[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.0.2/Linux and Live365

2005-06-05 Thread chrisp810
OK, I dug more into this and found it's not a SlimServer problem at all. It's just that SoftSqueeze won't seem to play the stream that comes out of a Live365 broadcast through the SlimServer. If I plug Windows Media Player (ugh) into port 9000/stream.mp3, then I get the sound. By the way, all th

[slim] Re: Windows: Starting services from cmd line?

2005-06-05 Thread JJZolx
BKDotCom Wrote: > I'm only having 1 problem with my install (not "so many") > I don't have time to doodle with nightlies that "might" address a > problem. I've looked for changelogs for 6.0.3 or 6.1, but haven't > found any. I'd classify crashing once every 24 hours as a major problem. It may

[slim] Re: Windows: Starting services from cmd line?

2005-06-05 Thread BKDotCom
JJZolx Wrote: > If you're having *so many* problems running with MySQL then why aren't > you: > a) running SQLite > or > b) running latest nightlies that *might* address bugs with MySQL?I'm only > having 1 problem with my install (not "so many") I don't have time to doodle with nightlies that "m

[slim] Re: problem with [##] as 'article'

2005-06-05 Thread JJZolx
Roger the Shrubber Wrote: > Album tags indeed. > > The explanation in the interface is then wrong: "A list of articles > ("the", "les", "los", etc.) to ignore at the beginning of artist or > album names when sorting." So I guess either the text or the behaviour > should be fixed. > > I definate

[slim] Re: problem with [##] as 'article'

2005-06-05 Thread Roger the Shrubber
Album tags indeed. The explanation in the interface is then wrong: "A list of articles ("the", "les", "los", etc.) to ignore at the beginning of artist or album names when sorting." So I guess either the text or the behaviour should be fixed. I definately don't want them to be seen as being on t

Re: [slim] Problem with SLIMP3 not squezebox

2005-06-05 Thread Daniel Cohen
On 5/6/05 at 12:46 pm -0700, Dr Spanner wrote The squeezebox just needs to be unplugged and replugged in and then works fine. You can do better than this. Just press and hold the power key, and it will invite you to start the setup procedure. Ignore the invitation, and it will go through the

[slim] Re: problem with [##] as 'article'

2005-06-05 Thread JJZolx
Roger the Shrubber Wrote: > To keep CD's in a collectors box showing up chronologically I have put > [01], [02], ... in front of the albums names (and in the file > structure). You're talking about the album name in the tags, right? The ignore articles isn't applied to album names, just artist

[slim] problem with [##] as 'article'

2005-06-05 Thread Roger the Shrubber
To keep CD's in a collectors box showing up chronologically I have put [01], [02], ... in front of the albums names (and in the file structure). I figured if I added these strings to the 'Articles to ignore when sorting artist names', they would then be ignored in the purely alphabetical listing o

RE: [slim] Does Slimserver download cover?

2005-06-05 Thread Richard Scales
Well, the only cover art that I have is for my own CD's that I have converted. I used MusicMatch Jukebox software which also did the tagging so I would guess that this is where the cover art was added to the ripped music files. I have looked around today and found a couple of tools for adding cove

Re: [slim] Does Slimserver download cover?

2005-06-05 Thread Michael Herger
Thanks for the info, although this is strange. Because the extra covers are not for downloaded mp3s, but for the albums i converted from my own CDs. And i do definately not know how to embed cover art in the tag... Many ripping programs will do this automatically for you. -- Michael   -

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.0.2/Linux and Live365

2005-06-05 Thread chrisp810
gorstk Wrote: > Not sure if this is the problem. But it seems to want to convert the mp3 > > to flac in the log you put out. If it is trying to do this you need > lame > installed - is it? > > HTH Thanks for the feedback. Lame is indeed installed and it seems to find it, at least I think bec

Re: [slim] Does Slimserver download cover?

2005-06-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jacob Potter schrieb: On 6/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i just discovered that there are more covers displayed in my slimserver than i did download. Is slimserver downloading the cover from somwhere? No, although some MP3s have the cover art embedded in the ID3 t

[slim] Problem with SLIMP3 not squezebox

2005-06-05 Thread Dr Spanner
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have looked around for a solution to this problem without luck. I have a SLIMP3 connected to a wireless bridge in my living room and a squeezebox in the kitchen. When I switch off my PC or reset my wireless network the following happens: The squeezebox just nee

[slim] Re: Windows: Starting services from cmd line?

2005-06-05 Thread JJZolx
BKDotCom Wrote: > I'm using MySQL. If idle, slimserver looses it's connection to MySQL, > but doesn't reconnect and crashes... known bug. I'm curious if this > has been addressed in 6.0.3 or 6.1 If you're having so many problems running with MySQL then why aren't you: a) running SQLite or

[slim] Re: Windows: Starting services from cmd line?

2005-06-05 Thread BKDotCom
Maditude Wrote: > But, really, you should figure out what's causing the crash, and rectify > that before trying to automate a restart. Any error messages?I'm using > MySQL. If idle, slimserver looses it's connection to MySQL, but doesn't reconnect and crashes... known bug. I'm curious if thi

[Slim] Need help with Linux

2005-06-05 Thread Peter Evans
Folks, After four weekends trying different distros, I managed to find one that recognized my SATA drives. After that, I had to fight with the network card, now I'm online with a new card, & SUSE 9.3. I've used YaST to install the RPM, and I've looked for the SuSE startup script. Now I have se

[slim] DTS+Dolby Digital multichannel playback only with SB2?

2005-06-05 Thread gorman
The question is the title. The title is the question. Any idea? I own a SB1 and tried ripping a Dolby Digital 5.1 file to FLAC. Playing it back through SB1, with fixed digital volume, did not work on my DD enabled receiver (as in: no sound at all while the tags got read correctly). Is it possibl

Re: [slim] Does Slimserver download cover?

2005-06-05 Thread Jacob Potter
On 6/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i just discovered that there are more covers displayed in my slimserver > than i did download. Is slimserver downloading the cover from somwhere? No, although some MP3s have the cover art embedded in the ID3 tag of the song file itself. Tha

[slim] Re: Play for Sure songs

2005-06-05 Thread NHGuy
I'm done speaking mine. There are enough posts on this and other threads in the forum that indicate I'm not the only "whiner" about the lack of functionality, perhaps just a bit more thorny. -- NHGuy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.

[slim] Re: Automate the "Wipe Cache" feature in SlimServer?

2005-06-05 Thread track2
Thanks for your help everyone. I found a version of wget for Windows and created a scheduled task to run the command every morning at 5AM. It seems to be working well, so I'm a happy camper. -- track2 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevic

[slim] Does Slimserver download cover?

2005-06-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi. i just discovered that there are more covers displayed in my slimserver than i did download. Is slimserver downloading the cover from somwhere? i am running slimserver 6.02 on freebsd 5.3. thanks for the info. Joachim ___ Discuss mailing list D

[slim] Re: Visualiser bug in SlimServer trunk

2005-06-05 Thread max . spicer
I'm now at R3342 and the problem appears to have gone away. I haven't been able to make the visualiser appear at the same time as text. This happened every single time before, so I think you can probably be fairl confident that the problem's fixed. Thanks for the quick response! Max -- max

[slim] SB2 not powering off when server not present

2005-06-05 Thread max . spicer
I noticed the other night that the display on my SB2 was not actually powered down, but was merely not displaying anything. With no lights on in the room, I could see the display glowing slightly, and when I looked closely, I could see small lines of light down the left and right edges of the di

[slim] Re: Case Specifics

2005-06-05 Thread Dan Sully
* Richard Scales shaped the electrons to say... Thank you for that - I was aware of the discussions but not sure of the root cause. I shall carry on then - wiping cache along the way. This has been "fixed" in the 6.1 nightlies - case is ignored for artist bucketing. -D -- Minds are like par

Re: [slim] SlimServer 6.0.2/Linux and Live365

2005-06-05 Thread John Gorst
chrisp810 wrote: I stumbled onto the SB2/SlimServer a few weeks ago and have been trying to stand up a SoftSqueeze and SlimServer implementation before I order the SB2 itself. Let me say up front, I love the SB2/SoftSqueeze UI and the open source server is fantastic (I'm a Perl guy from way back

[slim] SlimServer 6.0.2/Linux and Live365

2005-06-05 Thread chrisp810
I stumbled onto the SB2/SlimServer a few weeks ago and have been trying to stand up a SoftSqueeze and SlimServer implementation before I order the SB2 itself. Let me say up front, I love the SB2/SoftSqueeze UI and the open source server is fantastic (I'm a Perl guy from way back). I have pretty

Re: [slim] Re: Play for Sure songs

2005-06-05 Thread kdf
NHGuy wrote: > Getting a little testy, aren't we? at least I have testies. at least I'm here to actually help people with their questions. what is your excuse at this point? -kdf ps...before you try to tell me I am not allowed to speak my mind, I am not employed by Slim Devices. __

RE: [slim] Case Specifics

2005-06-05 Thread Richard Scales
Thank you for that - I was aware of the discussions but not sure of the root cause. I shall carry on then - wiping cache along the way. Thanks again Richard -Original Message- From: Richie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 June 2005 13:12 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim

Re: [slim] Case Specifics

2005-06-05 Thread Richie
> Is there a switch that can 'cure' this 'symptom' or should I just sort my > data out?!? (only 200GB to go!) There has been a lot of debate on this subject. Currently there is no switch in SlimServer to cure this. Best bet is to fix your tags. Just remember to wipe cache before rescanning or Sli

[slim] Case Specifics

2005-06-05 Thread Richard Scales
Hello everyone,   Please forgive me if this is obvious but I have had a quick scan of the archives and failed to find a definitive answer.   Has something happened between 5.4 and 6.0x with regard to the handling of differently cased artists (in this example).   I notice that I now ha

[slim] Re: Albumns not in alphabetic order after wipe cache (6.01)

2005-06-05 Thread Patrick Dixon
Yes - try searching the archives. (I think you'll need to delete the cache file & it might be a good idea to upgrade to 6.02) -- Patrick Dixon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Albumns not in alphabetic order after wipe cache (6.01)

2005-06-05 Thread arnonm
Just ran a Wipe Cache and rescan on SS 6.01 and albums appear in non-alphabetical order. Top line letters are below: A C A L A B A F A L D י N E D P B R D B R L C B T C L B ד B A C B ח L U E C S D C B C S G F N C ג C N S C A I P H G K D T ט D S G D T D E D G B D G D Z P E L M A C G H G E N E C F V