[slim] Re: slimserver installation on ubuntu 6.06

2006-10-01 Thread thoeng
Er .. how do i download the package mate ?? it seems no links link to the file -- thoeng thoeng's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6704 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread JJZolx
Bruce S.;141889 Wrote: > Nope. Note above that I do not have the luxury of 4 ports. But it > appears that I may have two not just the one. One for the cable modem > (phone line) going in and one going from the router to the machine on > which my slim server is running. > > So, now the problem is

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread Bruce S .
Nope. Note above that I do not have the luxury of 4 ports. But it appears that I may have two not just the one. One for the cable modem (phone line) going in and one going from the router to the machine on which my slim server is running. So, now the problem is that to do this I have to cut the u

[slim] Re: slimserver installation on ubuntu 6.06

2006-10-01 Thread smc2911
I use the deb package on my Ubuntu machine: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

[slim] slimserver installation on ubuntu 6.06

2006-10-01 Thread thoeng
how do i install slim server on ubuntu ?? i downloaded slim server for linux (format .rpm) and double click here shows error saying archive file is not supported . I guess i don't have "winrar" for linux ?? if so where can i get it. THanks guys help appreciated. Cheers, ERin -- thoeng -

[slim] Re: Duplicate Albums

2006-10-01 Thread joncourage
further info. all dupe albums are albums containing songs that are found in some playlist. I would venture that all songs in playlists have resulted in album dupes. -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimd

[slim] Re: Same album with several entries in the database

2006-10-01 Thread joncourage
I'm not entirely clear on what's being said above by michaelwagner re: playlists (mostly, if there's a way in there to fix the problem), but the dupe albums problem I'm having, specifically, is definitely somehow related to playlists: all of the albums with dupes are albums that contain songs in

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread Balthazar_B
Let's put it this way: if Apple had released the iPod with a web interface for navigation instead of the simple but brilliant wheel mechanism, it would have flopped in the marketplace (I suppose one could say the Newton was the original flop). SanDisk, Creative, et al. have pretty decent navigati

[slim] Re: Same album with several entries in the database

2006-10-01 Thread delosus
Had a similar problem. Turns out that some files in a given album had the disc number tag, and others didn't. I removed all the disc number data (since I do not use it to organize my albums) using JRiver Media Center. This helped quite a bit. I still had a few albums left that showed (disc 2). Tur

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread nabwong
Ok, sb3 can't connect to my gf's laptop too. Man...must be the bloody router? -- nabwong nabwong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.ph

[slim] Re: Same album with several entries in the database

2006-10-01 Thread nicketynick
I'm stumped! I upgraded to 6.5, did a full rescan, and I still have duplicate entries for all albums/songs that are also in a playlist! I thought for sure 6.5 would fix this. Any ideas?? -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g ro

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread jeffluckett
Bruce S.;141857 Wrote: > I am not connecting to my neighbor's system. > > How can I use a cable if my router has no open "ports" into which I can > insert the connector? If I take out the one ethernet cable that is > presently inserted so as to plug in a wire from the SB3 to it, I lose > conne

[slim] Re: 6.5.0 gotchas and instructions

2006-10-01 Thread jeffluckett
Before you can get much help, you'll need to state what OS you're running on, and perhaps some specifics about your hardware. FWIW ... I think most people have had success with a "Fresh" install. Most problems seem to occur when installing over old versions. -- jeffluckett ---

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread Bruce S .
I am not connecting to my neighbor's system. How can I use a cable if my router has no open "ports" into which I can insert the connector? If I take out the one ethernet cable that is presently inserted so as to plug in a wire from the SB3 to it, I lose connectivity to my server PC which is, of

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread nabwong
Millwood;141855 Wrote: > Laptop wireless, SB3 wired? No luck. It seems that the SB3 cannot connect to MY laptop. Got an idea. I will try my gf's laptop. -- nabwong nabwong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread Bruce S .
Isn't it true that you have to be connected in order for a ping to work? -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread Millwood
Laptop wireless, SB3 wired? -- Millwood Millwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28149 _

[slim] 6.5.0 gotchas and instructions

2006-10-01 Thread agentsmith
OK I am not worthy. I have tried getting 6.5 to work properly, tried everything including running scanner.exe from command line and from slimserver, use with or without musicmagic, and I just cannot get it to work properly. Problems include scanner quits with partial library, duplicates, library

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread nabwong
I will try to rephrase what i said. A) Laptop and SB3 are WIRED to router. SB3 connects to Slimserver B) Laptop is WIRED and SB3 is WIRELESS. SB3 connects to Slimserver C) Laptop and SB3 are WIRELESS. SB3 does NOT connect to Slimserver -- nabwong -

[slim] Trouble with Song Titles

2006-10-01 Thread jlg84
I have my Squeezebox set to access my iTunes songs (using SlimServer 6.5.0, a MacBookPro and iTunes 7.0.1), and ever since upgrading to SS 6.5.0 my song titles on many of my genres are just listed as "1", no song title at all. They look fine in iTunes, and though I have rescanned my library they

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread Millwood
1. You can update fireware via wireless if you are connected. 2. If the SB3 doesn't connect, you want to kick it, not the server. Hold down the left arrow to get to the setup screen. You should see a choice of connecting to your server. 3. Signal strength does not always mean connected, and

[slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread andyg
Michael Herger;141780 Wrote: > > Nope, as long as you don't collide with any other key. > > and Slim::Utils::Cache is a wrapper around it. Considering I create > my > own $cache=Slim::Utils::Cache->new and later do a $cache->cleanup, this > > will run the cleanup for _all_ items in the ca

[slim] Re: 6.5 Unstable and Bugs

2006-10-01 Thread lordhong
Mark Lanctot;141712 Wrote: > Go to Help - Server & Network health. Run the Net Test tests, you > should be able to get 1500 kbps at 100% or 2000 kbps at 100% for FLAC > playback. > > Enable performance monitoring and submit the output. I managed to fix that part. I moved the squeezebox (had to

Re: [slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread Dave Dewey
Quoting Bruce S. ("Bruce.S..2f0wcz1159746301"@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): > > Wireless signal strength is always way up. High 70s or 80s. The whole > point is that I have been listening fine to my set up for 8 months. It > is just that whenever I shut down the server computer, I can't > reconn

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread jeffluckett
To get the latest firmare onto your SB, you'll need to connect via the Ethernet port log enough to do the firmware update. After that (assuming the firmware upgrade helps your wireless issue), you'll be able to connect wirelessly. -- jeffluckett

Re: [slim] Re: Tag problems with 6.5.0

2006-10-01 Thread Ben Sandee
On 10/1/06, Brian Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Still, as MeSue says, I'm not sure why SS has flipped to putting APEover ID3v2. It's a great thing, IMHO.  I was one of the people who requested that APEv2 be supported with priority over ID3v2. It's too bad so much software out there writes APEv

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread nabwong
Ok, this is what i've done. Laptop wired to router and SB3 wireless. Connection to slimserver OK Laptop wireless with static ip. Cannot connect. So what can we conclude now? -- nabwong nabwong's Profile: http://forums.s

[slim] Re: Tag problems with 6.5.0

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
Sorry I didn't see this thread before, I was travelling last week. Glad this sorted out your problem. Regarding APE tags, that is weird. In my case, MP3Gain uses APE tags in my MP3s. Works just fine. I don't believe there's any data in my APE tags other than what MP3Gain put there. Mp3tag do

[slim] Issues with 6.5.0

2006-10-01 Thread Mike White
It took me a couple of tries to get 6.5 installed. Getting frustrated and going back to 6.3.1, and being unable to get SoftSqueeze 2.8 to work at all. Went back to 6.3.1 because slimserver would just stop every so often - no rhyme or reason to it, just stop. A nightly didn't help things at all, ju

[slim] Re: Tag problems with 6.5.0

2006-10-01 Thread Brian Ritchie
I've found a solution in another thread: Mark Lanctot;134843 Wrote: > Add a column in Mp3tag that sorts "%_tag_%" then load all your music. > Click on your new column and the ID3v1 tags will be sorted to the top. > > In options, set it so that ID3v1 tags will be removed and ID3v2 tags > will be

[slim] Re: Same album with several entries in the database

2006-10-01 Thread nicketynick
Sorry, I wasn't quite clear. I set slimserver to look for my music on a second drive (which was a copy of the first, plus some more - I was ripping 'off-line' so-to-speak'). I'm pretty darn sure only tracks (albums) that were in playlists on the 'original' drive are now duplicating in the slimse

[slim] Re: iTunes playlists empty after 6.5 upgrade

2006-10-01 Thread radish
Maybe, or maybe it's related to the new iTunes version - I know a few things changed because of that. I really don't know, just guessing. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View

[slim] Re: Problem searching this forum

2006-10-01 Thread SteveEast
I've seen the same thing. I find a slight tweak to the search usually helps. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[slim] Re: Same album with several entries in the database

2006-10-01 Thread Michaelwagner
What I did was, for testing purposes, *copied* my music directory to a new location, but left the playlist directory pointing to the old (and still good) directory. So in reality there were two copies of the music. So in some odd way, Slim was correct in indexing everything twice. But I didn't ge

[slim] Re: Library scanning aborts early in 6.5

2006-10-01 Thread opusman
As an addendum, I tried the latest nightly build on 6.5.1 with similar results - except it gets to 90 albums now before aborting. Are there any other logging options I should turn on that might give more info? -- opusman

[slim] Standalone scanner options

2006-10-01 Thread JJZolx
I was just looking at the scanner options displayed by scanner.pl and had a couple questions: Is the path/URL required, or will the scanner use the music folder path from the prefs file when it's not explicitly given on the command line? If it _is_ passed on the command line, then where does the

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread Bruce S .
Wireless signal strength is always way up. High 70s or 80s. The whole point is that I have been listening fine to my set up for 8 months. It is just that whenever I shut down the server computer, I can't reconnect with out doing goofy things. This time the goofy things I do aren't working. So, I c

[slim] Re: iTunes playlists empty after 6.5 upgrade

2006-10-01 Thread jdp
radish;141739 Wrote: > If the podcasts aren't in the XML file then I don't think slimserver > will see them, as it only looks at the contents of the XML file. How > about having slimserver scan the podcast directory itself? That way at > least they'd show up, although they'd be mixed in with your

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread JJZolx
Bruce S.;141811 Wrote: > I did just install the latest slim server yesterday(but not the last > nightly) and didn't get any prompts to install the firmware. Don't I > have to be successfully connect to install firmware. Yes. You'll be prompted with a message on the Squeezebox's screen to hold do

[slim] Re: iTunes WAV -> AIFF adds volume adjustment field info

2006-10-01 Thread SteveEast
I assume you double checked that the WAV original doesn't have iTunes volume adjustment set? Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.sl

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.51 Still Not Working

2006-10-01 Thread NY2006
"just sign in to bugzilla and add your email to the cc-list. That, of you can just keep an eye on it from time to time to see if anything new has been added, or the status changed to "resolved" -kdf" I was able to add my e-mail & comments this time...thanks. -- NY2006 -

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver 6.51 Still Not Working

2006-10-01 Thread kdf
On 1-Oct-06, at 3:51 PM, NY2006 wrote: "dd your email addy to the bug report: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4250 you'll be cc'd on any activity in regard to the problem. please try to be patient. -kdf" I tried to add my e-mail but the Hardware is listed as Macintosh, I am usin

[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer

2006-10-01 Thread Bruce S .
I did just install the latest slim server yesterday(but not the last nightly) and didn't get any prompts to install the firmware. Don't I have to be successfully connect to install firmware. Sorry for the late reply. I have been away. -- Bruce S. ---

[slim] Library scanning aborts early in 6.5

2006-10-01 Thread opusman
Hi all, after the recent upgrade to 6.5 my library which once contained over 7000 albums now shows as having 75. I have tried numerous "clear & rescan all" operations and never get more than 75. I set the sql/mysql/scan/import debug flags as suggest in another thread. When the scan starts I get a

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.51 Still Not Working

2006-10-01 Thread NY2006
"dd your email addy to the bug report: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4250 you'll be cc'd on any activity in regard to the problem. please try to be patient. -kdf" I tried to add my e-mail but the Hardware is listed as Macintosh, I am using a Windows XP not Macintosh...is there a l

[slim] Re: Duplicate Albums

2006-10-01 Thread joncourage
Just upgraded to 6.5 (uninstalled 6.3.1 then fresh install of 6.5) and am having a duplicate album problem but not for compilations. I get a duplicate entry for a single-artist single-album, sometimes with a few songs only in the dupe (all songs show in the "main") or sometimes all songs showing

[slim] Re: Command location index needed?

2006-10-01 Thread ceejay
Fred;141766 Wrote: > First comment is that you need to know the player: settings do change by > player type (slimp3, sb, transporter). > Thanks for pointing that out. I don't have access to a slimp3 but if its very different I guess that means an extra column for some volunteer to fill! Lookin

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.51 Still Not Working

2006-10-01 Thread kdf
On 1-Oct-06, at 3:18 PM, NY2006 wrote: . Is there any news when Slimserver 6.51 will be working again ? add your email addy to the bug report: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4250 you'll be cc'd on any activity in regard to the problem. please try to be patient. -kdf ___

[slim] Re: iTunes WAV -> AIFF adds volume adjustment field info

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
Huh. Well sorry for the incorrect info. I'll revise my post. Still not entirely sure why you're not using a lossless, compressed format like FLAC or ALAC. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

[slim] rescanned music library w/ 6.5 and suddenly most of the track numbers are missing

2006-10-01 Thread blitzableiter
this is strange... I rescanned my music library w/ 6.5 and suddenly most of my track numbers are missing from being displayed... any thoughts? rescanned several times (rebuild from scratch) no change... all the tag files are correct though...? -- blitzableiter

[slim] Re: iTunes WAV -> AIFF adds volume adjustment field info

2006-10-01 Thread Timbo
Mark Lanctot;141747 Wrote: > Note you -still- don't have tags because AIFF doesn't support tags. > SlimServer is reading the "tag" information from the iTunes database. > > If your iTunes database gets corrupted you will lose all this info. > > I'm not sure how volume adjustment got in there,

[slim] Slimserver 6.51 Still Not Working

2006-10-01 Thread NY2006
It was mentioned here that there seems to be a conflict with Windows to allow Slimserver to stream from Live365, Shoutcast, RadioTime, etc. I have updated for the past 3 nights with the new nightly hoping the problem would be fixed. Is there any news when Slimserver 6.51 will be working again ?

[slim] Problem searching this forum

2006-10-01 Thread Bas Cancrinus
Hi, When I search this forum (quick or advanced) more than once then that search results in an empty page. This is reproducible with IE60 and FF15 (WinXP). What can I do to get a correct result page? Thanks, Bas -- Bas Cancrinus

[slim] Re: Same album with several entries in the database

2006-10-01 Thread nicketynick
OK, I seem to have done exactly what Michael describes - I moved my music directory over to another drive and re-scanned (without moving the playlist directory), and now it 'seems' that all albums that were also in a playlist are duplicated. I tried moving the playlist directory to the same as th

Re: [slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread Michael Herger
Nope, as long as you don't collide with any other key. ...and Slim::Utils::Cache is a wrapper around it. Considering I create my own $cache=Slim::Utils::Cache->new and later do a $cache->cleanup, this will run the cleanup for _all_ items in the cache, not only those created by my plugin, r

[slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread andyg
Nope, as long as you don't collide with any other key. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28105

Re: [slim] Re: 6.5 Unstable and Bugs

2006-10-01 Thread Michael Herger
I like the new features. New graphics. Etc. Quite interesting, as most of the graphics have been _removed_ from the Default skin :-) -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/sli

[slim] Re: cover art in 6.5

2006-10-01 Thread Jack Coates
On 9/23/06, Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One of the last changes before release was to stop resizing cover art. I have a lot of different sizes, depending on whether I go the art from Victor Brilon's downloader, emusic, or a random web search. What size is Slimserver optimizing for, somet

[slim] Re: Command location index needed?

2006-10-01 Thread Fred
First comment is that you need to know the player: settings do change by player type (slimp3, sb, transporter). It is scheduled for an update, but even in 6.5 the setting mechanism is entirely dynamic. The code builds up some data structure in memory which is then used to display the HTML. As a

[slim] Re: I can't fall asleep in 3 minutes. Can you?

2006-10-01 Thread MeSue
kdf;141568 Wrote: > it was a silly question to ask. all things change. > -k So I guess the initial "nope" was sarcasm? How would I know that if ModelCitizen hadn't asked why not. And, yes, it is good to be reminded that the bug tracker system is also used for enhancement requests. Even those

[slim] Re: Ogg Vorbis Stream

2006-10-01 Thread StaticFingers
Great! Works here too. Thanks a bunch! Dougal;141726 Wrote: > It is possible to play http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/PremiereChaine.ogg.m3u > stream by going server settings > File Types and unchecking ogg built > in. I don't know why the built in decoder is not handling it. > Doug. -- StaticFi

Re: [slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread Michael Herger
If you're interested in how FileCache works, here is the documentation: Ok, as this might be interesting for some of my plugins... This cache doesn't care about who (which module/plugin) put stuff in there? -- Michael - http:/

[slim] Re: Chinese music still skipped

2006-10-01 Thread rwong
change the regional setting - now my chinese music works! thanks! but my japanese ones still don't... not sure why cuz some do and some don't... just sorta gets ignored even tho they were ripped from the same CD -- rwong

[slim] Re: No library after upgrade to 6.5

2006-10-01 Thread kbang
Thanks for the help on getting debug out kdf. I am running the Slimserver on Ubuntu 6.06 and here the paths are a little different: Stop Slimserver: sudo /etc/init.d/slimserver stop Start Slimserver: sudo /etc/init.d/slimserver start --d_sql --d_mysql --d_scan --d_import And fetch log with comm

[slim] Re: iTunes WAV -> AIFF adds volume adjustment field info

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
Note you -still- don't have tags because AIFF doesn't support tags. SlimServer is reading the "tag" information from the iTunes database. If your iTunes database gets corrupted you will lose all this info. I'm not sure how volume adjustment got in there, but you can disable SlimServer doing any

[slim] Re: 6.5 Unstable and Bugs

2006-10-01 Thread Sam Lowry
Just upgraded to 6.5 - no problems at all. I like the new features. New graphics. Etc. -- Sam Lowry Sam Lowry's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3447 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread nabwong
Mark Lanctot;141736 Wrote: > That should be 3483 TCP/UDP. I'm at work now, and was throwing some random number :p haha.. thanks for pointing that out. I'll re-check tonight when i get home. Ramage, I'll try to connect at least one of them to the router and do a test tonight. Btw, my signal str

[slim] Re: iTunes playlists empty after 6.5 upgrade

2006-10-01 Thread radish
If the podcasts aren't in the XML file then I don't think slimserver will see them, as it only looks at the contents of the XML file. How about having slimserver scan the podcast directory itself? That way at least they'd show up, although they'd be mixed in with your music which isn't so great. O

[slim] iTunes WAV -> AIFF adds volume adjustment field info

2006-10-01 Thread Timbo
Hi folks, After reading here how AIFF files store tags in them and how WAV files don't (so if my iTunes database got screwed I would be in a pickle for example as regards 'year' and 'genre' tags that at present sit nicely in my iTunes library!) I decided to use iTunes to convert a few WAV to AIFF

[slim] Re: Ogg Vorbis Stream

2006-10-01 Thread bpa
A it more informative log - there is a problem in the ogg format. Code: 2006-10-01 19:25:04.8244 Matched Format: ogg Type: ogg Command: - 2006-10-01 19:25:04.8248 This player supports direct streaming for http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/PremiereChaine.ogg as http://ms2

[slim] Re: Ogg Vorbis Stream

2006-10-01 Thread andyg
Yes, this line is the key: Error: Decoder does not support file format, skipping track Our Ogg decoder in the firmware is not capable of playing this stream, probably due to the memory usage required to decode it. -- andyg --

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread Ramage
I think you are right, the SB3 is networking working OK. It should see the server IP/name in settings. Try connecting the server laptop directly to a router port, thus eliminating one wireless link. Various posts on this forum have quoted issues with double wireless links, especially with shari

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
nabwong;141731 Wrote: > But i've disabled the firewall and have included the 3 exceptions need > *4843*, 9000. That should be 3483 TCP/UDP. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread gb115b
ugly ugly ugly... is basically my problem, rudimentary bad ui design afflicts them all... the sonos isn't perfect (especilly to do with responsiveness) but its streets ahead of what seems to be available for slimserver. also as much as some people love tinkering with different uis maybe making

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread nabwong
Is the slimserver laptop hard wired to the router, or is it wireless linked? ### wireless Did you say you could ping the SB3 from the laptop? ### I could ping the sb3 (sent 4 received 4 loss 0) You should get IP address, gateway ,wireless id, etc without a server present. ### got ip (dhcp),

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread Ramage
If you are connecting to Squeezenetwork over wireless then the problem has to be with the LAN connection. Is the slimserver laptop hard wired to the router, or is it wireless linked? Did you say you could ping the SB3 from the laptop? The SB3 should do the following from power on (plug in) #We

[slim] Re: Ogg Vorbis Stream

2006-10-01 Thread Dougal
It is possible to play http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/PremiereChaine.ogg.m3u stream by going server settings > File Types and unchecking ogg built in. I don't know why the built in decoder is not handling it. Doug. -- Dougal D

[slim] Re: iTunes playlists empty after 6.5 upgrade

2006-10-01 Thread jdp
Anyone? I'm probably going to have to roll back to 6.2 which will be a pain as I've already upgraded a load of plugins :( -- jdp jdp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2844 View this thread: http://

Re: [slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread Jack Coates
On 10/1/06, gb115b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: seen the pics, but not seen it in action...to be honest i hate the web interface currently. it's just not as repsonsive or friendly as it should be.not sure if the 770 is the same...i just see no reason why there aren't more decent clients out there.. I

Re: [slim] Re: Zone control on Squeezebox or Transporter?

2006-10-01 Thread Pat Farrell
tdampier wrote: Well Sonos really has true zone control and adding/removing zones(aka devices) is quite simple and works well. Perhaps Sonos uses the phrase "true zone control" and it may mean something in their lingo. But I have no idea what it means. You'll have to define it in terms folks c

[slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread andyg
So assuming we're only concerned with what's in the FileCache directory, I've attached a quick script that lists all the keys in the cache along with their size. The parent Cache directory also contains other things like compiled HTML templates and the MySQL data files. If you're interested in h

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread nabwong
Ramage;141673 Wrote: > Have u tried without encryption? > > I had problems with my netgear DG834G which were solved by switching > encryption to automatic rather than shared key, after some > experimentation. > > However, if you are connecting to the wireless network (??) then it's > not a wep

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread gb115b
seen the pics, but not seen it in action... to be honest i hate the web interface currently. it's just not as repsonsive or friendly as it should be. not sure if the 770 is the same... i just see no reason why there aren't more decent clients out there.. -- gb115b --

[slim] Re: 6.5 Unstable and Bugs

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
lordhong;141700 Wrote: > - Wireless playback is stuttering a lot. I'm using a Linksys WRT54G with > a D-Link 7dbi antenna (my player is real far from my computer). Never > had a problem with 6.2 and 6.3, but now 90% of what I play is > stuttering. I haven't been able to pinpoint what makes the re

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
Slim Devices certainly has the advantage when it comes to flexibility. But yes, the remote issue comes up again and again. And by all accounts the Sonos gear is quite reliable. It's a nice idea, a mesh network, but it means that you have to have a ZP hardwired into your router. If it's close e

[slim] Re: Nicecast not working locally

2006-10-01 Thread haikf
Ben Sandee;141638 Wrote: > > > > Well, assuming your nicecast server is on the same machine as your > SlimServer, previously SlimServer could always connect to your > nicecast > server without involving any firewall. Now you have your SB trying to > connect back to the nicecast server on port

[slim] Re: 6.5 Unstable and Bugs

2006-10-01 Thread lordhong
I just upgraded to 6.5. I've had my share of problems with it. - Wireless playback is stuttering a lot. I'm using a Linksys WRT54G with a D-Link 7dbi antenna (my player is real far from my computer). Never had a problem with 6.2 and 6.3, but now 90% of what I play is stuttering. I haven't been ab

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread gb115b
yeah, i was waiting for a while, i still think slim is the best hifi way to go (esp if you want to go the transporter way the remote for me would complete the package, and would be worth paying for... i'm suprised there isn't better flash /xmlrpc type clients out there for pocket pc, i'm tempted

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
gb115b;141678 Wrote: > then just buy a ZP-80 - the model that doesn't have an amp... > > (and do some research before you post ) > > ;p I know about the ZP-80, but they didn't have that out when I was looking at it about a year ago! Doesn't matter now that I have the Slim Devices gear an

[slim] Re: Ogg Vorbis Stream

2006-10-01 Thread StaticFingers
I cannot play that stream at all. Anyone here who can play http://ms2.radio-canada.ca/PremiereChaine.ogg.m3u? -- StaticFingers StaticFingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4110 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Command location index needed?

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
Ceejay: That's a great idea! I'm wondering if something like this could be extended to the player UI. It might be more complicated, but there are frequent questions regarding "how do I re-enter DNS" and such that force me to get up off my butt, go to my SB2 and fiddle with it, hopefully not ina

[slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread ModelCitizen
radish;141681 Wrote: > Just to drop in on the question of the 4096 directories arranged in a > tree, that sounds like a hashmap to me. If you drill down until you > find an actual file, you'll see the first 3 characters of it's name > correspond to the directory path to find it. I'm guessing the

[slim] Re: Stopped : Your player was not found.

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
You don't need to open ports on your router for SlimServer. Opening ports is for -external- access, i.e. from the Internet. If you can access SqueezeNetwork you have proper communication with your wireless router - a proper encryption passphrase, proper DNS and gateway. If you can't access Slim

[slim] Re: Internet Radio failure to parse error

2006-10-01 Thread rfreedman
I'm using 6.5b1-8702 on Fedora Core 4. My slimserver is also now failing to connect to all internet radio streams. Here's the debug log for an attempt to connect to radioio acoustic: 2006-10-01 11:51:24.7398 This player supports direct streaming for http://radioio.sc.llnwd.net:8120/ as http://ra

[slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread ModelCitizen
Ramage;141659 Wrote: > Stuart > I agree looks like tag info. I also noticed in mine that duplicate > info from a previous scan of a different music directory has remained. > Could this account for some of the inconsistencies experienced after > repeat scans of the music directories?? > What wil

[slim] Re: V6.5 huge FileCache

2006-10-01 Thread radish
Just to drop in on the question of the 4096 directories arranged in a tree, that sounds like a hashmap to me. If you drill down until you find an actual file, you'll see the first 3 characters of it's name correspond to the directory path to find it. I'm guessing the filenames are hashes either of

[slim] Re: 6.5 Unstable and Bugs

2006-10-01 Thread MeSue
Michaelwagner;141645 Wrote: > there is no good way to handle compilation albums without flagging them > explicitely as compilations. I don't use a compilation flag. Instead I use the albumartist field for compilations. I either put "Various Artists" or the name of the album in the albumartist fi

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread gb115b
then just buy a ZP-80 - the model that doesn't have an amp... (and do some research before you post ) ;p -- gb115b gb115b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1781 View this thread: http://foru

[slim] Re: Sonos-like remote?

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
gb115b;141601 Wrote: > ooh the only other thing about the Sonos is i quite like the ability to > buy one with an amp built in, so you can quickly add a new zone to you > house without any hassle whatsoever That (and the price) is one of the things that turned me off about Sonos. I can find/buy/

[slim] Re: Cannot connect to slimserver

2006-10-01 Thread radish
So just to clarify - you can connect wirelessly to squeezenetwork but not to your own server? But you can connect to your server when wired? That sounds like the router is somehow blocking LAN access from the wireless net, which some routers have an option for but not, afaik, yours. Do you have

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