Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

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:

Re: [slim] Pain in the bum looking for album art - not anymore ;-)

This plugin is a workable alternative to the otherwise bug-prone UI of SS. What bugs? Did you file them? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] OK... Help/advice needed (again) on my wireless network...

I'm still trying to work out if the periodic problems with my network are solvable. My SB3 and router are about 12ft apart in basically ajoining rooms. Typically they are 100% stable. Music (FLAC) and 5000kbps network test are 100% fine. BUT, othertimes out of the blue (eg: yesterday afternoon)

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

Thanks for your comments tercital. I'd have to say that I regreattably ordered from DataKits having seem their name mentioned in other forums discussing this and other kinds of electronics, fairly recently too. I was also recomended them by a pm from another user. He now knows the problems I

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

I am very sorry for any inconvenience that you have been caused. I am sorry i can’t think of any more that i can do to help. I have apologised for the item that you have received. I have checked all the stock we have in stock and all is 100% new. If you have received a unit with a used power

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

The reason I have kept commenting is because of the rude and self-righteous comments that have been referred to, outlining the facts for the benefit of those who seem to have missed them. You outlined you offer here and I have responded. I am however most concened at the comments from Logitech

[slim] Help with issues installing Slim Server 6.5.4.

I am having trouble installing 6.5.4 I am running XP SP2 Previous version had no problem. I downloaded the .exe file from the site. I run the file and everything seems fine during the prompts but the installation freezes eveytime after the progress bar reaches 100%. I have uninstalled the

Re: [slim] What to do with my CDs?

You might also want to read a similar thread on this subject, at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33418 -- oktup oktup's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1117 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

datakits;233464 Wrote: Id also like to hear form anyone who has bought a SQ3 from us in the past week and hear of their experiences of our company Datakits. I don’t want to upset anyone here but I feel after all that has been said about this situation it is only fair that we have a balanced

Re: [slim] Pain in the bum looking for album art - not anymore ;-)

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=57392 This one found album art that I never expected to see again. -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ bernt's Profile:

[slim] Songs cut short in random mode

I've just migrated from Windows XP to Ubuntu 7.04 (linux). I'm running 6.5.5 from a couple of nights ago: (SlimServer Version: 6.5.5 - 13494 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1) When I'm playing random songs, every now and then, a song won't be played completely through - its as if SlimServer has

[slim] Transporter Digital Pass-through

Are there any plans to support pass-through of digital inputs to outputs and allow use of the digital volume control. I understand from previous entries this feature is not currently supported. I am just interested as to whether this will ever be implemented? Many thanks. -- michaelrp2

Re: [slim] UK prices up on Amazon

I bought one from datakits last week on Sunday and it arrived on Tuesday so well happy and it only cost £185 with the postage. -- a13mky a13mky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12127 View this

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

Its not that I trying to convince anyone. I just dont like to have datakits threatened with all actions under the sun for a simple mistake that we are resolving at our cost. I know how many happy Squeezebox customers there are out there that shopped with datakits. Whatever this customer has

Re: [slim] Songs cut short in random mode

OK, I think I may figured out the problemSlimServer isn't cutting the songs short...the songs themselves are too short! Just did a test on a track this was happening too, and it would happen every time. I double checked the file size against the original copy I still have on my windows PC,

Re: [slim] UK prices up on Amazon

adamslim;218600 Wrote: Well you can still get it at Datakits for under £190 (and IIRC they still have non-Logitech branded ones!). Wish I'd got one of the non-Logitech branded ones... Think the Slimdevices logo looks smarter... -- NeilF shuttle sn45g, athlon 3200+, 512mb, xp pro (sp2),

Re: [slim] Pain in the bum looking for album art - not anymore ;-)

Michael Herger;233450 Wrote: This plugin is a workable alternative to the otherwise bug-prone UI of SS. What bugs? Did you file them? Michael Yep... . +---+ |Filename: bug.jpg

Re: [slim] UK prices up on Amazon

You can still order them from slimdevices - just not to Europe anymore :( -- James_B James_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11309 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

datakits;233505 Wrote: Its not that I trying to convince anyone. I just dont like to have datakits threatened with all actions under the sun for a simple mistake that we are resolving at our cost. I know how many happy Squeezebox customers there are out there that shopped with datakits.

[slim] [FS] New SB3 All Black with European Power Supply

Hi All, I'm selling a new in box, never opened ALL BLACK Logitech-branded Squeezebox3. The power supply adapter is suitable for 230v (Europe) and has EU style pins. Price is US$300 and includes insured shipping via Express Mail Shipping (EMS can be tracked online and arrives in less than 5

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

This is getting silly now. i email you and you post your reply on this forum. can you please just confirm the address of the collection in reply to my email and i will have the item collected. Thanks -- datakits

Re: [slim] Pain in the bum looking for album art - not anymore ;-)

haunyack;233429 Wrote: http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/ Very nicely crafted 3rd party interface for SS which has an automatic lookup function for currently playing tracks. Unfortunately Moose kills my QNAP install as it has a buggy version of Perl... -- bonze QNAP TS-101

Re: [slim] Pain in the bum looking for album art - not anymore ;-)

bonze;233532 Wrote: Unfortunately Moose kills my QNAP install as it has a buggy version of Perl... oops... . -- haunyack Transporter - BK R200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. (Listening room) SB3 (RWA analog) - Rotel RB1070 - BW Matrix 805. (Bedroom) Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale -

Re: [slim] NETGEAR model DG834PN WPA-PSK connection problem with Squeezebox 3

Hello I'm also experiencing similar problems as those listed by several users with my DG834N. Basically I have good streaming for a while, and then without apparent reasons the music has hiccups. I will try to step down the security level as suggested by some (I'm using full WPA2 now) and keep

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

datakits;233527 Wrote: This is getting silly now. i email you and you post your reply on this forum. can you please just confirm the address of the collection in reply to my email and i will have the item collected. Thanks I'm not sure what you're on about? I have had no mail from you

Re: [slim] iTunes alternatives

There are lots of alternatives to iTunes, but before you jump ship you might want to just investigate the cause of this problem first since this *shouldn't* be happening. I've been using iTunes to manage my large Squeezebox music collection for a couple of years and have never had any trouble

Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

Kdf, Bruno and James: Thanks for your answers. James: I am not sure what you mean by your Itunes Update plusin. I am using 7.0 too. In my Itunes plugin menu, I see the following entries: - Itunes - itunes reload interval - unchecked songs in itunes - itunes music library.xml location -

Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

The iTunesUpdate plugin is not the same as iTunes plugin that comes with SlimServer. My SlimServer plugins are available from www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer I haven't released an version for 7.0 yet though - look out for a message in the 3rd party plugins forum in the next couple of days.

Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

James: Great, thanks! I will do as you suggest. -- Pierre -- isabellep isabellep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12740 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39109

Re: [slim] What to do with my CDs?

I loaded all my CD's on a hard drive and got rid of the jewel cases and used the 1000 CD case. Its on wheels and doesn't take up much room. http://meritline.com/cd-dvd-case1.html I have noticed that ebay has these also. jeffmeh wrote: I use these.

Re: [slim] Nokia N800 Player Selection Problem

I reopened bug 5185 against this behavior in SC7 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5185 cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ bklaas's Profile:

Re: [slim] UK prices up on Amazon

Maybe just find a friend in the US who could send it as a gift ;o) -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimcentre 7.0A1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2 (SP2). Remote storage QNAP(2.1.1T)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12.3 to FLAC ID3

Re: [slim] Unable to scan library

Hi there... Could you tell me with complete command string and exactly where this needs to be typed in order for SS to scan my iTunes xml file and install my playlists please? Many thanks Jason -- J Leadley J

Re: [slim] iTunes alternatives

By syncing with a portable player I assume you are talking about an iPod ? If this is the case iTunes is the easiest way to get this to work. There are a number of plugins available related to ratings, smart playlists and iTunes, but as long as you are setting the ratings only on the portable

[slim] Quick Question

Is there a way I can get slimserver to access music on two physically different hard drives in the same computer? I have 2 160GB hardrives in my computer. One has all my music files and the other has everthing else. This has been fine for years, but now I am starting to run out of space on the

Re: [slim] Quick Question

I think you can do it just by creating a shortcut in your music folder to your music folder on the other drive, but I've never tried this myself. On 10/8/07, Zten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way I can get slimserver to access music on two physically different hard drives in the same

Re: [slim] Quick Question

On Linux and OS-X it is trivial, just make a soft link. Windows has lnk files that sometimes fill the need. I don't use Windows for my SlimServer, so I don't follow it. I think it mostly works. Search the forums for more details. -- pfarrell Pat

Re: [slim] Quick Question

Yes it works - mostly. You just create a Windows shortcut from one drive to the other - so in the root directory of Drive C you create a shortcut to D:\. Browse Music Folders doesn't work (you will only see the drive you set in the Slimserver Nusic Drive but everything else works perfectly.

[slim] Logitech Remotes

Can anyone tell me which of the Logitech remotes work with Slimbox 3's? Don Hanson ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Quick Question

Browse Music Folders doesn't work (you will only see the drive you set in the Slimserver Nusic Drive but everything else works perfectly. This is Music Folder thing is very annoying, because I'm sure it used to work... I'm using 6.5.5 on XP. My Music Folder is J:\Music, this folder contains

Re: [slim] Quick Question

Richard...thanks - very interesting..I'll try a little experiment! Cheers Phil -- Phil Leigh 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 expensive cables ;o)

Re: [slim] Quick Question

hmmm...so I created c:\music and put in there 3 windows shortcuts to e, f g (where my music is). Then I changed the Music Folder setting to c:\music and rescanned... Now Browse Music Folder just shows 3 blank lines (everything else works perfectly) Am I doing something wrong when I create

[slim] Screen problem

I have a problem with the screen on my SB3, after a short while it no longer displays all the lines of text, its like i can see the song info and just a very small part of the information that should be above the song information (time left etc?). Anyone any ideas what might be causing this? --

Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)

If you're referring to the Harmony remotes... any of them will work. Cheers, Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile:

Re: [slim] Quick Question

hmmm...so I created c:\music and put in there 3 windows shortcuts to e, f g (where my music is). Then I changed the Music Folder setting to c:\music and rescanned... Now Browse Music Folder just shows 3 blank lines (everything else works perfectly) Am I doing something wrong when I

Re: [slim] Quick Question

I have music on a couple hard drives in the same machine. But my shortcut are to the folder where I keep my music, so I have mp3, albums, and live shows. I put these shortcuts in my c:\music folder and I browse them as just as their listed. Browse - Music Folders- mp3,albums, live shows...

Re: [slim] Quick Question

Richie;233658 Wrote: hmmm...so I created c:\music and put in there 3 windows shortcuts to e, f g (where my music is). Then I changed the Music Folder setting to c:\music and rescanned... Now Browse Music Folder just shows 3 blank lines (everything else works perfectly) Am I

Re: [slim] Router issues

OK, so having plaed around with it a bit more it seems to work pretty much flawlessly (was playing BBC5live fr around 90 mins uninterupted) when i have WPA or WEP disabled. The second i turn these on the player seems to have a mind of its own, symptons include: Tracks randomly restarting screen

Re: [slim] Router issues

MORE INFO SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows Vista - EN - cp1252 Server IP address: 192.168.0.2 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt The IP address for this player is: 192.168.0.3:25158 *(not sure what the 25158 part is???)* The ethernet

Re: [slim] NETGEAR model DG834PN WPA-PSK connection problem with Squeezebox 3

scala;233537 Wrote: Hello I'm also experiencing similar problems as those listed by several users with my DG834N. Basically I have good streaming for a while, and then without apparent reasons the music has hiccups. I will try to step down the security level as suggested by some (I'm

Re: [slim] Small Softsqueeze wish: keyboard control buttons

Works a treat ! -- RossGoodman RossGoodman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=7724

Re: [slim] Router issues

any firewall software somewhere? -- pablolie pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39088

Re: [slim] NETGEAR model DG834PN WPA-PSK connection problem with Squeezebox 3

bonze;134794 Wrote: But I was a bit confused with the settings - leaving it on a default of 'Up to 270Mbps' 'WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK' and the SB wasn't happy. It kept dropping and reconnecting every few seconds or not connecting at all. I changed the settings down to 'gb' and 'WPA-PSK' and

Re: [slim] Router issues

At the risk of being flamed from here to eternity: 1) I have never used WEP or WPA on my router - and I have used wi-fi pretty much since it was invented. I use MAC address limiting. I have never felt less than 100% secure. 2) You are using Vista which may be the cause of your problem, in

Re: [slim] OK... Help/advice needed (again) on my wireless network...

Neil - what router are U using? -- Phil Leigh 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 expensive cables ;o)

Re: [slim] Router issues

Phil Leigh;233677 Wrote: At the risk of being flamed from here to eternity: 1) I have never used WEP or WPA on my router - and I have used wi-fi pretty much since it was invented. I use MAC address limiting. I have never felt less than 100% secure. 2) You are using Vista which may be the

Re: [slim] Router issues

I'm not familiar with Netgear kit, but MAC filtering works by defining a set of MAC addresses (ie physical pieces of equipment, uniquely identified by their MAC address) that are allowed to access your network - anything else doesn't get beyond the router. I'm sure there'll be a config screen

Re: [slim] Router issues

MAC spoofing ... pretty advanced hacking Not so. It's opening a dialog in Windows (or in MacOS, or Linux, or the correct menu in Squeezebox Network Config) and entering the new MAC address. There's nothing especially advanced about it, other than finding a suitable address to imitate. And that

Re: [slim] Router issues

mflint;233689 Wrote: MAC spoofing ... pretty advanced hacking Not so. It's opening a dialog in Windows (or in MacOS, or Linux, or the correct menu in Squeezebox Network Config) and entering the new MAC address. There's nothing especially advanced about it, other than finding a suitable

Re: [slim] Router issues

Just tried moving the SB3 into another room and when encryption was disabled i was getting a constant connection with signal strength between 55-60% Worked flawlessly with both .mp3 stored on my hard drive and streaming via AlienBBC. Then i turned on MAC filtering (added the SB3 MAC address to

Re: [slim] OK... Help/advice needed (again) on my wireless network...

Phil Leigh;233680 Wrote: Neil - what router are U using? Netgear DG834GT! SOME NEWS! This evening I could reproduce the problem... I displayed the buffer on the unit, and when I turned on my second machine in my study, I could see the buffer was slowly lowering... If I paused the track it

Re: [slim] Router issues

Big AAC;233695 Wrote: Just tried moving the SB3 into another room and when encryption was disabled i was getting a constant connection with signal strength between 55-60% Worked flawlessly with both .mp3 stored on my hard drive and streaming via AlienBBC. Then i turned on MAC filtering

Re: [slim] Router issues

NeilF;233693 Wrote: The router firewall would either connect or not connect... So it's nothing to do with MAC address or firewalls etc Have you connected the SB3 via a network lead to the router, instead of wirelessly? See if that resolves the issue or not. (Wire it up, and then on

Re: [slim] Router issues

Big AAC;233701 Wrote: mflint - the router has been stood on top of my PC right next to the SB3 for the most part, I did think think interference could be the problem initially which is why i moved it from its intended postion (living room) into the study alongside the router, at leas then i

Re: [slim] Router issues

weird indeed, but one sees weird things happen all the time, unfortunately. other remote possibilities: IP address conflicts if you have addressed some IP addresses manually, and then those guys go wake up on occasion. DHCP has never worked for my SB3 for whatever reasson, so it's the only

Re: [slim] Router issues

Siduhe;233703 Wrote: Is the laptop also running Vista or is it on XP? I have the same netgear router as you - on which both my SB and mediaserver ran flawlessly. There are,however, a few threads on the netgear forums which sound similar to your problem, and they seem to associate it

Re: [slim] Unable to scan library

Mr.Leadley, I don't have Slimserver installed on a Windows box, but from what I have read in the forum, there is a server.exe executable which is identical to the server.pl(perl script in Mac OS X). Go to C:\Program Files\Slimserver* and look for a server.exe Further in the dos prompt type in

[slim] What makes SlimServer fast?

OK - I'm the first to admit I'm running SlimServer on a low-end PC! BUT I was running it on an old IBM Pentium II server under Windows 2000 with SCSI disks and 128MB RAM. This system gave reasonable performance but obviously it was lacking in some respects. So I upgraded to a junky little

Re: [slim] What makes SlimServer fast?

amey01;233716 Wrote: OK - I'm the first to admit I'm running SlimServer on a low-end PC! BUT I was running it on an old IBM Pentium II server under Windows 2000 with SCSI disks and 128MB RAM. This system gave reasonable performance but obviously it was lacking in some respects. So I

Re: [slim] What makes SlimServer fast?

amey01 wrote: I'm assuming it is the amount of RAM - Windows XP requiring more, but is this the case? What do I need to do to this PC to get at least the performance of the Pentium II server? If you can, add some memory. I've never been able to stand XP with less than 700MB to do anything.

Re: [slim] What makes SlimServer fast?

slimserver performs very significantly better running on linux than it does under windows, don't ask me why, it just does. -- egd Thecus N5200PRO Transporter ATC SCA2 ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile:

Re: [slim] Help with this windows media stream

bump... anyone know? -- Bixby Bixby's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9411 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39087 ___

Re: [slim] Help with this windows media stream

Try http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kmuw/kmuw.mediaplayer?STATION_NAME=kmuwMEDIA_ID=632770MEDIA_EXTENSION=mp3MODULE=kmuw for the mp3 stream. My bet is that the mac parses the ASX file a bit better and grabs that, while SS gets the mms: stream... which is (at least as a guess) not using http as

Re: [slim] What makes SlimServer fast?

Thanks very much for your replies. I might be trying Linux! -- amey01 amey01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11274 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39133

Re: [slim] Help with this windows media stream

Ah... yep! I emailed them and that's correct, they don't have http streaming enabled. They're going to look into it. Thanks! -- Bixby Bixby's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9411 View this

[slim] SS can't find my music?

I hope this is not a FAQ. Two days ago SS knew all about my iTunes playlists and would cheerily pipe them to my SB. Today, it still lists the playlists, but shows them all as empty. iTunes disagrees, showing the songs still nestled safely in their playlists. I tried re-scanning, but no go. So,