Great work bpa. SlimTray2 works well and those niggly problems are
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I totally agree! I registered april 1, 2004 and I since 1½ years it's
been the center of my music listening. I would be very sorry to loose
what I have here. At the same time it wouldn't be that surprising - see
what happened to SlimDevices. Companies like that are very attractive on
the market.
Not necessarily (IMO).
The listening data that the scrobbler collects (can't get used to that
new name...), must be extremely valuable as it's an automatic way of
working out listening habits, popularity and (most importantly, I
think), music connections. Think of the suggestions you see on
I have ripped the latest CD just like all the rest (via Windows Media
Player), and the album is where it should be, and can be accessed via
the network (am playing it now.. can you hear it!),
I have noticed that the box for the music folder is empty! Is that
correct or do I recollect that having
Just google for it, but here's the link I found
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/thorin92/dss/index.htm
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Hello,
I installed an SB3 for a friend in another city. I used both the
analog RCA connection, as well as the toslink optical. After about 10
months of faithful service, the optical connection packed up. The
analog connection still works, fortunately.
Since it will be awhile before I can
Nice work.
Want a challenge? Maybe a 'super' SlimTray. Here are some ideas:
- Use an INI file for SlimTray configuration so that things like the
service name aren't hardcoded into SlimTray itself. This would be
transparent to most users, as you could still use hardcoded names in
Thanks you all for your helpful replies ;o)
Looks like this is simply a Vista Bug, possibly related to ropey Nvidia
drivers.
For anyone who has the same problem, take a look here:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1SiteID=17PostID=1166022PageID=0
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In Windows ini files are no longer in fashion - the registry (ugh) is
the preferred MS option. Whatever mechanism is used, it would be
Slimdevices who would have to support it as INI files make installation
and upgrades a pain (e.g. do you have one INI file per user or one
system one, what
Hi,
This problem is still with me. Radio is fine. New recordings are fine.
All my music files recorded last year simply wont play.
The fix of replacing the socketwrapper did work... for a while then the
problem re-occured for no apparent reason.
So I 'repaired-re-installed' my copy of XP and
bumpydog;184525 Wrote:
Thanks you all for your helpful replies ;o)
Hey Mr. Bumpydog, sir, maybe there ain't a whole lot of folks on the
forum that have upgraded to Vista, yet.
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Hi
All was working fine until I replaced my wireless router but now
streaming .flac is dreadful from either of of my SS installations. One
is directly wired to the Netgear router, the other is wirelessly
connected but with 54mbps reported. The SB can connect wirelessly
either directly to the
Brilliant - thanks for the reply. MP3tag sorted me out - it turns out I
had multiple tag types in about 600 songs. Doh!
Slimserver now picks up all the genres in my tags.
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What you're looking for is documented here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AppleLossless
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If you problem is only with m4a files, then the maybe it is related to
the transcoding ?
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Transcoding
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC
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How helpful is that? - mr baby-man jonheal?
bumpydog - welcome.
Don't mind the grumpy response from one of the forum regulars.
Feel free to post anyway.
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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
SteveEast;184323 Wrote:
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.
If you know of one I'm happy to run this experiment
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Linux and loving IT!
I used my squeezebox for about a year running of a Linux Fedora box. The
wireless functionality stopped working and it sat in a box for a while.
I bought a new barebone PC the other day especially for it as a
SlimServer. After trying 3 flavours of Linux and finally XP I think it
has bitten the
FELEMENT;184516 Wrote:
I have noticed that the box for the music folder is empty! Is that
correct
No, that's not right.
I don't use a TS-101, so you might want to check the subforum dedicated
to this at http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 This
would seem like a common
You can try running the network test from Server Network Health in
the web interface. The player needs to be connected to the slimserver
(i.e. not squeezenetwork mode) for the network test to show up.
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Spidey9534;184467 Wrote:
I am using the Linksys Network Monitor v1.0 utility that came with my
card to manage my wireless connection. Unfortunately, I do not see any
advanced settings to control how agressively my PC will roam for new
internet connections?
Then you might want to try Windows
Won't connect to router or to slimserver ?
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So whats the verdict? Shall I bin it and what shall I do with the
barebone PC?
Just describe the current state in some more detail, and what you've tried
before. Try to connect it using cable (not wireless). Does it power up at
all?
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Unfortunately not. :(
Obtaining IP address
Screen goes blank. Tried factory reset. Resinstalled different OS's.
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Hi haunyack - thanks for your reply.
Hope I didn't come across too grumpy there myself. I do appreciate that
not many people have moved to Vista yet ( DON'T DO IT !), and people
have other things to do in life apart from reading this forum.
Yes my Vista grumble list is getting bigger by the day.
I've been using a crossover cable to the PC and I've tried it connected
on the network with normal ethernet cable.
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I've been using a crossover cable to the PC and I've tried it connected
on the network with normal ethernet cable.
Can you access your slimserver from your PC? Did you try to configure it
using fixed IP addresses? Can you ping the box from your PC?
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Maybe DHCP isn't working correctly. Try to assign an IP address
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I tried manually assigning and it worked!
Wow wee it worked!!
Lets hope it isn't a temporamental issue. I got it working a week or so
ago and it stopped working.
Ok so it connected with XP. I don;t have a license for it so I'll try
Ubuntu again. :) Fingers crossed.
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haunyack;184557 Wrote:
How helpful is that, mr. jonheal?
Recent photo?
bumpydog - welcome.
Don't mind the grumpy response from one of the forum regulars.
Feel free to post anyway.
Some of us don't live in these forums and it may take a day or two in
order to recieve a proper response,
Check that it has the correct mac address. Sometimes Squeezebox's lose
their correct Mac address and then you get exactly what you're
descibing.
I assume you've already factory reset it.
MC
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y360;184549 Wrote:
What you're looking for is documented here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AppleLossless
None of this should be necessary if you aren't doing bit rate
limiting.
Steve.
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egd;184561 Wrote:
If you know of one I'm happy to run this experiment
Microsoft seems to have one as part of Microsoft Windows Services for
UNIX 3.5.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/unix/sfu/sfu35int.mspx
Looks like you can download it (200+ MB) from:
egd;184558 Wrote:
To clarify for everyone, I am referring to the same ReadyNAS NV and
library connected via the same switch, cables IP addresses etc.
Running the scan from from Windows yields a very significantly slower
outcome compared with the same scan running the same PC under Linux.
no problem Jon.
btw, hope you don't mind but I had a quick look at your home website in
your sig. Really slick looking site ! I especially like the squeezebox
status page. I've been meaning to get started on my own family website
for a while and to have my own squeezebox status page would be a
Ah yes, X10, I'd forgotten all about that, thanks! Think I'll starting
looking down that route and see how it goes.
One concern though - due to the aforementioned electrical issues I've
experienced in the past, I now try to keep all my decent stuff behind
surge protectors/noise filters. Do these
ArgoNavis;184519 Wrote:
Hello,
It strikes me that there are a handful of possibilities:
- The SB3 output may have failed,
- The amplifier input may have failed,
- The optical cable may have failed,
- The cable may have become unplugged.
Does anyone have any
bumpydog;184615 Wrote:
no problem Jon.
btw, hope you don't mind but I had a quick look at your home website in
your sig. Really slick looking site ! I especially like the squeezebox
status page. I've been meaning to get started on my own family website
for a while and to have my own
When listening to random tracks, I would with a single key press be able
to play the entire album of the currently playing track.
I think you can do it with about 4 key strokes from 'now playing' but I
would like to be able to add a command to custom.map so as to do it with
a single key stroke.
Thanks, I've done a factory reset. I'm trying Ubuntu Desktop 6.10 to see
how that goes.
Fingers crossed.
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My vote is for more clever/random. That is my fave way of playing
music. I also have the spouse-approved filter, so any way to improve
on this would be great.
I would like my Random Songs, DynamicPlaylist (using CustomSkip
filters) to exclude songs played in the last x hours/days/months
bpa;184527 Wrote:
In Windows ini files are no longer in fashion - the registry (ugh) is
the preferred MS option.
Stay out of the registry. SlimServer uses a prefs file, which is the
same thing, just a different internal data format.
Whatever mechanism is used, it would be Slimdevices who
Thanks for the info Jon.
All sounds rather complicated but I think I may still give it a go.
First I need to actually find the time to sit down and create this damn
website, then add the squeezebox info page later. Never written any
VBScript in my life. But I like a challange, and hey, how hard
bumpydog;184649 Wrote:
Thanks for the info Jon.
All sounds rather complicated but I think I may still give it a go.
First I need to actually find the time to sit down and create this damn
website, then add the squeezebox info page later. Never written any
VBScript in my life. But I like a
Not really sure what you want me to do, cant find the items under what
you mention. I find under Program Files SS ,and in there I find the
pref file, deleted that, but couldnt find the other one. Found
something similar in the SQL folder, deleted that one, but SS wont
start again. Its been trying
deepblu;93810 Wrote:
...
Not unless your in the audio-snob clique, with all the esoteric gear
and ever so psuedo-scientific theorum.
Once you prove your audio-snob-ness anything goes I guess.
That seems pretty harsh. I bought my SB last week. I've had a few
issues and some
Under Server I find the SlimServer.pref file
Under Library I find Audio, Cache, MP3, Net, Ogg. In the Cache folder I
then find Filebackend, thats is. I dont find any SlimServer file under
Cache.
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oktup;184622 Wrote:
Ah yes, X10, I'd forgotten all about that, thanks! Think I'll starting
looking down that route and see how it goes.
One concern though - due to the aforementioned electrical issues I've
experienced in the past, I now try to keep all my decent stuff behind
surge
I'm also suffering from the 'no browser support' issue. The player
accesses the server fine - I just can't configure the server.
(Vista Home premium, Administrator account)
additional notes:
slimserverMYSQL is running, but the slimserver service is stopped.
When I attempt to start it, a
I think that changing OS's willy nilly is a strange way to diagniose the
problem. You really ought to try checking that the Squeezebox'S firmware
is reporting the mac address that's written on the base of the unit and
change it if it is not. In my experience a factory reset will not
automatically
Are you looking in the correct library? You go into your home library,
not the mounted disc library.
Home Library Caches SlimServer
If you remember from where you deleted the files, take them out of your
trash and put them back.
Worse case, if you do have to reinstall, you have to set up
brooky;184570 Wrote:
I used my squeezebox for about a year running of a Linux Fedora box. The
wireless functionality stopped working and it sat in a box for a while.
I bought a new barebone PC the other day especially for it as a
SlimServer.
I'm not following your logic. That's like
jonheal;184597 Wrote:
So you've got a dual-boot PC (Windows/Linux)?
No, but I have run w2k3 and Ubuntu on the box on various occasions -
enough times to know that the performance difference was not a random
anomaly. I also have a 2nd box that I've tested in the same way and
achieved the same
SteveEast;184592 Wrote:
Microsoft seems to have one as part of Microsoft Windows Services for
UNIX 3.5.
Will attempt it over the weekend. Not sure you can force the ReadyNAS
to use NFS under Windows as it defaults to CIFS under Windows and from
memory CIFS cannot be disabled on the NV but
Hi,
Thanks for the advice. I followed the links and installed 'Lame' It
hasn't worked.
Still no music. C'mon chaps (and ladies) I know one of you can do this.
I'll do anything to get it working again... well .. almost...
Thanks
-T
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egd;184710 Wrote:
in fact there is no discernible audible difference under Windows between
the ReadyNAS being idle and performing a rescan. If it wasn't for the
blinking of the ReadyNAS HDD activity LED you'd think it was standing
idle.
That's pretty much the same thing I saw. There's an
egd;184710 Wrote:
No, but I have run w2k3 and Ubuntu on the box on various occasions -
enough times to know that the performance difference was not a random
anomaly. I also have a 2nd box that I've tested in the same way and
achieved the same outcome. Not that hard to do because I have in
yooper;184701 Wrote:
Are you looking in the correct library? You go into your home library,
not the mounted disc library.
Home Library Caches SlimServer
If you remember from where you deleted the files, take them out of your
trash and put them back.
Worse case, if you do have to
I believe I see what happened.
I assumed you were using a Mac since the title of the thread is for
Mac.
Since you mentioned My Computer, you must be using Windows?
Sorry for the confusion.
Are your problem cover art albums showing now as well?
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jonheal;184588 Wrote:
Honestly, I saw the emoticon as a scowl. Now that I look at it more
closely, I see it's not, so please excuse my fart-facedness.
jon,
fart-facedness and arse-ness ... I'm not immune as well.
Shouldn't have jabbed you about your avatar, really is quite a darling
photo.
Ah, my fault, sorry, didnt even read the thread headline
yes, I use Windows XPyes, same thingweird.
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Try playing the track with the debugging option d_source enabled. Post
the results here.
Steve.
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I was told many years ago to keep the cable length of each speaker
approximately the same. I wouldn#8217;t consider myself obsessive but
I like to get the best setup possible for the system I have.
Unfortunately I have to put one speaker next to the amp, and the other
at the opposite end of patio
Have you tried hitting PLAY while a track is playing? The manual says
this will play the entire album, beginning with that song. I'm not at
my SB to test.
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w4rren;184755 Wrote:
I was told many years ago to keep the cable length of each speaker
approximately the same. I wouldnt consider myself obsessive but I like
to get the best setup possible for the system I have. Unfortunately I
have to put one speaker next to the amp, and the other at the
Kyle;184756 Wrote:
Have you tried hitting PLAY while a track is playing? The manual says
this will play the entire album, beginning with that song. I'm not at
my SB to test.
Nope, this is only true when you're browsing your library and have your
server set to play other songs in album.
It's nothing to do with delay - the sound travels a lot faster along the
cable than it does from the speakers to your ears.
Keeping the lengths similar is to do with matching levels between left
and right. Provided your cable is thick enough not to attenuate the
signal significantly, I'd be
w4rren;184755 Wrote:
I was told many years ago to keep the cable length of each speaker
approximately the same. I wouldnt consider myself obsessive but I like
to get the best setup possible for the system I have. Unfortunately I
have to put one speaker next to the amp, and the other at the
thanks all, i will start cutting
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Is this enough or would you like more..?
e
2007-03-01 23:29:32.4716 Song queue is now
The Playlist Manager is close, but it only works with the SlimServer Web
interface (as far as I can tell), so it cannot be used with just the
remote control and a Squeezebox.
That's why I wanted to use numbered playlists.
I'm gonna play with it, though . . .
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orrinc;184802 Wrote:
The Playlist Manager is close, but it only works with the SlimServer Web
interface (as far as I can tell), so it cannot be used with just the
remote control and a Squeezebox.
That's why I wanted to use numbered playlists.
I'm gonna play with it, though . . .
Nope,
The error in your log
Code:
2007-03-01 23:29:32.5290 Pipeline reader connected
2007-03-01 23:29:32.5379 readlen undef: (Unknown error)10054
This is typical of security s/w (e.g. Firewall AV) blocking
socketwrapper from working. The Ian
We would like to see flickr / del.icio.us style tags for music.
One can pretty much accomplish this with the custom browse plugin, but
the ability to easily input the data in the first place is missing. I
would like an extension so I could say tag a song/ablum with an
arbitrary tag (fun, happy,
Hi, Thanks,
Im using none of those. I'm using (Grisoft)AVG Free edition. Which I
was using before this happened. I haven't installed any other blockers
though of course Win XP is using its firewall.
As I said before though it may not be relevant to your point some files
eg. new ones taken from
The following says that slimserver decided this file
C:/Documents and Settings/Tristan/My Documents/My Music/Base Ibiza 2004
(Disc 2)/2-12 Dancin (Fuzzy Hair Mix).m4a
is to be treated as a mov type file and should be played in Flac
format. To play it requires that it is played using the
Can't you go back to your original router? Why did you change it?
Take a look at the following:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?NetworkProblemsSecondGuide
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I am now having the failure-to-open-in-web-browser problem, even though
I wasn't when I last used SlimServer, the day before yesterday. When I
try to start the SlimServer service, the error message says that the
service started and stopped and that some services stop if they are not
in use. The
So, did someone mentioned that $13,500 battery powered active
antivibration platform designed exclusively for Squeezebox?
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kphinney;184666 Wrote:
Consider yourself lucky to be able to interact with others who own the
same product you do. Try that with whatever vehicle you own.
I suppose it depends on what you mean by interact*, but the F150 online
forum I visit makes this place seem like a deserted island.
I discovered Sonos on the Rhapsody website and have been planning on
acquiring it, but recently found Slim Devices there as well. Since I
don't own either one, I would appreciate any feedback from anyone who
has tried both. I am particularly impressed with the Sonos hand held
controller, as using
Please search the forum for Sonos. You'll find plenty of discussions of
this topic.
I am particularly impressed with the Sonos hand held
controller, as using a conventional remote control is not that
appealing and the user interface seems very important.
I think it comes down to:
Sonos:
+
kphinney;184666 Wrote:
Consider yourself lucky to be able to interact with others who own the
same product you do. Try that with whatever vehicle you own.
http://www.tt-forum.co.uk
Don't all cars have forums then?
MC
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Here's a helpful commentary on Vista upgrades for anyone thinking of
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6407419.stm
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Thanks for building the new slimtray, bpa.
On my Win XP pro sp2 box, with 46 processes running, the stock slimtray
was leaking 45 handles every ten seconds.
Is your source available? I'm thinking about taking a peek at it and
maybe translating it to C++.
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