Re: [slim] FLAC to MP3?

2006-07-24 Thread Robin Bowes
thespaugh wrote: Can anyone recommend a good free tool for converting FLACs to MP3s? I've converted my CD library to FLAC and don't want to go though the hassle of dealing with discs just to make files for my porable MP3 player. As someone has already mentioned:

Re: [slim] Re: Slim Devices at MacGathering, LA 5/19-5/20

2006-06-27 Thread Robin Bowes
Jez wrote: Now if I can only find a way to justify a booth at the Goodwood Festival of Speed . . hmmm Heh, I got complimentary tickets for FoS in 2004 - it was an excellent day. Sadly, I'm not in the area any more but I still have contacts in the area. Perhaps next year? R.

Re: [slim] Re: Slim Devices celebrates the 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006-06-23 Thread Robin Bowes
Philip Meyer wrote: Can it be set-up to ignore any good news about the England team? No need - there isn't any ;) Oy! Easy tiger. All together now .. En - gur - land, En - gur - land, En - gur - land. Football's coming home. R. ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Quick flac2mp3 question

2006-06-23 Thread Robin Bowes
funkstar wrote: i've just set Foobar2000 to the task of converting all my FLACs to MP3s and realised it has made a complete hash of my nice tagging. Does the flac2mp3 script do a better job? specifically for multi disk sets. I have all my music in the following structure:

Re: [slim] Linear PSU - For Sale

2006-06-23 Thread Robin Bowes
jjrobb wrote: If anyone has ever thought about upgrading their Squeezebox power supply to a Linear Power Supply, then I have one for sale. If you have a decent Hi-Fi then you will get a much clearer/fuller sound from your Squeezebox. (See: http://tinyurl.com/ro2h2) Nice pictures - that will

Re: [slim] Wireless SqueezeBox 3 for only £192 inv VAT

2006-05-31 Thread Robin Bowes
Michael Herger wrote: I really had to look _very_ hard to see this mails actual content... Can't you change the disclaimer? No you can't. Why not use a private mail address instead? Yes, please don't post to the lists from work addresses with stupidly long and irrelevant disclaimers. R.

Re: [slim] Wireless SqueezeBox 3 for only £192 inv VAT

2006-05-31 Thread Robin Bowes
Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) wrote: Hopefully for the last time.. 1.I have not control over the stupid size of disclaimer Although I have pointed out easier ways to the compliance department that would save masses of space and thus money. 2.I use a work e-mail address because I

Re: [slim] Re: FreeNAS server

2006-05-31 Thread Robin Bowes
notanatheist wrote: Cannot run Slimserver on it (yet). A member is working on it. I'm trying to work on it too but don't seem to have time or hardware that wants to cooperate with FreeBSD. Do a search for FreeNAS on the forums. That would be me! I too am struggling for time but it's still on

Re: [slim] Re: How to connect to a NAS drive

2006-05-08 Thread Robin Bowes
nicketynick wrote: Robin Bowes Wrote: nicketynick wrote: H, good idea I'll need a new power supply at least though - the thing squeals like a pig until its warmed up, so the fans bearings must be in bad shape. So, instead of spending $100 (CAD) on a new power supply, maybe I

Re: [slim] Re: Flac To MP3 - C#/.NET Version

2006-05-02 Thread Robin Bowes
johnc_22 wrote: radish Wrote: To be fair, installing perl involves going to activestate.com, downloading the installer and running it. It's no more complex than installing VS2k5. But yes, the more code the better so thanks for sharing. I got as far as installing activestate but then

Re: [slim] Ready NAS NV vs. Terastation Pro vs. Terastation vs. ??? (Storage Solution)

2006-04-17 Thread Robin Bowes
AndreasG wrote: Hi Everybody, With a music library of 600GB that is still growing, I finally made my decision to go for a dedicated RAID5/NAS solution to store my files. I find that handling all those external harddrives is just too much clutter, and the RAID5 configuration will give some

Re: [slim] Version Histories

2006-04-17 Thread Robin Bowes
timjon wrote: Hi, Is there a list anywhere of which features / bugfixes were implemented in which version of slimserver? I tried updating from 5.1.1 to 6.2.1, but found a couple of (for me) showstopping problems, regarding playlist handling and performance. I'm now idly considering

Re: [slim] Re: Remind me what I did about slimserver.log

2006-04-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Marc Sherman wrote: trebejo wrote: Did you maybe put the --logfile switch in your start script? That's something that people usually don't wipe out in an upgrade/reinstall. Eh... did I really do that? I'm on a Mac. I just click and grin. :) Don't you think it might have been a good idea

Re: [slim] Re: How to connect to a NAS drive

2006-04-12 Thread Robin Bowes
nicketynick wrote: H, good idea I'll need a new power supply at least though - the thing squeals like a pig until its warmed up, so the fans bearings must be in bad shape. So, instead of spending $100 (CAD) on a new power supply, maybe I should direct those $$ towards a slug, if it can

Re: [slim] Black Magic Firmware: firmware 37

2006-04-07 Thread Robin Bowes
depeche wrote: Nice. I explain my troubles here, no one listens or offers up ideas. Erm, you didn't give us long. I call Tech support, thare are no help. I let people here know, amd I get CRAP like this from you (Whoever you are) That my friends, _is_ the true meaning of community

Re: [slim] Re: Is there an announcements-only mailing list?

2006-04-05 Thread Robin Bowes
Mark Lanctot wrote: There was no announcement, but it's definitely there: http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15 and it can be viewed as a mailing list. Hmmm. That's not made it onto gmane yet. Dan, did you arrnge to get the new forum(s) into gmane? R.

Re: [slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
Heuer wrote: Paul Are you saying FLAC sounds better than Apple Lossless? It should sound identical. I tried FLAC but having to rip every CD twice (second time for my iPod) seemed like a bit of a waste of time. http://robinbowes.com/projects/flac2mp3 To my ears there was no difference

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
Jack Coates wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: lnxguru wrote: If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM you'll need

Re: [slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
timmorris wrote: K.T. Tunstall - Tunstall, K.T. James Blunt - Blunt, James It's not as easy as you might think. I postulated an algorithm for converting artist names to ArtistSort tags a while ago on the Ripping format but I've never got round to writing a tool to implement it.

Re: [slim] Re: slimserver losing playlists

2006-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
pablolie wrote: I challenge you to find a single place where my tone was off. I have stated a problem I have with the product, period. I have not labeled anyone or anything. Not once, ever, in any of my messages to these forums. I can understand your frustration but if you're using

Re: [slim] Re: Custom Cases for Squeezebox3?

2006-04-02 Thread Robin Bowes
doundounba wrote: Well, thanks for the info JJZolx - much appreciated. Guess it looks like I might be hunting for a Squeezebox 2 on Ebay for a while I have a Platinum Wireless SB2 which I would be happy to trade for a black wireless SB3. Let me know if you're interested. R.

Re: [slim] How was this made?

2006-04-02 Thread Robin Bowes
some1 wrote: Which programing lanuge was used to make this? C++ PHP?? To make what? slimserver is written in perl. R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-02 Thread Robin Bowes
lnxguru wrote: If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM you'll need for this will depend on what else you're going to do with this

Re: [slim] Re: What's a good backup utility?

2006-03-30 Thread Robin Bowes
trebejo wrote: Instead of simply re-writing the entire directory branch everytime I need to make a full back up, I only delete the obsolete files and update or copy the new ones by typing a single line in a terminal: So, what happens when you realise that you deleted a file just before you

Re: [slim] Re: Password protecting the server ...

2006-03-26 Thread Robin Bowes
jmhayes wrote: mherger Wrote: SlimServer is meant to feed players inhouse. That's dumb. No, that's a design criterion. I bought an extra player for my shop, which is on one of those DSL lines that changes IP addresses all the time, so a firewall with limitation by IP address is gonna

Re: [slim] Re: Password protecting the server ...

2006-03-26 Thread Robin Bowes
jmhayes wrote: Slimserver is open source. It's not the server that's the problem, it's the hardware device. Where can I download the firmware? What has the firmware got to do with this? R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: Password protecting the server ...

2006-03-26 Thread Robin Bowes
jmhayes wrote: Robin Bowes Wrote: What has the firmware got to do with this? If there was a password required for the player, you'd have to have a way to tell the player what the password was. But there isn't, so you don't. :) Submit an enhancement request at http

Re: [slim] Replay Gain seriously screwed up!

2006-03-26 Thread Robin Bowes
ezkcdude wrote: I just analyzed and adjusted the replay gain in my entire library using MP3Gain. I assumed that the gain info could be disabled, but it clearly changes the gain even when the option for Replay gain is disabled in SlimServer. Has anyone else had this problem? Is this a bug I

Re: [slim] Re: Utility of Raid 5

2006-03-24 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter Nõu wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: Personally, I have a 6-disk R5 array - 4 + 1 parity + 1 hot spare I'll be going with RAID6 next time - that can withstand the loss of two drives. and what controller might you invest in for this (future) setup? something relatively cheap that can

Re: [slim] Re: Utility of Raid 5

2006-03-24 Thread Robin Bowes
Jack Coates wrote: dean blackketter wrote: My experience with raid5 was a bad one. I had one drive fail on my linux server and didn't get notified for a long time. Then when I went to add another drive and rebuild, another (of the same vintage) went out. Now, I'm not 100% sure that it

Re: [slim] Re: Wiki page on player firmware

2006-03-24 Thread Robin Bowes
Yannzola wrote: Is it really that easy to revert to an older version of the firmware? Yes. Don't you need to edit the squeezebox.version file for a prompt to appear in the player if the firmware older than called for originally? No. It will downgrade automatically. R.

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 stopped working - (long)

2006-03-23 Thread Robin Bowes
slimdemage wrote: I have never really seen SlimDevices respond to stability issues that customers continually bring up. We all know that there are repeatable problems. So sad, and so true. After wasting many hours of my own time trying to make this product function as advertised I returned

Re: [slim] Re: Utility of Raid 5

2006-03-23 Thread Robin Bowes
Jim Dibb wrote: I wasn't referring to write corruption but the chance of simultaneous loss of 2 drives. If you have a drive failure in your R1, it still needs to be replaced and rebuilt before the second drive also fails. 2 drive failure is also what you primarily worry about in R5 systems,

Re: [slim] Re: Utility of Raid 5

2006-03-23 Thread Robin Bowes
Jim Dibb wrote: Smiley not withstanding, R10 is neither more reliable nor cheaper than R1. Nor more expensive really. Also, the math from my previous post applies for why it's at all more reliable than R5. Actually, it's slightly more reliable. It can withstand the loss of 2 discs (one in

Re: [slim] Re: Connecting to SB with Slimserver

2006-03-21 Thread Robin Bowes
rocket j squirrel wrote: Worked like a charm! So . . . when fresh out of the box, SB needs to be told where to look to find the Slimserver. If you want to change to another server, you have to do the hold down the power button to enter the config menu thing. Pressing and holding the left

Re: [slim] Re: How do YOU backup your music?

2006-03-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Kevin O. Lepard wrote: Multiple layers of protection: 1) Original CDs in storage 2) Copy of ripped music on 2 different hard drives 3) Copy burned to 2 sets of DVD-Rs, one off-site 4) Copy on a RAID 5 NAS That's nice and thorough. I'm not quite there yet. I've currently got: 1. Original

Re: [slim] Re: How do YOU backup your music?

2006-03-17 Thread Robin Bowes
JJZolx wrote: Robin Bowes Wrote: 1) Original CDs in storage 2) Copy of ripped music on 2 different hard drives 3) Copy burned to 2 sets of DVD-Rs, one off-site 4) Copy on a RAID 5 NAS[/color] That's nice and thorough. I'm not quite there yet. I've currently got: 1. Original CDs in storage

Re: [slim] Re: What's the difference between SS 6.2 and 6.5?

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Bowes
JJZolx wrote: Add: Browse Artwork is now actually usable. First, there's a sort preference, so you can sort by artist, then year, then album name. Second, text has been added to the listing to display the artist, album and year. Hmmm. This isn't working for me - I've chosen artist, year,

Re: [slim] Re: What's the difference between SS 6.2 and 6.5?

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Bowes
Robin Bowes wrote: JJZolx wrote: Add: Browse Artwork is now actually usable. First, there's a sort preference, so you can sort by artist, then year, then album name. Second, text has been added to the listing to display the artist, album and year. Hmmm. This isn't working for me - I've

Re: [slim] Re: What's the difference between SS 6.2 and 6.5?

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Bowes
kdf wrote: On 14-Mar-06, at 2:22 AM, Robin Bowes wrote: Clarification: this is with fishbone - it works fine with Default skin. skins have nothing to do with the sorting Well how come the sorting works OK with the default skin but not with fishbone? R

Re: [slim] Re: What's the difference between SS 6.2 and 6.5?

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Bowes
kdf wrote: Quoting Robin Bowes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Granted, when I first changed the setting, I do think it took a few refreshes to get it to show. -k It's working now. The thing that made the difference was to set slimserver to display placeholders for missing artwork. It now works even

Re: [slim] Question about cloth in the SB3 Box

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Bowes
govardha wrote: Hello, There is this felt like piece of cloth included in my SB3 box, is that supposed to serve any purpose? It's to wipe fingerprints off your SB3. R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: Curious about Dual-Core and SlimServer

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Bowes
ezkcdude wrote: Man, sounds like I need to hire my own IT person just to figure this out. I shall give it my best efforts, but it sounds like I need some knowledge that I do not currently have. I'm for hire. Reasonable rates too. :) R. ___ Discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple servers

2006-03-08 Thread Robin Bowes
rblaine wrote: Has anyone had luck with this? I'd like to run two separate slimservers on my solaris box - one which serves up FLAC for local clients, and the other which serves mp3 to the internet, where there isn't enough bandwidth for flac. It's possible to configure the http server

Re: [slim] Re: Looking for a SB2 - Any for Sale?

2006-03-07 Thread Robin Bowes
Fred wrote: I have a vintage SliMP3 if you want :-) Hey, I could add that to my collection! I've got a SB1G, SB2, SB3. Just need an SB1 + a SliMP3 ... :) R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Playback of 32kHz mp3

2006-03-06 Thread Robin Bowes
Hi, I've got a load of mp3s that are encoded at a bitrate of 96kbps CBR and a sample rate of 32.0 kHz. Is it possible to get my SB3 to play these back correctly without all the crackling + static noise I currently get in the left channel? Would I need to decode and reencode at 44.1 Khz? Can

Re: [slim] Re: The Audiotron Knob, Wheel Mice etc

2006-03-04 Thread Robin Bowes
JJZolx wrote: I'd never buy a preamp, for instance, that only used a remote control. Imagine not being able to walk over to your stereo and turn a knob or press a button to turn the damned thing up or down. That's the Squeezebox. I agree with this - I'd like to be able to control the SB

Re: [slim] waterproof remote control

2006-03-03 Thread Robin Bowes
Builder Brad wrote: The Squeezebox is such a great piece of kit! now I have most of my Cd collection ripped and have replaced the Cd in my main system i am now looking at additional units around the house. I am looking for a waterproof remote control for the SB2 to use in a hot tub. I

Re: [slim] Re: Random Play is SO Non-Random!

2006-03-02 Thread Robin Bowes
aubuti wrote: Ben Wrote: Err, what's non random about repeating? Every song has just as much of a chance as being next as any other, including the one that just played. What you want is decidly non-random. You want it to pick any song but make sure that a song from that artist and album

Re: [slim] Re: Random Play is SO Non-Random!

2006-03-02 Thread Robin Bowes
aubuti wrote: Robin Bowes Wrote: There was a bug introduced in some versions of the server whereby the plugin would only choose from tracks that had already been played. This might be the problem, and upgrading to a more recent version might fix it. Thanks. I'm running 6.2.2 (Linux) from

Re: [slim] Help! My new SB3 can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-28 Thread Robin Bowes
mwoodroof wrote: Failing any help, does anyone know if there is a customer services telephone number for Slim in the UK? Hey Dean - look, someone's looking for a support number in the UK. ;) R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: Recommended UK wireless ADSL routers?

2006-02-27 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon said the following on 02/27/2006 09:21 AM: What's a POS? Piece of ... Mine's worked fine for a couple of years now - no disconnections no overheating. Maybe I just got a good one. Perhaps you had a later version? The v1 units were attrocious - google shows up loads of people

Re: [slim] Re: Recommended UK wireless ADSL routers?

2006-02-27 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon said the following on 02/27/2006 06:36 PM: Pretty much every router I googled when I was looking had loads of people slagging it off, and a few saying it was OK! I updated mine to the most recent firmware I could find and it's been fine. I'm not a very demanding wireless user

Re: [slim] Re: Documenting the use of tags in Slimserver

2006-02-26 Thread Robin Bowes
Michaelwagner said the following on 02/26/2006 06:30 PM: OK, I can understand why you'd want multiple genres and multiple artists for a track, but why multiple titles? Is this for, like The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) Cher ? So it would show up under both if I recoded it as The

Re: [slim] Re: Recommended UK wireless ADSL routers?

2006-02-26 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon said the following on 02/26/2006 06:55 PM: I have a WAG54G and found that I had problems with a recent SB2. No problem with the older SB2 which uses a different wireless card IIRC. Updating to the latest SB2/3 Firmware (FW35) seemed to solve the problem, so I recommend you try

Re: [slim] Re: Volume Normalization

2006-02-26 Thread Robin Bowes
Mr_Smiley said the following on 02/27/2006 12:20 AM: Foobar deleted my ID3v2 tags leaving only v1 on about a third of my files. It also clipped some of the longer artist names. And to top it all off it added varius simbols to the end of most of the artists, albums and titles. Sounds like

Re: [slim] Re: Who are you on LastFM?

2006-02-22 Thread Robin Bowes
bernt said the following on 02/22/2006 06:22 AM: http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ The girly tunes on top of the list is played by my wife and kids. ;) Yeah, of course they are. ;) Wait until my kids come to stay - Bob the Builder, The Wiggles, and Bear In The Big Blue House will be top

Re: [slim] Re: Who are you on LastFM?

2006-02-21 Thread Robin Bowes
ModelCitizen said the following on 02/21/2006 07:42 PM: http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen/ oddly enough. I'd be a little surprised if I found any neighbours on this forum though. Or indeed, on this planet. ;) R. ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Who are you on LastFM?

2006-02-21 Thread Robin Bowes
fairyliquidizer said the following on 02/21/2006 05:09 PM: http://www.last.fm/user/fairyliquidizer/ Lets find out whose music collections we like and whose we don't :-) http://www.last.fm/user/robinbowes I have a last.fm related question. You will notice that my Top Artist Overall is

Re: [slim] Who are you on LastFM?

2006-02-21 Thread Robin Bowes
Robin Bowes said the following on 02/21/2006 10:34 PM: Does anyone know if I can delete my history and start again now that I've sorted all my tags out? Aha. Got it. First question in the FAQ. All gone now! R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Drive sector size for music folder?

2006-02-20 Thread Robin Bowes
Mark Lanctot said the following on 02/20/2006 08:43 PM: tyler_durden Wrote: Try formatting in HPFS. The default allocation size is 512 bytes, I believe. You'll get less fragmentation in HPFS also. TD Thanks for the suggestion but whoa, looks complicated - you seem to need drivers and

Re: [slim] white Noise - WANTED

2006-02-19 Thread Robin Bowes
Eserim said the following on 02/19/2006 08:24 AM: OK, a change from topics complaining about random white noise, here's one requesting it. With a 4 day old baby coming home today that has been played white noise in the maternity ward, I was wondering if any clever developer has writen

Re: [slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed

2006-02-16 Thread Robin Bowes
jth said the following on 02/16/2006 03:29 PM: I've also got proof-of-concept code working to 'fix' the database renumbering issue by using a fingerprint of a track rather than slimserver's ID number. This is going to take a while to see the light of day though. It's probably worth bringing

Re: [slim] permission problem: opendir failed

2006-02-14 Thread Robin Bowes
cenzo said the following on 02/14/2006 09:02 PM: it seems that slimserver is unable to use its group privileges. i start slimserver with an init script, wherein i declare: --user=slimserver --group=slimserver in /etc/group i have: muzak:x:101:slimserver and in /etc/passwd i have:

Re: [slim] Re: NY times/ Pandora

2006-02-10 Thread Robin Bowes
Michael Herger said the following on 02/10/2006 09:17 AM: Um..if I change my server to use an IP hide program will it let me subscribe? I'm sitting in the same boat (living in Switzerland). But I don't fear IP blocking. I think it's a purely legal issue with no technical

Re: [slim] Songbird Is Out

2006-02-08 Thread Robin Bowes
ron thigpen said the following on 02/08/2006 04:22 PM: Mark Lanctot wrote: I haven't been able to get this site to load this morning. I'm getting simple connection timeouts. Most likely just load from the hordes wanting to download the app. (There's a highly ranked mention on Digg).

Re: [slim] Re: No sound from Squeezebox after reflash

2006-02-05 Thread Robin Bowes
thxnordic said the following on 02/05/2006 09:35 PM: Hi, I do not get a sound after the reflash and even the factory reset (it work before). I see the song I like to listen too but the VU meter does not move. I believe the song does not start to play. I tried the radio but also no success.

Re: [slim] flac to mp3

2006-02-02 Thread Robin Bowes
oli said the following on 02/02/2006 01:23 AM: Is there any simple to use programme (ideally with a GUI) that will allow me to convert files ,already ripped as FLACs, to mp3 for use on an ipod etc. If you're happy running perl scripts (no GUI I'm afraid) you might like to try flac2mp3:

Re: [slim] Re: Random Mix: Limiting what is played

2006-02-02 Thread Robin Bowes
snarlydwarf said the following on 02/02/2006 03:57 AM: dborn Wrote: And I decide to play songs with the following criteria: include rock, exclude grunge It's wrong because it's based on a faulty premise... There is only include There is no exclude. It would be nice if there was

Re: [slim] Forums rearranged

2006-02-02 Thread Robin Bowes
seanadams said the following on 02/02/2006 07:08 PM: As you can see (unless you're using email) we've rearranged the forums a bit - we'll also be adding a couple new ones shortly. Sean, If it needs it, can you let us know when the gmane feed has been updated too? Thanks, R.

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?

2006-02-01 Thread Robin Bowes
Michaelwagner said the following on 02/01/2006 12:01 PM: radish Wrote: slow a track down a chunk and you get phasing on transients like snares, and kick drums lose all their definition. I guess this gets into what we use it for. Swing DJs don't muck with the sound when we play for dancing.

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?

2006-02-01 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon said the following on 02/01/2006 01:27 PM: Those of us who work with audio (I work for http://www.jssaudio.co.uk) often make the mistake of assuming that everyone who listens to music is as passionate and/or knowledgable about audio quality as we are. They're not!Robin, I've just

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?

2006-02-01 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon said the following on 02/01/2006 02:32 PM: In the Gallery! (I missed Status Quo too) Which Gallery? R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?

2006-02-01 Thread Robin Bowes
Alex Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes said the following on 02/01/2006 03:23 PM: On Wed 1 February 2006 15:05, Robin Bowes wrote: Patrick Dixon said the following on 02/01/2006 02:32 PM: In the Gallery! (I missed Status Quo too) Which Gallery? http://www.jssaudio.co.uk/JSSWeb/My_Homepage_Files

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?

2006-02-01 Thread Robin Bowes
Craig said the following on 02/01/2006 04:18 PM: I didn't realise you were in the PA game and only in York too, we're talking about replaceing our EV MT1 rig sometime soon. We won't be needing one of those big bent systems though :-) Where are you? Get in touch and I can sort you out a nice

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?

2006-02-01 Thread Robin Bowes
Robin Bowes said the following on 02/01/2006 04:44 PM: Yahoo:robin_bowes AIM: robinbowes MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gaaah, that's: robin-.net at robinbowes dot com Tel. +44 (7737) 776768 Forgot to ask, who's we? i.e. what are you using your MT-1 for? R

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 internal pic?

2006-02-01 Thread Robin Bowes
Simon @ Home said the following on 02/01/2006 06:54 PM: Get with it Robin, he doesn't mean your home pages he means the gallery of http://www.jssaudio.co.uk. And he's right, music lover :-) Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got there in the end! Anyway, I didn't do any of those gigs. I do however have

Re: [slim] Re: Random Mix: Limiting what is played

2006-01-31 Thread Robin Bowes
dborn said the following on 01/31/2006 11:27 PM: Peter van Cooten Wrote: Another question is what happens when you have the genre tag rap;indecent, and start a random mix INcluding rap and EXcluding indecent. I don't know, but I guess it still would be played based on the rap tag. I

Re: [slim] Re: Optimizing Slimserver on a dedicated machine

2006-01-31 Thread Robin Bowes
I really don't think it is much of a RAM problem: I notice that the CPU pretty much gets maxed out when loading pages like Browse Artists, Browse Albums. It just may be that I need to move slimserver to a machine with a faster CPU. I was hoping I could use the older PIII as it is a

Re: [slim] Re: Uh Oh, A problem

2006-01-28 Thread Robin Bowes
WrightDawg said the following on 01/28/2006 05:29 PM: Nope not using ITunes. This is totally out of left field as this just happened last night. Before then, everything was working as it should. Again, it's not doubling the albums per se, what it's doing is listing the same album

Re: [slim] Add song to TOP of playlist

2006-01-25 Thread Robin Bowes
blberenb said the following on 01/25/2006 01:04 PM: Adding songs to existing playlists is a great feature when you are throwing a party and friends are browsing your music libraries. However, songs are always added to the bottom of the playlist. I would love the option to add a song to my

Re: [slim] Re: When should I switch from SQLLite to MySQL?

2006-01-25 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon said the following on 01/25/2006 10:17 AM: Hmm, well I've spent the 5 minutes and I'm getting nowhere ... I'm getting: mysql Ungrant all on slimserver.* to slimserver [identified by 'password']; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that

Re: [slim] Re: When should I switch from SQLLite to MySQL?

2006-01-25 Thread Robin Bowes
Browny said the following on 01/25/2006 01:30 PM: Install it onto your Ubuntu box. You can then use the browser on your XP box. You don't need to install a web server (bit like Slimserver in that respect. To use phpmyadmin? Yes you do. phpMyAdmin uses (surprisingly enough) php which needs a

Re: [slim] Re: got an SB2 yesterday! do you have a black case but wantsilver?

2006-01-25 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon said the following on 01/25/2006 07:06 PM: I will send you an empty black case if you'll cover the postage. I'm in the UK. Hey Patrick, I'll take one - I too prefer black! IM me to discuss details: AOL:robinbowes Yahoo: robin_bowes MSN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] R.

Re: [slim] Linkstation Slimserver module problem

2006-01-21 Thread Robin Bowes
thorby said the following on 01/21/2006 12:25 PM: I know there are a number of posts concerning this and I have looked at them and I have had no success (I am not UNIX literate). I have been following Marc Field's excellent guide on installating slimserver but having problems on a

Re: [slim] When should I switch from SQLLite to MySQL?

2006-01-21 Thread Robin Bowes
Dave Strickler said the following on 01/21/2006 03:29 PM: I have about 13,000 MP3s ripped down to a dedicated SuSE server, running Slimserver v6.2. Its not a rockin server, but its got 4GB of RAM and a 1.3GB processor, and normally has a 0.5 to 1.0 LA. Is this server running other stuff as

Re: [slim] Re: Great Review in PCFormat

2006-01-20 Thread Robin Bowes
empty99 said the following on 01/20/2006 08:08 AM: Oh, I also don't have time to play with all the compression formats available, those I have tried left me with some after-effect like eating food with too much MSG, slight headache and stiff neck after long listening sessions. If you only try

Re: [slim] Re: Possible Enhancement - (slight) support for multiple file format music libraries

2006-01-19 Thread Robin Bowes
stokessd said the following on 01/19/2006 04:39 AM: So I would like to be able to organize my music and deal with artists etc and be able to download the MP3 versions to our ipods, and only play FLAC versions to the squeezebox. So far, my mental solution is to keep two separate libraries and

Re: [slim] Re: Pay your way to a better slim server?

2006-01-19 Thread Robin Bowes
Kyle said the following on 01/19/2006 08:11 PM: I'll gladly pay $50 to anyone who will come to my house and get my artwork issues worked out. I'll do it remotely, if possible. IM me: AIM:robinbowes Yahoo: robin_bowes MSN:robin-.net at robinbowes dot com R.

Re: [slim] Re: Pay your way to a better slim server?

2006-01-19 Thread Robin Bowes
Kyle said the following on 01/19/2006 09:02 PM: Robin Bowes Wrote: I'll do it remotely, if possible. See this thread.: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20204. I welcome any suggestions. Seen it. Let me in remotely and I'll take a look. No fix, no fee. R

Re: [slim] Mass storage suggestions

2006-01-18 Thread Robin Bowes
egd said the following on 01/19/2006 02:13 AM: Hi I've been considering getting an SB for some time now and am now just about ready to bite the bullet and get the SB3. Before I do I want to ensure I make the right decisions in terms of storage. I've seen many posts discussing the pros

Re: [slim] Re: CLI crashing slimserver (6.1.1 + 6.2 nightlies)

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
jimwillsher said the following on 16/01/2006 21:07: The website here: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_specs.html says Linux/BSD/Solaris/Other: Perl 5.8.3 or later I don't really have the option of upgrading as there's no RPM available for my distribution (CentOs) and I'm a Linux

[slim] Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Hi, Just an idle thought, but how would I go about using the Nokia 770 skin with Firefox and having it appear in a browser window sized to match the mative resolution of the skin and with no toolbars or menu? I thought it might make a nice control panel instead of running the full web page.

Re: [slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
cliveb said the following on 17/01/2006 16:19: Thanks to everyone for giving their views on this matter. I wasn't looking for a solution; just making an observation. For what it's worth, I control the SB2 purely through the standard remote. (Despite the fact there are 6 PCs in the house,

Re: [slim] Re: Random Mix and multiple genre tags

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
dSw said the following on 14/01/2006 10:26: snarlydwarf Wrote: The differenc between 'AND' and 'OR', basically. OK, your explanation makes sense, however that is certainly not clear from the wording Genres to include in your mix:, which is ambiguous at best. What's ambiguous sbout Genres

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
bklaas said the following on 17/01/2006 23:07: this is javascript code to do it as a bookmarklet. Replace localhost with the IP of your slimserver. javascript:var winOpts = 'resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=480';function popUp(pPage) { var popUpWin =

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
bklaas said the following on 17/01/2006 23:07: this is javascript code to do it as a bookmarklet. Replace localhost with the IP of your slimserver. javascript:var winOpts = 'resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=480';function popUp(pPage) { var popUpWin =

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
bklaas said the following on 18/01/2006 00:50: Robin Bowes Wrote: 2. The window doesn't appear on top - it disappears behind the current window That's weird, since the popUpWin.focus() line should have put it on top (it works for me, FF1.5/Linux). Don't know why it's working that way

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

2006-01-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Robin Bowes said the following on 18/01/2006 01:15: bklaas said the following on 18/01/2006 00:50: Robin Bowes Wrote: 2. The window doesn't appear on top - it disappears behind the current window That's weird, since the popUpWin.focus() line should have put it on top (it works for me, FF1.5

Re: [slim] Re: Capitol releases A CD insert to make Sony blush!

2006-01-03 Thread Robin Bowes
highdudgeon said the following on 03/01/2006 16:13: Amazing -- just amazing. Too bad no one can explain how ripping a CD you have purchased into YOUR hard drive is different from making a cassette from an LP. I don't know what country you're in, but that's technically illegal in the UK. I

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