Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-18 Thread bobkoure
hungarianhc;524933 Wrote: Also, does anyone know what the major advantages / disadvantages of going to SQL lite are? SQLite keeps its entire database in a single file (well, sometimes a couple) and keeps that file(s) open all the time. The advantages are less opening/closing of files, which,

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-15 Thread matthijskoopmans
I would love to move to embedded, as it seems to give a snappy response with less resources. However, I cannot do without certain plugins: MIP, SugarCube, Custom Browse, Multi Library and Music Information Screen are essential to my current setup. Will these actually work in the Embedded

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-15 Thread Siduhe
MusicIP certainly works fine. I've also tested SugarCube on 7.5e with no problems, but I don't run it all the time so can't speak for the very latest versions. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included:

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-15 Thread pski
If I load 7.5e and the players update, will I have an issue playing from a 7.4.2 server? Will it be firmware ping-pong? p -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) pski's Profile:

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-15 Thread pippin
pski;525330 Wrote: Will it be firmware ping-pong? yes. Use 7.5e or 7.4, not both, if you want to avoid that. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile:

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-15 Thread aubuti
I don't have my SBs nearby to test it out, but I think it depends on which SBs you are connecting. At this point I don't think there is new firmware for the IP3K devices (SB/SB2/SB3/Boom) associated with 7.5-e. If that's true, then you could switch between 7.4.x and 7.5.x without hassle. But you

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-14 Thread Phil Leigh
pippin;524888 Wrote: You can still use MySQL with embedded, it's just not the default. But yes, in this case I would assume it's SQLite and no virus scanner issue. I confirm that 7.5e with sqlite avoids the mse issue. If your scan is not finishing, check in server.log scanner.log for

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-14 Thread verypsb
I'll wait for the 7.6e beta for Windows. -- verypsb 2x Duet, 1x Boom, 1x Classic verypsb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17295 View this thread:

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-13 Thread verypsb
After the positive comments on this thread I tried the Windows 7.5 embedded version. One advice: Don't do it. It's not stable, the scanner keeps crashing (or becomes irresponsive). Tried it 3 times, did a complete uninstal/install, wipe etc. No go. Back to 7.5 MySQL -- verypsb 2x Duet, 1x

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-13 Thread Phil Leigh
verypsb;524828 Wrote: After the positive comments on this thread I tried the Windows 7.5 embedded version. One advice: Don't do it. It's not stable, the scanner keeps crashing (or becomes irresponsive). Tried it 3 times, did a complete uninstal/install, wipe etc. No go. Back to 7.5 MySQL

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-13 Thread verypsb
Phil Leigh;524829 Wrote: Works fine for me - I've been running it since it came out - completely stable, no crashes, scan/rescan is lightening quick. What hardware/OS are you using? Windows 7 x64, Pentium Dual-Core E5200, 4GB , 40K files The scan is quicker, however, it stops responding

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-13 Thread garym
scan not finishing is almost surely a virus program problem. Search this forum for MSE (or whatever the microsoft virus scanner is called) or mcafee. Try turning off the virus scanner, doing your music scan, then turn it back on. -- garym

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-13 Thread pippin
garym;524842 Wrote: scan not finishing is almost surely a virus program problem. Search this forum for MSE (or whatever the microsoft virus scanner is called) or mcafee. Try turning off the virus scanner, doing your music scan, then turn it back on. On EMBEDDED??? With SQLite??? Please

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-13 Thread dsdreamer
garym;524842 Wrote: scan not finishing is almost surely a virus program problem. Search this forum for MSE (or whatever the microsoft virus scanner is called) or mcafee. Try turning off the virus scanner, doing your music scan, then turn it back on. 7.5 embedded is not using MySQL anymore,

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-13 Thread pippin
You can still use MySQL with embedded, it's just not the default. But yes, in this case I would assume it's SQLite and no virus scanner issue. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-12 Thread aubuti
mherger;524304 Wrote: - any noticeable speedup in the WebUI? when artwork is involved then there's a huge improvement Is your artwork embedded or cover.jpg/folder.jpg? Mine is cover.jpg and the improvement only seems marginal to me. Certainly not huge. Yet. -- aubuti

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-12 Thread dsdreamer
- the hardware you're using Buffalo Linkstation LS-XHL (1TB disk, ARM 9 CPU @ 1.2Gz) - general size of your music collection 7.5k tracks - any noticeable speedup in the WebUI? Yes, it's faster for me on this hardware than 7.3.3 used to be on an AMD Athon XP PC. - whether it works with MusicIP (if

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-12 Thread andyg
Yep, embedded has a new artwork cache that is about 10x faster than the old one. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-12 Thread aubuti
Wow, I'm not seeing that at all. I just compared loading album pages (large artwork sorted Artist/year/album) between 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-embedded and the load times are almost identical. Say around 9-10 seconds for 50-70 albums. I installed the latest nightly (r30366), did a clear and rescan, and

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-12 Thread JJZolx
aubuti;524573 Wrote: Wow, I'm not seeing that at all. I just compared loading album pages (large artwork sorted Artist/year/album) between 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-embedded and the load times are almost identical. Say around 9-10 seconds for 50-70 albums. In the web interface it doesn't affect the

[slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread bobkoure
As someone running on somewhat limited server hardware (Via C7) I'm interested in the 7.5 embedded version. If you're using it, would you mind mentioning - the hardware you're using - general size of your music collection - any noticeable speedup in the WebUI? - whether it works with MusicIP (if

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread Michael Herger
If you're using it, would you mind mentioning - the hardware you're using Via C3/1GHz, 1GB RAM, running SME Linux (CentOS 4.x based) - general size of your music collection 16k tracks - any noticeable speedup in the WebUI? when artwork is involved then there's a huge improvement -

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread aubuti
I've been using it for 1-2 months on a headless MSI Wind desktop. The MSI has an Atom 1.6GHz single core CPU and 2GB RAM, but I'm running 7.4.2 on the real machine and 7.5-embedded on a virtual machine (via VirtualBox) that is allocated something like 400MB RAM. The OS is Ubunbtu server 8.04. I'm

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread Siduhe
I've been using it on a testing set up for about 2 months. Vista Home Premium - Lenovo Laptop - 4GM RAM; Testing using a subset of my main library - about 2000 songs; WebUI is plenty responsive, but then so is my main setup (a Linux server) so I haven't really noticed any improvement as such;

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread pippin
Doesn't work at all for me. Ubuntu server 8.04 LTS, ViaC7 1GHz, 1GB RAM -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile:

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread snarlydwarf
pippin;524311 Wrote: Doesn't work at all for me. Ubuntu server 8.04 LTS, ViaC7 1GHz, 1GB RAM Hrrm. It works for me on Debian both SQLite and MySQL... I may or may not have rm'd my prefs file to appease it (been a while and I'm senile)... What's the symptoms? -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread signor_rossi
Works very well and stable for me on an old Athlon64 locked at 1GHZ, I use SQLite and started with a clean config, 15000 tracks. WebUI loading and Stop/Play/Skip actions are noticeably snappier than before, most important plugins work too (DynamicPlaylist/CustomScan/etc.). I am quite happy with

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread bobkoure
Thanks for the responses! I guess I should have mentioned that I'd planned to put it on a windows server. -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread:

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread bonze
bobkoure;524302 Wrote: - the hardware you're using WHS - Dual Core Atom 330, 2GB RAM - general size of your music collection 7.6k tracks - any noticeable speedup in the WebUI? slight improvement Yes, I know it's unstable, just wondering how unstable. haven't had a crash this year ;) --

Re: [slim] anyone using 7.5 embedded?

2010-03-11 Thread pippin
snarlydwarf;524318 Wrote: Hrrm. It works for me on Debian both SQLite and MySQL... I may or may not have rm'd my prefs file to appease it (been a while and I'm senile)... What's the symptoms? I've got a web server with a pretty similar software configuration and there it works fine.