[slim] Re: Announce: DirectPlaybookPDF - turn your music collection into a book

2006-11-12 Thread ceejay
Chris Laplante;154199 Wrote: > > - Various Artists compilations showing up multiple times under each > artist instead of "Various Artists". Ideas on a better SQL query are > welcome. > > Not sure if this is what you are looking for - last page of this thread... http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

[slim] Re: Non-standard cue sheet format

2006-11-12 Thread Greg Erskine
TimothyB;154203 Wrote: > I've been using FLAC images and cues since 6.2.2(?). I take the cues > generated by EAC, and update them using a Ruby script. I validate the > fields against my local CDDB, make sure the REM GENRE is quoted, add > the REM YEAR (also quoted), and delete ISRC lines with o

[slim] Re: Can not get SB to connect to slimserver

2006-11-12 Thread Ramage
tf1216;154158 Wrote: > Ramage, > > I have read about softsqueze but I do not know what it is. My > apologies for my ignorance. > > Softsqueeze is a software emulation of squeezebox which runs on your PC. You can access from your Slimserver web interface (http://localhost:9000/default/), he

[slim] Whats the Size of Your Library of RATED Songs

2006-11-12 Thread ajmitchell
Hi, Apparently theres lots of people out there with large collections (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23701&highlight=size+collection) that would take along time to listen to (end ot end) http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25759. What I was wondering is how large are

[slim] Re: which 2way remote is usable (uPnP?)

2006-11-12 Thread MelonMonkey
'[IDC Wrote: > Dragon;154236'] > Or are there ways to "hack" slick two-way slimserver control into a > Nevo SL, Philips Pronto, Logitech Harmony or what else? > Unfortunately the Pronto and Harmony models are completely out in this department. The Nevo is WiFi and as far as I recall should sup

[slim] Re: Whats the Size of Your Library of RATED Songs

2006-11-12 Thread erland
ajmitchell;154227 Wrote: > What I was wondering is how large are the collections of rated songs.I have a > quite small collection of totally 2977 tracks, 2050 of these has a rating. The number of tracks per rating looks as follows: 1: 0 tracks 2: 114 tracks 3: 1400 tracks 4: 536 tracks 5: 0 tra

[slim] Re: Slim server keep restarting

2006-11-12 Thread scatbass
I have had the same issue, the player resets a few seconds after starting to play a track. This just started this morning, I'm about to throw the thing away and badmouth slimserver for horrible quality control...this thing is great when it works, but unfortunately that is only about 5% of the time

[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2006-11-12 Thread Scallywagfr78
Hello, I run a large music base of mostly classical music in MP3. I would like to be able to display any combination of info/tags on the "Albums" page in Slimserver e.g. Composer - Album Title - Album artist. At present, if I want to knows who's symphony is shown performed by whom I have to enter

[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2006-11-12 Thread anonymouse
I am new to this board so forgive me if this is a duplicate request. I tried searching for it but I could not find it. What I would REALLY like to see is a new visualization. If you use Winamp visualizations you may have seen one called the sexy scrolling voice print. It has time on the x-axis an

[slim] Re: Digital output loses a channel ??

2006-11-12 Thread ncpl
Hi Sean, I said I'd post back It's just done it again today for the first time in ages. I unplugged and replugged the spdif cable on the SB3 and it resolved the channel issue. I suspect therefore it may be an issue with how the DSP's are handling the feed from time to time. cheers --

[slim] Composer tag?

2006-11-12 Thread Havoc
Why is there no beter use of the composer tag? I want to put all my cd's on slimserver, but this is holding me back. You cannot search on the composer tag (or at least not combined with artist since a composer tag equals an artist tag), there is no entry for composers (like there is for artists,

[slim] Re: Composer tag?

2006-11-12 Thread ceejay
Hi you may wish to visit bugzilla and vote for http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2698 and its companion enhancement requests. Don't hold your breath, though, they have been there nearly a year and despite being among the most voted-for bugs there does not seem to be much movement (nothi

[slim] Re: Composer tag?

2006-11-12 Thread Nostromo
When it comes to classical, I use the artist tag for the composer. And the performers are in the title of the piece. For example, Le sacre du printemps (Pierre Boulez- New York Philharmonic) And, depending on the cases, I put the title either in the song title tag or in the album tag. Btw, yo

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.5 MySQL Requirement - Bad!

2006-11-12 Thread chickenmagnet
I'd just like to add another request for a future option to use the sqlite3 back end. After installing slimserver 6.5 on my VIA M1 machine with 256MB memory it became unusable for other work (ripping cds, etc.) due to swapping so I've had to order additional memory. I'm an experienced sqlite3

[slim] Favorites2playlist

2006-11-12 Thread Wasaia
Is there an easy way to get songs from the favorites-list in a playlist (or the current playlist)? I've looked on the forum for an answer but couldn't find it. -- Wasaia Wasaia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

[slim] Re: Composer tag?

2006-11-12 Thread Havoc
> Don't hold your breath, though, they have been there nearly a year and > despite being among the most voted-for bugs there does not seem to be > much movement Got that idea as well. And what happened won't help. Maybe if more people asked? > When it comes to classical, I use the artist tag for

[slim] Relocate Playlist

2006-11-12 Thread Wasaia
Hi, I would like to use a playlist (created with slimserver on my server) in winamp (running on my laptop). In the playlists now the location of the files is incorrect for use with my laptop. Any suggestions how to solve this problem? Thanks, Giorgo -- Wasaia

[slim] Re: Composer tag?

2006-11-12 Thread ceejay
Havoc;154296 Wrote: > So sacrifising the artist for composer isn't an option either as that > would introduce as many problems at the other side. It's not a question of "sacrificing" ARTIST. Artist, IMHO, should be used for the one main piece of information about a piece of music that tells yo

[slim] 6.5.0 Will Not Start

2006-11-12 Thread kerry_nyc
I had 6.5 working fine on another computer, but moved to a new computer and installed the GA release 6.5 on Windows XP Pro, however, the slimtray and slim.exe will not start. It just blinks in the tray and never starts. So far I have: 1) in/uninstalled and restarted 4 times 2) copied my old slim

[slim] Re: 6.5.0 Will Not Start

2006-11-12 Thread Mark Lanctot
Does the Windows Event Viewer show anything? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29647

[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2006-11-12 Thread Mister-E
6.5 is "in the bag"??!?!?! Yeah, right, the TRASH bag. I've got a suggestion for v7: Make it WORK!! Man, I'm so sick of Slim Devices releasing software and firmware that completely nukes a system that was working fine. 6.5.0 certainly should have never been released, period. An

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.5 MySQL Requirement - Bad!

2006-11-12 Thread Mister-E
Wow, if Slim went with MySQL for performance improvements, I think they failed on that one miserably... -- Mister-E Mister-E's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1680 View this thread: http://forums.s

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.5 MySQL Requirement - Bad!

2006-11-12 Thread smc2911
Jack Coates;145366 Wrote: > Or use the built-in Random Play, which does the same thing. Mind you, erland's plugins provide far more flexibility than the built-in Random Play (e.g. play tracks you haven't played in a long time, rate tracks and then randomly play 4 and 5 star tracks, play unrated t

[slim] Re: Would Squeezebox work for me?

2006-11-12 Thread thaumaturge
Were I you, I would check out Sondigo's Sirocco product. As a wireless audio bridge, it is not an apples-apples comparison to the SB3, but could fit your situation better as you can use any player you like and avoid all the issues you'll face using SlimServer with your library in its current stat

[slim] Re: Duplicate Albums

2006-11-12 Thread benthos
ceejay;152432 Wrote: > Agreed. Also strange as it clearly isn't happening for most other > users! > > What OS? Which version of SS, exactly? What file type? If MP3, might > you have both v1 and v2 tags? Do you have any playlists? Using iTunes? I discovered what was causing the problem. The pro

[slim] Re: Composer tag?

2006-11-12 Thread Nostromo
> While this might work if you only have a single version of each piece, I > do have around 12 versions of some pieces. I do have a lot of organ > music you see. And there you can have a single piece by different > artists on different organs. And it all is interesting and used > information. It w

[slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 plays no FLAC ?

2006-11-12 Thread Meganerd
Found out my slimserver is not playing FLAC anymore. Silence all the way. Playing ape (after a hack in convert.conf), mp3 etc.works just fine. Playing FLAC on my Softsqueeze works fine as well. Found out that SoftSQ does eat native FLAC, no conversion on slimserver being done that means diggi

[slim] Re: Waking up Slimserver

2006-11-12 Thread Brian Ritchie
Since upgrading to 6.5.0 and then 6.5.1 I've had similar problems on occasion. My normal fix is that when the SB fails to connect on the first attempt, I: - turn it on again - let it get past "Waking up SlimServer..." - when it gets to "Connecting to SlimServer..." - press the left arrow on the

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.5.1 plays no FLAC ?

2006-11-12 Thread bpa
Could be AV or other security s/w preventing socketwrapper from working. What AV or security s/w have you installed ? Have you entered socketwrapper as a trusted app ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

[slim] No Audio

2006-11-12 Thread Jazz1
I played with the crossfade functions via the WWW browser and now I've got no audio. I've tried to get internet radio and i see if buffering, but still now audio. I've restarted the Squeezebox and the server. The SB is connected through the wireless just fine. Any ideas on how to get the music bac

[slim] Clutter Utility For Mac Question

2006-11-12 Thread Jazz1
Is there anyway to get Clutter to display the name and artist of a song play via a Live365 Internest Radios station? I can see it in my browser, but not via the utility called Clutter. -- Jazz1 Jazz1's Profile: http://foru

[slim] Re: No Album Art in Gallery View

2006-11-12 Thread BlueWombat
smc2911;153994 Wrote: > I'm surprised you get so little in your log. If the initial part of the > scan process is working, I'd expect to see pretty verbose logs with > d_scan set. Another flag that may be worth trying is d_artwork. It > might also be worth trying to reinstall slimserver (sledgeha

[slim] Re: 6.5.0 Will Not Start

2006-11-12 Thread kerry_nyc
Nothing related to Slim or Slimserver -- kerry_nyc kerry_nyc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4079 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29647 _

[slim] Confused about remote mapping

2006-11-12 Thread Bill Moseley
http://localhost:9000/html/docs/buttons.html left me with a lot of questions. Ok, so the .ir files map a remote's buttons to the IR code. So if I have a "power" button on the remote I might enter the .ir file: power= a25d48b7 Then in a .map file I might map that key to turn my SBII on or

[slim] Re: Slim server keep restarting

2006-11-12 Thread thoeng
anybody help please ? -- thoeng thoeng's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6704 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29629 ___

Re: [slim] Confused about remote mapping

2006-11-12 Thread kdf
On 12-Nov-06, at 7:36 PM, Bill Moseley wrote: http://localhost:9000/html/docs/buttons.html left me with a lot of questions. Ok, so the .ir files map a remote's buttons to the IR code. So if I have a "power" button on the remote I might enter the .ir file: power= a25d48b7 Then in a .m

[slim] Custom remote buttons?

2006-11-12 Thread grimholtz
Hi, Is there any way to program my own buttons on the remote (or another remote)? I'd like a button to log me on/off Squeezenetwork, among other things. Can this be done through the CLI? thanks, grimholtz -- grimholtz 'Get PasswordMaker' (https://passwordmaker.org/) 'Get FoxyProxy' (http://f

Re: [slim] Confused about remote mapping

2006-11-12 Thread Bill Moseley
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 07:49:20PM -0800, kdf wrote: > you choose which ir files are active, and you choose which single map > file is active for each player. > look in player settings->remote. Ah, right there in front of me! I guess I could create more than one map file so I could have more the

[slim] Re: wmadec

2006-11-12 Thread miked
I'm having a similar problem. If I start SoftSqueeze and do something that requires wmadec.exe (i.e., like XM Radio plug-in), wmadec.exe starts OK with no problems. If I switch to something else within SS before exiting that doesn't require wmadec.exe (like play an MP3), wmadec.exe is properly s

[slim] Re: stream keeps stuttering

2006-11-12 Thread SoftwireEngineer
I've had connectivity problems with SB3 Firmware 6x with Slimserver version 6.5.x. I see the buffer does not get filled up in time. My wireless strength is around 50% and I play flac files. I have reverted to 6.3 and firmware version 55. No problems now. (BTW, do you guys think 6.5.1 sounds better

[slim] Re: Composer tag?

2006-11-12 Thread Listener
Havoc;154278 Wrote: > Why is there no beter use of the composer tag? > > I want to put all my cd's on slimserver, but this is holding me back. > You cannot search on the composer tag (or at least not combined with > artist since a composer tag equals an artist tag), there is no entry > for compo

[slim] Re: 6.5 Scanner crash No Errors

2006-11-12 Thread kirsch
Thanks Fish... I tried editing all of the MP3 Tags and scanner.exe still crashed... However, I took it a step further and found where it was crashing.. In my library I had a file called "stream.M3U".. As soon as I deleted this file I had no more problems. My guess is that something within scann

Re: [slim] Confused about remote mapping

2006-11-12 Thread kdf
On 12-Nov-06, at 9:19 PM, Bill Moseley wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 07:49:20PM -0800, kdf wrote: you choose which ir files are active, and you choose which single map file is active for each player. look in player settings->remote. Ah, right there in front of me! I guess I could create mo