[slim] Re: Administer Linux from XP Pro?

pfarrell Wrote: > I have three or four UPS in my basement "server farm" which is > where I keep my SlimServer, my cable modem, my firewall box, > and the machine that hosts http://www.pfarrell.com/ > Following this link out of curiosity, I noticed that the site behaves very badly with firefox (d

[slim] Re: Slim splits CD into 2 or more Albums

http://www.mp3tag.de/ is another good one to have a look at. Also, are you running MusicMagic/MusicIP? I have found that this can sometimes cause problems for Slimserver (particularly if you have UTF-8 characters in your tags). If so, you may need to remove MusicIP's cache and rescan it. -- smc

[slim] Re: MAC Address changed?

Thanks for that... I would never go through the pain of changing the MAC address by choice... I guess some glitch somewhere caused it to be changed. It seems to be working (although I am under the impression that the wireless strength is about half... I need some more testing on that), and the fa

RE: [slim] Re: Slim splits CD into 2 or more Albums

Tag & rename works well for me: http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm Richard Scales -Original Message- From: oriordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 August 2006 06:22 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Slim splits CD into 2 or more Albums Thanks for the sugges

[slim] Re: Slim splits CD into 2 or more Albums

Thanks for the suggestions. I did check to ensure there weren't any extra spaces or the like before my original post. Can you point me to an MP3 tag editor? This is not something I'm familiar with. -- oriordan oriordan's

[slim] Re: How to Construct a Playlist of Favorite Radio Stations

You're doing it the hard way. These instructions are for SlimServer 6.3.1 without any additional plugins. This assumes the playlist does not exist yet. Granted this isn't the most straightforward procedure in the world, but it works. 1) Select the station you want so it is currently playing 2)

Re: [slim] Slim splits CD into 2 or more Albums

On 8/6/06, oriordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have about 500 Albumes in my iTunes Library. After tidying it up, Icleared the Slim library and rescanned the entire iTunes library. I now have several cases of a single CD being split into 2 different albums bySlim. I've checked both iTunes and the

[slim] Slim splits CD into 2 or more Albums

I have about 500 Albumes in my iTunes Library. After tidying it up, I cleared the Slim library and rescanned the entire iTunes library. I now have several cases of a single CD being split into 2 different albums by Slim. I've checked both iTunes and the actual directory (e.g. ...\My Documents\My M

[slim] Re: I Want That: Tech Toys

My wife happened to have this show on and I saw it too, quite cool. :) -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26184

[slim] Songs skipping/dropping-out during playback

Today I was informed that during a party our Squeezebox was "skipping" during playback of songs. I reproduced it and recorded it via the internal microphone of my laptop... http://www.automaticduck.com/screenshots/psb.mp3 Blame the microphone/compression if you want, but it sounded that skipp

[slim] Re: I Want That: Tech Toys

Dang, all they ever show here are home improvement shows. :-( Sounds like there's a better version in the U.S. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread

[slim] I Want That: Tech Toys

I just happened to turn on this HGTV show, and they're doing a segment on the Squeezebox 3, right now. They've got a customer talking about it and they seem very happy (he has multiple Squeezeboxes and they show him outside listening to one with a set of powered speakers.) It just came on at 10p

[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?

I would have NEVER got Sirius if not for Howard Stern who I've listened to since the late 80's. I would never pay for a plugin. My .02 -- TomDac TomDac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6657 Vi

[slim] Wireless bridge mode - does the router "see" the MAC behind it?

I'm experimenting with Linux. I say "experimenting" because I can barely get anything to work so I'm probably going to move on to something else. Anyway I've got it set up behind my SB3 in wireless bridge mode. It works just fine for Internet access - I downloaded the 160 Ubuntu updates twice w

Re: [slim] Administer Linux from XP Pro?

If you simply want to log in over a system called ssh you can use a windows program called PuTTY. It is an ssh client. It gives you a command line interface to your linux box. If you are not happy doing everything over the command line, you can use vnc to communicate. Shame the rest of the thread

[slim] Re: How to Construct a Playlist of Favorite Radio Stations

Have you tried the MyPicks plugin. It was written because of the difficulty of creating lists and it provides a way to create & maintain radio lists wholly within slimserver (i.e. no editor) and so is applicable for all OSs - Windows, Mac and Linux. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p

[slim] How to Construct a Playlist of Favorite Radio Stations

How to Construct a Playlist of Favorite Radio Stations I am not a computer newbie, having used computers for more than 20 years. However, I have spent months trying to establish in SlimServer a Playlist of favorite radio stations. (I find the instructions included in SlimServer confusing and in

[slim] Re: Easy to use back up program ?

A warning to those using robocopy, and a solution. If, like, me, you're backing up from one removable drive to another, you might worry about the following. If robocopy is set up to copy, say, the e: drive to the f: drive, what if you plug in what you want to be the destination drive for the backu

[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?

I've gone ahead and posted yet another new version since people seem to be having more issues with the channel web requests failing with newer verisons of SlimServer. The previous versions of the plugin had two web request chains going at once (one for the talk stations, another for music). I've

[slim] Where to get SlimServer 6.2.2 for Infrant ReadyNAS?

Hi all, SlimServer 6.2.2 came pre-installed with my new ReadyNAS NV and was working fine, however since upgrading to 6.3.1 I've had problems with question marks appearing at the end of song names and multiple entries appearing for the same album. I'd like to downgrade back to 6.2.2, but the only

[slim] Re: SlimServer iTunes plugin...

once upon a time... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=8967&highlight=itunes+control James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

[slim] Re: Streaming across internet troubles

dkurtaz Wrote: > Er- no- am I being dumb- why would I need this? Because it's LAME that re-encodes to a lower bitrate. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View thi

Re: [slim] MAC Address changed?

matthijskoopmans wrote: I was under the impression that a MAC address was factory set for each network card. How can it be changed? Is this a sign of a dying SB Wireless? It is set, but it is just firmware. You can change it. Search the forum archives for instructions, I've never had to do it.

[slim] MAC Address changed?

Hi, I use authentication on MAC address as part of my wireless security (SSID, Encryption, and MAC authentication). Yesterday the following happened: the display of the squeezebox was scrambled, and after a reset the SB would not connect to the wireless network anymore. After some testing, I fou

[slim] Re: SlimServer iTunes plugin...

AndreasG Wrote: > Would it theoretically be possible to write an iTunes plugin that sends > the currently played song to the Squeezebox (via SlimServer or not)? I'm pretty sure it shall be possible. I know its possible to give slimserver a command to play a specific song, so if there are any prob

[slim] Re: Latest softsqueeze stops after a while

Yes!! v2.2 is the latest that works fine (for me, at least) -- ymilner ymilner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1370 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26177 ___

[slim] Latest softsqueeze stops after a while

I installed the latest release of 6.3 (not a nightly) and the accompanying softsqueeze.  After a while softsqueeze stops playing and has to be closed and restarted.  Is anyone else seeing this behaiviour? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices

[slim] Re: Streaming across internet troubles

Er- no- am I being dumb- why would I need this? -- dkurtaz dkurtaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4913 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26164 ___

Re: [slim] Problem with SliMP3 player

On 8/6/06, Heimiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also, when I press the brightness button during startup of SliMP3, I get into bootloader mode just fine. (what's this for anyway?) Anyone any idea, what-so-ever, what's going on? Any way i can re-flash the SliMP3 player, to see if that helps the prob

Re: [slim] Working version of SlimServer

On 7/28/06, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm totally lost!About three years ago I got my first SB and I was totally amazed by its performance. One year later I bought MusciMagicMixer and from thatmoment I became a true fan of my SB. But that were the goods days...It seems like every time I've up

[slim] Re: Apple Mac as SlimServer Question

Cepheid, I'm pretty sure you're wrong. The wake-on-LAN packet is sent when the SB is turned on, I don't think it sends the magic packet all the time. At any rate, my Mac appears to go to sleep when I want it to, though I'm not sure if I have to send an explicit sleep command (rather than relying

[slim] Re: playing PC audio through SlimServer?

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[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?

megraham Wrote: > Hi, > I am using slimserver 1. I have got the latest software and also the > sirius plugin. When I 1st retrieved the channel data it included > everything up to 101 then skipped to 108. I started playing a channel > and after a few minutes I decided I wanted to change the chan

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

bpa Wrote: > This is the ASX files associated with thre URL you sent and you can see > there are playlist entries delimited by and . Each > entry looks like same content but has a different URL - perhaps mirrors > for load sharing. Thanks. So instead of going for an ASX file i chose to go for

[slim] Re: Scanning Server

Jazz1 Wrote: > I sometimes pump in two or more music CD's and hate to have to wait to > hear them while the scanning is going on. I don't believe you have to scan your whole music collection each time you add some music. You can browse to the directory containing your new music via "Browse Music

[slim] Re: Streaming across internet troubles

Do you have LAME installed? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26164 _

[slim] Re: New Slim Devices Product? "The Transporter" per 6moons.com??

If you don't already own a TV capable of accepting a PC input $400 would get a decent 20" monitor retail - cheaper with rebates, etc. Seen Front Row on 20" monitor (heck, even a 17" monitor)? Blows the snot out of SB visibility / navigability (sic) My Fireface is mounted around the side of the ra

[slim] Re: New Slim Devices Product? "The Transporter" per 6moons.com??

If you don't already own a TV capable of accepting a PC input $400 would get a decent 20" monitor retail - cheaper with rebates, etc. Seen Front Row on 20" monitor (heck, even a 17" monitor)? Blows the snot out of SB visibility. My Fireface is mounted around the side of the rack towards the rear

[slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...

Hi everybody, I am a Mac user, so I use iTunes as my music player (on the Mac there just is no decent alternative -- yet). I really like my Squeezebox but I also miss the ease of use of iTunes. The SlimServer web interface is clumsy, slow and a real pain to use when compared to iTunes -- sorry to

[slim] Streaming across internet troubles

I have opened up the relevant ports to my slimserver so that I can access my music over the internet. The problem I have is that the bitrate is too high so the music is constantly being interrupted. If I change the bitrate setting for the player in the player settings, nothing seems to happen- any

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

This is the ASX files associated with thre URL you sent and you can see there are playlist entries delimited by and . Each entry looks like same content but has a different URL - perhaps mirrors for load sharing. Code: Lyt til flere netradio kanaler p345 dr.dk/ne

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

bpa Wrote: > Unlikely - there are probably 3 URLs in the playlist URL you entered. > Please post an offending URL with multiple entries so I can check. Try this one: http://www.dr.dk/netradio/Metafiler/asx/dr_rock_128.asx Regards Claus -- Claus-DK --

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

Unlikely - there are probably 3 URLs in the playlist URL you entered. Please post an offending URL with multiple entries so I can check. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View thi

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

I just notised that in the SlimServer webinterface when selecting radio streams the Danish streams from the website I mentioned above results in three entries in the current playlist listed in the right side of the browser window. All other radio streams only result in one entry in the playlist.

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

There was an issue in 6.3 where Slimserver would test port 80 on mms url before trying to connect. mms uses port 1755 and so on some stations this test would fail if site did not have an associated port 80 (http port). I thought it was fixed in 6.3.1 Could you try this theory by adding ":1755" o

[slim] Problem with SliMP3 player

Hello All, Got a problem with my SliMP3 player. It has been running just fine for the last months and I changed exactly: nothing. It just happened overnight. This is what's happening: When I turn it on, sometimes there's complete giberish on the screen, no way to get it out of that anymore, but

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

TCM Wrote: > Hi! > > I don't know about version 6.3.1 [I'm running 6.3.0, on win xp], but > the adress for P3 is as far as I know > > mms://sr-wm.qbrick.com/02038_SR-P3-High > > and that is working for me. Check out this page > > http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/mall/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2321&Artike

[slim] Re: Can you play these streams in ver. 6.3.1?

Claus-DK Wrote: > On a fresh install of SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Linux - EN - > iso-8859-1, I can't connect to radiostations that worked fine with > version 6.2.2. > > Streams in MP3 runs perfect but the ones in WMA gives me the following > error: "PROBLEM: CAN'T CONNECT TO SERVER FOR"