Re: [slim] Squeezebox classic won't play anything anymore

2020-10-12 Thread elstensoftware
Oh, absolutely. The server is a Vortexbox running inside kvm - hesitation to update VB has meant I'm a bit behind on the SBS updates. If it was related to the Squeezebox's crash it seems surprising to me that would be related to the server's hardware... although if the server is serving up some

Re: [slim] Squeezebox classic won't play anything anymore

2020-10-12 Thread elstensoftware
That was the whole log, although maybe it wasn't at a high enough logging level? Anyway - it's fixed and sorry for wasting your time. I just turned it off at the plug and left it off for an hour. Maybe before the off/on was too soon and some memory wasn't properly cleared. It would be useful fo

[slim] Squeezebox classic won't play anything anymore

2020-10-12 Thread elstensoftware
A couple of days ago my Squeezebox Classic stopped playing any streams. Both radio and My Music Library are affected. When I choose new music to play, via the Material or standard Web skin, the new track will appear as playing and on the Squeezebox the interface is updated to show the new track.

Re: [slim] SB3 appears dead

2016-08-30 Thread elstensoftware
In the end I just purchased an adapter that was advertised as being for SB3... it worked. 'bliss' (https://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/) including 'how to use bliss t

Re: [slim] SB3 appears dead

2016-08-17 Thread elstensoftware
Sorry to up this again... I tried purchasing a new 5V/2A supply but the SB-end plug is too small, it won't plug into the SB. I noticed this with another adapter with the wrong power rating that I just tried plugging in (and didn't turn on). Is there a standard size for the SB end I need to look

Re: [slim] album artwork, tagging etc

2012-01-14 Thread elstensoftware
ces.com/index.php/AlbumArtwork . You must either embed it or keep it in a file, one per album folder. Given you currently have all your files in one folder then SBS will otherwise rely on embedded art. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music lib

Re: [slim] Cover art not showing for Web application or iTouch?

2011-12-27 Thread elstensoftware
ensitive or not. The full rules for album artwork are here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/AlbumArtwork -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-

Re: [slim] Album art from iTunes to Squeezebox

2010-11-10 Thread elstensoftware
/lifehacker.com/225361/use-itunes-to-add-embedded-album-art You can automate it with the 'seminal' iTunes script here: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=embedart As I said though, andy's library suggestion should work, the above is only relevant if doesn't.

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-10 Thread elstensoftware
Goodness, that's a big jump in size. I'll look into that. Glad you got your space back though! -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-09 Thread elstensoftware
SamS;588178 Wrote: > Thanks, I will give that a try. Let us know what you found out! -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-managemen

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-09 Thread elstensoftware
what happened Sam. I'm glad you at least got your storage back. I'd like to find out if bliss is doing anything incorrectly. If you find something suspicious (maybe just point it at one album?), I have a Dropbox account you can upload files to. The resulting, overly large music files w

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-09 Thread elstensoftware
This is to avoid any corruption to your music if, say, you stopped bliss as it was halfway through working on one file. However, it only does this a file at a time (create temp file, write to it, rename it back to the original file), so you shouldn't see any huge increase caused by this. -- els

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-08 Thread elstensoftware
art rule which also got rid of cover.jpg but I'm not sure that's particularly useful :D -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-manage

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-08 Thread elstensoftware
lists, try rescanning the music collection. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/) including 'how to use bliss to

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-08 Thread elstensoftware
bliss-ip]:3221/logs to bl...@blisshq.com Thanks! -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/) including 'how to use bliss to ma

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-11-07 Thread elstensoftware
s ip]:3220/. Note: you manually rescan Squeezebox Server after bliss has done its work. It does not talk to SBS as such, it just works on the music files SBS accesses. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the musi

Re: [slim] Utility for downloading album art

2010-11-04 Thread elstensoftware
Hey Dan, glad to hear you found it useful. Could you let me know what elements of the interface you found difficult to use or you generally disliked? Then I can fix them. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read th

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-03 Thread elstensoftware
d much more. The equivalent of Squeezeboxes are 'frontends' which are silent machines that plug into your TV. I think there are other less DIY projects such as Windows Media Center. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library manageme

Re: [slim] Utility for downloading album art

2010-11-01 Thread elstensoftware
you have more to add. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/) including 'how to use bliss to manage Squeezebox album art'

Re: [slim] Utility for downloading album art

2010-10-31 Thread elstensoftware
If you want to try bliss, there's the option for ignoring (or even removing existing) embedded art and a co-located file is always saved. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library ma

Re: [slim] Art not showing in album or song list

2010-10-18 Thread elstensoftware
twork -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/) including 'how to use bliss to manage Squeezebox album art' (http://www.blissh

Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?

2010-09-25 Thread elstensoftware
bliss can do it -> 'using bliss to get album art for squeezebox' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2010/09/14/album-art-squeezebox/) -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the m

Re: [slim] Need help reading the log file.

2010-09-24 Thread elstensoftware
Did you see this thread -> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80995 Do you have a wired connection you could try it with, just to try to isolate the problem? -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read

Re: [slim] Cover art

2010-09-16 Thread elstensoftware
some docs here -> http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/AlbumArtwork They might be useful. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.bli

Re: [slim] Mac OS X users : announcing the bliss beta programme!

2010-09-03 Thread elstensoftware
FS and CIFS but not AFP. However, if the files are on a Linux box, won't they be exported by NFS or CIFS anyway? Ah - I've just seen AFP is supported by some NASes. If you could test this, it would be great. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automa

Re: [slim] Mac OS X users : announcing the bliss beta programme!

2010-08-28 Thread elstensoftware
rules are/maybe: * Further development of the file organisation capability (folder/file structure) * Genre classification * Auto tagging and filling in missing tags * Consistency of text artifacts in tags e.g. "Disk one", "Disk I" The priority ordering of these is dependent on use

[slim] Mac OS X users : announcing the bliss beta programme!

2010-08-27 Thread elstensoftware
d to run OS X Snow Leopard or later. In return, you'll receive an unlimited licence to bliss. 'Read more on the sign-up page.' (http://www.blisshq.com/signup-beta-mac.html) -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 

Re: [slim] I see vortexbox in a vm as a good solution

2010-08-20 Thread elstensoftware
ahead of the competition. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/) --

Re: [slim] How to Rip DVD to AVI/WMV/FLV/MP4/MPG/MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV...(Windows/Mac)

2010-08-16 Thread elstensoftware
To keep all the DVD ripping advice together, here's another good article which concentrates on the higher-definition side of things: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/How-Rip-DVD-Audio-DVD-Video-Audio-And-HDAD-Discs -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) -

Re: [slim] Album Art Issues

2010-07-27 Thread elstensoftware
Yes: - Go to the Squeezebox Server Web UI on the VortexBox - Click 'Settings' - On the 'Basic Settings' tab under 'Rescan Music Library' choose 'Look for new and changed music' - Press the Rescan button. -- elstensoftware 'bliss'

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-07-12 Thread elstensoftware
also be mulling over efficient storage furniture :D Currently the CDs are piled on top of each other. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/musi

Re: [slim] VortexBox 1.4 released today

2010-06-10 Thread elstensoftware
Midnight;553857 Wrote: > I have to say Bliss is just fantastic! Can I quote you on that Midnight? :D :cool: -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://musiclibrary

Re: [slim] VortexBox 1.4 released today

2010-06-04 Thread elstensoftware
Congratulations to Andrew and the VortexBox team! I use VortexBox in a VM on my home server, it's very easy one-stop-shop for Squeezebox music serving and other music related activities. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library manage

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.1 released

2010-02-03 Thread elstensoftware
from FLACs? In itself it works fine but I've found issues when trying to export a transcoded directory. -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://