Re: [slim] Why SqueezeCenter is worse than Squeeze Server

lenehey wrote: 1. Takes forever to load (may apply only to default skin) Takes about 3 (s) on my setup (7.01). Not that fast, but good enough. 2. Unstable (causes browser--Firefox--to lock up repeatedly) -- (also may apply only to default skin) I only use FF and never had it lock up.

Re: [slim] How to verify sound output?

Sorry if that sounds silly : isn't your receiver volume set at zero ? Have a look at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SBRFrontButtonAndLED, otherwise. There are hints on how to check sound of a SBR. -- sebp sebp's

Re: [slim] Who are you on LastFM?

See my sig. -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21338

Re: [slim] Squeezebox not playing m4a files

The transcoding application mov123 which is distributed with SC uses the QuickTime libraries to decode m4a files. If you are on a Windows platform and you haven't got Quicktime installed then m4a decoding will not happen. If you don't want Quicktime installed there are alternatives such as faad

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

egd;309752 Wrote: I've just run the test I referred to in my previous post - the upshot is that MiP, when integrated with SC, takes its cue from SC's SqueezeCenter Settings/Plugins/MusicIP. So, unless I'm misinterpreting, mmm.ini is in fact irrelevant in the SC integration setup and

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

technojunkie;309808 Wrote: I'm still getting some very weird mixes even with Style set to 200 and Variety set to 1 in the SC settings. These settings should give mixes specifically the same as the seed song but I'm not getting that at all so there must be something else influencing the mix !

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

egd;309811 Wrote: It shouldn't matter, albeit it will mean you cannot meaningfully restrict your mixes to a given genre. Suggest you post one of your mixes on the '*MusicIP Forum*' (http://forums.musicip.com/index.php?showforum=4) along with your mixer settings (per SC, not MiP headless)

Re: [slim] MusicIP causes No Album to become Miscellaneous

BTW, a full rescan takes a long time now that I have MusicIP plugin enabled, irrespective of whether it does a full scan or new and changed files rescan. I'd prefer it if the plugin could just ask MusicIP about the new and changed files when it does a partial rescan. I also see no benefit in

Re: [slim] Buffering problem

Thanks for replying, I have tried to find the source of my problem and have been working on this for about 8 weeks, including getting support from Slimserver tech guys, but we cannot establish the cause of the problem. I have dowloaded thedbPowerAmp and will give it a try -- Tom18

Re: [slim] MusicIP causes No Album to become Miscellaneous

I should also add that I'd be keen to see MusicIP used for indexing and mixes not for tags. For example, I have one album by Psychic TV that is tagged as such, but always appears in MusicIP as Psychic T.V. despite multiple deletions of the library and length rescans of the entire collection. --

Re: [slim] MusicIP causes No Album to become Miscellaneous

I am also looking forward to the linux release of 1.9 to avoid the Miscellaneous problem tainting my tags. I have quite a few single tracks all with blank album names that are grouped in folders like A, B, C, etc based on the name of the artist (makes them easier for me to find in the file

Re: [slim] Slim Device download

2string;309767 Wrote: Thanks for the help,I got it and so far it works ok -- 2string 2string's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4989 View this thread:

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

egd;309779 Wrote: You do/ change anything? Do you have SC pointed to the library or pointed only to MiP? Now it's working again. I shut down SC and re-started. I think it had something to do with the fact that I had re-booted the computer. -- ezkcdude There are 10 kind of people in the

Re: [slim] Sqeezecenter/Transporter does not pick up new files

You didn't accidentally rip them with DRM applied did you, if so they won't show up as SqueezeCenter can't read them. -- Zaragon Zaragon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14577 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How to verify sound output?

It would be worth doing a full factory reset on the box that isn't working so that it resets everything internally and then set it up again. It is unusual that it should be at a different firmware version as updates should take place automatically to bring them to the same level. From memory

Re: [slim] Why SqueezeCenter is worse than Squeeze Server

I've seen the 403 before but only after I've had my Linux box resume from hibernate and FF automatically reloads sessions. I believe it has something to do with the referrer header in the html request not having the right value (ie the SC box). It forms part of the SC website security. --

Re: [slim] Anybody notice gapless LAME mp3 issues with SC 7.0?

There are another Ticket about Gapless playing http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5720 Sorry, my English ins't good enough to join the Discussion -- mundragor mundragor's Profile:

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter shows Duet Receiver Off when it is On...

Daft point but are you sure it's white and not blue. The one I have you sometimes can't see the difference but notice it when it changes. Othertimes it's so blue you can't miss it :) When you switch both players off, you are only putting them into a different 'on' state, they never actually

Re: [slim] Squeezebox not playing m4a files

bpa;309807 Wrote: If you don't want Quicktime installed there are alternatives such as faad and mplayer but you will need to edit the convert.conf file. Thanks. So how should I edit it? -- Pete7874 Pete7874's

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 does not scan library at all

I just want to add: Like the rest here (as far as I can deduct) versions 7.01 - 7.1 wont scan my music library. I have done THOROUGH searching and deletions of ALL SC files/folders and many times. I have restarted the mac and permissions repair (to be safe) - all numerous times. I even swapped

Re: [slim] Squeezebox not playing m4a files

I think this post (#6) has complete instructions http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=280799#post280799 Please use *Wordpad* and not Notepad when editing convert.conf Read SqueezeCenter wherever it say Slimserver. You put the faad.exe (or faad2.exe I can't remember the exact name) in

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 does not scan library at all

Hmmm It might be worth noting that the vast majority of my library is also FLAC files. Is this significant? About 550GB on a 1TB Firewire external drive with a second drive as a backup. I would say that, unusually for a release version, this is very borked. I don't think I have ever had a

[slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

Sorry I didn't post back sooner. After the first time having trouble with Perl 5.8, I uninstalled it (I had actually installed it over 5.10 the first time, rushing and not thinking and being rather frustrated), rebooted windows twice, and then reinstalled from the msi. In the meantime, I had

[slim] Next and Previous buttons not working

Hi, I've been using SqueezeCenter for a few weeks now and all works fine apart from the Next and Previous buttons. They are permanently greyed out so if I want to skip a track I have to click on the next track in the list. any ideas? SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0.1 - 19705 @ Wed May 14 19:53:43

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

maggior;307048 Wrote: To those that know more about this - is there a reason in a case like this to have MusicIP perform the analysis or validation, other than to increase the number of mixable songs? If a song is ready/mixable, but hasn't been validated yet, that means MusicIP is using the

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

hi hope somebody can help adding musicip,i have a hp smartmedia 475 and my squeezecentre is preinstalled on this,ive never added pluggins before could somebody give me easy step to step installing it im a novice with computers and programs so easier the better thank you -- mrgothic

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

hi ive just gone into my pluggins on my slimserver interface and found musicip there the box is ticked further along the line i have the i next to this is settings underlined,am i ready to go have i got it installed already,what are my first steps how to get it going,how do i open it up thank

[slim] Now playing list on Controller

I thought there was a way to show a list of the currently queued songs on the controller (i.e. the one currently playing was on top, followed by next to play, etc...) Can't seem to get there though. Am I imagining things or am I just incompetent? Thanks -- jsprag

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

mrgothic;309893 Wrote: hi ive just gone into my pluggins on my slimserver interface and found musicip there the box is ticked further along the line i have the i next to this is settings underlined,am i ready to go have i got it installed already,what are my first steps how to get it

Re: [slim] Now playing list on Controller

Press the center button while the Now Playing screen is showing. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48659

Re: [slim] Now playing list on Controller

Answer: Incompetent! Thanks for the reply. -- jsprag jsprag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48659

Re: [slim] Squeezebox not playing m4a files

Thanks so much! It worked. -- Pete7874 Pete7874's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13825 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48643

Re: [slim] Various Artists Logic... is it necessary?

erland;309543 Wrote: I completely agree with you regarding this, I'm just not sure that the VA logic is an important part for average users. I do understand that it is an important part in libraries that looks like your, but I suspect your library has a lot more artists tagged on your albums

Re: [slim] Squeezebox not playing m4a files

Although I, too, try to avoid Apple products, I do occasionally make use of iTunes, but now only EVER to buy non-DRM files (the iTunes plus format), which are structured as .m4a. I have in the past routinely converted these to something else (usually 192 kbs .mp3s) using iTunes, in order to play

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

Nonreality;309901 Wrote: Go back to post 184 in this thread and hit the link. It might help you. thank you will check it out -- mrgothic mrgothic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10759 View

Re: [slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

NathanielK wrote: Low and behold, when I ran the shell, if worked exactly like the short instructions in the post by jrfuda; even discovering and configuring over my wireless network. Glad it's working. It sounds like this was a network issue, and the scripts are not entirely bulletproof,

Re: [slim] Various Artists Logic... is it necessary?

In general I would say SqueezeCenter is WAY too conservative on what an album is. The various artists behavior is compounded by variances in date being treated as separate albums. Do you mean YEAR tag? Are you sure? I haven't seen any strange effects with YEAR or DATE tags.

Re: [slim] How to verify sound output?

Volume verified @ a normal level on the receiver. Firmware is updated via factory reset (was blinking white fast, etc) so now matches the other one (23) on SqueezeNetwork settings page. It's now connected like it was before, bright white, no sound from either the optical or the RCA ports, don't

Re: [slim] How to verify sound output?

If you press and hold the button while plugging in the Receiver, you'll see the button sequence through a series of colors and a set of ascending test tones will be played through the audio outputs. Tried this? -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp)

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 rebooting - warranty status?

Hi, I had a similar issue with a SB3 connected to squeezecenter 7.0 (that had been upgraded from slimserver). I had some helpful suggestions from logitech tech support (such as, 'make sure the remote control isn't in range, in case it is faulty and transmitting spurious signals.'). None of the

Re: [slim] Various Artists Logic... is it necessary?

Philip Meyer;309931 Wrote: Do you mean YEAR tag? Are you sure? I haven't seen any strange effects with YEAR or DATE tags. Yes, I'm still running 6.5.2, I don't think things have changed since, but if you have an album with different year dates on the tracks it will appear as multiple albums

[slim] Scan in 7.01 doesn't capture Artist

Am I doing something wrong, or is the software just too flaky? I have scanned and rescanned (with clear library but I always just register only two artists for 10,000 some odd songs on over 1,000 albums. I see some on this forum are retreating back to 6.5. I own the Squeezebox Duet. Will I have

Re: [slim] Various Artists Logic... is it necessary?

but if you have an album with different year dates on the tracks it will appear as multiple albums one for each year. That definitely doesn't happen for me; I've never seen that effect before (currently on 7.2). I'm sure I've entered different years for songs on some greatest hits albums. Of

[slim] Maximum amps on RG6

I am setting up SB3 in several rooms as part of a whole house system. In several of the rooms additional wiring would be extremely dificult to run but I do have a surplus pair of RG6 cable to each room. Yes I should have run extra cat5 when the walls were open but I got cheap at the wrong

Re: [slim] Scan in 7.01 doesn't capture Artist

The Receiver and Controller both require version 7.0+. Firmware won't make any difference as that's on the player. If you want to post more details of the problems you're having someone may be able to help, or you could call support and get their advice. -- radish

[slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

NathanielK;309883 Wrote: I still feel that Logitech should step up to the plate and support the feature fully; especially if they are going to include it in marketing materials that are copied and quoted by sites that sell the product. Where is it mentioned in marketing materials? That's

Re: [slim] Scan in 7.01 doesn't capture Artist

Capturing artist tag from song is very basic functionality and it definitely works in any release. As radish suggested, post some more info about your system and tracks, we might be able to help. K -- slimkid Where does the light go when you turn the switch off?

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

For a while tonight, SC didn't seem to be able to play MIP mixes. I could create them, but when I tried to play them, nothing would happen. Well, to be more precise: whatever was playing would stop, but the webface acted as if it was still playing; play/pause did nothing, and eventually I'd have

Re: [slim] Somebody has to say it.

I agree with random-tox but perhaps not as vociferously. After using many betas, releases 7.0 7.01, I've reinstalled 6.5.4 and things are much smoother and faster. I've read enough posts about users with similar unhappy experiences and concluded that some of our servers must have some things in

Re: [slim] Maximum amps on RG6

gsawdy;309980 Wrote: I am setting up SB3 in several rooms as part of a whole house system. In several of the rooms additional wiring would be extremely dificult to run but I do have a surplus pair of RG6 cable to each room. Yes I should have run extra cat5 when the walls were open but I

[slim] Troubleshooting help - rhapsody content not playing

Have owned Duet for 2-3 months with no issues. Beginning recently, every time I click on a rhapsody album/playlist the first song shows up on the bottom crawler but the song does not play. On squeezenetwork, the song shows up as now playing for a second then goes to stopped. Has anyone

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

Brian Ritchie;309996 Wrote: For a while tonight, SC didn't seem to be able to play MIP mixes. I could create them, but when I tried to play them, nothing would happen. Well, to be more precise: whatever was playing would stop, but the webface acted as if it was still playing; play/pause did

Re: [slim] ReadyNAS cover art resampling

Artwork now looks fine, but it takes an absolute age to resample each file. The logs are showing the resampling taking 30-40 seconds for each file: Now you know the one and only reason we added the resize/resample option... -- Michael ___ discuss

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 does not scan library at all

I'm on an x86 (hacked) Mac Leopard installation. It was all running fine til a few days ago. Did you update your installatin then? Or are you still running the same SC version? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 does not scan library at all

I'm a little surprised we haven't heard more on this issue. It's not trivial, it's fatal - it means you cannot run the current release version or anything thereafter, on an entire platform. a. we can't reproduce the issue b. my repeated request for some simple test have been ignored again --

Re: [slim] SC crashes as a service

Unfortunately, when SqueezeCenter is set to start as a service, it crashes on system startup: What SC version? are you running it using some account name? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

Brian Ritchie;309996 Wrote: For a while tonight, SC didn't seem to be able to play MIP mixes. I could create them, but when I tried to play them, nothing would happen. Well, to be more precise: whatever was playing would stop, but the webface acted as if it was still playing; play/pause did

Re: [slim] Artwork resizing - could it be managed better?

1) The initial scan doesn't do much to help the controller interface in terms of resizing and caching artwork. Only the 56x56 image is used by the controller Nope. Now Playing and screensaver use the other sizes. 2) There is no sharing of cached cover art for different songs in the same

Re: [slim] Scan in 7.01 doesn't capture Artist

Are you running both Ape tags and ID3v2.3 tags? It may be reading your Ape tags like for mp3gain and not the tags for the rest. I'd check that. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality

Re: [slim] Why SqueezeCenter is worse than Squeeze Server

5. Always getting messages like this: 403 Forbidden: settings/server/behavior.html This has not changed since 6.5. It's configurable from the settings page - security, CSRF -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Help - PC going to sleep when using Squeezebox...!!

jtc;306271 Wrote: I have recently fixed a Shuttle PC and plan to dedicate it to being a SqueezeCentre server, so that my main machine is freed up. It's an older Shuttle PC running Windows XP SP2, and as far as I can tell everything about it is fairly standard. My problem is that I have

[slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

Radish, I have not seen any of the Official Logitech marketing materials, but when I was comparing the various network music players, I read several positive reviews of the Squeezebox/Duet that mentioned it's ability to bridge and connect a wired-only device like an xBox, Playstation, or other

Re: [slim] Help - PC going to sleep when using Squeezebox...!!

jtc;306271 Wrote: ... My problem is that I have set the power management so that it sleeps after a certain period of activity - in this case 1 minute (for testing purposes). Despite having the 'prevent PC from sleeping when playing music' plugin activated, the machine still sleeps.