Re: [slim] Re: Cannot change device with handheld skin

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
Now I have Version du SlimServer : 6.3.1 - 8278 - Debian - FR - iso-8859-1 but it is not working better... Hmm... I shall do some work on the Handheld skin today. I'll have a look at this issue, too. IMHO the now used cookie mechanism is alright for skins using frames. But in the case of

[slim] Re: Sox using inordinate amount of CPU

2006-07-07 Thread knigma
I see runaway sox just as described above by jared1999 with slimserver 6.3 playing ogg files with a stock convert.conf file. sox: Version 12.18.1, FreeBSD 6.1 with perl 5.8.8. Does anyone have an understanding of the cause? -- knigma

Re: [slim] SoftSqueeze will not connect from Windoze

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
I have also try'd not using the in-build ssh client and doing the same as when I use realplayer (ie connect to localhost:9000), but that doesn't work either, maybe in that mode the other port 3483 needed to be tunnelled as well, but I don't know how to pass two ports to ssh on the command line

[slim] Re: Slimserver No Album No Artist

2006-07-07 Thread oiler1fan
Well I've downloaded mp3tag and looked at everything with the 34 songs concerned. Everything looks normal, no accented characters or wrong/extra tags. What to try next? Black Velvet by Alannah Myles is one of the tunes fo reference. BTW, I did find some extra tags on other songs that were not

[slim] Need help to display unicode (Chinese) tag with SSODS running on Synology Diskstation

2006-07-07 Thread hkpilot
Hi All, I installed the SSODS and Slimserver 6.3 on my Synology Diskstation 106e. The slimserver is running smoothly. Everthing works just fine except my SB3 refuses to display any unicode Chinese tags! I have searched through the forum (got some hints) and tried to telnet into the Diskstation

[slim] Anybody had any luck with Baddiel Skinner World Cup podcasts ?

2006-07-07 Thread rsk21
Hello, As above I cannot seem to stream the Baddiel Skinner World Cup podcasts (very funny by the eay) via the podcast browser. Am getting the cannot parse error message. Link to podcast is: http://podcast.timesonline.co.uk/rss/baddielandskinnerpodcastmp3.rss Am using Slimserver 6.2.2 - 7135

Re: [slim] Need help to display unicode (Chinese) tag with SSODS running on Synology Diskstation

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
I have searched through the forum (got some hints) and tried to telnet into the Diskstation and found the NE2000 font is already installed into the Graphics folder, anything else I need to do to 'enable' this feature? Are the songs correctly tagged? If you run Slimserver on a Windows box, do

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread Mark Lanctot
Loading the SS web page was pretty slow when it was trying to pull in Slim Device's entire site. But last night, it stopped loading altogether. spafonyx suggestion of restarting the server was the correct one, it resolved the issue completely. I believe kdf is on to something. The error is

[slim] Re: Cannot change device with handheld skin

2006-07-07 Thread Mathiou
I have send an email to Slimdevices support and it seems they are on this issue. That said: do you by chance have cookies disabled? No, Cookies are enabled You're on SlimCD? Is it installed to disk or are you running it from CD? You can have your configuration backuped and restored

Re: [slim] Re: Cannot change device with handheld skin

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
I have send an email to Slimdevices support and it seems they are on this issue. Do you know whether there is a bug opened on bugs.slimdevices.com? I didn't find anything. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the

[slim] TRACKNUMBER tag in MP3s not recognised

2006-07-07 Thread smst
My music collection contains Ogg Vorbis files, FLACs and MP3s. For every file I use a TRACKNUMBER tag. I've just noticed that the TRACKNUMBER tag is ignored in all my MP3s. The other files are fine. By ignored, I mean that if I go to New Music and choose an MP3 album, the files are listed in

[slim] Slimserver 6.3.0 and CUE Sheets / Images

2006-07-07 Thread dangerous_dom
Firstly, sorry if this has been covered else where. I did post in the thread regarding compilation album grouping issues but did not get a response. I am not sure this is related directly to that problem anyway. Anyway, what i am seeing is that when i have an image file and CUE, the album is

[slim] Re: Slim Devices Misses The Boat

2006-07-07 Thread LHawes
Wanted to be sure and post a follow up to my original post. Most of my (long) story can be read at the link below but bottom line is I received my Squeeze Box yesterday 07/06/2006 and after an exhaustive crash course in CD ripping, EAC mystery codes, Foobar that was FUBAR to me, and play list

[slim] freedb closing down?

2006-07-07 Thread LHawes
http://freedb.org/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=292 -- LHawes LHawes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6244 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25317

[slim] Re: freedb closing down?

2006-07-07 Thread Mark Lanctot
! I sure hope EAC can be steered to an alternate database when freedb becomes unavailable. It still worked yesterday. Maybe Musicbrainz? I'm going to that site more and more. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile:

[slim] Re: TRACKNUMBER tag in MP3s not recognised

2006-07-07 Thread TiredLegs
Are your tags ID3v1.1 or ID3v2? With another device I have, I found that it did not properly recognize the ID3v1.1 track number tags, but it did recognize them in the v2 tags. (I had to delete all the v1.1 tags and replace them with v2. Just adding v2 tags did not do the trick.) I don't know if

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread seanadams
TiredLegs Wrote: Does anyone other than me find it disturbing that a page residing on a local device has to reach out across the internet every time it starts up just to load a logo? What if someone wants a LAN-only set up detached from the internet? Why isn't the logo just embedded in the

Re: [slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread kdf
On 7-Jul-06, at 8:19 AM, TiredLegs wrote: Does anyone other than me find it disturbing that a page residing on a local device has to reach out across the internet every time it starts up just to load a logo? it doesn't. the image is local, but the link is a hyperlink. What if someone

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread oreillymj
Hmmm, my Slimdevices logo is coming from my local Server. http://slimserver:9000/html/images/slimdevices_logo.gif Unless Slimserver is doing some sort of server-side include to point to the logo file on their server, this would appear to be served from a local copy. BTW - it would be useful for

[slim] Re: Artwork Artwork Artwork

2006-07-07 Thread Mongo
I have tried using WMP to download artwork and it seems to work only sporadically. Is there a reliable method built into the program that I am missing? Find Album info pulls up the artwork, but even verifying the album track by track does not always download the art. Secondly, I failed to

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread TiredLegs
Based on the latest posts from kdf and oreillymj, I guess I was jumping to conclusions. And it's nice to know that the CEO is paying attention to his customers and product. I have faith that whatever the problem is, the folks at Slim Devices will find it and fix it, unlike another company (not

[slim] Re: freedb closing down?

2006-07-07 Thread radish
http://freedb.org/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=293 I'm downloading a db image tonight just to be on the safe side. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread:

[slim] Re: TRACKNUMBER tag in MP3s not recognised

2006-07-07 Thread smst
Aha, an excellent point. Foobar2000 apparently has the ID3v2 plugin installed, but it doesn't tell me what sort of tags I have... okay another utility seems to thing I've got ID3v1 and APEv2 tags in place. I'll try to work out how to get fb2k to really write ID3v2 tags, and report back. Thanks

[slim] Re: freedb closing down?

2006-07-07 Thread shabbs
Hopefully, freedb2.org can take the load. http://freedb2.org/ Sad news. -- shabbs [shabbs] *iPod:* 4G [40GB] | *OS:* Windows XP Pro SP2 | *iPod audio:* Sony ' MDR-EX71SL'

[slim] Re: TRACKNUMBER tag in MP3s not recognised

2006-07-07 Thread shabbs
Or you can use an ID3 tag editor to convert the tags in batch. I use ID3-TagIT for all my tag management/validation. Pretty powerful and it's free. Check it out here: http://www.id3-tagit.de/english/index.htm Cheers. -- shabbs [shabbs] *iPod:* 4G [40GB] | *OS:* Windows XP Pro SP2 | *iPod

Re: [slim] Re: Cannot change device with handheld skin

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
That said: do you by chance have cookies disabled? No, Cookies are enabled One more thing: what personal firewall and antivirus products are you using? Does any of them offer privacy filter or similar? -- Michael --- Help translate

Re: [slim] 'Browse Artists' always starts at the top of the list (slimp3)

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
It seems that in 6.3.0, every time I go to the 'Browse Artists' list, it's at the top. Previous releases would keep the last position of the list cached. Anyone else see this with the other players? Hmm... I can't reproduce this. Is this after the screensaver kicked in? What screensaver are

[slim] Alarm Question

2006-07-07 Thread bert1e
Hi I have been thinking of setting up the alarms on my squeezebox. The thing is I want it to do is switch on at 6:30 (so far so good)and then switch off at 7:15. That way I dont have to worry about switching it off. Is this possible? If so how? I leave my slimserver running all day and dont

Re: [slim] Alarm Question

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
Hi I have been thinking of setting up the alarms on my squeezebox. The thing is I want it to do is switch on at 6:30 (so far so good)and then switch off at 7:15. That way I dont have to worry about switching it off. Is this possible? If so how? Use kdf's Advanced Alarm plugin:

[slim] Re: Slim Devices Misses The Boat

2006-07-07 Thread oreillymj
Has anyone here used CDex. Probably the easiest CD ripper to set up. http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/ Slim still seem to be providing a CD ripping service for those with more money than free time ;-) https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/ripping.cgi It seems a no-brainer to extend this

[slim] Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread mbonsack
Interesting read with photos: http://www.stereophile.com/news/062606sonos/ -- mbonsack mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread:

[slim] Re: TRACKNUMBER tag in MP3s not recognised

2006-07-07 Thread smst
I found the relevant settings in fb2k, and tested a few files: it is indeed the case that if ID3v1 is present at all, the tracknumber is ignored. I set all my MP3s to have purely ID3v2 tags (I don't think I need the backwards-compatibility) and re-scanned, and everything looks good. Thanks for

Re: [slim] Re: Slim Devices users with CDex

2006-07-07 Thread Pat Farrell
oreillymj wrote: Has anyone here used CDex. Probably the easiest CD ripper to set up. http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/ Yes, I used it as my primary Windows ripper. I found it much easier to setup, and much faster than EAC. So I would use CDex first, and only if I had a problem would I

[slim] Re: Slim Devices Misses The Boat

2006-07-07 Thread Michaelwagner
oreillymj Wrote: Send Slim a bundle of CD's and a wodge of cash, get a NAS with all your CD's pre-loaded and 2 Squeezeboxes. Plug them in and off you go. Now that sounds like a smart packaging concept. Of course, it depends on the current size of a wodge, which I was unable to google for, but

[slim] Re: freedb closing down?

2006-07-07 Thread Mark Lanctot
shabbs Wrote: Hopefully, freedb2.org can take the load. http://freedb2.org/ Sad news. I'm wondering if this is the new version with fancy web 2.0 features referenced in the first post. -- Mark Lanctot Mark

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread Mark Lanctot
Wow, the first line jumped right out at me: I don't get why some audiophiles still think that saving data using a lossless compression scheme like FLAC or Apple Lossless sounds any different than an uncompressed CD file, says Sonos founder and VP of Sales and Marketing Thomas S. Cullen

[slim] Re: Artwork Artwork Artwork

2006-07-07 Thread MrSinatra
Mongo Wrote: I have tried using WMP to download artwork and it seems to work only sporadically. Is there a reliable method built into the program that I am missing? Find Album info pulls up the artwork, but even verifying the album track by track does not always download the art. i'll try

[slim] Re: freedb closing down?

2006-07-07 Thread shabbs
Mark Lanctot Wrote: I'm wondering if this is the new version with fancy web 2.0 features referenced in the first post. I don't think so. I think freedb2.org has the same goals as the freedb.org had. From freedb2.org's news sections: Will freedb2 remain free? freedb2 will be even more free

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread RooX
see, personally i wish more audio companies would talk this way, its nice to seepeople not babbling on about audio gobbldy gook magic pixie ideas instead of mathematical/scientific facts. would you rather him tell you that lossless is a lie and certain hardrives sound better than others? --

Re: [slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread Jim Dibb
What part turned you off? Do you think there is a difference?On 7/7/06, Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, the first line jumped right out at me:I don't get why some audiophiles still think that saving data using a lossless compression scheme like FLAC or Apple Lossless sounds any

Re: [slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread Mark Lanctot
Please ignore my off-the-cuff post. I deleted it from the forum but once it's out on the mailing list it's too late. I thought no one would comment on it but I guess I was wrong. Anyway, I thought they were referring to the difference between lossy, compressed formats like MP3 and lossless

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread dwc
50% compression ratio? I don't think so. Closer to 30%. -- dwc dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25321

[slim] Re: 'Browse Artists' always starts at the top of the list (slimp3)

2006-07-07 Thread herbman
no, this is when using the player like normal. A typical usage: Turn on slimp3, go to browse music, browse artists navigate to artist, album, (song maybe), hit play button Hit now playing on remote, then go back to browse music and artists and the list will be at the top again, at 'Various

[slim] Re: 'Browse Artists' always starts at the top of the list (slimp3)

2006-07-07 Thread herbman
A workaround was posted in the bug, and I'm all set. Thanks! -- herbman herbman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6170 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25288

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread Jez
was the fact that Sonos seem to operate a quiet work environment. Here at Slim, there's usually music or radio of some sort going somewhere in the office at any point in time. It certainly reminds me of why we do what we do every day. -- Jez Jez Hildred Senior Manager - Sales Marketing Slim

Re: [slim] Re: Softsqueeze for Nokia 770?

2006-07-07 Thread ron thigpen
bklaas wrote: I have no experience with porting apps to the 770 though, so someone else will have to pipe in with that. The 770 runs the Maemo distribution. It's GNU/Linux. I believe most of the available apps are written for GCC. The new version has support for building applications in

Re: [slim] freedb closing down?

2006-07-07 Thread ron thigpen
Perhaps there will be good news after all. http://freedb.org/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=293 These also appear on the homepage, which might be better to monitor for new items: http://freedb.org/ --rt ___ discuss mailing list

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread CardinalFang
mbonsack Wrote: Interesting read with photos: http://www.stereophile.com/news/062606sonos/ I have to give it to them - the remote is the killer. Without it, they're an also-ran, with it, they have the coolest looking product. If Slim came out with something like that, I'd put them throughout

[slim] Re: Sox using inordinate amount of CPU

2006-07-07 Thread knigma
knigma Wrote: I see runaway sox just as described above by jared1999 with slimserver 6.3 playing ogg files with a stock convert.conf file. sox: Version 12.18.1, FreeBSD 6.1 with perl 5.8.8. Does anyone have an understanding of the cause? I confirm that switching to oggdec solves the

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread azinck3
CardinalFang Wrote: I have to give it to them - the remote is the killer. Without it, they're an also-ran, with it, they have the coolest looking product. If Slim came out with something like that, I'd put them throughout my house. Without it, the rest of my family just find it too geeky and

[slim] Re: Slim Devices Misses The Boat

2006-07-07 Thread TiredLegs
Michaelwagner Wrote: Now that sounds like a smart packaging concept. Of course, it depends on the current size of a wodge, which I was unable to google for, but for some people that might be a good concept. oreillymj must be a boffin from the UK. The equivalent term in the US would be a wad

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread CardinalFang
azinck3 Wrote: Haha, so I was with you 'til the bit about the Jags... Thats's what I always believed, but look at the Top Gear surveys, they're at the top and the German brands are way down - Jaguar have reversed their bad reputation. I have a Merc and I followed a new XK today, I'd swap in a

[slim] Re: Stuttering - again...

2006-07-07 Thread DougP
Yes, I am running 11g. Now done some other things + Changed the background services - no change + The reponse from the SB remote is very poor..unusable really + NetTest suggests 64 kbs fine, but others not so good + My PC seems to be intermittently losing the net connection, plus the

[slim] Drag and Drop in Fishbone

2006-07-07 Thread ajmitchell
I really like the fishbone skin but there is a weakness c/f exbrowse:- drag and drop. Is drag and drop coming soon with future releases of fishbone? -- ajmitchell ajmitchell's Profile:

[slim] Re: Stuttering - again...

2006-07-07 Thread Triode
If nettest shows poor performance above 64k I would suspect the network connection to the PC not the PC itself. Look at the different network paths taken from Sqeezebox to the internet vs to your PC. Could you try a wired ethernet connection to the PC as a test? -- Triode

[slim] SB1 and Shoutcast?

2006-07-07 Thread Mike
I have two SB1 wired units on my network. My internet connection is an ADSL. I am using SlimServer 6.3. I can't seem to get any internet radio stations to work correctly. Anyone have any experience getting Shoutcast or any other internet radio to work? Thanks, Mike

Re: [slim] Drag and Drop in Fishbone

2006-07-07 Thread kdf
Quoting ajmitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I really like the fishbone skin but there is a weakness c/f exbrowse:- drag and drop. Is drag and drop coming soon with future releases of fishbone? not unless someone comes along with a patch. -k ___ discuss

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread Dan Sully
This is likely a result of us moving our webserver yesterday. There was a redirect put in place to send people that had the old DNS to the new server. I'll postulate that the code that checks to see if SlimServer is up to date got the redirect, and sent you to the main page. In any event, the

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread dean
That _is_ strange. The next time it happens, please do a view source on that frame and attach the contents to the thread. I suspect that the HTML is corrupted and that the _link_ to the Slim Devices web page got turned into an embed or something... -- dean

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread MrSinatra
i think what a previous poster said made sense... if users could toggle the option, i think it would make sense for the company to have their software report back what version it is, and on what OS its running. feedback can be very useful, inclduing for tracking crashes. some kind of feedback

[slim] Re: SB3 runs warm, even when it is idle?

2006-07-07 Thread rudholm
kdf Wrote: Quoting Roy2001 Roy2001.2ahp4n1152132001 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com: comsumer equipments which consume as little as 3W when idle. Define as little as: Does 5W not count as in teh range of as little as? Define idle: VFD is a large part of the power draw, so if

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread Skunk
Stereophile Wrote: Sonos reminds us that the Sonos warranty is void if you open up any of the Sonos hardware. The fact that the Slim Dev CEO regularly contributes to modification discussions gives them the edge in audiophile credibility- IMHO. -- Skunk

Re: [slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread kdf
Quoting MrSinatra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: if users could toggle the option, i think it would make sense for the company to have their software report back what version it is, and on what OS its running. it is already a toggle, and it only submits the software version number. If there is a

Re: [slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread kdf
Quoting MrSinatra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: right you are kdf, i forgot. i for one would have no problem with reporting more info back, pretty much whatever SD wanted to know. i bet many users would participate in such a program. case in point: the infomation passed on through forums and bugzilla

[slim] Re: SoftSqueeze will not connect from Windoze

2006-07-07 Thread powergen
Thanks, will try that. Still don't know why the built in ssh tunnelling doesn't work. -- powergen powergen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6318 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Stuttering - again...

2006-07-07 Thread DougP
Not really - I am considering Devlo /Homeplug to use the electric ciruit to wire the SB, but... why would SqueezeNetwork work fine? Surely it is over the same LAN? -- DougP DougP's Profile:

[slim] Re: Stuttering - again...

2006-07-07 Thread the_twin
How is your PC connected to the network? If it is wirelessly, then you will lose bandwidth as the music has to travel from the computer to the router and then on to the Squeezebox. If wired, it might be something as simple as a dodgy ethernet cable. Is internet access from the PC reliable?

[slim] Re: Stuttering - again...

2006-07-07 Thread DougP
Yep, PC is wired to a Linksys WAG54G - the internet connection seems fine, although after some tests pages occasionally load slowly (blank page for 2-4 secs, then content appears). Guess the router could be the issue? Firmware is 2 years old, but I have had trouble locating recent versions...

[slim] Re: Stuttering - again...

2006-07-07 Thread radish
Also remember that streaming from SN is using much less bandwidth than FLAC from your local SS. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread:

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread radish
MrSinatra Wrote: besides, doesn't the squeezebox itself constantly update your IP to SN anyway? if so, whats the difference? If your SB is connected to SN, then yes, the SN servers know the IP. But many SBs are never connected to SN (mine aren't), and in a typical home situation using a NAT

[slim] Re: Artwork Artwork Artwork

2006-07-07 Thread egd
aubuti Wrote: I don't have an answer for your second issue. As for the first, slimserver 6.5b1 has just the option you are asking for. I don't know if it is in 6.3.0 or not. I presume the option you're referring to is Server settings/Interface/BROWSE BY ARTWORK ORDER? I've just updated to

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[slim] Re: Viagra kaufen Viagra bestellen Viagra Rezeptfrei

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[slim] Re: Slimserver not starting after 6.3 install

2006-07-07 Thread spafonyx
On my WinXP box, SlimServer 6.3 died at some point today, after running with no problems for a couple of days, and now won't start. Tried 6.3.1, no luck. No error message, either, just won't start. -- spafonyx spafonyx's

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread radish
MrSinatra Wrote: have you ever used SN? Actually no, but I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. i'm a newbie, but i think i merely entered a pin at the SN website to identify my SB and SN knew EXACTLY where it was, which leads me to believe the SB is always calling home, not that

[slim] Re: Slim Devices Misses The Boat

2006-07-07 Thread atebit
As I posted in the Beginner forum, I think the SlimServer/ReadyNAS bundle may open up more beginner useability issues than it may hope to solve as a bundled solution. Sure, I think it's a great idea to eliminate the computer by running SlimServer embedded on the ReadyNAS. Unfortuantely, I think

Re: [slim] Re: Slim Devices Misses The Boat

2006-07-07 Thread Jack Coates
On 7/7/06, oreillymj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone here used CDex. Probably the easiest CD ripper to set up. http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/I use CDex, quite happy with it. I rip to high-quality MP3, VBR going no lower than 192kbps.-- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,

[slim] Getting a lot of 404s on the forum tonight

2006-07-07 Thread Michaelwagner
About every other thread I click on tonight gets the following message. The page cannot be found The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

[slim] Re: Stereophile's visit to Sonos

2006-07-07 Thread Michaelwagner
CardinalFang Wrote: if Slim would switch to Flash for the server interface Oh, please, not flash. I thought the web interface was bad enough, but flash on top of it? gag me with a spoon! -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's

[slim] Re: When did the Slim Devices homepage start to appear in SlimServer?

2006-07-07 Thread MrSinatra
yeah... i made a mistake... apparently when u add a SB to SN you're supposed to follow these steps, and i would guess in so doing, thats when it calls home: Step 1: Connect your Squeezebox to SqueezeNetwork. If you are connected to SlimServer, browse to Squeezebox Home - SqueezeNetwork to

[slim] Re: Getting a lot of 404s on the forum tonight

2006-07-07 Thread MrSinatra
me too. (and i had to type at least 10 characters) -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.3 - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile:

[slim] How does one import from Itunes?

2006-07-07 Thread gdg
I been using EAC to ripp my music and set a folder which Slimserver scans and imports from. Now I have some stuff ripped into Itunes and encoded in AIFF. How do I get Slimserver to update and import from Itunes? I checked the box use Itunes in the server settings. Gerry -- gdg

[slim] Re: Need help to display unicode (Chinese) tag with SSODS running on Synology Diskstation

2006-07-07 Thread hkpilot
Yes, I am sure those tags are in correct Unicode encoding and they can be properly displayed with slimserver 6.3 running on Chinese Winxp box. thanks mherger Wrote: I have searched through the forum (got some hints) and tried to telnet into the Diskstation and found the NE2000 font is

[slim] NAS vs Linux box

2006-07-07 Thread gusi
As I am ripping my way through my CD collection the PC is sprouting more and more harddisks. It got me thinking that it may be time to move slim to a separate machine. A NAS box would be nice but they are quite expensive. For the same money I could buy a nice new PC and rebuild my current PC

[slim] Re: Slimserver not starting after 6.3 install

2006-07-07 Thread spafonyx
spafonyx Wrote: On my WinXP box, SlimServer 6.3 died at some point today, after running with no problems for a couple of days, and now won't start. Tried 6.3.1, no luck. No error message, either, just won't start. EDIT: Here's my logfile when running slim --logfile errlog.txt --d_server