Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770

2005-11-05 Thread Robin Bowes
Victor Brilon said the following on 05/11/2005 00:58: I had posted these earlier, but I'll do it again in case you missed them. These are screenshots of browsing on the 770 in full-screen mode using the WebPad skin: http://victorland.com/slimp3/1.jpg http://victorland.com/slimp3/3.jpg

[slim] Re: Performance issues - both good and bad (6.2)

2005-11-05 Thread NigelC
Michael I also spotted some discussion (with you Dan) on this parameter in the unix thread NigelC Wrote: The parameter is currently set to 100,000, the database file is 6.4Mb with 400 albums, 5274 tracks, 220 artists. Slim.exe is running using 60 to 63Mb memory I have increased the

Re: [slim] Re: Performance issues - both good and bad (6.2)

2005-11-05 Thread Michael Herger
The parameter is currently set to 100,000, the database file is 6.4Mb with 400 albums, 5274 tracks, 220 artists. Slim.exe is running using 60 to 63Mb memory I have increased the parameter to 500,000 and the response has improved. Are you sure you're talking about 100'000s?!? I can't see any

[slim] Re: Performance issues - both good and bad (6.2)

2005-11-05 Thread NigelC
I have done a bit more digging and I think I have found the cause of the slow track browsing (or some of it anyway) I turned on some debug (d_info as a very lucky first guess). Slimserver checks that each track in the album, (and playlist probably) exists and hasnt changed (size or timestamp).

[slim] Re: Nokia 770

2005-11-05 Thread Fifer
Viktor, how responsive is it, particularly when using artwork? Is it practical to browse by artwork? Does it work well with plug-ins like Biography and Album Review? Resistance is futile ... -- Fifer Fifer's Profile:

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Cleve
I'm inclined to think, after a week of usage, that Squeezebox's Slimserver is 99% there. In other words, late beta - but not *quite* ready for prime time, since not all the features work reliably. I didn't have any connectivity or network problems, but software has intermittent problems

[slim] Any chance of a black squeezebox?

2005-11-05 Thread peecee
I was pretty excited to see the new squeezebox. I was disappointed to see that the black squeezebox is not black, but platinum. I hate platinum. It would be nice to see an all black front, rather than having that huge platinum crap underneath the black display. I know there are people who

[slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Iain Bason
I just got my squeezebox, and am facing the same issue. I haven't yet figured out what to do about it. I suppose I could always modify the software. Is there a good high level overview of the software design? -- Iain Bason

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770

2005-11-05 Thread Michael Herger
Does it work well with plug-ins like Biography and Album Review? The plugins are browser independant. And they include a Handheld skin as well. Should work fine. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread kefa
I use slimserver every day (v6.1.1 on Fedora Core 4) and have never had to restart. I am extremely impressed with it to date. I've problems with choppy sound (turned out to be poor wifi reception - buffer emptying) and garbled sound in Alien BBC plugin (turns out to be an mplayer bug) but that's

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
I have had my SB2 for 3 weeks and to date have reported four or five pretty frustrating bugs with the software. Its a great bit of kit and the software does let it down slightly but, I have noticed how dedicated the community of programmers from this forum are to solving these issues. Even the

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread deksawyer
I'm on my second SB2 as the first died within a couple of months. Unfortunately, the replacement has died in its sleep sometime during the night. Both units had light use and I'm pretty frustrated at the whole thing. I've sent an email to Kevin in tech support so don't expect a reply until

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jeff Coffler
From: deksawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] One thing I did notice with the replacement; about a min after it was switched on it would hang for about 15-20 secs then come back again. Now it's actually on as I can ping it, but there is no sound and no display. Anyone ever seen this behaviour before...??

[slim] One artist on Slimserver is always capitalized

2005-11-05 Thread kmcdonou
My artist listing for Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young is capitalized in Slim Server. I used MP3Tag to check the artist tag for both of my CSNY albums and neither one is capitalized. I don't understand why Slim Server is doing this. Any suggestions? -- kmcdonou

[slim] Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
When using the 'Search Music' function on the server, I have noticed the following: Sometimes, as soon as you start typing the search criteria, results are shown from the 2 or third letter typed and are updated as you continue to type. Other times (and most of the time, maybe this is the

Re: [slim] Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread Michael Herger
I prefer the first way, but as I say its hit and miss as to when this occurs I can't seem to find a pattern as to why sometimes it does or does not occur. Has anyone else noticed this behaviour? I think the first dynamic way is only active, if you did _not_ hit enter before. -- Michael

[slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
mherger Wrote: I prefer the first way, but as I say its hit and miss as to when this occurs I can't seem to find a pattern as to why sometimes it does or does not occur. Has anyone else noticed this behaviour? I think the first dynamic way is only active, if you did _not_ hit enter

[slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Bart
ovonrein Wrote: ...these tools were invented by folks who primarily listen to pop music and so they still refer to every track as a song -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread dspeirs
Hey, no offense, but I didn't start this thread as a Everyone post your bitch thread. I Wanted to know if there is anyone out there who can help figure out why my Slimserver/squeezebox is so dicey. As expected, this AM when I booted my machine (Squeezebox did not need a reboot this time) I

Re: [slim] Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
ovonrein wrote: ... But this is still unsatisfactory. Like many classic buffs, I suspect, I have the same piece of music recorded by various artists, in which case the concept breaks down. What do you guys do? ... Use the Composer tag when you tag your files. Some tag and rip programs

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2: volume issue

2005-11-05 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
I manage the volume by setting it to 11 in SlimServer, 40 on the Squeezeboxen, and using the device running the speakers to control the volume. I edit the IR default file so that you can't change the volume with the remote (both buttons turn it up, which does nothing since it's already at the

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread dspeirs
And one more thing to add. after having these previously described drops, it usually stops after 30 to 60 minutes and then works fine (at least until the next time I reboot). Now, here is my log... 2005-11-05 08:10:18.4665 Found command: [sox] -t ogg $FILE$ -t raw -r 44100 -c 2 -w -s $-x$ -

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2: volume issue

2005-11-05 Thread seanadams
kolepard Wrote: I've never understood why there are 2 volume controls, the one that goes to 11 in SlimServer and the one that goes to 40 on the Squeezebox. Anyone know what that was implemented that way? It just seems weird to be doing the same function two places with two different

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Triode
And one more thing to add. after having these previously described drops, it usually stops after 30 to 60 minutes and then works fine (at least until the next time I reboot). Has the server completed scanning your music collection? [The banner on the web page changes from rescanning to the

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread dryden555
In short, I wouldn't reccomend a slimdevice for a non-techie. The problem: Open architecture is not always a 100% positive. The voices on this forum are heavily from developers. Users like myself get a lot of friendly support on the forum which is cool. But developers dont mind bugs as much

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread dspeirs
I saw that you're running on Windows... is the machine clean? Yeah, I use it exclusively for itunes, slimserver and EAC What does taskmgr show you for CPU and pagefile usage? CPU around 4% to 7% with short, infrequent jumps to 60% PF useage is 316 MB (steady) Is the disk light on steadily?

[slim] ExBrowse3 updating problem

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
ExBrowse versions 2 and 3 have always been a little dodgy about updating the web interface, but now (slimserver-2005_11_04-1) it seems to have given up entirely; I have to select a different player in order to see the web interface catch up to what's really playing. d_ui doesn't say anything

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
dspeirs wrote: I saw that you're running on Windows... is the machine clean? Yeah, I use it exclusively for itunes, slimserver and EAC try disabling the iTunes plugin. -- Jack At Monkeynoodle Dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture! I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin so across the

Re: [slim] ExBrowse3 updating problem

2005-11-05 Thread Jacob Potter
On 11/5/05, Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ExBrowse versions 2 and 3 have always been a little dodgy about updating the web interface, but now (slimserver-2005_11_04-1) it seems to have given up entirely; I have to select a different player in order to see the web interface catch up to

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread dspeirs
Triode Wrote: And one more thing to add. after having these previously described drops, it usually stops after 30 to 60 minutes and then works fine (at least until the next time I reboot). Has the server completed scanning your music collection? [The banner on the web page

[slim] Re: Fitting SB1 Graphical Display

2005-11-05 Thread kefa
sounds like you might also need max's plugin :-) - g'friends can often 'helpfully' turn the volume down! VolumeGuard.pm Do you ever find you're in the middle of listening to your favourite track when your other half suddenly announces that the volume is far too loud and turns it down for you?

Re: [slim] Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 04:40 -0800, ovonrein wrote: Folks, I am looking for simple advice here: But your problem, which is shared by many, is not simple. My collection is stored using the pop-oriented genre/artist/album/... tree. What do you guys do? I use softlinks to point to both

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
dryden555 wrote: In short, I wouldn't reccomend a slimdevice for a non-techie. The problem: Open architecture is not always a 100% positive. The voices on this forum are heavily from developers. Users like myself get a lot of friendly support on the forum which is cool. But developers dont

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2: volume issue

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 18:25 +0100, Allan Hise wrote: On 05 Nov 2005, at 17:20 , seanadams wrote: 11 is a reasonable number of absolute levels to choose from when you're going to click on one of them. 40 would be too many. I just assumed that the 11 was so that you could say But ours

Re: [slim] Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Wendy Seltzer
On 11/5/05, Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 04:40 -0800, ovonrein wrote: What do you guys do?I use softlinks to point to bothclassical/beethoven/ninth_symphony_d_minor andclassical/muti/beethoven 9th in D minor I remap the tags. Artist = composer, Album = work, and

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 8:34 AM, dryden555 wrote: In short, I wouldn't reccomend a slimdevice for a non-techie. hmm..deja vu. does your mailer have a bug too? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread Dan Sully
* dfk shaped the electrons to say... longer dynamic until you open up a new web page when it becomes dynamic until you hit enter and so on. Would there be a way to always have it dynamic? No - the general assumption is that if you hit the button, your browser doesn't support the dynamic

Re: [slim] Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 12:48 -0500, Wendy Seltzer wrote: I also join all the movements of a piece into a single file, which has the side benefit of making randomized play work more effectively. So my directory for the same recording would look like

[slim] Re: Performance issues - both good and bad (6.2)

2005-11-05 Thread Dan Sully
* NigelC shaped the electrons to say... At first glance, I wouldn't have thought it was. I would prefer to tell Slimserver when I change/add some tracks, or rely on the overnight rescan. But maybe it really needs to do this. Can anyone shed any more light on this? Yes - this was changed in

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Michaelwagner
All sarcasm aside, the people here have a point. Tinkerers who love to hack the code get what they want, but it doesn't say when you buy a slim that tinkering is required. There exist people who want a slim to work out of the box. Mine did. I bought a slim 1 and it worked. Until the web interface

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Dan Sully
* Michaelwagner shaped the electrons to say... I think a major component of getting there would be a better scheme for regression checking, which I am still pondering but will soon make a proposal. ... Quite true - and it's something I've started on, but only have so many hours in the day.

[slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread ovonrein
stinkingpig Wrote: Use the Composer tag when you tag your files. [...] Slimserver will use it. What for? Yes, you can dig deep into the tags on your Slim player to find out, but that's not the point. It is the music tree that would require the extra level to search on. -- ovonrein

[slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
Dan Sully Wrote: * dfk shaped the electrons to say... longer dynamic until you open up a new web page when it becomes dynamic until you hit enter and so on. Would there be a way to always have it dynamic? No - the general assumption is that if you hit the button, your browser

Re: [slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 10:32 AM, dfk wrote: Can't it become a choice item from within the server? :-) type and wait, you get live results. type and press enter, you get static results. the choice is there already. in the fishbone skin, I put a form in the header that is just a direct entry into

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2: volume issue

2005-11-05 Thread Mark Lanctot
6.1.1 has a helpful option set device volume fixed. Has this been removed in 6.2? BTW I notice this fixed device volume doesn't apply in SqueezeNetwork. Kevin O. Lepard wrote: I manage the volume by setting it to 11 in SlimServer, 40 on the Squeezeboxen, and using the device running the

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2: volume issue

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 10:49 AM, Mark Lanctot wrote: 6.1.1 has a helpful option set device volume fixed. Has this been removed in 6.2? it is still there. player settings-audio, digital volume control. for players without digital out (winamp, slimp3) this option does not appear. -k

[slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread ovonrein
pfarrell Wrote: I use softlinks to point to both classical/beethoven/ninth_symphony_d_minor and classical/muti/beethoven 9th in D minor It's a thought, I grant you. And it's one I can actually follow. pfarrell Wrote: I see three separate and almost unrelated design questions: 1)

[slim] Re: This is getting frustrating - MORE problems with reading files with 6.2

2005-11-05 Thread Cleve
Ok, I *did* find a workaround for this problem. Out of the 45 albums I ripped into uncompressed AIFF files, I discovered there were 5 albums in which the songs would not all play in Squeezbox. So, I did an experiment - I deleted the albums in question, and reimported them, but first in

[slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Michaelwagner
I think Pat is going in the right direction here. The layout of the files on disk storage is essentially independent of everything else. Yes, I know you can drill down the tree with the slim interface, or with windows explorer (or ls if you're a *nix fan), but fundamentally you're doomed. What

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread hashref
Dan, If you're still having problems try downloading SlimCD and run you're setup from that. Here is a link: http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=763 If you continue to experience the same problems then you know it is a hardware/network issue. That will have at least ruled out the bloated

[slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Michaelwagner
ovonrein Wrote: What for? Yes, you can dig deep into the tags on your Slim player to find out, but that's not the point. It is the music tree that would require the extra level to search on.I think something is missing here. As of 6, what you are browsing, when you start from the home page

Re: [slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 10:55 -0800, ovonrein wrote: pfarrell Wrote: The key problem is that any hierarchical structure fails for classical music. You lost me with this one. I had thought that Composer/Work/Artists/Movements pretty much covers all bases. I am not too bothered mixing

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.2: volume issue

2005-11-05 Thread Michaelwagner
For those, like me, who didn't get the Spinal Tap reference the first time, check out http://spinaltapfan.com/atozed/TAP00160.HTM The quote out of there I hope Slim didn't pay attention to: Early Fender Champs (a small, low-powered amp, probably intended for practice) had no controls except for

[slim] Re: Nokia 770

2005-11-05 Thread radish
The Webpad skin is a little plain - how do the others look (I'm thinking of handheld or touchscreen)? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Nokia 770

2005-11-05 Thread Dan Sully
* radish shaped the electrons to say... The Webpad skin is a little plain - how do the others look (I'm thinking of handheld or touchscreen)? The Webpad skin has actually been removed from 6.2 as it was no different than the 'EN' skin. -D -- dr.pox what're the units of the coefficient of

Re: [slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 10:55 -0800, ovonrein wrote: pfarrell Wrote: The key problem is that any hierarchical structure fails for classical music. You lost me with this one. I had thought that Composer/Work/Artists/Movements pretty much covers all bases. I am not too bothered mixing

Re: [slim] Help mounting a SB3 into a wall

2005-11-05 Thread Dave Strickler
I am gong to go through the same install in a few months, so if I hear of anything in the mean time, I will keep you posted. Dave StricklerMailWise LLC617-933-5810 (direct)www.mailwise.com"Intelligent E-mail Protection" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:45:23 AM Friday, November 04, 2005 We are in the mist

Re: [slim] Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Wendy Seltzer
On 11/5/05, Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 12:48 -0500, Wendy Seltzer wrote: I also join all the movements of a piece into a single file, which has the side benefit of making randomized play work more effectively. So my directory for the same recording would look like

[slim] Possible DHCP issues on setting Gateway on a SB2

2005-11-05 Thread Dave Strickler
I have been having issues with my SB2 losing connection to my SS running on a dedicated box under Unix. This ran for years without and issue, but I suspect it's a DHCP issue. While the SB2 gets a (wired) DHCP address quickly, I have noticed in the "Network Settings" section that is shows the

Re: [slim] Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 14:52 -0500, Wendy Seltzer wrote: Yes, or even Beethoven,_Ludwig_van/Symphony_No._9_in_D_minor/Harnoncourt_(Chamber_Orchestra_of_Europe).flac

[slim] Wake up slimserver (Wake-on LAN) through wireless network

2005-11-05 Thread boybees
I'd like to be able to wake up my server (IBM thinkpad laptop) using the SB2 remote. I've started and followed several threads on this issue. Here's what I've arrived at: when I look in the properties tab of my wired ethernet card, I see that there is a power management tab where you can check a

[slim] Re: Nokia 770

2005-11-05 Thread Victor
radish Wrote: The Webpad skin is a little plain - how do the others look (I'm thinking of handheld or touchscreen)? I'll load up the production/consumer version of the software sometime in the next week or two and take screenshots of both of those as well. -- Victor

Re: [slim] Wake up slimserver (Wake-on LAN) through wireless network

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 12:28 PM, boybees wrote: It's hard for me to believe that Slim would build a wake-on LAN function into their wireless squeezebox, which then wouldn't work on a wireless network. Why? If WOL is a wired only feature, why should it be denied to wired users if wireless doesn't

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.2b2 problems?

2005-11-05 Thread Dr . T
ceejay: SlimServer Version: 6.2.0 - 4753 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 (8C46) - EN - utf8 I have not downloaded any nightly builds. Have they fixed the alarm problems? -- Dr. T Dr. T's Profile:

[slim] Re: Help mounting a SB3 into a wall

2005-11-05 Thread hashref
I'll be doing the same as well. Reference this image: http://www.slimdevices.com/images/gallery/2.jpg I'll probably add an extra stud to secure the sb on both sides. Notice how in the image the curves wrap around from the display/brushed_metal and then meets the plastic casing? I'm thinking

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.2b2 problems?

2005-11-05 Thread Dr . T
ceejay: SlimServer Version: 6.2.0 - 4753 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 (8C46) - EN - utf8 I have not downloaded any nightly builds. Have they fixed the alarm problems? -- Dr. T Dr. T's Profile:

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer 6.2b2 problems?

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 1:31 PM, Dr.T wrote: ceejay: SlimServer Version: 6.2.0 - 4753 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 (8C46) - EN - utf8 I have not downloaded any nightly builds. Have they fixed the alarm problems? I've fixed the ones that had bugs filed for them: the on/off text issue and the weekday settings

[slim] SB2 Noisy

2005-11-05 Thread bjackson
I have a SB2 Wireless and I am having a problem that it is very noisy on the outputs in a digital way. i.e. whenever the wireless is in use there is a lot of noise on the outputs. When I start playing a new song there is a definite buzz out of it that is not a pure sine wave (it's kinda clicky,

Re: [slim] SB2 Noisy

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 1:54 PM, bjackson wrote: I have a SB2 Wireless and I am having a problem that it is very noisy on the outputs in a digital way. i.e. whenever the wireless is in use there is a lot of noise on the outputs. When I start playing a new song there is a definite buzz out of it

[slim] Figured out my wireless - MAC address got reset

2005-11-05 Thread Michael Amster
Hey, my MAC address got reset to 00:04:ff:ff:01 - I remember there was a sequence to set it correctly. I have MAC filtering on, and would like to return the SB2 wireless card to the original MAC address on the box. Please email reminders...the search functions on the forums did not yield

[slim] Play FLAC to Software Player?

2005-11-05 Thread earthbased
Hi, My music on the slimserver is in FLAC format for my home stereo systems using SB2s. I was wondering if a Windows software music player can connect to hear the flac file. Earth Based. -- earthbased earthbased's

[slim] Re: Lots of missing Genres?

2005-11-05 Thread Jim Larson
Found the Geoff B instructions for cleaning up the tags with mp3tag (leaving just ID3v2 tags). But that didn't work for me -- still having the same symptoms with Browse Genres. Sent Dan a sample track -- he already has a fix scheduled for tonight's nightly release. Apparently some (most?) of

Re: [slim] Play FLAC to Software Player?

2005-11-05 Thread Mark Lanctot
I believe if you're just listening to a stream, it has to be in MP3 format, but SlimServer can convert FLAC to high-bitrate MP3 (320 kbps) on the fly. On my SlimServer (6.1.1) I don't have the option *not* to convert FLAC to MP3 for my software players. Of course, there are many players that

[slim] Re: One artist on Slimserver is always capitalized

2005-11-05 Thread Eserim
1st off I have no knowledge of the database behind Slim Server - However I have been using other databases for many years and I could explain this in other packages. If you previously had one capitalized entry and changed it, if the database query that looks for changed tags is NOT case

Re: [slim] Play FLAC to Software Player?

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 14:21 -0800, earthbased wrote: My music on the slimserver is in FLAC format for my home stereo systems using SB2s. I was wondering if a Windows software music player can connect to hear the flac file. There is a plugins for flac format for Winamp, then follow the

[slim] Re: Play FLAC to Software Player?

2005-11-05 Thread dropbear
if you have a windows PC, then install winamp. A very nice and stable media player and you can get the flac decoder plugin from www.winamp.com too. Pete -- dropbear dropbear's Profile:

[slim] Re: This is getting frustrating - MORE problems with reading files with 6.2

2005-11-05 Thread N�stor
Cleve Wrote: Ok, I *did* find a workaround for this problem. Out of the 45 albums I ripped into uncompressed AIFF files, I discovered there were 5 albums in which the songs would not all play in Squeezbox. So, I did an experiment - I deleted the albums in question, and reimported

[slim] Re: is it normal to see both .flac and .cue in Squeezebox

2005-11-05 Thread JayNYC
i just checked and my cue sheets are NOT embedded in flac - they are standalone. in 6.2,6.2.1,and 6.5b1, for most folders i see Browse Music--Browse Music Folders--Madonna--Ray of Light-- Madonna-Ray of Light.cue (1/2)--song1, etc.. Madonna-Ray of Light.flac (2/2)--Title: Ray of Light which is

[slim] Re: Problem with SlimServMon Widget for Konfabulator

2005-11-05 Thread Steve Baumgarten
My goodness, that is a nice widget! Simply gorgeous, and I love how it's not just display only (i.e., you can pause or skip to the next track without having to bring up a web browser or use the remote). In fact, I have Konfabulator installed right now only because of your widget (and OK, some of

Re: [slim] Wake up slimserver (Wake-on LAN) through wireless network

2005-11-05 Thread Daniel Cohen
On 5/11/05 at 12:48 -0800, kdf wrote In my reading on the topic, it seemed to be widely acknolwedged that WOL over wireless didn't work. Annoyingly, no consistent reason was turning up. In som cases its the power requirements, or the 'not always connected' aspect of wireless, or even the

Re: [slim] Figured out my wireless - MAC address got reset

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 2:19 PM, Michael Amster wrote: Hey, my MAC address got reset to 00:04:ff:ff:01 - I remember there was a sequence to set it correctly. I have MAC filtering on, and would like to return the SB2 wireless card to the original MAC address on the box. on power up, go into view

Re: [slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread Steve Baumgarten
kdf wrote: in the fishbone skin, I put a form in the header that is just a direct entry into the static results. Live version can't work from there. I actually much prefer this interface and was glad to see it show up in Fishbone. Keeps things simple. I don't see much value in the dynamic

Re: [slim] Figured out my wireless - MAC address got reset

2005-11-05 Thread Michael Amster
That was it - thanks. Man, was it tough without the SB2 for the last couple of weeks. I will post my mod pics and lessons learned later. kdf wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 2:19 PM, Michael Amster wrote: Hey, my MAC address got reset to 00:04:ff:ff:01 - I remember there was a sequence to set it

[slim] Re: Play FLAC to Software Player?

2005-11-05 Thread earthbased
kdf Wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 2:21 PM, earthbased wrote: Hi, My music on the slimserver is in FLAC format for my home stereo systems using SB2s. I was wondering if a Windows software music player can connect to hear the flac file. connect to the url:

[slim] Re: Fitting SB1 Graphical Display

2005-11-05 Thread max . spicer
It's not just girlfriends - wives do it too and, on one memorable occasion, the cat as well! Max kefa Wrote: sounds like you might also need max's plugin :-) - g'friends can often 'helpfully' turn the volume down! VolumeGuard.pm Do you ever find you're in the middle of listening to

Re: [slim] Re: Play FLAC to Software Player?

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 3:56 PM, earthbased wrote: I tried loading SoftSqueeze and I get Found unsigned entry in resource: http://192.168.100.2:9000/html/softsqueeze/SoftSqueeze.jar;. I am running 6.0.2 (trunk). Should I upgrade SlimServer and try again? were you trying the applet link or the

[slim] Re: Any chance of a black squeezebox?

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
max.spicer Wrote: I'd buy four if they were light turquoise! Max I'd buy a dozen if they were Blue-Green :-) :-) Give me black anyday :-) -- dfk dfk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1699

[slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
kdf Wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 10:32 AM, dfk wrote: Can't it become a choice item from within the server? :-) type and wait, you get live results. type and press enter, you get static results. the choice is there already. -k Yes, but once you press enter there is no going back to live

Re: [slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 4:25 PM, dfk wrote: kdf Wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 10:32 AM, dfk wrote: Can't it become a choice item from within the server? :-) type and wait, you get live results. type and press enter, you get static results. the choice is there already. -k Yes, but once you press

[slim] Filename format question (not really that important)

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
All my mp3's flacs start with a 2 digit number for example: 03 - Band on The Run 05 - Another Day This is great because I can keep the album in song order and useful too on my IHP340. I don't really like to see the number on SB2 so is it possible to tell SB2 to ignore the number and still put

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread dspeirs
I thought the iTunes plugin was important to be there if you use iTunes as your library? Is the iTunes plugin really for the iTunes updater? Dan -- dspeirs dspeirs's Profile:

[slim] Re: Strange search function behaviour

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
kdf Wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 4:25 PM, dfk wrote: kdf Wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 10:32 AM, dfk wrote: Can't it become a choice item from within the server? :-) type and wait, you get live results. type and press enter, you get static results. the choice is there already. -k

[slim] Re: Text Entry Timing

2005-11-05 Thread dfk
Ben Sandee Wrote: On 11/4/05, dfk dfk.1y00gz (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Does this function work on the server? It would be useful if it did. SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5024 Thanks What is text entry timing? Google != joy for me. TIA, Ben Hi Ben

Re: [slim] ExBrowse3 updating problem

2005-11-05 Thread Jacob Potter
On 11/5/05, Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SuSE 10.0, MozillaFirefox-1.0.7-0.1, and yes, interesting stuff in JavaScript Console: Very odd... I haven't been able to reproduce that, but I'll see what I can find. - Jacob ___ Discuss mailing

[slim] Re: Play FLAC to Software Player?

2005-11-05 Thread earthbased
kdf Wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 3:56 PM, earthbased wrote: I tried loading SoftSqueeze and I get Found unsigned entry in resource: http://192.168.100.2:9000/html/softsqueeze/SoftSqueeze.jar;. I am running 6.0.2 (trunk). Should I upgrade SlimServer and try again? were you trying the

[slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Bonesteel
I'm actually surprised there isn't regression testing in place already. It actually explains quite a bit. I've had the same experience Michael described many times with the Slim Server SW. I have a stable system with excellent performance, I see that an update is available, I install it, and

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 17:01 -0800, Bonesteel wrote: If Slim Devices published performance metrics for each release that we could review it might make it easier to judge if we're willing to take the risk of an upgrade. I don't work for SD, I'm just a happy user, but I think that it is prudent

[slim] Re: Archiving classics

2005-11-05 Thread Michaelwagner
pfarrell Wrote: it is important to not lose all the corrected and additional metadata just because you install a new release of the SlimServer.Why would you lose metadata? If it's stored in tags in the file, it's not going anywhere. Or did I miss something? -- Michaelwagner

[slim] Re: Fitting SB1 Graphical Display

2005-11-05 Thread Michaelwagner
max.spicer Wrote: wives do it too and, on one memorable occasion, the catWhat happened? Did the cat step on the remote? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 5:16 PM, Pat Farrell wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 17:01 -0800, Bonesteel wrote: If Slim Devices published performance metrics for each release that we could review it might make it easier to judge if we're willing to take the risk of an upgrade. I don't work for SD, I'm just

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