Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?

2008-07-27 Thread mikelee999
mvalera;323181 Wrote: > Millhouse is correct, these problems are all caused by improper > implementations of the PSM standard on your routers. > > Mike If true, wouldn't it save you a lot of trouble to provide a test applet to validate the PSM implementation on various routers? You're asking p

Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread JJZolx
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Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

2008-07-27 Thread Milhouse
PRGeno;318607 Wrote: > I'd have to agree. This new mode is not my favorite way to fly. +1 I've been wondering what was wrong with this forum recently - I haven't checked-in for a few weeks - but the "upgrade" would make sense threads I'm subscribed to and have just posted in don't then app

Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?

2008-07-27 Thread mikelee999
I have a D-Link GamerLounge (DGL-4300) with v 1.7 firmware (latest). Please note that the Duet controller does NOT lose connectivity to the network (it used to frequently wake up with an APIPA address; I solved that problem by falling back to WPA from WPA2). It just doesn't connect to Squeezece

Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread gian
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Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread Pale Blue Ego
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Re: [slim] Embarassing Audition

2008-07-27 Thread Pale Blue Ego
Nice dog & system -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50175 __

Re: [slim] Embarassing Audition

2008-07-27 Thread danniboi
Call off the dogs! I am back in business. It appears that there was some firmware issue or issue with the latest version of SqueezeCenter but I updated both and I am back in business. Spent all day catching up on my listening with the pooch in the listening room. Thanks all for the tips. Look how

Re: [slim] Bad experience upgrading to SC7 (pops and cracks and pause)

2008-07-27 Thread andyg
FYI, that Virgin Radio issue is known: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7814 -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [slim] Problem: Ethernet appears disconnected.

2008-07-27 Thread radish
jma;323375 Wrote: > > Is is possible for the ethernet port to have gone bad somehow? Is it > time to exercise the warranty? Potentially - worth contacting support for sure. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?

2008-07-27 Thread JeffW
Had the same thing happen to me a few minutes ago, got a message on my SB3. Maybe if you skip too many, it's no longer considered "radio" and becomes more like on on demand service... -- JeffW JeffW's Profile: http://foru

Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread maggior
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Re: [slim] 7.0.1 does not scan library at all

2008-07-27 Thread chrisinparis
I've contacted support via e-mail: "The reference number for your question is '080728-000843'. You should receive a response by email from our support department within the next business day." To be honest this is the first real issue I've ever had with my beloved squeezebox setup - the best gad

[slim] Search Forums

2008-07-27 Thread pippipmilk
Erm... This is must be dumb question. How do I search the forums? -- pippipmilk pippipmilk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18991 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Problem: Ethernet appears disconnected.

2008-07-27 Thread jma
Unfortunately, no luck. I have tried that multiple times now actually. I select the language, then set up networking, then connect to an ethernet network, and then the same message appears: Problem: Ethernet appears disconnected. Please check your network connection. Is is possible for the eth

Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread Howard Passman
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Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread Ian_F
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Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?

2008-07-27 Thread andynormancx
The Pandora service on a Squeezebox has the same feature, although I have only ever hit the skip limit once. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynorman

Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread andynormancx
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Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread Ian_F
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Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread bonze
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Re: [slim] Rhpasody not playing

2008-07-27 Thread danniboi
ajkidle... Idl'd and installed the latest greatest and then did the firmware update and I am back in business. Look how happy my dog looks! [image: http://parthenontech.com/Pictures/barkley.jpg] -- danniboi danniboi's Pr

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-07-27 Thread Harry G
Thank you all for the encouragements and cautions. I will proceed as suggested. I agree that backup is crucial. This is part of the reason I'm moving everything to a raid server AND keeping my backups. Let me add that I think it a good idea (just like with real work)to keep the backups off site.

[slim] Hard drive failures

2008-07-27 Thread ctbarker32
Hi, Very happy SB3 times 3 user here. I have been running for about 3 years with a Linux "shoe-box" server and multiple usb drives with over a terabyte of storage. I use Clarkconnect linux. About 3,000 albums in mostly FLAC format. This weekend I suffered my third hard drive failure in three ye

Re: [slim] MusicIP & 7.1 automatic re-scans

2008-07-27 Thread Harry G
No need for reply. Through debug in logging I figured out that a few files I picked up from a guy in a trench coat while I was walking down a dark alley in the bad part of town ;-)had cue files embedded in the tags. Apparently SqueezeCenter doesn't like this at all. Once I moved these out of my

Re: [slim] Does Duet controller need port 9000?

2008-07-27 Thread gandt
Changed it to 9001. I'm gonna click that install button... -- gandt gandt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50294 _

Re: [slim] dropouts with hardwired Duet

2008-07-27 Thread jds
Radio paradise plays just fine. SC was running off my ReadyNAS, so I assume no Windows mischief is involved. Now I can't get the SB to connect via Ethernet at all. But when I switched back to WiFi and connected to SC running on my desktop instead of the ReadyNAS -- sweetness! Fast response time

Re: [slim] Network Help- Duet

2008-07-27 Thread matufts
I am running windows XP sp3 with linksys router wg54sx or something like that -- matufts matufts's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

2008-07-27 Thread jsharper
Thank you for enabling the new setting! mvalera;316363 Wrote: > > The 10 days thing is not user selectable it's a global setting... I > could extended that if there is a lot of people that want forum marking > to be tracked for a longer period, but I don't want to put an excessive > load on th

Re: [slim] Does Duet controller need port 9000?

2008-07-27 Thread Michael Herger
> Im going to have to chage my web port from 9000 because my HP mediasmart No problem. Just make sure you changed SC's port to something else before you run that installation on the HP. You'll find the option in SC's Settings/Advanced/Networking. Michael __

Re: [slim] SBC Firmware Question - stuck at 7.0.1r2448?

2008-07-27 Thread MBSqueeze
Thanks Teus. I should have scanned the Wiki first ... :) -- MBSqueeze MBSqueeze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15571 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50283 _

[slim] Controller Lag

2008-07-27 Thread mfpreach
Hi Everyone, I love the product but i'm having one issue. After listening to music for awhile the SB Duet Controller will lose connection to the SB and the computer and be really laggy until it reconnects 30secs to 2 mins later. I don't know why the controller keeps dropping off. My SB is connec

Re: [slim] Duet - wireless SB Receiver problem - Help!

2008-07-27 Thread thesil
I also did the battery pop out thing. Sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn't. Today it seems to have worked after a few pop outs and a computer re-start. This controller seems to have a mind of its own. It could be smooth fro a few days, and then al of a sudden I'll get the dreaded blue ic

Re: [slim] Network Help- Duet

2008-07-27 Thread mfpreach
matufts;323311 Wrote: > I am having simular problems with my duet. When streaming iTunes > lossless it will sometime shutter, skip and dropout. if I shut off the > handheld controller it will then stream iTunes just fine. Try to power > up the hand held again and it starts shuddering again. I hav

Re: [slim] Dumb question from a newbie / Streaming from my website

2008-07-27 Thread funkstar
Ah ok, mounting the FTP as a network share etc. was assuming the PC was still on :) If you use SqueezeNetwork you should be able to enter the URL of any playlist as a radio station and then skip forward and back through the playlist on your SB. The limitation though is that you won't have a libr

Re: [slim] Does Duet controller need port 9000?

2008-07-27 Thread funkstar
Port 9000 is just for the web interface and when using players that connect to stream.mp3 (i.e. non Squeeze players like WinAmp etc.). Many NAS boxes need to use a different port because Twonky media server also uses 9000, so no, it won't case problems with the Controller or Reciever or the S

Re: [slim] Artwork issue on SqueezeCentre

2008-07-27 Thread thesil
Johnsberger, thanks. I tried that and it works. Took maybe three hours to download, but I have the art work now. The only problem is , my controller wont connect to my SB. Do you think there is a correlation between cover scout and the SB system? -- thesil Gerry. "When you ain't got nuthin',

Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?

2008-07-27 Thread thesil
I am having the same problem, but I tried what you suggested with the power management and nothing changed. My white icon turns blue and then controller will freeze. I am right next to my linksys and nothing has happened. This is very frustrating, I have had the controller for about 3 weeks now, a

Re: [slim] SBC Firmware Question - stuck at 7.0.1r2448?

2008-07-27 Thread Teus de Jong
You'll find the instructions here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeOS_Upgrades Teus -- Teus de Jong Teus de Jong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15415 View this thread: http://foru

Re: [slim] Dumb question from a newbie / Streaming from my website

2008-07-27 Thread hegn
Thanx for your replies! - Here are some more comments/questions... ;O) : using mp3tunes is kind of what I'm looking for, but instead of paying $40 a year, I wan't to use my 20Gb of space on my already paid for website... How do I make plaulists, that I can access fro the Squeezebox WITHOUT having

Re: [slim] Browsing music folder: SB3 doesn't show tracks in some dirs

2008-07-27 Thread pipetman
I just finished re-scanning my music library and that seemed to fix the problem. Somewhat strange and counterintuitive (plus counterproductive), that a folder browse function is affected by the db. Nonetheless, thanks for pointing me into the right direction. -- pipetman

Re: [slim] SBC Firmware Question - stuck at 7.0.1r2448?

2008-07-27 Thread MBSqueeze
bonze;323261 Wrote: > Have you tried a manual update via SD card? No, don't know how, I'll look around. I can work around it by pointing to another copy of SC on my laptop, just doesn't take update from server. Is there a how-to link for performing a manual update via SB card? I'm running

[slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?

2008-07-27 Thread Siduhe
Using 7.2 and the inbuilt Last.fm plugin (as a subscriber) and came across something I've not seen before . While listening to my recommendations, where I tend to skip tracks I don't like and listen to the ones I do (to help Last.fm get my tastes), I got a pop up on the Controller which said "you

Re: [slim] dropouts with hardwired Duet

2008-07-27 Thread bpa
To try to isolate the problem - if you can play an highish rate MP3 stream (e.g. Radio Paradise 128k or 192k). If it plays OK then it looks like the PC is the problem. Some Windows Ethernet drivers support a QoS features. All the built-in and 3rd party features/utilsiites that "enhance" downloa

[slim] Does Duet controller need port 9000?

2008-07-27 Thread gandt
Im going to have to chage my web port from 9000 because my HP mediasmart server upgrade features pvconnect as a streamer and it defaults to 9000 and is hard to change (unless someone here knows different) I think I know how to do it all except im not sure if the Duet controller "cares" about the p

Re: [slim] Rhpasody not playing

2008-07-27 Thread ajkidle
Maybe my SqueezeBox just needed to rest... As of this morning (Sunday, Jul-27) everything works. I did nothing different, just turned it on and it started working. With regard to whether it was the latest nightly build or not, that's definitely not a dumb question. I downloaded whatever was av

Re: [slim] Network Help- Duet

2008-07-27 Thread matufts
I am having simular problems with my duet. When streaming iTunes lossless it will sometime shutter, skip and dropout. if I shut off the handheld controller it will then stream iTunes just fine. Try to power up the hand held again and it starts shuddering again. I have watched my network usage as t

Re: [slim] Browsing music folder: SB3 doesn't show tracks in some dirs

2008-07-27 Thread pipetman
Thanks for the reply. I'm ripping with dbPoweramp and while not being too religous about it, I pay attention to proper (meaning: consistent) tagging. However, I haven't run an update of the SC database in quite a while (since I'm browsing by folders only, anyway) - maybe that's the culprit (I'm r

Re: [slim] Rhpasody not playing

2008-07-27 Thread danniboi
I am new and have no idea what I am doing, I am the dork that wrote the post 'embarassing audition', but it looks like I am suffering the same symptoms listed in this post. When you guys say download the latest... are we talking about d'ling the latest squeezecenter release to my laptop, or doing

Re: [slim] dropouts with hardwired Duet

2008-07-27 Thread jds
My Linksys WRT54GS does not have any QoS options enabled, and seems to have the latest firmware. Should I prioritize the SB? FWIW, I have the same issues whether hardwired or wireless. -- jds jds's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [slim] dropouts with hardwired Duet

2008-07-27 Thread Siduhe
If I understand you correctly, your Duet is hardwired into your network via a router of some sort? If so, check your router settings - in particular, do you have any speedboost or "QoS" options which shape your traffic to prioritise some types over others? Both of these can interfere with the co

Re: [slim] Rhpasody not playing

2008-07-27 Thread bunnyma357
Started working today - nothing changed since loading the nightly build yesterday when it didn't work. Jim C -- bunnyma357 bunnyma357's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18971 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Party Mode?

2008-07-27 Thread music_addict
I really like that idea as well and it would be nice if more people would vote for that feature. :) -- music_addict squeezecenter: 7.2 architecture: SlimNAS @ FreeNAS platform: shuttle slimdevices: none atm music_addict's

Re: [slim] Dumb question from a newbie / Streaming from my website

2008-07-27 Thread funkstar
The only other way I can think of is if you were to create a bunch of playlists pointing to the tracks on your webhost. I guess there might be a way if you were running a Linux server and a linux webhost with Shell/SSH access, you could probably mount your web space as a network drive or somethin

Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?

2008-07-27 Thread music_addict
Apple TV is a very very poor choice if you want to play the different video formats available. You can hack it but that shouldnt be the way to go... -- music_addict squeezecenter: 7.2 architecture: SlimNAS @ FreeNAS platform: shuttle slimdevices: none atm --

Re: [slim] dropouts with hardwired Duet

2008-07-27 Thread jds
Found it -- thanks. I get 100% @ 5000kbps. These tools also suggest that buffer fullness does not seem to be the problem -- it runs >90% most of the time. Yet the dropouts continue. -- jds jds's Profile: http://forums.sl

Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?

2008-07-27 Thread aubuti
tern;323199 Wrote: > What is the latest situation with regard to video streaming? There must > be some new and improved products out since the discussion above. Apple TV, or the Roku player for NetFlix -- aubuti aubuti's

Re: [slim] Rhpasody not playing

2008-07-27 Thread damager
ajkidle;323195 Wrote: > Downloaded and installed 7.1 on Wednesday. Fixed everything. Very > happy. Until Friday when it broke again. The screen on my controller > looks as if the song is playing (the song length timer is running), but > up at the top it say "Stopped". And it doesn't work reg

Re: [slim] Rhpasody not playing

2008-07-27 Thread Fredzo
As of 9 am East Coast time I can play Rhapsody via Squeezenetwork just fine. Didn't work last night but fine this morning until... -- Fredzo Fredzo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13769 View thi

[slim] Linux - Amarok, Squeezecenter & MySQL

2008-07-27 Thread jiml
Is there any way you can access the Squeezecenter MySQL database from another Linux machine running Amarok which can remotely access a MySQL database. Obviously the databases structures are set up differently but is there any way to connect between the two structures on the squeezecenter machine.

Re: [slim] Dumb question from a newbie / Streaming from my website

2008-07-27 Thread autopilot
Take a look at mp3tunes, the online music looker that the squeezebox has built in support for. I suspect its exactly what your looking for. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.1b (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambr

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-07-27 Thread bobkoure
Harry G;323226 Wrote: > Is it safe to tag tens of thousands of flac files at the same time in > this manner? I did it when I first setup MusicIP. Tedious as hell making sure it did (this was under windows, so I made a current backup for each file tree, used MP3Tag to generate a tag-summary file f

[slim] Dumb question from a newbie / Streaming from my website

2008-07-27 Thread hegn
Hi, I'm wondering if there is any way to put my music collection at my hosted domain website...? I would love to just ftp a bunch of mp3s to my website and then stream them from there... If I add the full url to an mp3 file at my domain as a "favourite" that wotks just fine, but how do I make an

Re: [slim] If this thing could only manage music...

2008-07-27 Thread amcluesent
I've been using Firetongue Software OrangeCD as a music librarian, very happy how it scans and catalogue the files, plus you can add amounts of additional info into it's database. The PC client app. has a good integration to any Sqeezecenter, so you can click on any music and have it playing from

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-07-27 Thread egd
itm;323263 Wrote: > I've got a library of 70,000 tracks (which don't include podcasts), and > the current MIP estimate is 28 weeks to analyse them all. I'm not sure > I can wait 6 months for this!! if your library is properly tagged and not too esoteric it shouldn't take too long to analyze. Mi

Re: [slim] SBC Firmware Question - stuck at 7.0.1r2448?

2008-07-27 Thread MrSinatra
i had to use the SD method once, which was really rather annoying. u could also try a factory reset, and switching between SN and SC, which sometimes gets it to update for me when it seems otherwise stuck. i'm on 7.1 with 2722fw i think. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (pr

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-07-27 Thread itm
I've got a library of 70,000 tracks (which don't include podcasts), and the current MIP estimate is 28 weeks to analyse them all. I'm not sure I can wait 6 months for this!! -- itm itm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [slim] SBC Firmware Question - stuck at 7.0.1r2448?

2008-07-27 Thread bonze
MBSqueeze;323196 Wrote: > The firmware version on my SBC remains at 7.0.1-r2448 regardless of what > version of squeezecenter I try. I've run 7.01, 7.1 and 7.2 and the f/w > on my receiver changed from 24 to 36 to 42, but the controller remains > the same - is that correct? > > I have tried the

Re: [slim] SBC Search hangs SC, SBR, SB, Transporter

2008-07-27 Thread trotsky10
I have a similar problem whereby I can crash squeezecentre quite often by doing a search on the squeezebox 3 while music is playing. How do I set the logging so I can find out why and post it here? Many thanks -- trotsky10 --

Re: [slim] Bad experience upgrading to SC7 (pops and cracks and pause)

2008-07-27 Thread gian
ah, Caleb, thank you very much for you support. It's glad to know that you are there, in case we need. You know, the Squeezebox changed my life, just can't do without... -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [slim] dropouts with hardwired Duet

2008-07-27 Thread bpa
"Help" is a located at the bottom of the LHS on the Default skin. I think it is at the bottom of LHS on Classic as well. Initially to a speed test (I think it is available on 7.0.1) - check that you can get 100% @ 1500kbps. Usually those sort of warning can be ignored in the presence of other e

Re: [slim] Bad experience upgrading to SC7 (pops and cracks and pause)

2008-07-27 Thread gian
after further investigation, I found that I had severe crack & pops listening to Virgin Radio Classic Rock, but neither my ripped music database, nor other radio channels such as BBC radio 3 behaved like that. The VRCR url that CRACKS is: http://mp3-vc-128.smgradio.com/ Since I have another Ubun

Re: [slim] If this thing could only manage music...

2008-07-27 Thread pichonCalavera
I don't mind using external programs for organizing and tagging my music (musicbrainz picard, mp3tag, foobar2000), because I like the idea of the read-only access from Squeezecenter. But these past days I used Amarok for a while again after many months using only Squeezecenter, and I must say it

Re: [slim] Problem with installing Squeezecenter - should be easy...??

2008-07-27 Thread funkstar
Where is SqueezeCenter and SlimServer istalled? your PC or the server? Are they both on the same system, because that is going to cause issues i think as they will both be listening on the same port. SqueezeCenter (and SlimServer) doesn't find the players, the players find the server. Press and

Re: [slim] Problem with itunes playlists

2008-07-27 Thread njanda
I found a very super easy work around. I used TweakUI to remap the My Music folder on my wifes PC to the external drive, the NAS. Itunes always wants to place the xml files in My Music but by using TweakUI I was able to go to "My Computer/Special Folders" and remap My Music onto the NAS. It work