Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation

A corrupt copy of Slimserver? Try downloading a fresh copy or even a different version. -- MikeFish MikeFish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [slim] Text file for music library?

I have an Excel file which does this too... -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli Khuli's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=851 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3811

Re: [slim] SB3 turning on itself

elziko;216506 Wrote: > I also had this problem. The first time it happened I had no ports > forwarded. Since then I have had ports open but that's so I could > access the server but obviously I set up a good username/password > before I did this. > > I ended up RMA-ing my SB3 and I have been usi

[slim] Skipping when seeking

A problem I had ever since installing SlimServer (nearly 2 years now I think): I like to listen to audio books. These are sometimes lengthy tracks, and I tend to fall to sleep while listening to them. So the next evening, I try to seek to the position where my concentration did fade away. Probl

Re: [slim] How to record cassette tape into Vista?

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Recorder_(Windows): One of the biggest limitations of Sound Recorder in Windows Vista is that it can only record and save files. It cannot open existing WAV or WMA files.[1] Also, Sound Recorder now only allows saving to the lossy WMA format at 96 k

[slim] Folder structure creation

Hi there, Is there any way of automatically creating a folder structure based on the tag infomation contained in flac files? Thanks in advance. Givendale -- givendale givendale's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m

Re: [slim] Mac user: should I update to 6.5.4?

Thanks for all the fish, chaps. Any other Mac users care to pitch in? I'd love to hear your views on this. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.

Re: [slim] Other options that work with SlimServer?

Apparently the Linksys Kiss 1600 Wifi DVD player works with SlimServer. Anyone heard anything about this? http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/113178/linksys-kiss-1600.html -- James_B "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room!" ---

Re: [slim] Folder structure creation

Foobar has also the ability to store files according to the embedded tag information in mp3- and flac-files. -- quick_snack quick_snack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67 View this thread: http:/

Re: [slim] Folder structure creation

MediaMonkey (www.mediamonkey.com) can organise your files based on tags, and you can customise the structure. It will create the folders for you in the process. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

Re: [slim] Folder structure creation

MP3Tag also can reorganize the files into folders based upon the tags. -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=381

Re: [slim] Folder structure creation

Another vote for MediaMonkey here. Not only can you restructure your library, but you can edit tags easily, retrieve album details and artwork from Amazon, apply volume levelling, case check tags, etc. etc. I never really got my head around foobar, but that's probably my fault, not foobar's! One o

Re: [slim] Folder structure creation

Tag & Rename will also do the job for you and a whole lot more besides. (Windows only) though. If this is a one off, any of those mentioned above will do what you need. If you're looking for a longer term tagging solution - try the lot and work out which has the best interface/feature set for

[slim] Support for 'resume' on Audiobooks?

As title really, is there any means (plugin etc.) of having slimserver play material with the genre tag of 'Audiobook' and then resume later from the point playback ceased? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums

Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation

davep;224708 Wrote: > Just for the record, what version of Slimserver are you running (details > can be found at the foot of the page when you click on "Server > Settings")? > > davep Version 6.5.4-12568 Pearl version 5.8.8 MySQL version 5.0.22 I just downloaded it on Saturday morning. -- c

Re: [slim] Debugging help re Vista m4a issue, please

bpa;193656 Wrote: > Some more thoughts and things to try out. > > 1. Testing WAV and FLAC may not be a good test as they may have been > sent directly to SB. Try playing a WMA file with Windows Media > builtin disabled. > > 2. I think the problem could be associated with loading QuickTime >

Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation

If you go to http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_6_5_x_v2007-09-03/ this will get you today's build of 6.5.4. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View thi

Re: [slim] Debugging help re Vista m4a issue, please

The log says you have not installed mplayer.exe in the right place. You need to have in the same directory (something like Bin/MSWin32 ...) as mov123.exe a file called mplayer.exe. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] Debugging help re Vista m4a issue, please

bpa;224788 Wrote: > The log says you have not installed mplayer.exe in the right place. > > You need to have in the same directory (something like Bin/MSWin32 ...) > as mov123.exe a file called mplayer.exe. Thanks - I just realized that and did it. However, when Slimserver attempts to play my

Re: [slim] Debugging help re Vista m4a issue, please

It's possible that a security app is not allowing mplayer to run. Also mplayer will need to use socketwrapper so make sure mplayer.exe and socketwrapper.exe are trusted app/exception in your security s/w. There was a change about using socketwrapper in 6.5.3 which might affect its use with mplaye

[slim] Radio streams using local Slim Server

When an SB is connected to a radio stream using the local Slim Server, does the server act as a proxy or does the SB connect directly with the streaming URL? Or does it depend on whether or not the SB can natively decode the streaming format? -- JJZolx Jim

Re: [slim] SB3 24/48 FLAC Spontaneous Trouble

Despite your assertions to the contrary, it really does sound like a wireless bandwidth issue. Perhaps there's a new source of intermittent interference. See http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues and http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?NetworkProblemsSecondGuide Fa

Re: [slim] SB3 24/48 FLAC Spontaneous Trouble

Mark... appreciate the pointers. I'll report back here what these tests come up with. Thanks again Jim -- jt25741 SB3->AR Masters Coax -> PS Audio DLIII -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio P-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio W-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference Hi-Mid,PS Audio

[slim] Scheduling Playlist Changes

Hello, I am installing a SlimServer at a hotel that requires the Playlist being used by the SlimServer to change at 6PM each night, and again on the weekend, to match the hotel chain's music standards. I have looked for ways to do this in the Forums and the Wiki, and have spent significant time

Re: [slim] Support for 'resume' on Audiobooks?

It depends on the audio format of your audiobooks. If they are native format (FLAC, WAV, mp3) then the bookmark plugin should be an option (I'm unsure about ogg and wma). You can save and restore up to 10 different bookmarks. Restoring jumps to the saved position within a track, but this ju

Re: [slim] Artist vs. composer

jka;224590 Wrote: > > > Of course, I could edit the information for the albums in question, but > I would loose some information about the album that way, and I would > like to avoid that. > > You need to start by recognising that none of this stuff was designed with classical music in mind.

Re: [slim] Scheduling Playlist Changes

First of all, you don't really need to restart SlimServer to do this unless I miss something. You should look at the CLI(Command Line Interface) interface, you will find the documentation in the SlimServer web interface under "Help/Technical Information". The CLI command that stops the current p

Re: [slim] Scheduling Playlist Changes

On 3-Sep-07, at 11:26 AM, clintsjones wrote: > > Hello, > > I am installing a SlimServer at a hotel that requires the Playlist > being used by the SlimServer to change at 6PM each night If the playlists are static you could use the AlarmPlugin. The plugin allows you to install multiple copie

Re: [slim] Playlists are empty

I am using iTunes / 6.5.4 / XP Media Center. Library is on a NAS and xml file is on C: I have checked that the settings for the library and xml are correct. Server shows my playlists, but they are all empty. I have searched the forum for all articles related to empty playlists and have tried t

Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation

davep;224786 Wrote: > If you go to > http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_6_5_x_v2007-09-03/ > this will get you today's build of 6.5.4. > > davep I just downloaded and installed this latest version. I got the scanner.exe error before I even opened slimserver into the browser

Re: [slim] Playlists are empty

wrorke: I would ask about rolling back as a separate topic, since you'll get more responses that way. As for the playlists being empty, I'd suggest double checking and being sure the paths to the files are correct within the playlists, since that's what I found was my problem and it's possible w

Re: [slim] Mac user: should I update to 6.5.4?

I'm on 6.5.4 on Mac Mini Intel 10.4.10 since beginning of August and without any problem so far. I was also on 6.5.1 for a long time before and the upgrade was smooth. Le 3 sept. 07 à 12:43, whitman a écrit : > > Thanks for all the fish, chaps. Any other Mac users care to pitch in? > I'd love t

Re: [slim] Mac user: should I update to 6.5.4?

I just upgraded my SS to the latest nightly 6.5.5. Running Mac OSX 10.4.10 - no issues at all. -- googdot googdot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5152 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

[slim] Half Priced MP3Tunes One Year Subscription - Voucher Code

Use "Oboeside" to pay $20 and not $40 -- James_B "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room!" James_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation

Try calling Slim support direct - they do view these forums, but not that regularly. They should be able to sort you out. http://www.slimdevices.com/su_tech.html -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm

Re: [slim] Switch Wireless to Wire Network.

Kevin O. Lepard;129842 Wrote: > >[...] > Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. What OS are you running Slimserver on? Have you got any of the 3rd party plug-in's working? I'm interested in dropping MS and using Ubuntu but was wondering if, say, the Sirius plugin will work. regards, David

Re: [slim] RadioIO

I'm getting the commercial filled stream even though I have SoundPass. This happens either via my Slimserver or Squeezenetwork. Running SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R218) - EN - utf8 -- Jazz1 Jazz

Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation

adamslim;224919 Wrote: > Try calling Slim support direct - they do view these forums, but not > that regularly. They should be able to sort you out. > > http://www.slimdevices.com/su_tech.html I plan to do that tomorrow. I was visiting a friend tonight listening to music being played on his Sq

Re: [slim] Artist vs. composer

I basically agree with this last post. Slimbox/Slimserver doesn't appear to be designed with organizing Classical music in mind. So whatever you do it's a compromise. I have a large Classical music collection and I do the available iTunes fields in the following way. Name (i.e. Track) = Moveme

Re: [slim] Switch Wireless to Wire Network.

As plugins are written in perl, they should work on any platform. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's

Re: [slim] Radio streams using local Slim Server

Short answer: "Yes." Long answer: it depends. In most cases, yes, the SB will connect directly to the remote server (much like it does with SN, keeping the connection for the rasdio open, while also keeping a connectio to the server open for control functions). Slimserver will pass it a URL, an

Re: [slim] SB3 24/48 FLAC Spontaneous Trouble

Mark Lanctot;224853 Wrote: > Despite your assertions to the contrary, it really does sound like a > wireless bandwidth issue. Perhaps there's a new source of intermittent > interference. See > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues and > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/in

Re: [slim] SB3 24/48 FLAC Spontaneous Trouble

jt25741 wrote: > Anyways, changing to 1 seemed to do the trick. Doing a wireless > survey of my area, I do see another weaker WAP on channel 6 -- which is > likely a new neighbor crowding "my" airwaves ;) This is one of my pet peeves about WiFi. You can have it working perfectly, and unknown

Re: [slim] Artist vs. composer

If anyone decides to try the Custom Browse/Custom Scan plugins with Classical Music there are two wiki pages related to this on my wiki: To get a completely dynamic browse menu where you can browse your tags in any order and number of levels: http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Setup:_A_dynam

Re: [slim] Interface and Operation: A Dog's Breakfast (Rant)

I agree with erland and Siduhe. A separate branch supporting iTunes tags and "look & feel" of doing things would improve marketability of the SlimServer/Squeezebox system by leveraging off the huge installed base of iTunes libraries. Down here in Australia, Squeezeboxes were only available from tw

Re: [slim] Artist vs. composer

jka, have you read the wiki ? >>-> http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToClassical -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [slim] Radio streams using local Slim Server

snarlydwarf;224962 Wrote: > Short answer: "Yes." >> Does X use A or B? > > Yes. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthre