thanks.
Completely uninstalled and then re-installed. Server still will not
start Aarrgh!!!
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Firewall on the mac allows all incoming connections by the way.
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As long as DHCP bugs are resolved by the WONTFIX resolution like
here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462 customers with
some DHCP servers (seems Cisco is picky when SB doesn't observe the
RFC) will have the problems.
However, I don't think that this thread is about DHCP problems
Can you be a bit more precise please ?
You've got no artists in iTunes or in SqueezeCenter ?
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If I were you, I would download mp3tag and check your tags out. It's
free and one tool you really need to get to know. It can solve a lot
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Captain Groovy;344787 Wrote:
It took a long time for Squeezecentre to import my music collection, but
once it did it sees all of my music as being 13,460 songs comprising two
albums (no album and unknown album) by two artists (no artist and
unknown artist).
I've cleared the library and
tedfroop;344770 Wrote:
MP3Tag may be a better solution. You didn't mention what format you
music is in but some formats allow you to add the artwork to the tag.
Nice and neat. You can organize any way you want - no folder.jpg needed
and SqueezeCenter picks em up just fine.
iTunes does
Hi All
I've been running a SB3 for over a year with no serious problems. Then
a few weeks ago the SB seemed to be caught in a loop eg when selecting
Artist Artist Artist and no music!! Did a factory reset but no
joy.
Downloaded SqueezeCenter 7.2 in the hope that this might sort out the
sander;344779 Wrote:
I've been running 1.8 headless validating for a couple of weeks now, but
it looks like there isn't a way to archive the tags from headless 1.8.
Should I load the same database in the gui or upgrade to the later
beta?
TIA
Correct.. The headless MIP is basically a
Thanks for a great response Phil!
Yes I have SC to get all my music from musicip, and the SC music path
is blank, I used the spicefly setup around 5 months ago or so, and this
was the way it was I believe, didn't realise you could still have SC
look at the music folder too?
I understand the
Just found this
Philip Meyer;341107 Wrote:
Have you set a SqueezeCenter music path in the settings? Some people
were apparently told to clear the SqueezeCenter music path to avoid
duplicates when reading song data from MusicIP. As it will now be
reading song tag information through the
All is perfectly fine in iTunes, its SC that has the problem.
When I first imported the library, I did have all the artists. I then
spent the day tidying the collection, change a couple of the options on
the ML page of SC to try and get the music displayed the way I wanted,
left another import
Just looked under status and saw this:
Merge Various Artists (1474 of 1474) Complete 00:00:19
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List albums by band should be checked. If not, then check it, then
rescan library.
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Hi
Just updated to 7.2 and latest everything (squeezebox firmware,
softsqueeze etc.)
With previous versions, I could run multiple copies of softsqueeze on a
single PC (multi-zone system). Now, when I start the a second instance
and hit play, my Squezebox and other softsqueeze stop playing and
Yes I have SC to get all my music from musicip, and the SC music path
is blank, I used the spicefly setup around 5 months ago or so, and this
was the way it was I believe, didn't realise you could still have SC
look at the music folder too?
In my opinion, you are better off setting a SC music
So just to check, the standard setup for musicip tells you to clear the
SC music folder path, I have done this.
Where are you reading that from? Some wiki page? I don't know why that is. I
think that is bad information. SC supports more formats that MusicIP and
potentially reads more tag
Thats what I changed when trying to get the display how I wanted.
As I use iTunes do I also need to fill in the details under Basic
concerning location?
My iTunes library and reference files live on my nas, so should the
address for them be the local map that the server where SC is installed
Thanks for that Phil. Cracking job! I'm far happier with the
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kanoot;344719 Wrote:
This is incorrect in my case - I have no antivirus on my mac and I
cannot downgrade because I own the Boom which must use 7.2
I would love to hear more about when 7.2.1 will come out as a couple
scanner bugs seem to be fixed (at least in the bug tracker).
My reply was
Captain Groovy;344787 Wrote:
Running Mac OSX10.4, music all on an external drive, imported via iTunes
and saved as AIFF files.
pfarrell and Nonreality are right, it is a meta data (or tag) problem.
However, the root of the issue is that you are saving the files as
AIFF, which if they are
Siduhe;344858 Wrote:
My reply was aimed at the original poster who has upgraded from an
earlier version and running on XP. Are you also having problems? If
so, can you explain a bit more? I would definitely give 7.2.1 a try -
it contains small, safe bug fixes from 7.2, so is not at all
kanoot;344719 Wrote:
I would love to hear more about when 7.2.1 will come out as a couple
scanner bugs seem to be fixed (at least in the bug tracker).
If the issues you are having have already been fixed, then you could
try a nightly build. The nightlies for 7.2.1 are only for bug fixes, so
funkstar;344874 Wrote:
If the issues you are having have already been fixed, then you could try
a nightly build. The nightlies for 7.2.1 are only for bug fixes, so
although they aren't official releases are only going to be less buggy
than the official release that procedes it.
7.3 is
Not trades, how about an outright sale?
Howard
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Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online and God knows
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OhPinchy;344535 Wrote:
Problem is the GUI doesn't seem to allow me to filter on only new tracks
- so I have to try find the new tracks amongs the 25,000 and then right
click and select Archive Analysis. Is there any way to streamline
this?Library/List Custom Filter/Stored Analysis is
I currently have all my cds burnt onto laptop in flac format. I would
like to be able to play these in my car so the obvious choice is an
ipod and then connect this to a car stereo.
Is it worth keeping everything in flac to play in my car or would I
really not notice any difference if they're in
bluespiano28;344887 Wrote:
I currently have all my cds burnt onto laptop in flac format. I would
like to be able to play these in my car so the obvious choice is an
ipod and then connect this to a car stereo.
Is it worth keeping everything in flac to play in my car or would I
really not
Hi
Running 7.2 r2873 in the SBC.
I power off the SBR and the PC running SC when not using them
(electricity
is not free here in denmark).
When wanting to listen to music I first power on PC, wait for SC to
start
then power on SBR.
Then connect the SBC to the PC, but here today the connect was
While I am able to connect Softsqueeze to a remote Squeezecenter (where
'remote' means somewhere else on the internet), by defining the
hostname as the remote SC's URL, I haven't (yet?) worked out how to
connect a Squeezebox.
So can someone hopefully tell me: how is a SB connected to a SC that
Hold down left to get into setup, go through network setup as normal but
at the end where you're choosing the SC to connect to use the Specify
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justreturned;344620 Wrote:
I am therefore looking for a function on SqueezeCenter which lets me
wipe the current playlist but does not interrupt the playback of the
current song, sort of like cropping the currently played song,
removing all others. I could then just add my new playlist using
Of course stock ipods don't play FLAC, so you'd either have to transcode
or install rockbox.
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It doesn't seem that surprising that no-one wants to trade an SBC for an
SBR, they're quite different price wise (like double).
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funkstar;344880 Wrote:
Come on Howard, it's only been what, 17 hours since you first posted?
To quote your own sig:
:)
I changed my signature a few weeks ago. Wonder what happened to it
(scratching head)
You guys are just a bad influence on me :-)
So you wanna trade? :-)
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radish;344895 Wrote:
Of course stock ipods don't play FLAC, so you'd either have to transcode
or install rockbox.
Yes I know thank you - would prob convert into apple lossless on my
computer first. It's just it would mean the difference between getting
an 80gb ipod to play mp3s or a 160gb
Howard Passman wrote:
funkstar;344880 Wrote:
Come on Howard, it's only been what, 17 hours since you first posted?
To quote your own sig:
:)
I changed my signature a few weeks ago. Wonder what happened to it
(scratching head)
You guys are just a bad influence on me :-)
So
MeSue wrote:
Drat... that is a bummer. We really need better playlist management on
these things.
I don't own any iAnything and probably never will, so no iPeng for me.
:)
I kinda like my iRiver H140, though...
Regards,
Peter
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I'm using a debian sid amd64 platform with the latest 7.2.1 'testing'
squeezecenter software.
When trying to access some of my perfectly valid flac files directoried
I get this error. The transmitter fails to list that directory and
stalls for a while.
[08-09-28 16:52:38.2629]
Personally, i just use high quality VBR LAME MP3's created from my FLAC
library with DBpowerAMP. BTW, rockbox Version 3 is now out but still no
support for the new iPods or the last generation, so there is no way of
playing FLAC's.
Lossless is wasted on an iPod; the very average DAC,
radish;344892 Wrote:
Hold down left to get into setup, go through network setup as normal but
at the end where you're choosing the SC to connect to use the Specify
IP option.
Thanks, knew it was somewhere, but just couldn't find it. I've managed
to do that, but still haven't got the SB to
autopilot;344903 Wrote:
Personally, i just use high quality VBR LAME MP3's created from my FLAC
library with DBpowerAMP. BTW, rockbox Version 3 is now out but still no
support for the new iPods or the last generation, so there is no way of
playing FLAC's.
Lossless is wasted on an iPod;
Howard Passman;344734 Wrote:
Maybe you dropped your Classic remote in the bath tube and you can't buy
an extra from Logitech (they don't seem to sell extras of anything).
Aw, c'mon Howard, Slim Devices does sell remotes, at least to those of
us in US and Canada
Paul Webster;344736 Wrote:
They are now sync'd (my guess is that they will be a bit surprised when
they realise it - but they are running them off the same SqueezeCenter
so was only natural that I should sync them up for them - hopefully
someone there will work out how to unsync them if
aubuti;344911 Wrote:
Aw, c'mon Howard, Slim Devices does sell remotes, at least to those of
us in US and Canada
(https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/upgrades.cgi)
...I did not know that. Be nice if they sold cradles.
Anyway, all of those SB's you have and you don't want to part with
I purchased my SqueezeBox because I wanted to play the music on my PC
thoughout my house. But now I find I listed to internet radio more
than my own music. My husband however, does not always want to hear
what I'm listening to. I really wish Logitech would develope a mp3
player sized portable
Not sure anyone has mentioned that there is also a Guess Tags option
in Squeezecenter settings. If your music directory has a particular
structure and all the files are named appropriately, it can populate
your library from the file names and directory structure. May give you
some basic
Surely you must have set up something specific during your earlier
installs. Softsqueeze webstart uses a common prefs file, which means
the same mac address each time you run it. As SC uses the MAC
address as the client id, you therefore get each softsqueeze client
trying to be the same
I think this is a Debian/SC issue as reported in 'this recent bug'
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9434). Try reverting to
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Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)?
-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah,
I'm unable to get SqueezeCenter 7.1 or 7.2 to launch. Running on OS X
SERVER 10.4
Get the following in the consol loge:
= Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:43:16 PM US/Eastern =
MIME::Base64 object version 3.05 does not match bootstrap parameter
3.07 at
Apologies for the thread hijack but am another UK user who would love
Napster support.
However, Last.fm have said recently they are going to offer an
enhanced, on demand listening, subscription service which sounds quite
a bit like Napster. Given SC and Last.fm have been working together on
an
I have a car with a high quality sound system and I use an iPod with
songs in MP3 format. I tried FLAC but with all the other noises going
on around you it was impossible to tell the difference between FLAC and
MP3. Also, unless your iPod is powered from the car, battery life is
about 4 hours
Howdy,
Currently running SC 7.0 on windows with 3 SB's. I am using the Sirius
plug in, and am considering upgrading to SC 7.1. However, will the
Sirius functionality in 7.1 allow me to play different sirius channels
on each SB simultaneously? I can do that now - wife can listen to 1
sirius
Andy, when you say, Hmm, thanks, I've fixed that crash.., does that
means you just fixed this problem shortly after I reported it? Am I
supposed to download the latest beta build to fix this problem? This
constant banging away of my log file once every second with this
message seems to be
Whilst the technology's been around for a long time, touchscreen
devices/ PDAs haven't really come into their own yet. The iPod Touch
etc are OK as wireless touchscreen remotes, but they're not fantastic.
I'd like something with more screen real estate. I've also got little
doubt we're going
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 09:42:17AM -0700, Siduhe wrote:
I think this is a Debian/SC issue as reported in 'this recent bug'
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9434). Try reverting to
an earlier nightly.
Yup that's it.
7.2 works OK
7.3 has the same bug.
Thanks,
Yes, download the latest 7.2.1 nightly. Still doesn't explain what is
causing the requests.
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I did a routine security upgrade yesterday on the OS X Server. That
is when the SqueezeCenter stopped working.
I found this post:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-69468.html
that seems to be the problem I'm having. I'll do the recommended CPAN
commands and see if this solves
Heuer;344935 Wrote:
I have a car with a high quality sound system and I use an iPod with
songs in MP3 format. I tried FLAC but with all the other noises going
on around you it was impossible to tell the difference between FLAC and
MP3. Also, unless your iPod is powered from the car, battery
Thanks for the response! So does that mean that I should not have been
able to play multiples even with the plugin? Sorry; Im a newbie
H...
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Got it...May be a moot point, as I and others have had the plugin quit
working
Do you know if the SC release/tie in to sirius is officially
supported; i.e. sirius wont likely change something that would prevent
using it in the future? Just curious.
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Doing the CPAN fix from the MacFixIT posting solved my problem:
sudo /usr/bin/cpan
At the cpan prompt (cpan), type,
force install MIME::Base64
Once the install is done, q to quit
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bluespiano28;344898 Wrote:
Yes I know thank you - would prob convert into apple lossless on my
computer first. It's just it would mean the difference between getting
an 80gb ipod to play mp3s or a 160gb ipod to play in lossless!
Thanks for your helpI used to convert certain (important)
Yes, the built-in Sirius is officially supported.
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Andy, here's youre problem (see below debug view and respective
squeezecenter.exe PID). Debugview shows a problem banging away several
times a second. It looks like a bug. You can also see the server.log
file is generating this error again.
I am also getting a new error message in server.log
I have in the past used a Samsung Izzy webpad it had a great little 8
640x480 swivel touch screen that was, I guess, the original impetus
behind convertible tablet PC's.
Unfortunatly it only ran windows CE2.11 (pro) so PIEv1.0 was the order
of the day.
These types of devices have since been
Check out this thread:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44344highlight=saveitunesartworktofile.jspage=4
The script worked for me on Windows XP.
Peter.
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I'm currently updating my collection to FLAC and when I use the look
for new and changed music option to rescan, I find that often the MP3
albums I've removed from my collection are still around, so I end up
having a FLAC version and a phantom MP3 version.
Does look for new and changed music not
egd;344939 Wrote:
Whilst the technology's been around for a long time, touchscreen
devices/ PDAs haven't really come into their own yet.
Huh? PDAs have been around for years.
The iPod Touch etc are OK as wireless touchscreen remotes, but they're
not fantastic. I'd like something with
Another problem with my Duet, may be more in line with those of others.
The receiver is wired and connected to an OS X SC7.2 server. The
machine was up all the time and SC wasn't stopped.
Yesterday I was playing music until 8PM on the Duet. At that time I put
the Receiver Off and the Controller
Thank You!!!
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Howard Passman;344917 Wrote:
Anyway, all of those SB's you have and you don't want to part with one
:-)
Nope, not even to a fellow Marylander ;o) . I rather like the VFD
screens. Sorry!
Agreed it would be nice if they sold extra cradles.
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New and Changed won't remove albums from the database - it will look for
new or changed tags in your music and update the database. Try a full
Clear and Rescan from the music scan dropdown box.
If you still have ghost songs, check things like playlists (if there is
an old reference in the
That's unfortunate. It would be really nice to have an option to
add/update new and changed while deleting removed files.
I'm 1:40:00 into a full scan and only 75% done with the directory scan.
Sure, not a problem if I just leave it to run every night overnight,
but it would be nice to have a
Nokia N810 tablet, or iPod Touch should be able to do those things.
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Hi All,
I know this might sound like a silly question but how can I view a list
of all my songs by their ID3 tag? going to Music Folder shows the
song's file name? Do I need a special plugin for this?
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Huh? PDAs have been around for years.and they still suck
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Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter...'*here's
I've just read on a previous thread that Tesco downloads also can't be
picked up by SB3...this would explain why the tracks I've just
dwonloaded from Tesco also can't be found!!??!!
Sorry to ask the same question again but I've tried 2 sites in the UK
now, iTunes Tesco and neither work with
Yeah, I know, I was speechless too after seeing that ;)
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A little information would help. What are you viewing the list on:
a) the VFD screen of a SB Classic or Boom
b) the SB Duet Controller
c) the SC web ui
If it's (a), you can add Songs to the top-level menu (Settings
Player Menus) and browse the tags that way. If it's (b) or (c) I
think you're
I keep my entire collection lossless and prefer not to transfer or hold
on to lossy copies. It doesn't really matter to me if you can't tell
the difference in the car. I choose to give my money to companies who
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http://www.tescodigital.com and
http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download/6-/DigitalHome.html both provide
non-DRM MP3 music for download. HMV also offer a download service, but I
cant find its DRM status anywhere although many blogs suggest they are
DRM free. They key point is MP3, if you download
SuperQ;344983 Wrote:
Hopefully the SqueezeBox controller's headphone port will some day be
able to playback using SqueezeCenter.
Slated for SC7.3.
Audio playback will be required in the SqueezeOS for SqueezePlay as it
is going to be the replacement for SoftSqueeze as a desktop player.
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I picked up a new Duet today, and I'm having trouble turning it on.
It's been charging (I think) for an hour. The keys light up, but not
the display. What else should I be doing?
Thanks,
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Talking about cars, what _really_ changes an iPod's sound in cars is
using a dock-cable like this
http://www.amazon.com/Cables-4-Feet-Stereo-Connector-Cable/dp/B000JG3WBY/ref=pd_bbs_11?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1222632316sr=8-11
or this
aubuti;344977 Wrote:
Nope, not even to a fellow Marylander ;o) . I rather like the VFD
screens. Sorry!
Agreed it would be nice if they sold extra cradles.
.cause we call it Merland :-)
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autopilot;344903 Wrote:
Personally, i just use high quality VBR LAME MP3's created from my FLAC
library with DBpowerAMP.
Lossless is wasted on an iPod; the very average DAC, not-so-great
headphone AMP, compressed circuitry and lack of a proper line-out means
the difference between high
Nonreality;345012 Wrote:
Wow Themis, great minds think alike. :) I responded to this before I
got to your post.Two different speeds, same destination. ;)
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KJAWolf;345003 Wrote:
I picked up a new Duet today, and I'm having trouble turning it on.
It's been charging (I think) for an hour. The keys light up, but not
the display. What else should I be doing?
Thanks,
Ken
Well, another hour and the display lights up, but there is no image.
I would contact support or your retailer, could be that you have a
defective controller.
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Paul W, thanks for the lead! Would you mind letting me know which PC
world that is?
I think your post shows you as being near London?
regards, SC
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I'm aware of that issue and, yes, I would have set different MAC
addresses in each instance of SoftSqueez. (On my previous server I had
a batch file that launched each instance with a unique MAC address, set
the correct channel on teh sound card etc.)
Actually, the difference is the
How about an Archos? they are touch screen and come in sizes up to 7 I
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Slightly off topic, but noticed that Denon have a range of networked
components including Boom look-a-like. Wireless/wired. FLAC too.
Interesting that Denon now seem to be in the speaker business. Perhaps
meeting a need for a 'packaged' system rather than a set of components.
Dan
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transcode my entire FLAC collection to ALAC (using iTunesEncode and
Foobar2000). It drives me crazy that this has to be done, but there
seemed to be no
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