Hi,
I just moved my good old slimp3 around in the house and got some
serious trouble in getting it connected to the network again. First I
thought of problems with the cable or the dhcp server, but then it
turns out that some of my more recent 10/100 switches do have problems
with slimp3's 10
On 1/12/05 at 22:39 -0500, Charles Stanton wrote
Does anyone have instructions for installing Biography on Mac OS
10.4. I tried putting Biography in the plugins directory, but that
did not work. I serached around and did not really find muchAny
assistance would be appreciated.
I
In my mind (and a simple one it may be) a key element of SlimServer
usability for new or unexperienced users is tagging. Specifically,
allowing it to happen and making it reasonably simple.
Products like Musicmatch Jukebox, iTunes and SlimServer all allow users
to view digitial music, which for
and can confirm the remedy - get the additional modules from Michael's
site the MHCPAN ones. Download them to the desktop somewhere.
Find the real slimserver installation - the preference pane and show
package contents find your way to the CPAN HTML folder. Open the MHCPAN
download - you need
On 1/12/05 at 22:05 -0800, cashman wrote
Hi All,
My SB2 and SlimServer have been working beautifully for a while now.
But I have had to reinstall Mac OS X.4 (with 10.4.3 update) on my mac
mini and although SlimServer (6.2.1) starts up and is otherwise
functional via the web interface, the SB2
Hi,
I have a question about adding a song to a playlist that is currently
playing. When you are giving a party and the music comes from a
predefined playlist, you guests always like to hear their favorite
song. To make the guest happy, he would like to hear his song very
soon, so it would be
On the web interface, use the fishbone skin
http://localhost:9000/fishbone and there is a play next button
On the remote, I think you press and hold the Play button to play it
next
Andrew
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I think it's press and hold 'add'.
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On the web interface, use the fishbone
Good point, have changed it so as not to confuse anyone
Thanks Chris
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Thanks. I'll try these (I am not at the computer now).
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and can confirm the remedy - get the additional modules from Michael'ssite the MHCPAN ones. Download them to the desktop somewhere.
Find the real slimserver installation - the preference pane and
Yep, it's press and hold 'add'
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I think it's press and hold
Oh, that works with random play as well - I wondered if there was a way
to do that :).
Hmmm, but telling it to play now using the fishbone skin clears the
playlist and you have to tell the Squeezebox to start random mix again.
Kevin
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Hi all,
I've just setup a new slimserver (6.2.1 on Fedora 4) and copied some
music files across from my old server (also 6.2.1 on Fedora 4).
On the new machine, I get some albums showing the same track twice and
missing other tracks. The same files behave perfectly on the old
server.
I tried
Jim - no recommendations from me, I'm afraid, I'm using good old
Notepad!
In the meantime as promised here is the Beginners Guide to Tagging
Classical music...
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToClassical
Now, if someone is feeling really bold, how about a Beginners Guide to
Can anyone give an idea of start-up times? To be used as a remote, you
really want instant-on. What are the options for this?
Thanks guys. V jealous!
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I'm having the same issue with my 6.2.1 running on Windows XP; I have to
resort to connecting to Slimserver via my laptop
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What OS are you running? Do you have a firewall enabled? (remember that XP
sp2 has a firewall enabled by default)
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I haven't received mine yet (pre-ordered Nov
14th...waiting...waiting...waiting), but my understanding that it boots
very quickly. If you are coming out of standby mode, it's effectively
instant-on.
After I get my grubby paws on this gadget, I am hoping to start some
involved discussions on
On 12/2/05, bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After I get my grubby paws on this gadget, I am hoping to start some
involved discussions on using the 770 with Slimserver. I'm anticipating
diving into some development for it...probably starting with a custom
770 skin.
Something like this?
very cool, Jacob.
I wouldn't call myself a UI pro, but I do spend a lot of time on
UI-related issues, so maybe I'll be able to help on that front.
The maemo development environment looks pretty cool...I can't see
myself spending a minute of time on it until I get my 770
though...necessity
Can anyone give an idea of start-up times? To be used as a remote, you
really want instant-on. What are the options for this?
Start up time from off is quite long, more than a minute. However, the
standby mode is very efficient and in practice there is no need to
turn it off, other than for the
I ran mp3gain 1.2.5 (back end 1.4.6) on a set of files to see how well
the volume adjustment works. I'm using slimserver 6.2.1. Badness
ensued.
The majority of the files now are skipped. The log has the messages:
timestamp ERROR: Couldn't open song.
I had mp3gain remove the tags and the files
Your help would be greatly appreciated if you want me to come spread some
joy in your city (Chicago, Toronto, Austin, Boston, Washington, etc.).
I need a centrally located demo location with easy public access. The event
in Seattle was a big success. It was a little strange to do it in a
Aaron Zinck Wrote:
HOWEVER: the main reason I have never, and will probably not in the
near
future, consider replacing my SB1 is RHAPSODY SUPPORT. The SB1 will
run
under Slimserver 5.4 and the RealSlim plugin allows me to interact
fully
with Rhapsody. This, to me, is the killer app
Quoting newton [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Aaron - does this mean that SB2/3 doesn't have Rhapsody support? I'll
try to look around for an answer, but is that because SB2/3 isn't
supported by Slimserver 5.4 or is it something else?
Thanks to all for the feedback!
6.0+ no longer works with the
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HowtoBestAudioQuality
My own personal example might clarify a bit. My CDs compress on
average to 300Mb (flac) and about 60Mb (MP3). I have 350 CDs which is
approx 105Gb (flac) or 21Gb (MP3). A brand new 200Gb drive cost me
GBP75. So for me I've kept
Are you using public/private keys or just username/password?
Some people have reported problems with softsqueeze, however it worked
for me when I tried the SSH-from-work setup recently. I was using keys
for authentication.
You could always try setting up an SSH tunnel using PuTTY and
yes, it is 2.3
One of the switches it doesn't work with is a level one FSW-0507TX
(5-port 10/100 desktop switch).
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I am running SlimServer 6.2.1 (modified version from www.infrant.com) on
a ReadyNAS RX6 with a new SB3. All seems to work well, and I am able to
access various embedded external streams (RadioIO etc) as well as the
SqueezeNetwork. However, when I try to tune in a favourite stream (
New page (maybe not so much Beginner's). I stole this from another
forum if you're a member and recognise it - but don't worry, I did
write it on there (see same avatar).
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?TechnicalGuideToFLAC
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Quoting newton
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Aaron - does this mean that SB2/3 doesn't have Rhapsody support? I'll
try to look around for an answer, but is that because SB2/3 isn't
supported by Slimserver 5.4 or is it something else?
Thanks to all for the feedback!
KDF hit all the major points
From the founder of mp3.com, linspire, etc: a personal music locker to
store all your music and make it accessible from anywhere on any device.
Unlike my.mp3, users are required to upload all their own files
http://www.mp3tunes.com/
It will sync your tunes between devices and stream to a software
patrick Wrote:
Your help would be greatly appreciated if you want me to come spread
some
joy in your city (Chicago, Toronto, Austin, Boston, Washington, etc.).
I need a centrally located demo location with easy public access. The
event
in Seattle was a big success. It was a little
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 19:18 +, Ben Gladstone wrote:
a personal music locker to
store all your music and make it accessible from anywhere on any device.
so who's for a hosted slimservice? solves a lot of consumer problems
(installation, configuration, noisy fans, large disks, upgrades,
Hmmm, but telling it to play now using the fishbone skin clears the
playlist and you have to tell the Squeezebox to start random mix again.
Andrew (audiofi) was referring to the play next button on the fishbone
skin. This is actually a button distinct from the play and add buttons
in
The event was promoted to my past customers who lived in the Seattle area
via a direct email and on our homepage.
I'll be in Portland on Saturday. See you there.
Patrick
On 12/2/05 11:20 AM, GoCubs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
patrick Wrote:
Your help would be greatly appreciated if you
On 12/1/05, kkitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I have slimserver 6.1.1 working with both a SB3 and with various
computers running SoftSqueeze on my local LAN. I'd like to set up
SoftSqueeze at work to access my slimserver at home. I have set up my
firewall/router to forward port 22 to
Patrick Cosson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Your help would be greatly appreciated if you want me to come spread some
joy in your city (Chicago, Toronto, Austin, Boston, Washington, etc.).
I need a centrally located demo location with easy public access. The event
in Seattle was a big
On 12/2/05, jowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I ran mp3gain 1.2.5 (back end 1.4.6) on a set of files to see how wellthe volume adjustment works. I'm using slimserver 6.2.1. Badnessensued.The majority of the files now are skipped. The log has the messages:
timestamp ERROR: Couldn't open song.I had
Patrick Cosson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The event was promoted to my past customers who lived in the
Seattle area via a direct email and on our homepage.
Oh, I assumed in my last email that you were mostly targeting
new customers and would want a location with a lot of foot
traffic and
Yes, I'm running on windows.
First thing I checked was permissions. Not the issue. Also, winamp has
no problems reading the file.
Filename didn't change. A different message shows up in the log when
the file doesn't exist. File doesn't exist on disk - skipping.
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from the thread on options for remote power-on, Dean says:
dean Wrote:
I'm not Sean, but I do have answer from him.
The IR blaster dongles are just infrared LEDs at the end of a long
cable and are available from a number of sources, including us:
Geoggy, just out of interest, which firmware did you upgrade your
DSL-G604T to. I have this router and I have never been able to get the
squeezebox to work with it properly. Other users have reported problems
with this router. It seems that the squeezebox would only connect if it
was on before
I take it back. [EMAIL PROTECTED] windows. Looks like it was some kind of
permission issue. cygwin's ls from a bash shell was showing the same
read permissions on all the files. I went thru the windows interface
and modified the file permissiona and it started working.
My xmas project is to move
On 2/12/05 at 08:34 -0800, bklaas wrote
I haven't received mine yet (pre-ordered Nov
14th...waiting...waiting...waiting), but my understanding that it boots
very quickly. If you are coming out of standby mode, it's effectively
instant-on.
After I get my grubby paws on this gadget, I am hoping
www.flactunes.com is parked.
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In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Aaron Zinck wrote:
Andrew (audiofi) was referring to the play next button on the fishbone
skin.
Yes I realise that - it does exactly what is required to fill one of my
wish list items. I was merely commenting that 'play' doesn't unfortunately
- it'd be nice if
I set up a session in putty and configured it to open 2 tunnels based on
the ports that you have below. I can then activate this session in putty
- I get a login prompt - and I can login using ssh to the
slimserver/linux box. I assume that should authenticate me so that
other processes like
danco Wrote:
On 2/12/05 at 08:34 -0800, bklaas wrote[color=blue]
No-one has yet explained to me: Why?
That is, what are the advantages (and disadvantages) of the Nokia 770
as compared with a PDA.
My reasons, which obviouly are subjective, are the following:
#1. Much higher
danco Wrote:
No-one has yet explained to me: Why?
That is, what are the advantages (and disadvantages) of the Nokia 770
as compared with a PDA.
Advantages:
1.)Open source
2.)Linux under the covers.
3.)Real web browser.
3.)Much higher resolution screen compared to normal PDAs.
Have you changed softsqueeze to connect to localhost?
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danco Wrote:
No-one has yet explained to me: Why?
That is, what are the advantages (and disadvantages) of the Nokia 770
as compared with a PDA.
I've been pondering that one as well. Comparing the Nokia 770 with a
Dell Axim:
- The Nokia 770 has a higher resolution screen than most
This is usnig the default skinSomething I've always thought would be
a nicety is when you click the move down arrow on the song at the bottom
of the playlist if it rolled around and jumped to the top (well, not
quite top but next), and likewise if you pressed the up arrow on the
song at the
one other thing that is a worry to me about the 770...it's
*right-handed*. I'm hoping that some enterprising southpaw developer
finds away to put the display upside-down and remap the up/down/left
right buttons...otherwise I see myself being very frustrated juggling
stylus and button pushing with
GoCubs wrote:
Advantages:
Similarly to our beloved music players, one of the key advantages is
that it is on an open platform, is therefore highly extensibile, and has
already attracted a hacker cadre.
Also, with Bluetooth connection pairing to a device on a high speed
wireless carrier
I have an Axim X50v so I can add a little.The screen is really nice, 480x640, can be used landscape or portrait, left handed or right handed. I don't know how big the 770 screen is but the axim is 2.5 in. x 3.0 in. With that much resolution, having a bigger screen is important or you can't read it
So hang on, cygwin displays the wrong permissions and you blame Windows?
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Cygwin has a dual permissions model. I don't think the OP understands
the two modes, and how they interact with Windows permissions.
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They released all their software with no documentation, they don't
directly respond to tech support questions nor to refund requests. STAY
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It so happens I am setting up SoftSqueeze today as well. I am running
openSSH and SlimServer 6.2.1 on Ubuntu Linux 5.10 (compiled from
source) at home, where the uplink is about 700Kbps.
Then I set up a ssh tunnel using SSH Secure Shell to the slimserver on
the PC at work, and open the stream
wei wrote:
It so happens I am setting up SoftSqueeze today as well. I am running
openSSH and SlimServer 6.2.1 on Ubuntu Linux 5.10 (compiled from
source) at home, where the uplink is about 700Kbps.
Then I set up a ssh tunnel using SSH Secure Shell to the slimserver on
the PC at work, and open
Nick Silberstein Wrote:
I was the first customer at the Seattle Event
And I think I was the last customer. I didn't think I'd be able to
make it at all, but the snow cleared up my afternoon meetings and I got
there about 2 minutes before 4pm.
I also had a great time and it was nice to
Aaron Zinck Wrote:
There are a number of things that have already been recounted in this
thread
that make the SB2/SB3 superior to the SB1. Some others are the
geekport,
more advanced wireless support (wireless G, WPA, etc.), support for
visualizations, and bit-perfect pass-through
I've tried both localhost and 127.0.0.1 in the SoftSqueeze prefs.
gorstk Wrote:
wei wrote:
It so happens I am setting up SoftSqueeze today as well. I am
running
openSSH and SlimServer 6.2.1 on Ubuntu Linux 5.10 (compiled from
source) at home, where the uplink is about 700Kbps.
You are exactly right!
My music files are all stored in WAV format, 16-bit PCM 44.1KHz. So it
would consume a little bit less 1.5Mbps bandwidth. I did not know that
when streaming through iTune, slimserver does MP3 real-time encoding
with 320K as the defalut bitrate, which explains why iTune
kkits,
Make sure on the Slim web under Server Settings-Security in the
Allowed IP Addresses section you have added and saved your work's IP
address from which you will be connecting.
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To all attendees of the Seattle Event, please accept my personal thanks
for stopping by our location on a snowy and wet Seattle Day.
It was crowded at times but most of all I think everyone had fun. It
was great to meet other customers and see each of you interact with
Patrick and the new
Is the SB3 burr brow DAC used in the SB3 a higher end model than in the
SB2 or just (I would expect) a newer version of the same model ?
Should I get one of the remaining SB2 for a second hifi or get a SB3 to
use on my top notch hifi ?
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wei wrote:
You are exactly right!
My music files are all stored in WAV format, 16-bit PCM 44.1KHz. So it
would consume a little bit less 1.5Mbps bandwidth. I did not know that
when streaming through iTune, slimserver does MP3 real-time encoding
with 320K as the defalut bitrate, which explains
kkits,
The large amount of sudden network activity you see is indicating to me
that slimserver is rejecting your connections. SoftSqueeze hits the
slimproto pretty hard, so you'll see hundreds of packets trying to make
the connection.
Make sure on the Slim web under Server Settings-Security in
Hi, I recently came about your music streaming software, and really
liked it. I work at a volunteer ambulance organization and to meet
state requirements must hold training meetings. If you miss training,
you must watch a video. We were planning on purchasing a server to hold
these videos so
You might want to give videolan a look:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
-Chris
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Hi, I recently came about your music streaming software, and really
liked it. I work at a volunteer ambulance organization and to meet
state requirements must hold training
On 12/2/05, dukeinlondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is the SB3 burr brow DAC used in the SB3 a higher end model than in theSB2 or just (I would expect) a newer version of the same model ?
Should I get one of the remaining SB2 for a second hifi or get a SB3 touse on my top notch hifi ?They are
Just figured out that my ssh tunnel works fine when both the client and
server are inside the firewall at home. I guess the linksys
firewall/router is doing something funny. Even though I can ssh to the
slimserver/linux box from outside the firewall - for some reason then I
come through the
asimon Wrote:
Hi, I recently came about your music streaming software, and really
liked it. I work at a volunteer ambulance organization and to meet
state requirements must hold training meetings. If you miss training,
you must watch a video. We were planning on purchasing a server to hold
I have the image ready, but the login you provided does not seem to work.
Thanks,
-Chris
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
Doesn't have to be big...10 feet by 10 feet...access to a stereo, internet,
power...table for cookies...a chair for me to rest my tired bones...smiling
customers. :-)
Patrick
On 12/2/05 11:48 AM, Greg Klanderman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Patrick Cosson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Your help
In the meantime as promised here is the
Beginners Guide to Tagging Classical music...
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cg...ideToClassical
I looked and have comments. I think there should be a more thorough
discussion of what a classical music listener wants to do with the
player before
Shoot, I live in Spokane, I would've crossed the Treacherous Mountain Pass (duhn, duhn, duhn), to see the demo in Seattle if I had known about it.On 12/2/05,
Patrick Cosson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doesn't have to be big...10 feet by 10 feet...access to a stereo, internet,power...table for
So I've always known this feature was there, but never bothered to try
it. Now I'm throwing a party and would like to have my slimp3 going
along with another room full of music powered by an ibook laptop
running either itunes playing a stream or softsqueeze. I've got it all
set up now and there's
* pottymouth shaped the electrons to say...
So I've always known this feature was there, but never bothered to try
it. Now I'm throwing a party and would like to have my slimp3 going
along with another room full of music powered by an ibook laptop
running either itunes playing a stream or
Syncing between Softsqueeze and hardware players just won't work
well.
I've noticed it never quite works with a wired and a wireless (both
SB2's), playing CBR 192kbps mp3's. :-(
Just upgraded from 6.1.1, to 6.2.1 today to see if it was any better,
and it's not -- they're not off by much, but
tho! Is there no fix? Would it sync properly if I had 2 hardware
players or is the whole thing messed up?
2 SB2s work very well when synced together. I've never heard them get
out of sync. The only downside is the very small gaps at the start of
every track when the two players resync.
pfarrell Wrote:
No, a SB1/g is the improved graphics display model SB1.
Same 802.11b wireless
The original SB1 had a 40x2 character display.
The SB1-G has a graphical display (but it isn't as nice as the display
on the SB2/3). You get 4 font sizes as a result, 2 that display 2
lines and 2
Thanks Daniel. My mistake! It is indeed user/Library/SlimDevices.
Yes, I have removed the preference file also, restarted, etc.
Exactly the same OS on my iBook and it works perfectly
I'll keep plugging away and see what gives.
Thanks again.
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Maditude Wrote:
I've noticed it never quite works with a wired and a wireless (both
SB2's), playing CBR 192kbps mp3's. :-(
Weird, it works fine for me, and that's exactly my setup... It can get
slightly out of sync sometimes but it's resynced each song.
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Richie Wrote:
2 SB2s work very well when synced together. I've never heard them get
out of sync. The only downside is the very small gaps at the start of
every track when the two players resync. Admittedly this is mainly
noticeable on albums that have no gaps between the tracks, although
Richard -- So two synched hardware players can't do Flac gapless?
Dave
Not at the moment. It's a known bug, although I can't find the number
at the moment. I'm sure Slim will get round to it fixing it, it's just
a matter of priorities (and from what I've read it may not be a simple
task).
I have an SB2 in my living room (connected via Ethernet cable) with the
RCA jacks connected to my stereo. I have the SPDIF coax going to my
computer in my office. This allows me to listen to the SB2 in both my
living room and my office.
While in the living room, I use the remote to control
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