Re: [slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations?

2005-10-17 Thread Michael Herger
Playback would stop as soon as I tried to access the main web interface. Menu navigation also caused drop outs. This was while I was playing FLAC files (so it would be transcoding). The server runs on a dedicated linux box (XP2200 with 512MB). I did wait for the rescan to complete. This is d

Re: [slim] Re: Performance measurements ?

2005-10-17 Thread Niek Jongerius
>> Why would 10 titles take more time than 100? Your guess is as good as (or possibly better than) mine. But there is no introduced artifact from the test program that I can see (the very simple source is here: http://media.qwertyboy.org/files/sstime.c). > I indicated in an earlier post that the

Re: [slim] Re: Suddenly Not Able To Connect

2005-10-17 Thread dean blackketter
On Oct 17, 2005, at 8:18 PM, silverswingman wrote: Sometimes when I first hit the power button on the remote control it can take up to a minute for my Squeezebox2 to respond and come to full brightness (Free Your Music), and it is sluggish for the first few UI operations after that. I tried swit

[slim] Re: Performance measurements ?

2005-10-17 Thread MrC
Michaelwagner Wrote: > This is counter-intuitive ... > > Why would 10 titles take more time than 100? I indicated in an earlier post that the testing methodologies being used here are un-controlled, and the margin of error is too high to have any meaning. Without proper controls put into place

Re: [slim] Re: Rumors of new device?

2005-10-17 Thread Jack Coates
Carl W. Irving wrote: I think it depends on whether it is the black or gold plated edition. The gold plated edition comes with a bonus CD of: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/10/14/thing-a-week-5-baby-got-back/ ... I thought that was lame, actually -- certainly not as good as this one:

[slim] Re: Suddenly Not Able To Connect

2005-10-17 Thread silverswingman
jonolumb Wrote: > what router are you using? > Is it a dlink by any chance? > Also, what wireless channel are you on- if you are in a built up area, > it may be worth trying a few different channels. > Jono I am using a dlink router. I have a slightly different problem. Sometimes when I first hi

[slim] Re: Performance measurements ?

2005-10-17 Thread Michaelwagner
This is counter-intuitive ... andreas Wrote: > Michael Herger wrote:[color=blue] > > [20.891] titles 0 10 > > [16.235] titles 0 100 Why would 10 titles take more time than 100? -- Michaelwagner ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Rumors of new device?

2005-10-17 Thread Michaelwagner
Carl W. Irving Wrote: > The gold plated edition comes with a bonus CD of: > http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/10/14/thing-a-week-5-baby-got-back/ > If you don't have (and don't want) iTunes, here's a better url http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/BabyGotBack.mp3 -- Michaelwagner

[slim] Re: Slimscrobbler- why should I have it?

2005-10-17 Thread moobaa
Dave Dewey Wrote: > 6) It will drive your competitive spirit to listen to more music when > you see > how many more songs your friends have listened to than you. > > 7) You'll find yourself becoming frustrated when you listen to music > that isn't > being 'Scrobbed, because it doesn't 'count.'

[slim] Re: Multi Disc Sets

2005-10-17 Thread NickM
Geoff, your work around sounds OK - except, I use JR's MediaCenter to rip & tag - and for the moment, I can't figure out how to edit the tags that you suggest. Having a quick look up on ID3 formats, I think (someone please correct me if I understood this) that DISC is a standard tag, whereas PART

Re: [slim] Re: Best Performance - recommendations?

2005-10-17 Thread Free Lunch
Encouraged by the news that recent 6.2 nightly builds solved performance issues, I tried the 10-12 nightly with my original Slimp3.. Unfortunately, it was much worse than 5.4.1 with my 48K track library. Playback would stop as soon as I tried to access the main web interface. Menu navigation al

[slim] Re: Live365 Session ID Invalid

2005-10-17 Thread pannetron
fozzie Wrote: > Do you know anyone that might be able to? > > Am I the only one with this problem or do people not have VIP > memberships/store Live365 stations as playlists/favourites? It would > be nice to know either way. I have the same issue so I just quit using Slim Favorites and always

[slim] Re: Rumors of new device?

2005-10-17 Thread tubesguy
Shoot! I was hoping the audiophile version would be at least $3k. I guess I'll pass until they come out with something better. ;-) - Pat -- tubesguy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/di

[slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound

2005-10-17 Thread jonathanbarber
Hi I did infact try both fixes, changing the file through notepad and then reloading alienbbc (deleted two files covert & custom in Slimserver and plugin folder) extracted new Alien BBc within Slimserver 6.2. Both these brought the same result that Radio 2 plays introduction and then cuts to si

[slim] Re: cannot get library to match iTunes

2005-10-17 Thread slayaz
See, I knew you'd sort it! I love you guys! "616 albums with 7163 songs by 2147 artists" It's wrong but who cares? It's higher! Nice one -- slayaz -- In a land of sheep, even a toothless wolf is king ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdev

[slim] Skipjam

2005-10-17 Thread paxtonc
Believe I've settled on adding sb, but was curious about skipjam. Benefit to it is no server needs to run on the network, but I've yet to hear any real user experience. Anyone w/ hands on experience w/ skipjam audio? -- paxtonc ___ Discuss mailing l

[slim] Re: cannot get library to match iTunes

2005-10-17 Thread Dan Sully
* slayaz shaped the electrons to say... found this thread... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16940 Please upgrade to the latest 6.2 nightly. -D -- my pdp goes to 11. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://list

[slim] Re: cannot get library to match iTunes

2005-10-17 Thread slayaz
found this thread... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16940 seems like an ongoing thang and yes it is a proper pain in the arse! -- slayaz -- In a land of sheep, even a toothless wolf is king ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@list

[slim] cannot get library to match iTunes

2005-10-17 Thread slayaz
I am running a slimserver 6.1.1. on a mac G5 running 10.4.2. No matter what i do, (i.e. setting up the music folders manually or using iTunes) I cannot get my iTunes Library to match my Slimserver library. iTunes tells me it has: 477 albums, 6965 tracks and 298 artists slimserver tells me it ha

[slim] AACPlus

2005-10-17 Thread jensboe
Hi, Is there a plan to support aacplus (maybe native? :) ) with SB/SlimServer? More and more internet radio stations move to aacplus to save bandwith but the same qualtiy (e.g. Japan-A-Radion, Digitally Imported...). Regards, Jens -- jensboe ___ Di

[slim] Exbrowse3 and album review plugin

2005-10-17 Thread gandt
can anybody tell me where the album review plugin in turns up in the exbrowse3 skin? Im using last nights 6.2 beta nightly gandt (duplicate post - put this in the beta section where perhaps it did not belong - apologies to anyone who has seen it before!) -- gandt

Re: [slim] Re: Wireless or wired? Help me choose!

2005-10-17 Thread Robin Bowes
dangerous_dom said the following on 17/10/2005 17:21: Sorry, what went to say was that i plan to NOT buy a switch or whatever because i don't want to spend any more cash than i need to. What i want to do is run a cable directly from my NIC to my Squeezebox2 and need to know if i need a cross ove

[slim] Re: Rumors of new device?

2005-10-17 Thread audiofi
>From a personal perspective, I would love to see an audiophile version in a better case. However, from a business point of view, I think one with a built in digital amp (like the Sonos) would sell better both for me and for slimdevices. Or both, please -- audiofi

[slim] Re: Wireless or wired? Help me choose!

2005-10-17 Thread MrC
dangerous_dom Wrote: > What i want to do is run a cable directly from my NIC to my Squeezebox2 > and need to know if i need a cross over or not. Cross-over. -- MrC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/li

[slim] Re: Wireless or wired? Help me choose!

2005-10-17 Thread dangerous_dom
Sorry, what went to say was that i plan to NOT buy a switch or whatever because i don't want to spend any more cash than i need to. What i want to do is run a cable directly from my NIC to my Squeezebox2 and need to know if i need a cross over or not. -- dangerous_dom _

Re: [slim] Re: Rumors of new device?

2005-10-17 Thread Carl W. Irving
I think it depends on whether it is the black or gold plated edition. The gold plated edition comes with a bonus CD of: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/10/14/thing-a-week-5-baby-got-back/ Mike Anderson wrote: Huh - I heard the Squeezebox Audiophile was only $1,000.

Re: [slim] Re: Suddenly Not Able To Connect

2005-10-17 Thread Neil Cameron
It's a SpeedTouch Router connected to two Belkin WAPs. The 802.11b is on Channel 1 (for the Squeezebox 1s), and the 802.11g is on Channel 10 (for the Squeezebox 2 & laptops). I am in the middle of nowhere - hence not even any security switched on... -- Neil "jonolumb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

[slim] Re: Suddenly Not Able To Connect

2005-10-17 Thread jonolumb
what router are you using? Is it a dlink by any chance? Also, what wireless channel are you on- if you are in a built up area, it may be worth trying a few different channels. Jono -- jonolumb ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com htt

Re: [slim] Re: Wireless or wired? Help me choose!

2005-10-17 Thread Joe Craig
> If you connect the squeezebox to the hub, and the NIC to the hub, Use SWITCHES, not hubs! -- Joe Join me at CompuFest, June 23-25, 2006, Reno, NV Investment Education at its Best! http://www.CompuFest2006.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists

[slim] Re: Wireless or wired? Help me choose!

2005-10-17 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
I take it that if i went wired, striaght to my NIC with a hub etc, i would need a cross-over cable yes? If you connect the squeezebox to the hub, and the NIC to the hub, then no. If you connect the squeezebox to the NIC, probably. Most Macs will autodetect the kind of connection you have and

RE: [slim] Re: Lacking feature

2005-10-17 Thread Emile_Weekes
Wouldn't this be close to what you are looking for? http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ceejay Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:00 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Lacki

Re: [slim] Performance measurements ?

2005-10-17 Thread andreas
Michael Herger wrote: [0.375] Artists: 433 [0.032] Albums : 544 [0.031] Songs : 6543 [0.031] Genres : 50 [20.891] titles 0 10 [16.235] titles 0 100 [29.329] titles 0 1000 [114.393] titles 0 1 This is on a Via C3/1GHz/512MB running SME Linux. ...and on a VIA Eden/500MHz/512MB running Trusti

Re: [slim] AM radio interference when Squeezebox is on

2005-10-17 Thread Yan Tran
This is a well known problem that, to my knowledge, has usually been addressed by replacing the power adapter.  I have found that using the optical input instead of coax or RCA on the SB eliminates the AM interference as well.On 10/16/05, jsutula < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:When my wireless Squeezeb

Re: [slim] Wireless or wired? Help me choose!

2005-10-17 Thread Geoff B
On 10/16/05, dangerous_dom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not sure which to go for; a squeezebox wireless and a wireless card > for my PC, or a squeezebox wired using this > http://www.devolo.co.uk/uk_EN/produkte/dLAN/mldlanhsstarterkit.html > > What are the pros and cons of each option. Beari

[slim] Re: SB2 wont detect new music.

2005-10-17 Thread Michaelwagner
So far it was 6.1.1 for everyone, but now we have someone reporting it also in 6.0.1. Please Mike tell us if the wipe cache solves the problem for you. It makes it easier to narrow down where to look for errors. It's possible this error is already fixed in 6.2 which is going to be released soon

[slim] Re: SB2 wont detect new music.

2005-10-17 Thread Mike Meyer
I'm glad I found this thread. I'm also having this problem on WinME with SlimServer 6.0.2 but I haven't done the Wipe Cache option so I will try that tonight. -- Mike Meyer MMeyer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.s

[slim] Re: Wireless or wired? Help me choose!

2005-10-17 Thread dangerous_dom
I take it that if i went wired, striaght to my NIC with a hub etc, i would need a cross-over cable yes? -- dangerous_dom ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Multi Disc Sets

2005-10-17 Thread Geoff B
On 10/15/05, CavesOfTQLT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just had another look at my set-up and NickM is right, the web-ui > and the SB2 show CD1 Track1, CD2 Track1, CD1 Track2, etc. even though > I've got the disc number tags set as 1 for CD1 and 2 for CD2. It gets > even worse when you have 3

Re: [slim] Suddenly Not Able To Connect

2005-10-17 Thread Neil Cameron
Also, oddly enough - it finds the WLAN SSID easily enough - just won't connect. I have no security on at the moment -- Neil "Neil Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I bought a Squeezebox 2 to replace my main Squeezebox 1 on Friday. It went >in and conne

[slim] Re: Favorite and 'Now Playing'

2005-10-17 Thread JulianL
"Why don't you set the screensaver when playing to 'Now Playing' (with or without '(Jump back on wake.)' and the delay to something like 5-10 seconds." I was going to post this suggestion but I just did some experiments with SoftSqueeze. It does do what dfk wants but you need to be careful to set

RE: [slim] Re: Slimscrobbler- why should I have it?

2005-10-17 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Can I ask all having problems with the LastFM plugin to move over to the LastFM plugin thread going on in the third party plugins forum? Otherwise I will get all confused trying to help with 2 threads at the same time... James NOTICE: If r

[slim] Re: Removing tracks once played

2005-10-17 Thread JJZolx
djdrey Wrote: > Hey All, > > We're using SlimServer in our office as a shared jukebox. Our staff add > tracks throughout the day and it works great! > > The only thing we wish it did was to remove the tracks from the > playlist as they are played. Is this possible? Has anyone done a mod > like

[slim] Re: 'Tooltip' text in Touch skin Browse by Artwork

2005-10-17 Thread netim3
Should I register this as a bug? -- netim3 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Removing tracks once played

2005-10-17 Thread max . spicer
You've got me thinking now. I'd never thought of Random Mix being used as a jukebox i.e. you add songs and it plays them but, if it runs out of songs, it chooses songs at random. It doesn't work this way at present as there is always at least one random item at the end of the playlist. Unless y