Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

I had thought all was well, installed 6.5.1 without any issues, had logged in via IE7 to the browser interface, set up my libray (I've just switched to WMP11/WMC from iTunes) and after updating the SB firmware, music had been playing via SB OK. Since then it's all gone a bit pear shaped. I notic

Re: [slim] Is the Squeezbox two way?

I'd love some encding scheme that was less demanding on the server, but didn't find readily available information about "live" FLAC streaming. Any pointers would be appreciated. I did some testing tonight and found it interesting that the "obsolete" OSS interface (I'm running Linux) performs noti

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

It is easy to get downhearted when the complainers seem to have a louder voice than anyone else, but take this post that I spotted over on the Topfield forums as inspiration: >>Good grief. I've just got my Squeezebox. I had installed the server t'other day. I plugged it in and after 10mins was me

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

JJZolx;181793 Wrote: > Closed or open source, doesn't matter a wit to me. If making it closed > source would somehow hasten SlimServer's development into something > more stable and usable, I'd be all for it. SlimServer still feels > pretty primitive to me and its progress into something more a

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

Thanks bpa. Yes, I meant mplayer. I should also have said that I'm running 10.4.8 on an Intel Mac. So what precisely should I look for and where? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

Download the following which is the MplayerOSX - AFAIK it is universal http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayerOSX_1.0rc1.dmg I'm not sure about the next step - whether you examine the DMG or install it so you can follow Danco's advice to get the right mplayer executable. If you're real

Re: [slim] New To Slimdevices!!!

I hope reading the forums isn't the tech support level two training manual... -- 4mula1 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?

Re: [slim] Slimserver gives me an empty playlist after rescanning

my SS version is 6.5.1 and I'm on OSX 10.4.8 -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32946 __

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

werock;182182 Wrote: > It is easy to get downhearted when the complainers seem to have a louder > voice than anyone else, but take this post that I spotted over on the > Topfield forums as inspiration: > > >>Good grief. I've just got my Squeezebox. I had installed the server > t'other day. I plu

Re: [slim] Alarm functionality - off after...

hunta;181202 Wrote: > ...otherwise I'll raise an enhancement request. Enhancement request duly raised. If you'd like to support it please vote here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/votes.cgi?action=show_user&bug_id=4775#vote_4775 -- hunta --

Re: [slim] Display brightness

Thanks Skunk. I'm doing the scrolling, but I still worry about the little "Now Playing" above the scroll. Thing is that where I have my SB3 located, the brightest setting really does help. -- tonyptony tonyptony's Profile:

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

Thanks bpa; I've downloaded mplayer from the place you suggest. But the contents don't reflect danco's instructions: there is no External_Binaries folder. How should I proceed? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [slim] library rescan from remote not working?

thanks kdf, quick and easy answer! i appreciate it. because this is just a minor issue to me, i'll wait till the next release. thanks again! dom -- dcote dcote's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

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Re: [slim] What will I miss when downgrading to SlimServer 6.3.1?

I'm using 6.3.1 too. I'm happy with it so far. I was wondering if it was possible to use the Nokia 770 skin with it? i see that it comes bundled with the 6.5.1 build, but I can't see anywhere to download it on its own. I am currently using the Touch skin. I hear that the 770 skin is based off

Re: [slim] What will I miss when downgrading to SlimServer 6.3.1?

marlar;181872 Wrote: > > But what will I miss if I downgrade? I have not been able to find a > version history for SlimServer > http://www.slimdevices.com/Changelog6.html info on previous releases: http://www.slimdevices.com/su_changelog.html -- peterw -

Re: [slim] New To Slimdevices!!!

Ah! new blood! Welcome! -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32938 _

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

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[slim] Nokia770 skin weirdness

I've just started using this, and really like the clean look and simplicity. (Firefox 2.0.0.1, SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252.) Perhaps this is due to the fact that I'm not actually using a Nokia770, but the progress bar is pretty meaningless. It doesn't increment

Re: [slim] Problem with iTunes playlists

Hi, over the last 10 days I tried (I think) all suggestions posted here, yet my itunes-based playlists remain empty. They are ok within iTunes, Slimserver displays them, it also shows the music (below albums, artists and so on), but playlists remain empty. Slimserver is the latest (6.5.1 I believ

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

I found my notes and extracted what I think is the right mplaye files from the dmg - you could do the same using the path below. ./MPlayer OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer_intel.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer The intel mplayer app zipped is saved here. http://homepage.eircom.net/~

[slim] Random tracks not displaying properly in web UI

Some tracks in Random Mix aren't being displayed properly: - In the Nokia770 skin, the track name is missing from the "Now Playing" screen, and clicking the track in the playlist produces a page with no track information. The track names DO appear on the right, where the previous, current and ne

[slim] RFE - Nokia770 skin

I was wondering if it's possible to have the playlist view automatically scroll to show the currently playing track. When using Random Mix, the current track is usually off the bottom of the window. Also (and this may be due to the fact that I'm not actually using a Nokia 770), pressing PageDown

Re: [slim] Nokia770 skin weirdness

Let me start by saying that I'm 100% open to anyone suggesting fixes for this, including a total reimplementation if needed. I think it's a stretch to call the progress bar meaningless, but it's so far from perfect I've toyed with removing it altogether. The gory technical details of the progress

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

So things may have changed from the time I made my instructions. But essentially just follow my procedure, but look through the various folders till you find the suitable items. The crucial point is that the MPlayer OS X application is a package, so you have to Show Package Contents (via control-

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

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[slim] Sluggish Response

I'm running SlimServer 6.5.1 on a QNAP TS-101 NAS drive. There's only a small music library at present, but still performance is sluggish - it streams music OK it's just slow to respond to instructions (from the remote, the web interface and via CLI commands). Could I expect more responsiveness

Re: [slim] Is the Squeezbox two way?

peterw;182178 Wrote: > I'd love some encding scheme that was less demanding on the server, but > didn't find readily available information about "live" FLAC streaming. > Any pointers would be appreciated. According to icecast.org, FLAC is supported by icecast 2.3.1. What sound card do you have?

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

Thank you bpa and danco. Sorry; I'm confused now. That zipped intel mplayer you mention, bpa: I've downloaded that. Is it all I need? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View

Re: [slim] Sluggish Response

It should almost certainly be faster. Slow performance is going to be caused by some "resource" running low. Memory, CPU, Bandwidth, I/O speed, etc. It is possible in software to do things like "increase memory for more caching to cover up slow I/O" or "use CPU time to compress on the fly to re

Re: [slim] Sluggish Response

Thanks. I'll give it a go, I was just concerned it would be the same or worse, since the whole music file has to make it's way from the NAS drive to the PC wirelessly at some point anyway. I just didn't know where the bottle-neck was. But as I said it was streaming the music OK. -- jezbo --

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

AFAICT it's all you need. Just download the zipped file, unzip it - it has just one file "mplayer" and then install mplayer in the right folder probably /usr/local/bin with the correct permissions and ownership. I basically followed Danco's advice except on a Linux system - I went through the dmg

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

Quoting bklaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > TrackStat looks really cool...do you know if any other skins support > it? That doesn't mean I won't do it if they don't, but would give me a > template to get started. I've put support in for Album Review and > Artist Biography plugins on the "now playing" pa

Re: [slim] Sluggish Response

Hrrm... you may want to look at the Server Health page and see if bandwidth is being a problem. If your NAS is wirelessly connected, that could point to wireless problems. Can you wire it to your router? Should take 30 seconds and eliminate that as the resource that is having problems. -- sn

[slim] Is worth to upgrade from 6.2.2 to 6.5.1?

Hello: I have slimeserver 6.2.2 runing with a suse 10.0 Linux machine...Until now, I was runnint this agains to squeezebox soft emulators...Today I have just received a "real" squeezebox hardware v3... Is roth to upgrade from 6.2.2 to 6.5.1? What are the differences? With many thanks in advance

Re: [slim] Is worth to upgrade from 6.2.2 to 6.5.1?

To me, the biggest difference is quicker scans and better integration of cover art in the UI. If these are not important to you, I wouldn't switch. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2

Re: [slim] Is worth to upgrade from 6.2.2 to 6.5.1?

Kyle;182266 Wrote: > To me, the biggest difference is quicker scans and better integration of > cover art in the UI. If these are not important to you, I wouldn't > switch. Thank you JP -- jotap_66 jotap_66's Profile:

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

great work... what i've been doing is just quitting slimtray every so often. i have to say, i am disappointed in the lack of response either of my bugs has gotten from SD. maybe your grunt work will prod them along. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Wi

Re: [slim] alienbbc: how do I get it for Mac 10.4.8?

Excellent, bpa. That was indeed the correct file, and I'm up and running: cup of tea in hand and News Quiz playing. Thank you! -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this th

[slim] Music ripped question?

I 'm using a SlimDevice wireless SB3 setup which reads from my Seagate 300GB HD which I have approx. 700 CDs ripped. From time to time, it stops reading in middle of a song &/or it will not skip to the next song ie: stuck at the end of last played song. What I discovered is if I re-ripped the sa

Re: [slim] RS232 Control of Transporter and SqueezeNetwork?

Or should I be posting this in some other forum? -- Tarn Tarn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7414 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32930

Re: [slim] Is the Squeezbox two way?

SuperQ;182252 Wrote: > According to icecast.org, FLAC is supported by icecast 2.3.1. > > What sound card do you have? You should not have any difference > between OSS and ALSA, unless the drivers for the card suck. What linux > distribution are you using? Icecast: I found some source clients

Re: [slim] When to expect a Squeezebox version 4 ?

johann;182107 Wrote: > That is playing a 88.2 kHz 24 bit FLAC file, the ouput was quite a > suprise. Could that just be the name of the file (of track tag), which was downsampled on the server to 48 kHz? Abel -- ajburgh

Re: [slim] RS232 Control of Transporter and SqueezeNetwork?

SqueezeNetwork does not have any CLI access, so therefore no RS-232 access either. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

Re: [slim] When to expect a Squeezebox version 4 ?

ajburgh;182290 Wrote: > Could that just be the name of the file (of track tag), which was > downsampled on the server to 48 kHz? > > Abel No, the FLAC file really is 88.2 kHz. There are a few threads on this in the Audiophiles section. -- johann --

[slim] Players visible in remote location

When accessing my server over the internet, I'm surprised to find that my Squeezeboxen are accessible via the web interface. I figured that only the software player (e.g. Windows Media Player) on the machine in the remote location would be visible. There's certainly no point (AFAICT) in being ab

Re: [slim] End of songs chopped off

SD customer support suggested that, to prevent Apple Lossless files from cutting out, I follow the instructions in the forum (post #16 and post#20) at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30251&page=2&highlight=alac >From subsequent postings, I'm not sure that their suggested fix work

Re: [slim] Players visible in remote location

dbls wrote: > When accessing my server over the internet, I'm surprised to find that > my Squeezeboxen are accessible via the web interface. I figured that > only the software player (e.g. Windows Media Player) on the machine in > the remote location would be visible. > > There's certainly no poin

Re: [slim] End of songs chopped off

Has anyone with this problem tried the alternate socketwrapper.exe from: http://homepage.eircom.net/~altondsl/slim/socketwrapper_0.12_20060220.zip It seems to solve all sorts of weird and wonderful problems with transcoding. Steve. -- SteveEast ---

Re: [slim] Stream.mp3 for me and my co-worker

But I was hoping I could do this with just the stream.mp3. Anybody else want to chime in? Is what I want impossible? Thank you! Rob -- goinoutwest goinoutwest's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7

Re: [slim] Nokia770 skin weirdness

I was a little too harsh in my description of the progress bar's usefulness. Sorry. I've now tried the Touch skin, and I still never see the progress bar filling more than about 75%. And I'm still seeing the counter include the time paused (after unpausing). Maybe its just me! -- dbls -

Re: [slim] End of songs chopped off

brucesee;182311 Wrote: > SD customer support suggested that, to prevent Apple Lossless files from > cutting out, I follow the instructions in the forum (post #16 and > post#20) at > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30251&page=2&highlight=alac > > From subsequent postings, I'm n

Re: [slim] Players visible in remote location

> It would also be rather hard for slimserver to guess which of the > players I would want to control when I'm behind my (wireless and > thus mobile) laptop. I'm not talking about using a laptop as an overpowered remote for a Squeezebox within listening range; I'm interested in playing some trac

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

Turns out that the problem is probably in the implementation of perl used by SlimTray. Slim can't do anything to fix that bug, so I would recommend not running SlimTray if you plan on leaving your machine running without rebooting for more than a day or so. -- Simonfish ---

Re: [slim] Players visible in remote location

dbls wrote: >> It would also be rather hard for slimserver to guess which of the >> players I would want to control when I'm behind my (wireless and >> thus mobile) laptop. >> > > > I'm not talking about using a laptop as an overpowered remote for a > Squeezebox > within listening range; I'm i

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

well, wait a minute... it seems to me that thats a bad answer as a long term plan. surely, if they want people to have slimtray, that have to offer a slimtray that isn't leaky? if the whole perl interpreter is in the exe itself as jim suggests, why not use a version of perl that isn't deficient

[slim] Remote Display for SB3?

My audio installer told me that there is a remote display device from SS that works with SB3 so that I can keep my SB3 in my main listening room and see what is playing on the satellite device in another room. Is that true, and if so, where can I get one? I haven't seen or heard of this anywhere.

Re: [slim] End of songs chopped off

Must of my music is in AIFF format and I am having the same problem about 5 seconds on the end seems just to be skipped. -- crimson_squee c'est la vie crimson_squee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [slim] Remote Display for SB3?

Quoting thesil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > My audio installer told me that there is a remote display device from SS > that works with SB3 so that I can keep my SB3 in my main listening room > and see what is playing on the satellite device in another room. Is > that true, and if so, where can I get o

Re: [slim] Remote Display for SB3?

thesil;182376 Wrote: > My audio installer told me that there is a remote display device from SS > that works with SB3 so that I can keep my SB3 in my main listening room > and see what is playing on the satellite device in another room. Is > that true, and if so, where can I get one? I haven't se

Re: [slim] Interesting issue with 6.5.2/nightly

Thanks for the good debug job. The new Slimserver software works fine now on my server :-) Greetz, happy Jackoo -- jackoo jackoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10348 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] Is the Squeezbox two way?

peterw;182286 Wrote: > Icecast: Hrm, I suppose I could look into it this weekend. peterw;182286 Wrote: > > My sound card is a 7 year old Creative Ensoniq PCI card. > I might replace the sound card if I were confident that the new audio > in would be good enough to archive old analog recordi

Re: [slim] Music ripped question?

ipy;182278 Wrote: > I 'm using a SlimDevice wireless SB3 setup which reads from my Seagate > 300GB HD which I have approx. 700 CDs ripped. From time to time, it > stops reading in middle of a song &/or it will not skip to the next > song ie: stuck at the end of last played song. > > What I disc

Re: [slim] Nokia N800

TechHome;175840 Wrote: > user "Thoughtfix" has a blog on the 770 & 800. Here's a link to his > "must have" applications. Follow the links and you will find > installation info. Have fun > > http://thoughtfix.blogspot.com/2006_12_17_archive.html What a great resource. Thanks TechHome. --

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

I don't read these forums much anymore, because SS has improved so much over the last few years that I don't need to. My SB1 just works now, every day, all day. I can't remember the last time it gave me any trouble at all. Thanks Sean and everyone else who has helped make that happen. That's all I

Re: [slim] Interesting issue with 6.5.2/nightly

I'm glad that it was helpful. I posted it here in the hopes that someone would see it if they searched the forums for problems with SuSE. -- AubreyCTurnerJr AubreyCTurnerJr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

[slim] help with streaming

I've located a radio station that I would like to stream. I'm having trouble getting SB2 to play it. It plays through WMP All I get on my SB is it saying connecting. Here are the url's that I've tried. mms://69.80.226.199/krvr-fm?MSWMExt=.asf <-- always says connecting http://69.80.226.199/list

Re: [slim] Players visible in remote location

This actually is something I'd been thinking about recently. I have three Squeezeboxes (in my living room, bedroom, and office). I also have some friends who I've given my DynDns alias to so they can access the Slimserver. A while back I had a really weird problem pop up where when one of my fr

Re: [slim] Is the Squeezbox two way?

SuperQ;182385 Wrote: > Hrm, I suppose I could look into it this weekend. > > ... > > The ensoniq is a mediocre card, comparable to an onboard card. You > didn't say how old, but I'm thinking you should try > upgrading/re-installing with a more modern core OS. > I'd be grateful if you found a

[slim] Questions about the remote

(1) Can I configure it? Currently, when you press the "now playing" button in the now playing screen, you cycle through gazillion different ways of displaying the info. It can be irritating if you press the button twice by error. You have to cycle through all those gazillion options to return the

Re: [slim] Questions about the remote

On 21-Feb-07, at 7:19 PM, Nostromo wrote: > > (1) Can I just > erase them in Slimserver? > yes. see player settings > (2) Suppose I'm browsing by artist, looking for Bill Evans. I press "3" > once and it gives me, correctly, the first artist starting with "D". > But > when I press it again to g

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

I read this thread after attempting to install 6.5.X for what will probably be the last time for me. I still can't get MusicIP (used to be MusicMagic) to work. I had it working with 6.3, and tried several months ago to upgrade to 6.5. I never got it to work then, but I thought time would heal all

Re: [slim] Players visible in remote location

AubreyCTurnerJr;182409 Wrote: > It would probably be nice to have a user management module tied into a > permissions module so that control could be assigned on a per-player > and per-user basis. > > I know I've also seen similar requests with regards to which players > could play which songs

[slim] Normalize playback volume in Slimserver?

Is there a way to equalize/normalize the playback volume in slimserver so all your music plays at the same volume? This is especialy important when mixing songs from different albums -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile: http://f

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

Simonfish;182358 Wrote: > Turns out that the problem is probably in the implementation of perl > used by SlimTray. How did you come to that conclusion, rather than it being an issue within SlimTray itself? Was the most recent SlimTray compiled with a different version of ActivPerl than in the p

Re: [slim] Normalize playback volume in Slimserver?

You can use a tool called Foober2000, which can add replaygain tags to your music. replaygain tags track the difference of each track from a normalised volume, and also a second value against the normalised album volume level. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?RGFoobar http://wiki.slimdevi

Re: [slim] Normalize playback volume in Slimserver?

what about us poor mac users:( -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32985

[slim] Playback cut off and tags

Hi guys. Ive been having some probs with playback on an audiobook. Its a single 400 MB file that plays fine on multiple other players (iTunes, Winamp, WMP) but always stops about 6-7 mins in. On top of that, the ID3 tag is not showing up the correct details. I have modified it using a couple of

Re: [slim] Normalize playback volume in Slimserver?

WELCOME MAC USER!!! I have an app called iVolume found at http://www.mani.de/en/software/macosx/ivolume/. Shareware that does a GREAT job working with iTunes. I rip all of my stuff Apple Lossless using iTunes, mainly because it's so easy to deal with the tags. I then open iVolume and have it

Re: [slim] Playback cut off and tags

heffa;182434 Wrote: > Hi guys. > > Ive been having some probs with playback on an audiobook. Its a single > 400 MB file that plays fine on multiple other players (iTunes, Winamp, > WMP) but always stops about 6-7 mins in. On top of that, the ID3 tag is > not showing up the correct details. I ha

Re: [slim] Questions about the remote

First problem solved. As for the first problem, what do you mean by wait time? That I have to press the button fast enough? Yes, I was aware of that. Like I said the problem I encounter is intermitent. When that happens, even though I press the button fast enough, I stay stuck on the first letter

Re: [slim] Questions about the remote

On 21-Feb-07, at 10:17 PM, Nostromo wrote: > > I remain stuck. Its as if that button was "reinitializing" or > something. I also noticed that when it happens, the other buttons work > just fine. > I'm not sure what to say about that. It's certainly not what I'm seeing. There is a known problem

Re: [slim] Questions about the remote

That could be it. I'll check it out soon. Thanks! -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32984 __

[slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

None of the title formats options are fully satisfying. Is there a way to customize them? For example, my title format of choice is the following: TRACKNUM. TITLE - ARTIST - ALBUM But I'd like to add (TRACKSTATRATINGDYNAMIC)to it. Maybe at the end, I'm not sure yet. Or maybe there's a way to

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

On 21-Feb-07, at 11:09 PM, Nostromo wrote: > > None of the title formats options are fully satisfying. Is there a way > to customize them? look in server settings, formatting. you can set up the list of choices there, then in player settings you have access to those. if you want more flexibil

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

Great! Problem solved. Again, thanks! -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32987 __