[slim] FLAC Gaps with Sync'ed players

2006-08-22 Thread FortFun
Any word on when we might see gapless playback of flacs when two squeezeboxes are sync'd? Is this impossible to fix or is there a plan? I was excited to get a 2nd squeezebox but this kind of sucks since I mainly listen to live recordings. Thanks! -- FortFun --

[slim] Re: Radio station works on SoftSqueeze but not SqueezeBox2

2006-08-22 Thread rds
Wonderful! Thanks. -- rds rds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=506 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26625 ___ discuss m

[slim] Re: Radio station works on SoftSqueeze but not SqueezeBox2

2006-08-22 Thread andyg
That's also fixed in 6.5. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26625 _

[slim] Re: Radio station works on SoftSqueeze but not SqueezeBox2

2006-08-22 Thread rds
Thanks Andy. I'll give it a try. Also, I noticed that SlimServer does not seem to be able to parse ASX playlists that are referenced from within other playlists (ASX, M3U or PLS). This is a major limitation since the underlying stream (i.e. the hidden mms stream) often changes or gets assigned dy

[slim] Re: Radio station works on SoftSqueeze but not SqueezeBox2

2006-08-22 Thread andyg
Please try the latest 6.5 nightly (tonight's contains major WMA changes). This station works fine for me. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slim

[slim] Radio station works on SoftSqueeze but not SqueezeBox2

2006-08-22 Thread rds
Does anyone have any idea why this radio station works perfectly fine on SoftSqueeze but will not work at all on a SqueezeBox 2? The SB2 just says "CONNECTING..." indefinitely. http://68.142.72.68:80/bdcast_infinity_wbz-am?MSWMExt=.asf Also, SlimServer does not seem to be able to parse ASX play

[slim] Re: What does the original power supply look like?

2006-08-22 Thread seanadams
earlier ones shipped with the 1600ma supply. either will work -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26607

[slim] Re: What does the original power supply look like?

2006-08-22 Thread eq72521
Interesting. One of the guys at the office here has one that is 5V 1600 mA. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

[slim] Re: The Hype Machine on a Squeezebox???

2006-08-22 Thread blackbear
This little script should do the trick if you run slimserver on Linux/UNIX. Run daily from your crontab or put in cron.daily. Change the value of PD to where your playlists are. #!/bin/sh # updatehype.sh by blackbear # PD="/mmedia/slim/playlists" SS="localhost" cd $PD wget -qU Squeezebox http

[slim] Re: The Hype Machine on a Squeezebox???

2006-08-22 Thread Mark Lanctot
blackbear Wrote: > Is there a way to do this so that I get a fresh Hype playlist every day, > without resorting to scripting? Now that I wouldn't know. Sorry. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimde

[slim] Re: .WMA files not playing correctly

2006-08-22 Thread Brian Ritchie
fingers Wrote: > Sometimes the files change size after the rescan. Sometimes some of the > tag information is missing after the rescan. This might sound like a silly question, but please bear with me: how do you know the files change size? Did you note the size of each file on your hard drive b

[slim] Re: Audible "click"

2006-08-22 Thread davep
I assume you are running Internet Explorer under Windows as your Slimserver interface. Due to some idea that MS has that users need audible feedback on absolutely everything their PC does the default behaviour is for IE to issue a click sound every time the browser refreshes - which it does regul

[slim] Re: The Hype Machine on a Squeezebox???

2006-08-22 Thread blackbear
Mark Lanctot Wrote: > That actually does sound pretty cool. > > Works just fine - right-click on the Winamp link, select "Properties" > and you'll see that it points to: > > http://hype.non-standard.net/playlist/time/today/m3u/1/today.m3u > > Enter this as a URL into SlimServer, either under R

Re: [slim] Re: High Bitrate mp3's not playing?

2006-08-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:46:12 -0700 andyg wrote: > > I think you'll need to keep your mp3 files at 320k maximum. I'm not > sure 384kbps is part of the MP3 spec. > > Thanks you for the quick response. *mutter* allofmp3.com *mutter* -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

[slim] Re: High Bitrate mp3's not playing?

2006-08-22 Thread andyg
http://mp3decoders.mp3-tech.org/freeformat.html -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26621 ___

[slim] High Bitrate mp3's not playing?

2006-08-22 Thread Nick Rout
I have some mp3's which are encoded at 384kbps and softsqueeze doesn't seem to want to play them. The fact that they are at this high bitrate seems to be the only difference between the files that will and won't play. Have I made a mistake encoding files at this high bitrate? Incidentally the pro

[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!

2006-08-22 Thread MrSinatra
just wanted to add i did a clear and rescan twice today... the first time it hung for no apparent reason, the second time it didn't. i don't have any debug stuff enabled so i can't post a log... but since this isn't that important to me, i don't feel the need to bother, altho i will if anyone r

[slim] Audible "click"

2006-08-22 Thread skvinson
I regularly hear an audible "click" through my speakers, even when I'm not listening to music. (To be ready whenever I power on my Squeezebox, Slim Server is always running. At least on the program bar.) The click happens every couple minutes or so. I use a switch, and there is no click when I

[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!

2006-08-22 Thread Michaelwagner
Agreed. ... -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26350

[slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread ohiost90
mherger Wrote: > > Maybe you should just deinstall anything SlimServer related and start > all > over again (even including a fresh download)... There's definitely > something wrong with your installation. > > II removed slimserver and installed several times to no avail. I was successful

[slim] Re: Resizing the Now Playing Artwork in Fishbone

2006-08-22 Thread kdf
status_header.html from 6.5 [%- PROCESS statusImg width="100" -%] you can add height="x" and change width to your liking. the actual cover art url is created in HTML/EN/hreftemplate. 6.3.1 isn't exactly the same, but it should be close enough to figure it out. -kdf -- kdf ---

[slim] Re: Winamp remote streaming via FLAC

2006-08-22 Thread DougP
Hi Guys, Broadband is 2mb downstream, 3k upstream LAME quality is 9 Bitrate is 192kbps reliably, but occasionally can hit 256kpbs (as you state) Doug -- DougP DougP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!

2006-08-22 Thread Michaelwagner
MrSinatra Wrote: > Mike, i respect your posts and opinion, but seriously, you're offended > by what he said in the first post? Had it been my code, yes, I would have found it offensive. Since it isn't my code, I didn't personally react to it, no. -- Michaelwagner -

[slim] Re: Resizing the Now Playing Artwork in Fishbone

2006-08-22 Thread taylorbill
Where would you update that. I had assumed that is resided in the status_header.html file, but can't find it in there. -- taylorbill taylorbill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3716 View this thre

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread shabbs
There are a few different technologies out there: LCD, Plasma, Rear Projection LCD, DLP and LCOS. They each have their own strenghts and weaknesses in various areas (screen door effect of RPLCD if you are too close, rainbow effects of DLPs etc...). You need to find the one that fits you best and f

[slim] HEXUS.net review - Editor's Choice

2006-08-22 Thread dSw
Quite a nice little review on the UK-based PC-tech site, HEXUS. It doesn't go into a great deal of detail but they like it and it's a good bit of publicity! http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6381 -- dSw dSw

[slim] Re: Artwork not diplaying correctly

2006-08-22 Thread MrSinatra
i don't have any flac files, but i find this very interesting... i keep my artwork for my mp3s in the floder, not the tag, and now that i've learned how to do it right in SS, it works fine. i was going to suggest clear and rescan, but apparently, u did that already. try making some mp3s, don't

[slim] Re: Stream to Nokia 770

2006-08-22 Thread atz6975
Indeed, I didn't work before but does now. Thank you very much for reminding me. -- atz6975 atz6975's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6395 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread

[slim] Re: Slimserver scan procedure needs some serious work!

2006-08-22 Thread MrSinatra
Michaelwagner Wrote: > I thought the first post *was* offensive. > Mike, i respect your posts and opinion, but seriously, you're offended by what he said in the first post? if this: Inv Wrote: > I suggest that the Slimserver dev team give this job to someone other > than the summer intern.

Re: [slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread Michael Herger
information is part of the event: OpenService failed: The specified service does not exist as an installed service Maybe you should just deinstall anything SlimServer related and start all over again (even including a fresh download)... There's definitely something wrong with your installati

[slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread ohiost90
one more piece of information. i went to "services" and started the slimservice. I get this message: The slimServer service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services. -- ohiost90 ohiost90's Profile:

[slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread ohiost90
I was able to get slim server running in a cmd window by typing "slim.exe" in the c:\program files\slimserver\server folder. Slim.exe is shown as a process in task manager and the cmd window is still open. the event log has some good stuff in it. messages containing start controls as well as

[slim] quick artwork tag question

2006-08-22 Thread MrSinatra
the way i maintain artwork is to let WiMP get it for me while i rip with EAC, as i've talked about in other threads, this works quite well. however, i have friends who use MusicMatch and other programs (itunes as well i think?) that apparently ignore Album art unless its in the individual mp3 tag

[slim] Re: Rhapsody loops login

2006-08-22 Thread andyg
Yep, it works. :) -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26603 ___ discu

[slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread JJZolx
ohiost90 Wrote: > Result = > The page cannot be displayed > The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site > might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust > your browser settings. > > slimserver isn't running. I can't find the page above in IE n

[slim] Re: Rhapsody loops login

2006-08-22 Thread jorhenri
Thanks again. Just wanted to try it before I ordered the Squeezebox ... but I guess it works, right? -- jorhenri jorhenri's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7095 View this thread: http://forums.slim

[slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread ohiost90
JJZolx Wrote: > In a browser, enter http://localhost:9000 in the Address box and see if > the SlimServer web interface is displayed. If so, then SlimServer is > running. Result = The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experie

[slim] Re: Rhapsody loops login

2006-08-22 Thread andyg
Oh, didn't know you were trying to use Softsqueeze. :) Rhapsody only works with real SB2/3. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread JJZolx
ohiost90 Wrote: > I'm having trouble running slim server on a Win xp box. When i double > click the icon, nothing happens. Are you talking about the tray icon? That's just SlimTray, which is a separate SlimServer control program. Double-clicking the icon just launches a browser window for the

[slim] Re: Rhapsody loops login

2006-08-22 Thread jorhenri
Hi. Thanks for your swift reply. Rhapsody have stopped behaving like a madman, but I still can't connect. Does the the console log tell you anything ? 16390 [SlimTCP-1] ERROR player - strm Audio error org.titmuss.softsqueeze.audio.AudioException: Cannot read http headers at org.titmuss.so

[slim] Re: Help! SB3 cannot connect wireless!

2006-08-22 Thread Rambaud
SoftwireEngineer Wrote: > I called Tech Support on this. The MAC address on the SB3 seems to get > reset now and then. TS says, it happens when there is a power surge. > Since I have a power conditioner, i think this happened when I > unplugged. > You can go to Current Settings and can change the

[slim] Re: slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread ohiost90
I was able to make a directory in my temp folder. Slimserver is not running as a service. thanks. any other ideas? -- ohiost90 ohiost90's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3043 View this thread: h

Re: [slim] slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread Michael Herger
When i right click -> run as "current user", an error displays from a win message box titled C:\Program files\SlimServer\SlimTray.ext "Panic: Can't create c:\DOCUME~1\jim\LOCALS~1\Temp\pdk-jim\153a64f0fbf1d066accc90bb95e9471\perl58.dll There's a problem with your temporary folder. Run "cd %temp%

[slim] Re: Powered speakers

2006-08-22 Thread GeezerD
Before I bought a new quad receiver I used a set of Logitech speakers with a subwoofer. They plug into the Squeezebox like headphones, and sounded quite good. Of course the new Sony receiver connected with an optical cable sounds better...but not that much better, at least to my non-audiophile

[slim] Double tracks in playlist

2006-08-22 Thread GeezerD
Some of my albums play each track twice. If the album has tracks A, B and C, it plays as A A B B C C. All the albums were ripped to flac the same way, but it only happens with some of them. I have not edited the flac files after ripping. Hardware is a Squeezebox 3, with SlimServer 6.3.1 on W

[slim] Re: What does the original power supply look like?

2006-08-22 Thread jbschwartz
It was marked 5v 2.0 amp. -- jbschwartz jbschwartz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4812 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26607 ___

[slim] Re: What does the original power supply look like?

2006-08-22 Thread funkstar
My one isn't integrated with the plug like the SB3 ones, it has a two pin "figure of 8" connector at one end. Should be rated for 1600mA according to the Wiki http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison hope you find it :) -- funkstar -

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread Mark Lanctot
I'm curious, are dead/defective pixels a problem with LCD HDTVs? There was quite a discussion of this regarding computer monitors but I have not seen anything regarding HDTVs. It would bug the crap out of me to have a dark pixel, or worse, one that was stuck red as sometimes occurs with computer

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread funkstar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor_burn-in Wrote: > > LCD type displays exhibit this same phenomenon, although the mechanics > of the image retention are different. In the case of LCD displays, the > liquid crystal molecules which convert the white backlight to color as > it passes through th

[slim] slim server will not start - Perl58.dll

2006-08-22 Thread ohiost90
Hi - I'm having trouble running slim server on a Win xp box. When i double click the icon, nothing happens. When i right click -> run as "current user", an error displays from a win message box titled C:\Program files\SlimServer\SlimTray.ext "Panic: Can't create c:\DOCUME~1\jim\LOCALS~1\Temp

[slim] What does the original power supply look like?

2006-08-22 Thread jbschwartz
I just pulled my original SliMP3 from storage, and need to locate the power supply. What is the name and identifying marks on the power supply for the original SliMP3? I know it is 5v ...but which one. ;-) If it says Slimp3...then great. But most devices don't carry the name of the retail devic

[slim] Random Mix performance - huge disk hit with large library

2006-08-22 Thread vacaboca
I've been searching through the forums for the past week, reading everything I could find related to Random Mix performance, large library performance, etc., but still haven't come across anything that helped yet (could be my searching skills? :) I'm having performance issues during Random Song

[slim] Re: Rhapsody loops login

2006-08-22 Thread andyg
I think you need to contact Rhapsody support for this one. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26603

[slim] Rhapsody loops login

2006-08-22 Thread jorhenri
Hi. I have installed the latest slimserver (downloaded today), and I have the latest update of Real Rhapsody. The Slimserver can see all my Rhapsody playlists, but when I attempt to start them from within the Slimserver, Rhapsody suddenly logs out, logs in, logs out, logs in, logs out ... The Slim

Re: [slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread Rod Savard
LCD screens can also suffer from burn-in too. No way.. that's impossible with LCD technology. However, they can "suffer" from temporary image retention. It is far from permanent, like burn-in is. -Rod ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimde

Re: [slim] Re: SB in the kitchen advice please

2006-08-22 Thread IainHar
Thank you   Speakers are available via numerous resources. I bought mine via Sevenoaks (Hi Fi shop), but any decent retailer should be able to source them. You can buy cheap ones via E-bay but I could not vouch for quality.   Personally I would avoid any of the cheapos and invest in a good bra

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread oreillymj
I have a 42" Plasma which is less than 1 year old. I was very careful with the screen as they are very prone to burn-in during the first 200 hours of operation. Despite that I have a thumbprint sized mark on the screen which may have been made by the splash screen of a DVD player which takes a l

[slim] Advise on scanning and music management

2006-08-22 Thread lance_the_boil
Hi, I have been using iTunes to manage music folders as well as converting CD's to Apple lossless. This was working fine with Slimserver for many months now. Last night I imported a new CD, did a re-scan and Slimserver turned up it's toes and the process ended. In Windows event viewer the standa

[slim] Re: Powered speakers

2006-08-22 Thread bonze
Thanks for everyones help in this thread. I bought a set of Aego M (black) and am very pleased. The main unit sits under a table so is fairly well hidden. And the satellite speakers are mounted neatly on a wall joint, with a set of the strangest brackets I've ever seen :-) Many thanks again, even

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-08-22 Thread iangude
iangude Wrote: > Can anyone help with this - I need to do this, else the box is useless > to me. Thanks. I have just spoken to Paul, who is working on a solution to this..watch this space I guess. -- iangude iangude's P

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread funkstar
Everyone likes something different, but I may as well chip in anyway :) I prefer Plasma screens as the are brighter, have better colours and motion is a lot smoother on them. Admitedly there are very few 37inch plasmas, i think Panasonic are about the only ones that make/sell them, and they are