Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-01-20 Thread bpa
Wavinput is a good general solution but Phil seemed eager for a proper CD solution. CDplayer plugin might be useful for people with Vista or with soundcard where Wavinput doesn't work. The cdda2wav app takes the PCM stream straight from CD - Wavinput is taken after Windows has processed the

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-01-20 Thread Phil Leigh
bpa;260635 Wrote: Wavinput is a good general solution but Phil seemed eager for a proper CD solution. CDplayer plugin might be useful for people with Vista or with soundcard where Wavinput doesn't work. The cdda2wav app takes the PCM stream straight from CD - Wavinput is taken after

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-01-20 Thread bpa
Phil, That's good to know. Keep an eye on whether there are any memory or handle leaks or any processes left hanging around. Did you have any problem with finding and altering the device number 0,0,0. As my test system is XP with one DVD drive, I'd be interested to hear of user experiences

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-01-20 Thread Phil Leigh
bpa;260637 Wrote: Phil, That's good to know. Keep an eye on whether there are any memory or handle leaks or any processes left hanging around. Did you have any problem with finding and altering the device number 0,0,0. As my test system is XP with one DVD drive, I'd be interested

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-01-20 Thread bpa
The modified socketwrapper seems to get all the stray cdda2wav processes. It used to occur, if I lined up a number of CD tracks to play and then as soon as one started, I skipped onto the next track. Also on one occasion desktop Explorer disappeared and restarted itself - technically

Re: [slim] Accidentally hooked amp line-out to SB line-out: Bad for it?

2008-01-20 Thread SuperQ
I think the output is protected, possibly because it is transformer coupled. You're probably fine. There shouldn't be any kind of subtle failure mode for this kind of thing. Typically you blow components and it either will sound horrible or not at all. -- SuperQ

Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?

2008-01-20 Thread Heimiko
Asking price is currently 183 Euros. Might even increase a bit when they start shipping internationally. -- Heimiko Transporter - XLR Attenuators (-20db) - Electrocompaniet AW100 DMB - Dynaudio Audience 122 ___

Re: [slim] Squeezebox a Hardware Partner of Last.fm

2008-01-20 Thread autopilot
I will stick to using James' version for now then, but glad to see an official version coming. Cheers. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING

Re: [slim] Squeezebox a Hardware Partner of Last.fm

2008-01-20 Thread smc2911
I'm also a long-time user of James's excellent plugin, but true integration would be great. -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-20 Thread Peterms
bpa;260576 Wrote: Can you be more specific 1. Are you using the RealAudio or WMA streams ? 2. Are you based in the UK ? 3. Does Radio 1, Radio 2, 5Live or World Service work ? Tried both, but I now understand RealAudio isn't meant to work. But WMA doesn't either. Yes, UK based. Can get R5

[slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU

2008-01-20 Thread jezbo
What does scanner.exe actually do? I have my server set to use the iTunes database, so it can't be scanning folders for files, can it? (scan of the iTunes xml should take a few seconds only). If not, what else does it actually do? It's taking ages and slowing down my whole pc. -- jezbo

Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-20 Thread bpa
Some ASX URLS are playlist and not playable streams URLS but the majority of ASX URLs are playable streams. RealAudio will work if using a Slimserver/SqueezeCenter and you have installed AlienBBC. RealAudio will not work on Squeezenetwork. Are you using SqueezeNetwork ? -- bpa

Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU

2008-01-20 Thread jezbo
It's causing a problem for me because I download some new music, add it to iTunes, and want to play it on my Squeezebox quickly, but I can't get it on the SlimServer database for ages! Why? What can I do to speed this process up? -- jezbo

Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN

2008-01-20 Thread Wirrunna
I had trouble getting my server to hibernate until I loaded this plugin - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=206358postcount=17 Works well, drive it with the remote and my server goes to sleep until I want it to wake up. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee.

[slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly

2008-01-20 Thread jezbo
I download some new music (legally, of course), and want to play it on my Squeezebox quickly, but it doesn't appear on the SlimServer database for ages! Why? I want to play it!! When does scanner.exe get invoked automatically and why does it take so long to run? What can I do to speed this

Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU

2008-01-20 Thread Vallier
I have the same issue. If I change one component of one track in iTunes, within the hour my machine goes into full scan which consumes my CPU and takes nearly 40 minutes. I've been poking through the iTunes plugin, but I'm not much of a coder to sort out what it is attempting to do. (and how

Re: [slim] Rescan / no executable found / windows

2008-01-20 Thread almfg
In between I had built the library after installing perl, and running perl scanner.pl --wipe and it worked (have not tried with itunes options) I had some problems with my antivirus for some reason that I have not been able to understand. After an other reinstall with a different antivirus

[slim] Wierd order in Artist List

2008-01-20 Thread BigTony
As I can't seem to fix this I thought I'd ask for help. When I browse Artists everything seems fine ... untill I get to this .. YZ Various Artists Neil Young Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Frank Zappa Curious.. and there is no mention of Dylkan or Mitchell in their respective order. I've used

Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-20 Thread Patrick Dixon
bpa;260597 Wrote: I got the same result - however if I edit Favorites.opml and add a type=audio to the Radio 5 entry - it will play. It looks like there is a some sort of bug which needs more invtesigation. More likely the Favorites editor needs to have a feature to be able to mark an

Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly

2008-01-20 Thread ceejay
The usual fix for getting to new music quickly is just to use the Browse Music Folder facility to browse to where the music is - that forces a scan of just that directory and adds the music to the database. Or you can force a rescan any time you like using the web interface (server settings).

Re: [slim] Wierd order in Artist List

2008-01-20 Thread ceejay
Yup, that will be some rogue ARTISTSORT (or equivalent) tags. I'm not familiar with the tagger you mention: mp3tag http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ is the one I and many others use. Use it to have a look at ALL the tags on the files. Are these mp3 files? If so you might want to try asking mp3tag

Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU

2008-01-20 Thread ceejay
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToiTunes -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478

Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU

2008-01-20 Thread Vallier
Thanks!! That's brilliant. The info I found was: The default setting is to rescan the iTunes library every time it changes and more than an hour has elapsed. If your iTunes scan takes some time and is affecting playback you may wish to increase the interval or disable automatic scanning

Re: [slim] Rescan / no executable found / windows

2008-01-20 Thread Wonk
In case it helps other people that may encounter this problem in the future, what was the name of the anti-virus software that was causing the problems? -- Wonk Wonk's Profile:

Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU

2008-01-20 Thread ceejay
Vallier;260682 Wrote: Thanks!! That's brilliant. The info I found was: The default setting is to rescan the iTunes library every time it changes and more than an hour has elapsed. If your iTunes scan takes some time and is affecting playback you may wish to increase the interval or

Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-20 Thread Peterms
bpa;260662 Wrote: Some ASX URLS are playlist and not playable streams URLS but the majority of ASX URLs are playable streams. RealAudio will work if using a Slimserver/SqueezeCenter and you have installed AlienBBC. RealAudio will not work on Squeezenetwork. Are you using SqueezeNetwork

Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-20 Thread bpa
If you are in the UK and the BBC servers think you are using a UK ISP then you should be able to play all the BBC WMA stations which includes Radio 1,2,3 4. Some problems do happen. 1. You are using an ISP which looks like it comes from outside UK (e.g. person working in UK for a large non-UK

Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU

2008-01-20 Thread Vallier
Perfect! Many thanks. I have set it to 0 so I'll see how it goes. Thanks again. -- Vallier Vallier's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12464 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Wierd order in Artist List

2008-01-20 Thread BigTony
sorry, forgot to mention that all files are FLAC. Will try and find the rogue tags, but nothing has turned up so far. BT -- BigTony We're Only In It For The Music! www.zappateers.com BigTony's Profile:

Re: [slim] Rescan / no executable found / windows

2008-01-20 Thread almfg
I had problem with Avast, BUT I have had it for a long time and do not recall any issues with it and slimserver in the past, so I am not sure. I reinstalled it since, but I am not going to retry from scratch (library is large). We just need to know that there should be both a scanner.exe and a

Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL

2008-01-20 Thread DMR NYC
As a Chicago native, I am well aware that although WFMT is a fine arts station, it is not public radio. My suggestion to resolve this problem is to contact the radio station and see if it can help you work through the looping issue. -- DMR NYC

Re: [slim] Wierd order in Artist List

2008-01-20 Thread MikV
I had the same problem a year or so ago. I used mp3tag to add an ARTISTSORT field in which I entered the artist's name. It sorted correctly after that. -- MikV MikV's Profile:

[slim] Remaing playing time of playlist

2008-01-20 Thread adyc
Is there any way to see the remaining playtime of playist in slimserver or transporter? -- adyc adyc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12564 View this thread:

Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL

2008-01-20 Thread schatzy
As a station owned by Window to the World Communications, who by the way gets large grants from The corporation for Public Broadcasting, in my eyes is a public radio station. Also they ask for money from people to pay for their programing so that also puts them in the category of public radio.

Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN

2008-01-20 Thread gorman
syburgh;260729 Wrote: If the SB3 and server are connected using a combination of wired and wireless, then you may have a bridging issue with your router (some routers even place wired and wireless segments on different IP subnets). How are they connected? WOL does work-- I have SB3s

Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN

2008-01-20 Thread syburgh
If the SB3 and server are connected using a combination of wired and wireless, then you may have a bridging issue with your router (some routers even place wired and wireless segments on different IP subnets). How are they connected? WOL does work-- I have SB3s connected using a L2 switch to the

Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL

2008-01-20 Thread bpa
Try the following URL - it is the 2nd URL in the pls file and so skipping the announcement If using SN - you may need to wait about 20 secs for music to start http://wttw.ic.llnwd.net/stream/wttw_wfmt_MP3 -- bpa bpa's

Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN

2008-01-20 Thread syburgh
I should have read more closely. Sounds like a Windows+driver issue to me, but I've not run SS on Windows, so it's just speculation: 1. Are you sure the driver is waking only on magic packets, and not on unicast/multicast traffic as well? It is common for both to be possible, and as SBs have

Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN

2008-01-20 Thread syburgh
I see on Gigabyte's 'site' (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2624) that this board has a Realtek 8111B based NIC, no idea whether WOL support for this works well in Windows, but the latest drivers reference lots of changes to WOL in the changelog. --

Re: [slim] Attn: webmaster - there's a typo in your store

2008-01-20 Thread Bizarroterl
FYI - subscribe still doesn't work. -- Bizarroterl Bizarroterl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13250 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42396

Re: [slim] Attn: webmaster - there's a typo in your store

2008-01-20 Thread EnochLight
I don't think they work the weekend. Will probably be corrected next week. -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread:

Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?

2008-01-20 Thread EnochLight
pnielsen;260598 Wrote: Yes, and this is not a good thing. This amp forces you to control the volume in the digital domain, and as a result signal resolution is lost at lower playback levels than maximum level. If the amp is inexpensive, why not. However, the true digital feature of this

Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?

2008-01-20 Thread EnochLight
Heimiko;260653 Wrote: Asking price is currently 183 Euros. Might even increase a bit when they start shipping internationally. Woah - seriously? That's $267 USD and *WAY* overpriced for a 35 watt amp. Forget it! This thing should push 100 watts RMS per channel and not resample the audio

Re: [slim] Remaing playing time of playlist

2008-01-20 Thread pichonCalavera
I'm interested in this too, I would like to show the remaining playlist time, or if this is too difficult, at least the total playing time of the playlist. Right now I'm using Squeezecenter 7.0 -- pichonCalavera *rip* (eac) *convert* (flac) *tag* (musicbrainz) *normalize*

[slim] Transporter inputs limited

2008-01-20 Thread wireless200
I was thinking of replacing my SB and Rega Apollo CDP with a Transporter. The thing is, it appears the digital inputs are limited. Suppose I want to run the digital outputs of my DVD and Cable box to the transporter as well. Why didn't they put several optical or digital RF inputs on the

Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited

2008-01-20 Thread amcluesent
it appears it's not very easy to switch between these inputs on the Transporter And IIRC the firmware bug that causes problems on input switching is still to be properly fixed. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

[slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread Chop
Once again, I'm receiving the Internal Rhapsody Error...unable to authenticate... message when trying to use Rhapsody. I've been a longtime SB user and supporter, but I'm tired of the endless frustration in using it with Rhapsody. Even when there isn't a full blown error, there are constant

Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?

2008-01-20 Thread Doug Wise
Any suggestions for an amp that meets these specs? Woah - seriously? That's $267 USD and *WAY* overpriced for a 35 watt amp. Forget it! This thing should push 100 watts RMS per channel and not resample the audio to even begin to be worth that kind of

Re: [slim] SB3 Power Supply - Which of the 3 listed?

2008-01-20 Thread EnochLight
tony larson;260371 Wrote: Gotta believe someone has done a comparison. Thanks. Taking into consideration that the power supplies you mentioned actually cost more than a Squeezebox, you might have a hard time getting unbiased opinions. If I just dropped that kind of cash on a replacement power

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread gcrashpdx
Lot's of folks up-in-arms about the Controller... This post from Mike is the first one to mention ALL the capabilities. In fact, the slimdevices web site does NOT have any information about the Controller having the Wolfson DAC. With the DAC, the Controller now goes way beyond a controller.

[slim] Minor nit: lossless codecs are never CBR

2008-01-20 Thread Phil Karn
I know this is a really minor nit, but I've noticed it for a long time. Slimserver displays, on the Squeezebox and the web page, the bit rate for FLAC and other lossless material as CBR (Constant Bit Rate). Lossless compression algorithms like FLAC, ALAC, Monkey's Audio, Shorten, etc, are never

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread y360
And yes - I also get occasional drop outs, skips and hang ups with Rhapsody on the SB3 that do not occur with the Rhapsody PC client. I think that the buffering of the SB3 is more sensitive to network disruptions. Or perhaps it is a firmware bug. Or a server-side issue. Still it works ok most of

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread y360
Yes, saw unable to authenticate as well but now it's ok -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread autopilot
gcrashpdx;260780 Wrote: It would be wise to either correct Mike's post, or correct this significant omission of the technical specs on the web site. Gary No, it would be very -unwise-. The DAC wont be used when the controller goes on sale, it will be inactive. It probably will be used in

Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin

2008-01-20 Thread nicky6
Really weird, but the ZIP-file is invalid and onnly 60kB when downloading it with IE7, but not so when downloading it with Firefox (then it's 74kB and working) -- nicky6 nicky6's Profile:

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread bpa
Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its wireless controller. -- bpa

[slim] New Controller and Rhapsody

2008-01-20 Thread FLMike
Saw a great demo from Macworld in a thread below. Controller looks like a great piece of hardware. But no demo of it in use with Rhapsody. Can anyone describe how that integration works? -- FLMike FLMike's Profile:

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

2008-01-20 Thread MuckleEck
Shatzy, It seems that the drive mapping works if squeezecenter/slimserver is run at login and makes use of a users account information to colelct the mapping info...I run SC as a service and it doesn't see the mapping. I am using a thexus 2100 NAS -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - AudioEngine

Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly

2008-01-20 Thread jezbo
Browse Music Folder isn't available when the database is integrated with iTunes. Where can I find info on invoking scanner from the command line? -- jezbo jezbo's Profile:

Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited

2008-01-20 Thread seanadams
I have fixed this and a bunch of other bugs, but I have to wait until 7.0 branches to release a beta. Should be soon. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly

2008-01-20 Thread ceejay
Get a command prompt, go to the slimserver directory, type scanner -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42481

Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller

2008-01-20 Thread shawkie
shawkie;259280 Wrote: So I think I'm going to seriously look at writing a native remote control application (much like Moose) for the Axim PDA. This should give me much more control over the user interface than a web-based solution and it will use a local copy of the database so it should be

[slim] Now playing not displayed

2008-01-20 Thread OiPenguin
My display which is set to display Now playing while playing music goes black after estimated 30 seconds. It hasn't always been like this, I've not initiated this change and doubt that my kids (aged 1 and 3) has done this intentionally. Is this an error? How do I re-enable constant Now playing

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

2008-01-20 Thread terry
Hello, I'm perplexed since the ODBC System DSN tests OK (via the ODBC Data Source Administrator) and the entire SQL command string (copied from the ACC.log) succeeds with the MySQL Query Browser but the ACC script itself fails with an error 0. My system config: Windows XP x64 SP2 (O/S on C:,

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread Chop
And yes - I also get occasional drop outs, skips and hang ups with Rhapsody on the SB3 that do not occur with the Rhapsody PC client. Come on, tell the truth. Do you occasionally have problems with Rhapsody or are you astonished during the rare (if ever) times when Rhapsody works as it

Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed

2008-01-20 Thread bklaas
Settings-Screen-Screen Dimming-(set delay) cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread:

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:16 PM, bpa wrote: Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its wireless controller. It's true, you can plug headphones

Special Characters like #345; and

2008-01-20 Thread jezbo
I have the following file in a folder 02 - Dvo#345;ák - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 'From the New World', II. Largo.mp3 The slimserver scanner does not seem to pick up files like this with strange characters in. Is there any fix for this, other than manually renaming my files? I'm using

Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed

2008-01-20 Thread OiPenguin
Great! Changing brightness from 0 till 3 appear to have made all the difference! -- OiPenguin OiPenguin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13658 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread smc2911
Personally, I've been giving Rhapsody quite a workout lately (including plenty of whole albums, queued up one after the other) and I have had no problems at all. I do sometimes have drop-outs with last.fm, but I'm yet to experience that with Rhapsody. -- smc2911

Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Lanctot
Check brightness. -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz? Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View

Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN

2008-01-20 Thread gorman
I'm using NIC Linksys EG1032 v3 with latest drivers. The advanced properties in the driver panel do not contain WOL entries. I configured WOL through the standard XP Power Savings panel (allow device..., only management stations, etc.). -- gorman

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread mkozlows
Chop;260822 Wrote: I'm dying to know if people have the same problems with the Sonos, Roku and others? Right now the Roku is 149.99, is tightly integrated with iTunes (based on its native support of ALAC and AAC), and works with all Play For Sure formats. Granted, I can't read RSS feeds

Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Lanctot
This was probably caused by a tap of the brightness button on the remote, so one of your kids could indeed have done it. :-) -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz?

Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly

2008-01-20 Thread jezbo
I meant details of the arguments - your suggestion made it sound like you can direct scanner to look in a particular place, rather than scanning everything. -- jezbo jezbo's Profile:

Re: [slim] Accidentally hooked amp line-out to SB line-out: Bad for it?

2008-01-20 Thread seanadams
That won't hurt it. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42472

Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly

2008-01-20 Thread ceejay
If you type scanner as I suggested you should be given a usage dump which lists all the arguments. You can point it at a specific directory, though I find (on my non-itunes system) that just letting it scan the whole thing doesn't take too long (it looks for changed files). HTH -- ceejay

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread smc2911
One thing I've been wondering about (apologies if it's been covered elsewhere) is how do you enter a wireless key for the SBR? -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread raglencross
I used to have a lot of problems with Rhapsody and other services before I changed ISP's. After that the SB3 performed flawlessly. Recently, I switched ISP's again for one offering more bandwidth at a cheaper price. All my old problems came back and after a few days I switched back to the

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread kesey
dean, you missed a good job here, sounds like you would have been qualified:-) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7198512.stm dean blackketter;260844 Wrote: On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:16 PM, bpa wrote: Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this

Re: [slim] RIAA going after Fair use - those of us who burn CDs to the Hard drive now

2008-01-20 Thread Skittler
Well as I read this I'm listening to Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin and the SC7 webpage and the SB3 display both say 820 VBR. -- Skittler Dave. SB3 -- Beresford TC-7510 -- Cyrus 8vs -- PMC FB1 Skittler's Profile:

Re: Special Characters like #345; and

2008-01-20 Thread gharris999
This is a know bug and is being worked on. Expect to see some improvement in SqueezeCenter 7 when it is released. In the mean time, yes, renaming your files is really the only fix. But you don't need to do it manually. If you are running Slimserver under windows, I wrote a little utility

Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited

2008-01-20 Thread cliveb
amcluesent;260770 Wrote: it appears it's not very easy to switch between these inputs on the Transporter And IIRC the firmware bug that causes problems on input switching is still to be properly fixed. Not everyone has seen this input switching bug on the Transporter. I've had mine for

Re: [slim] Album artwork not showing up

2008-01-20 Thread jkeigs
Make sure that your file names start with lower-case letters also. I had an issue where my program was saving as Folder.jpg, had to go through and rename 50 or so as folder.jpg -- jkeigs jkeigs's Profile:

Re: [slim] Attn: webmaster - there's a typo in your store

2008-01-20 Thread Bizarroterl
There's someone that doesn't work weekends? ;) -- Bizarroterl Bizarroterl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13250 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42396

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:20 PM, smc2911 wrote: One thing I've been wondering about (apologies if it's been covered elsewhere) is how do you enter a wireless key for the SBR? When the Receiver comes out of the box it's waiting to be set up. First, you set up the Controller to connect to the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox a Hardware Partner of Last.fm

2008-01-20 Thread barcar
pichonCalavera;260488 Wrote: The Last.fm scrobbling/radio integration with Squeezebox has been for a while with plugins and more recently with the Squeezecenter 7.0 beta. Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I just found this page on Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/hardware

Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL

2008-01-20 Thread Ralph 411
BPA, many thanks! The link you provided for WFMT Chicago worked right off, with no delay, and has stayed stable for half an hour now. We've been trying to figure out how to receive WFMT off and on since we got our first SB half a year ago, so your help is especially appreciated. -- Ralph 411

Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin

2008-01-20 Thread wileyc
Same problem. XP and IE7. nicky6;260797 Wrote: Really weird, but the ZIP-file is invalid and onnly 60kB when downloading it with IE7, but not so when downloading it with Firefox (then it's 74kB and working) -- wileyc

[slim] Question About Music Not Showing Up in Slimserver

2008-01-20 Thread mister pig
Hi, Been loading discs onto the HD from time to time. Using ITunes. Sometimes I load a disc into ITunes and it shows up there just fine. Can play it on the computer. But Slimserver wont find it. I have tried clearing and rescanning the library. Also scanned for new music. I have looked at the

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

2008-01-20 Thread schatzy
MuckleEck;260808 Wrote: Shatzy, It seems that the drive mapping works if squeezecenter/slimserver is run at login and makes use of a users account information to colelct the mapping info...I run SC as a service and it doesn't see the mapping. I am using a thexus 2100 NAS MuckleEck, I

Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited

2008-01-20 Thread wireless200
Clive, can you explain how you switch between inputs? Basically after checking earlier today I figure I can optical in from the DVD and Coax in from the Cable box. I'm thinking I'll put my CDs on the computer in lossless format. Right now I have a SB and a Rega Apollo CDP which the

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread JimB
I have had no problems with Rhapsody. Ive been using it since the really old days of RealSlim so the integration was very important to me. No issues. I'm running wired though, didnt see if you were running wireless. Ive tried Roku, its not a stable device. -- JimB

Re: [slim] Slimserver on Nokia N800

2008-01-20 Thread drewe181
yes. just point the 880 web browser at the server address. eg: http://local host:9000 your local host (server ip address) can be found on the bottom of the squeezecentre settings page -D -- drewe181 http://www.last.fm/user/drewe181/

[slim] Slimserver on Nokia N800

2008-01-20 Thread vmissel
Can the Nokia 800 be used with Slimserver just as the 770 can? -- vmissel vmissel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15132 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42524

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread smc2911
Thanks. I suspect I'll be trying it myself very soon... -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805

Re: [slim] Slimserver on Nokia N800

2008-01-20 Thread gharris999
Yes. The Noika770 skin works perfectly with the N800. There are a bunch of advantages that the N800 has over the 770, but, for Slimserver browsing, my experience has been that the N800 connects faster, the web browser is faster, the battery life is better. I don't have any experience with the

Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN

2008-01-20 Thread syburgh
Linksys EG1032 v3 'appears ' (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2006-January/016388.html) to be another Realtek chip, RTL8169S -- syburgh syburgh's Profile:

[slim] problem upgrading software

2008-01-20 Thread glennaa11
I have a SB3, and I had not updated the software in a long time. Tonight I clicked on my SLimServer icon and on the webpage it noted that there was a sw update available. So, I dl'd the version 6.5.4 installer. During installation I got an error message that sayd DeleteFile failed; code 5. Access

Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration

2008-01-20 Thread Chop
FWIW, I'm running wireless and have had two different ISPs. Also, I have plenty of bandwidth. What confuses me the most is why is it that I can sit here and flawlessly stream rhapsody through the rhapsody player in my laptop but if I try to play it on my SB2 via the SqueezeNetwork, I have

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