Re: [slim] Switching to Imac--how to name the nas in Leopard?

2007-12-11 Thread danco
I'm not sure about the naming convention for networked drives. For directly installed drives,the name begins with /Volumes (for instance, /Volumes/mydrive). Try one of the following: /Volumes, /Volumes/Network, /Network/Volumes, until someone better informed comes along. -- danco

Re: [slim] Slimserver Leopard

2007-12-11 Thread igroucho
SS 7.0a (build 12-01-07) has worked pretty good for me in Leopard 10.5.1. The quirks so far have been (in order of severeness): 1) Albums display in identical multiples on my Transporter screen, not in the browser. 2) The player reacts very slowly to user interaction, for ex choosing another

Re: [slim] Squeezebox and Harmony 885

2007-12-11 Thread scala
Hello again. In fact WOL works very well - if use the power on/off toggle button, either on the standard SB3 remote or with my Harmony 885. However it does not work with the discrete power on command that can be programmed with the Harmony software. It is true that a discrete power on does not

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread bpa
Quick comparison Ireland Reciva - 34 Radiotime - 17 UKReciva about 1500 Radiotime - about 250 The Wifi Radio in the UK (e.g. AE, Roberts, Bush, BBC, Pico) which can receive RealAudio BBC are Reciva chipset based and so users really only consider one Internetradio directory and that

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread bernt
Reciva looks very organized compared to RadioTime. I tried RadioTime for a while but I ended up using My Picks instead. Reciva looks promising as it already have all my favorite stations listed in highest quality and with the right name. -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/

Re: [slim] Bye-Bye White

2007-12-11 Thread peejay
OffBeatMammal;248219 Wrote: The second one is downstairs in the rumpus room and my daughter has decorated it with stickers and pen... I suspect if it was black she would have been initimidated but white was a friendly colour ;) Interesting that when I was growing up it was record players,

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server add-in?

2007-12-11 Thread lade
The main advantage of a Slimserver / Squeezecentre WHS add-in would be for marketing purposes. The whole WHS is geared towards ease of use for the non-technical user - and jumping on MS's marketing train would probably not hurt. Slimserver runs without problems on WHS (have been using this for a

Re: [slim] Switching to Imac--how to name the nas in Leopard?

2007-12-11 Thread igroucho
SS 6.5.4 wont work on Leopard. Try the latest build of 6.5. -- igroucho igroucho's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40978

Re: [slim] Problem with RSS Feed

2007-12-11 Thread HyperDevil
What i ment was that is stops showing the RSS feed after Air Pressure, then it just goes to the next RSS feed. Maybe someone can put this RSS feed on theyre squeezebox and see what happens? -- HyperDevil HyperDevil's

Re: [slim] Slimserver + MusicMagic

2007-12-11 Thread lade
I had the same problem - but after reading this thread and doing some of the checks suggested found the solution: Both services start in the right sequence but can not communicate. I made the slimserver service dependant on the TCP/IP service (add Tcpip to the 'dependant on' entry in the

Re: [slim] Music sounds better with you?

2007-12-11 Thread Rick B .
haunyack;248202 Wrote: Same here except I have a master list (hardcopy) that I've compiled for my music collection. As my physical collection is kept outside my listening room (thanks to networked music) I refer to the catalogue and queue a track, album or mix in SqueezeCenter. Time well

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
'Similar question on the Reciva forums' (https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboardItemid=108func=viewid=11434catid=3#msg11434) recently (comparing the Reciva database with 'RadioRoku' (http://radioroku.com)). I think that Reciva only make it available to the radios that embed their

Re: [slim] Problem with RSS Feed

2007-12-11 Thread bpa
When I put it into Information Browser in SC 7.0 - all entries are displayed. Info Borwser uses the common SC XML parser -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Switching to Imac--how to name the nas in Leopard?

2007-12-11 Thread 1030bourbon
Download of 6.5.5 just worked. Took less than two minutes. Linksys wirelesss G router, 1tb linksys NAS. Did enable UnP on NAS as well as TwonkyVision. Unclear as yet if either helped. -- 1030bourbon 1030bourbon's

[slim] During a scan, can I skip directories deliberately?

2007-12-11 Thread Martin_z
Hi all This feels like it should be a question that's been asked before, or a facility which does exist - but I can't find the answer. What I want to do is just mark some of the sub-directories in my music directory as non-scannable. Sort of a bit like a robots.txt for the slimserver scan.

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread radiobill
Bill from RadioTime ... begging the Squeezebox community to report bad or missing information. This community is technical enough to find their own URL, but that means the responsibility of tracking changes and it can't benfit anyone else. Likewise, if RadioTime is missing regions -- we

Re: [slim] Wi-Fi Internet Clock Radio?

2007-12-11 Thread benshead
That's exactly what I want! Other than the Roku product, I don't believe there is anything that will work with Slimserver out there and I agree with you that Roku's clock radio is unacceptable for a number of reasons. Certainly, the simplest approach would be a dedicated Squeezebox plugged into

Re: [slim] During a scan, can I skip directories deliberately?

2007-12-11 Thread radish
The simple answer is no - most people get around this issue by having seperate structures (I use one for FLAC and then an automatically-generated mirror in mp3). -- radish radish's Profile:

Re: [slim] During a scan, can I skip directories deliberately?

2007-12-11 Thread aubuti
Would something like this arrangement work for you: c:\music c:\music\flac c:\music\mp3 Then all your music is under one directory (c:\music) and if you point slimserver to (c:\music\flac) then it won't see your MP3s. That's so simple that there's probably something wrong with it, but I

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread toby10
Paul Webster;248279 Wrote: 'Similar question on the Reciva forums' (https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboardItemid=108func=viewid=11434catid=3#msg11434) recently (comparing the Reciva database with 'RadioRoku' (http://radioroku.com)). I think that Reciva only make it

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
Real stations are passed through if you have installed Alien. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40957

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
radiobill;248303 Wrote: One problem is UK streams are often Real networks, so filtered from the SB I've suggested to RadioTime in the past that the RealAudio stations should be passed through - because Squeezebox users who are internet radio fans may well have installed AlienBBC ... which

Re: [slim] During a scan, can I skip directories deliberately?

2007-12-11 Thread Martin_z
Thanks for this. I was hoping for a simple setup where you put a file called do_not.scan in the directory and if the scanning software spotted it, it would skip it. I can see the workrounds will do some of what I want, but (call me inflexible) I wanted c:/music/artist/album/flac/track1.flac

Re: [slim] During a scan, can I skip directories deliberately?

2007-12-11 Thread kdf
On 11-Dec-07, at 8:14 AM, Martin_z wrote: OK. I'll have to work out how to request it as a new feature. It's been discussed here; http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=775 -kdf___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Music sounds better with you?

2007-12-11 Thread joeriz
Is it just me? but I seem to enjoy listening to music more when its through my squeezebox? its more exciting for some reason? I absolutely agree. The Squeezebox is maybe the best audio purchase I've ever made...certainly it's among the best. Now, if they would just lower the price of the

Re: [slim] IR Blaster problems with Bose Wave Radio/DC

2007-12-11 Thread fcm4711
Hello Paul It looks like the ir codes the learning function captured are confusing your BOSE system. I don't have a .conf file, but if you post the .conf file you learned here, I'll have a look at it and maybe it can be tidied up manually to work. Cheers Felix -- fcm4711 Everyone said: This

Re: [slim] Problem with RSS Feed

2007-12-11 Thread HyperDevil
Maybe i have an old firmware? How can i fix this? -- HyperDevil HyperDevil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40967

Re: [slim] Music sounds better with you?

2007-12-11 Thread USAudio
joeriz;248340 Wrote: ... The Squeezebox is maybe the best audio purchase I've ever made...certainly it's among the best... I'll second that! Now I'm anxious to see what's next from SlimDevices/Logitech ... aren't they about due for something new? =) -- USAudio 'SB3 CIAudio VDA-2/VAC-1

[slim] Help on getting Transporter PC to connect wirelessly after power up.

2007-12-11 Thread dudeymon
Hi all, I've been a happy Transporter user for several months now. But I continue to have a sporadic problem getting the Slimserver software the Transporter to sync up after initial power-up. I've tried opening a problem to support, but they keep asking me to hook it up with a cable to test

Re: [slim] Help on getting Transporter PC to connect wirelessly after power up.

2007-12-11 Thread amcluesent
The Transporter is never 'off' unless you pull the plug out. Have you tried allocating a fixed IP address to the Vista PC to remove the chance of varying DHCP allocations. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

Re: [slim] Help on getting Transporter PC to connect wirelessly after power up.

2007-12-11 Thread JJZolx
dudeymon;248393 Wrote: Have any of you had a similar problem, and any ideas on how to avoid it? Yes, but for whatever reason, the problem went away in my setup, while other people are still experiencing it. The workaround, as you've found, is to either hit the Power button on the Squeezebox a

Re: [slim] Wow - Squeezebox in Frys

2007-12-11 Thread short_y
I was in Fry's this past weekend, too, and was very pleased to see the Squeezebox on display. The only other retail place I've ever seen it was a little Mac shop. It was in the early days of the SB3 and they had a few SB2s left and about a dozen SB3s. If I hadn't actually seen it and been able to

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
Thanks Andy I knew it was a good idea ;) Filters=mp3,wma,real but I hadn't realised it was done - and looks like Bill of RadioTime didn't know either. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
Just tried it (on SC7). Went for BBC London - which is a RealAudio link on RadioTime. Squeezebox shows the staion via RadioTime plugin - but lists as not supported. i.e. RadioTime lists the station but does not pass the stream URL. However, Ato confuse things - AlienBBC seems to also have a

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
Where did you find that? -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40957

Re: [slim] Help on getting Transporter PC to connect wirelessly after power up.

2007-12-11 Thread dudeymon
amcluesent;248402 Wrote: The Transporter is never 'off' unless you pull the plug out. Have you tried allocating a fixed IP address to the Vista PC to remove the chance of varying DHCP allocations. The Transporter completely powers down due to power conditioner that supplies the A/C going off

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
In their developer reference page. With my location as London - I told it to fetch my local stations - and I verified it by creating the URL by hand and looking at the resulting response with filters and formats. http://wiki.radiotime.com/doku.php?id=dev:doc:opml:guide:start -- Paul Webster

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
Heh wow, I did not even know about that page. Thanks. :) -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40957

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
Found it - it should be formats not filters. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread:

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
OK, perhaps Radiotime is no longer handling the Filters query param properly... Bill? -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

[slim] custom player menus

2007-12-11 Thread rout
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to create a standard customized player menu (ex. removing 'settings', 'plugins', 'internet radio', etc.) for all new players that connect with SlimServer? It looks like these customizations are done on a per player basis in the 'Player Settings' menu,

Re: [slim] custom player menus

2007-12-11 Thread JJZolx
No, there's no way, short of modifying the SlimServer code that you run. People have been asking for a way to create default settings for new players for quite some time: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726 -- JJZolx Jim

Re: [slim] Wow - Squeezebox in Frys

2007-12-11 Thread 4mula1
short_y;248429 Wrote: And I think I'll probably pick up my 2nd SB3 this Friday. And I think you'll get swamped with a lot of Can you pick one up for me? requests. Had I not just dropped 6 bills on the wife's car I'd be asking myself! -- 4mula1 SlimServer 6.5.4 + Solaris 10 x86: Because

Re: [slim] Help on getting Transporter PC to connect wirelessly after power up.

2007-12-11 Thread SuperQ
dudeymon;248438 Wrote: The Transporter completely powers down due to power conditioner that supplies the A/C going off as well. I haven't tried a fixed IP address, because I don't know how. Is it hard to do? Not hard at all, just press left for 5 seconds and it will go into the setup

[slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address

2007-12-11 Thread Brian Ritchie
Sigh. There's just something about networks that gets to me. I decide to make a change. I try to find instructions on how to do it. I follow the instructions. They don't work. Every single bloody time. Anyway... My network is fully DHCP'd. It all gets turned off each night, at the wall socket

Re: [slim] Music sounds better with you?

2007-12-11 Thread haunyack
Rick B.;248278 Wrote: haunyack, how did you create your master list? Thanks. I simply use MusicIP Mixer. Under the Library pull-down - Generate HTML Report. Save to disk, print and bind. A couple caveats - 1 - Tags must be in reasonable order to get a proper listing. 2 - Prepare to use a

Re: [slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address

2007-12-11 Thread JJZolx
What operating system? What do the IP addresses look like on your network - something like: 192.168.x.x ? Sounds like maybe you didn't enter the correct gateway address on the PC. This is generally the address of the router itself, such as 192.168.0.1 What is the output of ipconfig now on

Re: [slim] Slimserver Skipping on playback over wired or wireless

2007-12-11 Thread icdsgnr
I have a similar problem (may be related?) using squeezecenter 7.0. Each song in the play list will hiccup (mute) for a 1/2 second about 2 seconds into the song, precisely when the new song is highlighted(late) in the gui. If I play a song from the left panel directly, without a playlist, or it

Re: [slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address

2007-12-11 Thread SuperQ
it sounds like windows dropped your default gateway (the router's IP) or your netmask is wrong (which is probably 255.255.255.0) Please post all the numbers (and what you think they're for) that you know about.. this can give us a starting point for debugging. Also, what brand/model of

Re: [slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address

2007-12-11 Thread Pat Farrell
Brian Ritchie wrote: So, where am I going wrong? Is the number 99 sacrosanct in some secret way? Maybe power cycling the whole house isn't so far off? My solution to the world of problems is to install a DHCP server on a random computer in the house, wire the MAC addresses to fixed IP

Re: [slim] Slimserver Skipping on playback over wired or wireless

2007-12-11 Thread haunyack
My collection 94,000+ tracks normally requires 3-4 hours in order to index with MIP Squeezecenter. During the scan, I've learned best to just leave the interface alone, else the lock-ups occur. SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 15125 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Perl Version: 5.8.8

Re: [slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address

2007-12-11 Thread JJZolx
Something else just occurred to me... You may have gotten the IP adress, subnet mask and default gateway correct, but failed to enter any (or entered incorrect) DNS servers on the PC. This is something that the DHCP server would have been telling the PC previously. Meaning that your PC may

[slim] Careful now...

2007-12-11 Thread haunyack
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-930-09-Squeezebox/dp/B000VZL9C2/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1197429403sr=1-22 http://www.amazon.com/Squeezebox-Wireless-Network-Music-Player/dp/B000LPG2GK/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1197429403sr=1-24 Side by side listing on Amazon. . --

Re: [slim] Careful now...

2007-12-11 Thread Pat Farrell
haunyack wrote: Side by side listing on Amazon. $66 difference? wow -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address

2007-12-11 Thread JJZolx
Pat Farrell;248476 Wrote: Some routers let you assign fixed IP addresses to specific MAC addresses, so if you have one of them, you don't need the Linux server. Of course, SlimServer/SlimCenter runs great on wimpy boxes that can't run modern Windows, so you can move everything to one

Re: [slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address

2007-12-11 Thread Bill Burns
JJZolx wrote: Something else just occurred to me... You may have gotten the IP adress, subnet mask and default gateway correct, but failed to enter any (or entered incorrect) DNS servers on the PC. This is something that the DHCP server would have been telling the PC previously. That's what

Re: [slim] custom player menus

2007-12-11 Thread Michael Herger
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to create a standard customized player menu (ex. removing 'settings', 'plugins', 'internet radio', etc.) for all new players that connect with SlimServer? As Jim mentions it's not available. But peterw has recently started a thread about a possible

[slim] Large music library = slow Slimserver??

2007-12-11 Thread ralphpnj
First of all I apologize if this topic has been dealt with before but whenever I try to do a forum search for more than one keyword at a time, e.g. for the phase large music library, the search feature does not work correctly. Therefore I feel compelled to start a new thread. So... First, my

Re: [slim] Large music library = slow Slimserver??

2007-12-11 Thread Michael Herger
end up having to go through the process twice since on the first try the browse command freezes at the genre level, i.e. the jazz/rock/classical subfolder level of a given disc. After a short Are your disks spinning down to save power? This sounds like SlimServer had to wait for the disk to

Re: [slim] Slimserver Skipping on playback over wired or wireless

2007-12-11 Thread slimkid
icdsgnr;248472 Wrote: I have a similar problem (may be related?) using squeezecenter 7.0. Each song in the play list will hiccup (mute) for a 1/2 second about 2 seconds into the song, precisely when the new song is highlighted(late) in the gui. ... Player InformationName: Squeezebox