Re: [slim] Multiple-disc sets in separate folders

2007-09-21 Thread servies
mmillot;227370 Wrote: (a) I don't understand what $basename% is supposed to do. It's going to resolve to something like c:\My Music\Artist1\Album1 (CD1)%. I'm not sure when that's going to match anything. I guess this part is being used in a query so: in SQL the % sign is a wildcard, So

Re: [slim] Multiple-disc sets in separate folders

2007-09-21 Thread Michael Herger
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?MultiDisc ? Not the folder or artist or album name is important, but the multi disc tags. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim -

[slim] Play Lists and Queues

2007-09-21 Thread dbosomworth
Is it possible - either via a plug-in or something I'm just missing to have the Queuing and playlist functionality similar to Sonos (sorry ) - it is the only feature of theirs that is really useful -- dbosomworth

[slim] De Dupe Libraries

2007-09-21 Thread dbosomworth
Anyone know of a decent de duping facility for libabries - I've used some but they are not very clever - I'd like to be able to preserve albums if possible and also to preserve the best quality Is this functionality going to be added to the slim server? I'm pretty new to slim Regards David

Re: [slim] Play Lists and Queues

2007-09-21 Thread Michael Herger
Is it possible - either via a plug-in or something I'm just missing to have the Queuing and playlist functionality similar to Sonos (sorry ) - it is the only feature of theirs that is really useful How is theirs implemented? I'm sorry, I couldn't bring up the money :-) Michael

Re: [slim] Party mode or skin?

2007-09-21 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 20/09/2007, ob_kook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to remember that Moose might be good for this kind of thing, but have never used it. Yup, Moose has a party mode. It works best with fullscreen mode and the library embedded in the now playing window. As well as the UI, you can use the

Re: [slim] SB3 running out of CPU cycles on HQ vorbis?

2007-09-21 Thread dcote
thanx for your thoughts on this guys. :-) yeah - i'll just re-rip the offending track in FLAC. and i agree with jeebers - this is the first of my thousands of tracks encoded with GTuneb3 which exhibits this phenomenon. never seen it before. i suspect it has to do with extreme and sudden

[slim] albums ripped in mp3 AND vorbis show up twice

2007-09-21 Thread dcote
(i tried searching the forums but am probably using the wrong key-words: i could not find anything on this.) ok, here is my next effect: i have a few albums which were ripped half in MP3 and half in Vorbis. (this was done because some songs were supposed to play on an iPod). these albums show

Re: [slim] De Dupe Libraries

2007-09-21 Thread Heuer
Try EF Duplicate MP3 Finder - works with all sorts of files including FLAC. Great little bit of software! -- Heuer Heuer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2543 View this thread:

Re: [slim] albums ripped in mp3 AND vorbis show up twice

2007-09-21 Thread Michael Herger
these albums show up twice, even though the tagging is clearly identical. But they're still different files in different formats. That's expected behaviour. You can turn off one of the formats in Server Settings/File Formats. They will then be ignored. Michael

Re: [slim] Umm, Slim Devices Logo (Instead of Logitech)?

2007-09-21 Thread Skidoo!
gian;205864 Wrote: okay, okay, you can hack it, but that's not the point... WE WANT THE SLIMDEVICES LOGO BACK ! support your local Squeezebox, claim back your Slimdevices logo! -Gian I have to say I completely agree. I only recently upgraded my slimserver, and was crestfallen to see the

Re: [slim] Umm, Slim Devices Logo (Instead of Logitech)?

2007-09-21 Thread Schindler
buy a chiquita banana and place their sticker onto the logitech logo... this will be the perfect way to restore your pc peripheral thing back to a squeezebox! If you are unlucky and got a banana without sticker - no problem... buy them here... http://www.yourcompanycollection.com/chiquita/ As

Re: [slim] Squeezebox sometimes lagging on commands

2007-09-21 Thread lyteroptes
Mine started this behaviour recently - yesterday it was really bad so I forced a firmware update. It was fine after that but too soon to be sure it was the fix. -- lyteroptes lyteroptes's Profile:

Re: Can�t play Ogg and wmv streamings

2007-09-21 Thread bpa
These streams cannot be played by the native SB3 decoder. The OGG is http streamed and the MMS URL does not support http. To play these streams - goto server settings and uncheck OGG Vorbis (built-in) and Windows media (Built-in). Decoding will now be done on PC and streams will play. If your

Re: [slim] Umm, Slim Devices Logo (Instead of Logitech)?

2007-09-21 Thread Skidoo!
Schindler;228740 Wrote: buy a chiquita banana and place their sticker onto the logitech logo... this will be the perfect way to restore your pc peripheral thing back to a squeezebox! cs Funny, but missing the point. I'm actually seriously suggesting that Logitech are weakening the

[slim] Any experiences with MediaCenter playlists in SB?

2007-09-21 Thread okvaal
Hi all. Purchased my Squeezebox two days ago, and I'm already madly in love with it. I use it along with (MC2 and) JRiver MediaCenter 12.0, which is the best media player I've ever been using, and everything should be close to perfect, but there is one small prob: in MC 12.0 I've created a few

Re: [slim] Umm, Slim Devices Logo (Instead of Logitech)?

2007-09-21 Thread Skidoo!
Michael Herger;228765 Wrote: There's nothing more to be said. Thanks. Fair enough. I'm just adding my own tuppence to the debate. You can ignore me if you like. S. -- Skidoo! Skidoo!'s Profile:

Re: [slim] 20% of all Logitech products (may be UK only)

2007-09-21 Thread fredbloggs
Thought I'd try this code, and also played the JellyBattle game again to see if the code had been changed. Alas, no. It would appear that the 20% discount code now states that Transporter™ Network Music Player and Squeezebox™ products are excluded from this promotion. The validity of the

Re: [slim] Umm, Slim Devices Logo (Instead of Logitech)?

2007-09-21 Thread Michael Herger
Funny, but missing the point. I'm actually seriously suggesting that Logitech are weakening the Squeezebox brand. Please go through the incredible 400 postings of the following thread and you'll see that we've had this discussion over and over again before:

Re: [slim] Party mode or skin?

2007-09-21 Thread Club1820
Sorry, hope you dont mind but.what is Moose? Thanks. -- Club1820 Club1820's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38542

Re: [slim] albums ripped in mp3 AND vorbis show up twice

2007-09-21 Thread dcote
thanks for clearing that up mherger! hmmm... i am not sure i like that. if i turn one format off, doesnt that mean i wont see the songs at all anymore? that is not really an option, since the tracks are not actually duplicate. example: Album A, tracks 1-4 - MP3 Album A, tracks 5-9 - vorbis

Re: [slim] Squeezebox sometimes lagging on commands

2007-09-21 Thread dcote
hi guys! i had (sometimes still have) this problem too. in my case it turned out to be a severely resource-starved computer running slimserver. especially if it had to start swapping virtual memory to- and from disk, i could sometimes wait for 20-30 sec.(!) for it to respond to the remote

Re: [slim] Party mode or skin?

2007-09-21 Thread ob_kook
Click on the URL in Dr. Lovegrove's signature and it will you to the page that describes it. (http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/) -- ob_kook SB2 -- Axiom passive pre -- Portal Paladin monoblocks -- Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MKII

Re: [slim] Harmony remote and Squeezebox

2007-09-21 Thread mschiff
I use a Harmony 659. Will these settings work for it as well? -- Martin -- mschiff mschiff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4298 View this thread:

[slim] Always starts at track 1?

2007-09-21 Thread cimburgia
I have certain albums where the squeezebox won't play from any song selection besides the first track. I could fwd to track 4 and hit play, but squeezebox plays the first track each time. Is there a setting or something I need to adjust? It only happens for a handful of albums -- cimburgia

Re: [slim] CLI rescan question

2007-09-21 Thread gharris999
Yes! Thank you KDF. Netcat was exactly what I was looking for! Is there a handy internet acronym for thank you for figuring out what I was trying to ask, even though I was too dense to have really thought the question through... ? Anyway, this is now working perfectly for me for triggering

[slim] SB3 didn' connect

2007-09-21 Thread UlliK
Hi everybody, since today I'm owner of an brand new SB3. It's a logitech branded one without the 3 in the name. It should replace my old SB 1, witch ist still operating well in our WLAN Network. I've installed the SB3 as usual, it connect's to my slimserver and on the screen flashes 'waking up

[slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread NeilF
I've been trying to work out why my SqueezeBox 3 stutters at times seemingly with poor wireless speed at times. The answer? GMAIL! Yep! GMAIL!! Try this if you can if you have a wireless Squeezebox 3? Run the 5000kbps network test. I get 100%. eg:- 10 :0 : 0% 20 :0 : 0%

Re: [slim] Harmony remote and Squeezebox

2007-09-21 Thread vrobin
It seems to work with a 555. I did not find the time to play with my new remote and the SB but I had in mind such direct access to functions. As the Harmony subject is popping there, has anybody there managed to get the harmony remote as speedy/snappy than the original SB remote? (I find mine

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread gerph
NeilF;228845 Wrote: I've been trying to work out why my SqueezeBox 3 stutters at times seemingly with poor wireless speed at times. The answer? GMAIL! Yep! GMAIL!! Well, no, strictly any application will slow your system down. Windows, IME, sucks at trying to be a server for SlimServer and

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread brucegrr
Windows can work fine IF your processor speed and ram is sufficient. I have two squeezeboxes running right now and I am surfing the net and doing email. No stutters. The lower the processor speed and the less ram you have the more likely it is to tax the system. If yo uleave gmail open then it

[slim] Numpty question....

2007-09-21 Thread Maverickman
I've just connected a TS-109 to my router for the first time, switched it on, popped the disc into my iMac and hey presto! Nothing! The quick install tab remains stubbornly grayed out, what am I doing wrong? As soon as I remove the CD I can't access the NAS.. -- Maverickman

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread NeilF
gerph;228867 Wrote: Well, no, strictly any application will slow your system down. Windows, IME, sucks at trying to be a server for SlimServer and if you do other things with the machine whilst you're trying to serve music you're going to find that it takes away speed. A web browser running

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread brucegrr
I don't use Gmail but I did load your other page with no problem at all. Every action uses memory. What operating system are you using? Processor speed? ram? Are you using the most current version of Firefox? I don't think gmail alone is the problem. Gmail is no different than any other

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread NeilF
brucegrr;228883 Wrote: I don't use Gmail but I did load your other page with no problem at all. Every action uses memory. What operating system are you using? Processor speed? ram? Are you using the most current version of Firefox? I don't think gmail alone is the problem. Gmail is no

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread bpa
Install wireshark/Ethereal on the server PC and you can find out what is being sent from the PC. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread Robin Bowes
NeilF wrote: I can reproduce it at will... Open a browser (FireFox or IE) say to bbc.co.uk, and run the 5000kbps test in SlimServer... Get 100%. Move to the 'cbeebies' page (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/) results drop... Move back to bbc.co.uk, results return to 100%. All the time

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread brucegrr
I just can't think of any way that Gmail would be affecting slimserver. Is slimserver open in a window in Firefox when you access gmail? If so , how about if you close the slimserver window(not slimserver just the window) and access gmail? Same problem? Not trying to give you a hard time here

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread NeilF
brucegrr;228894 Wrote: I just can't think of any way that Gmail would be affecting slimserver. Is slimserver open in a window in Firefox when you access gmail? If so , how about if you close the slimserver window(not slimserver just the window) and access gmail? Same problem? Not trying

[slim] Slimserver Scanning Query

2007-09-21 Thread AlvinMartin
Generally my slimserver and Squeezebox are working perfectly. However I have noticed that some of the albums on my hard drive have not been scanned into slimserver. All 700 of my albums are in the exactly the same location, so I am confused why this should be the case. Any suggestions? --

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread SumnerH
brucegrr;228894 Wrote: I just can't think of any way that Gmail would be affecting slimserver. Hmm. GMail is AJAXified, so it's going to be constantly hitting the network (unlike most pages). -- SumnerH SumnerH's

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread NeilF
SumnerH;228901 Wrote: Hmm. GMail is AJAXified, so it's going to be constantly hitting the network (unlike most pages). True... But I can be torrenting the hell out of the internet and that has no effect on SlimServer? -- NeilF shuttle sn45g, athlon 3200+, 512mb, xp pro, squeeze box 3

Re: [slim] SB3 didn' connect

2007-09-21 Thread danco
Try the following. Press AND HOLD the Power button until the menu comes up. It will probably say set up networking. DON'T go through that procedure, but press Up, and then press Right. This works in some situations - I find I often need it after my computer has been asleep for a long time - but

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread NeilF
bpa;228889 Wrote: Install wireshark/Ethereal on the server PC and you can find out what is being sent from the PC. OK... I've installed it, and run it with FireFox on a page that does doesn't affect Slimserver, but I can't make head or tail of what I'm seeing in the list of stuff? I've got

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread NeilF
Comparing the capture when on bbc.co.uk (no problems) with bbc.co.uk/cbeebies (problems) there are some red lines in the capture with the later. I suspect these are showing the problem happening as there seems to be a clear delay shown? See images attached!

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread bpa
First try to get a feel of what is happening such as 1. Give a colour to the packeto/from GMAIL 2. Look at the GMAIL traffic - are the packets very big or very often compared to other traffic. 3. Have a look at selected GMAIL packets - use top panel to select a packet and look in bottom panel

Re: [slim] SlimServer / Squeezebox 3 users - PLEASE TRY THIS! (Gmail lags SlimServer)

2007-09-21 Thread bpa
AFAICT The only traffic on those screen are to/from SB3 - you can tell by the port number 3483 is either source or destination. The dark lines are retransmission - it's not clear why Where is the GMAIL traffic ? -- bpa

Re: [slim] Slimserver Scanning Query

2007-09-21 Thread slimpy
You need to give us some more information. -Operating system -File types Does slimserver have read permission to those files? Can you find the albums using the search function? Do the affected albums have something in common (compilations, file type,...)? Did you do a clear and rescan? Are those

Re: [slim] Any experiences with MediaCenter playlists in SB?

2007-09-21 Thread MeSue
SlimServer doesn't know a thing about J River's proprietary database formats (JMD files), but here is what you can do... In JRMC, right click the playlist and choose Export Playlist. A dialog box will pop up where you can give it a file name and choose other options. For where to save it, choose