Re: [slim] Music library backups in OSX

2011-01-25 Thread Michael Herger
> I used to use Robocopy to back up my music library in Windows. Is there > a similar app that will serve the same purpose in OSX. rsync - there might even be some useful UIs out there, eg. http://arrsync.sourceforge.net/ -- Michael ___ discuss maili

[slim] Music library backups in OSX

2011-01-25 Thread Kyle
I used to use Robocopy to back up my music library in Windows. Is there a similar app that will serve the same purpose in OSX. I will use a 1TB Time Capsule as my primary backup, but I like to have a secondary backup on a portable drive for safety and transferring new music to the system at a vaca

Re: [slim] Music Library - spanning more than one Disc volume

2010-01-27 Thread Phil Leigh
snarlydwarf;510731 Wrote: > What I would do: > > Create a new directory somewhere convenient to you. > > In that new directory, create a shortcut to "D:\music1" and another > to "e:\music2". > > Tell SBS that new directory is your library. > > Or you could have a shortcut on D:\music1 that p

Re: [slim] Music Library - spanning more than one Disc volume

2010-01-26 Thread snarlydwarf
jimbo45;510730 Wrote: > Hi there > as I said I'm not a Guru so how do I set it so the music folder on the > radio will scan the various disks. > > For example say I have d:\music1 and e:\music2 > > what do I set up on my server as the music folder. > > The Radio I assume will look at the libr

Re: [slim] Music Library - spanning more than one Disc volume

2010-01-26 Thread jimbo45
snarlydwarf;510724 Wrote: > It can be avoided on Windows with Shortcuts. Hi there as I said I'm not a Guru so how do I set it so the music folder on the radio will scan the various disks. For example say I have d:\music1 and e:\music2 what do I set up on my server as the music folder. The Ra

Re: [slim] Music Library - spanning more than one Disc volume

2010-01-26 Thread snarlydwarf
jimbo45;510721 Wrote: > Hi all > This is probably more of a Windows problem (I think in Linux the > problem can be avoided via symlinks). > It can be avoided on Windows with Shortcuts. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profi

[slim] Music Library - spanning more than one Disc volume

2010-01-26 Thread jimbo45
Hi all This is probably more of a Windows problem (I think in Linux the problem can be avoided via symlinks). When playing your own music the controller (or Radio as well) has a Music Folder setting which is say D:\music on a Windows machine. If I want to now add another volume say on E:\ music

Re: [slim] Music library won't complete scan, can't play any music from Squeezebox...

2009-06-08 Thread Teus de Jong
If you're using McAfee, look here for a solution: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56785 Teus -- Teus de Jong Teus de Jong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15415 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Music library won't complete scan, can't play any music from Squeezebox...

2009-06-07 Thread kdf
On 7-Jun-09, at 8:45 PM, Tim Power wrote: > > me.titlesort, me.disc': DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Can't > create/write to file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\#sql_1af4_0.MYD' (Errcode: 17) > at > /DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm > line > 771. This error is caused by a conflict with anti-virus software. Con

[slim] Music library won't complete scan, can't play any music from Squeezebox...

2009-06-07 Thread Tim Power
So, I've been unable to scan my Squeezebox music libray for quite some time, & am unable to figure out why. Now when I use my Squeezebox, I press right to look at the artists & it just swipes back to Artists. Same with Albums etc. I keep getting this log error when Squeezecenter tries to scan my

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-31 Thread aubuti
CRaZY_A;377299 Wrote: > I finally figured out what was causing my music library from playing. I > had to completely disable the Windows firewall. That allowed the music > library to play through the squeezebox. Hope this is helpful for > anyone else who is experiencing this issue. Thanks! Nor

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-30 Thread CRaZY_A
I finally figured out what was causing my music library from playing. I had to completely disable the Windows firewall. That allowed the music library to play through the squeezebox. Hope this is helpful for anyone else who is experiencing this issue. Thanks! -- CRaZY_A

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-29 Thread CRaZY_A
Most were ripped using Winamp or Windows Media Player with variable bit rate. They all used to play through the Squeezebox before, but now I get a connection time out. Would the antivirus software cause this to happen? I've tried disabling it, but that doesn't seem to work. Is there anything e

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-29 Thread Phil Leigh
CRaZY_A;376723 Wrote: > They are all self-ripped what ripper did you use? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethrea

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-28 Thread CRaZY_A
They are all self-ripped -- CRaZY_A CRaZY_A's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17185 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57239 _

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-28 Thread Phil Leigh
CRaZY_A;376638 Wrote: > They are all mp3 files. When i installed 7.3.1, it was able to rescan > the library. I even reset my wireless network to see if that would > change anything, but my Squeezebox still won't play my mp3's. Any > suggestions? Thanks. are the mp3's purchased (if so, from w

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-28 Thread CRaZY_A
They are all mp3 files. When i installed 7.3.1, it was able to rescan the library. I even reset my wireless network to see if that would change anything, but my Squeezebox still won't play my mp3's. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- CRaZY_A

Re: [slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-28 Thread toby10
CRaZY_A;376250 Wrote: > I have a Squeezebox running SC 7.3.1 (just installed). I'm running > Windows XP Pro on my Linksys wireless network. I'm able to play > internet radio just fine, but cannot play anything from my music > library. All my music and programs are all on a single hard drive (n

[slim] Music library won't play

2008-12-27 Thread CRaZY_A
I have a Squeezebox running SC 7.3.1 (just installed). I'm running Windows XP Pro on my Linksys wireless network. I'm able to play internet radio just fine, but cannot play anything from my music library. All my music and programs are all on a single hard drive (no external or separate drives).

Re: [slim] music library

2008-11-18 Thread chinablues
I assume we are talking about "The Rolling Stone Magazine 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time". Downloaded from the internet. If so, this collection is a bit of a bitch. Many tracks although ostensibly part of the 'Same album' do in fact have some 'hidden' info which identifies the source album for

Re: [slim] music library

2008-11-18 Thread Khuli
slimkid;360816 Wrote: > Are those in separate directories? If yes, check out the option to group > multi disc albums together. Look for a thread that would describe a > proper tagging for that scenario. > > K Also check that the album title tag is identical in all the files too. SC will use th

Re: [slim] music library

2008-11-17 Thread slimkid
Are those in separate directories? If yes, check out the option to group multi disc albums together. Look for a thread that would describe a proper tagging for that scenario. K -- slimkid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wUP07DVq9E http://youtube.com

Re: [slim] music library

2008-11-17 Thread MeSue
Squeezecenter has an option to browse by music folder if you want to see it just like in explorer. This is slower, though, since it has to read the directory structure as it goes. For your Rolling Stones problem, it probably has to do with the way the music is tagged. SqueezeCenter's library brow

Re: [slim] music library

2008-11-17 Thread socistep
cph slogger;360789 Wrote: > is it normal for the squeezcentre to do its own sorting of my music > library? > if so can i turn this off? > i would like to see my music exactly as i see it in explorer!! > an example... > i have a 'rolling stones 500 greatest songs..' album. > this has been sorted i

Re: [slim] Music library rescan with music ip after update

2008-09-05 Thread Brian Ritchie
Jeff Jewett;336958 Wrote: > 7.2 and every time I rescan my library. > > Did a clear and rescan everything (which I figured would complete music > IP) but the next scan still did a complete, 15 min +, music IP scan. I find that the MusicIP part of each scan always takes the same time (around 30

Re: [slim] Music library rescan with music ip after update

2008-09-05 Thread Jeff Jewett
7.2 and every time I rescan my library. Did a clear and rescan everything (which I figured would complete music IP) but the next scan still did a complete, 15 min +, music IP scan. Is someone working on improved logic for just picking up changed files? Thanks for the help! Jeff -- Jeff Jewe

Re: [slim] Music library rescan with music ip after update

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Herger
> I set MIP scan interval to 0 but it still scans every time. Any ideas? What SC version? And what do you mean by "every time"? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Music library rescan with music ip after update

2008-09-04 Thread Jeff Jewett
I set MIP scan interval to 0 but it still scans every time. Any ideas? -- Jeff Jewett Jeff Jewett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread

Re: [slim] Music library rescan with music ip after update

2008-08-28 Thread Brian Ritchie
I used to see something like this (many SC versions ago - I'm running 7.1). I *think* it was caused when the SC rescan was long enough for another MIP scan to start before SC had finished; SC saw that MIP's data had changed, and started scanning again... (As far as I can tell, every scan when MIP

Re: [slim] Music library rescan with music ip after update

2008-08-28 Thread Gibbo
? Its solved itself now. All is fine again. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51586 _

[slim] Music library rescan with music ip after update

2008-08-28 Thread Gibbo
Hello, I've just updated to SqueezeCenter Version: 7.1 - 22170 Windows XP - EN - cp1252 after running 7.0 fairly happily for months. I have music ip setup with over 15000 tracks, no problems until now. Just updated to the latest build yesterday, and squeezecentre, set to scan only for changes to

Re: [slim] Music Library and SC memory usage

2008-08-18 Thread iPhone
ralphpnj;330283 Wrote: > Mr. Citizen, > > I suppose that I could try doing as you suggest but that wouldn't > answer my first (and at least to me, more important) question regarding > the correlation between the size of one's music library and the amount > of memory used by SqueezeCenter. Basica

Re: [slim] Music Library and SC memory usage

2008-08-18 Thread ModelCitizen
It is noticeable how the web interface speeds up if you only use a subset of your library (as I sometimes do for testing). I imagine the RAM footprint might be affected by the size of a library but have not personally noticed any change as the size of my library has increased. If you want to know

Re: [slim] Music Library and SC memory usage

2008-08-18 Thread ralphpnj
ModelCitizen;330278 Wrote: > Why don't you try disabling all your plugins and see what happens to > memory usage... and then just add in the ones you actually need and > have a look at which ones that increase your RAM usage? > > MC Mr. Citizen, I suppose that I could try doing as you suggest

Re: [slim] Music Library and SC memory usage

2008-08-18 Thread ModelCitizen
Crikey. 300mb RAM usage. That's a lot! I am worried that 7.2 and MusicIP has increased my memory footprint but SqueezeCenter currently uses a max of 130mb (and MusicIP another 30mb). I should stop worrying. I am running XP and my library consists of: Total Tracks: 23,746 Total Albums: 1,790 Tota

[slim] Music Library and SC memory usage

2008-08-18 Thread ralphpnj
In a related thread (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50698) SqueezeCenter's memory footprint was discussed but after reading through the thread I failed to see any mention of what correlation exists between the size of one's music library and SqueezeCenter's memory usage. So I'll as

[slim] Music Library - Missing Songs

2008-03-09 Thread akopperl
I am using the SB Duet and scanned my library. If I open a track using the remote and for whatever reason SqueezeCenter is not running - it says that it can't open file - which is fine. However, once SqueezeCenter is running - if I view my library that particular track is missing until I do a co

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2008-01-06 Thread frankL
I figured it out. I went to 'settings' 'extras' and disabled the iTunes plug-in. Hope that helps. -- frankL frankL's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2008-01-06 Thread frankL
I have a similar problem. I installed SqueezeCenter, selected "no" when it asked me if I wanted to use itunes, but it scans my itunes music anyway. I wind up with two copies of a lot of my music Here's how my music folder is organized: - c:\music\lossless (flac files) - c:\music\converted lossle

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-30 Thread DeWayne
None that I can find. If I look in slimserver and browse playlists there are two playlist that I created with Flac files. There are about 6 itunes playlist that I did not create that are made up of Mp3's. If I use explorer and look in the folder f:\flac\playlists there are only the two playlist

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-30 Thread Michael Herger
> When You say Itunes integrations, do you mean iTunes plugin? I have > unchecked that, restarted and performed a system clear and scan and > they mp3's still show. But not the iTunes playlists? Ok, do you have any other playlists or links, shortcuts etc. pointing from one folder structure to th

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-29 Thread DeWayne
Michael Herger;252327 Wrote: > > iTunes playlists can't neither be edited nor deleted. But they > shouldn't show up unless you use iTunes integration. > [color=blue] > Michael When You say Itunes integrations, do you mean iTunes plugin? I have unchecked that, restarted and performed a system cl

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread Michael Herger
> If you click the playlist name I think you should see a 'Delete' button > and be able to rename the playlist. Then again, maybe it's not the same > for iTunes imported playlists as it is for file based playlists. iTunes playlists can't neither be edited nor deleted. But they shouldn't show up

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread JJZolx
DeWayne;252315 Wrote: > I was looking for that but all I see is play or add playlist. If you click the playlist name I think you should see a 'Delete' button and be able to rename the playlist. Then again, maybe it's not the same for iTunes imported playlists as it is for file based playlists.

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread DeWayne
I was looking for that but all I see is play or add playlist. -- DeWayne DeWayne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4345 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41443 _

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread JJZolx
DeWayne;252303 Wrote: > If I browse playlists (slimserver) it shows two playlists that I created > and 5 or 6 itunes playlists that I did not. Now if I look in my > f:\flac\playlists I only see the two I created not the itunes ones. (C'mon guys, someone chime in here - iTunes and playlists are

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread DeWayne
If I browse playlists (slimserver) it shows two playlists that I created and 5 or 6 itunes playlists that I did not. Now if I look in my f:\flac\playlists I only see the two I created not the itunes ones. Not sure where it is finding the itunes playlists or how to remove them. -- DeWayne

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread JJZolx
DeWayne;252291 Wrote: > It is set to f:\flac. There must be something I'm missing. Are any of your playlists pointing into the mp3 directory? I'm not certain how it works, as I don't use playlists very much, but I suspect it may scan the whole tree below a file pointed at by a playlist. --

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread DeWayne
It is set to f:\flac. There must be something I'm missing. -- DeWayne DeWayne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4345 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41443 ___

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread JJZolx
DeWayne;252268 Wrote: > I have a dedicated internal drive for music. The folders are in the > root and listed f:\eac and f:\mp3. I've had it this way long before > the itunes with no problem. I don't see anything in the flac directory > pointing to the mp3's Could it be a bug in 6.5.5? > Than

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread DeWayne
I have a dedicated internal drive for music. The folders are in the root and listed f:\eac and f:\mp3. I've had it this way long before the itunes with no problem. I don't see anything in the flac directory pointing to the mp3's Could it be a bug in 6.5.5? Thanks again, -- DeWayne -

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread JJZolx
DeWayne;252257 Wrote: > I disabled the Itunes plugin, rebooted and run a clear playlist and > scan. Both the flac and mp3 files are still showing up in the > playlist. Is there another switch I need to look for? > DeWayne How are folders on your drive organized and what is designated as your m

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-28 Thread DeWayne
I disabled the Itunes plugin, rebooted and run a clear playlist and scan. Both the flac and mp3 files are still showing up in the playlist. Is there another switch I need to look for? DeWayne -- DeWayne DeWayne's Profile

Re: [slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-27 Thread Michael Herger
> install itunes. Could this be the problem. I don't know how you managed to only see one of the two, but iTunes can definitely be the problem here. I guess iTunes only sees your MP3 files. Even if you didn't include the mp3 folder in SlimServer, it will read iTunes' library to find them. Disa

[slim] Music Library Problem

2007-12-27 Thread DeWayne
I have slimserver set to look in my flac folder. I also have a mp3 folder on the same drive. When I scan for new music or if I clear and scan, slimserver keeps showing both the flac and mp3 version. This never used to happen. The only thing that I have done recently is install itunes. Could t

Re: [slim] Music Library on Another Computer

2007-07-15 Thread SpritHansi
jccorbi;210677 Wrote: > I was able to solve the problem by creating a user account for the > slimserver service. This allowed slimserver to recognize the > \\server\k\_audio path pointing to my library. > > I appreciate the quick response. > > Curt Hi! Can you please describe how to do that?

Re: [slim] Music Library on Another Computer

2007-06-24 Thread jccorbi
I was able to solve the problem by creating a user account for the slimserver service. This allowed slimserver to recognize the \\server\k\_audio path pointing to my library. I appreciate the quick response. Curt -- jccorbi

Re: [slim] Music Library on Another Computer

2007-06-23 Thread Patrick Dixon
jccorbi;210549 Wrote: > Hi all - new to this forum so if there is a better place to ask this > question, let me know. I have a computer attached to my home theater > system running Slimserver. I would like it to access a music > collection on another computer on my network. > Can't seem to get

[slim] Music Library on Another Computer

2007-06-23 Thread jccorbi
Hi all - new to this forum so if there is a better place to ask this question, let me know. I have a computer attached to my home theater system running Slimserver. I would like it to access a music collection on another computer on my network. Can't seem to get past the "Oops .. " message. I'v

[slim] Music library: Web interface <-> SB2

2005-08-22 Thread getprogs
Cheers, This problem is driving me nuts: I have now ripped all my CDs and copied the (WMA) files to my Slimserver. I have scanned, rescanned, completely scanned, utter-supremely etc.etc. scanned the music library and my problem is as follows: For some artists (for instance Diana Krall) I can see

RE: [slim] Music Library Sync files

2005-07-05 Thread T. J. Angstman
uesday, July 05, 2005 8:05 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Music Library Sync files Hi, Has anyone got a nice solution to syncing files from PC to PC? All my encoding & library are residing on a Laptop, but have slimserver running on a desktop. Any new ripping saves l

[slim] Music Library Sync files

2005-07-05 Thread njlmac
Hi, Has anyone got a nice solution to syncing files from PC to PC? All my encoding & library are residing on a Laptop, but have slimserver running on a desktop. Any new ripping saves locally on Laptop but have now got to a point where I struggle to keep them synced properly doing this manually.