jonheal;184034 Wrote:
Aren't most/all of the NAS devices people on these forums running one
flavor of embedded Linux, or another. In which case, they'd all be
using SMB from Windows, and experiencing the same issues/problems.
Yes. Probably a valid observation, but I wouldn't chalk it up
jonheal;184034 Wrote:
I always chaalked it up to either slow file performance on the part of
the NSLU2 or a lame implementation of SMB on the part of Windows.
I'm pretty sure this is actually the case. IMHO the NSLU has a
throughput of a few (well below 10) megabytes per second whereas todays
It could also be attributable to either ActiveState
Perl, or SlimServer's implementation under Windows.
Accessing files on a network share _is_ slower than locally (unless you
have high-end storage). And the NSLU isn't known as one of the better
performing devices on the market. This has
I have a 3 week old SB3 which worked flawlessly until last night when it
suddenly lost wireless connection with no apparent cause.
I have been unable to connect it ever since.
These are the symptomps:
- wired connection is ok, only wireless connection fails
- network is identified, but after
I've measured the NSLU transferring (download) at about 5MBytes/sec, ie
40Mbits/sec. This is not unreasonable on 100Mbits/s ethernet network.
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I've measured the NSLU transferring (download) at about 5MBytes/sec, ie
40Mbits/sec. This is not unreasonable on 100Mbits/s ethernet network.
That's around my guess. But compared to local access on harddisk this
still is slow. Consider SlimServer fetching every single file of your x00
Hi Peter!
Your script for handling mythtv via the squeezebox remote works great.
Now i can handle tv and music over just one remote.
Thanks for your help!
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The OP in post #1 said
I have a large FLAC library (~50k songs) but damnit, it shouldn't take
hours to scan just because it is located on a NAS, especially not when
the same library scans in under 20 minutes under Linux.
It is not clear whether the Linux case is using local or NAS located
bpa;184254 Wrote:
The OP in post #1 said
It is not clear whether the Linux case is using local or NAS located
files. If the library is on a NAS in both cases and the only
difference is slimserver is running on Windows vs Linux - then it looks
like an Windows network or Windows/Perl
I am huge Moe. fan and have also been wondering why they are not listed
in the Live Music Archive band list via SN and SS?
If you find anything out...please pass on the info!
Thanks!!
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Have you tried turning your MAC filter off temporarily? I read on
another post that sometimes a SB can actually change its MAC! (Not an
expert so this may be BS.)
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I read those posts, but unfortunately the mac address in SB3 menu is
same as SB3 label, and router does no mac address filtering
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Thanks Felix. Referring to your question, I meant that, had it synced
the music, I would have wanted to be able to have 4 players shadowed.
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Reading some of the OP's other posts reveals that the Linux timings are
indeed using the NAS library. So the difference in performance between
Linux and Windows with the same NAS is indeed dramatic.
Steve.
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Jonathan Miller;93822 Wrote:
Are you calling me nuts? Just because I pump argon into my homemade
audio
cables?
Argon? Don't you know that Argon supports electrical arcing. Sure it
has to be thousands of volts to see it, but micro-nano-arcing that
can't even be measured or proved to
I ripped a new CD onto my music folder and the new CD has not appeared
in the library, I have tried clearing the library and re-scanning, but
the Slim server says 0 Albums 0 Artists! My set up includes a separate
self standing server unit (Qnap TS 101), any idea qhat I am doing
wrong?
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SteveEast;184292 Wrote:
Reading some of the OP's other posts reveals that the Linux timings are
indeed using the NAS library. So the difference in performance between
Linux and Windows with the same NAS is indeed dramatic.
Are both systems accessing via SMB? Many NAS boxes support NFS...
I did a quick search (using search terms database reporting) but
didn't find anything: apologies if this has already been discussed and
I've not looked deep enough yet!
But anyway. I kind of like to report against my tags, as it helps me
identify corruptions or badly tagged files. for example,
I previously asked if people had tools to correct pathnames in m3u
playlists (for example, after having re-organised my music directory,
making a simple search and replace not possible).
I thought I'd mention that I found DionaSS Audiologic to do exactly the
job I wanted. You point it at the
So anyway - can I plug into this DB with a standard reporting tool and
read what's there?
You should be able to access the DB using MySQL ODBC drivers. If you're
not running the reporting from the same machine as SlimServer you might
need to change the MySQL configuration (MySQL/my.tt):
mherger;184241 Wrote:
This has little to do neither with Windows nor Samba (the SMB server
used on Linux) but is just due to the NAS' limited CPU power.
A simple test would be: Run a SlimServer scan on a Windows machine
accessing files on the NAS. Then run it on Linux system accessing the
snarlydwarf;184308 Wrote:
Are both systems accessing via SMB? Many NAS boxes support NFS...It
may be that NFS provides faster access. (Which wouldnt surprise me at
all, less 'abstraction' going on, though the difference is huge and
that wouldnt explain it all unless SMB is really
jonheal;184318 Wrote:
Can you actually do that, only open/read a portion of a file? I'm just a
sorta programmer, but I am only aware of methods of opening an entire
file at once.
Well you open the whole file, but use lseek/fseek/whatever to seek to
the part you want.
Thats why id3 tags are
Ah found the SMB protocol specs:
Code:
SMB_COM_READ Client supplies TID, FID, file offset, and number of bytes to
read. Successful server response includes the requested file data.
That should allow random seeks, though there is still some
snarlydwarf;184308 Wrote:
Are both systems accessing via SMB? Many NAS boxes support NFS...It
may be that NFS provides faster access.
The Infrant ReadyNAS NV does support NFS. It would be interesting to
install an NFS client on the Windows box and see if that made a
difference.
Steve.
JJZolx;184317 Wrote:
A simple test would be: Run a SlimServer scan on a Windows machine
accessing files on the NAS. Then run it on Linux system accessing the
same files across the network on the NAS. If the scan on Linux system
runs considerably faster, then there's something wrong other
snarlydwarf;184320 Wrote:
Well you open the whole file, but use lseek/fseek/whatever to seek to
the part you want.
Thats why id3 tags are at either the beginning or end of the file: it
saves a ton of processing if you can ignore most of the file.
(There are two schools of thought on
JJZolx;184317 Wrote:
A simple test would be: Run a SlimServer scan on a Windows machine
accessing files on the NAS. Then run it on Linux system accessing the
same files across the network on the NAS. If the scan on Linux system
runs considerably faster, then there's something wrong other
aubuti;184326 Wrote:
Just yesterday I realized that my dual boot (Win2K / Ubuntu) box
accessing my music library on a NAS is perfect for just such a test.
But if I confirm a big difference in scanning times between Linux and
Windows, doesn't that still leave two possible explanations (at
jonheal;184325 Wrote:
Then if you have to open to whole file, you have to bring the whole file
over the network to load into memory. Using 10MB per file as an example,
it would take my NSLU2 85 minutes to send the files to the PC for
Slimserver to process -- which is more or less the time it
snarlydwarf;184338 Wrote:
open doesn't mean copy.
It just means find this file and return a 'handle' to it for later
operations.
Opening a file should take very little time (unless you have something
like a large directory where it can take time for the OS to find the
file in the
Since installing slimserver 6.5.1 my CPU is loaded 100 % all the time,
and I can't get my SB to work. I have updated the firmware and it tries
connecting to the Slimserver, but the PC is far too busy with something.
I don't know what.
I've also tried to install 6.5.2 today and updated firmware
jonheal;184343 Wrote:
I can see how it might be possible for the OS to query the volume
directory about a file, and then get a response, Yes, we have that
file. This portion of it is on sector X of the hard drive, and that
portion of it is on sector Y ..., etc. And then with some
shlea;184344 Wrote:
Since installing slimserver 6.5.1 my CPU is loaded 100 % all the time,
and I can't get my SB to work. I have updated the firmware and it tries
connecting to the Slimserver, but the PC is far too busy with something.
I don't know what.
I've also tried to install 6.5.2
SuperQ;184357 Wrote:
Call Slim Devices support, asking randomly on a forum is not the best
way to fix it.
Aw, c'mon now, ease up on the guy. While I agree he could/should call
support, there's plenty of knowledge and wisdom here that asking is a
good idea.
shlea: have you tried pointing SS
peterw wrote:
I haven't yet upgraded my kitchen from mediocre PC speakers to Aegos,
but I've been using X-10 gear (a Firecracker serial port RF
transmitter, a TM751 RF/X-10 transceiver, and an X-10 appliance module)
with my BottleRocket plugin to turn my powered speakers off and on. No
I could not find anything on WIKI, and I searched the threads, but
became more confused.
It appears there are various playlist options, both built in, as well
as plug-ins. Then to add, a plug-in may require the use of other
plug-ins.
I have downloaded a couple plug-ins, and see options which
It really does sound like you've tried everything. Sounds like the
wireless module failed.
Contact support at slimdevices dot com.
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Just had a though on this subject. Is Windows woeful because of
anti-virus software? My setup is fast and has no performance issues.
However, I don't run AV software on my server because I am very careful
about what is installed and don't surf the Net. AV software causes no
end of problems as it
What do you want to do with playlists?
There may be a confusion of terms here. Basically if you line up an
album (for instance) to play in Slimserver/Transporter you then have a
playlist of the album. You can then choose to save that playlist.
To make thme in SlimServer, just line up a load of
Thanks azinck3.
Perhaps there has been some update of the library 'cos after leaving it
alone for some hours it now seem to work okay.
By the way, SuperQ, if this forum shouldn't be used for questions and
troubleshooting, then what? Here is a lot of knowledge and we should
all help each other.
Support provided an RMA to ship it back for repair.
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Any thoughts on this?
'The Rumor Mill: LastFM Being Picked Up By Viacom'
(http://www.dealbreaker.com/2007/02/the_rumor_mill_lastfm_being_pi.php)
' Latest rumor: LastFM Being Picked Up By Viacom'
(http://www.last.fm/forum/23/_/237463)
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If SS is scanning your music at the same time it will be very busy
indeed
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Maybe you can try tracking it down with Process Explorer and/or Process
Monitor from sysinternals.com
That's how we recently figured out slimtray handle leakage
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/systeminformationutilities.mspx
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CardinalFang;175657 Wrote:
You could do something similar using a web tablet and an interface a bit
like the iTunes 3D cover art browsing modes. You can spot albums by art
far faster when scanning and it also really does prompt listening to
old albums far more than reading a list. I much
Hi, I have used Softsqueeze off and on in the past, When using it
remotely (no local SS) you used to be able to point it at the
squeezenetwork directly. I know this was never offically supported, is
it still possible to do that? i have tried uninstalling/re-installing ,
i can't seem to find the
Server Settings - Basic Settings - Music Folder...where does it point
to? Are you sure you're putting the CD there?
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I made a comment on album covers in athread but cant find it again, so I
post a new question :
I am changing the cover art, use albumart.org to find a copy into
ITunes albums, deleting the old picture. Its progressing, but I ran
into a strange thing. the covers of Dire Straits Brothers in Arms,
I have run the following command against my collection of 5,000 songs:
scanner --wipe --cleanup --d_info --d_server --d_scan
\\ip-address\public\music
The rescan took just over 30 minutes with the additional debugging. One
thing I did notice whilst using Perfmon is the disk queue goes high
eindgebruiker;183925 Wrote:
What I don't like is going through a lot of effort before listening to
the music I feel like listening to.
What I'm thinking of is this: Start with a random song mix. Then,
whenever I hear a song I really like, a push of a button would insert
the album
Pascal- where is that program?
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I've been on Last.FM since the days of it being Audioscrobbler, and I've
loved it from the get-go. They've made remarkable strides since their
beginning, though the social networking stuff they've focused on, at
least to me, has been kind of silly. Music recommendations I can use,
but the friends
Anne;184418 Wrote:
I made a comment on album covers in athread but cant find it again, so I
post a new question :
I am changing the cover art, use albumart.org to find a copy into
ITunes albums, deleting the old picture. Its progressing, but I ran
into a strange thing. the covers of Dire
Is it accompanied by heavy disc access? Then it's rescanning.
(Although rescanning shouldn't use 100%, CPU, in my case it's 25-50%).
If the processor is pegged but there's no disc access, either the scan
has failed or it's another process.
Do you have any playlists that reference files that
I needed to shut down the server and delete the database becuase a
rescan did not work. is this the only way to manually create/change a
playlist?
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I am trying to save a playlist as a favorite. I have original remotes
with SB's. So far, the only way I can see is display the playlist in
the playlist menu with the softsqueeze interface and press the favorite
button for 2 seconds while the playlist is showing. There doesn't seem
to be a menu
I'm surprised at all the responses to a resolved issue!
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orrinc;184420 Wrote:
eindgebruiker;183925 Wrote:
I want to create up to 10 playlists, named 0 to 9, each for a different
purpose (dance, relax, morning, etc.).
Then I'd like to listen to a Random Mix, and when I hear a song I'd
like in a playlist, hit ADD followed by 0 through 9 to
I've made a few more changes to SlimTray to be tested.
1. Handles leak should still be fixed.
2. Stop MySqld.exe as well as Slim.exe when Stop Slimserver used.
3. Open Slimserver will open the port specified in prefs file and not
always 9000.
4. Opening the Window in IE should be more reliable
azinck3;184443 Wrote:
I'm surprised at all the responses to a resolved issue!
LOL, I missed that part!
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Mark
ceejay;184228 Wrote:
Is there perhaps a playlist which references these files? Possibly the
now playing playlist for one of your players? Try giving each player
(including any softsqueezes) a completely fresh album to play from your
flac collection, then do a full clear and rescan.
HTH
Rescans have always worked for me.
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I needed to shut down the server and delete the database becuase a
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awesome... trying it asap!
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works great for me...
opens to albums in fishbone skin. (will it always do that? or can it
be made to open to the last left frame you were on in fishbone?)
closes mysqld on exit. no leaky handles. i always use 9000 tho.
how long is the balloon timeout supposed to be? (i think xp does that
opens to albums in fishbone skin. (will it always do that? or can it
be made to open to the last left frame you were on in fishbone?)
I did nothing new in this area - all SlimTray does is issue the short
cut in the file SlimServer Web Interface.url you can look at yourself
or even double
Hi,
I've been searching on these forums for an answer on m4a files. I am
getting a lot of hits, but it seems that most of them are dealing with
more complex issues surrounding the playing of m4a files.
I am looking for the short answer. Does squeezebox play files that
were ripped into m4a
Mark Lanctot;184049 Wrote:
Check the wireless utility that came with the computer's wireless card.
(BTW it's usually better to use this than Windows Wireless Zero
Configuration, although WZC improved considerably in SP2).
There should be a setting for roaming aggressiveness. Set it as
if ur brave, u can not elect to use the linksys software for the
adapter, and use what XP has built in.
one caveat, if u use wep, u might have to enter the full hex code, not
just the passcode.
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If you're asking about the .m4a files produced when you use iTunes to
rip a CD then the answer is yes, the SB will play them. Both the lossy
(AAC) and the lossless (ALAC) variants. Nothing special needs to be
done with them. Obviously, if you want the SB to find them through
iTunes then you need
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dbwat;183327 Wrote:
David,
Unfortunately we no longer officially support playing shorten files in
Slimserver. The code is still in Slimserver by request for people to
edit themselves but we don't support that here anymore.
I think you'll find any number of
Kevin O. Lepard;181628 Wrote:
I can partially confirm this. Clicking an artist name does not
return a result. You can, however, click other items (e.g., Home)
and get the expected results, so I would not describe the browser as
hung. (It works properly if you click a song title or
y360;179081 Wrote:
The old FAQ is hiding at
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html
Personally I find the new fragmented FAQ unusable
Thank you for the link to the old FAQ! I agree, the new one is a
usability disaster.
I don't think we'll find user research that shows how clicking on a
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