Re: [slim] Titles doubled

Problem found: there was a second link to this drive in an album folder! Cannot imagine how it got there. Stupid me! -- michel michel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4393 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

The other issue on speed is how MySQL is configured on Linux and Windows. I guess at that point you may want to look at a single album and see if it really is the NAS or some other component. A direct file copy under the two OS may also give an indicative result of OS perfromance. -- Paul_B

Re: [slim] What is the best version of ActiveState Perl to use

I have a vague idea why you installed them - I kind of remember what MH is standing for ;-). Ah! I wondered what MH stood for! I'd be interested to know whether MHCPAN is causing the problems. Could you please just put it back into the plugins folder and see, what happens? If it crashes

Re: [slim] Vista 64 Bit ACC encoded files

Hi, I have the same problem on Vista 32-bit Ultimate as well. I have MP3 encoded files but a lot AAC (unprotected, of course) as well. Everything is working fine on WinXP SP2 with SlimServer 6.5.x. I could manage to get SlimServer 6.5.1 running on my Windows Vista system by adding the ports

Re: [slim] What is the best version of ActiveState Perl to use

Hi Phil Do I need to restore one of the plugins that will use MHCPAN, or will it simply be invoked by its presence? Yes, for the potentially critical code to be called you'll have to have one of my plugins installed (I think it's used by Biography/AlbumReview). -- Michael

Re: [slim] Speaker wires identical length?

jacabo wrote: . which is why i love coming to these boards! geek on! Dear forum, how thick should the line level cables be that go to my active speakers? Confused, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Speaker wires identical length?

Pat Farrell;185064 Wrote: 12 gauge is good for 20 amps. What speakers need 20 amps? what speakers can even live with 20 amps of current? Pat, The issue is resistance of the wire run, not current-carrying capacity. Roger Russell states that the resistance of the wire run should be no

Re: [slim] Gapless playback not working?

I'm not getting reliable gapless playback with MP3s. I've tried the latest 6.5.2 daily builds and the stable 6.5.1. Sometimes there's no gap at all, sometimes a tiny click, sometimes a small gap. The MP3s are encoded with lame 3.97 (-V2 --vbr-new) from Flac files directly ripped from CD. The

Re: [slim] Help with some debugging please!

nicketynick;185062 Wrote: Hi, My Slimserver has picked up the habit of just stopping for no apparent reason. I can re-start it from the slimtray with no problems whatsoever, though. I think it might have to do with some plugins I've been playing around with lately, namely Fileviewer.pm,

Re: [slim] Squeezebox vs Sonos

I've owned a SB for over a year and, after my wife and daughter, it would be the next thing I grab in a house fire. Having said that, my bro in law recently asked for my help setting up a complete home audio system. He has a designer home and wanted clean, sexy and easy to use. After a lot of

[slim] Everything works but playing

I've been running my squeezebox successfully for a couple of months. Now it doesn't play anymore, I can browse my music, everything is looking fine but tha actual playing never starts. I just tried reinstalling Slimserver 6.5.1 (WinXPsp2). Any ideas? /Johan -- hartin

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

Now it doesn't play anymore, I can browse my music, everything is looking fine but tha actual playing never starts. Is there just no sound or does the now playing screen not even pretend to be playing? What happens when you hit the play button? Any error message on the display? --

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

Well, the Now playing screen shows up when I hit play in either the web interface or from the remote, but the song seems stuck. The visualization bars on right doesn't move. It stays on the first song infinitely. I've tried mp3, flac and ape, no difference. /Johan -- hartin

[slim] i-Tunes - irritated old geezer needs advice

I've had an iPod, and of consequently i-Tunes for a few years. For a long time they just worked, lacking nothing that I needed. Now there have been many improvements... but the application is so buggy that it's almost unuseable. I'm currently running 7.02.16 on an XP Pro, SP2 box (all patches up

Re: [slim] What is the best version of ActiveState Perl to use

Hi Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hi Phil Do I need to restore one of the plugins that will use MHCPAN, or will it simply be invoked by its presence? Yes, for the potentially critical code to be called you'll have to have one of my plugins installed (I think it's used by

[slim] Can't get 6.5.1 to fly

This is first time I’ve had a problem with a Slimserver update, but I just can’t get version 6.5.1 to run. I’m running Slimserver on a dedicated PC running XP Pro (with no anti-virus software running). About a week ago, I tried to install 6.5.1 over 6.5.0 and I got an error message

Re: [slim] Squeezebox vs Sonos

I also considered the Sonos before buying my SB3. It has been said many times before that people choose the Sonos based on the its sexiness and on the two way functionality of its remote. Folks also buy it because of its ease-of-installation reputation. These are similar to the reason why people

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

Those are all fine suggestions about running netstat before and after, MySQL configuration, and timing direct file copies. But someone else is going to have to answer them. Sorry, but as I usually run slimserver on my NAS (and occasionally under Ubuntu), the Linux/Windows scanning questions just

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

Is squeezentwork ok ? Internet radio ? Have you tried softsqueeze ? I would also try the server's debug options http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?LogFile -- y360 y360's Profile:

[slim] Slim Server is crashing

I rarely restart the desktop I run Slimserver on, but I happened to last night. SlimServer 6.5.1 crashed as the computer was rebooting - I got a message that said We're sorry - an error has occured and Slimserver must close or something to that effect. I tried rebooting my machine multiple

Re: [slim] i-Tunes - irritated old geezer needs advice

Puzzled ... is Slimserver in use here somewhere? If not, I'm not sure why you're posting on this forum?? If you are, perhaps you could say how you are using it... -- ceejay ceejay's Profile:

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

Sounds like something got tightened up in your network config. If a firewall blocks the audio ports it will behave in much the way you have described. Also, have you tested Soft Squeeze to prove whether or not the problem is with the Squeezebox hardware? -- jmpage2

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

Everything was fine, but after reinstalling xp, I can't play wav files anymore. Only flac or mp3 can be listened. I use eac to rip (wav + cue). The files appear in the music folder, but if I want to listen to them nothing happens, the elapsed time is stuck on the sb3 display. I tried 6.5, 6.51,

Re: [slim] Bye bye Squeeze Box, sob, sob, sniff, sniff...

Is there still a bounty available to anyone that can reliably re-produce how/why this happens? Everyone at Slimdevices was completely stumped last i heard :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile:

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

gsuser;185197 Wrote: Everything was fine, but after reinstalling xp, I can't play wav files anymore. Only flac or mp3 can be listened. I use eac to rip (wav + cue). The files appear in the music folder, but if I want to listen to them nothing happens, the elapsed time is stuck on the sb3

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

hartin;185172 Wrote: Well, the Now playing screen shows up when I hit play in either the web interface or from the remote, but the song seems stuck. The visualization bars on right doesn't move. It stays on the first song infinitely. I've tried mp3, flac and ape, no difference. /Johan

Re: [slim] Can slimserver stream Abacast internet radio?

I'm going to say MAYBE to the streaming of abacast streams. I use to have the same issue with an internet radio station until I was able determine what the real url was that is getting streamed. Once I figured out the real url, I was able to paste the url in the tune in/ tune to box and

Re: [slim] Slim Server is crashing

The blank above is intentional - no program name is displayed. I'm running Windows XP media edition. Does this inlcude a UPnP server? Run netstat -a from the command line with SlimServer shut down. Do you see something listening on port 9000? -- Michael

[slim] streaming live FLAC (not FLAC files)?

Has anyone managed to stream FLAC to their players from a live source like a sound card audio input? I've currently got DarkIce and Icecast set up to stream what's on my stereo to my Squeezeboxes as 320k CBR MP3, but I'd rather use FLAC. Ripping to FLAC files and then playing those files is

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

jmpage2;185204 Wrote: If you reinstalled XP then the windows firewall is on by DEFAULT. Many thanks, it was the firewall. Port 9000 was not open Everything is OK now. -- gsuser SB3, Wadia 25, Etalon SL671 810, Apertura Atlante.

Re: [slim] Sky Radio

I listen to two broadcasts from Sky.FM I found them under the shoutcast internet radio option of SlimServer software.. -- bflatmajor bflatmajor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=794 View this

Live 365 can�t login on Slim

I have been a VIP member forseveral months now butlately Slim will not allow me to Login to myaccount. When I go to Live 365 and press Login, I get no dropdown to enter my Login info. So Slim keeps telling me Im not logged in. HELP? -- sc53

Re: [slim] Can't Get Rid of music from shortcut

gdpeck;184927 Wrote: One of the folders I deleted completely from the hard drive in on my windows xp slimserver machine, is now being added back to the database. There is no music there, so nothing plays, but it shows up when I browse. Also I'm having a terrible time getting cover art to

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

I just made the same changes to my.tt (in Windows under Program Files\SlimServer\Server\MySQL): key_buffer_size = 32M table_cache = 256 sort_buffer_size = 4M read_buffer_size = 1M Added variables: innodb_buffer_pool_size = 64M I don't know how to run the MySQL admin tool so I don't know if the

[slim] Extreme enoded MP3's with LAMEB not playing

Thanks for taking time to read as I'm at end of rope. I have recently purchased SqueezeBox 3 and love everything about it except that it will not play my MP3's. I have pinned the problem down to either the ripping (less likely) and the encoding (more likely). All my MP3's that were ripped

Re: [slim] Extreme enoded MP3's with LAMEB not playing

Please file a bug and attach one of your failing mp3 files. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33269

Re: [slim] i-Tunes - irritated old geezer needs advice

I'm sure you have tried a reinstall but if not try that. It could be a preferences problem, look here. It could also be a quicktime problem reinstall that. It could also be something else in windows that's causing the trouble. I know plenty of people using itunes on macs and in windows without

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

* What version of Vista are you running? - Home Premium 64 * What version of Slimserver have you installed? - 6.5.1 * What error messages are you getting? (if any) - Slimserver stays at Slimserver is starting in the tray. When I start, I can see a window flash for 0.01s but I can't see what it

Re: [slim] Playing m4a files on squeezebox

If you're using iTunes, you've got Quicktime. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33192

[slim] Help: Slimserver Error Message

After installing a new power supply, I have a strange bug when I start Slimserver after a re-boot. I get the following error message Starting Slimserver failed. Please see the event viewer or contact support. There are no entries in the event viewer related to this. The only way to start

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

I built a new machine this week and installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Slimserver is only other software loaded. Loaded okay at first, then restarted loaded only a blank page. Then wiped the hard drive and tried again after reading forums to troubleshoot. Then slimserver wouldn't run - mysql

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

I had unsuccessfully tried something like Imboden's tip (see my previous post) but following up on his post have tried simply staring the SlimServerMySQL service (from services.msc). At least for the time being, this seems to work. -- shyster

[slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 Problem: Songs Cut Off

I installed v6.5.1 over 6.5.0 on my Dell 8250/1 gig/XP Professional SP2/itunes/Apple Lossless. Suddenly in the random songs mode the music cuts off before the very end of the song making for exremely ugly segues :-) Is there an adjustment I can make so the songs play to conclusion before it

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 Problem: Songs Cut Off

I've seen this with 6.5.1 as well, but it's an intermittent problem, so it's hard to draw conclusions. -- windowshade windowshade's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5046 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 Problem: Songs Cut Off

CraigS720;185289 Wrote: I installed v6.5.1 over 6.5.0 on my Dell 8250/1 gig/XP Professional SP2/itunes/Apple Lossless. Suddenly in the random songs mode the music cuts off before the very end of the song making for exremely ugly segues :-) Is there an adjustment I can make so the songs

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 Problem: Songs Cut Off

windowshade;185299 Wrote: I've seen this with 6.5.1 as well, but it's an intermittent problem, so it's hard to draw conclusions. It's a known bug in 6.5.1. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4384 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4544 -- JJZolx Jim

Re: [slim] Slim Server is crashing

Michael Herger;185214 Wrote: The blank above is intentional - no program name is displayed. I'm running Windows XP media edition. Does this inlcude a UPnP server? Run netstat -a from the command line with SlimServer shut down. Do you see something listening on port 9000? Yes.

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

Fixed my problems, seems to work. Do not install with administrator rights (in my case, it didn't work). I turned off User Accounts completely and it installed properly. Seems to be working, but haven't tried much yet. -- lordhong

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

erland;177463 Wrote: You need to make the changes in: MySQL/my.tt How does one do this?? I can't seem to find this in the admin tool/\. Thanks, Jim -- jfo jfo's Profile:

Re: [slim] SlimDevices Squeezebox 2/3 and Sonos ZP80

Interesting that you state the Sonos is better at multi-room sync. In what way is it better than the SB2/3? I have 3 SB units at home and regularly sync/unsync them. The only thing I can think of that could be considered a 'hiccup' is the current track restarts. Not enough to bother me though.

[slim] Can't Find Artists in Slim Server or Squeezebox

I'm using Itunes to organize my music library on a PC running XP Media Center Edition. I'm using a Squeezebox 3 (SB3) to play my the music in my library on my stereo. I recently tried to play a song but couldn't find the artist when I searched for it using the SB3 remote. I then checked Slim

Re: [slim] Sky Radio

bflatmajor;185218 Wrote: I listen to two broadcasts from Sky.FM I found them under the shoutcast internet radio option of SlimServer software.. thanks' the thing is how to listen to the 192 k stream that i payed for. mads -- madsk

Re: [slim] Delete music library?

Well...I told it to clear and rescan. It hasn't worked since. SlimServer won't stay running. My SB won't connect. Any ideas...? -- cruster cruster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6909 View this

Re: [slim] SlimDevices Squeezebox 2/3 and Sonos ZP80

notanatheist wrote: Interesting that you state the Sonos is better at multi-room sync. In what way is it better than the SB2/3? I have 3 SB units at home and regularly sync/unsync them. The only thing I can think of that could be considered a 'hiccup' is the current track restarts. Not enough