, after it's finished scanning. the timing repeats consistently and
> the machine was freshly reloaded with XP MCE a few weeks ago (the media
> centre is not running)
interesting. I do have XP machines, but non are anywhere near 2.4G. I only
have
Michael Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm still working on scripts to rip my CD collection to my server.
> I am seriously considering using flac as my tests show that it comes
> back to the same as the original WAV file and is about 50% smaller.
>
> It looks like I can pipe the output of cd
yes, after it's finished scanning. the timing repeats consistently and
the machine was freshly reloaded with XP MCE a few weeks ago (the media
centre is not running)
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> it still seems to use a lot of resources - opening teh Browse Albums
> page from the home page takes 6
Quoting Ben Gladstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> great news, looking fwds to the new features
>
> a few bugs with duplicate info in the web interface
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849
>
great news, looking fwds to the new features
a few bugs with duplicate info in the web interface
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849
it still seems to use a lot of resources - opening teh
So it sounds like most of the failures are either limitations of
Amazon's database, errors in my tagging, or just my plain obscure
taste in some cases. Apart from the short name problem, it sounds
like your script worked as advertised - most excellent.
Thanks for checking this for me, I'll have t
Is the server rescanning the music library when you get this error?
If you wait a while it may connect.
Steven Moore
On 23 Feb 2005, at 9:32 pm, B C wrote:
I am running Slimserver V 5.4.0 on OSX 10.3.8 when i try to connect
my squeezebox to the server it goes through al the set up, says 'Set
up
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