Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer beta downloads

2005-12-11 Thread Michael Herger
http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html ...and be sure you go for the 6.2.x branch as 6.5 is in a rather experimental state. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.ne

Re: [slim] Re: 6.2.0 + iTunes + XP = No Work

2005-12-11 Thread Allan Hise
On 12 Dec 2005, at 07:27 , Channing Moore wrote: I'm reading this forum because I'm really frustrated about the fact that whenever iTunes is running, it triggers library rescans... Would it be possible to *schedule* library updates for particular time/day? I update my iTunes library infreq

[slim] Re: 6.2.0 + iTunes + XP = No Work

2005-12-11 Thread Channing Moore
I'm reading this forum because I'm really frustrated about the fact that whenever iTunes is running, it triggers library rescans... Would it be possible to *schedule* library updates for particular time/day? I update my iTunes library infrequently enough that having it check daily would be nice.

[slim] Re: Possible Enhancement - (slight) support for multiple file format music libraries

2005-12-11 Thread jhwilliams
gjrhine Wrote: > It depends on how many people have the space and inclination to keep two > copies of their music. Probably not many. Well I do... I rip to FLAC and I have an ipod which means having two copies is necessary. I suspect that a lot of the audiophile types will have the same issue

[slim] Re: what's your favorite xmas music stream?

2005-12-11 Thread Michaelwagner
Simon Still Wrote: > I've not yet worked out how to make it a favourite. While it's playing, press the right key, it'll give the name of the stream, and in the upper right, 1 of 6. Press the down key 5 times (or the up key once). It's easier than it is to describe. -- Michaelwagner -

Re: [slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-11 Thread Jack Coates
fathom39 wrote: This looks interesting - I've seen the 60GB advertised for $299 after rebate. I'm very happy with my iRiver IHP-120 -- I've had it for two years, and it's been a solid performer the whole time. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture... "If this is Paradi

[slim] Re: SlimServer beta downloads

2005-12-11 Thread malsbury
Govnah Wrote: > I am reading where some users are using newer/betas of slimserver and I > was curious where I could find the beta builds, specifically to address > the cue sheet issue I am experiencing. > > > Thanks The latest nightly builds of the current maintenance version and beta version

[slim] SlimServer beta downloads

2005-12-11 Thread Govnah
I am reading where some users are using newer/betas of slimserver and I was curious where I could find the beta builds, specifically to address the cue sheet issue I am experiencing. Thanks -- Govnah Govnah's Profile: ht

[slim] Car audio player

2005-12-11 Thread tyler_durden
Does anyone make a car audio player that has a USB port so I can just plug in a USB flash drive full of audio files and play them? Does anyone make a car audio player with wireless networking that can grab the audio files off my networked HDD and dump them into either a HDD or flash memory? Than

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-11 Thread fathom39
This looks interesting - I've seen the 60GB advertised for $299 after rebate. -- fathom39 fathom39's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1000 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.

[slim] Re: Random Mix and Volume?

2005-12-11 Thread earthbased
I create my FLAC files using dbPowerAMP and to my knowledge it didn't (doesn't) have a ReplayGain feature. How can I add this metadata to my existing FLAC files? -- earthbased earthbased's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic

[slim] Re: Reformat my hard drive?

2005-12-11 Thread funkstar
If you have no need to use the drive on systems that will not read NTFS (such as a Mac, a linux box or Win9x) then you did the right thing formatting it in my opinion. NTFS is a far more robust fileing system that FAT32 and is less likely to become corrupt if the external case is powered down or

[slim] Re: SBM (Squeezebox Mobile)?

2005-12-11 Thread funkstar
Daryle Tilroe Wrote: > > Grahame Wrote: > > > > I can confirm the included audio player on the Nokia 770 can handle > > streaming MP3's from slimserver over its built in 802.11g WiFi> > > That looks something like what I was thinking of. Promising, but I > now need a new phone :-). Intere

Re: [slim] what's your favorite xmas music stream?

2005-12-11 Thread Simon Still
On 12/11/05, jackaninny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: looking for a few new favorites to add to my squeezebox list Soma FM - Christmas in Frisco.  Not in the slim picks this year but google, add the stream via the web interface then save as a playlist from the SB.  I've not yet worked out how to make

Re: [slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

2005-12-11 Thread Simon Still
I bought the iRiver  in the end.  I needed something this week and it was the only AAA battery player i could find for sale in Central London.  I'm impressed.  Sound is good (and loud), it's easy enough to use and it's almost weightless and is tiny.  The battery door looks like the point of failure

[slim] what's your favorite xmas music stream?

2005-12-11 Thread jackaninny
looking for a few new favorites to add to my squeezebox list -- jackaninny jackaninny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=273 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19026 _

[slim] Qnap server or best option

2005-12-11 Thread Robster
Hi all Does anybody have any idea when the Qnap servers are arriving in the UK? Do you think they will be any good or can anyone suggest a better option for listening with the PC off. thanks Rob in the UK -- Robster Ro

[slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet

2005-12-11 Thread pitrh
dean Wrote: > > I don't understand it either. Make sure you get in touch with our > support team, it may be that there's an actual hardware problem, > they'll make sure you get it resolved. Writing to support@ will probably scare the squeezebox into behaving, I hope. So I just sent an emai

[slim] Re: How to run SlimServer remotely through SB3?

2005-12-11 Thread MrC
Hold down left arrow to go to network setup. Input the IP address of the server at work. Most likely, this won't just work as easily as this, because your work probably has a firewall. If your work has a firewall, or is doing NAT, then you'll need to either work with your IT admin and setup the

Re: [slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet

2005-12-11 Thread dean blackketter
On Dec 11, 2005, at 12:35 PM, mcremer wrote: It's amazing to read about all the different wireless connection problems peole are are facing *and resolving* with their Squeezeboxes. For the time being, none of the proposed routes to satisfaction worked for me, so I keep on trying. Still, I do not

[slim] How to run SlimServer remotely through SB3?

2005-12-11 Thread ezkcdude
Exactly what the title says. How do I get my SqueezeBox3 to find the SlimServer running somewhere remotely? For example, if I have a SB3 in my office and SlimServer at home, how can I access my remote SlimServer using only the SB3, not my office computer? Is this possible? -- ezkcdude -

[slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet

2005-12-11 Thread mcremer
It's amazing to read about all the different wireless connection problems peole are are facing *and resolving* with their Squeezeboxes. For the time being, none of the proposed routes to satisfaction worked for me, so I keep on trying. Still, I do not understand why the new SB3 does not work in th

[slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet

2005-12-11 Thread pitrh
selecttouch Wrote: > I had the same problem,[Netgear WGT624] and on the advice of Sean Adams, > I checked for and disabled the router setting labled [disable advanced > 108mbps settings] and it worked. There is probably a similar setting in > other routers under different terminology. At least i

[slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet

2005-12-11 Thread selecttouch
I had the same problem,[Netgear WGT624] and on the advice of Sean Adams, I checked for and disabled the router setting labled [disable advanced 108mbps settings] and it worked. There is probably a similar setting in other routers under different terminology. -- selecttouch -

[slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet

2005-12-11 Thread pitrh
I see the exact same symptoms here. On a simple 11b network (essentially what I wrote about in http://www.bgnett.no/~peter/pf/en/wireless.simple.html) where I have two freebsd, one openbsd and a windows box connection quite happily, the squeezebox manages to associate, but simply will not commun

[slim] Re: sb3 issues

2005-12-11 Thread Michaelwagner
Email send. Thanks for replacing it. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18977 ___

[slim] Re: My "SB3 wireless" only works with wired ethernet

2005-12-11 Thread pitrh
I see the same problem here. On a basic 11b network (essentially the setup described in http://www.bgnett.no/~peter/pf/en/wireless.simple.html) where I have four other machines connecting quite happily (one mac running openbsd, two pcs with FreeBSD, one windows pc), my new Squeezebox finds my ne

Re: [slim] Re: sb3 issues

2005-12-11 Thread dean blackketter
On Dec 11, 2005, at 11:54 AM, Michaelwagner wrote: dean Wrote: email support (AT) slimdevices (DOT) com So my posting here isn't enough? It is not. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/

[slim] Re: sb3 issues

2005-12-11 Thread Michaelwagner
dean Wrote: > who do we contact? > email support (AT) slimdevices (DOT) com So my posting here isn't enough? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: sb3 issues

2005-12-11 Thread dean blackketter
On Dec 11, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Bailx wrote: actually i dont know if this will work on one of my sb3's the plate came right off. on this other one... the middle was very well glued apparently and the sides were loose it got very bent up during the removal process. i've done my best to

[slim] Re: sb3 issues

2005-12-11 Thread Bailx
actually i dont know if this will work on one of my sb3's the plate came right off. on this other one... the middle was very well glued apparently and the sides were loose it got very bent up during the removal process. i've done my best to bend it back the way it should be, but there a

[slim] Re: sb3 issues

2005-12-11 Thread Bailx
how about just a recommendation on a type of glue to use. Also for damage control you might ship a small bottle of glue with each unit until the old stock is sold, with a notice that they might need to reglue the plate on. (hey it's easier than reseating the cpu card like with the sb2). -- Ba

[slim] Radio Station Titles Changing in Playlist

2005-12-11 Thread Fletch
I have a .pls playlist with a bunch of different entries for internet radio stations. I've included "Title=" entries with descriptions of locations/formats, etc. When I browse the playlist everything looks and works fine. However, after a given stream is played, my custom Title string is replac

[slim] OT: forum mess up threading...

2005-12-11 Thread andreas
Hello, sorry for being slightly OT but... I think the web forum is messing up threading, at least for me in Thunderbird (version 1.0.5 (20050711)). To me, it seems like the Message-ID is the culprit... Two posts from the same user, different topics & four minutes between posts, have exactly th

[slim] Double files

2005-12-11 Thread tonymuffin
I ripped 5 new CD's yesterday with Windows Media Player. When selecting one of the 5 CD's to play the player section shows 2 of each track. However, the duplicates all have a "-" in front of the track. When browsing by ARTWORK or ARTIST or MUSIC FOLDER they list only the tracks per CD once. I

[slim] Re: Reformat my hard drive?

2005-12-11 Thread Michaelwagner
XP can handle FAT32 drives fine. Lots of other systems can handle FAT32. Not so much with NTFS. XP (and W2K) won't format a drive over 30Gig to FAT32. Moreover, they waste an hour of your time pretending to work before telling you (in a very obscure way) that they failed. Partition Magic doesn't

[slim] Cue files not working

2005-12-11 Thread Govnah
Is there any reason why a directory with a cue file will not play? If I remove the cue file and select the wav file manually, then the file will play. Is this by design or a bug? Thanks -- Govnah Govnah's Profile: http:/

Re: [slim] Re: Upgraded Slimserver to v6.2.1, WMA radio stopped working

2005-12-11 Thread Michael Herger
Triode This sounds to me as if the wma stations you are listening to can't be decoded by the player but can be decoded by the server. The newer releases moved wma decode to the player for SB2/3, but not softsqueeze or older players. Hence the difference you see when you upgrade. I can confir

[slim] Re: Upgraded Slimserver to v6.2.1, WMA radio stopped working

2005-12-11 Thread martinpolley
I just tried 6.2.0. Same problem. So I installed 6.1.1, and it works just fine. -- martinpolley capcloud.com martinpolley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2728 View this thread: http://forums.sl

[slim] Re: SBM (Squeezebox Mobile)?

2005-12-11 Thread Daryle Tilroe
shifty1725 Wrote: > Why wouldn't you just use a large capacity mp3/hard drive player? > > When I rip my cd's I put a copy on my linkstation for my squeezebox and > another on my mp3 player for when I am out and about. I can then plug > my mp3 player into any stereo etc. and have access to my fu

[slim] Re: Upgraded Slimserver to v6.2.1, WMA radio stopped working

2005-12-11 Thread Triode
This sounds to me as if the wma stations you are listening to can't be decoded by the player but can be decoded by the server. The newer releases moved wma decode to the player for SB2/3, but not softsqueeze or older players. Hence the difference you see when you upgrade. I suspect you could pr

[slim] Re: SBM (Squeezebox Mobile)?

2005-12-11 Thread Daryle Tilroe
Grahame Wrote: > I can confirm the included audio player on the Nokia 770 can handle > streaming MP3's from slimserver over its built in 802.11g WiFi That looks something like what I was thinking of. Promising, but I now need a new phone :-). -- Daryle Tilroe

[slim] Re: Upgraded Slimserver to v6.2.1, WMA radio stopped working

2005-12-11 Thread bflatmajor
radish Wrote: > 6.1.1 isn't wonderfully stable either, I'd go for 6.1.2 - I ran that for > a while with no problems. I can't locate 6.1.2, so I installed 6.1.1 with firmware version 15 and the url's that I was having problems with is still working. So I'm done -- bflatmajor ---

[slim] Re: SBM (Squeezebox Mobile)?

2005-12-11 Thread Daryle Tilroe
radish Wrote: > but my main thought is how often are you somewhere with a network > connection but no computer? Assuming there's a browser handy, go to > your slimserver and fire up softsqueeze. Well it can be fairly often, particularly not your own computer. Even if you have a PC you are eith

[slim] Re: Two CDs, Same Title, Problem?

2005-12-11 Thread ceejay
Well, everyone will have their own solution to this (the extra space is a neat trick) but if it were me I'd rename them "A Christmas Album (Grant)" and "A Christmas Album (Streisand)" so that if you are browsing lists of Albums you can tell which is which... Ceejay -- ceejay --

[slim] Re: Help, my new SB3 wont connect wirelessly to my network :o(

2005-12-11 Thread Geoggy
hi there - its the latest firmware on the dlink website : V1.00B02T02.UK.20050815 - however please see my new post in the beginners - my sb3 wont work at all now. G -- Geoggy Geoggy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

[slim] Re: Random Mix: possible to select x most recently ripped albums?

2005-12-11 Thread max . spicer
No, you can't do that, I'm afraid. The closest is to go into Browse Music->New Music, add your new albums and then shuffle the playlist. Max chrisgeary Wrote: > as per the subject line. does this functionality exist? > > and better than that, the x number of recent albums ripped from the > se

[slim] Re: Two CDs, Same Title, Problem?

2005-12-11 Thread tyler_durden
How about just inserting an extra space in the title of one of the discs? TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sho

[slim] Re: Two CDs, Same Title, Problem?

2005-12-11 Thread scbash
Thanks for the reference. I've added the "Common Title" and the library is rescanning now. I'm curious how this will turn out, since I'm using separator characters for some of the artists. I'll post an update if anything really bizarre happens. Thanks again. Stephen -- scbash -

[slim] Re: Random Mix: possible to select x most recently ripped albums?

2005-12-11 Thread ezkcdude
It's easy to make such a playlist in iTunes, and then use that playlist in SlimServer. I'm not sure how to do it directly using SlimServer, but I'm sure a script could be written for that purpose. -- ezkcdude ezkcdude's Pr

[slim] Re: Reformat my hard drive?

2005-12-11 Thread ezkcdude
I guess I'm a little late, but you didn't have to reformat it. FAT32 can be read and written to by XP...and Macs. NTFS does not play well with Macs. However, unless you're using a Mac, it shouldn't make a difference to you. -- ezkcdude ---

[slim] Re: Reformat my hard drive?

2005-12-11 Thread Kyle
Thanks. Main hard drive was NTFS, so I reformatted the external to match. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19012

[slim] Re: Reformat my hard drive?

2005-12-11 Thread audiofi
I don't know if you'll have to reformat the disk, it depends if you are using NTFS or FAT32 in the main hard disk. If you want to though, right click on My Computer, click Manage and then click on Disk Management There you will have the new disk, right click on it and select format, it should le

[slim] Reformat my hard drive?

2005-12-11 Thread Kyle
I just got a new 250gb external hard drive to store music files. It is preformated FAT32. Do I need to reformat it? I use Windows XP. If so, how do I do it? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

[slim] Re: Possible Enhancement - (slight) support for multiple file format music libraries

2005-12-11 Thread gjrhine
It depends on how many people have the space and inclination to keep two copies of their music. Probably not many. -- gjrhine Gary gjrhine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2481 View this thread:

[slim] Random Mix: possible to select x most recently ripped albums?

2005-12-11 Thread chrisgeary
as per the subject line. does this functionality exist? -- chrisgeary chrisgeary's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=792 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19010 __

[slim] Possible Enhancement - (slight) support for multiple file format music libraries

2005-12-11 Thread GregD
Don't know if this might be useful to others - but interested to find out. I keep two copies of my music - a lossless version for SlimServer - and a lossy one for my iPod. I use iTunes and MusicMagic as well as SlimServer to manage this library. I only want to use the lossless files (and a smal

[slim] Re: SB3 and Netgear WGU624 Router

2005-12-11 Thread DrNic
scan80269 Wrote: > I'd like to report some persistent trouble with getting a Squeezebox3 > set up with a Netgear WGU624 double 108Mbps wireless router. > > SB3 is able to see my home network based on the WGU624, but when the > SB3 requests an IP address after connecting to the network, it always

[slim] SB3 hanging after song in Random Mix Mode

2005-12-11 Thread 0xdeadbeef
I received my SB3 yesterday and getting it ro tun etc. was no problem (had the server up and running some days before and used softsqueeze). So after several hours of playing in "random mix" mode, it kinda stopped playing. Indeed in the web interface it showed that it was still playing the first s

[slim] Why is artist via genre so slow?

2005-12-11 Thread Munge
Hi, Here are two common scenarios: 1) Browse artist, select an artist, and all albums are displayed. This takes no time at all. 2) Browse genre, select an artist, and all albums are displayed. This takes ages! I have 371 albums (5144 songs) on a W2K laptop (300 MHz, 192 MB RAM), Slimserver 6.1.1

[slim] Re: Slight Pause as Songs Begin

2005-12-11 Thread MrStan
I have noticed a very short repeat on the beginning of MP4 type files. Normally this occurs during the opening silence and goes un-noticed but it is obvious if you attempt to play gapless tracks. I now encode to ogg as after extensive listening I have noticed other issues with MP4. This has nothi

[slim] Re: SBM (Squeezebox Mobile)?

2005-12-11 Thread shifty1725
Why wouldn't you just use a large capacity mp3/hard drive player? When I rip my cd's I put a copy on my linkstation for my squeezebox and another on my mp3 player for when I am out and about. I can then plug my mp3 player into any stereo etc. and have access to my full music library. Some new p

[slim] Re: SBM (Squeezebox Mobile)?

2005-12-11 Thread Grahame
See the screenshots ... here http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/grahame770/screenshot01.png http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/grahame770/screenshot03.png Remember the actual screen is only about 4.1 inches diagonally on the actual device.. ( you can zoom the web browser to increase font

Re: [slim] Re: Please Please help! Connecting to Squeezenetwork too long

2005-12-11 Thread Michael Herger
1. No, connect still works, but it takes a lot of time. Sometimes 30 sec, sometimes a minute or two. Did you change anything in your network setup, even simply turn an antenna or access point? Please verify the networking performance using the "Server & Network Health" section ("Server & Net