Hey, Michael. How come that worked? I thought that was only for
switching versions. ...
Slimserver will always create the db file if it can't find it. I have
experienced strange scan results which would not disappear with a simple
rescan. I delete my file whenever I'm doing an update (I
Michael, did you have anything to do with this?
No. Though I love my knife (bought it as a boy, over 20 years ago, from my
pocket money :-)) and my music collection, I never tried to bring them
together.
BTW: strange to see Swiss Army as a strong brand on the international
market. None
It sounds like this is purely a problem on my machine, and not some
larger heres how you do it.
I fear so.
Unfortunately that sounds like I have
some debugging to do. I had tried running in Safe mode (with
networking), but then SlimServer wouldn't start up.
Can you run the following
Yes, I've reduced the connections and tried several other things. I
can tune in stations manually but not through shoutcast. On slimserver
I get the above error saying There was an error parsing the stream
information. Try reducing the number of streams if you've set a great
number. (2)
One
When the server invokes the
Code:
mp3 mp3 transcode *
[lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ --abr $BITRATE$ $FILE$ -
option to transcode to a lower bitrate, I seem to be unable to play
Brian Eno's Music For Airports.
LAME goes to 100%
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Mine still does not work.
However, I switched back to 6.2.x and it worked fine.
Comparing the slimserver.pref files showed one extra field in 6.5 and
the password field in 6.5 was the same except that it had a \n
stuffed at the end of the text (inside the quotes).
I stopped SlimServer 6.5 and
Thanks for the message Chris and all the best on your new job.
I agree with mftech: the fact Slimdevices hires somebody for your
position is definitely a good sign.
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I didnt update cause it was already updated to what was the latest on
their site up until 1 month ago or so. I ended up going for the Pre-N
after all the good feedback I got here.This was to replace my 3com AP
but all I got in my case was as good at best - most of the time it
was worse than the
Can anyone point me in the direction of a Pronto CCF which uses the JVC
codes. The Slimserver remote codes work fine when transmitted by IR,
but I have a ceiling mounted RF-IR converter so that I don't have to
point my remote at the equipment stack (it also allows me to control
lights and change
ShorinSean Wrote:
Thanks for the thoughtful replies. The virtual albums is an innovative
idea, once I get the time for it. I see a paraphrase of an old saying:
A digital library's tags are never finished - only abandoned. Or
There is always one more tag (to be tweaked). That's why, even
I think the question meant: Can the server chose automatically to
display different things depending on the browser.
The answer is yes, it is theoretically possible. The http protocol does
deliver to the server the name of the browser being used.
It's up to the web server whether it makes any
Welcome to the forum!
Where are you located physically? I know Slim is not averse to being
somewhat geographically diverse :-)
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I use Slimserver on top of iTunes on Win XP.
I have a lot of genres in iTunes that show up OK in Slimserver, but I also
have a genre called 'Classical' which doesn't show up at all in Slimserver.
This is a pain, as I want to exclude Classical from the Random playlists.
Any ideas?
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OK I've put 6.2.2 on and did a complete rescan of the library and the
questionable cd (Shrek soundtrack) still had the songs double loaded.
I switched to Do Not Use iTunes and rescanned and the repeat songs
disapperaed. My best guess is the iTunes library is either corrupt or
has the songs
Bump -- any input?
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In the scan you posted before, it looks like you had protocol and http
turned on.
That's a good place to start, assuming the skips happen again.
But also watch and see if there is any other activity happening around
the time of the skip, and turn on appropriate loggers for that too.
And try
Great thanks for the advice Michaelwagner I'll hopefully be able to get
something. Well I guess truely I hope I don't get anything...
The rescan finished with iTunes turned back on and the repeat tracks
have returned. I guess I can't enjoy my iTunes playlist anymore...
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mherger Wrote:
Yes, I've reduced the connections and tried several other things. I
can tune in stations manually but not through shoutcast. On
slimserver
I get the above error saying There was an error parsing the stream
information. Try reducing the number of streams if you've set a
natemorriss Wrote:
the repeat tracks have returned. I guess I can't enjoy my iTunes
playlist anymore...
Well, or it could be a bug in the iTunes program,
or a bug in the iTunes interface inside Slim ... or
any number of things.
I can't help you with that part. I don't have iTunes. But
I don't know why your tunes tagged Classical don't show up as such in
slimserver (I assume you mean that the music is visible, but that its
not associated with the Classical genre?). A good first step is to use
a tagger such as mp3tag to have a good look at the tags in the files to
see if you
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Where I find it really jarring in the living room (the normal
location for an SB) is the other case ... skipping around from one
track to another. I'm either looking for something, or just decided I
didn't feel like Steppenwolf at the moment, or whatever. I'd like a
First, thanks to Richard for developing Softsqueeze and squeezeslave.
While they're not the way I usually listen to my music, having
SoftSqueeze to test drive slimserver was instrumental to my decision to
buy a couple SBs. And squeezeslave looks promising for those times when
I want to add my
radish Wrote:
Agreed - but that's not crossfading. Fading out on pause/stop/skip and
in on play is desirable - WinAmp does it nicely - but it's not what the
crossfade mechanism is for.
Well, I'm not sure I care what it's called. To me it seems similar
enough that it could have the same name.
Is there any way to set the sort order for Browse Artists such that,
when I select an artist, I can see the albums in the order the artist
released them, rather than alphabetical?
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I am having a problem setting up my new SB3! I have connected it all up,
but at the end of the Network Setup process I cannot get it to connect
to my SlimServer. It connects to the Wireless network fine (and gets
itself an IP via DHCP), but then it insists I give it an IP address for
the
Michael, can you upload the file again, it didn't come over.
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Yet again I've managed to find the solution. The latest version of
ProntoEdit NG has a duration option per button press. By setting that
to .2 secs it stops it sending two keypresses instead of one when going
through the RF-IR converter. Much easier than editing the raw IR codes
as I've done in
I gather that if you make a very short call to SlimDevices in the USA to
give them your phone number they will then phone you back.
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Thinking about crossfading, one of the best xfading output plugin i ever
seen is the SqrSoft Advanced Crossfading Output for Winamp. You can
find it 'here' (http://www.sqrsoft.com.ar/)
It just doesnt' make a normal crossfade, it use a 20sec buffer,
checking for lvl on both musics (1 at the end ,
mwoodroof wrote:
Failing any help, does anyone know if there is a customer services
telephone number for Slim in the UK?
Hey Dean - look, someone's looking for a support number in the UK. ;)
R.
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Thanks - do you have a number or should I just use the nymber in the
contact section of this website?
Interestingly I have just tried to ping the SB3 and it did not work. I
am now wondering if it has connected to the right WLAN or not... very
confused!
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kerry_nyc Wrote:
Michael, can you upload the file again, it didn't come over.
The good, old mailing list vs. forum problem... first try was rejected
(too big), second does not appear in the forum (but only the mailing
list). Here we go again.
Michael, I stopped the slimserver, then exited. Opened via compand line,
then tried to open shoutcast from within the browser, here is the
output:
$VAR1 = '?xml version=1.0 encoding=\'UTF-8\' standalone=yes?
WinampXML
playlist num_entries=10 label=SHOUTcast top 10
entry
OK, so I have just moved the SB3 upstairs, right next to my Belkin
router. Been through the setup again, same results. The SB3 says it has
connected to the WLAN (encryption still off) and gets itself an IP
address. Current Settings menu on the SB3 says I have a 100% signal
strength, but I still
bah, guess I should drink my coffee before replying.
no idea why it doesn't see it. vbulletin's search has always seemed
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$VAR1 = '?xml version=1.0 encoding=\'UTF-8\' standalone=yes?
[..]
';
2006-02-28 10:42:17.9244 Shoutcast: problem reading XML:
not well-formed (invalid token) at line 1, column 6, byte 6 at
/PerlApp/XML/Parser.pm line 187
Hm... this looks perfectly fine to me (I get the same output) :-/.
Hi,
Have you tried connecting via a wired connection? I had similar
problems where the SB3 was mis-interpreting the DHCP response and
getting a dodgy IP address. If wired works, try upgrading the firmware
on the SB3. I also had to open the ports on the firewall, but you seem
to have done that.
It sounds like you are not getting a proper connection to the wireless
network or a proper DHCP address.
Beware, it can fail the wireless security checks and still get to the
looking for slimserver bit - so don't be fooled.
Check that the DCHP address the SB3 is being allocated is within your
Thanks for the suggestions guys, and quick responses too. This product
would definitely be stuffed without such an active and helpful user
community - you should all get paid for helping Slim customers!!!
Think you were on the right track - the good news is that I have just
managed to get it up
Just tried to re-setup the network settings on the SB3 after my firmware
upgrade, and it is still not working - still getting a seemingly dodgy
IP address (starting 169.254) from DHCP, and then not seeing the
SlimServer. Why is this?
Gone back through and set a static IP manually (and when I do
...
When I got my Squeezebox, he saw it, and was very impressed by it. I
suggested that it would ideal for his system, but the $300 price tag
floored him. He already had a 'solution' that cost him less than $20.
Had the LinkSys with a price tag of under $90 been available at the
time, no
If it's any consolation, I've found the same thing with my Netgear
router. Getting an IP address for the SB via DHCP seems to be
hit-or-miss, and mostly miss. But a static IP works fine, and doesn't
have any drawbacks for me, and probably won't for you, either.
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mherger Wrote:
BTW: strange to see Swiss Army as a strong brand on the international
market. None of these products has ever seen our army. The knives we
get aren't red and don't feature neither mp3 player nor (even more
restrictive) corkscrew. :-)
Yeah, in the last few years, Victorinox
Different people have different needs, and therefore
different products are introduced to the market. These
products fail to meet the needs of all people.
Which was exactly my point. Dismissing a product outright because it
doesn't do this or that to satisfy your needs is fairly meaningless.
mherger Wrote:
$VAR1 = '?xml version=1.0 encoding=\'UTF-8\' standalone=yes?
[..][color=blue]
Hm... this looks perfectly fine to me (I get the same output) :-/.
Let's check some basics: which OS are you using? What perl version?
I guess it's Windows (what version?) and you're using
Michaelwagner Wrote:
I think they'd be smarter to put a small (80Gb) hard disk and a slug in
it and make it self-contained when taken out of wifi range.
I'd prefer something like a USB port or flash card slot so those who
don't want the extra cost and/or weight of a hard drive could do
without
pedantic
I would use a cross-fader for this function if I was DJing ..
No, you woudn't (at least I can't see how you would) - you'd use a
regular channel fader. A crossfader -specifically- mixes between two
signals, that's what the cross bit means. You'd get the effect you
want on a mixer
I'm located here at Slim Devices' world headquarters :) in windy
Mountain View, California. Dean noted that I could telecommute, but I
think the improved communication you get from actually being in the
same physical location is important to the QA role.
However, I like a good road trip now and
mwoodroof Wrote:
Just tried to re-setup the network settings on the SB3 after my firmware
upgrade, and it is still not working - still getting a seemingly dodgy
IP address (starting 169.254) from DHCP, and then not seeing the
SlimServer. Why is this?
There are LOADs of threads on this,
Dear pedantic radish:
radish Wrote:
No, you woudn't (at least I can't see how you would)
I'd put the new program in the second CD player in the head, and move
the cross-fader from channel A to channel B.
Or I might do it the way you describe.
In any case, if that's not what Slim wants to
I've been thinking how useful hardware-based horizontal scrolling would
be for the Squeezebox player UI, e.g. for lower line text in the Now
Playing display. This would be along the same lines as the current
SB2/3 menu animations for up/down, left/right and bumping.
I've got 2 SB2s via 54g
If I pick Random Play I get the same artists and albums repeatedly chosen
again and again over the course of an hour; even the same song!
Can we make Random more Random please?
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I#8217;ll probably create an enhancement request for it anyway, but I
though I#8217;d make sure I#8217;m not missing something really
obvious. Any thoughts?
more or less what this one is getting at:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=936
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If I pick Random Play I get the same artists and albums repeatedly chosen
again and again over the course of an hour;
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2551
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Seems to me the Mac Mini is the much more interesting announcement of
the day from Apple, especially when viewed in competition with the
SB3.
The new Mac Mini appears to be squarely positioned to be able to go on
top of the TV or in the stereo rack as a simple solution to connect
iTunes and your
Jon Wrote:
Is there any way to set the sort order for Browse Artists such that,
when I select an artist, I can see the albums in the order the artist
released them, rather than alphabetical?
With ID3v2.4 or FLAC/Vorbis tags you can specify an albumsort tag. I
use (at least for Jazz albums) a
jacobdp Wrote:
Well, the rumored Apple entry into the home audio space is here...
... and it's an iPod dock with built-in speakers. Frequency response:
53Hz to 16kHz ± 3 dB. For $350.
I don't think the folks at Slim Devices have much to worry about. :)
Errr.. go take a look at the new
I see they promise natural, room-filling sound. Sounds like the promo
for the Bose Wave Radio, which was a huge disappointment when I actually
heard it.
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I disagree.For the money we're talking about, I'd want a device that isn't tethered to my WiFi range. At the very least I'd want FM, but I'd be disappointed if it didn't also have a CD player.I like the proposed idea of having some kind of storage on board so you could bring that music with you,
T Wrote:
No, but we can mobilise 600,000 men within 24 hours.
Yeah, but most of them are gnomes
:-)
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I think you're right, for many people the iPod represents music storage
on the move, so what is more natural than a mac mini for the home? Ok,
so the mac mini may cost more, but you get a damn fine PC for the money
as well.
I hope that Slim don't rest on their laurels and do move the SB further
Read this thread and it's simple to understand why SlimDevices will
never produce a boombox.
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Well, it's a smaller number than infinity. :) As far as a return on my
time investment, I don't think I should spend all day reading the
forums.
But I'll check in as best I can manage!
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CardinalFang Wrote:
Errr.. go take a look at the new Mac mini. It now has SPDIF input and
output, plus connects seamlessly to all the music and video in the
house stored in iTunes, connects to a TV and your stereo, comes with
remote and AV software.
I'm seriously tempted if it's quiet
Have added a comment to the Wiki, same as yours (that was why I tried
static ip, so thanks a lot!), with my router model - a Belkin
F5D6230-3.
Hope it worked OK, found editing the Wiki a little sketchy (when it
went into edit mode I couldn't see all the text I was editing!!?)
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I don't think I should spend all day reading the forums.
I imagine, if the job's done right, there will after time be fewer
complaints to read. :-)
And more time for that Nevada Inn.
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ModelCitizen wrote:
Read this thread and it's simple to understand why SlimDevices will
never produce a boombox.
Well, to counter that, I suggest you read this thread:
http://www.slimdevices.com/au_news.html
which goes all the way back to June of 2001 (scroll all the way down to
the bottom
radish Wrote:
pedantic
No, you woudn't (at least I can't see how you would) - you'd use a
regular channel fader. A crossfader -specifically- mixes between two
signals, that's what the cross bit means. You'd get the effect you
want on a mixer by bringing channel A down to zero and then
I'm afraid it's a flaky player. I'm running no firewall locally. I was
using this forum as a last resort. Mayb someone has had the same
probs.. Apperently not.
I'll check the player on hardware level: Noise on powersupply. Cold
joints on the PCB. Bad connection on uC socket.
Mayb a faulty uC.
On 2/28/06, eflukx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anybody know the if real sourcecode (or
binary) for the PIC uController have been made available?? (So i can
flash a new controller)
The source is in Subversion, see
http://svn.slimdevices.com/trunk/slimp3/firmware/ . Note the license
Well, it's a smaller number than infinity. :) As far as a return on my
time investment, I don't think I should spend all day reading the
forums.
But I'll check in as best I can manage!
Chris O
here's a little time saver to just get to the important posts:
Wiki looks fine to me, glad it helped !
To answer your earlier question, upgrading the firmware (28, 29 and now
33) hasn't enabled me to go back to dynamic DCHP with the Belkin pre-N
v2 (I've tested more out of curiosity than actual wish to change my
current set up).
Whilst my XP laptop
I have a Linksys wireless router and cable modem which have served me
very well. Basically, hardware products that sit on your desk and
don't change much beyond a few dull firmware updates. About two years
ago I purchased their WMA-11B wireless media adapter. It worked great,
did what it was
This iPod Hi Fi looks promising for what it is. For people whose whole
musical existance revolves around their iPod, this is a decent way to
fill a room with tunes.
Other companies have done this, some much better, some much worse. One
thing I like is the battery power option and the fact that
Was using Lame 3.90.3 in a directory in the path.
Put Lame 3.97b2 in the bin directory under the Slimserver directory and
everything seems working well now. :)
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Made an impulse buy this summer of an axim, although I didn't really
need a 'pocket pc'--what I needed was a handheld device that would let
me browse any website plus would function as an sb3 remote (hmmm, what
device does that sound like?). The axim doesn't work well as a browser
for me (only
Steve Baumgarten Wrote:
My gut feeling is that a boombox format is cool, doable, and would be
like nothing anyone else has come up with yet. That defines the SB3.
Right now I'm ready for my next Slimdevices purchase, and I'm hoping
something equally interesting comes out of their garage and
The appeal of a boombox, for me, is:- The ability to carry a music device anywhere around my house and listen to music, as long as it's in Wifi range. With a SB this is possible if you also carry around a small set of speakers (and possibly some form of battery power) -- but this is less
jonheal Wrote:
Maybe YOU wouldn't, but I wish in some instances, for the end of one
track to MIX with the beginning of the next ... you know ... crossfade.
If you're morally opposed to the idea. Fine. But please, don't
presuppose that you know what the rest of us are thinking more than we
rtitmuss wrote:
- the volume control on linux has not been tested, comments please.
It's not working very well for me. With both my PCM and Master mixer
settings at 80%, the 11 setting tends to clip in louder passages, the 10
setting is too quiet, and 9 is almost silent :(
This is using Fedora
I just put the player in shuffle by song mode and then play all...
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I don't think Slim should take this lightly. This is _exactly_ the
thing (form, function, etc) I was looking for that led me to the
Squeezebox, because nobody was making anything suitable yet. There is
a huge market out there that does not have $$ invested in hi-fi gear,
but has extensive music
Neil Cameron Wrote:
If I pick Random Play I get the same artists and albums repeatedly
chosen
again and again over the course of an hour; even the same song!
Can we make Random more Random please?
ModelCitizen Wrote:
Yeah, it's crap isn't it. Use the random mix plugin instead. Much
kdf Wrote:
Quoting NigelMSB NigelMSB.23yddb1141152601 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com:
Ill probably create an enhancement request for it anyway, but I
though Id make sure Im not missing something really
obvious. Any thoughts?
more or less what this one is getting at:
Enjoying my new Squeezebox and I'm in the process of organizing almost a
TB of music on hard drives, mostly flacs of live music I have downloaded
or recorded myself
http://db.etree.org/bephillips
and have started flac-ing my CD collection.
My question is: How much free space do I really need
It may not be for you, but it will appeal to a lot of people
Dude, spot on. And it not only plays tunes, but will serve photos,
video, and play DVDs. As a non-audiophile it's going to be very tough
to justify keeping the SB around if this can serve as a reasonable
music server replacement.
CardinalFang Wrote:
That would be good enough for most people. I think the route forwards
for Slim is up the audiophile chain to a higher end spec.
Paul
I don't necessarily disagree with Paul and NicketyNick - I think the
Apple hi-fi will appeal to a lot of people looking for an 'out of
I'm 100% with what jonheal just described, and in fact that's exactly
how I use the SQRsoft winamp plugin described by Danguard - I want an
overlap - song 2 starting at full volume *while* song 1 is ending...
no volume modification happens to song 2's beginning whatsoever.
I don't care what you
CardinalFang Wrote:
I really, really don't want a boombox.
OK. We won't force you to buy one.
The whole point of the SB3 to me is the high quality sound and if you
are going down the boombox route, then why not go for one of the
several lower-fi ones already out there?
The whole point of
There is no competition, that's why!
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Siduhe Wrote:
I don't necessarily disagree with Paul and NicketyNick - I think the
Apple hi-fi will appeal to a lot of people looking for an 'out of the
box' solution. But [IMHO] there's a fairly wide category of people who
want a bit more than a speaker set to plug their Ipod into, but
CardinalFang Wrote:
I hope that Slim [...] move the SB further on into audiophile territory
where superior performance is a must.
And considerably higher price.
I hope at least the last part of it is something they *don't* do.
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It's so much worse than thatI don't want the same song, or album or
artist being repeated so often.
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If I pick Random Play I get the same artists and albums repeatedly chosen
install musicmagic.
Latest version, with 6.5 builds of slimserver allow you to set a
reject window for duplicates
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None, fill it as tight as you want. Read performance is not affected in
the slightest by available space. Personally when speccing drives I
leave a chunk available to grow into, as running out before you have a
chance to buy a new drive is a PITA, but having the drive at 100% as a
steady state is
nicketynick Wrote:
I think Slim will see a sizable drop in volumes, although innovations
like Pandora are going to help - but they'll need more of these!
I'll take this opportunity to put in a plug one more time for some kind
of iTunes-like GUI for Slimserver on PCs and Macs. That's what
Oh, BTW, this thing weighs 14 pounds. Not exactly a boombox ...
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I'm trying out MP3gain at the moment. We'll see how that works. The
item I'm most interested in, no one's posted any info about. Any one
know about using iTunes track volume settings in slim server.
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