Hopefully you're hiring on the sales side too - I'm having real problems
getting Slim Devices to answer my emails!
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I'd be interested in two things;
1. Accessing Pandora saved stations via SqueezeNetwork or AlienBBC
style plugin.
2. Using the Music Genome database to build playlists from my own
library. I strongly prefer the Pandora playlist generation to that of
MusicMagic, but sometimes I don't want to
I read Allofmp3's web site with various justifications of how and why
they are legal.
However, being the seller side I think they have vested interest.
Russia may have a loophole that allows someone to sell music without
any contribution to the copyright owner, (which in itself does not make
What they say is:
All the materials in the MediaServices projects are available for
distribution through Internet according to license # LS-3#1052;-05-03
of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license
terms, MediaServices pays license fees for all the materials subject to
Khuli Wrote:
What they say is:
No idea what the loophole is.. for all I know they DO pay for copright,
which just shows how overpriced CD's are.. etc etc...
I think it is fairytale, I am pretty sure that the record companies do
not get a cent of this, it is like paying to the Mafia for use
Khuli Wrote:
What they say is:
No idea what the loophole is.. for all I know they DO pay for copright,
which just shows how overpriced CD's are.. etc etc...
They claim they DO pay for copyright, but to WHO? Not to the copyright
holder I bet. Some people pay the Mafia for right of way,
Any update on the shipments to the UK?
I'm still patiently waiting for the order I made a month ago for a
wireless black SB3.
Having a 1st birthday party for my son on Saturday and was really
hoping it would be here this week :O(
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Rod,
I'm using the same Netgear router with a SB2 and it works perfectly
with a 85% signal. I do not get 108 based on netgears calculations but
Windows says I do. I also am having no trouble connecting with other
brand of wireless G cards anywhere in a fairly large 2 story home. SSID
is set to
Geoggy Wrote:
Having a 1st birthday party for my son on Saturday Just checked my
online order and it has been despatched!!
Glad you get to listen to Postman Pat in style!
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Just to let everyone know I've just posted a set of Beginners Guide
pages in the wiki at
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuide
The reason for doing this is that we've seen lots of requests for more
user friendly documentation, especially for beginners. The current
wiki, although
I imagine (in Russia at least) it falls under the typical site copyright
agreements which tend to only cost $300 or so per year.
eg. http://www.ascap.com/weblicense/feecalculation.html
So I bet they do pay copyright, just not the amount you might expect
from a site that sells (rather than
Khuli Wrote:
Glad you get to listen to Postman Pat in style!
lol mate - postman pat is so 90's. Noddy is king these days ;O)
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http://www.broadbandstuff.co.uk/ is where I bought my SB2 from and they
are now selling the SB3.
Great service and good prices
Jono
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 03:32:15AM -0800, Khuli wrote:
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|I imagine (in Russia at least) it falls under the typical site copyright
|agreements which tend to only cost $300 or so per year.
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|eg. http://www.ascap.com/weblicense/feecalculation.html
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|So I bet they do pay copyright, just not the
And then you have weigh your compunctions against the prospects of
having a rootkit deposited on your hard drive.
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Mike Anderson Wrote:
You've got it backwards. Loopholes are usually thought of as working
around the -letter- of the law, while violating the -spirit- of the
law.
That's what I meant to say - oh the irony. ;)
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generally very positive: It is scary how much thought has been put into
making the Squeezebox a useful audio tool
but he makes the point that the slimserver setup process is not very
well, I tried this but it didn't keep my mac alive :-(
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Now that's an unusual combination of words!
Max
Steve Baumgarten Wrote:
super nice, super simple, flash-based interface
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try full url...
http://www.denguru.com/2005/11/30/squeezebox_for_in_home_music_distribution/
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ceejay Wrote:
One other point...
At this time we are only licensed to offer Pandora music services to
residents of the United States
Thats a shame. ;-)
Ceejay
If I said I lied on the registration form, would that be bad?
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netim3 wrote:
2. Using the Music Genome database to build playlists from my own
library. I strongly prefer the Pandora playlist generation to that of
MusicMagic, but sometimes I don't want to hear unfamilar music would
just prefer to listen to the appropriate selection of my own.
+1 in a
If someone could explain how to disable the stats collection (in 6.2.x),
I'd like ot try it to see if (as reported by someone else) it speeds up
the interface.
I am running Slimserver on a slow Linksys NSLU2 - it is usable but
sometimes uncomfortably slow.
I am close to opening up the box and
I have had a black wireless SB3 on order from dabs for about a
month..and its just arrived. They really do exist!
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I notice the same thing with my two SB1's (although not with the SB2).
I have put it down to the lights activating the IR sensor as it appears
to come on most of the time when I switch on the lights in the room.
For a while my girlfriend thought they were haunted!!
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Sorry if this has been covered before - a quick search did not drum up
any pertinent articles...
I have noticed, both on 6.2 and 6.5b1, that while playing any FLAC
file, if I hold down or to rev or ff through a song, I end up
with a bogus indication of position (progress bar and time in show
On 11/30/05, gjrhine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And then you have weigh your compunctions against the prospects of
having a rootkit deposited on your hard drive.
Kinda sad when a shady Russian company deserves more trust than Sony, isn't it?
- Jacob
I don't think it's scanning anymore, but still perl takes about 70% CPU
more or less. The only way to stop this is to stop the server.
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agentsmith Wrote:
.it is like paying to the Mafia for use of a certain areas in a
ghetto.
As opposed to paying the mafia RIAA so they can install fear in 9 year
old schoolgirls 85 year old respectble grandmothers by suing them?
At least the mafia do have an incling of morals, hence
Good stuff. I personally think some of the items could have been moved
to other pages - like you do with some other stuff (it's not just this
1 page he made folks).
A beginners guide will appeal to someone who's thinking of buying a
Slim to see how simple it should be, or to someone who wants
ouch, my brain hurts just reading that. Can I sue you for my brain damages?
Only if you're in America. ;-)
Everything I've found on AllofMP3.com on the web and in mainstream
printed media suggests it is legal. I haven't found anything to the
contrary. I have read that one point the MPAA
If anyone is so inclined, I would appreciate seeing comments about SB3 on
Amazon.com from real customers. :-)
Cheers,
Patrick
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The Squeezebox is made by people who truly love digital music, and
Amazon.co.uk is waiting for its first review too if anyone wants to grab
the limelight!
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Just finished ripping the CD's I bought yesterday and I'm now over the
10,000 song mark, and all from my own cd's too :-)
Here's to the next 10,000
Craig
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Well, I'm a real customer, having bought a Squeezebox and a Squeezebox 2
from Multitask in the UK.
I have found Multitask to be a great company to deal with and I don't
see how Amazon could be better from a customer service point of view.
Amazon could be better at having stock or getting more
The Songbird Media Player is a desktop media player, built atop
XULRunner platform (also used by Mozilla Foundations Firefox and
Thunderbird), and will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Just like
Firefox, it will be open to extensions!
please slim..? make it play nice with the
So that is about 10,000 US dollars in CDs? You are keeping the music
industry alive single handedly!
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Jim
thanks, glad you liked it.
In thinking about how to structure it I was mainly driven by the sorts
of questions that come up on the Beginners forum, where its obvious
that quite a few people struggle right at the beginning to get their
heads round everything. I know I did!
I was also
gjrhine Wrote:
So that is about 10,000 US dollars in CDs? You are keeping the music
industry alive single handedly!
No it's worse than that.
I see Craig is from the UK, which means he's maybe spent about 18,000
US Dollars at today's prices on CD's if he bought all his CD's from
internet
Ouch!,
Amazon.co.uk is showing the SB3 as Out of stock or discontinued -
please look at the alternative products shown below
Not a very good endorsement. Maybe someone should contact them about
this.
luga
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patrick Wrote:
If anyone is so inclined, I would appreciate seeing comments about SB3
on
Amazon.com from real customers. :-)
Do you think whilst 10,000 people commented on a Van Zant CD they never
bought, it's not too outrageous me commenting on a SB3 even though I
only own a SB1 :(
Of
We're working on getting SB3 listed on Amazon.uk
You are welcome to post a comment on Amazon.com
Patrick
On 11/30/05 8:45 AM, luga00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Ouch!,
Amazon.co.uk is showing the SB3 as Out of stock or discontinued -
please look at the alternative products shown below
I'm not suggesting foul play, but from the way I understand the way
Amazon works those in the UK could do the following:
'Look at Robbie William's new CD.'
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B5UL7G/)
'Look at Madonna's new CD.'
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B8QEZG/)
On 30/11/05 at 05:04 -0800, xio wrote
well, I tried this but it didn't keep my mac alive :-(
What version of the OS? What version of SlimServer?
For me wake-on-Lan wakes the computer, and once SlimServer is on the
computer will not sleep automatically at a time set by EnergySaver.
This is
super nice, super simple, flash-based interface
Now that's an unusual combination of words!
I agree. I am normally very down on Flash -- this is one of the few
times I've ever seen it used in a way that improves on the user
experience one would have without it. Compare and contrast with,
Ceejay, nice work! I think this is exactly the type of overview and
step-by-step that will be useful to beginners. The initial
squeezebox/slimserver/networking/java/encoders experience can be
daunting for some, and for those that are initiated via softsqueeze,
even more so. Your document sets
well obviously the older ones were bought from shops and more recently
about 50/50 shops and internet. I still like to browse the racks and
since the action brought against CDWow they and Play are not as cheap
as they were.
It sounds like a lot of money when you add it up but I've probably
spent
I passed 10,000 a while ago, my next milestone is 900 albums (coming up
soon). Yes it's a lot of money, but music is important to me, more so
than pretty much anything else. All the CDs are insured, along with
$15k worth of vinyl. One day I'll get around to ripping that...
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May be slightly off topic, as it doesn't stream music, but you should
check out http://www.musicplasma.com if you're interested in broadening
your cultural horizons.
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* crazyberchtje shaped the electrons to say...
I don't think it's scanning anymore, but still perl takes about 70% CPU
more or less. The only way to stop this is to stop the server.
If you go into Activity Monitor and get a process sample for SlimServer/perl -
what does it say?
-D
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Thanks CeeJay,
Can somone point me to a beginners guide on using the remote control
for different common tasks?
Things like:
- What is this flagging people talk about? Adds a song to a list
somewhere?
- How to add a song or album to a playlist that's not currently
playing.
- adding songs to
DWC - does the stuff in the Help / Remote Control Reference area of the
web interface help at all? Specifically on Zapping, there was a good
thread on that just a little while ago at
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18134highlight=zapping
MrC Wrote:
The slimserver section
Well according to the wonderfull CATraxx it adds up to
DescriptionValue
---
# of albums838
# of tracks10,465
Total price£9,412.36
Avg. # of tracks per
Craig Wrote:
I just don't have a database for my sexual conquests ;-)
Now there's an idea :D Beter first read up on mySQL record-count
limitations. ;)
Craig Wrote:
Well according to the wonderfull CATraxx...
:D You're not Doug from the CATraxx forums are you :D
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From what I understand, the bridging feature only connects wired clients
to the wireless network that the SB3 uses to connect to SlimServer.
I cannot use bridging to make the SB3 a light duty access point, can
I?
Could that be a future feature?
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Jim Wrote:
:D You're not Doug from the CATraxx forums are you :D
No I'm not nearly as knowledgeable as Doug and I do listen to em ;-)
Craig
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Keep it up, I'm up to 1279CDs, I own and about 28000 Flac files. Nothing
like owning your own stuff
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Craig Wrote:
And Radish, I'd wait till you retire to do the vinyl - I've done a few
and it's a real chore
Craig
It's not as bad as all that, for me anyway. I have a Sony CD recorder
in the audio rack. It's not much more trouble than playing the LP, and
then you can do whatever you usually
My review for the black wireless model is up there now. I've never
posted a review on Amazon before, but I seldom like anything as much as
I like the SB3. It is exactly what I was looking for.
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Patrick,
Thank you for your thoughtful posting. You are a UK based reseller and I
have encouraged you, starting back in April, to work with our UK based
distributor - Progressive AV.
Unfortunately, 1) you prefer to by-pass our distribution model and 2) you
respond to my emails with incomplete
blah509 wrote:
The Songbird Media Player is a desktop media player, built atop
XULRunner platform (also used by Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox and
Thunderbird), and will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Just like
Firefox, it will be open to extensions!
Sounds like an ideal complement to
seanadams Wrote:
Eh? It's either a loophole or it isn't. A loophole, by definition, is
legitimately working around the spirit of the law.
Exactly, if there is a loophole then they are legit if there isn't a
loophole then they are not legit.
Dave stated that because they are taking advantage
After wavering between the squeezebox and sonos (because of the remote)
I decided to go squeezebox after learning about the Nokia 770 option to
use as a remote:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17837highlight=nokia
I placed an order for a 770 and am told Ill be receiving it in
It's nice that the review had a positive conclusion but I worry that all of
it's omissions and inaccuracies might turn folks away from the SB3. It
seems as though this reviewer never bothered to look at the manual or spend
any time with the SB3 as he was baffled even by how to properly cue music.
I am awaiting a replacement unit for my SB2, and they are sending a
wireless unit (because there are no more wired).
This is for installation in my car, and I use ethernet to connect to
the car PC, however, I may give bridging a try for syncing music to the
PC if I can get a good enough signal.
Spending £12.99 or more for a CD in Virgin or HMV is criminal in my
opinion. It actually really annoys me what they charge.
Anyhow I use Play or CDWow for fairly priced albums but I also use All
of MP3 for most of my stuff now. Quality is great, the choices are
excellent for me, downloads are
It seems the reviewer had badly tagged MP3s (which looked like they were
downloaded from a p2p service judging by the obvious misspellings in the
artist and song names) and he hadn't learned about browse artists,
albums, genres or years. He did the same thing in his SB1 review.
Perhaps
Yes, if you select to use the ethernet port during setup the wireless
card is disabled and should not transmit.
And if you reenable it, your settings are preserved.
On Nov 30, 2005, at 11:41 AM, LavaJoe wrote:
I am awaiting a replacement unit for my SB2, and they are sending a
wireless
Hi!
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17078
/ Baz
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Yes, the settings are preserved but you have to press right on the
remote for all old settings.
What I am missing is a Keep old settings alternative so that you
don't have to spend time (OK, it takes only 20-30 sec) accepting your
old settings for IP-address, DNS etc.
Regards,
Baz
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Quoting baz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Yes, the settings are preserved but you have to press right on the
remote for all old settings.
What I am missing is a Keep old settings alternative so that you
don't have to spend time (OK, it takes only 20-30 sec) accepting your
old settings for IP-address,
Thanks
Tony
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On 11/29/05, lioelec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
I've been able to access the BIOS using F2 and change the boot
sequence, after fiddling with it a little bit. Thanks for that.
Now, I would be really interested
Well it is Tom's Hardware, they lost credibility a lng time ago.
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dean Wrote:
Yes, if you select to use the ethernet port during setup the wireless
card is disabled and should not transmit.
And if you reenable it, your settings are preserved.
Great - thanks! If I enable it, do some transfers (via bridging), and
then disable it (without a full power
ceejay Wrote:
Good idea. I found the SlimServer page in the Wiki a bit unfriendly. Any
volunteers?
Ceejay
I might take a crack at it later. In the meantime, I've updated your
BeginnersNetworking guide with wireless security info, and moved your
beginners guide to the top of the main
I am getting similar problems. I have my multi-disc albums in seperate
directories, and tagged with the same ALBUM but different
DISCNUMBER values.
When browsing in the web interface I get tracks displayed in the
following order (for a 5-disc compilation):
5-1
4-1
3-1
2-1
1-1
5-2
4-2
3-2
2-2
Quoting dSw [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I am getting similar problems. I have my multi-disc albums in seperate
directories, and tagged with the same ALBUM but different
DISCNUMBER values.
what version of the server are you running. This was a reent bug and
should be
fixed in 6.2.2 nightly builds.
On 30/11/05 at 12:34 -0800, MrC wrote
ceejay Wrote:
Good idea. I found the SlimServer page in the Wiki a bit unfriendly. Any
volunteers?
Ceejay
I might take a crack at it later. In the meantime, I've updated your
BeginnersNetworking guide with wireless security info, and moved your
I'd recommend option 2, with modification. Instead of a raw AP, get one
that has a built-in switch. Use the AP wireless for the 770 and wire
the SB3 to switch. Best of both worlds with only one cable run.
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I am seeing this too with albums that have various artists. The tracks
seem be be listed alphabetically by Artist name.
I'm running 6.2.2 - 5325 on Linux.
I can get the tracks to show in the correct order if I do the
following;
Under Server Settings, Behaviour, set compilations to group
* AndyWright shaped the electrons to say...
I am seeing this too with albums that have various artists. The tracks
seem be be listed alphabetically by Artist name.
I'm running 6.2.2 - 5325 on Linux.
Andy - can you send me your slimserversql.db file?
And the name of an album that is having
No, it's done only in the DAC.
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Thanks to MrC and danco for joining in!
I'll probably have a go at tagging classical music next, as that's a
pet topic of mine... but there are lots of other gaps in there, folks,
feel free to join in!
iTunes ?
Ripping programs?
Playlists?
Doesn't have to be a big page - a short sweet
On Nov 30, 2005, at 12:31 PM, LavaJoe wrote:
dean Wrote:
Yes, if you select to use the ethernet port during setup the wireless
card is disabled and should not transmit.
And if you reenable it, your settings are preserved.
Great - thanks! If I enable it, do some transfers (via bridging),
sure - I'll trim down the contents first to keep it small...
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db sent to you Dan.
For a compilation album of various artists the track ordering is wrong
if I browse by album. Browsing by Artist, Various Artists shows the
order correctly.
For a multi-cd, single artist compilation the ordering is correct using
either browse path.
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Server Settings - Performance - Disable Library Statistics is the one
I am talking about. On the ReadyNAS, I also have the RAM thingy
Database Cache Size Tuning (SQLite)
set to 2
It's way more zippy like that!
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Sorry, Dan, are you sayng that is only run if you go into 'information'?
Which information? I find now I no longer get the message about 'your
library contains x tracks by y artists from z albums' but really I
don't care anyway, and that the whole web browsing and squeezbox
experience, on the
I have tried to install musicmagic on a
freebsd box that runs slimserver flawlessly. I have corresponded with predixis
support, but so far, they dont know how to fix it (I have tried all
their suggestions). Any suggestions? The error code I receive is shown below:
Hey TJ!
The error
Running server 6.2.2 - 5325 on Linux
If I click Browse Genres in Live 365 I get a server crash;
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at
/usr/local/slimserver/Plugins/Live365/Live365API.pm at line 341.
Anyone else seeing this?
Andy.
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Sounds like a great idea. Is it true then that there is no performance
gains to be had by having the 770 and SB attached to the network
using different cables (option 3)? If not then I'd say your suggestion
is the best.
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at 6PM yesterday evening, I got this:
Dear Michael,
Thank you for placing an order with Slim Devices.
We have authorized your credit card but we will not charge it until the
order ships. At that time, you will receive an email with your tracking
number from UPS's QuantumView service.
I
I have an issue more often than not when trying to play music when
viewing songs via browse music folders. It works sometimes. but other
times it's just as if the remote is not working? Should I not be able
to highlight a album or track and press play? I'm running 6.2.1 SS.
thanks
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Hi,
I have posted a similar msg before talking about a couple of different
items, but wanted to follow up, focusing wireless signal reception
only.
I have an office off the kitchen (extension over the garage) where my
server and wireless AP sit. The squeezebox 3 sits in the living room
which
Is there any reason why shows with available MP3 versions on the live
music archive would not be accessible via the SB?
I'm attempting to listen to moe from 11/26/05. There are several
versions available on the Live Music Archive, all in MP3 format.
However, the most recent moe show coming up
Hi,
As posted separately, i do have probs with my wireless signal strength.
However, i have noticed a couple of times now the squeezebox losing
connection and then when i try to re-connect again; i check the
settings and see that the squeezebox has some very strange settings:
- IP address not in
After reading my post I realized I should give more info. It is only the
play key that does not seem to operate correctly. Is there any setting
or reason why when turning on the unit and using the browse music folder
section and selecting a track or album and pressing play it should not
play?
* bossanova808 shaped the electrons to say...
Server Settings - Performance - Disable Library Statistics is the one
I am talking about. On the ReadyNAS, I also have the RAM thingy
Database Cache Size Tuning (SQLite)
set to 2
SlimServer has no setting for that.. could Infrant have
What IP address did it get set to? Was it a 169.254. address? If
so, then the player was unable to get an IP address from your DHCP
server.
Tell us more about your network.
On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:36 PM, bstark73 wrote:
Hi,
As posted separately, i do have probs with my wireless signal
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