Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jeff Coffler
From: "deksawyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One thing I did notice with the replacement; about a min after it was switched on it would hang for about 15-20 secs then come back again. Now it's actually on as I can ping it, but there is no sound and no display. Anyone ever seen this behaviour before..

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
dspeirs wrote: ... As expected, this AM when I booted my machine (Squeezebox did not need a reboot this time) I played a song. The song plays for 5 seconds and then stops for 5 seconds. It does this for a LONG time. The song does not continue to progress when it is silent, it literally stops

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Triode
And one more thing to add. after having these previously described drops, it usually stops after 30 to 60 minutes and then works fine (at least until the next time I reboot). Has the server completed scanning your music collection? [The banner on the web page changes from rescanning to the n

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
dspeirs wrote: I saw that you're running on Windows... is the machine clean? Yeah, I use it exclusively for itunes, slimserver and EAC try disabling the iTunes plugin. -- Jack At Monkeynoodle Dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture! "I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin so across the

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Triode
Assuming you are accessing & updating the library with iTunes too, it is likely that the iTunes plugin is causing rescans - try disabling this for the moment to see if it avoids the problems you are seeing. Do you have iTunes or other plugins active for scanning your music library? Active Plugi

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
dryden555 wrote: In short, I wouldn't reccomend a slimdevice for a non-techie. The problem: Open architecture is not always a 100% positive. The voices on this forum are heavily from developers. Users like myself get a lot of friendly support on the forum which is cool. But developers dont

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 8:34 AM, dryden555 wrote: In short, I wouldn't reccomend a slimdevice for a non-techie. hmm..deja vu. does your mailer have a bug too? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listi

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 17:01 -0800, Bonesteel wrote: > If Slim Devices published performance metrics for each release that we > could review it might make it easier to judge if we're willing to take > the risk of an upgrade. I don't work for SD, I'm just a happy user, but I think that it is prudent

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread kdf
On 5-Nov-05, at 5:16 PM, Pat Farrell wrote: On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 17:01 -0800, Bonesteel wrote: If Slim Devices published performance metrics for each release that we could review it might make it easier to judge if we're willing to take the risk of an upgrade. I don't work for SD, I'm just

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
Michaelwagner wrote: ... resources needed for this would be astronomical. Even the matrix I showed you above, 6 server configurations, 6 client configurations, would be a 36 test matrix. Add low memory, regular memory, fast processor, slow processor configurations, and you're at 144 combin

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-05 Thread Jack Coates
Bonesteel wrote: A spritied defense, yet the simple fact is that until they identify what platforms they test it on and what tests they perform, the unknown gaps in testing indeed get pushed to we consumers. The limited regression testing increases the number of these instances we need to deal

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-06 Thread Daniel Cohen
On 5/11/05 at 17:36 -0800, kdf wrote That being said, at every release, I've wished that there were NO changes for several days on a beta release. Let it get out to those who test, CLOSE bug reports on anything aside from that beta (avoid the clutter). Then spend a few days taking specific re

Re: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-06 Thread Jack Coates
dryden555 wrote: And I'm told I am being too negative! Non-techies are not to generalized as "people who suck." You're actually supporting my point that this forum has a way of programatically alienating non-developers. You're misunderstanding me and applying your own agenda to my statemen

RE: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-07 Thread Craig, James (IT)
iTunes plugin = from iTunes iTunes Update plugin = to iTunes James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited.

RE: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-14 Thread Craig, James (IT)
> When I disable the iTunes plugin it works perfectly. but, it > no longer > uses iTunes which I want it to use. When I tell it to rescan > it reverts > to not using iTunes. When I switch it to use iTunes it plays > music for > a few seconds then stops then picks back up. What should I do?

RE: [slim] Re: I love my Squeezebox, but it NEVER works perfectly

2005-11-15 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I think it is a common problem. It seems to be affecting Mac users more than XP users. Or maybe there are just more iTunes users on Mac? The iTunes rescan changed significantly from 5.4 6.2 and produces a different performance profile than before. It has to both parse the iTunes XML and scan the