Re: [slim] 6.5.3 with japanese windows 2003 server have trouble

2007-07-28 Thread TheTurtle
The scanner codepage problem has gone on Chinese Windows now by updating the new build. -- TheTurtle TheTurtle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10117 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [slim] Genres and years...

2007-07-28 Thread egd
This may or may not be of use to you as I've no idea how well/if Windows emulation works on a Mac, however: I've done all my tagging using mp3tag and the allmusic script that dan be downloaded from the mp3tag forum. What this has in effect allowed me to do is to tag and save all the metadata tha

Re: [slim] Genres and years...

2007-07-28 Thread gharris999
If you feel that you can trust your own judgment as to what belongs in what genre, then you can always arrange your library in /genre/artist/album trees on your hard disk. Then, you can use any of a number of tagging utilities to mass-set the genre tags in your flacs accordingly. Genre classific

Re: [slim] Genres and years...

2007-07-28 Thread pfarrell
yooper;217663 Wrote: > > I have spent a lot of time ensuring my tags are good, but never did pay > attention to genres/years and would like to have my library as accurate > as possible. > I know of no tool to do it, altho there are lots of software to read the tags, ogg comments, etc. Includin

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

2007-07-28 Thread mvalera
markwm;217550 Wrote: > I hope Logitech are listensing to these comments, people don't seem to > like the Fischer Price style logitech logo on serious audio equipment > :o) > > Does the transporter have the logitech logo? Some may not like the Logi logo, but never the less it's there to stay.

Re: [slim] Think System

2007-07-28 Thread mvalera
I think your best bet is to call tech support on Monday. Anoop who was responding to you above is one of our support specialists. They will be glad to help you through your problem. -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager slimdevices.com --

Re: [slim] Can I run 2 SB on same network at same time

2007-07-28 Thread mvalera
Bandwith is not a problem, you could run a houseful of Squeezeboxes all running differnt flac streams and still have plenty of headroom even over wireless. CPU should not be a problem either, we run multiple Squeezeboxes at work off the Infrant NAS drives and their processor is way less powerful

Re: [slim] Genres and years...

2007-07-28 Thread tot
yooper;217663 Wrote: > I have spent a lot of time ensuring my tags are good, but never did pay > attention to genres/years and would like to have my library as accurate > as possible. I have found that both of these are bit hard to get right (for what you want). Year is easy for albums sounds e

[slim] Genres and years...

2007-07-28 Thread yooper
Short of manually checking each album (have almost 1000 flac albums) for correct genres and years, I'm wondering if a plug in or program exists for Mac which may save me lots of time and do this for me. I did search, but I failed to find the information I am looking for, perhaps I missed it. I h

[slim] sorting FLAC & MP3 files

2007-07-28 Thread tucson5
Have ripped all my cds to flac and mp3(for my portable mp3 players). I want to play the flac file if both the MP3 and flac exist. The problem is that I have some music that is only mp3 and is in the MP3 file with all the mp3s. Is there a way for Slim Server to only use the flac unless there is onl

Re: [slim] Can I run 2 SB on same network at same time

2007-07-28 Thread egd
You can run multiple squeezeboxes simultaneously, either in synch or each playing different music. As far as I know the only limitation here will be CPU grunt and bandwidth if you're streaming lossless. Irrespective, two squeezeboxes running simultaneously would not present any issues. -- egd

[slim] Can I run 2 SB on same network at same time

2007-07-28 Thread tucson5
I have been using SB for about a year and am thinking about using a second unit in a different room. I do not need them to sink but would like to run at same time if possible (playing different music). If it is not possible to run at the same time, can they be run at different times? thanks steve

Re: [slim] Think System

2007-07-28 Thread aw4
I've been playing music through my Transport all day. It just stopped responding to the remote, even to turn off the box. Here is the performance data: Server Response Time The response time of the server - the time between successive calls to select. < 0.002 : 258475 : 94%

Re: [slim] SB3 screensaver confusion

2007-07-28 Thread MeridianMan
Ooops, sorry, I found my answer after posting. Please ignore. -- MeridianMan MeridianMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2894 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=371

[slim] SB3 screensaver confusion

2007-07-28 Thread MeridianMan
Have searched the various menus, but cannot figure out how to change the behavior of the Now Playing screensaver while the SB3 is in SqueezeNetwork mode. I have 2 SB3's: SB3 #1 shows the "typical" Now Playing with Song name text and the small Spectrum Analyzer to the right of the text; however, S

[slim] SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 problems with iTunes 7.3.1.3?

2007-07-28 Thread EnochLight
I just downloaded the latest nightly (Version: 6.5.4 - 12431) because the nightly I was using from June 2007 was experiencing random drops and stuttering with songs encoded in AAC via iTunes. They play back fine in iTunes and my iPod, but if I play them on my Squeezebox I get drops right from the

Re: [slim] SlimServer "Preferences" file - where is it on Vista?

2007-07-28 Thread EnochLight
Michael Herger;217536 Wrote: > >I think it's in the "All Users" profile, slimserver subfolder. > > Michael I found it under: C:\ProgramData\SlimServer Thanks anyways! -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [slim] Rapsody Support

2007-07-28 Thread seanadams
Please click on the large "Rhapsody" logo right in the middle of our home page: http://www.slimdevices.com/ -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forum

[slim] Rapsody Support

2007-07-28 Thread Doukg Walch
I recently read a review, which was over a year old, that the squeeze box does not support Rapsody. Is this still the case? Thanks in advance. -- Doukg Walch Doukg Walch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

Re: [slim] Making simple change to Extended Text Display

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Herger
> Otherwise, I suppose it's the MusicInfo screen saver route... A good way to go, really. I'm using it all the time (right now) :-) Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Cutting off end of tracks

2007-07-28 Thread Ken
Since those distance days the slimp3 died (fried by the power supply) and was replaced by SD with another SB1. They synced up fairly well and running wired worked ok. These days I still have the two SB1s relegated to lesser rooms and three SB2s. Two of the SB2s I regularly run synced over wired

[slim] Making simple change to Extended Text Display

2007-07-28 Thread amcluesent
I want to do a simple change on the Extended Text Display for the Visualiser Screen on my TP. Basically it's to make the Artist tag value appear in the upper, smaller text and the Album tag be the lower, larger text display. Can't see a config. option for this and greping the perl code hasn't f

Re: [slim] 6.5.3 with japanese windows 2003 server have trouble

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Herger
> now working properly, and Bug #2475 also fixed :) Thanks for the feedback and confirmation of bug 2475. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Firmware update removes playlists?

2007-07-28 Thread chopper38
Since updating the firmware, I have added a few more playlists via itunes. When I go to play them via my squeezebox, the player informs me that my playlist folder is empty. I have tried to rescan my music a few times but this does not seem to work. can anyone explain why I have lost and cant re

Re: [slim] Cutting off end of tracks

2007-07-28 Thread Flatpik
I had the same problem with 6.5.1 and still have it with 6.5.3. Really obnoxious and from the posts it seems to be a common problem. Mike -- Flatpik Flatpik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4209

Re: [slim] Cannot connect due to potential loopback problems

2007-07-28 Thread warc1
That worked. Thanks -- warc1 warc1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=166 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37155 ___ dis

Re: [slim] Playing problems

2007-07-28 Thread mudlark
Hi, If someone has a particular playlist that they use, wouldn't it be easier to drop the list into a new dircetory and use that as the folder for music for the squeezebox? Mike. -- mudlark SB3>CyrusDACX>PreXvs>260A>KEFiQ7 cable Avondale server Kubuntu Feisty Fawn, linkstation for storage.

Re: [slim] Cannot connect due to potential loopback problems

2007-07-28 Thread snarlydwarf
http://www.issociate.de/board/post/140003/HELP_Fresh_install_of_XP_Pro_but_IIS_5.1_won%5C't_run..html and notice the post about just that. Turn off autodetect settings, IE is using that to find an IIS based proxy server. -- snarlydwarf --

Re: [slim] Cannot connect due to potential loopback problems

2007-07-28 Thread warc1
Under Options/Connections/Lan Settings, the "Use a Proxy Server for your LAN" check box is blank. The only check box filled is "Automatically Detect Settings". From my limited understanding, I infer that these settings correspond to not using a proxy server. -- warc1 ---

Re: [slim] Cannot connect due to potential loopback problems

2007-07-28 Thread snarlydwarf
http://www.webservertalk.com/archive120-2004-5-244404.html implies that you are a) using IE, b) have IE configured to use a proxy server. Change your IE settings to not proxy local addresses. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's

Re: [slim] Playing problems

2007-07-28 Thread davep
OK, now I think we are getting to an understanding of how you want to use your SB - this wasn't fully clear to me from your previous posts. If I read you correctly you have a large (1500 song) playlist that basically represents the music you'd like to be selected from during a random play session

[slim] Best Bargains Ever!!!

2007-07-28 Thread cocodia2
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Re: [slim] Cannot connect due to potential loopback problems

2007-07-28 Thread warc1
Here is some more background. The PC that I am trying to troubleshoot is running XP Pro SP2 with IE7, Just this morning, I tried running the latest build of 6.5.4 with the same problem. I also tried to install both 6.5.3 and 6.5.4 on another PC running Vista Ultimate. Again, the same loopback err

Re: [slim] Best way to get artwork?

2007-07-28 Thread Gibbo
Used mp3toys, very nice program, ok so around 10% of the art its found seems to be wrong (at a guess), but its got something for everything, and it did do it all by itself. Now just means I've got to slowly spot the 200 or so that have the worng album cover, some more obvious than others. Strange

Re: [slim] Playing problems

2007-07-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
apmadsen;217563 Wrote: > The reason a want to use a full playlist with all the songs, is that i > most of the time, let the player play randomly selected songs, and i > really don't want it to play the same songs again and again. Have you tried Random Mix? > BTW, i am aware that i can scroll th

Re: [slim] Any reason slimserver doesn't automagically add albumart when browsing new folders?

2007-07-28 Thread egd
Michael Herger;217570 Wrote: > A known issue: > http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4631 Thanks Michael, it's a damned annoying known issue and seemingly one that isn't going to be addressed. Doing a full rescan is a royal PITA (scanning for updates seems to be a potluck process, someti

Re: [slim] Any reason slimserver doesn't automagically add albumart when browsing new folders?

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Herger
A known issue: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4631 Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

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

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Herger
> Does the transporter have the logitech logo? No, not on the front. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Any reason slimserver doesn't automagically add albumart when browsing new folders?

2007-07-28 Thread egd
I know slimserver automatically records a DB entry for any new albums it encounters when one browses music folders - any reason why it doesn't do the next logical thing, being adding the album art if it is there? -- egd http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_transporter.html? >> http://www.bluejeanscab

Re: [slim] Think System

2007-07-28 Thread aw4
Triode;217555 Wrote: > When it "locks up", if you press and hold the power button on the > remote, does this cause the transporter to restart? > > Pressing and holding the power button is one of the few button presses > which is processed by the transporter itself - all other keypresses are > se

Re: [slim] 6.5.3 with japanese windows 2003 server have trouble

2007-07-28 Thread nayuta
now working properly, and Bug #2475 also fixed :) -- nayuta nayuta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10419 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36958 __

Re: [slim] Playing problems

2007-07-28 Thread apmadsen
I may be very demanding, i know that, however i just want whats most comfortable for me. The reason a want to use a full playlist with all the songs, is that i most of the time, let the player play randomly selected songs, and i really don't want it to play the same songs again and again. BTW, i

Re: [slim] Think System

2007-07-28 Thread Triode
When it "locks up", if you press and hold the power button on the remote, does this cause the transporter to restart? Pressing and holding the power button is one of the few button presses which is processed by the transporter itself - all other keypresses are sent to SlimServer on your pc/mac/wh

Re: [slim] Think System

2007-07-28 Thread aw4
Correct - very big numbers always confuse me. (3Gbytes memory, 2Tbytes disk space). Before I start to do a large number of tests I first need to know under what states & conditions the Transporter/SB3 will stop responding to the remote (and buttons on the Transporter). With that information I ca

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

2007-07-28 Thread markwm
I hope Logitech are listensing to these comments, people don't seem to like the Fischer Price style logitech logo on serious audio equipment :o) Does the transporter have the logitech logo? -- markwm markwm's Profile: ht

Re: [slim] 6.5.3 with japanese windows 2003 server have trouble

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Herger
> For completeness, check whether SlimTray.pl also needs the update. I > think it also used Encode. Thanks for the heads up. It's running fine without the change. In fact it's the only .exe which was already working correctly in 6.5.3. Michael ___ disc

Re: [slim] 6.5.3 with japanese windows 2003 server have trouble

2007-07-28 Thread bpa
Michael, For completeness, check whether SlimTray.pl also needs the update. I think it also used Encode. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevic