Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

i had a thought... perhaps it happens to those users who don't start SS automatically... haven't the time to try now, but wanted to jot this idea down b4 i forgot it. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram -

Re: [slim] How to Solve Gallery Thumbnail Woes

My library is in iTunes. I'm not sure how I can limit the rescan to a small subsection of itunes folders, unless going outside of itunes and in that case it's not really testing my setup accurately. If you know a way to do it, please do let me know. (I mean without completely redefining the itune

Re: [slim] How to Solve Gallery Thumbnail Woes

One small suggestion, and it pertains to many of us when troubleshooting a problem If you have to do a series of rescans to see if proposed fixes are working, it saves a bunch of time if you'll redefine the library so it's a tiny subset of your full library, like one artist or one genre. Tha

Re: [slim] Apple Lossles doesn't pay on new Squeezebox

After I downloaded the new version 6.5.2 I can play the files. Thanks! -- chrisdv chrisdv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10229 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3

Re: [slim] Completely purging slimserver from Ubuntu

Ben Sandee;180490 Wrote: > > > If you are doing a clean install anyway, I would recommend giving 6.5.1 > or > 6.5.2 (testing repository) a shot because it does address a lot of > minor > issues over 6.5.0. The problems you experienced were most likely due > to > some sort of upgrade issue, whi

Re: [slim] No display after upgrading to 6.5.1

Just uninstalled 6.5.0 completely and reinstalled 6.5.1 agian and it works OK this time. Weird??? -- Mike2 Mike2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] No display after upgrading to 6.5.1

Mike2;180908 Wrote: > Upgraded my SB2 to 6.5.1 from 6.5.0 and lost the display. The update > went normal, but after hitting the brightnees button on the display to > update the firmware the display went out at reboot and would not come > back on. I could control the player from the server, ie mus

Re: [slim] No display after upgrading to 6.5.1

Yes, several times. Also uped the the display settings for everything at the server. -- Mike2 Mike2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread

[slim] No display after upgrading to 6.5.1

Upgraded my SB2 to 6.5.1 from 6.5.0 and lost the display. The update went normal, but after hitting the brightnees button on the display to update the firmware the display went out at reboot and would not come back on. I could control the player from the server, ie music would play etc. But no dis

Re: [slim] Squeezebox3 and Belkin G+ Mimo wireless modem router?

Oh and I have a bunch of legacy devices on the wireless network so unfortunately WPA is something I cannot use. :( -- John E Boy John E Boy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8334 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Running SlimServer as "service" on Mac

Yes, that is what I'm asking. From what you're saying, SlimServer runs when a Mac is booted -- you don't actually have to log-in as a user. Is that the case? >From a broader perspective, can you do the same thing with other applications? e.g. could you have a FTP or web server run without being l

Re: [slim] Squeezebox3 and Belkin G+ Mimo wireless modem router?

Update. Well I tried a new SSID on the network and new WEP key. The squeezebox won't connect if I have a 128 bit WEP key active on the network. I conclude that for some reason there is a bug in the WEP implementation and yes I have double checked and triple checked the keys. In fact I have enter

[slim] Same Allbum Title Different Artist Problems

Hi there. It seems there is a bit of a problem when using the Album views when there are more than one albums with the same title that go with different artists. For example. Both Queen and Ry Cooder have the album title "Jazz". And you can only imagine how many artists have an album called "Gre

Re: [slim] CLI - Telnet Client

Paul_B;180884 Wrote: > Thank you MrC. I have used native Telnet client in Windows XP (it ain't > good) and PuTTY to try to access the CLI. I am trying to play around > with the CLI commands for use through my Home-Automation provider. They > have released a new version that supports Slimserver an

Re: [slim] WARNING: Gallery Thumbnails Broken in 6.5.1

Fortunately I had preserved a copy of my 6.3.1 installation. After restoring that and upgrading directly to 6.5.2, my thumbnails are now working again. I have performed several scans and they are back! Woo hoo. -- skieswideopen Cheers, Mark Hear me sing and add me to your slimserver! You'll f

Re: [slim] CLI - Telnet Client

Thank you MrC. I have used native Telnet client in Windows XP (it ain't good) and PuTTY to try to access the CLI. I am trying to play around with the CLI commands for use through my Home-Automation provider. They have released a new version that supports Slimserver and Squeezebox at a fairly basic

Re: [slim] CLI - Telnet Client

MrC wrote: > Chris Laplante;180863 Wrote: >> On 2/15/07, Paul_B > forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: >>> Can someone point me in the direction of a good telnet client for >>> Windows that I can use with the Slimserver CLI? >> Start -> Run -> cmd -> telnet >> [color=blue] >> > He said "a good telnet cl

Re: [slim] DVBShout

I've had this up and running for a while now, with generally good results. My setup is: Old HP Vectra VL400 (Pentium 3 733Mhz, built like a tank, very quiet) Ubuntu "Edgy" Server Slimserver 6.5.1 Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T Icecast DVBShout Things you may want to think about are that: a) DVBShout wi

Re: [slim] CLI - Telnet Client

Chris Laplante;180863 Wrote: > On 2/15/07, Paul_B forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > > > Can someone point me in the direction of a good telnet client for > > Windows that I can use with the Slimserver CLI? > > Start -> Run -> cmd -> telnet > [color=blue] > He said "a good telnet client" ! Wi

Re: [slim] CLI - Telnet Client

A very good and free one is PuTTY. I use it daily at work and have never had a problem with it. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ On Feb 15, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Chris Laplante wrote: > On 2/15/07, Paul_B <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: >> >> Can someone

Re: [slim] DVBShout

There will probably still be some delay caused by the SB buffering the stream before playing it. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [slim] CLI - Telnet Client

On 2/15/07, Paul_B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone point me in the direction of a good telnet client for > Windows that I can use with the Slimserver CLI? Start -> Run -> cmd -> telnet > In addition what should > be the settings? From the doc I see it outputs UTF-8 but how can I > tra

Re: [slim] Slimserver Pepperpad 3 update

Ive been through a real love hate thing with it but it would take very little for me to adore it - just a few tidy ups. As a living room based "internet email thingy" its pretty fabulous. gandt -- gandt gandt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Slimserver Pepperpad 3 update

very cool, very cool. in no way do I want to "compete" with the fine work that's being done with slimfx, but make sure to give Touch a try when 7.0 comes out. I've put in a bunch of enhancements, most notably on the 1-by-1 arwork browsing. I'm kind of surprised the PepperPad3 doesn't receive mor

[slim] Slimserver Pepperpad 3 update

Just a little update for those few folks thinking about the Pepperpad as a slim controller. I've been very impressed by the slimfx flash based skin mentioned elsewhere and wondered how it would work on the pad. Not at all was the answer to begin with since it requires Flash 9...however there are s

[slim] End of songs chopped off

Hi all The last 10 to 15 seconds are being cut off of my songs. Only seems to happen on flac and wav files. I have been updating the software nightly. I am using windows 2000 server. Never used to happen on the old 6.5.1 nightly. Since I have upgraded to the official release. The problem started.

[slim] CLI - Telnet Client

Can someone point me in the direction of a good telnet client for Windows that I can use with the Slimserver CLI? In addition what should be the settings? From the doc I see it outputs UTF-8 but how can I transalte the output parameters such as "%3A" to ":" by default? Many thanks, Paul -- Pa

Re: [slim] Access SS from my laptop

working nicely - thanks very much! -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32789

Re: [slim] Access SS from my laptop

You can do the same thing with the IP address for your desktop. For instance: http://192.168.2.2:9000. You can find the IP address under Server Settings at the bottom. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] RSS screen save no longer works afte upgrade to 6.5.1

Could you try the latest 6.5.2 nightly as a dns bug has been fixed since 6.5.1 which could be the problem here. -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [slim] Access SS from my laptop

rbl;180803 Wrote: > Great - but this is where i really show my ignorance. How do i find the > name of my desktop (i.e. the desk.rbl.com)? Assuming Windows, Start - Settings - Control Panel - System - Computer Name. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better tre

Re: [slim] Make playlists always start at the begining?

thanks , I'll try that out -- drvcrash drvcrash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8814 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32259 __

[slim] RSS screen save no longer works afte upgrade to 6.5.1

Hi all it just say 'Please wait, requesting feed' everything else (the server/ the squeezebox) is working fine. turned on debug and it shows SimpleAsyncHTTP: GETing http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml Async: Starting async DNS lookup for [news.bbc.co.uk] usin

Re: [slim] Make playlists always start at the begining?

Edit the playlist and take out any #CURTRACK 0 #EXTM3U lines at the beginning. Make the playlist file read-only. How to do this varies by operating system. -- jth jth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [slim] Access SS from my laptop

Great - but this is where i really show my ignorance. How do i find the name of my desktop (i.e. the desk.rbl.com)? -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4517 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [slim] Access SS from my laptop

rbl wrote: > Hi - I am running SS 6.5 on my main desktop PC, with the library on the > desktop too. How can I access and control SS from my laptop when it is > on the same wireless network? Point the browser on your laptop to the desktop, port 9000. I do it all the time. Any browser, any laptop,

Re: [slim] Make playlists always start at the begining?

it would seem like an easy feature to add. -- drvcrash drvcrash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8814 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32259 __

[slim] Access SS from my laptop

Hi - I am running SS 6.5 on my main desktop PC, with the library on the desktop too. How can I access and control SS from my laptop when it is on the same wireless network? -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Original SB & FLAC

Patrick Dixon;180736 Wrote: > Apparently the SB1 doesn't sound nearly as good as even an SB2 - > although the only one I have ever seen was a dead one so I can't speak > from experience. > Indeed, the SB2/3 sound significantly better than the SB1 Patrick Dixon;180736 Wrote: > > The SB1 is '

Re: [slim] Question on questions.

leeper;180774 Wrote: > If the community has no input to offer on a posted problem what is the > next step? Does tech support review the questions or do they need to be > emailed directly? thanks! Of course! They can be contacted by both email and phone. The forum can be helpful, but isn't the

Re: [slim] Running SlimServer as "service" on Mac

Juggler;180689 Wrote: > I am investigating the use of a Mac Mini as my SlimServer (and Asterisk, > and CalDav, and...). One question I have is can I run SlimServer (or any > other program) as the Windows equivalent of a "service". i.e. Can > SlimServer run without have a user logged in? > > chee

[slim] Question on questions.

If the community has no input to offer on a posted problem what is the next step? Does tech support review the questions or do they need to be emailed directly? thanks! -- leeper leeper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [slim] Slimserve & Mcafee 2007

> Is anyone aware of an issue - I installed Slimserve 6.5.1 about 2 weeks > ago - and updated my mcafee last week - now slimserve will not load - I > get a message asking if I want to save or cancel a small file Search the forums for mcafee and you'll find plenty of problems with it... Basically

Re: [slim] Q on wired / wireless connection from server to router

Is the PC wired to the router? Does it have both a wired connection and a wireless connection? If so you'll need to play around with network settings and Internet Connection Sharing or bridging settings to get it to send traffic over the wired connection first. If the PC is wireless only, you w

[slim] Slimserve & Mcafee 2007

Is anyone aware of an issue - I installed Slimserve 6.5.1 about 2 weeks ago - and updated my mcafee last week - now slimserve will not load - I get a message asking if I want to save or cancel a small file I suspect it is a mcafee problem but several hours later i can;t track it down Any ideas

Re: [slim] SB Wireless Problems

ceejay;180721 Wrote: > Might there be a new source of interference nearby? Try a different > channel on the wireless. That's the most likely reason. The SB1 operates at 802.11b speeds. Sending WAV (transcoded FLAC) at 1411 kbps to it should work under ideal conditions, but with its small buff

Re: [slim] Squeezebox3 and Belkin G+ Mimo wireless modem router?

You have to be exact with the WEP/WPA passphrase. Off by one character and it won't work. This includes capitalization as well as leading or trailing spaces that are hard to spot, see http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?NetworkProblemsBeginnersGuide Also WEP is not much better than no encrypt

Re: [slim] Apple Lossles doesn't pay on new Squeezebox

Please download and try the latest 6.5.2 build, a bug was recently fixed releated to files encoded using Max. BTW, we don't use Quicktime anymore to decode ALAC, it's done with the open source ALAC decoder. http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.5/ -- andyg

Re: [slim] Apple Lossles doesn't pay on new Squeezebox

Do you have itunes installed on the machine hosting slimserver? If not it won't work. Slimserver decodes ALAC using quicktime codecs. -- michel michel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4393 View th

[slim] Q on wired / wireless connection from server to router

Recently, following recommendations in the forum, I amended my network set up so that the server is wired to the router, rather than relying on the wireless network. However, it seems that the only way the Squeezebox can connect is to leave the wireless connection on the PC enabled, which implies

Re: [slim] Original SB & FLAC

Patrick Dixon wrote: > Also the SB1 originally came with a different screen, which was later > updated to the same one as is now used in the SB2/3. > You sure about that? I thought the SB2/3/Transporter screens were capable of different intensities simultaneously (hence visualisations 'behind'

Re: [slim] Q about the wiki

Pale Blue Ego;180743 Wrote: > You could just add the Swedish translation to the official Slim wiki. > That might be easier and better than copying the wiki, translating it, > and hosting the Swedish version on your own site. For one thing, > there'd be no question of copyright issues. Also, if

Re: [slim] Q about the wiki

Michael Herger;180741 Wrote: > Have you considered asking Dan to open a Swedish forum? I did so a while > > back as I got more and more German users asking me questions about the > > SlimServer/SB in private mails. Today there are quite a few regulars in > > that forum, not only me :-) > We

Re: [slim] Q about the wiki

You could just add the Swedish translation to the official Slim wiki. That might be easier and better than copying the wiki, translating it, and hosting the Swedish version on your own site. For one thing, there'd be no question of copyright issues. Also, if you someday stop maintaining the Swe

Re: [slim] Q about the wiki

Have you considered asking Dan to open a Swedish forum? I did so a while back as I got more and more German users asking me questions about the SlimServer/SB in private mails. Today there are quite a few regulars in that forum, not only me :-) -- Michael --

Re: [slim] Original SB & FLAC

Thanks Guys! -- mustbemad mustbemad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32773 ___ di

Re: [slim] Q about the wiki

Mark Lanctot;180535 Wrote: > > Another question is, and I mean no offence by this, how many Swedish > users would benefit? :-) Sweden is a great and proud nation with -[Cmndt. Lassard voice]-many, many-[/Cmndt. Lassard voice]- SB-users. ;-D On a more serious note, this might be an overly ambi

Re: [slim] Original SB & FLAC

mustbemad;180722 Wrote: > > Any other issues I may encounter? > Apparently the SB1 doesn't sound nearly as good as even an SB2 - although the only one I have ever seen was a dead one so I can't speak from experience. The SB1 is 'b' rather than 'g' wireless networking - so 10Mb/s rather than 10

Re: [slim] Original SB & FLAC

Yes, yes, and yes. Server performance is unlikely to be an issue as it is not very hard to transcode FLAC to WAV. But WAV demands more network throughput... Other issues? Only that FF/REW won't work if you are transcoding at the server... Ceejay -- ceejay --

Re: [slim] Changed from 192.168.1.x to 192.168.0.x, and no access

Ramage;180730 Wrote: > Check slimserver for blocked incoming connections. > > Server Settings > Security > > Have you got blocking enabled, if so you will need to allow the new > 192.168.0.x addresses? Thanks, that was it! I didn't spot that settings page, as I expected all of that stuff to be

Re: [slim] Changed from 192.168.1.x to 192.168.0.x, and no access

Check slimserver for blocked incoming connections. Server Settings > Security Have you got blocking enabled, if so you will need to allow the new 192.168.0.x addresses? -- Ramage P2 266MHz,Linux ClarkConnect 3.2, SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11354, Alien 1.06 P4 2.6GHz, Win XP, SlimServer Ver

Re: [slim] Changed from 192.168.1.x to 192.168.0.x, and no access

> Neither Squeezebox will work (one wired directly, and one wired via a > Linksys wireless bridge). When I go through the network setup, I > specify the new address for the player, and it lets me choose the > server (showing its name "pita"). However, after doing this, the SB1 > responds with -"P

Re: [slim] Squeezebox3 and Belkin G+ Mimo wireless modem router?

For info in case this helps anyone else. I had my reply from Logitech support yesterday evening. It suggested I fix the problem by opening up my network by turning off WEP. I tested with this and it worked. Needless to say - when I turned it back on the squeezebox didn't connect once again. S

[slim] Changed from 192.168.1.x to 192.168.0.x, and no access

All the devices on my LAN use static IP addresses, and I recently decided to change them all from 192.168.*1*.x to 192.168.*0*.x (to make it easier to move my laptop between my office and one of my main clients). After doing this, everything’s working except the Slim Server access. Neither Squee

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

After installing v6.5.1 and upgrading the micro code in the Slim Device all my M4A music does not play. MP3 music works OK. Any solution to this problem ? Best regards Leif -- Thusholt Thusholt's Profile: http://forums.sl

[slim] Original SB & FLAC

Hi all Can anyone tell me what the deal is with the SB1 and FLAC encoding? I understand that native FLAC was not included until the SB2 hardware. Does this mean then that the FLAC decoding is done by Slimserver, and then the music transmitted as uncompressed over the network? If that is indeed

Re: [slim] SB Wireless Problems

IIRC an SB1 doesn't decode FLAC but will decode WAV - so those FLAC files are presumeably being transcoded to WAV on the server. While this does put an extra load on the server its unlikely to be a problem unless it is already very busy (have you looked at "performance" in Task Manager?). But usu

Re: [slim] How can i tune in 'The Jazz'

I have the same problem - SS can stream this to winamp, but not to my SB3 playlist??? -- mortod mortod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [slim] Q about the wiki

Peter;180710 Wrote: > TCM wrote: > > I'm thinking about starting a swedish Squeezebox/Transporter wiki > and > > wondered if the written material in the wiki here is "open source"? > > Would it be possible for me to translate this material and use it in > my > > wiki? I would of course make refer

Re: [slim] Backup Slimserver server settings?

> But how can I back up my Slimserver settings (server and perhaps > Squeezeboxes) before removing the hard disk? And... how do I restore > afterwards? slimserver.pref stores your settings. If you want to be really sure, copy away the program files/SlimServer folder. -- Michael

[slim] Backup Slimserver server settings?

I apologise if I'm asking a question which has already been answered here. I searched for "Backup" and got over 500 threads. I tried searching "Backup server settings" or "Backup Slimserver" or "Backup server" and got blank pages (literally) in both IE7 and Firefox 2. My Slimserver and music co

Re: [slim] What URL to listen to TheJazz.com ?

See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32509&highlight=url+jazz from a couple of weeks ago. This URL used to work fine for me, but it's recently been more unreliable and keeps stopping. Not sure if this is deliberate or a temporary problem. -- Siduhe ---

Re: [slim] Q about the wiki

TCM wrote: > I'm thinking about starting a swedish Squeezebox/Transporter wiki and > wondered if the written material in the wiki here is "open source"? > Would it be possible for me to translate this material and use it in my > wiki? I would of course make references to this wiki as a source. >

Re: [slim] WARNING: Gallery Thumbnails Broken in 6.5.1

6.5.2 didn't do it for me. Supposedly 'bad artwork' caused SS to crash in gallery view. (see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32473) What did work for me was deleting all embedded artwork (easy to do using MP3Tag) and relying only on the cover.jpg 's in each album directory. --

Re: [slim] SB Wireless Problems

On further testing I have discovered that the "stutter" only happens when I play a FLAC file. MP3 files seem to play ok without any problems. So could this be a problem with my Wireless Router or a problem with Windows Vista? It was working ok even with FLAC files for the first couple of days s

Re: [slim] Apple Lossles doesn't pay on new Squeezebox

Here's a thread with a similar issue, see if any of the suggestions in here help... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31941 HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [slim] Running SlimServer as "service" on Mac

I don't think so. But why would you want to? -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32768 ___