Re: [slim] Any word of SB4?

JimC;252796 Wrote: Would you mind sharing what changes you made to the menus the your friends find easier? It's always good to hear what works out in the field. -= Jim I think the most important thing is that I *can* hack the menus! The simplicity of my menu arrangements reflects my own

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

NewBuyer;252866 Wrote: aubuti, That is exactly what I am referring to also. If you need to initiate and control the audio stream with some other application, then SS is passively receiving (not initiating/controlling) the stream. I am talking about SS doing this itself with basic

Re: [slim] End of the Squeezebox?

Sorry to burst your bubble. All these internet articles are nonsense spread out by a misunderstanding and desire to attack the RIAA. The case was about ripping and then ***sharing*** files, not just ripping them for personal use. The judgment is here

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

aubuti;252879 Wrote: Okay, I follow you now. But making slimserver, which is obviously a server application, into a CD-playing application seems like a huge stretch, especially across multiple platforms. I'm not trying to shoot down your idea -- I imagine it would be useful to some people.

[slim] Songs removed from library when hard drive accidentally turned off

Hi all, I have a silly habit of forgetting to turn on my network hard drive where my music resides before trying to play a song on the squeezebox. Slimserver has a silly habit deleting the said song from the library index whenever this happens. This forces me to do a full library rescan before I

[slim] Grouping multiple albums, how does it work?

Can anyone explain how the Group multiple albums option works? ( using SC7 ) I have it turned on but am not sure what results I am supposed to see? Should I just see a single album rather than 2? If I play the first should the second automatically follow? ( Neither of these appear to happen )

Re: [slim] End of the Squeezebox?

As I've mentioned on a couple of other threads, the position in the UK is exactly that - it is technically illegal even to rip your own CDs to make a portable copy or backup. We have no concept of fair use at law. The BPI said in 2006 that they would not pursue consumers -if they copy their

Re: [slim] Songs removed from library when hard drive accidentally turned off

I'm pretty sure it isn't possible to turn off the deletes without changing the SlimServer source code. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom

Re: [slim] Grouping multiple albums, how does it work?

alanj;252889 Wrote: Should I just see a single album rather than 2? Yes alanj;252889 Wrote: How should multiple albums be ripped to facilitate this option? I have many formats such as CD1, CD 1, disc 1 etc picked up from freedb. Should there be an option to list all that are

Re: [slim] the second coming

I'm running 7.0, the syncing seems perfect, will know more soon as i'll probably be running both of them together for the rest of the day. got a set of aego m's in the kitchen, great little system, and they sound brilliant with the SB. -- Gibbo

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

Disclaimer: I haven't tried this! But... If your server is linux-based or *BSD-based, then FUSE [1] might come to your rescue. There's a FUSE-based filesystem called CDDFS [2] which allows the audio CD to be 'mounted', and the tracks appear as WAV files. So you could just select an empty

Re: [slim] Is my Squeezebox 3 dead?

I'm in Sydney too. Just returned from holidays tonight and found my Squeezebox 3 unresponsive. I also run a server and a Tivo - both OK. From the logs the SB died sometime in the 24 hours after 4pm on Christmas Eve. Very sad. I bought mine 18 months ago online in the US so will try out the two

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

Personally, I don't like Vista -- house house's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578

[slim] Wrong Squeezeboxes playback

hello, I have an annoying problem when I play my music with slimserver webinterface. I use the skin 'fishbone'. When I click on the left panel on an album to playback my Squeezebox that is selected on the right panel won't playback it but the squeezebox in front of it. Let me clearify myself

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox3 fails to play Groove Salad 128k wma stream

WPWoodJr;252853 Wrote: The URL is: http://somafm.com/wma128/groovesalad.asx The 32 bit stream plays fine: http://somafm.com/wma/groovesalad.asx Can anyone else reproduce this or suggest a fix? Thanks, - Bill Doesn't work here either. However, the asx file seems to be pointing to

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

mplayer will play a CD and I think CD playing works across all platforms. Using mplayer with SC has been proven with AlienBBC. I know mplayer can be told to play a selected track - I'm not sure whether it will play a whole CD. All that is needed is a small plugins that defines a protocol

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

bpa;252927 Wrote: mplayer will play a CD and I think CD playing works across all platforms. Using mplayer with SC has been proven with AlienBBC. I know mplayer can be told to play a selected track - I'm not sure whether it will play a whole CD. All that is needed is a small plugins that

Re: [slim] End of the Squeezebox?

Siduhe;252892 Wrote: (snip) One small glimmer of hope in Europe is a recent study published on the Copyright Directive (by the European Commission) which points some of these issues out and concludes that the Directive has given rights-holders -near-absolute control over acts

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

For playing audio CD thru mplayer, I've had some success with: Code: mplayer -cache 1024 cddb:// where the cache setting is necessary (on my machine) to prevent stuttering. And this performs a CDDB query too -- mflint 'GoalRush ,

[slim] Pandora set up problems

I purchased my new Squeezebox 3 and cannot get Pandora to set up. I have run the set up procedure from the Squeeze Network FAQ without success. My player is recognized on the network and I have successfully subscribed to the 30 day free trial with Pandora. Has anyone had similar issues? --

Re: [slim] End of the Squeezebox?

. If there wasn't already enough dislike towards the RIAA already just wait until the masses realize that they have been misled. Consumers vote with their wallet, and the RIAA wants your vote. Here's the Ars link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071231-ho-ho-horrible-music-sales-plunge-20

Re: [slim] Wrong Squeezeboxes playback

What version of SlimServer/SqueezeCenter are you using? Try the 7.0 version here and see if it's working better for you: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html -- dean dean's Profile:

Re: [slim] Wrong Squeezeboxes playback

I use a Slimserver latest build 6.5.0.4. I cannot install SC 7.0, because I'm using my NAS (thecus N5200) and I have to wait for new module (SC7). I have these SB's upgraded to newer firmware for SC 7.0 when I used these on my PC's. Now I use my NAS for streaming so I went back to SlimServer

Re: [slim] Songs removed from library when hard drive accidentally turned off

amorphia wrote: Hi all, I have a silly habit of forgetting to turn on my network hard drive where my music resides before trying to play a song on the squeezebox. Slimserver has a silly habit deleting the said song from the library index whenever this happens. This forces me to do a full

Re: [slim] Songs removed from library when hard drive accidentally turned off

I've encountered that problem myself a number of times... VERY frustrating. Playlist index can also be messed up in same fashion. Hopefully it's somewhere on their To-Fix list. -- sleepysurf main system: sb2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark dac-1 modwright swl 9.0se belles 350a

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

NewBuyer;252887 Wrote: Hi aubuti, 1) This could hopefully be easily selected within the relevant page of an enhanced SS (why not?) 2) The Waveinput plugin itself is already often being used in this way, right? The SD Dir of Engineering wrote that people had been requesting this for

[slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

Hi All, Since I bought my Squeezebox I have greatly expanded my music collection which is good. The bad thing is that when I want to play something I can't possibly remember my whole collection. I think that sounds pretty familiar to many of you? In search of a tool able to print the collection

Re: [slim] Songs removed from library when hard drive accidentally turned off

sleepysurf wrote: I've encountered that problem myself a number of times... VERY frustrating. Playlist index can also be messed up in same fashion. Hopefully it's somewhere on their To-Fix list. I don't believe so. Now, if I could only find the thread in which I discussed this with kdf...

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

Awesome Frank. Thanks for the holiday gift. I will try it out tonight. I'm sure SlimDevices will want you to add your utility to the wiki: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginsAudio Happy New year! -- bobharp Bob Harper

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

I've been looking for something like this. Thanks, I'll feed back when I've tried it. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox3 fails to play Groove Salad 128k wma stream

KoxxBoxx;252926 Wrote: Doesn't work here either. However, the asx file seems to be pointing to the same (mp3) streams as the 128 kbit mp3/pls file. It works for me (Win XP, SS 6.5.4), so you might want to use that one instead... http://somafm.com/groovesalad.pls Weird! You're right! The

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox3 fails to play Groove Salad 128k wma stream

Forget the WMA stream, use the 128k mp3 stream, if for no other reason than it provides track metadata. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox3 fails to play Groove Salad 128k wma stream

andyg;252994 Wrote: Forget the WMA stream, use the 128k mp3 stream, if for no other reason than it provides track metadata. True, but the WMA streams are much higher quality - compare the RadioIO Ambient 128k WMA stream (http://streampoint.radioio.com/streams/114) to Groove Salad 128k MP3

[slim] Slimserver freezing

My 6.5.4 slimserver freezes after few minutes in IE v7. I have to close it to get it going, but it freezes shortly again. Any ideas? -- And123 And123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14726 View

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox3 fails to play Groove Salad 128k wma stream

WPWoodJr;252996 Wrote: True, but the WMA streams are much higher quality - compare the RadioIO Ambient 128k WMA stream (http://streampoint.radioio.com/streams/114) to Groove Salad 128k MP3 stream (http://somafm.com/groovesalad.pls) - on a good stereo or home theater setup with Dolby Pro

Re: [slim] Where to buy a squeezebox in Las Vegas?

Many thanks for your feedback. With 299$ the savings are not huge. I might have to rethink buying the SB in US. Still, I will have a look at Fry's just to see what else they have got to offer. Norman -- Norman5007 QNAP TS-101 v2.0.0 / Slimserver 6.5.0 / Draytek 2800VG

[slim] Gap of a few seconds in FLAC music playback on my SB1

I posted the following in the Beta forum but have not had any replies yet. So this afternoon, I decided to uninstall SC7 and downgrade to SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568. So having installed version 6.5.4 and let it do a full music scan, I was very disappointed to see that I am STILL

Re: [slim] the second coming

I picked my 2nd Squeeze box a few weeks back for the bedroom upstairs. And its all good, setup was a snap. looking forward to setting up the internet streaming, so I can listen at work. -- Recoveryone Pioneer Elite Fall in! SqueezeBox 3 wirelessly connected Pioneer Elite VSX-81TX Pioneer

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

Brilliant idea, been looking for something like this for ages! Can't get it to work yet though my SqueezeCentre is on a different Linux server, so anyone know what the userid/password that an SC7 install would use is? -- alanj Cheers Alan Koolu + SC 7 feeding == SB3 - Cyrus 6vs - KEF

Re: [slim] End of the Squeezebox?

4mula1;252946 Wrote: Sure, a lot of albums have a few dud tracks and a couple of gems and it can be a little frustrating plopping down the full price of a CD and only end up with a couple tracks you like, but that's how it's been since the beginning. With one very important difference - in

Re: [slim] Grouping multiple albums, how does it work?

Thanks for that, all makes sense now! I was getting confused with the folder structure. A fun time ahead retagging all my multiple albums now. lol -- alanj Cheers Alan Koolu + SC 7 feeding == SB3 - Cyrus 6vs - KEF iQ7 SB2 - Super T amp - Mission 771

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

alanj;253009 Wrote: Brilliant idea, been looking for something like this for ages! Can't get it to work yet though my SqueezeCentre is on a different Linux server, so anyone know what the userid/password that an SC7 install would use is? If the database structure hasn't been changed

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

I will try this soon. Thanks for the effort, looks great. I wanted to strongly recommend for the sake of the trees of planet Earth, that everyone prints to a PDF version and not use paper whenever possible. Based on my current collection of music, I believe it would take many hundreds of

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

I just tried running the script from my SC 7.0 Windows XP server after installing the ODBC connector 3.51. After the script runs for a few seconds I get the following error: Error creating file C:\Album Art Creator\AlbumCatalogs\AlbumList - Long - 12/31/07.html Possibly Open by another

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

SilverRS8;253014 Wrote: If the database structure hasn't been changed SC should work. The script currently expects the database to be on the same machine but you can easily change this. Note that the default installation of SC configures mysqld to only accept connections from localhost. --

Re: [slim] Finding URL for internet radio stations

Thanks bpa. Great little app but it appears some stations have the stream hidden where it can't be detected. -- Turnandcough Turnandcough's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9436 View this thread:

[slim] Wireless network confusion

In my home music system I have: iMac G4 as a music server, used for nothing else. 2 original Squeezebox (wireless B) 1 SLIMP3 with a WET-11 wireless adapter 1 Airport Express basestation My music network is a sperate wireless network from my other network wich is used to connect ot the

Re: [slim] the second coming

having a small problem, from what I can tell, when anyone gets near the second SB, the wireless signal drops off, sometimes causing the SB to lose connection to SC, quite annoying. I have a linksys WRT54GS version 6, not sure if firmware upgrades work on this model? have bought a couple of high

[slim] Latest version of SlimServer that supports?

What is the latest version of the SlimServer that supports.. The original SLIMP3 (Yes, I still have one!) The original Squeezebox (first version Squeezebox) I am currently running 5.4.1 but some of the features in the newer versions look pretty good... So maybe it's time to upgrade. Thanks,

Re: [slim] Latest version of SlimServer that supports?

Slimp3 and SB1 are still fully supported in SC7. You'll even get new features like Pandora and Slacker on them. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Latest version of SlimServer that supports?

And this is exactly why SD deserves our business -- who else continues to support products that old? Thank you, Slim Devices! On Dec 31, 2007 1:29 PM, andyg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slimp3 and SB1 are still fully supported in SC7. You'll even get new features like Pandora and Slacker on

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

tamanaco;253017 Wrote: I just tried running the script from my SC 7.0 Windows XP server after installing the ODBC connector 3.51. After the script runs for a few seconds I get the following error: Error creating file C:\Album Art Creator\AlbumCatalogs\AlbumList - Long - 12/31/07.html

Re: [slim] SS keeps going into PAUSE on it's own???

Has there been any progress on this bug? I recently upgraded my Infrant ReadyNas to the most recent software (RAIDiator 4.00c1-p2), which also included a newer Slimserver (6.5.4) and firmware for the SB3, and I've just started being plagued by this bug. It is driving me crazy. I have a pair of

[slim] Connection to Denon 3802

I am struggling to connect the Squeezebox to the correct spot on the AV receiver. I have tried coax, optical3 and still no music output. Is there an easier way for a beginner to get connected? -- david m david m's

[slim] Odd entries in home menu

I have two peculiar entries in the home menu, and I can't figure out why they're there, or how to get rid of them. I've attached an image from the SqueezeCenter UI, but they also appear on the SlimServer UI (installed on a different computer) as well as in the Home menu of the players. The two

Re: [slim] Odd entries in home menu

What happens if you click on them? I think UPnP media servers will appear like that. Have you tried disabling UPnP Client under settings-advanced-network? -- Fletch Fletch's Profile:

Re: [slim] Odd entries in home menu

That was it! Thanks; I'd never have figured that out. -- dbls dbls's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=296 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41608

Re: [slim] Connection to Denon 3802

Either type of digital output should just work. Most Denon's have a menu that requires you to assign each digital input to the desired input source. Have you confirmed that's set up correctly? -- Fletch Fletch's

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

SilverRS8;253032 Wrote: Thanks for the update. The script uses the current date to create the filename. You apparently have american notation which uses slashes which is not allowed in a file name. I fixed it and updated the download so please download again and let me know if it works.

Re: [slim] Where to buy a squeezebox in Las Vegas?

Norman5007;253003 Wrote: Many thanks for your feedback. With 299$ the savings are not huge. I might have to rethink buying the SB in US. Still, I will have a look at Fry's just to see what else they have got to offer. Fry's is -always- good for a look around :) -- funkstar

Re: [slim] Album Art - How To Acquire

Did you try my suggestion of Album Art Aggregator yet? (http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA) You just point it at your root music folder, tell it the naming standard you use (\artist\album for example) and it will tell you any folders that don't already have a folder.jpg or similar file, and

Re: [slim] Slimserver freezing

And123;252997 Wrote: My 6.5.4 slimserver freezes after few minutes in IE v7. I have to close it to get it going, but it freezes shortly again. Any ideas? Switched to Netscape - works fine -- And123 And123's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

Hi Frank, Well been delving on my Linux server and found as already pointed out by Fletch that only local connections are enabled. This should be dead easy to change as it is only a setting in the my.cnf file to alter the bind address from the current 127.0.0.1 to whatever your servers ip is.

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

alanj;253058 Wrote: Don't suppose anyone knows what in Slimserver is resetting the /var/cache/slimserver/my.cnf file do they? I think it is being created from a /var/share/slimserver/my.tt file but not sure how to change that to set the correct ip as it isn't a straight copy but full of

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter doesn't stay running

Scroll down in this forum and look for post by graley (me) who had same prob. See reply from mario. It is tedious but it works. I used his/her suggestions for SS 6.5.4. You can deduce what to do with either SS 7 or 6.5. -- graley

Re: [slim] Connection to Denon 3802

Agreed with Fletch - your problem is almost certainly with the Denon, the SB always outputs on optical, coax and analog all the time. You need to decide which input you want to map the SB to - eg CD: then go to the input mapping menu and tell the Denon that the CD input is coming in to coax 2 or

[slim] Scanner.exe Keeps Stopping?

For some reason whenever I scan my ctalog at the same point 648 of 2100 when scanning albumn artwork the Scanner.exe errors out. The following is what is always in the event log: Faulting application scanner.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x45fe3932, faulting module ntdll.dll, version

Re: [slim] Album Art - How To Acquire

I use Album Art Downloader on a Win XP machine. Aggregator did not work for me, period. I don't think it's supported anymore..? Downloader searches, I dunno, 8 or so data bases for artwork based on tag info. It batch processes folder structures, and uses tag info to retrieve artwork. For each

[slim] Firewalls, security and SB3

My free Cox Security Suite wreaks havoc on Slim Server software, so I would like to buy something that is more compatible. Are there any security programs (e.g. Norton Internet Security 2008) that are known to work well with Slim Server software? Thanks. -- dthagerty

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

aubuti;252977 Wrote: ...while adding this feature to a headless server is do-able... from a user convenience standpoint a headless server isn't the best target market. Indeed, many headless servers don't have CD trays. Many users are ripping their music from optical drives on their server

Re: [slim] Firewalls, security and SB3

The (free) versions of AVG anti-virus and Comodo Firewall work for me. I'd avoid Norton ;-) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Scanner.exe Keeps Stopping?

I had the same issue... When I ran scanner.exe in debug mode (in a command window) --d_scan, I found that it was choking on one file over and over. When I moved it out, it finished the scan. c:\path\scanner.exe --d_scan or something like that. -- rambeaux