Re: [slim] A small wiki addition.

Your wiki entry is a help. (Sadly, there seem to be problems with SQ itself: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32458) -- Diana -- Diana Diana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7463 V

Re: [slim] Server won't recognize remote library address

Nope I don't think it is that. I tried turning off the firewall completely just to try it out and it still didn't work. -- neil5561 neil5561's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5696 View this thread

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

peterw;205348 Wrote: > I recently bought a never opened Griffen Radio Shark so that my > Slimserver host could stream local FM to my Squeezeboxes, including my > kitchen setup that's just a Squeezebox, a bookshelf speaker, and a > small amp hidden behind the speaker. I haven't gotten around to wr

Re: [slim] Where does everyone buy their online music from?

deadkenny;205309 Wrote: > I don't buy online music. > > Don't like DRM, and more importantly I don't like the poor encodings of > many online services. > > Whilst CD isn't the best quality, it is however generally better than a > lot of online music. Sadly the assumption is most people don't ca

[slim] TS101 + Slimserver

Hi to everyone, this is my first post. I am running slimserver on a TS101 NAS drive connected via ethernet cable to a netgear wireless router. My PC is running XP and also connects wirelessly. Basically, I cannot run squeezebox without having the PC on. Squeezebox only seems to recognise the main

[slim] What role does MusicIP Mixer's library play for SlimServer?

I was just wondering how SlimServer and MusicIP Mixer fit together. A few times lately I've updated tags or added to my collection and found that no matter what I do SlimServer won't pick up the changes or additions until MusicIP has. This entails running up the application, waiting for it to fin

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

mflint;205413 Wrote: > Peter... > > ps: Kaizen28> apologies for the thread-jack! No problem! It's all for the greater good am I'm learning loads at the same time. -- Kaizen28 Kaizen28's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.2 Release

I was running XP pro, now my computer won't start up. I have got some sort of windows error. All I did was install the new release 6.5.2, then had to uninstall it, then I re-installed 6.5.1, and now my computer won't start up at all. -- cliston

Re: [slim] Weird Nokia 770 Skin Problem (w/ Nokia N800)

I'll take a look at it this week. My paying job has been munching up all my spare cycles, which accounts for my relative scarcity. This sounds like a CSS thing, which means it will take somewhere between 20 seconds and 10 years to fix ;) cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas "the Nokia770 skin guy" http:

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

The radio shark would be a cool solution, but what about DAB. Are there any recievers? There used to be a Psion waverider (or something like that) .. the only thing i can find now is Trinloc device: www.trinloc.com -- Sike

[slim] Firmware download

I am sorry, but I just don't understand how to get the latest firmware without the new SS 6.5.1. Bonz explained it to me in a previous post, but I am very confused. I am on a MAC OSx running SS 6.5 ans SBv3. Could someone walk me thru in layman's terms please. Thanks -- thesil Gerry. "When y

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

Sike;205432 Wrote: > The radio shark would be a cool solution, but what about DAB. Are there > any recievers? There used to be a Psion waverider (or something like > that) .. the only thing i can find now is Trinloc device: > www.trinloc.com That would be my ideal solution, but there are no USB D

Re: [slim] TS101 + Slimserver

How did you install the Slimserver on TS101? Thanks. -- Dworin Dworin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11780 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35693 ___

Re: [slim] TS101 + Slimserver

You have configured the Slimserver on the TS-101 using the ip address: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:9000 I assume? (e.g. 192.168.001.002:9000) Let us know how you get on. -- jjrobb jjrobb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

[slim] Portable FLAC player?

I'm in the process of moving my CDs to FLAC files on my PC and streaming them. Are there any portable players that will support FLAC? the 80gig iPod would be more than enough storage for me, too bad its only plays mp3s -- jclyle --

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

Quoting jclyle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I'm in the process of moving my CDs to FLAC files on my PC and streaming > them. Are there any portable players that will support FLAC? the 80gig > iPod would be more than enough storage for me, too bad its only plays > mp3s With the Rockbox firmware, you

[slim] Album count

I have a question about the album count. Slimserver is reporting this: 2633 albums with 17678 songs by 1220 artists That's about twice as many albums than I actually have. I've determined that the problem is with soundtracks and other "various artists"-type albums. I've looked at the Server Set

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

jclyle;205441 Wrote: > I'm in the process of moving my CDs to FLAC files on my PC and streaming > them. Are there any portable players that will support FLAC? the 80gig > iPod would be more than enough storage for me, too bad its only plays > mp3s Take a look at http://flac.sourceforge.net/links

Re: [slim] Server won't recognize remote library address

neil5561;205045 Wrote: > Hi guys, > > First I appologize if this is an old question. I went back a few pages > on the forum and tried the help but couldn't find anything on this. > Anyways, today I updated to Windows Vista and as such had to reinstall > the server to get it to work. It now wo

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

The _'RockBox_firmware' (http://www.rockbox.org/)_ supports flac as far as I know... -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http

Re: [slim] What role does MusicIP Mixer's library play for SlimServer?

Quoting hunta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Does SlimServer use MusicIP's database directly? yes, the data is imported and merged with any other data sources, including music folder scan. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http:

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

Some of the Cowon players handle FLAC also. You may find that it works out better to keep a parallel MP3 library for your portable, rather than store FLAC on it directly. If you are listening with earbuds, in a noisy environment, etc. you may not be able to tell the difference in the audio quali

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

I keep a parallel MP3 folder of my FLAC library which allows me to use iTunes to manage the music for my iPod. You can use the FLAC2MP3 script by Robin Bowes to do an automatic batch conversion and then use foobar or other utility to convert new music as and when. I ran a 60Gb iPod with ALAC for

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

Yes, the manufacturer Cowan markets hard drive and flash players under the Cowan and iAudio brand names. They are quite respected players. My 4gb, flash, Cowan U3 supports FLAC and Ogg Vorbis, so I use those formats. I team it with a HeadRoom Total Airhead portable amp and a set of Shure E2G phone

Re: [slim] Album count

Have you tried doing a complete clear and re-scan of the SS library? -- Heuer Heuer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35699 __

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

I agree with jefmeh, I own a Cowon D2 4GB and two 8GB SDHC cards that hold my Jazz and World Music libraries. The storage benefits that you gain by using a small high quality lossy format with smaller files for your portable DAP outweights any sound quality benefits you might gain from big Flac fi

Re: [slim] Album count

Sure have. A few times now. I even deleted the contents of the \Cache folder and then did a rescan. -- prabbit prabbit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11142 View this thread: http://forums.slimde

Re: [slim] Album count

I have seen this a couple of times after upgrading. If you have exactly double the amount of files (everything repeated) then there is a way to fix it but I can't for the life of me remember. A search in around 'double' should turn something up. If you have only partial doubling up the problem cou

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

The iAudio X5L has native support for FLAC. -- Amauta Amauta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2669 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35698 _

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

The RIO Karma plays FLAC files, but is no longer in production. This new player plays FLAC files: TrekStor Vibez http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_mp3.php?pid=66&page=1 -- cliston cliston's Profile: http://forums

Re: [slim] Album count

I haven't upgraded. This is my first install. It's not a double of everything. It's specific to albums that have multiple artists (soundtracks, compilations, etc.). -- prabbit prabbit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [slim] Problem tuning in some stations in Slim that worked before and still work in iTunes.

Now this morning these streams are working again. Yet the streams were not down last night when I was having problems, as they worked in iTunes. DNS problem? Any other possibilities? -- bephillips More than 32647 songs on 3248 albums by 2002 artists. SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10713 - Mac OS

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

Heuer;205456 Wrote: > I keep a parallel MP3 folder of my FLAC library which allows me to use > iTunes to manage the music for my iPod. You can use the FLAC2MP3 script > by Robin Bowes to do an automatic batch conversion and then use foobar > or other utility to convert new music as and when. > >

Re: [slim] Album count

I get this too. I think the problem is associated with the tags - the artist for each song is in the Artist field - rather than the artist being just "Various Artists", therefore each artist instance (song) is considered to be an album. Can anyone explain? -- Rick B. --

Re: [slim] Album count

Quoting "Rick B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I get this too. I think the problem is associated with the tags - the > artist for each song is in the Artist field - rather than the artist > being just "Various Artists", therefore each artist instance (song) is > considered to be an album. > > Can anyo

Re: [slim] Firmware download

The firmware is automatically updated when you install and run the latest version of Slimserver, so when you install 6.5.2 your Squeezebox will automatically update to the firmware that came with it. -- dSw dSw's Profile:

Re: [slim] Firmware download

I understand that; however, I do not want the new 6.5.1 , just the firmware -- thesil Gerry. "When you ain't got nuthin', you've got nuthin' to lose" thesil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=919

Re: [slim] Where does everyone buy their online music from?

I just bought live shows direct from Hot Tuna in drm-free flac. http://www.hottunatunes.com/do/welcome Previously I bought Dub Side of the Moon directly from the Easy Star Allstars, also drm-free flac, and tagged too. http://www.easystar.com/ -- bephillips More than 32647 songs on 3248 albu

Re: [slim] Firmware download

>I do not want the new 6.5.1 , just the firmware< Maybe the firmware is written to use new features of the slimserver? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this th

Re: [slim] Album count

kdf;205492 Wrote: > [T]o be considered as one album by slimserver, you will be required to > have the tracks from the same album in the same folder. Otherwise, > there isn't any way for slimserver to combine the tracks into a single > album. > What I take from this is that my file structure is

[slim] Squeezebox has stopped connecting

Hi, wonder if anyone can help. I've had a squeezebox for about 6 months now and it has been working fine but tonight I can't get it to connect to my wireless network. It sees the network but when I try to connect I get a "Wireless encrpyption error" when using WPA-2 Personal. If I disable the e

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

mflint;205413 Wrote: > > A very timely post! I've wanted to do just that, and have been looking > for a RadioShark. Hopefully I'll win one on Ebay soon... > > I'd want to get some tight integration to SlimServer - I like the idea > of being able to retune via the squeezebox. (Dare I mention the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox has stopped connecting

Did any changes happen to the machines, software (e.g., slimserver) or other apparatus (routers, switches, etc.) on your network since before you started having problems? -- Balthazar_B Balthazar_B's Profile: http://forums

Re: [slim] Firmware download

maybe, but my SB3 has been playing perfectly, and after reading the horror stories about the new download, I do not want to fix what aint broken -- thesil Gerry. "When you ain't got nuthin', you've got nuthin' to lose" t

Re: [slim] Firmware download

thesil;205521 Wrote: > maybe, but my SB3 has been playing perfectly, and after reading the > horror stories about the new download, I do not want to fix what aint > broken updating the firmware ahead of the software sounds like a good way to break something that doesn't need fixing -- EFP --

Re: [slim] Firmware download

thesil;205521 Wrote: > maybe, but my SB3 has been playing perfectly, and after reading the > horror stories about the new download, I do not want to fix what aint > broken So, if you don't mind me asking, why do you want to update the firmware? I wouldn't avoid 6.5.2 simply because you've seen

Re: [slim] Album count

prabbit;205505 Wrote: > ... > > but for Various Artist albums to be reported as a single instance, I > would need > > \Album\Artist\Track > > If that's the case, I'll either need to live with it not being correct > in SlimServer or modify my directory structure (in one of several > ways). ...

Re: [slim] Firmware download

thesil;205521 Wrote: > maybe, but my SB3 has been playing perfectly, and after reading the > horror stories about the new download, I do not want to fix what aint > broken FYI, we're up to 6.5.2 now (you keep mentioning 6.5.1). Inevitably there are people who have trouble but it's very stable,

Re: [slim] Album count

prabbit wrote: > \Album\Artist\Track > > If that's the case, I'll either need to live with it not being correct > in SlimServer or modify my directory structure (in one of several > ways). Either way, I need to bend to SlimServer's will and can't make > it bend to mine. ...the problem is

[slim] firewall

Installed 6.5.2 Squeezebox can not connect to slim server, when turning off my CA Security Center Firewall, it connects instantly. I'm using fixed IPs on my LAN, all correct and setup on my router. I have 2 expert rules set up and enabled on CA firewall TCP 9000 TCP and UDP 3483 Still squeeze

Re: [slim] Help save Internet radio

Unfortunately this crazy law has already hit my favourite radio station and it has now ceased broadcasting. Music One (www.m1live.com) was the _best_ dance station around. Rich the stations owner and sole worker has stopped the station prematurely to try and formulate a business plan to get everyt

Re: [slim] Squeezebox has stopped connecting

I updated slimserver but the machine has been working since that at least for a couple of days. The router is the same (Linksys WAG54GS). As far as I know no other changes have happened. -- Squanderbug Squanderbug's Profi

Re: [slim] Firmware download

I installed SlimServer for the first time about a month ago. I installed a build of 6.5.2. I've never used 6.5.1 (or earlier). When I got my Squeezeboxes, I installed firmware 81. While I've had questions about how to get things to work for me or for clarification about SlimServer, I've never ha

Re: [slim] Squeezebox has stopped connecting

When was the last time you checked to see if your router has new firmware available? Have you tried to power cycle your router? -- Anoop M. Anoop M.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8996 View this

[slim] If your internet connection goes down, will SB still work?

I have Comcast for my internet. Their service goes down once or twice a week. Will the SB3 still function at home if i loose my internet connection? This assumes that my wireless router is still on. -- jclyle jclyle's Prof

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

I just stumbled upon this link on the main Slim Devices homepage: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_radiotime.html? I spent a few minutes snooping around the RadioTime website, and it looks like a server-side version of the Radio Shark concept. -Wolo -- wolo -

Re: [slim] If your internet connection goes down, will SB still work?

If your PC and Squeezebox are on, yes, you can keep playing music even if Comcast fell off the earth. Some things won't work, obviously (netradio, rss feeds, etc), but local music is unaffected. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Squeezebox has stopped connecting

Thanks Anoop M, I updated the router's firmware and all is OK now. Sorry if it was a stupid question, I'm pretty new to this. -- Squanderbug Squanderbug's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11786 Vie

Re: [slim] Squeezebox has stopped connecting

You are welcome, glad I could helpEnjoy your music -- Anoop M. Anoop M.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8996 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35703 __

Re: [slim] TS101 + Slimserver

Grey Fox;205419 Wrote: > Hi to everyone, this is my first post. > I am running slimserver on a TS101 NAS drive connected via ethernet > cable to a netgear wireless router. My PC is running XP and also > connects wirelessly. Basically, I cannot run squeezebox without having > the PC on. Squeezebox

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

Hi The RadioShark looks superb but it just needs to work off my ReadyNAS running SlimServer. Pity, that's not there yet. I'll do some investigating into the IR Blaster option as I'm not sure how I'd get this to turn on the Nakamichi at a given time though. It's such a waste leaving it on in

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

wolo;205550 Wrote: > I just stumbled upon this link on the main Slim Devices homepage: > http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_radiotime.html? > > I spent a few minutes snooping around the RadioTime website, and it > looks like a server-side version of the Radio Shark concept. > RadioTime is a great

[slim] Carrying over the preferences file when upgrading

Is there any reason I shouldn't bring my preferences file with me when moving from 6.3 to 6.5.2? I backed mine up and dropped it back into place and all seems well. I am just wondering if I have missed any new settings or if any syntax has changed. Also I was surprised that the server had the s

Re: [slim] Users of various instances of slimserver

Good to hear its working. Yes I see what you mean. Try with a new post in the forums asking for how to restrict which players are visisble in the web interface. Someone might have a clever solution. -- bhaagensen bhaagense

Re: [slim] Streaming Slimserver into Second Life

Not really familiar with this, but live365 seems to offer something like that http://www.live365.com/broadcast/ Otherwise I guess google is your friend, I know lame answer... -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://fo

Re: [slim] Looking for a better way to create playlists

They don't max out at 360, that's for sure. When I listed 700, I listed it as the max. I'm hard pressed to find any actual files that high, but there are enough in the 500's and 600's. Let's take a look at the disk space issue, using Abbey Road: Flac files: (see attachment 1 "abbey-flac") 270

Re: [slim] Carrying over the preferences file when upgrading

dwc;205584 Wrote: > Is there any reason I shouldn't bring my preferences file with me when > moving from 6.3 to 6.5.2? I backed mine up and dropped it back into > place and all seems well. I am just wondering if I have missed any new > settings or if any syntax has changed. > > Also I was surp

Re: [slim] Looking for a better way to create playlists

dwc;205593 Wrote: > They don't max out at 360, that's for sure. When I listed 700, I listed > it as the max. I'm hard pressed to find any actual files that high, but > there are enough in the 500's and 600's. > > Let's take a look at the disk space issue, using Abbey Road: > > Flac files: (se

Re: [slim] firewall

> I have 2 expert rules set up and enabled on CA firewall > > TCP 9000 > TCP and UDP 3483 Make sure you have opened them for incoming connections, not outgoing. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com