Re: [slim] Scanner.exe crashes when rescanning everything

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
Siduhe;229679 Wrote: What anti-virus / internet security do you have installed? McAfee or Norton by any chance? Try adding an exception in your anti-virus as follows: either a) ignore *.myi or *.myd files or b) add exception for slim.exe and scanner.exe (both in your Slimserver

Re: [slim] Library Scanning engine

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
what are you talking about? what exactly is it that your engineer pal provided you with? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.4 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655

Re: [slim] dumb question

2007-09-28 Thread kdf
On 27-Sep-07, at 11:01 PM, MrSinatra wrote: excellent, thx. is this: SlimServer_trunk_v2007-09-26.exe a new naming convention? that's 7.0. the 6.5 builds have 6.5 instead of trunk. Use this one: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/

Re: [slim] ' smart gain selection ' replay gain option

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
but u need the tags in the ID3s to have it work, right? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.4 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile:

[slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread WrightDawg
I just upgraded to the newest version/firmware and now my library will not rescan files. It only found 9 out of several hundred albums etc. Any ideas what is wrong? I'm running Vista Ultimate. Thanks in advance. -- WrightDawg

Re: [slim] dumb question

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
ah, embarrassing. i should have figured that out on my own. thx. u posted just prior to me installing 7.0 by mistake. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.4 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655

Re: [slim] dumb question

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
excellent, thx. is this: SlimServer_trunk_v2007-09-26.exe a new naming convention? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.4 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655

Re: [slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
plz specify what ver exactly, and detail your environment. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.5 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile:

Re: [slim] broken firmware 81?

2007-09-28 Thread gautscho
It happens when i listen to different internet radio streams with squeezenetwork or to local mp3s with slimserver! I tested it with wireless and wired, same problem. Now i downgraded to a previous firmware and i have no problem anymore. I use the wireless connection again without drop outs.

Re: [slim] Library Scanning engine

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
interesting, sounds like a great idea for a plugin. i actually am not a good person to answer this, but in another thread i was trying to find out if setting exclusions for ss exe files in my avast AV will speed up library scans. but i have no answers... -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org

Re: [slim] Library Scanning engine

2007-09-28 Thread ob_kook
If you are the tinkering type, I see we put up a trial version on the website that can be downloaded. And here is a link to the press release if you're interested (it explains a lot better about the technology than I did!) http://datacore.com/pressroom/pr_070926.asp -- ob_kook SB2 -- Axiom

Re: [slim] Library Scanning engine

2007-09-28 Thread ob_kook
Sorry if I was being vague. The beta software was a performance acceleration tool which dedicates a portion of the system memory for I/O cache together with a predictive algorithm for doing prefetching of data. The net effect is that in most databases and other I/O intensive applications, a

[slim] HTML And CSS Mix-Up?

2007-09-28 Thread robinhood
The website I have setup an e-business with gave me template to use for a while. Now I need to go back and update it with my own ' free templates ' (http://freetemplates.webdesigningcompany.net/). They sent me a file suggesting -- robinhood

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Squonk
Solvason-Pastuch;230773 Wrote: Yep, a great toy, if you want to play. A lowsy toy if you want to actually listen to music. I have to disagree with this. I think the Squeezebox *is* great for those who want to fiddle around with it, but it has worked equally well as a set it and forget it

[slim] Standalone Slimserver, timer options

2007-09-28 Thread kaajee
I want to use SlimServer as a standalone solution. So the SilmServer is connectec to an amplifier directly. No other players/clients are needed. Only one computer ascting as SlimServer and plyer/client. The control is done by the webinterface. Herefor i installed SlimServer and SoftSqueeze. This

Re: [slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread Siduhe
What antivirus / software firewall are you using - the inbuilt Vista one or a third party one like Zone Alarm? Have you tried adding an exception for scanner.exe (in the Slimserver directory)? -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile:

Re: [slim] ' smart gain selection ' replay gain option

2007-09-28 Thread SteveEast
MrSinatra;230690 Wrote: but u need the tags in the ID3s to have it work, right? Yup. You can use something like foobar to add the replay gain tags to your whole collection in one go. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Seineseeker
Kind of satisfying isn't it? Now you feel vindicated when you show off your SB setup to visitors, that you warn them each of them that it is something of a techie thing. -- Seineseeker Seineseeker's Profile:

Re: [slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread bpa
I just upgraded to the newest version/firmwar The newest version is 6.5.4 not 6.5.2 and there were some scanner fixes in 6.5.2 and 6.5.3. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread jeffmeh
Solvason-Pastuch;230773 Wrote: David Oh, I know your pain. I have always, and still do, feel that this piece of equipment is nothing but a techie toy. Imagine how many cars there would be on the road if they had to update their software evry night. Zero! If evertime they

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Robin Bowes
Solvason-Pastuch wrote: David Oh, I know your pain. I have always, and still do, feel that this piece of equipment is nothing but a techie toy. Imagine how many cars there would be on the road if they had to update their software evry night. Zero! If evertime they crashed, someone

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Solvason-Pastuch
David Oh, I know your pain. I have always, and still do, feel that this piece of equipment is nothing but a techie toy. Imagine how many cars there would be on the road if they had to update their software evry night. Zero! If evertime they crashed, someone died. Zero. Yep, a great toy,

Re: [slim] Why isn't the bar at the back of the SB3 hinged?

2007-09-28 Thread NeilF
Skittler;230764 Wrote: I also struggle to connect/disconnect the cables due to the position of the bar - there's very little finger room needed for leverage when the RCA interconnect has a tight grip to the SB3. Being able to swing the bar out of the way would certainly help there too. If

[slim] Shoutcast not working anymore: could not parse...

2007-09-28 Thread bodiam
Nobody has the same problem or a solution?? -- bodiam bodiam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10994 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38647

Re: [slim] Why isn't the bar at the back of the SB3 hinged?

2007-09-28 Thread Skittler
I also struggle to connect/disconnect the cables due to the position of the bar - there's very little finger room needed for leverage when the RCA interconnect has a tight grip to the SB3. Being able to swing the bar out of the way would certainly help there too. -- Skittler Dave. SB3 --

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread fjappe666
Hey bpa - sry but im totally new to all this ;) I dont know what u mean about the links from the squeezenetwork. And - i have no clue how to make a debug log for you :/ But - at least i can give you the answers to the last 3 questions here: SB-model: SB v.3 Have you disabled...: No, tried to

Re: [slim] Playlist question

2007-09-28 Thread slimpy
Just press and hold the add button on the remote. Your selection will be queued up right after the current song. You need to press the skip button to have the song start instantly - there's no one-button action to add and play AFAIK -s. -- slimpy

Re: [slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
you might want to try the latest available windows beta: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_6_5_x_v2007-09-26/ and how about your machine specs, where your music is located, etc... -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.5 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 -

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Fifer
Solvason-Pastuch;230773 Wrote: Yep, a great toy, if you want to play. A lowsy toy if you want to actually listen to music. I've got three (SB1, SB2, Transporter) and strangely enough, I only use them for listening to music. Flawlessly. Every day. No problems. -- Fifer

[slim] Shoutcast not working anymore: could not parse...

2007-09-28 Thread MrSinatra
SS or SN? . -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.5 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Fifer
Solvason-Pastuch;230773 Wrote: Imagine how many cars there would be on the road if ... evertime they crashed, someone died. Slimserver crashed and someone died? -- Fifer Fifer's Profile:

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Pat Farrell
Solvason-Pastuch wrote: Oh, I know your pain. I have always, and still do, feel that this piece of equipment is nothing but a techie toy. Imagine how many cars there would be on the road if they had to update their software evry night. Zero! If evertime they crashed, someone died.

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread KoxxBoxx
Do you have a software firewall installed and if so is Slimserver allowed to make outgoing connections? Can you manually tune into radio stations by clicking Tune in URL from the web interface? -- KoxxBoxx KoxxBoxx's

Re: [slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread WrightDawg
MrSinatra;230700 Wrote: plz specify what ver exactly, and detail your environment. Well I'm running SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 12568 - Windows Vista. I'm not sure what you mean by detailing my environment (sorry, I don't post here often). Can you tell me specifically what else I can post

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread fjappe666
Hey - i've got no firewall, but it could be that some other thing blockes the slimserver from connecting - i cant use Tune in url - it still wont connect. -- fjappe666 fjappe666's Profile:

Re: [slim] How to display network utilization

2007-09-28 Thread y360
Latest version of dd-wrt has a bandwidth monitor which I find very useful for tracking SB3 network activity It nicely complements the show buffer fullness option of the display http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php -- y360

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread fjappe666
Hey again. The slimserver really is blocked to access the internet. When i try to go to Internet Radios-Click on Slim Picks - I get this error: There was an error loading the remote feed for Slim Picks: (Failed to connect to http://www.slimdevices.com/picks/radio.opml (Couldn't resolve IP

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread bpa
If you post a direct link to the Squeezenetwork favorites (see bottom of that squeenet web page) into MyPicks, does it work ? Otherwise try posting a debug log with d_source d_parse and d_plugins when selecting one of your stations ? What model SB are you trying ? Have you disabled Windows

[slim] Playing music but keeping it out of the main database

2007-09-28 Thread timmorris
My nephew wants to play his music through the Squeezeboxes. It is typical teenage kid stuff, Music badly organised, lots of it downloaded at 128k (I use FLAC), loads of files in his root folder, album art missing. He wants to play his music through the Squeezebox but I don't want it to come up

Re: [slim] Playing music but keeping it out of the main database

2007-09-28 Thread funkstar
How about this? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31742 -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread fjappe666
Hey jacob, thx for your suggestions. They didnt help me with my problem though. I just think its strange - when SB recieves the streamlink from Squeezenetwork it is able to connect - but when it recieves it from slimserver it wont. Very odd behaviour in my opinion. -- fjappe666

[slim] Scan Does Not See All Albums

2007-09-28 Thread AllanB
Just loaded onto my drive the new KT Tunstall album, Drastic Fantastic, requested SS to scan for new music. Unfortunately all albums except the new album were scanned. Tried to clear all and re-scan complete music library, same result. The album is in a sub-folder for KT Tunstall SS can see

[slim] Playlist question

2007-09-28 Thread UKTopGun
Is it possible for a song to be qued to the next song during a playlist? (Sorry not sure how to explain but ill give an exmaple) Say I am playing one of my playlists and a guest decides that they want to hear Madonna - Borderline as the next song in the playlist, is it possible for that to be the

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread bpa
Can you confirm - you have no firewall s/w installed and the Windows firewall is disabled ? Have you any other security s/w installed (e.g. anti-virus, anti-spyware ) ? -- bpa bpa's Profile:

Re: [slim] Playing music but keeping it out of the main database

2007-09-28 Thread timmorris
Thanks, Looks perfect. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38764

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread fjappe666
Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::Utils::Strings::string (E:\Program Files\SlimServer\server/Slim/Web/XMLBrowser.pm line 294) frame 1: Slim::Web::XMLBrowser::handleError (/PerlApp/Slim/Formats/XML.pm line 169) frame 2: Slim::Formats::XML::gotErrorViaHTTP (/PerlApp/Slim/Networking/SimpleAsyncHTTP.pm line

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread lanierb
Solvason-Pastuch;230773 Wrote: David Oh, I know your pain. I have always, and still do, feel that this piece of equipment is nothing but a techie toy. Imagine how many cars there would be on the road if they had to update their software evry night. Zero! If evertime they

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread fjappe666
Debugging log: Aysnc: No DNS servers responded, you may have trouble with network connections. Please check your network settings. UPnP: Error adding multicast membership, UPnP may not work properly: Unknown error ERROR: Async: Couldn't resolve IP address for: news.bbc.co.uk ERROR: Async:

Re: [slim] SS wont play internet radio - Snetwork does.

2007-09-28 Thread bpa
The first error message in the log is the key Aysnc: No DNS servers responded, you may have trouble with network connections. Please check your network settings. Slimserver has not tried to access internet because it cannot translate names into addresses as DNS does not seem to be set up

Re: [slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread WrightDawg
bpa;230841 Wrote: The newest version is 6.5.4 not 6.5.2 and there were some scanner fixes in 6.5.2 and 6.5.3. Needless to say I did something wrong with my original download as I didn't even notice that I wasn't using the latest version even though that's what I downloaded and installed. I'm

Re: [slim] Cannot Rescan library

2007-09-28 Thread WrightDawg
I reinstalled the newest version and everything worked perfectly. Another case of user error on my part. Thanks everyone for steering me in the right direction. -- WrightDawg WrightDawg's Profile:

[slim] Control the Softsqueeze via remote control

2007-09-28 Thread booguss
Hi! I'm beginning to play around with Softsqueeze in addition to my two SB3's, it feels like I have three of 'em now :-) I think it would be very cool to be able to control the Softsqueeze via some sort of remote control. I know there are assigned shortcuts on the keyboard and they work well.

[slim] Files Don't Show Up On Scans

2007-09-28 Thread HalNineThousand
Recently I've found the old time radio archive on archive.org. For those that don't know, that means it has, literally, thousands of episodes of old time radio shows like The Shadow or old science fiction shows like X Minus 1. One of the shows I was interested in was Theater Five. The archive

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread tyler_durden
I've been running an SB3 for about 2 years now. I update automatically. I've never had any problems with it. I listen to music all the time. I dual boot my server between linux and win2k (not a dedicated box right now) and both versions of the server work just fine. I'd run linux full time if

[slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread HalNineThousand
Here's my Slimserver info: SlimServer Version: 6.5.3 - 12376 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1 Server IP address: 172.16.7.2 Perl Version: 5.8.4 i386-linux-thread-multi MySQL Version: 4.1.11-Debian_4sarge7 It's on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I see that the support for Ogg Vorbis is built in to Slimserver

Re: [slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread bpa
Try unchecking Ogg (built-in) in Server Setting/Filetype and then try to play the file. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

[slim] Screensaver popup during playing

2007-09-28 Thread jordi . c
Hi, After some minutes playing a song my wheater-time screensaver popups :(. This is really ugly wheater-time screensaver and the analog vu-meter are both shown. When I shut the player-off and turn it on it is normal again. I hope my picture resolution is good enough to see it (taken with the

Re: [slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread HalNineThousand
Thanks for a fast response! It didn't make a difference, however. I made sure the only possible output stream format for Ogg was mp3, handled by sox/lame, then tried again and still got static. Is this where I should focus on? The conversion settings? Or should I be checking any kind of

Re: [slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread smc2911
You're too fast! Read the edit of my earlier post...and it does sound like the sox version you have is too old. -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread HalNineThousand
1 - Out of curiosity, I saw your post and all it had was a question about which version of sox I had, then I read it again and saw the link to a thread. Did you edit it, or do you have a different way of posting so you weren't done and I thought you were? 2 - I checked, then, when I tested to

Re: [slim] slim.exe has encountered a problem...

2007-09-28 Thread dazbarber
My original problem is back. I updated my ZoneAlarm Firewall this morning and now I am unable to start Slimserver as a service without it crashing (slim.exe has encountered a problem...) I have updated to the latest version of SS and tried my ticking/unticking trick (see above) to no avail. I

Re: [slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread HalNineThousand
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:root]$ sox -h sox: Version 12.17.7 -- HalNineThousand HalNineThousand's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12392 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread smc2911
What version of sox have you got? This thread may be relevant 17627 -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38784

Re: [slim] Looks like my SB3 has died

2007-09-28 Thread simonn
+1 for SD/Logitech support. They are RMAing it despite it being ~21 months old. Very refreshing for a tech company. -- simonn simonn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4725 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Some Ogg Vorbis Files Won't Play (with different results)

2007-09-28 Thread smc2911
I edited my earlier post (did the search to find the post # after the initial question). -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread:

[slim] Garbage is displayed instead of titles

2007-09-28 Thread dpr
Hi, can anyone give me any hints on how to solve a following problem? I have a FLAC collection ripped from the conventional CDs - mostly printed in US. The tags look fine and are correctly displayed in the left panel of the SlimServer web interface, but the right panel displays some garbage

Re: [slim] Please help me solve a SS .asx streaming problem

2007-09-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
dewinkle;227895 Wrote: I don't use slimserver since all of my music is CD Uhh, how do you think the music library of an SB is created? :-) -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2)

[slim] Streaming Children's Music?

2007-09-28 Thread plympton
Might sound odd, but are there any children's - young kids - streaming stations out there? I've looked through Live365, Googled, etc... can't find anything. Anyone? -Dan (Yeah, I'm a geek who just had a kid 6 months ago :-)) -- plympton

Re: [slim] Streaming Children's Music?

2007-09-28 Thread Squonk
We listen to Kid's Mix Radio (search on that term). There's also Radio Disney, but my kids can't stand it (a good sign, in my opinion!) -- Squonk Squonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9882 View

Re: [slim] Streaming Children's Music?

2007-09-28 Thread cblock
We have a Kids station in the UK called Fun Radio: http://www.funradiolive.com/ which streams at: http://mediasrv.musicradio.com/FunRadio but I suspect that if you are outside the UK the stream will be unavailable to you, hopefully not. -- cblock

Re: [slim] Looks like my SB3 has died

2007-09-28 Thread Brian Ritchie
simonn;230665 Wrote: Out of interest, did anyone who has experienced the dead SB3 thing also start having mysterious wireless problems a few months beforehand as well, e.g. SB losing connection and restarting for no apparent reason etc after being stable for months/years? Yes, that's

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Brian Ritchie
Solvason-Pastuch;230773 Wrote: Oh, I know your pain. I have always, and still do, feel that this piece of equipment is nothing but a techie toy. Imagine how many cars there would be on the road if they had to update their software evry night. Zero! Having just put my 4-year-old car in

Re: [slim] A satisfying crunch

2007-09-28 Thread Michaelwagner
Don't feed the trolls. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38746

Re: [slim] Scan Does Not See All Albums

2007-09-28 Thread auronthas
Try this 1) Close Slimserver 2) Go to 'Command Prompt' (C:\...:\), 3) Type CD\ to root directory (C:\), 4) Type CD program files (C:\Program Files:\), 5) Type CD slimserver (C:\Program Files\SlimServer:\), 6) Type CD server (C:\Program Files\SlimServer\Server:\), 7) Type scanner.exe --wipe--

Re: [slim] Playback skipping

2007-09-28 Thread Eric Seaberg
You obviously never got an answer to this. Can you give us more info? What's the server running on, i.e. OS, etc.? What kind of processor? Is the server a standalone or are you trying to use a computer that does something else? -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [slim] Switching from PC to Mac

2007-09-28 Thread earthbased
bephillips;230286 Wrote: Continue using flac. Max works for ripping to flac, though does not yet do replay gain to my knowledge.[edit: their other app, Play does this] For this I use foobar2000 in Windows running on an Intel Macbook and replay gain the files on the server mac over the