[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1

2007-01-23 Thread David C
I had a similar problem. I can play WMA and WMA lossless but not WMA Pro. Slimdevices told me WMA Por is not a supported format Try recording in a new folder one of each and see if this narrows down the problem -- David C

[slim] Re: Nintendo Wii + Slimserver?

2007-01-23 Thread notanatheist
The Roku HD1 does that. It's just slow. SB is *designed for audio* and it does it better than anything else on the market in for less than $500. -- notanatheist notanatheist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

[slim] Nintendo Wii + Slimserver?

2007-01-23 Thread Oktyabr
As I'm sure at least a few of you know the Opera web browser is now available (as a beta) for the Nintendo Wii. The browser itself is Flash 7 capable and I've already played many flash games on it, watched videos on youtube and even listened to some music via embedded flash players on some web si

[slim] Re: "Powered offf" screen saver suddenly stopped working

2007-01-23 Thread lemmy999
azinck3;173574 Wrote: > Try pressing the "brightness" button...:) I feel like an idiot..thanks! -- lemmy999 lemmy999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9284 View this thread: http://forums.sli

[slim] Re: "Powered offf" screen saver suddenly stopped working

2007-01-23 Thread azinck3
lemmy999;173572 Wrote: > I have the powered off screen saver set to "Date and Time". It has > worked perfectly during the previous month that I have owned the > Squeeze Box. Last week I upgraded SS to 6.5.1 and it continued to > work. Today I unplugged the Sq. Box and took it downstairs. Time

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread Skunk
fingers;173569 Wrote: > > Yup, caching can be very sticky, that's why it is a good idea to do it > a couple times. Better yet install Firefox and try there rather than I.E.. To make sure the SS cache is cleared delete: C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Cache\templates\C\PROGRA~1\SLIMSE~1\serv

[slim] "Powered offf" screen saver suddenly stopped working

2007-01-23 Thread lemmy999
I have the powered off screen saver set to "Date and Time". It has worked perfectly during the previous month that I have owned the Squeeze Box. Last week I upgraded SS to 6.5.1 and it continued to work. Today I unplugged the Sq. Box and took it downstairs. Time still worked when powered off.

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread fingers
Yes, you assumed correct... a complete uninstall prior to re-install as described, multiple times. I would guess a lot is not initialising right. Already tried your Fishbone suggestion. Same thing Yup, caching can be very sticky, that's why it is a good idea to do it a couple times. -- fing

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread kdf
On 23-Jan-07, at 8:37 PM, fingers wrote: The SlimServer interface works just fine with the default skin but is completely horked when chaning to Fishbone. See link http://wrathcat.com/web/SlimServer.jpg three thoughts: 1) despite what I assume was a complete uninstall prior to installing

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread fingers
So... SlimServer 6.3.1 starts up each and everytime when the computer boots up All 3 Squeezeboxes see SlimServer and are happy. However... The SlimServer interface works just fine with the default skin but is completely horked when chaning to Fishbone. See link http://wrathcat.com/web/SlimSe

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread thesil
No password is associated with my system. What do you mean by update? Now I am having trouble playing music; the player is skipping and the scrolling is jerky. What's going on?? -- thesil thesil's Profile: http://forums.sl

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread fingers
Meatwad650;173537 Wrote: > Has this happened when upgrading from a production release to another > production release? Yup. Not all the time... but more than should -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread Meatwad650
JJZolx;173529 Wrote: > Right now the nightly builds of 6.5.x are nearly identical to the > official 6.5.1 released last week. Only one tiny change to one of the > skins has been checked in to the 6.5.x branch since then. Plus, the > problem being discussed has existed since 6.5 was in beta, las

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread fingers
I would agree... however that is exactly what happened. I have had no problems with previous builds of 6.5.1 until now. So, here is what follows. After contacting tech support by phone this evening because I never heard back after filling out and submitting a support issue via the website (by t

[slim] Re: WiFi frustration! (But happy ending... for now)

2007-01-23 Thread Mark Lanctot
Brian Ritchie;173518 Wrote: > Yes, I remember when I installed the router a couple of years ago I read > that WEP could be cracked in about a day of monitoring on a reasonably > busy network; I thought then that I wasn't likely to use it that > heavily. I guess that's changed since then (in more

Re: [slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread kdf
Quoting AudioFrog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 00:02:08:00:00:01: Current playmode: play Pipeline reader connected readlen undef: (Unknown error)10054 end of file or error on socket, opening next song, (song pos: 0(tell says: . 0), totalbytes: 0) This is the problem. Unfortunately the transcoder ha

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread fingers
Um... at this point I have tried getting back to 6.5.1 and now to 6.3.1. Both to no success. So this has nothing to do with nightly builds. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=557

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread JJZolx
Meatwad650;173524 Wrote: > I find it interesting that someone is complaining about an issue with > the nightly builds. I would think that it's obvious that the software > could be buggy and is an "at your own risk" sort of thing. Right now the nightly builds of 6.5.x are nearly identical to the

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread AudioFrog
Selecting d_source shows some sort of 'unknown' error: 13 **skipahead: opening next song opening next song... the next song is number 0, was 13 undermax = 1, type = mov, squeezebox2 = 00:02:08:00:00:01 getConvertCommand: track is alac - updating type! checking formats for: alc-wma-squeezebox2-00:

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread kdf
That's the output from d_paths. you'll want to look at d_source along with that. If that whole chunk is coming up in fast groups like that, there is likely a problem with the file types settings. If not, then it could be that part of the transcoding command in failing, which will show signs in d

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread Meatwad650
I find it interesting that someone is complaining about an issue with the nightly builds. I would think that it's obvious that the software could be buggy and is an "at your own risk" sort of thing. -- Meatwad650 Meatwad6

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread AudioFrog
All I see over and over again is this: Found binary C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\alac.exe for alac.exe Checking for flac.exe in C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\flac.exe Found binary C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread SteveEast
If you look at the page with the debugging options, you'll see that the last word of the description ("here") is a link. Click and you'll see the log. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread snarlydwarf
No idea, I don't use iTunes. But the methods SuperQ and I gave would work fine with or without iTunes. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://fo

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread bpa
I was never asked for a password ! Are you sure it is not associated with your system ? Edit: Just checked the file - no password needed to unzip. Are you trying to update it ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevi

[slim] Re: WiFi frustration! (But happy ending... for now)

2007-01-23 Thread Brian Ritchie
Mark Lanctot;173171 Wrote: > Ouch! That's a rock and a hard place, man...WEP is just about useless. > It will deter casual and accidental connections, but if someone really > wants to get in it's no big deal. Yes, I remember when I installed the router a couple of years ago I read that WEP coul

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread AudioFrog
Steve, I turned on debugging for those modules. Where are the log files generated? I looked all thru the Program Files/Slimserver directories for them but I don't see any. Thx, Ed -- AudioFrog AudioFrog's Profile: http:

[slim] Re: Squeezebox no longer startup automatically

2007-01-23 Thread fingers
That sure would fix some things. However, it also then requires to resetup your network etc which is pain to have to do everytime an update happens to SlimServer. -- fingers fingers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread thesil
Found it, but it's still asking for a password. This is frustratin -- thesil thesil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9197 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32010 __

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread SteveEast
I suggest you try setting some of the debug options and post anything significant that shows up. I'm not sure which ones you need but d_files, d_formats, d_paths, d_stream, d_server and anything else that looks interesting might be a start. Steve. -- SteveEast -

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread bpa
Try this source http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm Try version 3.96.1 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread AudioFrog
The only processes I see doing anything is slim.exe, mysql and occasionally socketwrapper.exe, no flac.exe or alac.exe processes. The hard drive chatters for awhile after attempting to play a song. -- AudioFrog AudioFrog's

[slim] Re: Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread Meatwad650
I'm telling SlimServer to use iTunes instead of scanning the library manually...I'll try bookmarking it in my iTunes library and if that works then it should be easy to use on the Squeezebox, right? -- Meatwad650 Meatwad65

[slim] Re: Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread SuperQ
Meatwad650;173494 Wrote: > Right - but how would I set that up? I've spent almost no time playing > with Slimserver so would it be setting up in there or via the > Squeezebox directly? I use my di.fm premium all the time. There is nothing to setup. There are 2 ways to do this: 1: right-click

[slim] Re: Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread snarlydwarf
Use either the "Tune in URL" from the web interface and enter the proper URL (which should be something like: http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/whatever .. thats basic HTTP authentication). You can also add those stations to your Favorites from the player itself (pressing the right arrow). You c

[slim] Re: lesson Learned with RAID 5 Implementation

2007-01-23 Thread exile
an unfortunate way to learn about the vulnerability of RAID. my two cents: I'm a television editor and the use of raids for storing and quickly accessing massive amounts of video/audio media is commonplace. what's also commonplace is Raids failing. Every company I've ever worked for has gone thro

[slim] Re: Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread Meatwad650
snarlydwarf;173491 Wrote: > from their site, it seems that one of the formats is plain old mp3 > delivered via HTTP basic authentication. Right - but how would I set that up? I've spent almost no time playing with Slimserver so would it be setting up in there or via the Squeezebox directly? -

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread thesil
It seems that the LAME file is password protected. Now what? -- thesil thesil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9197 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32010

[slim] Re: Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread snarlydwarf
from their site, it seems that one of the formats is plain old mp3 delivered via HTTP basic authentication. That should work fine. (They list xmms as a supported player, so no DRM.) Try their $2 day pass thing and see if it works. -- snarlydwarf --

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread thesil
I use windows xp -- thesil thesil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9197 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32010 ___ disc

[slim] Re: Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread danco
There is certainly *a* way. Whether it suits you, or whether there are better ways, I don't know. There are programs that will take the sound going through your computer and broadcast it as a stream that the SB can pick up. Not knowing your OS, I can't give more detail. -- danco -

[slim] Re: US: senate bill threatens Internet Radio with DRM requirement

2007-01-23 Thread ipggi
Pale Blue Ego;172477 Wrote: > DRM is a useless battle. If you can hear it, you can record it. > > But that doesn't matter to these CongressCrooks. They're used to > passing stupid and ineffective legislation. They don't care, they are > happy to rubber-stamp anything Hollywood hands them, a

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread norman12
bpa;173473 Wrote: > Lame is needed if you need to convert a stream into MP3. The main cases > are > > 1. Destination device is a SliMP3 or possibly SB1 > 2. Want to use bit rate limiting (e.g. connecting an SB to Slimserver > over internet) > 3. Want to send a Slimserver stream to a non Squeeze

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread bpa
Lame is needed if you need to convert a stream into MP3. The main cases are 1. Destination device is a SliMP3 or possibly SB1 2. Want to use bit rate limiting (e.g. connecting an SB to Slimserver over internet) 3. Want to send a Slimserver stream to a non Squeezebox device device (e.g. PDA) Wha

[slim] Re: Lame

2007-01-23 Thread Mark Lanctot
If you transcode you do. Did you follow the instructions in http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?LAMEForTranscoding? -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread SteveEast
Today I upgraded from 6.2.1 to 6.5.1 and I'm having no problems playing my music. It's 90% ALAC and 10% AAC. Most of the ALAC was ripped with iTunes, some was ripped vinyl converted from WAV to ALAC with dBpowerAMP. I'm using XP SP2. What processes do you see running when your music is "playing"

[slim] Re: Poll: Wired or wireless?

2007-01-23 Thread RiccardoR
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31930 Question: D

[slim] Any way to access digitally imported premium streams?

2007-01-23 Thread Meatwad650
Subject says it all...if I subscribe to di.fm premium streams is there a way I can connect to them from my SB3? -- Meatwad650 Meatwad650's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9725 View this thread: htt

[slim] Lame

2007-01-23 Thread thesil
In my slimserver settings,I noticed that LAME was not installed, so I tried to download with no sucess. Do I really need LAME? -- thesil thesil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9197 View this thre

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread norman12
Bpa, yes, I had a google too - a good reason to stick with the slimserver/alien setup. Using the 770 skin is also a little easier than navigating the BBC website. -- norman12 norman12's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

[slim] Re: Combining Slimserver and PVR?

2007-01-23 Thread ceejay
dSw;173414 Wrote: > I have a Topfield TF5800 (dual tuner DVB-T PVR) and it's fantastic (see > http://www.toppy.org.uk/ for more info). Not quite capable of running > Slimserver, but I do have a Mini-ITX Linux PC connected to it via a USB > cable and use my SB2 to bridge onto my wireless LAN. This

[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!

2007-01-23 Thread mrchrispy
Not much new for me to add, but wanted to be another voice in the chorus of people looking for a slick ui on the computer side. In an ideal world iTunes would be able to actually drive the squeezebox since millions of iPod users have made it the most widely accepted standard out there (itunes isn

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread bpa
Doing a quick google - it seems that there is no RealPlayer plugin for the Opera on the N770. I am not familiar with Opera but some browsers let you launch an external player, if a plugin is not available. If this choice is not offered - then you have a reason for using Slimserver/AlienBBC. --

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread norman12
bpa;173435 Wrote: > The media player on the N770 was a version of RealPlayer - and I guess > it is the same for N800. > > I think you should also try to use the BBC's "listen again" facility > through the browser from the BBC web site. If that works then all > AlienBBC facilities are available

[slim] Re: lesson Learned with RAID 5 Implementation

2007-01-23 Thread mustbemad
Found a piece of software from Disk Internals Research called Linux Reader - free - seemed too good to be true! http://www.diskinternals.com/ It mounted my disk on a Windows XP machine via USB, and reads every file on it without any trouble. Just extracting all the data now. This is a great bi

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread bpa
The media player on the N770 was a version of RealPlayer - and I guess it is the same for N800. I think you should also try to use the BBC's "listen again" facility through the browser from the BBC web site. If that works then all AlienBBC facilities are available natively on the N800. -- bpa

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread AudioFrog
I have the EXACT same problem with 6.5.1. My Itunes collection is made up of 440GB of Apple Lossless files and no matter what I do, whether it be a fresh XP install or existing, the SB2 acts like it will play but no sound is made. 6.5 and lower work ok. I have disabled all firewalls that I have an

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread norman12
Ok, so the N800 can handle the real stream, just need to click stand alone player! Thanks to all who replied - a case of looking for problems where none exist! -- norman12 norman12's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread norman12
Victor;173424 Wrote: > The N800 should be able to handle Real streams just fine Victor, when I navigate to BBC6 and click the listen live (realplayer) button a box comes stating that realplayer is not installed. I have read that the N800 is supposed to handle real streams, but I can't get it to

[slim] Re: Vista & Slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread biopob
Hi, I have exactly the same problem. The strange thing is that when I first installed Vista and Slimserver, it worked ok for a bit. Internet Explorer and FireFox just hang when I load slimserver...is anyone else having trouble?? Sorry I have no resolution :( Cheers David -- biopob --

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread Mark Lanctot
bergek;173422 Wrote: > The home server is quite different from a desktop computer. > > In my world a desktop computer at home is the computer most people > would see as "the computer". I don't know about you but I have yet to > experience a desktop computer with a performance that I can live wi

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread Victor
norman12;173423 Wrote: > Thanks for the reply (and the 770 skin - great stuff) > > The BBC stream in either Real or Windows media although some of the > archived shows are mp3. > I may be wrong, but I don't think the N800 can handle these formats on > its own. The N800 should be able to handle

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread bergek
Mark Lanctot;173390 Wrote: > Run that by me again? > > I must have misunderstood. The home server is quite different from a desktop computer. In my world a desktop computer at home is the computer most people would see as "the computer". I don't know about you but I have yet to experience a d

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread brunodenis
I partitaly agree. but softawre companies must answer all the needs from lots of different users. that's why they cover so much and some of us want some, others want other. This leads to your swiss knife. To some up only for my personnal case, pushing music from server (itunes for its graphical g

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread norman12
bklaas;173107 Wrote: > how about cutting the middleman and streaming BBC directly to the audio > player on the N800? Seems like that's the way to go here. Thanks for the reply (and the 770 skin - great stuff) The BBC stream in either Real or Windows media although some of the archived shows are

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread bpa
Regarding AlienBBC not working on non Squeezebox devices - in this case N800 - this thread may help http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26315 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread Mark Lanctot
brucegrr;173411 Wrote: > I think Nero is a good example. Their recent release has everything but > the kitchen sink (and it is in there somewhere I suspect)IMO the > program is bloated and the extras they have crammed into the program > are not as good as separate programs that can be bought else

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread norman12
funkstar;173105 Wrote: > Do you have Lame installed and available to AlienBBC/Slimserver? > > RadioIO is already in MP3 (at least i'm pretty sure it is) so > SlimServer just send that stream directly to the player. AlienBBC > transcodes the RealAudio streams with MPlayer to get them to play. By

[slim] Re: Combining Slimserver and PVR?

2007-01-23 Thread dSw
ceejay;173315 Wrote: > Yes, it looks good, but AFAIK still some way from being available in a > UK DVB-T configuration, although I think this has been talked about for > months. > > Ceejay I have a Topfield TF5800 (dual tuner DVB-T PVR) and it's fantastic (see http://www.toppy.org.uk/ for more

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread damned006
Skunk;173407 Wrote: > Did you happen to check if the Server Settings|File Type default values > changed during the upgrade? Yes i checked this. No change around here -- damned006 damned006's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread brucegrr
Are people really having trouble with Slimserver keeping up with 500 albums? Seems that there would a problem Other than Slimserver to cause that. I have 14,000 songs that Slimserver can access and it never has a problem. The only slowness I ever see is when I initially browse my music via album

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread Skunk
Did you happen to check if the Server Settings|File Type default values changed during the upgrade? -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

[slim] Re: Support for cue files in m3u files

2007-01-23 Thread Yayita
So, I checked how slimservers creates it's own m3u, when calling long media files with cue sheets. The songs in the cue are called with this format: Example: file:///M:/ClassicRock/Led%20Zeppelin/(1975)%20Physical%20Graffiti/Led%20Zeppelin%20-%20Physical%20Graffiti%20(Disc%202).flac#527.1

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread damned006
As i said, just moved back to 6.5.0 and it works, only radios are a bit more difficult to get. let me just say, as a SB3 lover, how "pain in the ass" is Slimserver. I just can't understand how the official release can't just work properly !! Is it really to much to ask ?? I'm very aware of all t

[slim] Re: Slim server window won't open???

2007-01-23 Thread Ron F .
I am not sure that I am being helpful here, but when I upgraded from 6.5.0, to 6.5.1, I found that the browser window would not open for me either. What turned out to be the problem was that the Norton "personal firewall" that came installed on my computer was blocking internet access for 6.5.1,

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread Mark Lanctot
bergek;173335 Wrote: > At the same time I am a firm believer in having a home server which is > on 24/7 and not requiring your desktop computer to be on just to play > some music. Run that by me again? You're a firm believer in having a home server which is on 24/7. Which can be a desktop comp

[slim] For Sale Brand New Nokia N800 for $250

2007-01-23 Thread lansti03
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Re: [slim] Re: What is considered enough Ram for Slimsever?

2007-01-23 Thread Peter
sfraser wrote: GenPatton;173190 Wrote: Great! Got all your suggestions. As to running Vista, I would rather crawl on broken glass. I will be running Win XP Pro or Win2k3. Thanks again for all who replied and your kind help. I decided on getting two gigs of ram just to be sure. Yea tha

Re: [slim] Re: Combining Slimserver and PVR?

2007-01-23 Thread Peter
Zed Roeder wrote: Peter;173280 Wrote: Zed Roeder wrote:[color=blue] Now you must edit the mythtv .lircrc file to tell mythtv what buttons to react to and what to do when they are pressed. Note that Lirc.pm only forwards codes it recognizes. At the moment that means the slimdevices remote,

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread brunodenis
bklaas;173356 Wrote: > In short, no. > > Just looked at it. Interesting, but it's basically a coverflow > knock-off designed for use only in Windows Vista. That doesn't fit into > the slimserver architecture in any way that I can see. > > They use Amazon's search API to auto-download cover art

[slim] Re: Remote Streaming Restriction

2007-01-23 Thread RalphO
Fletch Thanks I found your reply and the other thread very interesting. I am not sure that I am up to altering the code of AlienBBC to make this work. However, your reply did give me an idea. I tried to listen to an alienBBC feed on my laptop using softsqueeze and it works. So I have a partia

[slim] Re: Nokia N800

2007-01-23 Thread earthbased
Still no Java? Man, I have Java on my RAZR phone! -- earthbased earthbased's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=334 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread damned006
snarlydwarf;173353 Wrote: > try turning off your firewall on your server. > > (When you upgrade software, the firewall will not know that it is the > same program and will block it.) I just did, exactly the same, radio ok, mp3 ok but no sound for my ALAC files... i need music i think i'll go ba

[slim] Re: 30-second freeze?

2007-01-23 Thread maddag
Do not feel lonely:-) I'm having the same problems as you guys. Freezing SB3 for approx 30sec. My PC and my SB3 is connected to wireless but this have been ok for a week now. (Just bought my SB3) Suddenly this problem accured. Why? It seems to happen more frequently when i'm browsing in large

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread bklaas
brunodenis;173349 Wrote: > bklass, > > Have you heard about harmony3 from thirteen23.com(.net3 coverflow > equivalent) ? > Do you think such kind of feature might be integrated into a skin or > plugin or whatever tweak to develop ? In short, no. Just looked at it. Interesting, but it's basica

Re: [slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread Peter
bergek wrote: brunodenis;173329 Wrote: I am not a apple fan but I love the coverflow feature. I wish it could be integrated into SS but repsonse times would be even slower. Dito on the Apple fan part. You are not alone at thinking that the web gui is awfully slow and not really that fa

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread brunodenis
As well, thinking about iphone's abilities to drive itunes might be fun and easy integration. talking back about La Rosita (Apertura), I haven(t heard the product yet but will report as soon as I have been able to compare. -- brunodenis -

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread snarlydwarf
damned006;173352 Wrote: > > I just tried to play MP3 and wav. ok for mp3 but for the .wav it plays > the first mp3 i read, strange ! > Actually I just use ALAC files from itunes 6 and SB3 acts like it plays > something, there is no error but no sound... try turning off your firewall on your ser

[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

2007-01-23 Thread damned006
Hi ceejay, I use XP 2 and SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Server IP address: 192.168.0.1 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community- I just tried to play MP3 and wav. ok for mp3 but for the .wav it plays the first mp3 i read, strang

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread Siduhe
bergek;173335 Wrote: > I wish that SS would be more layered (i.e. core functions separated from > the web gui). To overcome the slowness of the web gui, I have been > thinking about making a very simple client application (or even a new > web application) to quickly be able to browse my collectio

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread brunodenis
bklass, Have you heard about harmony3 from thirteen23.com(.net3 coverflow equivalent) ? Do you think such kind of feature might be integrated into a skin or plugin or whatever tweak to develop ? -- brunodenis brunodenis'

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread bklaas
bergek;173335 Wrote: > People want coverflow. FWIW, use the "Touch" skin and select "1-by-1 Artwork" from the main page. This coverflow-like feature will be further enhanced in 7.0. I doubt this will appease the "why can't slimserver do things exactly like I think it should" crowd, but this is

[slim] Re: Sound breaking up and distorting

2007-01-23 Thread ceejay
If you are streaming WAV that's pretty much worst case for the wireless network - perhaps you have a new source of interference nearby? Try setting the server to allow it to send FLAC streams instead of WAV, that's a little bit easier ... or a different wireless channel. Ceejay -- ceejay

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread bergek
brunodenis;173329 Wrote: > I am not a apple fan but I love the coverflow feature. I wish it could > be integrated into SS but repsonse times would be even slower. Dito on the Apple fan part. You are not alone at thinking that the web gui is awfully slow and not really that fancy looking. At the

[slim] Sound breaking up and distorting

2007-01-23 Thread liffy99
Until last night, everything was working just fine. Now, several seconds after I start playing any track, the sound distorts and breaks up severely. I'm guessing that the several seconds delay might be something to do with a cache emptying somewhere, but why the sudden symptoms. The bandwidth figu

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-23 Thread brunodenis
servies;173285 Wrote: > That only shows that you really don't get it. > The AAE is (roughly seen) just a cable between your computers audio > outputs and your HIFI's inputs. It has no control over the iTunes > application, therefore I need the computer on which iTunes is running > to be within re

[slim] Re: SB2 Cutting Out with SS 6.5.1

2007-01-23 Thread cumry
ceejay;173318 Wrote: > ok, that eliminates a few possibilities... > > Can you try it wired instead of wireless, just as an experiment? OK will try that but it will take me some time to set up. I will let you know of the outcome. By the way, if it is important: the wireless signal is between 88-

[slim] Re: Slim server window won't open???

2007-01-23 Thread ErikM
uninstalled, reinstalled it a THIRD time, must be a charm.. seems so far to be fine.. weird... -- ErikM ErikM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

[slim] Re: SB2 Cutting Out with SS 6.5.1

2007-01-23 Thread ceejay
cumry;173313 Wrote: > I do believe it was actually 6.5. as I update evertyhing once it is > released. ok, that eliminates a few possibilities... Can you try it wired instead of wireless, just as an experiment? -- ceejay

[slim] Re: Combining Slimserver and PVR?

2007-01-23 Thread ceejay
Greg Erskine;173241 Wrote: > hi ceejay, > > Slightly OT. I recently bought a Topfield TF6000PVR which has wireless > networking. Works OK, but they could learn a few things from > Slimserver/Squeezebox. > > Another option, I have heard people connecting PVRs USB to an > intermediate box (ICE bo

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