Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread danco
Have you tried changing channels? Do you have neighbours whose wi-fi may be interfering with yours? If that's a possibility, you could download iStumbler or Coconut Wifi to check further. As the previous poster, and SlimDevices, confirm the SB3 does work with the new Airport Extreme. So there mus

Re: [slim] Sticky SB2

2007-07-25 Thread wr420
Are you using any chemicals or cleaners on it? I believe it is a spray on coating and may be damaged by anything other than a mild soapy water. -- wr420 wr420's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104

Re: [slim] Sticky SB2

2007-07-25 Thread crooner
You may want to put it in a case such as this one (shown with matching power supply). No more melting problems! +---+ |Filename: super sb outdoor 1.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/att

[slim] NiceCast and intranet streaming to squeezebox

2007-07-25 Thread chale2
I am attempting to stream audio from my Safari browser or streams from iTunes on my mac to my squeezebox through slim network. I have been attempting to use NiceCast and use the intranet address to start playing the stream through either one of two methods: 1) putting the IP address on the play U

Re: [slim] Acoustic coupling

2007-07-25 Thread pfarrell
Yes, Tube(valve) amps have serious problems with this because nearly all tubes are, or can become, microphonic. Microphonic is the term of art to describe when physicially shaking the tube causes it to act as a microphone. Very bad in general for audio quality. Turntables, remember them? have alw

[slim] Sticky SB2

2007-07-25 Thread agentsmith
I have an SB2 that I prefer over the SB3 for its low profile face plate. lately when trying to dust it I find the shell is getting sticky and literally "melting". Is anyone having this problem? The SB2 is not subject to any direct heat source. I wonder if there is any chance that Slim would sel

Re: [slim] Phone calls cause SB to turn off.

2007-07-25 Thread egd
NauticusLX;217166 Wrote: > Those things by Netgear? I was using those when I had cable internet > just a few weeks ago, before I switched to DSL. Do you have the same > problem with the SB turning off when you make phone calls? Yep, those things by Netgear and a host of others. No, I don't ha

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread Eric Seaberg
I'm running my Extreme N with WPA encryption without any issues, streaming lossless to my SB3 at almost 1Mbps throughput. It should work, even with the signal strength down to 35 or 40%... I've done it. What other info can you give us. What's the server running on? Is there a router ahead of t

Re: [slim] Phone calls cause SB to turn off.

2007-07-25 Thread vdonovan
Note that 802.11g works best on channels 1, 6, 11 -- vdonovan vdonovan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11536 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37094 __

Re: [slim] Squeezebox cutting out! HELP!

2007-07-25 Thread tday01
I restarted the router. No joy. I closed the port triggers that were open for bittorrent and it started working! Set the bittorrent port under the virtual server tab in my router and now i have the both working. Thanks for the suggestions. Tony -- tday01

Re: [slim] Phone calls cause SB to turn off.

2007-07-25 Thread mvalera
Your phone and wireless router/access point are likely both in the 2.4Ghz wireless range. You need to go into the admin interface for the router and change the wireless channel. You will have 11 to choose from. You might also want to go get a phone that operates in the 5.2 Ghz range. Mike --

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread sclamage
I have a 550 also and I really like it. It's far from my perfect remote - I'm still waiting for the successor to the current generation of Harmony remotes, which (I assume) will incorporate the new Jive platform and will (I hope) allow me to browse my library directly on the remote. But I needed a

Re: [slim] Phone calls cause SB to turn off.

2007-07-25 Thread NauticusLX
Those things by Netgear? I was using those when I had cable internet just a few weeks ago, before I switched to DSL. Do you have the same problem with the SB turning off when you make phone calls? -- NauticusLX NauticusL

Re: [slim] Remote stopped working

2007-07-25 Thread yoffer
Thanks for your responses, tried with the camera and seems the remote has died completely its not emitting IR, have contacted customer service for a new remote thanks again Yoffer -- yoffer yoffer's Profile: http://forum

Re: [slim] Music recommendation engine for Slimserver

2007-07-25 Thread egd
agentsmith;216348 Wrote: > Yes the option to send to slimserver is there. But it has been there > all along. It is just that I can only send it once, it gives me an > error after the first Send command. Also, only the first song in the > list gets sent. Have a look at the MIP forum, if my mem

Re: [slim] Phone calls cause SB to turn off.

2007-07-25 Thread egd
I presume your SB is connecting to your network wirelessly. If this is the case the likely cause is the wirless channel being used by the sb3 clashing with that used by the phone. Try to reconfigure your WAP to use a different channel. If that doesn't resolve the problem get a pair of netplugs

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread WhaleOil
I have a Logitech 555 and am very happy with it. I have had it since Christmas last year and the batteries are still going strong - I can live with changing four AAA batteries every nine months or so, so having a charging cradle isn't a big deal for me. It would be nice to have more 'soft' butto

Re: [slim] Squeezebox cutting out! HELP!

2007-07-25 Thread tday01
I'll try cycling router and if that fails shutting the port and see if that does it when I get home tonight. I'll report back tomorrow. It is odd that squeeze network has no problem. I hope it is software and not that the multiple power outages fried the buffer. Tony -- tday01 ---

[slim] Phone calls cause SB to turn off.

2007-07-25 Thread NauticusLX
I have a recurring problem since switching to DSL high-speed internet. When I use the phone, the SqueezeBox turns off. For calls out, simply turning on the phone is the trigger. Both the phone and DSL share the same jack, with s splitter. A filter is on the phone line, supplied by Verizon. T

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread mvalera
Jim C loves the 670, it's all about the buttons for him. I prefer the 880. The buttons never bothered me, and I love the recharge cradle and the color screen's ability to hold more text, and it's two extra buttons. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager slimdevices.com --

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread danco
I don't know about the newest Airport Extreme. But my SB runs fine with the older version of Airport Extreme WPA2 and 802.11g only. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this

Re: [slim] 6.5.3 No Artwork and Cannot restore TrackStat

2007-07-25 Thread ganjastone
Again no artwork. Anti virus off, yet on every 'clean and rescan' I get this: 2007-07-26 00:50:28.8255 ERROR: Error executing 'SELECT contributor.id, contributor.name, contributor.namesort, contributor.musicmagic_mixable, contributor.namesearch, contributor.musicbrainz_id FROM contributor_album m

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread sander
I'm not sure where you're ordering from but you should also look at the 670 as a middle point between the 550 and the 880 in terms of functionality, but just a little more than the 550 in price. For me the fact that it was half price opposite the 880 (in the US on Amazon) was the difference. It

Re: [slim] RadioIO

2007-07-25 Thread bnewts
snarlydwarf;213852 Wrote: > If you are comped you haven't paid for it. > > I agree that it seems like a mismanaged change... but at least they are > being honest enough to comp you for having to endure commercials. > > Though, again, whoever was behind the changes needs to be smacked for > misp

Re: [slim] Problems with accessing library

2007-07-25 Thread Siduhe
Try adding a program exception to McAfee for slim.exe and socketwrapper.exe. Then reboot. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sho

Re: [slim] Problems with accessing library

2007-07-25 Thread harvster
Well, that's a bit complicated since my machine was configured by my systems people at work. If I uninstall the software, it will be a problem to get it back. And I certainly don't want to be without anti-virus protection! Is there anything I can do in the McAffe configuration to solve the prob

Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread tubes-n-horns
Silly me, it did capture the info at the bottom of the screen shot. I did this several times, I guess I cut it off the firast time. Anyhow, there ya go... -- tubes-n-horns SB3 Mid-Fi Sansui TT Bottlehead Foreplay III Bottlehead Paramour 2A3 Monos Klipsch Heresys ---

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze problems/questions

2007-07-25 Thread markwm
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Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread tubes-n-horns
Attached is a screen shot of Task Manager/Performance. Not captured in the photo, at the bottom of the Task Manager window, it says, Processes: 43, CPU Usage: 5%, Commit Charge: 452M/12. I did a uninstall/reinstall of SlimServer. Funny thing that the XM Plugin was already installed. Guess the uni

Re: [slim] Problems with accessing library

2007-07-25 Thread Anoop M .
harvster;217118 Wrote: > Yes, McAfee. But shouldn't the port exceptions take care of any > problems with that? (The anti-virus and firewall software are > integrated.) > > Thanks! Everything you are describing sounds like the problem is coming from your Mcafee. Yes the exceptions should make

Re: [slim] Soma FM Groovesalad problem?

2007-07-25 Thread nacmacfeegle
Seems to be working fine up here on the North East coast of Scotland. Normally no problems either as this is one of my favourites. -- nacmacfeegle nacmacfeegle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48

Re: [slim] Problems with accessing library

2007-07-25 Thread harvster
Yes, McAfee. But shouldn't the port exceptions take care of any problems with that? (The anti-virus and firewall software are integrated.) Thanks! -- harvster harvster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread duraace
Mark Lanctot;217112 Wrote: > Is there a reason you're using WEP? > > WPA or WPA2 are secure provided you use a complex passphrase. WEP is > not secure and will only deter accidental connections. Yes there is. I started with WPA2, but the SB is incompatible with the new Airport Extreme in anyt

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
Is there a reason you're using WEP? WPA or WPA2 are secure provided you use a complex passphrase. WEP is not secure and will only deter accidental connections. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postc

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread duraace
Anoop M.;217104 Wrote: > The SB3 can definately handle 128 WEP. Since changing to 40 bit, it hasn't stopped yet. I have it on a station that has been quite unreliable. I will let it go, but it has already exceeded previous reliability, but still too early to tell. Will report back. -- dura

Re: [slim] Streaming Wav From Flac

2007-07-25 Thread HalNineThousand
I'm going one step more. I considered just giving up on the Ubuntu install, since I don't need it, but I like to know what causes problems like that so I'm ready to deal with them again. For all I know, the issue could be a bug in Slimserver and it would help me and everyone if I found out that

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread Anoop M .
duraace;217103 Wrote: > I tried bumping it down to 40 bit WEP. I'm using mac filtering, so I > don't have a problem with the security. Should the SB be able to > handle 128 WEP 802.11g? It's almost like it can't deal with the > overhead. The SB3 can definately handle 128 WEP. -- Anoop M. -

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread duraace
Anoop M.;217101 Wrote: > Have you tried changing your broadcasting channel to see if that makes > any difference? I tried bumping it down to 40 bit WEP. I'm using mac filtering, so I don't have a problem with the security. Should the SB be able to handle 128 WEP 802.11g? It's almost like it c

Re: [slim] Scanning the Music Library on SlimCD

2007-07-25 Thread Michael Herger
Hi Mike > Thanks for your guidance and patience. I now have a working HD > installation ( and a far greater understanding of the Linux command set > ) File permissions and a missing Slimserver.pref file were the root > cause of the problem. Great! Have fun! Michael _

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread Anoop M .
Have you tried changing your broadcasting channel to see if that makes any difference? -- Anoop M. Anoop M.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8996 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem running on Apple hardware

2007-07-25 Thread duraace
Anoop M.;217092 Wrote: > Is this a new Airport Extreme N router? If so check this workaround that > may help. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4903 I've already implemented the workaround. As said in the original message, 802.11 a or b only, and WEP 128. -- duraace ---

Re: [slim] Remote stopped working

2007-07-25 Thread Geoff B
On 7/24/07, yoffer wrote: > > Had my SB3 for 3 weeks now and all of sudden the remote has stopped > working completely, I tried replacing the batteries but that hasn't > made any difference, just wondered if anybody else had experienced the > same problem, or am I just unlucky. As well as Anoop's

Re: [slim] Remote stopped working

2007-07-25 Thread Anoop M .
yoffer;216924 Wrote: > Had my SB3 for 3 weeks now and all of sudden the remote has stopped > working completely, I tried replacing the batteries but that hasn't > made any difference, just wondered if anybody else had experienced the > same problem, or am I just unlucky. Do you have a digital ca

Re: [slim] Squeezebox cutting out! HELP!

2007-07-25 Thread snarlydwarf
Mark Lanctot;217041 Wrote: > I believe it doesn't matter if bittorrent is running or not, the router > tries to maintain a table of recently-used connections and starts > dropping or having trouble maintaining contact with others. > > I believe forum member snarlydwarf had this problem. > > Cou

Re: [slim] Squeezebox cutting out! HELP!

2007-07-25 Thread Anoop M .
Are you connected wireless or wired? If wireless try connecting via Ethernet and see if things get better. -- Anoop M. Anoop M.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8996 View this thread: http://forum

Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread oreillymj
I'd also look at Windows task manager to see how much free memory is available. WinXP really needs at least 1Gb of RAM to be useful. What does the "Commit Charge" at the bottom of the task manager window say. In case you're not familiar, you can use Start->Run & type taskmgr to start task mana

Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Sandee
On 7/25/07, tubes-n-horns < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wowzero replies. You mean NO ONE has experienced this? Where is the Tech support? Where am I supposed to post problems like this? Yes, it probably means that nobody experienced anything quite like this -- at least those that read this

Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread tubes-n-horns
Thanks. I will try the XM removal first. Right after I reboot the computer, cause SlimServer will not respond...Stopped it and tried to restart but get warning that SlimServer "may be starting or stopping". Windows Services says that it is stopping. -- tubes-n-horns SB3 Mid-Fi Sansui TT Bottle

Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread Anoop M .
Definately try what Andy said and also try your SB3 hardwired and see if the problem is still there. Let us know your results! -- Anoop M. Anoop M.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8996 View this

Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread andyg
Try removing any 3rd party plugins like XM and see if the problem goes away. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3

Re: [slim] Display Freezes/SB3 Non Respond

2007-07-25 Thread tubes-n-horns
Wowzero replies. You mean NO ONE has experienced this? Where is the Tech support? Where am I supposed to post problems like this? Rick -- tubes-n-horns SB3 Mid-Fi Sansui TT Bottlehead Foreplay III Bottlehead Paramour 2A3 Monos Klipsch Heresys --

Re: [slim] songs with hebrew name are not found by the server

2007-07-25 Thread y360
The bug is about to be resolved http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2475 As a workaround for now set ControlPanel->RegionalAndLanguageOptions->Advanced->LanguageForNon-UnicodePrograms to Hebrew and it will be ok You will lose files with accented characters though -- y360 -

Re: [slim] Scanning the Music Library on SlimCD

2007-07-25 Thread MLaw
Hi Michael, Thanks for your guidance and patience. I now have a working HD installation ( and a far greater understanding of the Linux command set ) File permissions and a missing Slimserver.pref file were the root cause of the problem. Thanks and best regards Mike -- MLaw --

Re: [slim] Still possible to buy SlimDevices (not Logitech) SB3 in UK?

2007-07-25 Thread datakits
Hi I work for DataKits.co.uk. we have the old style Slim Devices branded SQ3. we bought all the old stock we could find as we agree that they look better than the Logitech ones. I hope no company is writing bad comments just because we are offering our customers a good deal. Theres no harm in that

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Geoff B
On 7/25/07, badbob wrote: > I understand that if you have a DSL connection it isn't a problem. I do > have DSL, but even so I don't like the idea of Harmony design. If you're > a CI this required net connection is stupid, my local dealer had to > configure a Harmony remote for a client, but the Har

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Secret Squirrel
I got an 880 for Christmas and LOVE it. It cleared the table of five remotes, and very rarely do I need to pull one out of the darkness. Having Harmony store my setup is no issue for me. I have a cable connection and set up was a breeze. Okay, it took me two tries to get everything perfect but th

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread badbob
Gibbo;217022 Wrote: > Whats wrong with needing a net connection? isn't this just to set up the > remote when you first get it or a new device? > > not being able to save your profile, ie if ou want to change the > devices you have to search for them again? or have I missed the point? > > Are th

Re: [slim] Squeezebox cutting out! HELP!

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
I believe it doesn't matter if bittorrent is running or not, the router tries to maintain a table of recently-used connections and starts dropping or having trouble maintaining contact with others. I believe forum member snarlydwarf had this problem. Couldn't you at least try power-cycling the r

Re: [slim] Problems with accessing library

2007-07-25 Thread harvster
Oh, one more tidbit of info: I can also resolve the problem temporarily by stopping and re-starting Slimserver. -- harvster harvster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12499 View this thread: http:/

[slim] Problems with accessing library

2007-07-25 Thread harvster
I was able to successfully add my music library to Slimserver, but when I try to browse my music, it says "waiting for 127.0.0.1" and "loading" and finally just returns with no response. I can *temporarily* resolve the problem by rebooting the computer. It will work for a while (ranging from a f

Re: [slim] Squeezebox cutting out! HELP!

2007-07-25 Thread tday01
I have the problem when bit torrent is not running, so i don't think that is it. Also squeeze network works fine. -- tday01 tday01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11348 View this thread: http://

Re: [slim] No wireless after Firmware-update

2007-07-25 Thread fava
Thankyou, I have tried to "force" update to 81 this way, but with slimserver 6.5.1 SB3 says "Problem: Firmwareupdate failed"... So I'm still on wires... Fabio -- fava fava's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member

Re: [slim] Acoustic coupling

2007-07-25 Thread haunyack
tyler_durden;216931 Wrote: > > ameliorate the problem. > > TD $64,000 word worthy of the audiophile forum. Still cannot remember where I read that term ... oh well - memory the 3rd thing to go. Thanks TD . -- haunyack Transporter -> B&K Reference 200.2 -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. RWA

Re: [slim] Next candidate for best remote control?

2007-07-25 Thread Gibbo
the nokia 770 is only £70 now in the uk, not to obad I guess, but then again that is just a fancy remote for one device. Quite amusing seeing loads of people paying over £100 on ebay for them when you can by them online for much less, so tempting to set up a business! -- Gibbo

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Geoff B
On 7/25/07, badbob wrote: > I would seriously re-consider not buying a Harmony remote > > 1) Require a net connection Only for the initial setup (and the occasional reconfig) - and for many devices this is common. The first thing I did when I installed my squeezebox is download the latest slimserv

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Gibbo
badbob;217015 Wrote: > I would seriously re-consider not buying a Harmony remote > > 1) Require a net connection > 2) Can't save your profile locally > 3) Have to rely that Harmony servers are up > > You can't do a thing unless you have net. > > Other remotes have ability to configure locally

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread badbob
Gibbo;217011 Wrote: > Cheers, what I needed to know!!! > > Anyone who owns any of them, is it really worth paying twice the price > of a 555 for the 885 (or 550 and 880)? does it mean anything other than > the cradle, colour screen, and more "slots" (as above)? I would seriously re-consider not

Re: [slim] Next candidate for best remote control?

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
It's a neat idea as a very cheap PC, but not a great SlimServer remote (any more than a laptop would be a good remote, which it isn't). A tablet would be much nicer, but tablets are hideously expensive. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.s

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Geoff B
On 7/25/07, Gibbo wrote: > > Cheers, what I needed to know!!! > > Anyone who owns any of them, is it really worth paying twice the price > of a 555 for the 885 (or 550 and 880)? does it mean anything other than > the cradle, colour screen, and more "slots" (as above)? For me, the cradle is the big

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Gibbo
Cheers, what I needed to know!!! Anyone who owns any of them, is it really worth paying twice the price of a 555 for the 885 (or 550 and 880)? does it mean anything other than the cradle, colour screen, and more "slots" (as above)? -- Gibbo -

Re: [slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Geoff B
On 7/25/07, Gibbo wrote: > > Whilst we seem to be on the topic, how do they deal with buttons such as > browse and search as these aren't actual buttons on the remotes > themselves? I'm thinking of one of the low level ones such as the 555. As far as I can tell, the 555 / 550 works the same way as

Re: [slim] Squeezebox cutting out! HELP!

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
tday01;216951 Wrote: > Recent change to router: opened port for bittorrent There have been reports of routers that can't handle the number of TCP connections bittorrent requires and randomly drop local services as they run out of memory or their ARP tables get corrupted. There's not too much yo

Re: [slim] Streaming Wav From Flac

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
Glad to see it's working, although though a complete change of OS... In regards to playlists, check that paths in the playlists are valid and that all file locations the playlist references have the proper permissions. If you ever return to your original faulty Ubuntu install, the first thing wo

Re: [slim] SlimServer refuses to play certain mp3s...

2007-07-25 Thread captblanket
Mark Lanctot;216992 Wrote: > What do you mean by "APS"? --alt-preset standard -- captblanket captblanket's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12493 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[slim] Harmony remotes

2007-07-25 Thread Gibbo
Whilst we seem to be on the topic, how do they deal with buttons such as browse and search as these aren't actual buttons on the remotes themselves? I'm thinking of one of the low level ones such as the 555. -- Gibbo Gibbo

Re: [slim] SlimServer refuses to play certain mp3s...

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
captblanket;216908 Wrote: > SlimServer refuses to play most of my mp3 (APS) What do you mean by "APS"? -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) -

Re: [slim] Next candidate for best remote control?

2007-07-25 Thread hunta
Paul Webster;216886 Wrote: > That Asus device looks way too big to consider as a remote control Not to mention way too ugly... My living room's no show room, but I don't think I'd want that thing cluttering the place up. Sorry, don't mean to sound overly negative. Small is beautiful though... (

Re: [slim] Old radioio:// links will stop working after June 8

2007-07-25 Thread upstateaudio
It was working before. Now it is not working again. -- upstateaudio upstateaudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9577 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35946

Re: [slim] Library size differs between slimserver and iTunes (using exact same music folder)

2007-07-25 Thread Bixby
I have checked that in iTunes. Nothing is doubled. I do have some duplicate songs, but they're from different albums (say the original and a compilation). Of course I'd like to keep those, so they correctly stay associated with both albums. -- Bixby -

Re: [slim] songs with hebrew name are not found by the server

2007-07-25 Thread Michael Herger
> you need to change the filenames to ascii, but can have hebrew in tags. > it's a known bug. I think it's even a limitation with Perl on Windows. Nothing we can change a lot about. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - yo

Re: [slim] songs with hebrew name are not found by the server

2007-07-25 Thread ganjastone
If the tags are properly set, and you dont care much about filenames (I only use file tags in SB) you can use any automated tool like tag & rename, foobar2000 or any standard renamer and just assign them autonames. If I'm not mistaken, with tag & rename you can even copy the title tag to the file

Re: [slim] songs with hebrew name are not found by the server

2007-07-25 Thread adamslim
you need to change the filenames to ascii, but can have hebrew in tags. it's a known bug. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (ht

Re: [slim] Library size differs between slimserver and iTunes (using exact same music folder)

2007-07-25 Thread Gibbo
You don't have any files that are doubled do you? With a large collection, I know I couldn't tell when this occured to me. I think itunes has a feature to view all duplicate files, just to check. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile:

[slim] Library size differs between slimserver and iTunes (using exact same music folder)

2007-07-25 Thread Bixby
I have a library that I created completely with iTunes (ripping). When I have slimserver scan that music folder, the number of songs it comes up with are different than what iTunes reports - by 18. Anyone know what causes this? I'm inclined to think the iTunes number is correct, as I'm also having

Re: [slim] Missing artists with 6.5.3

2007-07-25 Thread Gibbo
I've still not solved this on my system. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36940 _

Re: [slim] songs with hebrew name are not found by the server

2007-07-25 Thread tamirc
ganjastone;216897 Wrote: > Is it the file names or file tags? > Can you provide a capture of the dir command on one folder with the > problem? > Do you see other tracks that have english names? > Are you using symbolic links? > What version you are using on what platform? > Do you see the file

Re: [slim] Missing artists with 6.5.3

2007-07-25 Thread HalNineThousand
I just found this thread while searching for artist tag issues. I'm using: SlimServer Version: 6.5.3 - 12376 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1 and NONE of the artists in my collection are showing up. All my files are flac files and do have artists listed (they show up in Amarok and I've checked the t

Re: [slim] Many SBs, easy access to Sync/Unsync?

2007-07-25 Thread netim3
Who maintains the Fishbone skin? Is there any way to have the Sync option available in the Now Playing area? There's plenty of room next to the drop down box for selectnig the player you want to control. -- netim3 netim3's