[slim] Re: To begin setup press the right button.. no thanks

2006-04-03 Thread JJP
oh well. TBH it was the less patient SB users (not too far away from me) who were getting annoyed by the 2 second wait. Mark Lanctot Wrote: You can also walk through each field rapidly without changing it using the FWD button. That's not quite true when using a wireless connection - you end

[slim] Re: Album Artist versus Artist behavior

2006-04-03 Thread bigjules
(I know you might not like it but) I use iTunes to manage my music library. All my compilations (and some albums that are not compilations but list the songwriter as Artist) are marked as compilations in iTunes tags.. I have slimserver setup to use the iTunes plugin and set the options to group

[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread pablolie
... I believe what you wanted to say was thanks SD for the quick fix, or did you ignore the recent posts and not bother to download the latest nightly? This illustrates exactly the emotional attitude I am talking about. Those of us who talk about a persistent issue are spoilsports and/or

[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread pablolie
...SS stops every time I rescan my library. I don't even need the SS to maintain a database. I am perfectly happy scanning through the music folders. And playlists are a much higher priority than database maintenance, in my opinion. But that's just me. OK, wait for the next nightly, and keep

[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread kdf
It wasn't your talk about an issue. It was your use of that issue to start flinging motivational sinkholes just to make you feel better. frankly, I agree that there are issues. I disagree with what you feel are the appropriate ways of pushing for change. me, i tuck in and write. It certainly

Re: [slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread kdf
On 2-Apr-06, at 11:57 PM, pablolie wrote: ...SS stops every time I rescan my library. do you see anything in the event viewer? OK, wait for the next nightly, and keep my fingers crossed. please report the event viewer message, so that the chances of a fix are improved. Sorry to sound

[slim] Re: Problem With Checked Songs

2006-04-03 Thread ceejay
KevinW Wrote: Clearly, the very forum we are communicating in is a testament to the number of problems that users have. I'm sorry to hear you are having problems: I've been using slimserver for about a year now and I do recall it taking me a while to get it working the way I wanted,

[slim] Re: To begin setup press the right button.. no thanks

2006-04-03 Thread ceejay
JJP Wrote: As funkstar said, you lose ecological brownie points if you're out all day. I'd be intrigued to know how many of us really kill all the power consumption in our houses when we go out. I suspect that the fraction of a watt consumed by a quiet SB would be dwarfed by -

[slim] Re: To begin setup press the right button.. no thanks

2006-04-03 Thread rudholm
Do you leave your clocks, microwave oven, VCR, TV, cordless phone base station, mobile phone charger, laptop power supply, automatic light controller, doorbell transformer, cable/DSL modem, router, cordless power tool charger, electric razor, or answering machine plugged in when you're out all

[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread pablolie
I challenge you to find a single place where my tone was off. I have stated a problem I have with the product, period. I have not labeled anyone or anything. Not once, ever, in any of my messages to these forums. So I do resent your trying to portray me as the prototype of an hysterical

Re: [slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread kdf
On 3-Apr-06, at 12:37 AM, pablolie wrote: If that makes me a pariah in your eyes it doesn't. please report the message in your event viewer for the server stoppage that you have reported. you surely must have enough time to spare to help out in that capacity. others will take care of the

[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread kdf
pablolie Wrote: . The M3U plalist issue is still not fixed, the SS refuses to see the following test playlist created with WMP10: Do yourself a big favour, and post details of this to the beta forum. you'll have more effective eyes on it at that point. refer to bug 3201 if you feel that

[slim] Re: Slimserver PC going into standby

2006-04-03 Thread Khuli
bigjules Wrote: A possibility.. But I'm sure there must be a way to prevent XP from going into standby when there is network activity.. I just cant find it. I have the complete opposite problem, in that my SlimServer PC -never- goes into standby... -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread Heuer
Paul Are you saying FLAC sounds better than Apple Lossless? I tried FLAC but having to rip every CD twice (second time for my iPod) seemed like a bit of a waste of time. To my ears there was no difference in sound quality (through an £80k audio system) although EAC/FLAC has a wonderful 'geek'

[slim] Re: To begin setup press the right button.. no thanks

2006-04-03 Thread funkstar
When i'm out during the day all my AV equipment is off at the wall. Same with all the wall warts that power my PC/laptop peripherals. When i'm away on business the only things that stay on are two lights on timers, fridge and main heating everything else is off. It might not make a lot of

RE: [slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

2006-04-03 Thread Craig, James (IT)
BTW, how did the original poster work out £2 a day for electricity costs for their P4 server? How much less is the NAS solution and why? (thinking of setting up something similar myself, but a cheap PC seems much more cost-effective and extensible than a NAS solution.) James

[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread Siduhe
Pablolie, I see from previous threads that I was the person who initially tried to help you out with your playlist problem. I'm sorry to hear it is still continuing. From reviewing that old thread, I'm also sorry you interpreted my attempts to help you track down the cause of the problem as

Re: [slim] Re: Recalling previous search

2006-04-03 Thread Michael Herger
Tried that. Didn't make a difference. Hmm... I did try, too. And it worked perfectly as expected: - search - from the result hit play on some song/artist/album - when I've had enough of that s/a/a hit left - select next search result Very important: do _not_ hit Now Playing. This will leave

Re: [slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

2006-04-03 Thread Michael Herger
BTW, how did the original poster work out £2 a day for electricity costs for their P4 server? How much less is the NAS solution and why? In a recent test I've read they measured something between 40-45 watts for the ReadyNAS X6 (depending on load). -- Michael

[slim] Re: Problem With Checked Songs

2006-04-03 Thread timmorris
I'll agree with you that the slimserver software isn't an out of the box solution - bear in mind that it isn't really a web based application but the easiest way to give all users on a network full control is to use a web front end. It has taken me about a month to get it working as I want it (I

[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

2006-04-03 Thread timmorris
OK, I'm struggling. It's been almost twenty years since I've used grep on unix. 1. Are there any primers on how to use the expressions to do some clever string searching. 2. How do you then use parametric options to perform the editing you want. First off a primer would be great. Just to get

[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

2006-04-03 Thread funkstar
rm 'K.T. Tunstall' /dev/null rm 'James Blunt' /dev/null :D but thats just my opinion... -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

2006-04-03 Thread Allan Hise
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, funkstar wrote: rm 'K.T. Tunstall' /dev/null rm 'James Blunt' /dev/null :D but thats just my opinion... Be sure you log in as root first, or use sudo, or you will have a hard time with the rm /dev/null bit. ___ Discuss

[slim] Re: Slimserver PC going into standby

2006-04-03 Thread bigjules
Khuli Wrote: I have the complete opposite problem, in that my SlimServer PC -never- goes into standby... lol.. Thats what I expected to happen on my machine.. -- bigjules bigjules's Profile:

Re: [slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Heuer[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do iPod's support FLAC? No, but it's trivial to bulk convert FLAC to MP3. It's been argued that there's little point using a lossless format on an iPod anyway... Andy ___

[slim] Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread some1
Where is the main Index.html file stored? -- some1 some1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22685

Re: [slim] Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread Michael Herger
Where is the main Index.html file stored? There's the slimserver/HTML/ folder which contains subfolders for every skin. If you can't a file in your skin's folder, then it's inherited form EN. -- Michael --- Help translate

[slim] Re: Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread some1
Where are the inherited form stored? Reason is because, i want to disable/remove the menu Server Settings... -- some1 some1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4745 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsing Speed

2006-04-03 Thread wiped
Made som more changes yesterday. Here is an updated version for anyone that want to try it. http://peter-pia.smugmug.com/photos/62773471-L.jpg +---+ |Filename: h3.zip | |Download:

[slim] Re: Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread Siduhe
In which case you may want to check out the NoSetup plugin which does exactly that: http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/detail.php?nr=428kategorie=slim-plugins [In case Michael's too polite to blow his own trumpet by plugging his own plugin...] -- Siduhe

[slim] Re: Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread some1
just what i was looking for! Thanks! -- some1 some1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22685

[slim] Re: To begin setup press the right button.. no thanks

2006-04-03 Thread Mark Lanctot
JJP Wrote: That's not quite true when using a wireless connection - you end up with about 10 FWD presses. What I meant was it's lots faster than walking through every field one character at a time. -- Mark Lanctot

Re: [slim] Re: Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread Michael Herger
[In case Michael's too polite to blow his own trumpet by plugging his own plugin...] Oh no, I just was doing my dayjob for a few minutes. BTW: have you tried SlimRemote? ;-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the

[slim] Re: Adventures In Reinventing the Wheel

2006-04-03 Thread jonheal
Should I be embarrassed if someone notices we're playing Raffi from time to time? -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile:

Re: [slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
Heuer wrote: Paul Are you saying FLAC sounds better than Apple Lossless? It should sound identical. I tried FLAC but having to rip every CD twice (second time for my iPod) seemed like a bit of a waste of time. http://robinbowes.com/projects/flac2mp3 To my ears there was no difference

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
Jack Coates wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: lnxguru wrote: If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM you'll need for this will

Re: [slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
timmorris wrote: K.T. Tunstall - Tunstall, K.T. James Blunt - Blunt, James It's not as easy as you might think. I postulated an algorithm for converting artist names to ArtistSort tags a while ago on the Ripping format but I've never got round to writing a tool to implement it.

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread Andy_W
Hi All Not satisfied with streaming music flawlessly to my SB3, I have now configured the Qnap for external file access, which is a really useful feature for me. Thanks to Paul for guiding me through it. All you need to do is open some ports on your router and point the open ports to the Qnap

Re: [slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
pablolie wrote: I challenge you to find a single place where my tone was off. I have stated a problem I have with the product, period. I have not labeled anyone or anything. Not once, ever, in any of my messages to these forums. I can understand your frustration but if you're using

[slim] Re: Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread funkstar
Siduhe Wrote: [In case Michael's too polite to blow his own trumpet by plugging his own plugin...] I've never witnessed Michael being too plite to point out his own plugins :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile:

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread ultra238a
Opened a can of worms here haven't I! To me when I last tested them the FLAC files sounded better but to be honest there wasn't anything in it. Plus I am getting old and with two little children running around screaming I think my hearing probably isn't what it was! If I get chance I'll have

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread Pat Farrell
lnxguru wrote: The performance of X is actually very good from my experience. VNC is definetly easier. Both will be negatively impacted by busy desktops. Of course with Linux/Unix you don't have to run full desktops -- WindowMaker of Fluxbox are lightweight. Telnet/ssh are even lighter. I'm

[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread lnxguru
The performance of X is actually very good from my experience. VNC is definetly easier. Both will be negatively impacted by busy desktops. Of course with Linux/Unix you don't have to run full desktops -- WindowMaker of Fluxbox are lightweight. Telnet/ssh are even lighter. -- lnxguru

[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread lnxguru
Agreed, but the OP also wanted to use his SS to learn Linux. I rarely go graphical on my SS and I use NFS for accessing my music files. But this thread does seem to be getting away from the OP and he seems to be elsewhere. Rich -- lnxguru

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread funkstar
With the same source data (ie the same ripped wav fine) any lossless format will* sound identical to any other. in my mind the only format you can be sure of being truly lossless is FLAC because it is open source and because slim device know exactly what is happening at any point of playing a

[slim] Re: Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread some1
mherger Wrote: [In case Michael's too polite to blow his own trumpet by plugging his own plugin...] Oh no, I just was doing my dayjob for a few minutes. BTW: have you tried SlimRemote? ;-) -- Michael --- Help

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread Jack Coates
rudholm wrote: ... meh. Each has its place. VNC's performance is horrible, but it is easier than X. It's probably a point of interest that the most popular page on my website is this one: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a

[slim] Re: Slimserver PC going into standby

2006-04-03 Thread Michaelwagner
In the bug report, I posted URLs and some text for the relevant parts of the microsoft knowledgebase on this topic, how it works, etc. I don't know enough about perl, and especially not about perl interfaces to windows messaging, so it'll be up to someone else to take the ball from here and work

[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread bobharp
dangerous_dom Wrote: Want to keep the cost to a minimum, as it's only for slimserver + increacing my Linux skills. Appart from a large HDD, what would people recommend as the minimum specs? Thanks, Dom. What codec (flac, mp3, ogg, etc.) will you use? Drive size keeps increasing and is

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread Jack Coates
Robin Bowes wrote: ... Horrible compared to what? I run it on a LAN (100Mb/s) and performance is like-I-was-on-the-machine. I run it over the 'net (256kb/s uplink) and performance is perfectly usable. In what circumstances do you find that native X performs better than VNC? R. MS-RDP

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread Jack Coates
Pat Farrell wrote: lnxguru wrote: The performance of X is actually very good from my experience. VNC is definetly easier. Both will be negatively impacted by busy desktops. Of course with Linux/Unix you don't have to run full desktops -- WindowMaker of Fluxbox are lightweight. Telnet/ssh

[slim] Re: Slimserver PC going into standby

2006-04-03 Thread oktup
Khuli Wrote: I have the complete opposite problem, in that my SlimServer PC -never- goes into standby... Yep, see _'bug_2068' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2068)_. I've realised that my PC -is- making it into Standby after the specified time, but only for about half a second -

[slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

2006-04-03 Thread radish
Craig, James (IT) Wrote: BTW, how did the original poster work out £2 a day for electricity costs for their P4 server? I've no idea - that's a completely wacky figure. At 10p/kWH (pulling from my distant memory of UK power prices) that's something like 800W. In reality, figure about 100W

[slim] Re: Slimserver fails to start/stay on

2006-04-03 Thread reduakm
Uninstalling and reinstalling worked. Before I uninstalled I looked in services and noticed that there was no slimserver service. When I reinstalled I chose the option to always run or run when windows starts, I can't remember. It's better for me anyway because I don't have to log in. --

Re: [slim] Re: Where is it?

2006-04-03 Thread Michael Herger
[In case Michael's too polite to blow his own trumpet by plugging his own plugin...] I've never witnessed Michael being too plite to point out his own plugins :) I used to play the trombone - it's bigger, it's better, it's louder! -- Michael

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread finnie
Paul, Only a completely different TS-101 subject, where does SS get its clock tick from ? I am asking this because the time shown on my SBs drifts out significantly throughout the day. I have setup the TS-101 to get a time sync from an NTP server once a day, but between these it can be upto 10

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread ultra238a
Hi Andrew, The Squeezeboxes on the network get the time from the local server, in this case the TS-101. There is a bug in the TS-101 firmware that Qnap are working on currently working on. At installation I set the clock to update from the NTP server once an hour which keeps it pretty much

[slim] What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-03 Thread agentsmith
I finally found out the root cause of a couple of problems: 1. If I have accented characters in a file name, e.g. Mozart,Le nozze di Figaro-Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio.FLAC, the song does not show up in Slimserver. 2. If I have accented characters in a tag, the song shows up in Slimserver

[slim] Allowed IP Addresses

2006-04-03 Thread some1
If i put in *.* Does that mean every IP can connect to it? Thanks -- some1 some1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22690

RE: [slim] What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-03 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I would raise a bug or search for an existing one. I already raised a bug that tracks with accented filenames are not read from iTunes. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3073 I never tried playing the ones tagged with an accent but not in the file name. Could be the same problem as you

[slim] Setup Linksys Router

2006-04-03 Thread some1
Ok. Using Linksys WAG54GV2 Applications Gaming -- Forward Port 9000 To my Computer, but do i have it as TCP or UDP??? Thanks -- some1 some1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4745 View this

Re: [slim] Customize Fishbone

2006-04-03 Thread Geoff B
On 7/7/05, evanhood wrote: Also, if the person who created fishbone happens to read this, the only other thing that would be nice, would be the ability to increase the font size, or at least the size of the buttons that add songs to the playlist since the text size in IE has no effect on this

[slim] Why No work? How to Config/ Setup Zone Alarm

2006-04-03 Thread some1
Ok, If i have ZA up, it doesn't work... Turn it off... Works :D Yes I have configed the zones... Made sure its the right IP as trusted The Program and itunes have Server access to the internet - along with everything else! Just if i have up zonealarm, it just doesn't want to work! Whats up? How

[slim] Re: What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-03 Thread radish
There have been a number of people complaining about issues with accented characters, but in many (most?) cases it just seems to work. I'm lucky in that regard, I have plenty of accents in both filenames and tags and don't have any issues. In some cases I thnk iTunes integration may be related,

[slim] Re: What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-03 Thread Siduhe
radish Wrote: There have been a number of people complaining about issues with accented characters, but in many (most?) cases it just seems to work. I'm lucky in that regard, I have plenty of accents in both filenames and tags and don't have any issues. In some cases I thnk iTunes

[slim] Re: Why No work? How to Config/ Setup Zone Alarm

2006-04-03 Thread Siduhe
What version of Zone Alarm ? Did a little blue box pop up asking you if you wanted to allow Slimserver to act as a server ? You need to tick yes always to this for ZA Pro to work. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile:

[slim] Re: Why No work? How to Config/ Setup Zone Alarm

2006-04-03 Thread some1
The Lastest Free out... yes it did pop up - yes i click the box - yes i click YES/ ALLOW *and check in the settings in zonealarm...* -- some1 some1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4745 View this

[slim] Introducing Richard Titmuss

2006-04-03 Thread dean blackketter
To the Slim Devices community, Richard Titmuss really needs no introduction. As the developer of the indispensable SoftSqueeze application and a long time contributor to the forums, you probably know him or his excellent work already. Starting this week, though, Richard will be working

Re: [slim] Introducing Richard Titmuss

2006-04-03 Thread Peter Nõu
dean blackketter wrote: To the Slim Devices community, Richard Titmuss really needs no introduction. As the developer of the indispensable SoftSqueeze application and a long time contributor to the forums, you probably know him or his excellent work already. Starting this week, though,

[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread rudholm
stinkingpig Wrote: rudholm wrote: ... meh. Each has its place. VNC's performance is horrible, but it is easier than X. It's probably a point of interest that the most popular page on my website is this one: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto -- Jack

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread Jack Coates
rudholm wrote: ... No, null-event alerting/polling is simply not part of how RFB (the protocol VNC uses) works, it's not a question of whose implementation we're considering. New feature? Not at all. VNC runs independent of any video hardware on the server, always has. vncserver requires no

Re: [slim] Setup Linksys Router

2006-04-03 Thread Jack Coates
some1 wrote: Ok. Using Linksys WAG54GV2 Applications Gaming -- Forward Port 9000 To my Computer, but do i have it as TCP or UDP??? Thanks tcp, assuming that you want to expose your web interface and stream url to the internet. tcp 3483 if you want to allow softsqueeze and squeezeboxes

Re: [slim] Introducing Richard Titmuss

2006-04-03 Thread Jack Coates
dean blackketter wrote: To the Slim Devices community, Richard Titmuss really needs no introduction. As the developer of the indispensable SoftSqueeze application and a long time contributor to the forums, you probably know him or his excellent work already. Starting this week, though,

Re: [slim] Introducing Richard Titmuss

2006-04-03 Thread kdf
welcome, Richard(at slimdevices)! let the beatings commence... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] IR Blaster - Xantech Interface

2006-04-03 Thread rock
After searching I see there are threads with a similar theme, however I started a new one to jump start this discussion again. First off, I don't yet have my Squeezeboxe(s). They are on order and I now regret not upgrading to faster shipping as I am all fired up. I've got Slimserver running and

Re: [slim] Re: Adventures In Reinventing the Wheel

2006-04-03 Thread Jack Coates
jonheal wrote: Should I be embarrassed if someone notices we're playing Raffi from time to time? just retag it Raffi - this is my wife's fault. Me: why did you buy that? Wife: The kids like it. Me: They also like the Pogues, did we have to introduce Raffi too? -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot

[slim] Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread rock
I don't even have my Squeezebox yet (as I've mentioned in a different thread) and I'm already making demands! But since the Slim Devices product devlopment folks monitor these groups (which is very cool) what the heck... 1) A headless (no display) Squeezebox. Combine that with a Nokia web pad

[slim] Re: Introducing Richard Titmuss

2006-04-03 Thread radish
So KDF - when do we see your forum title changing? ;) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22693

[slim] Re: Allowed IP Addresses

2006-04-03 Thread Mark Lanctot
It should: This field accepts a list of specific IP addresses, * style wildcards, and IP address ranges in a comma separated list. but what would be the point of blocking IP address in that case? Just keep it on Allow. -- Mark Lanctot

[slim] Re: Introducing Richard Titmuss

2006-04-03 Thread Yannzola
dean Wrote: Indeed, he's already dug in and fixed a couple of nasty wireless compatibility issues and is already making a big difference! Please re-welcome Richard! -dean Was Richard responible for firmware 36? If so... kudos! It's been working flawlessly for me. Thanks to all! --

Re: [slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

2006-04-03 Thread Ken
tyler_durden wrote: The problem is inherent with vacuum fluorescent displays. One person has complained, but the product is new. In a year or two from now, everyone's display will be fading/burned. Look at any VCR with a vacuum fluorescent display. In a year or so they fade. In 5 years you

[slim] Re: Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread funkstar
I think your first two have been sugested before. Personaly i can't see them happening. I would guess that two of the bigest cost componets are the processor/decoder module and the wirless interface, both of which you would need for either a headless or head only device. I may be missing what

[slim] Re: Why No work? How to Config/ Setup Zone Alarm

2006-04-03 Thread tejas gordo
in the firewall settings for zone alarm, i enabled access from the udp/tcp ports (3483 9000, i think) as mentioned in the wiki. -- tejas gordo tejas gordo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4848

[slim] Re: Customize Fishbone

2006-04-03 Thread evanhood
For anyone who wants to change the text and or button sizes of a skin, here's what I found worked. (although the quality of the button scaling isn't so hot, it is functional) edit the skin.css file in the directory of the skin you want to change. To modify the size of the body font, change the

Re: [slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

2006-04-03 Thread Geoff B
On 4/3/06, timmorris wrote: OK, I'm struggling. It's been almost twenty years since I've used grep on unix. 1. Are there any primers on how to use the expressions to do some clever string searching. 2. How do you then use parametric options to perform the editing you want. First off a

[slim] Re: Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread rock
funkstar Wrote: I think your first two have been sugested before. Personaly i can't see them happening. I would guess that two of the bigest cost componets are the processor/decoder module and the wirless interface, both of which you would need for either a headless or head only device.

[slim] Re: Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread Mark Lanctot
Now a headless SB3, I wonder what that would look like? Hmm... ;-) +---+ |Filename: headless SB3.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1157|

[slim] Breadcrumb menu option?

2006-04-03 Thread Sam Lowry
Not sure what else to call it... If I'm listening to some music off of my music folder, and I want to change the tunes, I press the right navigation button on the remote, and I end up at Now Playing, from which I need to navigate back to the folder where I was (let's say I have 2 Beck albums and

[slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread pablolie
Siduhe Wrote: ... I see from previous threads that I was the person who initially tried to help you out with your playlist problem. I'm sorry to hear it is still continuing ... I truly apprciated your help, and learned a lot about M3U playlists due to it. So I extend my sincere

[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface

2006-04-03 Thread fcm4711
Hi rockrock Wrote: I'm guessing that the IR blaster plugin is capable of passing along commands from what I've read. Correct. rock Wrote: I'm also guessing that Squeezebox can use my Xantech IR flashers as long as I do the stereo - mono mini jack translation (although in the long run this

Re: [slim] Re: Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread Geoff B
On 4/3/06, rock wrote: funkstar Wrote: I think your first two have been sugested before. Personaly i can't see them happening. I would guess that two of the bigest cost componets are the processor/decoder module and the wirless interface, both of which you would need for either a

Re: [slim] Re: Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread Pat Farrell
Geoff B wrote: Isn't a headless system that can do four different streams to four different amps just the same as a PC with four good-quality sound-cards, running four copies of either SoftSqueeze or SqueezeSlave, running to four remote sets of speakers? Or one M-Audio Delta 1010, which does

[slim] Re: Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread rock
geoffb Wrote: Isn't a headless system that can do four different streams to four different amps just the same as a PC with four good-quality sound-cards, running four copies of either SoftSqueeze or SqueezeSlave, running to four remote sets of speakers? Yes, If SqueezeSlave can be run in

[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface

2006-04-03 Thread kefa
a href=http://www.avdv70.dsl.pipex.com/webirremote/webirremote.gif;/a -- kefa Fedora Core 5, Slimserver 6.2.2, Netgear DG834GT Squeezebox 3, Primare SPA20, Monitor Audio GR20 Squeezebox 2, Denon UD-M30, Monitor Audio PMC703

[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface

2006-04-03 Thread bobharp
rock, In the summer of 02 (this was pre SB) I hooked up my system as follows. Upstairs AV closet. Harmon Kardon (HK) avr 320 HK pa 4000 xantech 291-kit (http://xantech.com/products/p_folder/p_291kit.htm) Zones downstairs. HK kp 1 (wall key pad) for each zone xantech 490 microlink receiver for

[slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsing Speed

2006-04-03 Thread CDMasterworks
Hi M8 Zip File for h3 is corrupt Kind Regards CDMasterworks -- CDMasterworks CDMasterworks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4849 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: Wish List

2006-04-03 Thread Geoff B
On 4/3/06, rock wrote: geoffb Wrote: Isn't a headless system that can do four different streams to four different amps just the same as a PC with four good-quality sound-cards, running four copies of either SoftSqueeze or SqueezeSlave, running to four remote sets of speakers? Yes,

Re: [slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsing Speed

2006-04-03 Thread Geoff B
On 4/3/06, CDMasterworks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi M8 Zip File for h3 is corrupt Kind Regards CDMasterworks You'll probably find that it's the old problem with zip files on the forum. What browser are you using? In IE, if I right-click and use 'save target as', I end up with a perfect

[slim] Re: To begin setup press the right button.. no thanks

2006-04-03 Thread JJP
ceejay Wrote: I suspect that the fraction of a watt consumed by a quiet SB would be dwarfed by.. Not quite a fraction: 6 watts in standby x ? no. of units. Anyway, you can prob ignore me as with no mains electric, I get particularly retentive about this sort of stuff. Wattometers are

[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface

2006-04-03 Thread rock
Bob, My 4 zone amp is actually 4 separate receivers. They sit in my basement and speaker wires run to remote locations. For control at those remote locations I use the remotes that came with the receivers over a Xantech 4 zone system. In the old days I had a CD changer as my common source. I

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