Re: [slim] New user's experience on SC: Slow, unintuitive, generally not fun

> What bugs me much more is the navigation, when i enter into a music > folder, and chose an artist, and start playing the album, then the > silly SC does not stay in that folder, but goes out, and forces me to > choose music folder and making it load for ages. Choose the "Now Playing (jump on wak

Re: [slim] Wadia 170 iTransport vs Slimdevices Transporter - initial impressions

Wave and Apple lossless only. I listened to both types and did not hear any significant differences. Jose -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5282 View this

Re: [slim] Announcement: SqueezeCenter 7.1.0 Now Available

Hi there, I have a Squeezebox v. 2 running on Windows XP SP2. I had purchased this item a few months ago and have been using it with the previous version of Squeezecentre with no problems. However I downloaded Squeezecentre 7.1.0 and restated my pc. Since then I have been able to access the Sque

Re: [slim] Goodbye SqueezeSlave! :-)

I would imagine he is referring to Hi-MD, which supported recording/playing uncompressed WAV files. The Hi-MD discs would hold 1 GB. The format was too little too late. It resolved the issue with transferring your own personal recordings via USB to your PC. Previously, you had to playback on t

[slim] Plays each song twice?

So I have more than 1000 albums that play flawlessly using iTunes as the server for mhy SB3. But one album plays each song twice--1/1, 2/2, 3/3, etc. I've checked the album in iTunes and see nothing that will cause this...there is only one album of ten songs ripped to m4p, and the tags all match

Re: [slim] Controller: Doesn't stay on track!

Are you pressing any other buttons on the SBC after play? I just tried doing what you described, and at the end of the track I picked up the SBC and was right where I left off the menu. Pressing the back button took me step-by-step back up the directory tree. -- aubuti -

Re: [slim] one album shows as four albums?

Part of the reason I moved away from Itunes - you can edit the tags but it will, if its set to get tags and artwork from the store, change them back again. Just as frustrating as M$ Media player which can do the same. Finally fixed it with dbPoweramp and a change from ALAC to Flac. Wish I wou

Re: [slim] Wadia 170 iTransport vs Slimdevices Transporter - initial impressions

[EMAIL PROTECTED];332075 Wrote: > I receivd my dock yesterday and have run it in for 24 hours. Setup was > easy and it works well with my 160G iPod Classic. I am obviously using > the digital out. Cable is different type to that used in the > Transporter. Both connected to PS Audio PPP. > Sou

Re: [slim] Goodbye SqueezeSlave! :-)

DanielTheGreat;331924 Wrote: > When I'm ready to digitise my LP collection (those not available on CD), > I can hook up a high-quality digitiser (an old unused MD recorder) to > the turntable (part of the 'hi-fi' system upstairs) and feed its > Toslink output down to the office PC for recording t

Re: [slim] SC Hangs Trying to List a Folder

It's 7.1.0 ... and I'd really rather find the source of the issue and possibly lead hickinsbottoms to a fix. -- thread thread's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19498 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [slim] SC Hangs Trying to List a Folder

No idea, it's nothing I've seen before. 50k tracks is a decent number but there are people with more without issues. What version of SC are you using? If it's some Gentoo specific build I'd recommend trying with the straight 7.1 downloaded from this site. -- radish -

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

snoogly;332079 Wrote: > Hmmm. I used to use replay gain, but read somewhere (here or in the > documentation somewhere) that it's best not to use it. I may have > imagined it, but I am pretty sure I must have had a good reason for > disabling it in SC settings. > > Am I mad, or is there a referen

[slim] Controller: Doesn't stay on track!

I have both a SB3 and a Controller. On the SB3 when selecting a track (by going all the way through the folders on the server) I can walk from the outer folders and down to the single track. After listening to tracks I can walk all the way back and forth in the same path until I select another fo

Re: [slim] Correct Operation of SB Controller

aubuti;332085 Wrote: > At present I'm using 7.2 (r22860 from 8/23). For various reasons I > skipped straight from 7.0 to 7.2. If you haven't tried doing a factory > reset of the SBC, you might also try that. For that, power it off, then > hold down the "+" when powering it back up. I've done a f

Re: [slim] how to stop a song?

...Thanks Dave. I've wondered the same thing, but just figured,aw what the heck. Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online and God knows I can't type. Howard Passman's Profile:

[slim] New Music Menu on Controller

I have been using the controller for a while with no problems. Recently there was a firmware update for the controller and now the song order under each of the albums under "new music" is randomly srambled. If I look at the web interface it is fine and if I look at the same album by search or ge

Re: [slim] Correct Operation of SB Controller

At present I'm using 7.2 (r22860 from 8/23). For various reasons I skipped straight from 7.0 to 7.2. If you haven't tried doing a factory reset of the SBC, you might also try that. For that, power it off, then hold down the "+" when powering it back up. -- aubuti ---

Re: [slim] Correct Operation of SB Controller

aubuti;332078 Wrote: > I just about never power down the SBC, and it comes back fine -- > including album art -- after I pick it up from the charging cradle or > wake it up after it has gone to sleep. I'm sure that powering down is > not necessary, nor is it the way it was designed. Something els

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

Hmmm. I used to use replay gain, but read somewhere (here or in the documentation somewhere) that it's best not to use it. I may have imagined it, but I am pretty sure I must have had a good reason for disabling it in SC settings. Am I mad, or is there a reference somewhere that it's best not to

Re: [slim] Correct Operation of SB Controller

ShutterShock;332044 Wrote: > So, with that long-winded explanation out of the way, how do you use > your Controller? Do you power it down when you’re not using it? Was > that the way Slim Devices/Logitech intended to have the Controller used > (it’s not explicit in the manual)? I just about nev

[slim] Wadia 170 iTransport vs Slimdevices Transporter - initial impressions

I receivd my dock yesterday and have run it in for 24 hours. Setup was easy and it works well with my 160G iPod Classic. I am obviously using the digital out. Cable is different type to that used in the Transporter. Both connected to PS Audio PPP. Sound at this stage is pretty good and more th

Re: [slim] Unloved on last.fm

Or a one track pony -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51436 ___ disc

Re: [slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

I prefer to use NTFS junction points to pull together various directories on different drives into a root directory for Squeezecentre - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

Re: [slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

Ronnyjoz;332016 Wrote: > I've tried all methods: right-dragging the destination folder into the > Music folder and Choosing 'Create shortcuts here'; right-clicking > inside the Music folder and using the New Shortcut wizard to browse to > the destination; copying the shortcut that does work and t

Re: [slim] SB Duett controller disconnects from WLAN

richohara;332049 Wrote: > Doesn't anybody has any idea about that issue? Then I'm gonna give up > and sell my SB duett. > > Rich Hello RIch, Have you called or E-mailed Tech Support? They can work you through this fairly quickly. -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mep

Re: [slim] SB Duett controller disconnects from WLAN

Doesn't anybody has any idea about that issue? Then I'm gonna give up and sell my SB duett. Rich -- richohara richohara's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16942 View this thread: http://forums.slim

[slim] Correct Operation of SB Controller

As per another post, my Controller stops displaying artwork after a period of time. Perhaps to put it more accurately, the Controller stops displaying artwork after a number of album/podcast/internet radio selections (i.e.: it may not be a function of time but rather a function of the number of c

Re: [slim] Unloved on last.fm

More of a one hit wonder. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51436

[slim] Huge Savings

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[slim] art problem - ghost cover.jpg's

Hi, Running 7.1, multiple SB3s and new Duet. Linux sever, over 1 terabyte of mostly FLAC rips. I know the album art issue is long running but it can be pretty frustrating. I have settled on using "Album Art.jpg" as my art name for each directory not embedded for each album. I need the Album Art

Re: [slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

OK, if I run SqueezeCenter as a task instead of a service, it works fine. This adds fuel to my theory that it's some kind permissions thing. This'll do me for now. I only ran it as a service in the first place to take advantage of the Wake on LAN feature, which doesn't work anyway as it turns o

[slim] A dead VFD on an old friend

Hi all, I'm not sure if anyone can help me here, or if the founders of Slimdevices still have any spares for good old kit! My SB1G (manufactured March 2004) has finally given up the electrical ghost. After some testing (out came the old AVO meter) it seems that the VFD unit is dead. There is power

[slim] SqueezeCenter / ReadyNAS Optimization

Squeezebox v3 ReadyNAS Duo 500Gb Crossover Ethernet cable connection 240Gb Music Collection. Squeezcenter 7.0.1 for ReadyNAS A directory scan took 16 hours. The SqueezeCenter web interface on remote WinXP is incredibly slow. I've hunted through these forums, and seen some scattered answers to a f

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't start anymore

I don't know if this is it or will help. ! Information - http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event";> - 100 4 0 0x80 17887 Application PeteG-Computer - C:\PROGRA~1\SQUEEZ~1\server\Bin\MSWIN3~1\mysqld.exe: Shutdown complete ! Error - http://schemas.mi

Re: [slim] New user's experience on SC: Slow, unintuitive, generally not fun

peter;332014 Wrote: > I'll try it again some time and see if I like it this time. Fully agree > with the one man show bit, that's why I think it would be good if there > was an 'official alternative'. (and I still think it should self-install > like any decent app, even putty - once the ultimate

Re: [slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

I've tried all methods: right-dragging the destination folder into the Music folder and Choosing 'Create shortcuts here'; right-clicking inside the Music folder and using the New Shortcut wizard to browse to the destination; copying the shortcut that does work and then editing it to point somewher

Re: [slim] New user's experience on SC: Slow, unintuitive, generally not fun

tamanaco wrote: > peter;331927 Wrote: > >> Phil Leigh wrote: >> >>> I have to agree - Moose is about as easy to install as it gets! - >>> literally one click to extract that zip file - and it's done. >>> >> Last time I tried (a while ago, I admit) I had to install a mysql >> librar

Re: [slim] extra squeezeboxes use loads of server CPU even when on standby!?

I'm not sure but I think there are two versions of mplayer for QNAP. Check out post #114 in this thread and you could try out the other version of mplayer referenced. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44325&page=12 -- bpa -

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't start anymore

I sent a Event File to SD support, waiting to hear if somethings not right. -- goon goon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=507

Re: [slim] extra squeezeboxes use loads of server CPU even when on standby!?

That is very interesting to know, thanks bpa. I don't actually know the answer to your question: I just followed the standard instuctions for the most straightforward AlienBBC install, and I don't recall whether that was Flac or MP3, likewise don't recall whether the fixed point patch was included

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't start anymore

goon;331976 Wrote: > Still not starting, tried 7.2,7.1 & 7.0 with no luck. Are you sure you have totally uninstalled Norton? Have you checked the event viewer in Control Panel - Admin Tools (or whatever the equivalent is in Vista) for anything strange? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signa

Re: [slim] Slimserver & Apple Time Capsule

No i don't think so the squeezebox needs it's server, you must have squeezecenter running on something, can you install programs on the timecapsule ? and what is it's spec ram, processor etc. So its unlikely that this will work -- Mnyb ---

[slim] LaCie Ethernet Disk mini & Squeexebox?

Does the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini and the squeezebox work well together? many thanks -- chopper38 chopper38's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12081 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't start anymore

Still not starting, tried 7.2,7.1 & 7.0 with no luck. -- goon goon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50754 __

Re: [slim] New user's experience on SC: Slow, unintuitive, generally not fun

peter;331927 Wrote: > Phil Leigh wrote: > > I have to agree - Moose is about as easy to install as it gets! - > > literally one click to extract that zip file - and it's done. > > Last time I tried (a while ago, I admit) I had to install a mysql > library first and jump thru hoops to get it to

Re: [slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

How are you creating the Shortcut - using the Wizard or manually? If manually, IIRC you must to create the shortcut in the folder that you want to link to, (C:\Users\Ronny\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Music in your example) for it to work properly, then cut and paste it to your Music folder. It

Re: [slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

That's basically what I did by creating a folder on the desktop. Any shortcuts I create just point to the folder they're in. Copies of windows-created shortcuts work fine. Would it be worth clearing the cache? If so, do I delete the entire cache folder ('C:\ProgramData\SqueezeCenter\Cache')or

[slim] Unloved on last.fm

Question: If you love a track on last.fm at night only to then unlove the track in the morning, is that a one night stand? -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) -

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

liffy99;331916 Wrote: > [2] Note that there is currently an outstanding bug concerning the > Squeezebox's handling of positive ReplayGain settings. See here for the > gory details: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5119 > > Is this fixed yet ? Now that I've found a number of albums (mo

Re: [slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

You could create a practice music folder to try it on. Just put a few albums in it like you would like and rescan. Make sure you do a complete rescan. That way you can try things and see if you can get it to work. Put shortcuts pointing to your main one or create different levels and then play ar

Re: [slim] New user's experience on SC: Slow, unintuitive, generally not fun

peter;331927 Wrote: > Phil Leigh wrote: > > I have to agree - Moose is about as easy to install as it gets! - > > literally one click to extract that zip file - and it's done. > > Last time I tried (a while ago, I admit) I had to install a mysql > library first and jump thru hoops to get it to

[slim] New shortcuts placed in my music folder point straight back to my music folder!

Greetings I got my Squeezebox Classic yesterday after experimenting with SqueezeCenter and Softsqueeze for about a week or so. I understand that if I want SqueezeCenter to find music that's not in the default music folder it's simply a matter of creating a shortcut to the desired location. Unfo

Re: [slim] The songs are there but not showing...

Sent you a PM with another suggestion. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? "-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...-" (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) -

Re: [slim] Running AAC Plus with SC7

bpa;331820 Wrote: > Those messages are produced at startup. It looks like you did not > enable the logging or you rebooted after changing the logging level. > > Logging level will be forgotten after a reboot. > > 1. Change the logging level of player.source to INFO and click apply. > 2. Make a

Re: [slim] Rescanning Media Library doesn't finish

There are a couple of things that can cause this kind of behaviour. Antivirus software is one possibility, another is a recursive link (you have a softlink in your Music Library folder to another part of your Music Library that is sending the scanner into a loop) and a final cause can be a corrup

[slim] Rescanning Media Library doesn't finish

I did a rescan to update the library and it never finished, just kept saying Rescanning Music Library. Than a tried a complete rescan, same problem. I cleared the cache folder and SqueezeCenter would not start so I reinstalled SC 7.1. Now SC will run but the rescanning still won't finish. Any sugg

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't start anymore

Hi all, I'm new on this forum, i recently bought a Duet and had the same prob. Now i'm using the beta: SqueezeCenter-versie: 7.2 - 22756 @ Tue Aug 19 02:03:07 PDT 2008 - Windows XP - NL - cp1252 and that works fine. http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/latest/7.2/ -- Maximiliaan

Re: [slim] Goodbye SqueezeSlave! :-)

DanielTheGreat wrote: > Peter, > > Simpler, yes, but definitely not cheaper! In Australia, the cheapest > you can buy a new SB3 is about AUD250, RRP is AUD499! > That's why I mentioned the SB Receiver (no display), which is a lot cheaper (139 vs 199 EURO's in Holland). > The 'Toslink sender'

Re: [slim] New user's experience on SC: Slow, unintuitive, generally not fun

Phil Leigh wrote: > I have to agree - Moose is about as easy to install as it gets! - > literally one click to extract that zip file - and it's done. Last time I tried (a while ago, I admit) I had to install a mysql library first and jump thru hoops to get it to connect to the mysql server IIRC

Re: [slim] Goodbye SqueezeSlave! :-)

Peter, Simpler, yes, but definitely not cheaper! In Australia, the cheapest you can buy a new SB3 is about AUD250, RRP is AUD499! The 'Toslink sender' arrangement has other advantages though. When I'm ready to digitise my LP collection (those not available on CD), I can hook up a high-quality

Re: [slim] one album shows as four albums?

I generally find this happens if the 'artists' tag is different for different songs on the same LP. I first noticed this with G3, as the artists tag is correctly naming each member of the trio, but it means that one G3 CD comes up as 4 Albums (one for each member of the trio and one for all three

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

[2] Note that there is currently an outstanding bug concerning the Squeezebox's handling of positive ReplayGain settings. See here for the gory details: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5119 Is this fixed yet ? Now that I've found a number of albums (mostly classical) that do have posi

[slim] Foobar 2000 query

Using this to add replay gain to music tracks. However, although I have the RG column selected in the view options, it does not show actual RG data. If I look at the track Properties, the info is there - just doesn't shown on the main screen. Any ideas as to how I can get the info to appear when