Actually, not strictly correct.
My iTunes Update plugin has an option (for windows only) that copies the
artwork for the currently playing song into SlimServer.
It is working rather well with the new default skin in SS7.0!
James
NOTICE: If
I'm currently using iTunes. Virtually every time I restart iTunes it
decides my library is corrupt and churns for hours rebuilding it from
the XML file. Argh! I'd love to use a different library system. Can
anything else do what I do with iTunes?
* dynamic "smart" playlists based on ratings and g
SteveEast;233188 Wrote:
> Cracking cheese, Gromit!
You beat me to it!
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SteveEast;233188 Wrote:
> Cracking cheese, Gromit!
>
> Steve.
No, I think you mean "Cracking toast, Gromit!"
TD
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Just embed the artwork into the the tracks and SlimServer will see them
properly. iTunes uses correct album art tags just like any reputable
tagger out there. But it doesn't add the artwork automatically into the
track's metadata if you only use the "Get Album Artwork" feature. In
that case it sto
bonze;233383 Wrote:
> Are there more tools available for Windows?
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/
Very nicely crafted 3rd party interface for SS which has an automatic
lookup function for currently playing tracks.
I have gravitated to this over AlbumArtAggregator just for ease of
use.
A
bonze;233383 Wrote:
> Are there more tools available for Windows?
I use Album Art Aggregator:
http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA/
Steve.
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On 7-Oct-07, at 5:53 PM, isabellep wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> I am using Slimserver on top of Itunes and the music is working fine.
> However the album covers that I have in Itunes are currently not being
> retrieved by Slimserver. Is thera a way to ensure that Slimserver will
> gaimn access to artwor
Hello:
I am using Slimserver on top of Itunes and the music is working fine.
However the album covers that I have in Itunes are currently not being
retrieved by Slimserver. Is thera a way to ensure that Slimserver will
gaimn access to artwork stuff that I have in Itunes?
Thanks for your help,
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>There was a
>thread a while back about how the time needed for a full scan wasn't a
>significantly more than a "new and changed" scan - AFAIK because
>Slimserver still parses each file to work out whether it is new or not.
>
I find that new and changed music scan is much faster that a full scan
(
I believe forum member Michaelwagner does this as a sideline. You may
want to pick his brains, but I haven't seen him too often on the forum
lately.
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No, I don't think he should take any "blame". Why should a genuine
customer who has done nothing wrong be blamed?
Perhaps he could have done more checks. Easy to say after the event.
But he can not be held to be at fault. If he'd bought the item from 'a
guy down the pub' or some other risky situat
You don't *have* to have a static IP address for your Slimserver, but it
helps.
In general, on Windows, you go to Control -> Network -> pick the NIC,
-> TCP/IP -> properties and click off "DHCP" and enter a fixed IP
address, netmask and router/gateway IP.
But, you shouldn't set this blindly. Whi
Never mind. "Upgraded" back to 6.5.2, which represents the last time
things worked well for me.
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Mark Lanctot;233388 Wrote:
> Troubleshooting here:
> http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?NetworkProblemsSecondGuide
Hi, thanks for the lnk. My sgnal strength (when connected) is always
100% (SB is stood a foot away from router) but it seems to
intermitantly drop the signal!?!
The Server and
Troubleshooting here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?NetworkProblemsSecondGuide
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does anyobdy have a difinitive answer for the best settings to use with
the DG834PN?
I've tried WPA and it doesn't like it. drops every few seconds/
minutes or just simply won't connect.
WEP wasn't much better to be honest.
I currently have it disabled and over wireless the player still
drops!
SuperQ;233147 Wrote:
> There are several tools out there that do this, some better than others.
> Looks like this one only uses amazon images. There are some other
> tools to grab from itunes and other sources.Are there more tools available
> for Windows?
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QNAP TS-101 (version 2.1.1
trecital wrote:
>
> It's one thing to have bought faulty goods. Not necessarily the
> retailers fault. But then, when they fail to respond promptly to
> resolve the problem, I think anyone is justified in losing confidence
> and exercising their legal rights. It's people who fail to take action
>
Hi Guys, reading through this thread has highlighted some problems that
i'm having It seems that i need to set my PC up with a static IP
address. Question is, does anybody have a step-by-step guide to doing
this with Vista?
thanks
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Hi erland,
Well FWIW, I would love the ability to search within custom tags that
were aquired via CustomScan!
The reason is that I add a custom tag to all my flac files that
contains recording information.
Currently, thanks to your CustomScan and CustomBrowse plugins, I can
view this informatio
I have long wanted this ability. I think we should be able to turn on
visibility for certain types of files when we Browse Music Folder, or
simply see all files, and deal with them as the browser normally would,
so that info txt files or pdf of liner notes or supplemental artwork
jpegs not named c
For the cost of the Transporter customers should not have to live with
this sort of glitch (defect) for this length of time. It is most
anoying I switch between inputs often. Please can this be fixed.
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Whilst trying to get MusicIP to work, I did my first clean-and-rescan in
ages (using SS 6.5.3) - and every single one of my thumbnails
disappeared!
(I was trying to fix another problem where a scan-for-new picked up
temporary wav files generated by EAC that I'm convinced were removed
before the s
I use these.
http://www.buy.com/prod/Case-Logic-CDW-320-320-Disc-Nylon-CD-Wallet/q/loc/101/10380795.html
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Well empgamer, I support you 100% in the actions you have taken, and in
your replies to those who have criticised you here.
It's one thing to have bought faulty goods. Not necessarily the
retailers fault. But then, when they fail to respond promptly to
resolve the problem, I think anyone is justi
I had exactly that problem ages ago - turned out to be a MAC addressing
problem. Check that the SB MAC actually matches the one printed on the
device itself - mine had somehow acquired a new MAC address...
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't
Hi Guys, newbie so please go easy :)
I picked up an SB3 yesterday and generally i'm really happy, however i
seem to be having issues sustaining a connection between my SB3 and my
router (at least i think thats what the problem is). The SB is now
sitting about 2 feet away from the router and still
You can configure Internet Connection Sharing (assuming it's Windows) on
the internet connection of the living room PC, and that allows the SB3
to see the rest of the network through the PC.
Though it's likely to be less hassle to go and buy a very cheap switch
and use that instead to provide a
What OS is the lounge PC running?
If it's Windows, you need to enable "Internet Connection Sharing" or
bridging which effectively ties both NICs together, allowing traffic
from one to pass to the other. You'd define the powerline NIC as your
"Internet" connection, the SB NIC as the "LAN" connect
I have no problems listening to these streams on my Mac, but can't get
my squeezebox to connect. It displays: Problem: Can't connect to
stream...
Here is the link to the ASX file:
http://www.kmuw.org/media/KMUWLive.asx
Thanks for any help!
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I'm sure there is a simple answer to this but it's beyond my reasoning
at the moment :-). I cannot seem to connect my SB3 and maintain an
Internet connection. Setup is as follows:
I have a Main PC and NAS in the bedroom attached to a broadband router
and this is then connected to the lounge
I am having difficulty with the selection of players in the the Touch
and Nokia 770 skins in the version 7 Slimserver/Squeezecenter. Each of
the players is present in the drop down dialogue at the top right of
the screen, but when I click on the player I want to control, the name
remains and the b
Phil Meyer;233192 Wrote:
> I don't think that's a good idea if you rescan for new and changed
> music, which wouldn't then detect changed files.
>
> Phil
Good point - a full clear and rescan would be needed. There was a
thread a while back about how the time needed for a full scan wasn't a
sig
Slimserver says my playlists are empty, but when I open the .m3u files
with an editor, I can see that they are not. Strangely, this is only
affecting some of my playlists, not all, and I can't see any
differences among them.
I'm using absolute paths in m3u lists on Ubuntu 7.04 and a SB2.
SlimSer
juniper;200568 Wrote:
> My question is as non tech expert, how on earth can one listen to it
> via the Squeezebox.
>
>
> Cheers
Hi,
The waveinput plugin can stream this from your soundcard to the SB/TP
(Lossless - whereas the stream is piped directly with no transcoding
loss)
Works great...a
I am trying to use a playlist with URL's, and then use it as a
favourite. I cannot get it to work, am I missing something?
Example .pls playlist (I've tried an .m3u as well):
Code:
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=2
File1=mms://my.server.com/rod/test_071007_06.wma
Ti
I just discovered musicovery.com also and it has had some upgrade over
the past months, and I think, that it is actually better than last.fm
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Hello,
I am aware of the myriad options in the scanner.pl script. How do I
just run the script in the CLI to rescan just any new iTunes playlists?
The command below seems to scan the whole library once again, which is
not what I want.
scanner.pl --itunes
Thanks,
G
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What version of SS are you using? (this has got nothing to do with
Logitech vs. SD by the way...)
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some
very expe
check this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39075
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Downloaded & installed latest slimserver 7.0 (07-Oct-2007) executable
for Windows
I get the following:
C:\Program Files\SqueezeCenter\server>squeezecenter.exe
The following CPAN modules were found but are too old to work with
SqueezeCenter
:
File::Temp (loaded 0.16, need 0.17)
To fix this proble
Well I have been happily using my slims for years without any issues.
Since upgrading to the logitech flavour of slim server things have
started going awry. With great regularity the slim server dies on my
2003 server, usually every day or so. And now I have discovered that
the artists view in
JJZolx;233175 Wrote:
> Obviously new product development takes priority. Logitech didn't buy
> S.D. for the handful of Transporters it would sell.
That's a fair point. Obviously Slim Devices must concentrate on getting
SS 7.0 and the Jive system working well.
But in the meantime there are clear
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