Re: [slim] SlimServer MP3 tags don't Match Mp3Tag's

Thanks for the info. Yes, they were MP3 files. And yes, it's a duplicate tag problem, but between ID3v2 and APEv2. I followed the instructions on the wiki so literally that I didn't discover the issue until I whipped out my hex editor for a look-see :) The instructions in the wiki don't

Re: [slim] Video streamers??

The reports I have seen (I don't have one myself as yet) recommend the Tvix. Either the 4000 or the 5000 models, or wait for the newer 4100/5100. -- danco danco's Profile:

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

It changes when you press Now Playing. If you want to remove some or all of the options, go to Player Settings - Basic - Now Playing Information and change each setting you don't want to (blank). Or just press Now Playing a few times... HTH Ceejay -- ceejay

Re: [slim] Syncing between SlimServer on Windows, iTunes on Mac

I've got this working ... with a lot of caveats. Frankly, I probably would not go through this again. But, if you're handy with fiddling and have the time to burn, it can work. My situation: -Mac laptop, using iTunes. -Windows generic boxx, XP, mainly used as fileserver. All music files actually

Re: [slim] Is there a lawyer in the house?

Ned Flanders to the rescue! Next you'll want to ban women from wearing pants... TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Video streamers??

danco;194820 Wrote: The reports I have seen (I don't have one myself as yet) recommend the Tvix. Either the 4000 or the 5000 models, or wait for the newer 4100/5100. I've had a TViX HD-M5000A http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/products/HDM5000U.aspx And for a period I was very happy about it -

Re: [slim] Album art in the squeezebox

tyler_durden;194764 Wrote: Sure someone can figure out a way to do it, but it will look like poo, so why bother? Because it's there.. -- bonze QNAP TS-101 (version 2.0.0 build 0105T) SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Debian - EN - utf8 2 x wireless SB3

Re: [slim] Is there a lawyer in the house?

... but since the person who copied the CDs is only guilty of copyright infringement, no one has actually given or received stolen goods. Richard -- Richie Richie's Profile:

Re: [slim] Album art in the squeezebox

On 14-Apr-07, at 2:05 AM, bonze wrote: tyler_durden;194764 Wrote: Sure someone can figure out a way to do it, but it will look like poo, so why bother? Because it's there.. -- bonze QNAP TS-101 (version 2.0.0 build 0105T) SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Debian - EN - utf8

[slim] Scanner in windows crashing

Any suggestions on how to resolve a problem with the scanner in windows crashing? I have tried reinstalling, checking the log files, etc, with no clear pattern yet. For a time it appeared that some files just had bad names or tags or whatever, but now it continues and the problem files are ones

[slim] Local Shoutcast server not working

Hello, I have set-up a shoutcast server on my computer, installed the plugin for winamp to stream it to my squeezebox. I tested the stream with Winamp, WMP and Softsqueeze : it worked perfectly. But when I try to stream it to my squeezebox, it won't work. Here is what the shoutcast server says

Re: [slim] Looks like my SB3 has died

whdean;194782 Wrote: Have you tried unplugging and plugging power back in while holding down the Add button (Remote aimed at the SB3, of course)? Thanks; I've tried this several times, but it doesn't seem to work either. There's a small chance that it could be the display that's gone, but I

Re: [slim] Syncing between SlimServer on Windows, iTunes on Mac

Thanks for the thorough reply. Looks like my thinking wasn't that far off. So, if you were to do it all over again and it wouldn't be what you've done, what would you do? Ditch the Mac portion of everything and just have everything done from Windows (SlimServer, iPod syncing, etc)? -- prabbit

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

Youv'e got to be kiding me. Now playing changes the display as well, what are these guys thinking. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread:

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

mswlogo;194873 Wrote: Youv'e got to be kiding me. Now playing changes the display as well, what are these guys thinking. Yes, it changes the display...but only if you press it more than once. Steve. -- SteveEast

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

Of course !!! If these guys designed a car... Turn steering wheel right, beeps horn. But only when in 3rd gear. It assumes your trying to cut someone off. If in 2nd gear it opens the right rear window because it assumes your driving a country road. Only happens if temp between 70-80 and the AC

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

mswlogo;194879 Wrote: Of course !!! If these guys designed a car... Turn steering wheel right, beeps horn. But only when in 3rd gear. It assumes your trying to cut someone off. If in 2nd gear it opens the right rear window because it assumes your driving a country road. Only happens if

[slim] running multiple servers on same machine

My problem situation. My music library consists of DTS CD's ripped to FLAC in a folder E:\Music\DTS, and regular audio CD's ripped to MPG in a folder named E:\Music\MPG. If I am Listening in the Theater/Music room through the Transporter, I want the DTS music available so the Server has as it's

[slim] Help Needed - Won't play

I have slim server 6.5.1 and firmware 72 on the player. The slim server scans my music ok, tells me how many tracks tec I have. I can select a album / song etc, but it just doen not play. On the player you even see the song come up, but it won't move off of 0.00 seconds elapsed. How can I

Re: [slim] running multiple servers on same machine

You could try using Custom Browse and set up something to distinguish the files (say a comment; not sure what would be best to use). Then use different custom browse menus on each. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

I agree with mswlogo. I think its confusing, not to mention a pain in the ass. If I press on now playing a second time by mistake, you have to cycle through all the the display options. Pressing now playing should only display remaining time and elapsed time. If you want to change other things in

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

shadowboxer;194881 Wrote: I disagree! I think it makes good sense. Touch the button once and it shows what song is playing. Press it additional times and it toggles through all of the various now playing views that you choosen in server settings. I love it. Saves me from having to go my

Re: [slim] running multiple servers on same machine

I have a bad habit, first I post then I search/research I see this question has been discussed but I see no definitive reolution. I see refrences to bug 3591 and 3592 which seem to be closed. In my home The slim players (one transport and one squeezebox) are controlled by software running on

Re: [slim] running multiple servers on same machine

I've only tried it on Linux, but yes you can run multiple instances of slimserver. Take a look at the output of slimserver.pl --help and you'll see the various command line switches to specify different ports, cache dir, prefs file, etc. Alternately, you may find this plugin useful:

Re: [slim] running multiple servers on same machine

I currently run two instances of SlimServer on my Solaris 10 box. After the initial install of Solaris it only takes about 15 minutes to setup a shared root zone (I found a good tutorial). Configuring SlimServer and Solaris 10 for each other was a bit tricky, mainly because there is sparse help

Re: [slim] Nevo SL Remote control and UPnP

SlimServer supports other uPnP -servers- on the network, but given that the remote is not a server this won't do anything. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View

Re: [slim] Help Needed - Won't play

What are your file formats? Do you have the right transcoding setup on the server, i.e. WAV-LAME or FLAC or ALAC? -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile:

[slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

All: I know this is a little off the main topic, but I'm hoping someone here has experience, direct or indirect, with Content Management Systems. We're planning to revamp the slimdevices.com website, mostly to make it easier to update the content, over the next couple of months. While we're

Re: [slim] Annoying Firmware/Software updates

Are there any plans for a patch to 6.5.1 so it works with the latest firmware? For those of us who prefer not to run pre-release software, it seems like a bad idea to release a firmware update that is incompatible with the latest officially released version of the server. I appreciate the

Re: [slim] Help Needed - Won't play

Transcoding Apple format ? See here http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34062highlight=socketwrapper Merits a sticky post -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10150 View this

Re: [slim] Annoying Firmware/Software updates

danco;194692 Wrote: By the way, do you know that WEP has recently been pretty effectively cracked, and if you have the option it is much better to change to WPA. I upgraded firmware on my Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless B router (now 4 1/2 years old and still going strong!) but I still don't see

[slim] The Cure

I finally figured out how to cure my SB3 from those annoying music skips, shutdowns, re-boots, etc. etc. What I did was, I wired my wireless SB3 from my upstairs server to my downstairs system, and, since I've done that, I have had absolutley no problems whatsoever. I should have thought of that

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

JimC;194936 Wrote: I've looked for a Perl-based CMS and found nothing. Am I missing something? Here are a few: http://www.la-grange.net/cms#perl . http://www.plainblack.com/webgui (GPL) looked interesting, but I didn't visit all the others. -- Skunk

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

Bricolage is perl based (I think) at http://www.bricolage.cc/ I've not used it, but I have used Drupal extensively (PHP based). Drupal is extremely flexible and powerful and extendable, particularly if you understand the taxonomy requirements. Like many CMS's, both require a lot of

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

There really is no pleasing some people. Now Playing displays some info about what is playing. Press it again to get a different view of what is playing. This is quite a common approach to a UI. Another way of looking at this is that everyone wants their own way of looking at stuff on the

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

chuckiebear;194949 Wrote: Like many CMS's, both require a lot of customisation, although Drupal will work 'out of the box' I generally don't care for portals, but I suppose I wouldn't recognize the well done ones. I did a site using Joomla, which looks to be a lot like Drupal, but prefer

Re: [slim] Annoying Firmware/Software updates

I don't think I'll mess with my system unless phone support hours coincide with updates. -- Jazz1 Jazz1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6623 View this thread:

[slim] Scanning does not work from Server

Ok I haven't rescanned my music library in over a year. I have an SB2 and my OS is Windows XP. Just installed the slim server 6.5.1. All went ok except my library would not rescan via browser or plug-in. Music is on an external HD. Finally got scanning to work via cmd line. Any reason why

Re: [slim] Problems playing FLAC --until value is before --skip point

Quoting Skunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Dave Dewey;194794 Wrote: You can see that in the error message on the first line of the error log, it contains the actual filename. I don't know where the #0-0 comes from in that logline. Sorry about that. The command line option in EAC

Re: [slim] Syncing between SlimServer on Windows, iTunes on Mac

Hmmm. Several different options. 1) I would consider just using an Apple TV. MP3 issues don't come up, since you're within the iTunes universe. Disadvantage: not all music available at all times, just a subset. Also need to have a tv attached to use it. Advantage: does TV too, might be useful

Re: [slim] Problems playing FLAC --until value is before --skip point

Dave Dewey;194957 Wrote: Here's the one I use, as recommended by AutoFlac: After you said it plays in Foobar, that one kind of went irrelevant :0( Strange that it's the Sb2 only. At the risk of making another useless suggestion, perhaps you could update the firmware or try the factory

Re: [slim] Annoying Firmware/Software updates

When people complain, I'm almost always on the side saying that slimserver is really pretty good, and very well supported. HOWEVER, IMO this one seems inexcuseable for a company that wants to produce a consumer device. They should do a quick update to 6.5.1 to fix Pandora and Rhapsody and keep

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

Like I said, the basic idea is good. But having to cycle through all those 8 or 9 views(most of them have no real function anyway, they're purely aesthetic) is a pain in the ass, IMO. By default, you should be able to cycle through only a couple of different, and useful views, like remaining time

[slim] Upgrade 6.3.1 to 6.5.1 - slimserver doesn't start

Hello, I just tried to upgrade slimserver on my Suse 10.1 to 6.5.1(the official version) when I try to start slimserver with the /etc/init.d/slimserver.,init start script, the process starts and stops after 2 seconds, leaving an error message in the logfile. cat /tmp/slimserver.log 2007-04-14

Re: [slim] Upgrade 6.3.1 to 6.5.1 - slimserver doesn't start

I haven't changed the config files from my perfectly working 6.3.1 installation: music:/# cat /etc/sysconfig/slimserver # Edit this to suit your setup SLIMSERVER_USER=slimserver SLIMSERVER_HOME=/usr/local/slimserver SLIMSERVER_CFG=/etc/slimserver.conf SLIMSERVER_LOG=/tmp/slimserver.log

Re: [slim] Squeeze box dropping off Wireless network constantly usingDraytek Vigor 2600 router

I've just got a SB3 and am discovering the joys of using my 2800V with it over wireless ie: not at all. I am currently using the 2.7 firmware which doesn't seem to help. Does anyone know if the 2.7.1 includes these fixes ? If not can someone who has post the squeeze fix somewhere as draytek

[slim] Broken on Mac OS X 10.4.9

SlimServer no longer starts after updating my dual G5 Power Mac to - Mac OS X 10.4.9 - iTunes 7.1.1 The error that appears in ~/Library/Logs/slimserver.log is: Code: Storable object version 2.13 does not match $Storable::VERSION 2.15 at

Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?

I agree with Nostromo. Keep the defaults as basic and common as possible. If a second click gave extended information of what's Now Playing then that might make sense. But Changing the cute but gimicky VU meters doesn't tell me squat more about what's now playing, in fact another click may give

Re: [slim] Everything works but playing

Red Ace;194339 Wrote: Re-did a firmware update, but still no joy. Can someone help me check the port9000 out on my Netgear router...I'm able to log on to the admin pages, but will need some guidance through it... Thank you... If you're accessing your SlimServer on your QNAP via your

Re: [slim] Nokia N800

Tim- I don't understand your memory leak issues and won't be able to test until I have an N800, which should be soon. What you're describing sounds extremely odd and points to a hardware issue, not software (though I wouldn't rule out either at this point). On the Music Magic thing (which, I

Re: [slim] 24/96 PCM to SB3 not so good.

I added my vote. So what's the workaround, use a wav file? I looked all over the bug for a work around. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Sqeezebox 3 causes interference on TV

What was it repaired for? Presumably it didn't do this before the repair? The issue is probably the PSU - search the forum for linear power supply to fix. The Wi-Fi isn't known to cause broad-spectrum EMI like you seem to be experiencing - but then again, no one's reported PS interference with

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

Skunk;194954 Wrote: I generally don't care for portals, but I suppose I wouldn't recognize the well done ones. I did a site using Joomla, which looks to be a lot like Drupal, but prefer the look of the current Slim Devices site to about every template I've seen in Joomla. Not to mention

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

chuckiebear;195000 Wrote: Good points. It depends on the amount of content being turned around here - that is after all the strength of a CMS - that and how easily the content can be managed using metadata taxonomies. Had to google taxonomies, but I'm guessing they are the links to related

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

The SlimDevices web site looks very simple and it doesn't appear like any of it is, or needs to be, generated from back-end systems. Unless this is due to change I think that most CMS's would be more trouble than they are worth and constitute extreme overkill. Drupal is not particularly well

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

We're definitely looking at Open Source, rather than commercial. It's not really about the cost -- it's about trying to stay consistent with our philosophy of development and because, frankly, it think intelligently built Open Source software ends up working better in the long run. The

Re: [slim] Sqeezebox 3 causes interference on TV

Thanx for replying. The mainboard was faulty and needed to be replaced. Is there a way to determine if the PSU is faulty? I got a voltmeter currency tester. AndersR -- AndersR AndersR's Profile:

Re: [slim] Annoying Firmware/Software updates

On 4/14/07, lanierb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When people complain, I'm almost always on the side saying that slimserver is really pretty good, and very well supported. HOWEVER, IMO this one seems inexcuseable for a company that wants to produce a consumer device. They should do a quick

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

I started with Mambo, then tried Joomla (which is more or less the same thing). I didn't feel that they suited my needs and were not as flexible as I wanted them. I tried a few others before settling on Drupal. I have liked it from the beginning. Other people will of course choose differently, it

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

Skunk;195006 Wrote: Had to google taxonomies, but I'm guessing they are the links to related content at the bottom of an article? If so, I never liked those too much :-) Yeah the first thing I did with joomla (which I didn't necessarily mean to endorse) was get the barebones template.

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

ModelCitizen;195007 Wrote: I'd just get a copy of Adobe's Contribute and make sure the site used style sheets and DreamWeaver templates with editable regions. Nice and simple and retains the search engine friendly html pages. Contribute is half the price of a Squeezebox. MC Hmmm,

Re: [slim] Broken on Mac OS X 10.4.9

I've been running on 10.4.9 since it came out, not only on my G5 but also on a G4 and Mac MINI. No problems... Are you using it with iTunes or just having iTunes do the ripping and tagging? I don't have Slim using the iTunes library info. Can you try it that way? -- Eric Seaberg Eric

Re: [slim] slimserver 6.5.1 is killing my PC

The issue isn't resolved for me. I am running SlimServer 6.5.1 on Windows Media Center 2002, SP2. Machine is a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 with 1.5GB of RAM. After a brief time running SlimServer, CPU pegs at 100% and renders the machine almost unusable. Quitting SlimServer and exiting its home page

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

BTW, this site is quite good if one wants to testdrive different open source CMS (only PHP/MySQL versions though): www.opensourcecms.com. -- bergek Transporter - Genelec 8020A Squeezebox 3 - Yamaha NX-A01 Serener GS-L02 - Via EPIA SP8000 - Ubuntu 6.06 Server

Re: [slim] Broken on Mac OS X 10.4.9

You just need to reinstall Storable. We don't ship core modules with SlimServer. sudo cpan Storable -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

JimC;195008 Wrote: We get a pretty hefty amount of traffic, so I also want to make sure whatever we use can handle the load and remain responsive. That's the biggest concern I have for a CMS system -- I haven't seen an Open Source option that has the same capabilities as commercial

Re: [slim] End of song is cut off

I tried 6.3 and won't run, it keeps crashing :( I had to reinstall 6.5.1 and the problems continues...cut the last 5 seconds destroying all the joy of use Squeezebox. I'm trying to figure out if has something to do with Itunes check by him self the 5 seconds of crossfade. The same thing was

Re: [slim] Clear database and rescan for music doesn't work anymore

I tried that, but I get an error on some of the files when I try to delete them saying that the file is still in use. This is even after stopping the slimserver server. I'm not running slimserver as a service. Do I only remove the files in ...SlimServer/server/Cache or the files and all

Re: [slim] Warning, new firmware killed Squeezebox 2

I just had the same problem with my Transporter. It worked fine until a few days ago when I was prompted to hold the brightness button to update the firmware for Pandora. The player worked erratically after the firmware upgrade - it froze often. Today, I can't even turn it on anymore. It's

Re: [slim] Time to pick up another SB. $229 shipped.

JJZolx;194222 Wrote: Maybe they'll also eliminate the wired-only SB from the product line, as the demand is undoubtedly much lower and the price difference will be less. They did that months ago, see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32039 Pale Blue Ego;194233 Wrote: Then

Re: [slim] Sqeezebox 3 causes interference on TV

AndersR;195009 Wrote: Is there a way to determine if the PSU is faulty? It's not faulty - it puts out a fair amount of EMI when it operates normally. There are no tests you can do to see if it's at fault, short of unplugging it and trying it in a different location much further away. The

Re: [slim] Warning, new firmware killed Squeezebox 2

Sorry to hear you had the same problem. I've sent mine off to Slim/Logitech for repair. Of note, my other two Squeezeboxes have been going into the update firmware loop with recurring factory resets. but they didn't die like my other one. As suggested by others, updating to the latest

Re: [slim] Does anyone here have experience with CMS software?

peterw;195024 Wrote: Conceptually, you should consider content management and content delivery as separate functions. Some CMSes want to handle both parts, and scalability availability are big concerns for such CMSes. But many (I believe Bricolage is in this camp) focus on content

Re: [slim] 24/96 PCM to SB3 not so good.

They added a note tonight on the bug and are trying to make the decoder more efficient so that this may get fixed with existing horse power. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: