[slim] Intel (especially) Mac users needed to help development

2006-06-25 Thread danco
We are trying to get easy and reliable installation instructions for AlienBBC on Macs. We have what we think works ok, but need someone who is prepared to spend some time testing the instructions on an Intel Mac. This would need someone willing to create users on their machine, install and

[slim] SlimServer 6.5 and Nokia 770

2006-06-25 Thread gwiddicombe
I have ordered a Nokia 770 and it should be arriving in the next day or so. I have been browsing the forums and know that the Nokia needs SS 6.5 in order to be able to use the 'skin' that has been developed. I've also seen that there have been a few problems with the development releases of SS

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.5 and Nokia 770

2006-06-25 Thread Jungle
gwiddicombe Wrote: I have ordered a Nokia 770 and it should be arriving in the next day or so. I have been browsing the forums and know that the Nokia needs SS 6.5 in order to be able to use the 'skin' that has been developed. I've also seen that there have been a few problems with the

[slim] Hi-fi separate form factor

2006-06-25 Thread Squirrel
As a recent convert to Squeezebox I'm seriously impressed with it - got one for the dining room/office and another for the bathroom (with flush mounted ceiling speakers). There is just one thing missing though. Currently I have a Turtle Beach Audiotron in the main hi-fi downstairs, and the

[slim] Re: Duplicate track entries in 6.3. Anyone else?

2006-06-25 Thread Siduhe
I can't help on the duplicate track entries, but the duplicate album listings is something that a few people (including me) experienced on upgrading to 6.3.0. It was easy to fix (resave the album name and reset the compilation tag if you use it on every affected album and it will all be fine),

[slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.5

2006-06-25 Thread rtitmuss
oreillymj Wrote: On Windows, Softsqueeze 2.6 now has a white 3D border around both the player and on-screen remote windows. The border flashes when you click any key. Looks weird. I'l try again, with Softsqueeze 2.7 :). This should fix the border on Windows, fix the keyboard shortcuts

[slim] Re: Replaygain info in Slimserver but not SB3

2006-06-25 Thread tenor7
Thanks for the input. Don't think its the fb2k problem because all the tracks are fine both in slimserver and in SB3 when I browse any way other than folders. Hard to understand the explanation about tags not being read when browsing folders because some files are fine, others not. I guess my

[slim] Convert SB3 Wired into Wireless Using 3rd Party Wireless Bridge?

2006-06-25 Thread ajmitchell
Hi all, I have been looking at wireless bridge products (such as Buffalo WLI-TX4-G54HP and Linksys WET54G). I was wondering can you plug the wired SB3 into one of these and connect (flawlessly) over an existing 11g network? Searching the forums I found this :

[slim] Re: SlimRoku - SlimServer based music player for the Roku PhotoBridge HD1000

2006-06-25 Thread ajmitchell
When I posted my no. 1 request (video out) on this post http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24400 no one mentioned that this excellent software was available for Roku Hd1000. In fact I already own a HD1000 and had no idea about this! I am coming very late to this post but offer full

[slim] Re: Does Uncompressed WAV, AIFF work wirelessly?

2006-06-25 Thread ajmitchell
Just a final footnote, streaming lossless does not work for me when using a NAS storage device. It does work directly from internal hard disk however -- ajmitchell ajmitchell's Profile:

[slim] Re: Neat new feature in 6.3.0 - switch to SqueezeNetwork

2006-06-25 Thread stevek1006
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Actually there's been at least two threads asking for this very thing. These were people with SBs in inaccessible locations, media closets, no remote etc. Personally I can't use the feature. But I still think it's a good idea. First, let me say I agree with KDF,

[slim] Re: Playback freezing

2006-06-25 Thread joncourage
Noticed a couple of other things - playback does not freeze at the same point in each song. some songs go 2 or 3 minutes, others have gone less than 20 seconds, or 44 seconds, etc. - fast forwarding past the sticking point allows the song to play on, but then another freeze will occur on

[slim] Re: Convert SB3 Wired into Wireless Using 3rd Party Wireless Bridge?

2006-06-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
Yes, a 3rd party wireless bridge will work fine. Such a product doesn't care what's plugged into it, it will just provide wired LAN access to a wireless network. As you noted, the wireless bridge function in the SB is different - in fact that functionality makes a wireless SB act just like such

[slim] Re: Does Uncompressed WAV, AIFF work wirelessly?

2006-06-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
ajmitchell Wrote: Just a final footnote, streaming lossless does not work for me when using a NAS storage device. It does work directly from internal hard disk however What do you mean by it doesn't work? Does it stutter, drop out or not work at all? WAV works OK using 802.11b under good

Re: [slim] Intel (especially) Mac users needed to help development

2006-06-25 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
Further testing on a non-Intel Mac (G4, G5, or even G3) would be useful, too. I can try this on a G3. I use an old G3 to run slimserver. Feel free to email me with instructions. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___

[slim] Re: SlimRoku - SlimServer based music player for the Roku PhotoBridge HD1000

2006-06-25 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
Roku Hd1000...One basic question, should the shared folder in the HD1000 contain both the slimroku files and the shared music? I think you'll have a better chance of getting a useful response if you post in the Roku forums. Not too many people use (or like) the Roku products. Kevin --

Re: [slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.5

2006-06-25 Thread Michael Herger
I'l try again, with Softsqueeze 2.7 :). This should fix the border on Windows, fix the keyboard shortcuts and not break OSX! What about the Linux version? Wanted to test, but my Linux box isn't on SVN and the nightlies are broken... -- Michael

[slim] Re: SlimRoku - SlimServer based music player for the Roku PhotoBridge HD1000

2006-06-25 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
Roku Hd1000...One basic question, should the shared folder in the HD1000 contain both the slimroku files and the shared music? I think you'll have a better chance of getting a useful response if you post in the Roku forums. Not too many people use (or like) the Roku products. To clarify,

[slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.5

2006-06-25 Thread JJZolx
mherger Wrote: Wanted to test, but my Linux box isn't on SVN and the nightlies are broken... https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169 -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile:

[slim] Re: SlimRoku - SlimServer based music player for the Roku PhotoBridge HD1000

2006-06-25 Thread TheEndless
ajmitchell Wrote: When I posted my no. 1 request (video out) on this post http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24400 no one mentioned that this excellent software was available for Roku Hd1000. In fact I already own a HD1000 and had no idea about this! I am coming very late to

[slim] Nightlies failed

2006-06-25 Thread Scott Culverhouse
Looks to me like 6.3 and 6.5b1 are corrupt no space left on device according to buildlog.nix.txt? http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.5/buildlog.nix.txt The SlimServer_v2006-06-25.tar is zero length and the 6.3.0 tar seems to be missing files. Scott

[slim] Re: SlimRoku - SlimServer based music player for the Roku PhotoBridge HD1000

2006-06-25 Thread ajmitchell
Thanks for the reply TheEndless. Incidentally, will slimroku synchronise with others SB players using slimserver 6.2? Ps. Re: comment above I hope this post is not inappropriate because I assumed slimserver related queries were valid on this board, not just SB ones -- ajmitchell

[slim] Here'a a fix for Firefox memory leak

2006-06-25 Thread Lowrent
1. Type about:config in url. 2. Right-Click / New / Integer 3. Enter Preference Name : browser.cache.memory.capacity 4. And put 16384 or 32768 depending on your ram (512k or 1gig and above). Now you can leave your SlimServer page openend and not worry about Firefox taking up to 250 megs of ram

[slim] Re: SlimRoku - SlimServer based music player for the Roku PhotoBridge HD1000

2006-06-25 Thread TheEndless
ajmitchell Wrote: Thanks for the reply TheEndless. Incidentally, will slimroku synchronise with others SB players using slimserver 6.2? Ps. Re: comment above I hope this post is not inappropriate because I assumed slimserver related queries were valid on this board, not just SB ones

Re: [slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.5

2006-06-25 Thread Chris Laplante
Let me know if you spot anything else. Any chance of getting album art (esp in fullscreen) working again? I've had a skin idea to work on for a while, but the album art support seems to have been removed at some point. -Chris ___ discuss mailing

[slim] Re: Here'a a fix for Firefox memory leak

2006-06-25 Thread snarlydwarf
oooh if that works, I'll be VEERRY happy. restarting firefox now since it's already grumpy this morning so see if it helps :) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179

[slim] Touchscreen Options

2006-06-25 Thread Johnny Stork
Title: Scalix message content Has anyone had any experience with small touchscreen displays running the touchscreen skin and slimserver? I am looking at picking a touchscreen and started looking at the Lilliput 619gl-70np. Does anyone know of other suggested models/brands, maybe larger? Any

[slim] Status.XML slow

2006-06-25 Thread BlueWombat
Hi. I am working on an iterface that uses status.xml and I have noticed that updating status.xml can be very slow. As a test, when I call it up in firefox, the page can sometimes take 30 seconds to load. At other times, it seems to load very quickly. The great delay is causing my application

Re: [slim] Intel (especially) Mac users needed to help development

2006-06-25 Thread Philippe SCHMUCK
Le 25 juin 06 à 08:08, danco a écrit : We are trying to get easy and reliable installation instructions for AlienBBC on Macs. We have what we think works ok, but need someone who is prepared to spend some time testing the instructions on an Intel Mac. This would need someone willing to

[slim] Re: Playback freezing

2006-06-25 Thread joncourage
ok, truth being stranger than fiction, I uninstalled again, upgraded back to the 6.51b beta version, and, voila, now it works again without freezing. -- joncourage SlimServer Version: 6.5b1 - 6939 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Player Firmware Version: 41 SB3 Audio Note DAC 3.1x Sig Levinson

[slim] Web Monsters Templates

2006-06-25 Thread MonsterTMP
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Re: [slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.5

2006-06-25 Thread Michael Herger
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169 Sourceforge seems to have a problem right now, too. Whether I click that link or google around I get a 500 - Internal Server Error. Bad luck for today. I'll try tomorrow. Thanks. -- Michael

[slim] Re: Ready NAS NV vs. Terastation Pro vs. Terastation vs. ??? (Storage Solution)

2006-06-25 Thread HST
1. Storage I have just installed my 1TB TeraStation and copied my MP3. Hours later ... I wanted SlimServer to search the new mapped network drive (X:\Music) but SlimServer tells me Ups ... not valid. Try again. What am I doing wrong? (Any Ideas or Links, please.) 2. SlimServer on NAS? Can I

[slim] Re: Intel (especially) Mac users needed to help development

2006-06-25 Thread danco
Thanks. Philippe, I'm still trying to find out which versions of mplayer and lame work on Intel Macs. It's not worth doing anything else until I know this, as the instructions will depend on where one gets the programs. Kevin, once I have a bit more time I will send you instructions in a

[slim] Re: Gigabit Linkstation flashing with Openlink or Freelink or original firmware?

2006-06-25 Thread blixa
Many thanks for all your answers and comments. I read a lot about bricking the HG300 - but my feeling is that with a current european version the risk of bricking is not too high. What do you think? Actually I am looking for a cheap solution. I saw the HG300 for 250 Euro. I don't know anything

Re: [slim] Hi-fi separate form factor

2006-06-25 Thread Jack Coates
...So are there any plans to produce Squeezebox in a hi-fi separate sizedcase? Preferably with front panel controls as well to facilitate use without a remote.There is a market for it, there's been a gap in the market ever sinceTurtle Beach dropped their excellent but poorly marketed

[slim] Album Art Suggestions

2006-06-25 Thread Johnny Stork
Title: Scalix message content I dont recall how SS deals with album art and I am about to re-rip all my music as FLAC and wonder if there is a preferable way to do this? Should I include a art.jpg in each folder containing the flac files? Or is it better to place them all into their own

Re: [slim] Hi-fi separate form factor

2006-06-25 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
People have been asking for [an audio component styled Squeezebox] for a long time, and most of them go on to make one for themselves. SDI does not comment on future products. That and the self-contained slim boombox. I like the SB3 and have one, along with 3 SB2s. The SB3 just doesn't lend

[slim] Re: Album Art Suggestions

2006-06-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
Don't know if there's a preferred way to do this, but I just put a cover.jpg in each album folder. Works for me. With 'Album Art Aggregator' (http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA/) this is super-easy. -- Mark Lanctot

[slim] Clearing the DB

2006-06-25 Thread Johnny Stork
Title: Scalix message content Since I am about to point my SS to an entirely new location for music, all re-ripped, should I be clearing the DB before I do this? I have made so many changes, moves and other things and would prefer to start with a clean DB. Is there a way to do this without a

[slim] Versalink 327W Problems

2006-06-25 Thread swank
Hianyone have experience with this modem, provided by Verizon for DSL customers? My Squeezebox v3 connects to it just fine, incl. using my WPA key, and is assigned a DHCP IP address. But that's it. It does not find my SlimServer, even if I manually add in the IP address of my computer.

Re: [slim] Clearing the DB

2006-06-25 Thread Jack Coates
On 6/25/06, Johnny Stork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I am about to point my SS to an entirely new location for music, all re-ripped, should I be clearing the DB before I do this? I have made so many changes, moves and other things and would prefer to start with a clean DB. Is there a

[slim] Re: Ready NAS NV vs. Terastation Pro vs. Terastation vs. ??? (Storage Solution)

2006-06-25 Thread JJZolx
HST Wrote: 1. Storage I have just installed my 1TB TeraStation and copied my MP3. Hours later ... I wanted SlimServer to search the new mapped network drive (X:\Music) but SlimServer tells me Ups ... not valid. Try again. What am I doing wrong? (Any Ideas or Links, please.) Use a UNC

[slim] Re: Hi-fi separate form factor

2006-06-25 Thread Mr_Smiley
I hadn't thought about using the Tivo remote. I've been thinking of the Harmon everybody talks about but that's still a while away before the budget allows. If one of you IR wizards can get this together you'd most likely have a hoard of adoring fans. -- Mr_Smiley

[slim] Re: types.conf - ignore mp3s

2006-06-25 Thread coffeebucket
JJZolx Wrote: What I'd do if I kept a parallel mp3 or ogg library is simply keep that directory tree outside of the designated SlimServer music folder. ... which is exactly what I do. Having Slimserver ignore identical tracks in different formats is not the issue here. -- coffeebucket

[slim] Re: Hi-fi separate form factor

2006-06-25 Thread Michaelwagner
Kevin O. Lepard Wrote: I was actually toying with the idea of seeing if I could get the TiVo remote (when set for the second DVR) to run it. There is a way to code new remotes into the squeezebox IR handler. I've never looked at how it works, how flexible it is, etc. -- Michaelwagner

[slim] Re: Hi-fi separate form factor

2006-06-25 Thread cshaida
So you're an audiotron user, huh. Search these forums for sporadic but energetic 'discussions' of the late, lamented 'knob'. Read them and weep. Maybe you're the one to take up the mantle and move forward...? -- cshaida

[slim] Re: Convert SB3 Wired into Wireless Using 3rd Party Wireless Bridge?

2006-06-25 Thread Michaelwagner
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Note, however, that it may be more cost-effective just to get a wireless SB. Or an electrician. I'm a big fan of copper. It just works. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile:

[slim] Re: SB4 and/or a high-end model, when?

2006-06-25 Thread Michaelwagner
stuorguk Wrote: 1 Scroll wheel in the remote (like in a mouse) Yes. Wouldn't actually need any SB hardware upgrades, could work fine as a backwards upgrade for SB1 and 2 also. 2 LDR sensor for automatic display brightness (and lower light levels for bedroom use). Seems like a good idea.

[slim] Possible SB3 networking bug?

2006-06-25 Thread leko
I recently setup a NAS box (not the readyNAS) and have been noticing some odd things happening. First, a brief rundown of my network: My slimserver is also my firewall and NAT box. It's running linux 2.6, and provides dhcp and dns to the internal network. On the wired network, I have the

[slim] Marketraise Corp.

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