Yes, the COMPOSER tag has been causing this type of issue. Do a forum
search for a couple of recent threads.
Before wiping out all that good data by blanking or deleting the
composer tag I'd use Mp3tag to RENAME the composer tag to something
else so that the data can be recovered when the bug is
I am new here,I searched this forum by chance,I don't know what I should
talk about here,just for devices?
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> OK I am running version 6.5.0 after uninstalling 6.5.1.
Please try 6.5.2. If it doesn't solve your problem, give some more details
about your issue: are you using iTunes integration? Where do you have you
music collection stored? Do you have a library path set etc.
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Hmmm. I've just used MP3Tag to remove the comment and composer tags,
done a rescan and it's picked up the missing artist field and correctly
placed the albums..
Could it be the composer field that's causing the problems? I had
tried enabling the add composer to artist option in settings and the
I have a web client -- Slimserver. My "player" is VLC, playing
http://localhost:9000/stream.mp3.
Can web clients thus not play APE?
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Hi, bear with me... This may take a while.
My main machine which runs iTunes claims to have 945 artists and 590
albums. On a daily basis it synchronises the entire iTunes folder to
my NAS device.
My server which is on all the time runs Slimserver as shown below
SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 1197
Ben Sandee;202823 Wrote:
> On 5/17/07, CatBus forums.slimdevices.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Bad news? The worst news by far is about the new Wilco album
> getting
> > two thumbs down. That's really too bad.
>
>
> It's excellent and will grow on you if you give it time (it's a
> classic
> patt
On 5/17/07, CatBus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Bad news? The worst news by far is about the new Wilco album getting
two thumbs down. That's really too bad.
It's excellent and will grow on you if you give it time (it's a classic
pattern). It seems like albums that you love right away never
You're right, it does do some resizing, looking through the scripts
again, I found another called CopyCover which looks like it will do
everything very efficiently. It has an "offline" mode so you don't
have to listen to every artist to get it to move the image file, then
it also has a file renam
OK I am running version 6.5.0 after uninstalling 6.5.1. Issue is
missing songs. Itunes shows the correct number of songs, albums etc.
but squeeze shows about half! I am running XP and have my music on a
hard disc connected to my router (airport extreme). For the love of
god, why can't i fix th
But has anyone actually used the music playing app in Vista Media Center
while also using the Slimserver software?
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my guess that the rockbox script will need some tweaking because I bet
it resizes the images. but, definitely looks like it's got promise...
keep the thread posted with what you find. You have at least one forum
reader that's interested ;)
#!/ben
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There might be an easier way to do this. I had a hard time following
this thread, but there's a Rockbox script which takes the image and
puts it into the directory where the media is located. I haven't used
it, but if it does what it says it does, it would work. Look here for
info:
http://amar
Bad news? The worst news by far is about the new Wilco album getting
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Perhaps I'm stating the obvious here, but the serverip you're using is
global right? At least I think it needs to be. Other than that I'd
think that the only port you would need open would be 9000. For testing
you could have a friend or whoever outside you're local network try the
connection usin
I hope no-one has raised this issue already, but /you/ try doing
searches for two-word phrases made of common words in the forums
:-)
Has anyone done any experimentation on streaming from a Slimserver to a
player in Second Life, for example to use in a club or on private land?
The idea would
"The more I look at prices for barcode scanners (and even before I work
out the cost of printing pages or cards), the more I think I won't be
using this soon"
I think there are programs that allow any webcam to be used to read bar
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More than 31291 songs on 3043 albums by 1
Thanks for the quick replies!
Yes, I believe I have 6.5.1. I will download the update and try that.
I will post the results.
thanks again!
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Assuming you are using the 6.5.1 release, this is a known issue and
already improved in the 6.5.2 nightly builds:
http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html
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Which version of SlimServer? I recall there have been changes that are
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Take a look at the "Squeezebox 'Jive' Platform" forum for more details.
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I use the Random Song Mix as my primary way of listening to my music.
I've had the squeezebox for about 1 1/2 months now and this Random Song
mix doesnt seem to work as well as I thought it would.
I always select more than one Genre to add to the random mix. It then
adds the songs to the playl
It's a development environment for graphical remote controls.
There's speculation it may be the foundation of the long-sought-after
Slim Devices/Logitech graphical remote.
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bklaas;202775 Wrote:
> Super cool, Kyle, but are ya gonna tell us what the heck those are?
>
> #!/ben
Oops. Sorry. They're Audioengines. I added handles to the top of each
speaker and a little velcro to hold on the SB3.
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Super cool, Kyle, but are ya gonna tell us what the heck those are?
#!/ben
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What is the purpose of Jive? Is this like SoftSqueeze?
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>
> But thats probably because I'm British. Or drunk. Or both. :)
I've noticed posting is a lot easier than reading the posts when
drunk.
Unfortunately I just broke some bad news to the HiFi; The GF is moving
in next week. I told her she can't add her music to my server an
How about this solution? The SB plugs into the auxiliary power plug in
the back of the speaker, as does the audio input. You have a single
power cable and a speaker cable to the other speaker. You can use the
volume knob on the speaker or control volume with the SB remote.
[image: http://i5.ph
I looked at both Sonos and Squeezebox before buying two squeezeboxes.
One of the things I really wanted was an integrated speaker solution
(no seperate amp, only one remote etc) but in the end got Logitech Z4s
because of the minimal design / low cost ;)
I lent my other squeezebox to a friend who
sounds like, as Mitch said, a ground loop is your culprit. Interesting
it only shows up with the Slim device not the CD player - wonder if the
output levels are slightly higher on the CD player, or the power supply
in the CD player was better grounded (was it a 3 pin plug?)
Are all the power lead
For me, the poor FF/REW functionality is the one key flaw of the
Squeezebox.
I have a few large mp3 files (things like recorded concerts that
haven't been split) and from time to time I want to forward through
them. I can do so on my portable mp3 player, but don't ever bother
trying on the Squeez
CatBus;202521 Wrote:
> Local language variation can be such a pain in the fanny ;)
Or a pain in the bum ;)
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luuk;202752 Wrote:
> I have Lame but SlimServer doesn't acknowledge its presence. Does it
> need to go anywhere special?
I'm not sure - the SlimServer directory?
> I would like to use SlimServer as my interface to my music. An
> alternative would be SoftSqueeze, but I why install something extr
I have Lame but SlimServer doesn't acknowledge its presence. Does it
need to go anywhere special?
I would like to use SlimServer as my interface to my music. An
alternative would be SoftSqueeze, but I why install something extra
when I already have SlimServer to feed my SB2?
Luuk
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luuk;202747 Wrote:
> Thanks. I tried your suggestion but with stream.mp3 it will only play
> mp3 (all my files are flac and stream.flac doesn't work). Moroever,
> even when I list more than one (MP3) song in SlimServer, I have to
> reactivate Foobar after each song.
You need to install LAME in a
Thanks. I tried your suggestion but with stream.mp3 it will only play
mp3 (all my files are flac and stream.flac doesn't work). Moroever,
even when I list more than one (MP3) song in SlimServer, I have to
reactivate Foobar after each song.
I do realise that what I am trying to do is a little sill
Point foobar to localhost:9000/stream.mp3.
But you won't have as much control over it as SoftSqueeze. Also, why
not play the files directly in foobar?
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Quoting luuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Foobar is my preferred desktop player. Is it possible to link Slimserver
> with Foobar so that I can select the tracks to be played using
> SlimServer and have them play on the same computer using Foobar? NB.
> SlimServer is running on the same computer as Fo
mecouc;202736 Wrote:
> Homeplug is the way to go - it's generally much more reliable than
> wireless.
Agree that Homeplugs are more reliable, however a "rogue" device, such
as an ill-tempered washing machine or cantankerous TV, can cause enough
disruption to the signal to render it useless*. In a
Foobar is my preferred desktop player. Is it possible to link Slimserver
with Foobar so that I can select the tracks to be played using
SlimServer and have them play on the same computer using Foobar? NB.
SlimServer is running on the same computer as Foobar (all the music is
also on that machine).
Homeplug is the way to go - it's generally much more reliable than
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Wi-fi could be the killer. In my flat, there are 7-12 SSIDs in the air
at any one time and the wi-fi performance varies by the hour of day.
Imagine getting a call for stuttering/connection problems and trying to
"debug" in such a variable situation.
Maybe Sonos had a good reason for using a prop
Pale Blue Ego wrote:
> A dedicated headless Linux server would be the most stable and
> maint-free hardware setup.
>
> You could either use Samba to allow the music drive to appear in
> Windows Network Neighborhood, or avoid Samba altogether and let the
> user transfer new music to the server usi
upstatemike wrote:
> Players are all wired (never saw the point of a wireless product that
> is tethered to power and audio connections anyway). I run my server
>
Yes, unfortunately, fullly wired houses are rare. I post-wired my house
for cat5, but with concrete wall not all spots can be easil
Revert back to firmware 64
This fixed the issue I had with the SB3 rebooting by itself. Others
have reported the same older firmware restores stability
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> there is 24/96 capability lately thrown into SB's firmware. Now, you
> tell me - what's more important to spend money/time/memory bits,
> obscure feature that very few people really need/want or correcting the
> basic functionality that should have been there from the very begining.
> And I'm no
GlennT;202719 Wrote:
> Also, not having a stop button still catches me off guard, though less
> so since I use a universal remote with pause mapped to stop.
Press and hold pause to stop.
Many buttons have different mappings on press-and-hold.
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Ben Sandee;202707 Wrote:
>
> I'm unable to find anywhere where FF/RW support is even an advertised
> feature. Transcoding is advertisted and does work.
>
> Ben
Transport functions are so universal that I believe it is only natural
to expect them to behave univerally. I wasn't expecting it to
Ben Sandee;202707 Wrote:
>
>
> I'm unable to find anywhere where FF/RW support is even an advertised
> feature. Transcoding is advertisted and does work.
>
> Ben
If you take a closer look onto your remote, you'll see button with the
>> on it and FWD above it. Call me silly, but I'd expect i
Anybody seen this before?
Occasionally the SB3 will stall - just doesn't start playing the next
song - it displays the upcoming song, the buffer is full, but the song
doesn't start playing until I press play, at which time it re-buffers
('show buffer fullness' activated) and starts playing. Seems
On 5/17/07, slimkid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Transcoding isn't a convenience or favour - it's an advertised feature,
it should work transparently. From another thread we could find out that
there is 24/96 capability lately thrown into SB's firmware. Now, you
tell me - what's more important t
Mark Lanctot;202537 Wrote:
> Well, think about the process of transcoding - it's taking one format,
> decoding it, then re-encoding it...
Well, nothing personal (this is directed to Slimdevices), but why would
he need to think or even care about all of that. It's
designer's/developers' job. He'
skieswideopen;179770 Wrote:
> Because I have a library that is nothing short of massive, rescanning is
> time consuming (30-45 minutes), CPU draining and in general not
> something i wanted to mess with while experimenting time after time.
A simple solution to this is to reset the music path to
Just wondering if anyone has thoughts on consolidating the functions of
Slimserver/Squeezebox (music distribution) with those of LinuxMCE
(media/automation control). Is this something you'd like to see?
Would it be interesting to see Jive as a flexible menu/navigation
mechanism that manages not
A dedicated headless Linux server would be the most stable and
maint-free hardware setup.
You could either use Samba to allow the music drive to appear in
Windows Network Neighborhood, or avoid Samba altogether and let the
user transfer new music to the server using WinSCP.
As for control and
On 17-May-07, at 6:15 AM, steinwaytony wrote:
>
> I'm in Player settings > Audio and there is no way to disable limiting
> -- only to limit to a max of 320.
>
what model of player do you have?
one of the options should be "no limit" for SB1 through SB3 or
Transporter, only Slimp3 or a web clien
robt;202672 Wrote:
> some people are worried that the component quality will suffer
My, wholly uninformed, view is that it wouldn't be cost-effective to
begin replacing the internals of the SB3 right now; the R&D costs would
outweigh the returns considering that (and here's another rumour) the
ne
badbob wrote:
> Squeezebox is a "TSR" that sits in the background, so you can indeed
> play music on the SB plus music on the HTPC with another music player
> ie Winamp.
>
TSR, it's been a long time since I heard that term.
Bad ole DOS days...
Regards,
Peter
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peterw wrote:
> desertrat58;202252 Wrote:
>
>> I'm no programmer (anymore or ever again). For crissakes, how hard can
>> it be to make a skin look nice and professional? It's almost like
>> SlimDevices doesen't care.
>>
>
> Could you post some URLs of web sites that demonstrate what you th
Let's hope they are just rebranding the outside, not the inside. I
didn't know about this Logitech rebranding until it was pointed out
earlier in this thread. A bit of investigation afterwards showed some
people are worried that the component quality will suffer. Is that a
valid point of view, or
As I understand it, the delay in the UK shipment (not just Amazon but
all UK retailers) is due to the re-branding. Once the new Logitech SB3s
are released they'll come back into the UK. I expect towards the end of
May, early June.
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I'm in Player settings > Audio and there is no way to disable limiting
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Michael Herger;202631 Wrote:
> When I was using it they simple had a panel which automatically
> connected to allmusic.com (or some other service). Consider it an
> integrated web browser, not more :-). I don't know whether this has
> changed in the past few years.
Just had a look at its most re
> I've never tried MMJ, I'll download it and give it a try, but I doubt
> it will do what I've in mind.
When I was using it they simple had a panel which automatically connected
to allmusic.com (or some other service). Consider it an integrated web
browser, not more :-). I don't know whether t
amcluesent;202623 Wrote:
> Dapper http://www.dapper.net/ is a tool that claims to able to extract
> structured content from a web-site and make it available as a
> web-service.
>
> Allmusic.com seem to testing this out themselves
> http://www.dapper.net/dapp-search.php?keyword=allmusic&transform
Michael Herger;202617 Wrote:
> But aren't there already tools out there which do this better my plugin?
> I had the idea from MusicMatch Jukebox - I guess they have subscribed to
>
> allmusic.com (as does imho msn).
The only tool I've found that will let you tag with allmusic info is
mp3tag usi
Dapper http://www.dapper.net/ is a tool that claims to able to extract
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> How easily could your plugins be adapted to step through the slimserver
> db sequentially and present a popup window where more than one option
> exists for an album?
When testing my plugin I wrote a script to go through the whole collection
of artists/albums. Problem is: if you hit the allmus
My order for an SB3 all black from Amazon, made on 22 April, has now
been delayed with an estimated delivery date of 23 May - 2 June.
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Michael Herger;202608 Wrote:
> That's what my plugins currently do - an ugly solution, quite error
> prone.
How easily could your plugins be adapted to step through the slimserver
db sequentially and present a popup window where more than one option
exists for an album?
I'm guessing also that w
>> When I started tinkering my Biography/Review plugins I contacted them
>> about their licensing. I never got an answer...
>
> Michael, how long ago was that?
Two years and few?
> They've signed up a few online
> retailers and the like in recent times so perhaps they're more ready to
> do busine
Michael Herger;202374 Wrote:
> When I started tinkering my Biography/Review plugins I contacted them
> about their licensing. I never got an answer...
Michael, how long ago was that? They've signed up a few online
retailers and the like in recent times so perhaps they're more ready to
do bus
The missing "pipeline" is a symptom that the file has been skipped
rather than a cause.
I looked at this a bit but I can't see why the files are being played.
Have you tried deleting the database and rebuilding it ?
I'm still working on socketwrapper and while testing it, I managed to
get an Ogg
Thanks for all the research from you guys. Switching your AV off before
doing a scan does the trick. All the coverart is back.
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Scan.co.uk have stock of the White wireless SB3 (obviously SD were right
to drop it, doesn't look to be that popular), but the all black one is
OOS.
http://www.scan.co.uk/search/search.asp?criteria=squeezebox
(other than being a regular customer, i have no connection to Scan)
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Ah, okay, thanks. Then it's not just Amazon. That does make me feel a
little better.
Guess I'll stick with Amazon then...
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I have had a black SB3 on order from Multi-task computing since 13
March. So I don't think it is just Amazon. However Multi-task are less
than good at keeping me informed.
I fear we are awaiting the new "logitech" branded SB3's from production
to come over - I had ordered deliberately in the h
I'd highly recommend _'ecodigital'
(http://www.ecodigital.co.uk/estore/index.php?manufacturers_id=9&main_page=index)_...
but it appears that they're completely out of stock too! :-O
(I have no connection to Ecodigital, of course)
M
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I ordered a black wireless squeezebox from amazon.co.uk on 31 March.
It's been delayed twice and still hasn't arrived. The latest estimate
is 16-25 May, though I have lost confidence that it will arrive in that
time.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? It's hardly possible to
believe it tak
shake-the-disease wrote:
> I've run an SB1 for 3 years. The only instability problems I've had have
> been related to wireless reception issues and bedding in SS on a new
> NAS.
>
> IMHO once a SB is wired and the server isn't tinkered with it is a very
> stable platform.
>
Problem is that the
FF/REW doesn't work very well anyhow. You're not missing much. I only
wish it would work as well as a DVD player...
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