erland;188538 Wrote:
I really like the current approach where most logic is in SlimServer,
the main reason is that it make the SqueezeBox behaviour very
customizable. With all the logic in the SqueezeBox we would probably
have a solution with closed source software and none or very few
Autorescan has been around for ages.
I have it rescan every night at 3am or something. I do a full
wipe-scan then, just in case there were a lot of changed tags: it works
better to wipe first since that ensures old tags get deleted.
Of course, that means leaving the server on at odd hours, but
Yeah, it works here.
But to be honest, I cannont tell you why that is.
Maybe you have some setting (plugins!!!) that recheck with the server
every so-and-so. I don't know, stupid RSS feeds or alikes.
Maybe you should reset the whole thing? Or try and disable most of the
plugins for a start at
Am I right in thinking that you can only run Softsqueeze on the server
PC. Is there anything I can run on another networked PC and sync with
my Squeezebox?
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Softsqueeze.
It will connect to the server much like a squeezebox.
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Sounds like you might have your slim server box set to wake on any
network traffic rather than just a WOL signal.
You're squeezebox continually polls your slim server machine (dont ask
me why.. still seems like a strange design decision to me, but that is
the way it is)
Dont know what OS you
samwardill wrote:
Am I right in thinking that you can only run Softsqueeze on the server
PC. Is there anything I can run on another networked PC and sync with
my Squeezebox?
You're wrong, where did you get that idea?
Softsqueeze works fine over a network.
Regards,
Peter
It worked when I runned the scan manually. Why doesn't it work from
Slimserver-explorer ?!?
Anyway, it found most albums (I think) but I got an error that looks
like this:
Code:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corporation
The links and advice in 'this thread'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32717) should help.
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Sounds like duplicate IP address trouble. Or two slimservers that think
they should be responding to that SQB. The reset is happening very
quickly. Have you shutdown all devices in the network (unplug
switches/wireless AP/etc). And then restarted?
Do you have another computer that you can
The error suggests that there is a problem with a CUE file somewhere -
are you using these, or do you just have separate files for each
track?
You can also run, from the command prompt,
scan --d_scan --rescan
(and several other flags if you want), this puts extra info in the
output about the
Vista Home Premium 32bit
Slimserver 6.5.1
Installs fine but problems during playback.
Whether connected wirelessly or via ethernet playback of files encoded
with AAC(MP4) @ 320kbps stutter badly. (Playback for a couple of
seconds pause for a seconds etc...)
Playback of MP3 files is fine.
On
But I have to install slimserver to get softsqueeze. Can I run
sofsqueeze off a server on another PC?
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samwardill wrote:
But I have to install slimserver to get softsqueeze. Can I run
sofsqueeze off a server on another PC?
Open the slimserver webpage on a different PC, and look for the
Softsqueeze link (it's in the Help section on the default skin).
That will enable you to install SoftSqueeze
You can download and install softsqueeze independently of slimserver.
Go to
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169package_id=113211release_id=472618
davep
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It is easy to install softsqueeze on any of your networked PCs.
Open up the slimserver web interface on the PC you want softsqueeze to
be installed : http://yourserverip:9000/default
On the home page Help area, click on softsqueeze, the page will
indicate whether you have java installed on your
Hi, Been a happy squeezebox owner for 8 months now, Just One thing I
cant figure out.. Have added about 80 songs to my favourites. Id like
to play all my favourites, but the only way i can seem to do this is by
adding one song at a time from my favourites to my current playlist.
There must be an
Mike New;188484 Wrote:
Looks like this thread did get hijacked.
The issue isn't the money. The issue is how much power I'm wasting on
something that isn't bringing me or anyone else any reward. Having the
PC consume 2.4 kilowatt-hours a day when I'm only using it for 2-3 of
those hours
I only have 200 or so albums loaded.
I frequently use Random Song Mix.
But it seems to be biased towards the same albums over and over and
never touches other albums.
My server does get rebooted ocassionally. Is the random number
generator using the same seed on each boot or something?
Is
samwardill wrote:
But I have to install slimserver to get softsqueeze. Can I run
sofsqueeze off a server on another PC?
You can access the slimserver web interface from another PC, in fact it
was designed to be accessed that way. Most sophisticated users run
slimserver on a headless
I use separate files for each track. Eventhough I have some
playlistentries that my program creates when ripping a cd, but that
doesn't matter, does it ?!?
What does this mean (last row):
Code:
Size mismatch on COMM
at C:\Program\Slimserver\server/Slim/Formats/MP3.pm
Outlaw Audio has a range of mono, 5-channel and 7-channel amplifiers.
They have very robust power supplies unlike many receivers.
http://www.outlawaudio.com/products/index.html
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I have Slim running on an older Dell Dimension (win 2k, 768RAM). I have
2 wired SB and 1 wireless on the LAN as well as a Softsqueeze running
through the local IP (192 etc). When all 4 players are synced, it
appears that at the end of each track, the sound stops. The music keeps
playing, as shown
amcluesent;188539 Wrote:
You can't rely on the computing power of an arbitrary server
Has anyone told Google?
Those aren't _arbitrary_ servers. Google _owns_ them, and has gone to a
lot of trouble over the years figuring out what specs work for them.
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squeezebox 3 - mccormack
As I understand Mike New's problem is, that his PC wakes up or does not
go into standby as long as his SB's are connected to mains power.
Mike, try disabling clock screensaver (and all other screensavers too)
so that the SB's display goes blank when powered down.
Additionally set WOL in device
mswlogo;188580 Wrote:
I only have 200 or so albums loaded.
Is there an alternate Random Playback plugin?
Thanks
Try looking in Plugins-Audio.
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Any file format in SlimServer - Server Settings - File Types that says
built-in will allow FF/REW.
If it doesn't, it's being transcoded because the built-in decoder has
been disabled. Make sure built-in is checked and no other ones are
for that format, although it should choose the built-in
sc53;188337 Wrote:
Those Cambridge PC speakers that were recommended to you do not have RCA
inputs, just a stereo minijack input like what you would use with a
computer.
But you can get a cheap converter cable at Radio Shack.
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SuperQ: Thanks for the clarification, I'm not an embedded programmer, or
even a regular programmer, but it seemed simple enough to me. I'm
running 6.5.1 and in general (90+% of the time) the response from the
Squeezebox is almost instantaneous, even artist searches in lazysearch,
but on the rare
langerdan;188368 Wrote:
While browsing the server (SB3 idle) this evening I hit Switch to
SqueezeNetwork and now SB goes to Welcome to SqueezeNetwork screen
after boot, unresponsive to remote control and server can no longer see
the device.
Good that you solved your problem, but note once
Your server and network are not optimized for speed, yet you get
satisfying response 90+% of the time. You're complaining about speed
but you have chosen slower hardware.
Using even a cheap, throwaway PC as the server would likely eliminate
all the problems. A wired ethernet connection can
Aego-M are the best $200 powered speakers I have found. Available at
www.ccrane.com or www.audioadvisor.com
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Apparently there's varying SlimServer performance among the dizzying
array of Ogg encoders.
What encoder do you use, and have you always used the same one?
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First of all, thanks to all who threw in their two-cents worth on this.
After trying some of the ideas, and then a few of my own, I got this to
work - pretty much.
Environment: Windows XP Pro, with a two-year old HP PC that has good
power management options.
Action #1: Disabling the Clock
I think pretty much all of the music I've ripped has been via CDex,
which uses libVorbis 20020717. I'll have to try it again with some
older files, but according to the bug reports it seems like it just
plain doesn't work and I am just delirious thinking that it did :)
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I just went through the drill on Wake on LAN and Standby issues. You
shouldn't have to leave your PC on all the time. See
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33678
Good luck!
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Mark,
Thanks for the advice. I went into file formats and disabled all the
other file formats except aiff (built in) and hey presto, I have ff and
rew on my sb3!!! It was checked before as well as many other file
formats. I didn't realize you had to uncheck every other format.
Keith
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KeithL;188626 Wrote:
I didn't realize you had to uncheck every otherformat.
You shouldn't have to, it should try built-in first then move to WAV,
FLAC then MP3.
But good to hear it's working for you.
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I sometimes use
Moose as an ersatz remote, but I would gladly sacrifice any volume
control from the server.
That's a very interesting remark: if you can use Moose's volume control,
but not the remote, than you've very probably got a communication problem
between your SB and the server, not
Peter;183360 Wrote:
ASS-Ware wrote:
jonheal;182579 Wrote:
Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff,
please
clarify something for me:
As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully)
prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets you
Well, you said your files are MP3, but the error log shows it is trying
to find WAV files.
Here's a guess: your ripping program (EAC?) is creating playlists for
each album (you don't need these, BTW, but I think it might be a
default??). The playlists are pointing to WAVs. But you are then
Got the same problem with the 6.5.3 software.
Anybody ?
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This is an interesting discussion. For Slim to penetrate the mass market
then they are either going to have to create a server solution to run
Slimserver or the SB4 is going to be a fatter client to offload the
server.
From my own experience the SB3 is fantastic and changed the way I
listen to
Thanks Richard for all your tips. They give me some ideas for further
investigation :)
I have two other computers on which I can install the slimserver. (BTW,
I've double checked and I had indeed installed the 6.5.1 archive which
seems to impose a firmware upgrade version 70).
I've triple check
It was a straight over install.
The only plugin is AlienBBC which I upgraded to the version compatible
with 6.5.1 at the time of the upgrade.
Cheers,
Andy.
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dr-andy;188643 Wrote:
It was a straight over install.
Unfortunately there are significant differences introduced with 6.5.0
that really necessitate a complete uninstall first, including deleting
the remainder of the SlimServer directory.
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Am doing a mini kitchen/dining room remodel and will be pairing a new SB
(yes, black...very nice) with a Parasound Zamp. Here is a softball
question: am I correct that I need no more pre-amp than that supplied
in the SB?
Second question: does anyone have an in-wall speaker suggestion? I've
Unfortunately you have to add items one at a time to a playlist, except
for links to add all tracks from an album.
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Hi:
I tried but have failed to upgrade to Slimserver 6.5.1. I have a
Windows XP computer and a Slimbox 3, with a wireless network
connection. Everything worked fine with Slimserver 6.2. Now, when I
try to play music from my hard drive, the name of the track appears on
the Slimbox but the
Well, I'm bringing up this one issue because I see it as something Slim
could possibly address in future releases, or should at least consider
IMHO.
The hardware I'm using has been advertised as compatible, and
acceptable according to both companies in a joint press release and on
both of their
What file type are you trying to play?
If slimserver is running, and connected to the SB, but failing to play,
there may be a problem with some transcoding setup. Are you playing ALAC
by any chance? I seem to remember some people having problems with
those, there were some threads on the
I've got a squeezebox 3 (firmware v72) wirelessly connected to a router
and on to a pc in my garage. The garage pc connects wirelessly to the
router too, via a client bridge (Buffalo WBR-G54 running DD-WRT).
Everything works fine, except for Wake On Lan. I'd really like to get
this going, so
I'm just trying to play .m4a files created by I-Tunes from CDs.
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Slim-server seems to have problem with Apple Lossless files encoded
using XDL (for OSX) the files a working under Itune but not with
slimserver!
Do you guy have any ideas why?
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From an old post of mine when I was seeing random dropouts. I root
caused much of my trouble to the microwave oven:
avoiding Microwave oven and adjacent WLAN Interference
So I looked into things tonight. My
Mike New;188484 Wrote:
Whether or not you believe we're causing global warming , it only makes
common sense to stop dumping CO2 into the air for no good reason.
That depends how your electricity is generated. It might not be a CO2
generating kind. Could be nuclear (which is very clean when it
Guys,
I agree with the OP about remote latency, connectivity and buffering.
These are all a pain in the backside for me.
However, they are also own goals, because I'm using an underpowered
server, one of my wireless routers is surrounded by electronics, the
other is surrounded by more
Laz wrote:
As I see it, Logitech/Slim can deal with this issue by simply upping
the minimum required server spec and bandwidth requirements for the
broader release.
Yeah, but they probably don't want to say the real solution: use wired
networking ;-) Or at least, use only one hop of
What do you have set for FILE TYPES? SlimServer can't play ALAC
natively and it must be transcoded. Your selections are FLAC (which
requires an addition to QuickTime, but it is available) MP3 using LAME
or WAV.
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Pat Farrell wrote:
Laz wrote:
As I see it, Logitech/Slim can deal with this issue by simply upping
the minimum required server spec and bandwidth requirements for the
broader release.
Yeah, but they probably don't want to say the real solution: use wired
networking ;-) Or at
I listen to a shoutcast station called Lounging Sound Hi-Fi. It had
the url
http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=831695filename=playlist.pls.
But it suddently stopped working. This music is SO great, especially
before bed. Does anbody know how to access it? Shoutcast has a
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