WARNING: Off topic.
Congratulations to all the new parents out there! Double that if it's
your first! I have a 2 month old myself. Our third child.
I can surely identify with wanting more SB2's. The recent reduction in
price and the discount on international shipping is very tempting
indeed.
On 3-Aug-05, at 10:39 PM, Stewart Loving-Gibbard wrote:
Weird.
When I run Firefox 1.0.6, I get the 404 error about browse.html.
Neither of these suggestions about flushing the cache fixes the
problem. (I just
flush Cache and History. I do not flush Saved Form Information, Saved
Passwords,
Hate to be a pain, but is my logic so mucked up that this doesn't even
merit a response?
(Even though that probably sounds like it, I'm not trying to be pushy
or annoying, but if I missed something obvious, I'd appreciate someone
pointing it out).
I appreciate your comments.
Thanks,
ashton
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Weird.
When I run Firefox 1.0.6, I get the 404 error about browse.html. Neither
of these suggestions about flushing the cache fixes the problem. (I just
flush Cache and History. I do not flush Saved Form Information, Saved
Passwords, or Cookies.)
When I run IE 6.0.2900.2180, I don't have the
kdf Wrote:
> On 3-Aug-05, at 8:06 PM, datdude wrote:
> >>
> >
> > The docs are available on the dowload of slimserver or are they
> online
> > here somwhere?
> >
> they are included in the download. access is via the web interface.
>
> a copy of those docs hasn't yet made it into the wiki
> (w
Hi,
I'm looking to mount take one apart and mount the display outside
cabinetry since all my other equipment is hidden behind cabinets. I
use an Intellicontrol Remote system and want to tie it all together,
yet be able to read the display from across the room.
So, looking for same info and
On 3-Aug-05, at 8:06 PM, datdude wrote:
The docs are available on the dowload of slimserver or are they online
here somwhere?
they are included in the download. access is via the web interface.
a copy of those docs hasn't yet made it into the wiki
(wiki.slimdevices.com) but the Plugin AP
kdf Wrote:
> On 3-Aug-05, at 7:41 PM, datdude wrote:
> >
> > hmm not a bad idea. I own an unlimited of MMM. Would I simply use
> the
> > squeezebox as the default player and then hit play. Anthing that is
> in
> > the primary screen would play? Still not what I am looking for but
> > cool non
On 3-Aug-05, at 7:41 PM, datdude wrote:
hmm not a bad idea. I own an unlimited of MMM. Would I simply use the
squeezebox as the default player and then hit play. Anthing that is in
the primary screen would play? Still not what I am looking for but
cool none the less.
Musicmagic is mainly f
Hi, slimserver newbie here...I have a suse 9.2 linux system that's my
firewall and media server (please, no bottle tossing this way).
After I installed slimserver (6.1.1) I asked it very nicely to only use
my internal ethernet, but I'm still seeing UDP packets from myself on
port 5353 to 224.0.0.
kdf Wrote:
> On 3-Aug-05, at 6:50 PM, datdude wrote:
>
> >
> > radish Wrote:
> >> It does. The API is open, the source is even open. Anyone who feels
>
> >> like
> >> it can write a plugin for J River to control slimserver, or even
> some
> >> kind of virtual soundcard driver to bypass slimserv
On 3-Aug-05, at 6:50 PM, datdude wrote:
radish Wrote:
It does. The API is open, the source is even open. Anyone who feels
like
it can write a plugin for J River to control slimserver, or even some
kind of virtual soundcard driver to bypass slimserver altogether
(though that would be a much m
m1abrams Wrote:
> I am not sure why one would want to do this? Is J River that great?
> Why would you want a bulky laptop around to listen to music? I have
> used Winamp, and use to like it until it started falling behind it
> updating its software, and is currently abandoned. I use foobar fo
On 3-Aug-05, at 5:26 PM, Bill Moseley wrote:
Both in v6.1.1 and with svn I get
404 Not Found: browse.html - With Fishbone
browse.html no longer exists, do a shift reload or empty the browser
cache.
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radish Wrote:
> It does. The API is open, the source is even open. Anyone who feels like
> it can write a plugin for J River to control slimserver
I can't see too many folks being interested in going that route.
Running the 50+MB SlimServer only so that some other media player can
send it basic
I am not sure why one would want to do this? Is J River that great?
Why would you want a bulky laptop around to listen to music? I have
used Winamp, and use to like it until it started falling behind it
updating its software, and is currently abandoned. I use foobar for my
local computer liste
On 8/3/05, Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought that browsing down to the file level was supposed to clean up
> a changed tag in the database? I've tried that, and tried a rescan
> without wipe. Is a wipe necessary to get it to re-read the tag?
Jack,
It seems likely to me that this
radish Wrote:
> It does. The API is open, the source is even open. Anyone who feels like
> it can write a plugin for J River to control slimserver, or even some
> kind of virtual soundcard driver to bypass slimserver altogether
> (though that would be a much more significant undertaking).
Would
> If the squeezebox could allow desktop players such as winamp or J. River
> media center direct integration to it's hardware acting as a sound
> card(so too speak) to that software, then I would be in heaven and so
> would alot of other laptop users.
It does. The API is open, the source is even
jmpage2 Wrote:
> How is it that the Squeezebox is limited to a browser? Many folks drive
> it with the IR remote control (no computer at all needed). Another
> option that has been pointed out is that you can use a PDA/phone as an
> interface for driving it. I would say that the fact that a de
Jack Coates wrote:
I thought that browsing down to the file level was supposed to clean up
a changed tag in the database? I've tried that, and tried a rescan
without wipe. Is a wipe necessary to get it to re-read the tag?
yes, it is.
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I thought that browsing down to the file level was supposed to clean up
a changed tag in the database? I've tried that, and tried a rescan
without wipe. Is a wipe necessary to get it to re-read the tag?
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Well, the server started once. I killed it and now I can't restart:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/SlimServer_v6.1.1$ ./start.sh
Out of memory!
Failed to start server -- no pid file
(/home/moseley/SlimServer_v6.1.1/server.pid) found
I actually did the unthinkable and rebooted just to see if anything
was
Both in v6.1.1 and with svn I get
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On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:45:13PM -0400, Jacob Potter wrote:
> On 8/2/05, Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > This is on Debian Sid and I have not updated any packages for a few
> > weeks (thank to summer) so I can't think of anything that's changed
> > lately. But again, slimserver
OK here goes..
Setup.
2 SB2's wired and 1 SB1 wireless
Cisco AP-350
Dell 3024 Sw
Sun Enterprise 3000 - 6 250Mhz Ultra Sparc - 3 gig mem.
10 73 gig scsi Seagate barracuda 16meg cache, Soft Raid 5.
600gig MP3 store/250gigs Mp3 - 40,000 songs
perl 5.8.5
lame 3.96.1
Slimserver 7-31 nightly
Solaris 10
I don't know if I qualify as "large", but this is my current status:
Your music library contains 750 albums with 9298 songs by 3275 artists
That's mainly FLAC or Vorbis (a few mp3s) taking around 130GB total.
Slimserver (6.1.1) is running on XP Pro/SP2, on a 1.3GHz athlon with
512mb and Seagate
Well it will be pretty easy to test the sleep timer and autodisplay on
my system. I will test it after I get home from work tonight. The web
UI and powerOffBrightness control programming is almost done and should
hopefully be finished by this weekend...
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To all: Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, none of them worked.
Finally I just did a clean install and it worked the way it did before
once! The second time it lit up after the sleep timer ended.
Arrrg! Maybe I'm losing my mind, but I'm quite sure that for
several days last week, the
Good to hear.
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On 3 Aug 2005, at 17:20, seanadams wrote:
- We are not disappearing any time soon.
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maybe i've got a lot of crap sitting around from installing various
versions but i have a =[fishbone(2)] skin and various others such as
[moser(2)] which don't work properly.
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I could fix my problem by temporarily creating a DB entry for the
ad-hoc files. I do not know whether this is good practice, but I did it
by calling Slim::Music::Info::setTitle/setBitrate for my local file URIs
from my plugin. After replaying the messages, I delete the entry. Seems
to work.
>>>The larger the music library gets, the worse the performance. It's
>>>getting to a stage where it really isn't good enough to run - when for
>>>example two people run searches on the music library, all three players
>>>will stall.
Ah, a topic near to my heart.
I'm running a dual P3 800 mhz Li
>-- Financially? Well, they just lowered the price on their fairly-new
>Squeezebox2. There are plenty of possibilities for this, a few being:
>
Another possible reason is perhaps there's a new model on the way, which they
want to price similar to the original SB2 price.
Pure speculation, of co
MeSue Wrote:
> The worst is that the sleep timer no longer works like it did before I
> installed AutoDisplay. I used to set the sleep timer, manually turn the
> brightness off, and it would stay dark until I manually turned
> brightness up. Now as soon as the sleep timer ends the display comes
>
Dave Edwards wrote:
Daryle,
I couldn't agree more - the lack of JVC codes is causing big problems
when controlling my home entertainment system.
...
trick. I would really like to see this fixed quickly, as I didn't expect
a step backwards in this area when I bought my otherwise excellent SB2.
Daryle,
I couldn't agree more - the lack of JVC codes is causing big problems
when controlling my home entertainment system.
No discrete power commands means that I now have to press numerous
buttons on my Pronto to turn all my devices on / off. The default.map
workaround only works when the ser
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> Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the
> baby.
So true. Our toys may be more expensive but at least we don't
outgrow them in two months
Start your day with Yahoo!
Actually, I fully agree.
On 8/3/05, T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :)
>
> Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the baby.
>
> Tom
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Interesting that this has come up (I'm late to the party). I've often
thought that something like this would be handy, the ability to quickly
modify the now playing list after auditioning a track.
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Hi MeSue
> It shouldn't matter what that setting is because I have brightness
adjustment set to manually adjust instead of automatic.
That's not entirely true (as far as I know). The 'brightness when off'
setting is still used when a player is turned off.
You can try that yourself. Turn your pl
Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :)
Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the baby.
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Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :)
(Just had my second 10 wks. ago).
On 8/3/05, Todd Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I know how you feel. Ever since they reduced the wired SG2 to
> $199 and sent the $20 coupon in the mail I've had to do
> everything I can to restrai
datdude Wrote:
> Oh I understand. I think you don't realise my situation then. Yes the
> squeezebox is a hardware mediaplayer but it is tied to its
> limited(browser) software mediaplayer. I'll let me previous posts
> stand as why the squeezebox 'could' be usefull in a completely
> different wa
--- m1abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I will be purchasing as many as the wife will allow, however
> that right
> now is just one :(
I know how you feel. Ever since they reduced the wired SG2 to
$199 and sent the $20 coupon in the mail I've had to do
everything I can to restrain myself from
kdf wrote:
Quoting ron thigpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Downloads a local copy of the RSS enclosure (audio file)
well, not being a podcast listener, I'm not 100% certain. However, I believe
all are right except the above. The enclosures are certainly cached, but I'm
not sure what the extent of '
>>you can set the brightness adjustments to manual only. That should
disable any automatic changes, such as when the screensaver engages.<<
Yes, that's exactly what I have it on. And it worked before installing
this plugin but doesn't work now, even though I've deleted the plugin.
>>If the plugi
I have just encountered an interesting anomaly on my SBG. Firstly
I've created an SSH tunnel work to my Slimserver pc at home. If I
actually run Slimserver on work PC the display on my SBG is fine.
However if I stop the SlimServer and start the SSH tunnel the left most
column of pixels has some
Quoting ron thigpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Downloads a local copy of the RSS enclosure (audio file)
well, not being a podcast listener, I'm not 100% certain. However, I believe
all are right except the above. The enclosures are certainly cached, but I'm
not sure what the extent of 'local copy'
> I'm sure our friends in the UK can elaborate (or correct me), but in the
> UK all companies, public or private, must be registered at Companies
> House, and submit financial statements. Those statements are available
> to the public. I used to enjoy reading the financial statements for all
> the
kdf wrote:
> Slimserver also includes a podcast browser, which you can point to your
> favourite broadcasts.
I haven't messed around with this but am a bit unclear on how this
works. Please correct what's wrong in the following:
The SS/SB Podcast Plugin:
Allows management of Favorite Podcas
radish wrote:
Of course you could always go for a portable player which isn't as
restricted as the ipod and plays open formats like FLAC out of the box.
yep. and for my next h/w rev i'll be looking at exactly that.
of course other features (in-car integration, photo pod, etc.) might
prove to
This isn't due to untagged files. This (appears) to be due to a 'dummy'
file that's a result of the .cue file being created for a single CD
FLAC (that is correctly tagged, and shows up correctly in the list of
tracks / artists / albums).
Andy
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On 8/3/05, radish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of course you could always go for a portable player which isn't as
> restricted as the ipod and plays open formats like FLAC out of the box.
To be fair, almost none of the current players do play FLAC. The iPod
isn't exactly "restricted".
- Jacob
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Quoting MeSue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Please
How do I completely eliminate it? I am literally losing sleep
> over this.
check player settings->display
you can set the brightness adjustments to manual only. That should disable any
automatic changes, such as when the screensaver engages.
-kdf
Hi MeSue
Sorry to hear my plugin doesn't let you sleep.
Deleting the plugin should be enough to eliminate it. Are you sure you
deleted all copies of it? Also renaming it is not good enough. I once
had a plugin renamed and installing a new copy gave me very strange
results.
If the plugin isn't l
Of course you could always go for a portable player which isn't as
restricted as the ipod and plays open formats like FLAC out of the box.
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I would also like to add.
Slimdevices has been a pretty standup company for the consumer.
One revision to the hardware was an upgrade to the VFD display to give
it graphical abilities. They did NOT have to offer to current owners
an upgrade path to the better display, but DID and even gave us a
Quoting Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Could anyone tell me if the 'Use MusicMagic' setting on the Server
> Settings page is necessary to be able to generate MM mixes from the
> Squeezebox as I thought this was controlled through the Plugins
> section, the MM logo on my player has disappeared now this
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mgerbasio wrote:
After a lot of thought and delay between XM and an ipod I decided the
ipod would be better for me. I know nothing about itunes and don't plan
to buy music online, but I do want to use the podcasts. My entire music
collection is in flac.
I've done a lot of reading on this forum
RE: [slim] Skins - many don't seem to work.
Have you tried the pill or a contraceptive jelly.
Sorry couldn't resist.
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The one that works with the AlienBBC page?
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Quoting mgerbasio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> What type
> of integration is possible between the slimserver software, itunes and
> flac encoded files? It looks like I need to transcode to mp3, I'm in
> What about podcasts, how can I listen to those on my squeezebox? Is
Itunes does not understand f
Quoting Simon Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> when i try Fishbone2, for example, i dont seem to have graphics for
> any of the buttons in the player or to select tracks.
what, exactly, is fishbone2?
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Quoting Patrick Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Just trying the fawn version of the modified skin and it looks like the
> AlienBBC page doesn't get the same style.
>
> This is on 2005-08-02 nightly.
That's up to alienbbc, since the plugins provide the templates. the plugin needs
to call teh standa
This is true, all "Limited" companies have to submit basic accounting
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http://www.companieshouse.co.uk/
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Me again. Since finding the problem with the sleep timer, I have tried
removing this plugin, but no matter what I do, it still overrides my
manual brightness adjustments. I tried unchecking the box for the
plugin in the Server Settings page. Didn't work. Then I re-enabled the
plug-in, made sure it
bflatmajor Wrote:
> I'm just now starting to deal with this issue also. What I've done is to
> create a .wav file within EAC, then edit that file using eac to remove
> everything except the hidden track. So far, it works.
>
>
> B
To save the step of having to edit the .wav file, you could use
Actually the latest versions of slimserver has a PodCast plugin, I have
not used it much but it may work for you.
I personally like iPods, however hate iTunes. This may be an option
for you,if you are using windows..
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/
Since you are using FLAC, then you pr
Hi,
I've been using the squeezebox (I & II) without a problem, the server
(v6.1) running on Linux and I use the Linux machine to run the server
and store the music files. Absolutely one of the best toys I've ever
bought.
After a lot of thought and delay between XM and an ipod I decided the
ipod
I'm just now starting to deal with this issue also. What I've done is to
create a .wav file within EAC, then edit that file using eac to remove
everything except the hidden track. So far, it works.
B
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Companies House, and submit financial statements. Those statements are
available to the public. I used to enjoy reading the financial
statements for all the F1 te
I notice that the orignal poster has not been back to give any reason
for their request. Unless he/she can give a legitimate reason for
requesting this info, I think this thread should be ignored.
It seems to just be a way of creating FUD.
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Hi there,
I've scratched my head about this a few times, and was wondering if
anyone had any ideas.
I like to use my SB at parties - it's great to give control of the
music to your guests without they mixing cd's/cases up, and generally
abusing your valuable music. Setting long playlists and act
Just trying the fawn version of the modified skin and it looks like the
AlienBBC page doesn't get the same style.
This is on 2005-08-02 nightly.
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I've been trying lots of different stuff and I have made a bit of
progress. After the hard reset the Squeezebox is displaying what I
would expect and appears to be agreeing with the Slim Server. If I
browse by album or by artist then everything appears to be fine. If I
browse by genre then Röyk
datdude Wrote:
> Oh I understand. I think you don't realise my situation then. Yes the
> squeezebox is a hardware mediaplayer but it is tied to its
> limited(browser) software mediaplayer. I'll let me previous posts
> stand as why the squeezebox 'could' be usefull in a completely
> different wa
There's an active Squeezebox2 thread over at av123 if anyone wants to
chime in. Seems like the recent discussion is about how convenient (or
not) it is to browse or search music folders.
http://forum.av123.com/showthread.php?threadid=9445
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whizkid Wrote:
> Most companies, public or private, give some sense of their company and
> market strength. Perception is too often not reality in the tech biz.
"Most companies?" Please name some examples of small private companies
who have posted financials, or any REAL information about their
Since I upgraded to slimserver 6.1.1 I have problems with scanning on
both re-scan and clear library and re-scan. I have only 500 albums and
about 5300 tracks but it takes at least 45 - 60 mins to scan compared
with around 15-20 on earlier versions.
My squeezebox is hard-wired to the router and n
It's been my experience that switching skins isn't as reliable as it
could be. Try doing a shift-reload in your browser after changing the
setting, or loading the skin directly with
http://:9000/SkinName/.
They're all maintained when changes happen to the interface. I believe
the only ones with a
On CDs like this I have used MP3Cut to split the tracks into 2 separate
MP3s
OK, it's not the 'original CD experience' but neither is skipping the
silence...
James
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Hi,
Only got my SB2 this week, but very impressed so far.
One option I would like to see (if feasible) is the ability to skip
over more than 10 seconds (configurable) of silence in a track to
remove the huge amounts of silence used to 'hide' an extra song at the
end of the last track in many alb
My library also has a single track with no artist and no album track.
It's due to the inclusion of a windows media format file that is part of
my GF's music collection. So far as I know, there isn't a way to tag
this format.
I'd also suspect that there is no way to tag .wav files, either. If
the
The only skins i've used are Fishbone and the default. There's a big
list of skins in the latest slimserver release (i don't use betas or
nightlies) but it appears quite a few of them don't work properly -
when i try Fishbone2, for example, i dont seem to have graphics for
any of the buttons in th
Earlier, I said I don't mind either way. I've changed my mind. Now
that I've thought about it, I'd like the SB2 to pause when the power is
switched off. BUT, only if it starts playing again automatically when
the power is turned on again. To me, if I press the power off in
middle of whatever th
Have you checked the --d_itunes & --d_info output to see if this smart
playlist is being scanned or not?
>From what you describe it sounds like SlimServer is not scanning the
up-to-date iTunes Library - is any other new music appearing in
SlimServer that you've added to iTunes?
I believe that SS
I've recently noticed that I have a lot of tracks with 'No Artist' and 'No
Album'. If I look at one of these tracks, it's relating to a file called
'dummy.wav' in the directory where I have FLAC files stored (1 FLAC file per
album).
In these directories, I now have files called flacname.cue, and t
That's correct. Public companies are required by law to submit financial
statements. Naturally, they need to answer to their stockholders. And
this information is available to the public. Private companies only
have to answer to the government (taxes). How much of this financial
information is
The most important thing we can do is to make sure we do our own share
of 'marketing'. I'd assume we all here love our SB2 and how it has
changed the way we listen to music. But given the SD is still a pretty
small company, they can't really afford marketing like Sonos. If we all
do our share to s
Is there a way to make it so someone can't edit someone else's playlist?
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