How about an update on the progress of your project?
It looks like about a year since your original post, so maybe my
comments are too late,
I thought that your original plans did not look so bad. My experience
is that SoftSqueeze is pretty CPU hungry so I would probably look for
multi-core
bonze;192290 Wrote:
> I recently bought 2 of the new backlit remotes from the SlimDevices site
> which incl. postage came to 43.74 GBP.
> But there was an extra payment to UPS of 21.29 GBP.
> Presumably for VAT & customs, so altogether 2 remotes cost me 60 GBP
> !!!, which came as a bit of a
hi mswlogo,
FYI, my "random songs" doesn't work as you describe. From the remote
and the web interface each time I press "random songs" a new list is
generated, with old ones removed. As each song plays another gets added
to the list.
The only unusal "feature" I notice, is when you stop slimserv
Just a few hours after writing the above re power supply, I get email
confirmation that the replacement part has now shipped.
Dan
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I was contemplating picking up a 500GB USB 2 external hardrive
(7200rpm,16mb buffer), but before I did, I want to be sure there are no
common problems.
Along the same lines, my computer goes into standby (S3), and I was
wondering if the SB3 can nudge it awake, and if that would cause any
difficu
Arca;192447 Wrote:
> I was contemplating picking up a 500GB USB 2 external hardrive
> (7200rpm,16mb buffer), but before I did, I want to be sure there are no
> common problems.
Some people have had problems with SlimServer not being able to find
music on external USB drives, but (as far as I kn
Arca;192447 Wrote:
> I was contemplating picking up a 500GB USB 2 external hardrive
> (7200rpm,16mb buffer), but before I did, I want to be sure there are no
> common problems.
>
For a while, I used a Seagate 300Gb USB2 drive. There weren't any
functional problems with it - Slimserver didn't
That's it. Thanks.
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I'm using a WD MyBook 500GB drive connected via Firewire to my PC. It
works perfectly - but when its powered down it can take 10-15 seconds
to wake up properly and start streaming.
Cheers
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TechHome;192296 Wrote:
> Single source, multi-room can be done cheap. Up to 16-pairs of speakers
> may be powered from a single amp or receiver.
>
> You will need a powerful, 4-ohm stable amp or receiver, in-wall
> impedance matching volume controls (with 8x setting), speakers and of
> course
So have I missed Slim's annual, um, breakthrough product announcement?
Or has Technician Wang's career faltered under the Logitech regime?
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BigTony;192462 Wrote:
> I'm using a WD MyBook 500GB drive connected via Firewire to my PC. It
> works perfectly - but when its powered down it can take 10-15 seconds
> to wake up properly and start streaming.
>
> Cheers
>
> BT
I use two of the same drives and they have worked faultlessly. I al
On the subject of poor enginneering:
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Tom;192425 Wrote:
> > Is a license required to distribute an AAC decoder? (I
> > doubt it, but does anyone know for sure?)
>
> Yes, as does MP3.
>
> http://www.musemagic.com/papers/licensinginfo.html
>
> Tom
Hey, thanks for the link! (I especially like the per-channel licencing
fee. "Oh, you w
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any other thoughts on this one? Beyond the fact that I use computers
for about 75% of my waking hours, I have no programing knowlege.
is there setting i'm missing or something?
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Jazz1;192378 Wrote:
> I hope Slim Devices choses to support non-DRM ACC files.
Yes, they do, through transcoding. I'm wondering why this is such a
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Hi there. Ever since doing a clean install from XP SP2 to 32-bit Vista a
few weeks ago, I'm having major problems playing m4a files (95% of my
library), but no problems playing mp3 files. The m4a files either never
play or take 10 to 15 seconds to start playing after starting. On XP, I
never had e
The error message below is typical of the socketwrapper problem.
2007-04-04 07:37:16.0254 readlen undef: (Unknown error)10054
What socketwrapper are you using - I know you have tried a number but
for this debug log the version is important ?
Did you tell you security s/w (e.g. anti Virus, anti s
Mark Lanctot;192500 Wrote:
> Yes, they do, through transcoding. I'm wondering why this is such a
> problem?
Thank you , Mark, for pointing that out.
I also wondered what the fuss was. I can play AAC files on my TP with
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>I hope Slim Devices choses to support non-DRM ACC files.
>Yes, they do, through transcoding. I'm wondering why this is such a
problem?
Good question. AAC is supported through transcoding. In a typical
SlimServer + SB scenario transcoding works well and there is no
problem.
AAC support in firmwa
According to the website http://www.1.fm/Stations/Baroque/TuneIn.aspx
the nullsoft shoutcast stream is coming soon.
Of course I have no idea how long soon is.
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isn't this the same as creating a shortcut to the directory you want and
putting that SC in the Music path?
BT
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Kyle;192491 Wrote:
> Does the ethernet really look like a blue pipe?
Of course it does. The internet is a series of tubes...
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I know that you do not want to link iTunes to SlimServer, but have you
considered using the "Unchecked Songs in iTunes" feature under
Home/Server Settings/iTunes?
To do this you would set the feature to "Don't include unchecked songs"
and then only check the songs in iTunes that you wish SlimServ
Why can't you convert the album you like to flac and put a copy in your
flac libarary?
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Erland, you are correctly describing bug 4824, it is an issue when you
browse -> genre -> artist, and yes you must select an artist to
reproduce that bug. However, this is not what Club1820 *originally*
described.
Club1820;192307 Wrote:
>
> ...when I browse by Genre, then select an Artist with
BigTony;192520 Wrote:
> isn't this the same as creating a shortcut to the directory you want and
> putting that SC in the Music path?
>
Using shortcuts will of course work but is much less transparent. A
shortcut is just an ordinary file that includes information that links
to the target. Windo
aubuti;192343 Wrote:
>
> So what exactly do you mean by "...everything the Squeezebox does and
> more", other than the fancy Sonos remote?
Aubuti what i mean by it does more is you can directly connect a pair
of speakers to the Sonos unit and it can connect a NAs storage device
or Netstorage de
Ross L;192552 Wrote:
> Erland, it seems you're not seeing bug 4824, interesting. What version
> of SlimServer are you running?
SlimServer 6.5.1 on Ubuntu Linux
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This may be confusing, but here goes: I am currently running my sb3 on
my Apple MAC wirelessly, using iTunes. My question is this. I would
like to run a cat 5 to use my sb3 in a wired mode. I use a lynksys
router and a WAP. If I run the cable from the router, will that work,
considering the fact t
Spies;192516 Wrote:
> According to the website http://www.1.fm/Stations/Baroque/TuneIn.aspx
> the nullsoft shoutcast stream is coming soon.
>
> Of course I have no idea how long soon is.
I think that has been stated for over 1 year now! I tried 1.fm on my
old Winxp laptop about a year ago and
Erland, your description is exactly what I am expecting to happen when
I browse Genre/Artist. List all the tracks for a given artist that
pertain to that given genre.
I figured out the problem though. It turns out that for the majority
of my tracks - I don't have the Album field entered. Si
I downgraded to 6.5.0. Cyrillic still does not work. I tried to clear
cache directore of slimserver. Still nothing. Any idea?
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There are many utilities for correcting your tags, I'd suggest checking
out the tagging forum. Probably you'll be interested in Tag & Rename.
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pankotskii;192577 Wrote:
> I downgraded to 6.5.0. Cyrillic still does not work. I tried to clear
> cache directore of slimserver. Still nothing. Any idea?
So you might have a totally different problem. What exactly does not
work? This one is about an ABC pointer line in "artist", "genre" or
othe
Club1820;192569 Wrote:
> So, is there a way around this? Probably not because the "Album" field
> is present in all of the options of how to sort.
>
> Anyone have any Ideas - other than going back and entering the album
> info for 4000 tracks! lol.
>
> Perhaps Slimdevices can create additiona
>ok thanks. I just thought of something. I probably could go right from
>my MAC direct to the SB3. Yes?
Yes, but you may need a cross-over cable depending.
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Thanks BPA. I'm using the socketwrapper that I found here:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~altondsl/slim/socketwrapper_0.12_20060220.zip
I use McAfee's firewall/antivirus, and I've given socketwrapper.exe
"full access" in McAfee's Program Permissions (is there perhaps a
related port I need to open u
After choosing this station I get "Cant retrieve playlist", then after a
couple of seconds the station play music...
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Anne;192583 Wrote:
> After choosing this station I get "Cant retrieve playlist", then after a
> couple of seconds the station play music...
Via SlimServer or Squeeze Network? Works for me via Squeeze Network
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Via both. Via SlimServer I guess your firewall might be in the way, but
it should give you a hint that a wma.exe is trying to access the
internet. Mine did that anyway.
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Thanks for the suggestions.
I wouldnt know the albums anyway to be able to populate this field for
them. My library is sorted by Genre. I have directories for each
Genre only. I have very few directories set up by Album.
I guess I can tag the tracks the same as the genre. ? All Jazz tracks
I have a problem with showing cyrillic in the albums list in SlimServer.
I did not have this problem with the earliest version. I have not been
using slim server for a while (moved to a different state), now I
installed 6.5.1 then 6.5.2 and then downgraded to 6.5.0 but still can't
see my russian c
Instead I show some unreadable characters.
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I believe tag and rename can still fix this for you, you might want to
check it out. It should be able to fix your tags based on the online
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Neat little media adapter from Sony, I really like the looks of it.
However, it only connects to their Bravia systems and is extremely
restricted in the formats it supports - AATRAC, AAC and WMA.
Really like the look of the poor little crippled thing though...
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT
donglobal;192556 Wrote:
> Aubuti what i mean by it does more is you can directly connect a pair of
> speakers to the Sonos unit and it can connect a NAs storage device or
> Netstorage device to the unit without it being a NAS and still access
> the files.
What is a "Netstorage device" that isn't
That socketwrapper is effectively the latest that overcame problem in XP
with security s/w. A number of Vista users have found that it seems to
fix a similar problem with Vista. If it is a problem related to McAfee
- disabling is not enough to undo its effects - you have to uninstall
it.
There
I formatted the computer and reinstalled Windows, and everything works
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Ross L;192599 Wrote:
> I believe tag and rename can still fix this for you, you might want to
> check it out. It should be able to fix your tags based on the online
> db.
Ross, thanks. Wasnt aware of that. Will try the program. Although
this will help, the majority of my library is remixes th
>How do I clear the list with the remote.
To clear the Now Playing list, press the Add button when the screen is showing
the "Now Playing ->" menu option.
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I can hear their other channels, but not the Eclectic channel which is a
favorite of mine. Any ideas why this one channel is not working? I am a
subscriber and using an SB3.
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Dave Dewey;192603 Wrote:
> Neat little media adapter from Sony, I really like the looks of it.
> However, it only connects to their Bravia systems and is extremely
> restricted in the formats it supports - AATRAC, AAC and WMA.
>
> Really like the look of the poor little crippled thing though...
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28393
That six-month-old thread made me realize that SHOUTcast offers two of
Otto's 1FM streams, Baroque and Classical.
And since they're MP3 streams, they include the track information.
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donglobal;192556 Wrote:
> Aubuti what i mean by it does more is you can directly connect a pair of
> speakers to the Sonos unit and it can connect a NAs storage device or
> Netstorage device to the unit without it being a NAS and still access
> the files. You can also connect ohher media devices
Phil Meyer;192618 Wrote:
> >How do I clear the list with the remote.
> To clear the Now Playing list, press the Add button when the screen is
> showing the "Now Playing ->" menu option.
Thanks Phil !!!
I think understand now. This interface is goofy.
Where may I ask is that documented?
Ok, I
Does anyone else have DHCP working in conjunction with the
wireless-ethernet bridge? When I have the bridge enabled, neither the
squeezebox nor the machine connected into the ethernet port get
assigned IP addresses. If I set their IPs statically the network
connectivity via the bridge is fine to
Does internet speed have anything to do with dropouts when running SB3
wireless from a computer? In other words, not using any internet based
music. I have huge problems more than 50% of the time with slow motion,
hesitating music. My wireless signals are all high but my internet
connection has
Slimserver does not appear to have updated its library since the initial
scan. It's not seeing new music added to itunes or current itunes
playlists.
Vista 32bit home premium,
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows Vista - EN - cp1252
Server IP address: 192.168.1.109
Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSW
One more thing...here is the SlimServer I'm using:
SlimServer Version: 6.5.0 - 9916 - Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2137) - EN -
utf8
Server IP address: 192.168.2.2
Perl Version: 5.8.6 darwin-thread-multi-2level
MySQL Version: 5.0.22-standard
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Hi All,
Looking for some new living room furniture and my wife has her eye on a
cabinet with glass doors. My little SB would look great in it. Now I am
just wondering if anyone has their SqueezeBox behind glass and if there
are any resulting issues with the remote.
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boiler;192650 Wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Looking for some new living room furniture and my wife has her eye on a
> cabinet with glass doors. My little SB would look great in it. Now I am
> just wondering if anyone has their SqueezeBox behind glass and if there
> are any resulting issues with the remot
At one point in time I too suffered like you.
Then I noticed it was only when playing music that I was suffering from
dropouts. Make that when streaming music it was most noticeable.
After numerous tech support calls, I found out that it had to with the
network dropping packets.
The tech supp
this is a long shot, but ya never know...
It *could* possibly be DNS issues. A similar symptom happened to me a
long time ago (FreeBSD), when my cable-modem provider was having all
sorts of trouble.
I've never touched a mac, but you might try looking into setting up
your own local DNS, at least
I also have mine behind glass and have no problems with the remote.
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That's great to hear. Someone I know will be very happy.
Thank you
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Hi,
I know this has been asked before. I have selected the option under
audio to disable outputs when off, yet the optical stays on when I turn
the device off. For my switch to recognize my other devices, I have to
unplug my sb3. Is there a way around this?
Thanks,
Mike
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boiler wrote:
> Looking for some new living room furniture and my wife has her eye on a
> cabinet with glass doors. My little SB would look great in it. Now I am
> just wondering if anyone has their SqueezeBox behind glass and if there
> are any resulting issues with the remote.
Mine is behind smo
Another reason to love internet radio, and SqueezeBox: Dennis Miller
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Yup It seems Like SD finally figured it out with 6.5.2. I installed
the beta release a couple days ago and BINGO... all is working... Of
course they still have not figured out how to get Slim Server to start
automatically as in XP without editing the Services Start Up feature to
delayed.
It s
Thanks BPA. The log that I posted was from 6.5.2. I experienced the
identical issue - m4a's take 15 seconds to start playing after pressing
play while mp3's start playing instantaneoulsy - under 6.3.1, 6.5.0 and
6.5.1 (historically, prior to upgrading to Vista, I had been using
6.3.1, as I had is
bflatmajor;192652 Wrote:
> Maybe you learn from my pain..
>
> 1) Upgrade your routers firmware
> 2) Call the tech support people and see if they can tell you about the
> threshold and mtu settings and how to change them.
>
> It worked for me.
>
> I'm running windows xp sp2, linksys wrt54g rout
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