Re: [slim] Alternate scan ideas

2010-11-27 Thread Mnyb
Will the Auto scan -really- work I have my doubts ? What would it do when I start to add new files for example ? Will it wait until i added a complete album to do the scan ? As the scanner works now where it depends also on file structure and folder structure for some decision will this be a me

Re: [slim] Scan Stops Early Because Failure To Merge Various Artists

2010-11-27 Thread Phil Leigh
rbz5416;591113 Wrote: > Just to echo the above, the one time I saw this was on a machine running > Microsoft Security Essentials. Only completely uninstalling would allow > the scan to complete. Current versions of MSE are fully compatible with SBS - thankfully. -- Phil Leigh You want to see

Re: [slim] Control your SqueezeBox or Transporter with Foobar2000

2010-11-27 Thread stuffedspacedog
Bump! Anyone using this with multiple players using the method above? -- stuffedspacedog stuffedspacedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38655 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sho

Re: [slim] Scan Stops Early Because Failure To Merge Various Artists

2010-11-27 Thread rbz5416
Phil Leigh;591188 Wrote: > Current versions of MSE are fully compatible with SBS - thankfully.Worth > knowing - thanks. -- rbz5416 rbz5416's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12089 View this thread

[slim] Squeezebox doesn't "see" mp4 songs ?

2010-11-27 Thread plover
Hi, I have Win XP with Sq Server latest version, wirelessly connected to a Squeezebox Boom. Have about 500 songs, some of the .mp4 which I bought via iTunes in the last two years. however, when I do a Music Search on the Squeezbox Server, the -mp4 songs are missing on the Boom and in the "soft" we

Re: [slim] Squeezebox doesn't "see" mp4 songs ?

2010-11-27 Thread garym
plover;591203 Wrote: > Hi, I have Win XP with Sq Server latest version, wirelessly connected to > a Squeezebox Boom. Have about 500 songs, some of the .mp4 which I bought > via iTunes in the last two years. however, when I do a Music Search on > the Squeezbox Server, the -mp4 songs are missing on

Re: [slim] "MAC not set!" error on Boom

2010-11-27 Thread dcote
thanks ghostrider! your seggestion also pointed me to the "factory reset" option - which i decided to try first. and it worked! set up networking again and everything (!) is back to the way it was. :-) on a side note: how could a boom "forget" its original MAC address? -- dcote -

Re: [slim] Squeezebox doesn't "see" mp4 songs ?

2010-11-27 Thread cjfreitag
Yep, I just went through this. For me the fix was in two stages. First, I went ahead to do the iTunes plus upgrade, and that fixed about 95% of the tracks for me. For the other 5% I downloaded one of the many programs that will convert the protected version to another format by burning playlists t

[slim] squeezebox keeps randomly re-booting

2010-11-27 Thread DannyKudos
Hi I have been the happy owner of a squeezebox 3 for close to 5 years. No real problems up to recently. In the last week or so, the player has started to randomly re-boot itself while playing. It seems to completely power off and back on. Anyone else had similar experiences ? I dont think i

Re: [slim] Scan Stops Early Because Failure To Merge Various Artists

2010-11-27 Thread Slatts
I had this problem and cured it by putting *myd & *myi files in the "Excluded Files" and my Music folder in "Excluded Folders" sections of MS Essentials. -- Slatts Slatts's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] "MAC not set!" error on Boom

2010-11-27 Thread snarlydwarf
dcote;591216 Wrote: > thanks ghostrider! > > your seggestion also pointed me to the "factory reset" option - which i > decided to try first. and it worked! > > set up networking again and everything (!) is back to the way it was. > :-) > > on a side note: how could a boom "forget" its original

[slim] Set time?

2010-11-27 Thread jmschnur
How do I set the time for my players? I am now. One hour off -- jmschnur Joel jmschnur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83509

Re: [slim] Set time?

2010-11-27 Thread ghostrider
Players get time from the server. If you're connected to mysb.com, make sure you're set to the correct time zone. -- ghostrider ghostrider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18959 View this thread:

Re: [slim] "MAC not set!" error on Boom

2010-11-27 Thread ghostrider
dcote;591216 Wrote: > thanks ghostrider! > > your seggestion also pointed me to the "factory reset" option - which i > decided to try first. and it worked! > > set up networking again and everything (!) is back to the way it was. > :-) > > on a side note: how could a boom "forget" its original

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

2010-11-27 Thread Apesbrain
Sorry to bump this old thread, but can someone confirm that Napster streams on Squeezebox are still only 128kbps? I've been thinking of switching to save some money but will keep Rhapsody if this is the case. Thanks. -- Apesbrain ---

Re: [slim] squeezebox keeps randomly re-booting

2010-11-27 Thread toby10
It may just be a loose power connection. Check this by wiggling the power connection at the player, see if this causes a reboot. Could be a failing PSU as well. And, no, "losing WiFi" is not normal. What is the WiFi signal strength on your player? Possible interference near by? Router failing

Re: [slim] squeezebox keeps randomly re-booting

2010-11-27 Thread alfista
Power supply on its last legs perhaps. Dodgy WiFi boards in the SB3 has caused a few problems here and there also, if you can live with a wired conection you could try removing the WiFi board. -- alfista alfista's Profile:

[slim] Pandora: How do I play a "share them music" URI?

2010-11-27 Thread klotz
I found a "share the music" page on Pandora. It says To share this station, send your friends this URL: http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh5836564204326639 How do I get it to play on the squeezebox? I tried putting in this URL into "create a station" in the squeezeserver UI, and that failed. I also

Re: [slim] squeezebox keeps randomly re-booting

2010-11-27 Thread DannyKudos
Ive checked the power connections and all looks fine. I think I'll try a new power supply to start with. WIFI is running at >80%. When I say I loose wifi occasionally I mean every few weeks... probably a channel clash with a neighbor.. it aint a regular thing. CAT5 aint really an option. I

[slim] accented chars in MusicIP - one solution

2010-11-27 Thread bobkoure
I've been pretty careful to get all the accented characters in my music tags right. I use MP3Tag to rename based on tags, so I end up with accented characters in my file names. Windows and SB server handle these file names with accented characters just fine. Sadly, MusicIP does not - and there's n

Re: [slim] squeezebox keeps randomly re-booting

2010-11-27 Thread garym
DannyKudos;591255 Wrote: > Ive checked the power connections and all looks fine. I think I'll try > a new power supply to start with. > > WIFI is running at >80%. When I say I loose wifi occasionally I mean > every few weeks... probably a channel clash with a neighbor.. it aint > a regular

Re: [slim] Set time?

2010-11-27 Thread jmschnur
Thanks for. Some reason my settings were wrong in the server. -- jmschnur Joel jmschnur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=8350

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

2010-11-27 Thread andyg
Yes Napster is still 128k WMA. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73977

Re: [slim] ANNOUNCE: iPeng for iPad - Your Squeezebox Remote Gets Big

2010-11-27 Thread jimzak
Great app. However, I'm still having performance issues and lately, crashes. I have 100 CDs in the new music list, and it takes a very long period of time for the thumbnails to appear with album art. How long? That's unclear because I haven't sat down long enough to time it. I have checked yo

Re: [slim] ANNOUNCE: iPeng for iPad - Your Squeezebox Remote Gets Big

2010-11-27 Thread pippin
jimzak;591265 Wrote: > > I have 100 CDs in the new music list, and it takes a very long period > of time for the thumbnails to appear with album art. How long? That's > unclear because I haven't sat down long enough to time it. I have > checked your website regarding performance and the only

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2010-11-27 Thread jgctx
Ok I am not a programmer but I am in the need of help. I own a squeezebox portable unit that I use an iphone app called ipeng to control over a wireless network and via the cellular network. It works great so I bought the squeezebox receiver to use on my home stereo. I thought I would be able to

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2010-11-27 Thread garym
jgctx;591279 Wrote: > Ok I am not a programmer but I am in the need of help. > > I own a squeezebox portable unit that I use an iphone app called ipeng > to control over a wireless network and via the cellular network. It > works great so I bought the squeezebox receiver to use on my home > ster

Re: [slim] ANNOUNCE: iPeng for iPad - Your Squeezebox Remote Gets Big

2010-11-27 Thread Jayrcee
pippin;591278 Wrote: > If you do that right after start it can take a while until iPeng even > _starts_ to load the artwork, it has to load the first part of the > album list first. > Crashes aside this usually should not happen very often with iOS 4.x. > > SqueezePad uses these tiny thumbnails

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-11-27 Thread badaboom
First of all, SqueezeCommander looks awesome, and if I had an Android phone, I would be all over it. So, while I don't have such a phone, I've decided to teach myself Android development. I've got Eclipse all set up, and after a little bit of thinking, I decided to develop my own version of an And

[slim] Enjoying your music from another place

2010-11-27 Thread pski
I finally got motivated and I hope I've made this place useful: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Enjoying_your_music_from_another_place If your religion insists on ssh, don't bother to flame. The approach here works and is reasonably secure. P -- pski real stereo makes the lights dim o

Re: [slim] Enjoying your music from another place

2010-11-27 Thread Goodsounds
Nice of you spend the time to describe these instructions, though something tells me that the people who are inclined to do this may not need the help. I have a consistently functioning system of SB devices, but I'm decidedly non-technical. Any explanation that goes much beyond 3 lines loses my i

Re: [slim] ANNOUNCE: iPeng for iPad - Your Squeezebox Remote Gets Big

2010-11-27 Thread pippin
Thanks. The iTunes way didn't work for me, it reported it to be the latest version. I was the download link I was lacking. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com