Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-17 Thread egd
trkster;312522 Wrote: > > lork;312454 Wrote: > > Same problem as described by Lork, but I'm running headless on Windows > > XP Pro. Looking for answers also.> > > > It's solved for MiP under Linux in '*post 261*' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=312765&postcount=261) > I've no

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-17 Thread egd
lork;312776 Wrote: > I went to .MusicMagic, did ls -la, and it returned nothing beyond a "." > and a ".." - I suspect these are directories? Yes, current and > previous/parent directory respectively. lork;312776 Wrote: > copied mmm.ini to .MusicMagic using (from the > /home/a2/MusicIP/MusicMag

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-17 Thread lork
Success! I went to .MusicMagic, did ls -la, and it returned nothing beyond a "." and a ".." - I suspect these are directories? copied mmm.ini to .MusicMagic using (from the /home/a2/MusicIP/MusicMagicMixer directory) sudo cp mmm.ini ~/.MusicMagic/ checked using ls -la, and it was now there. R

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-17 Thread egd
lork;312651 Wrote: > Nb: mmm.ini file I'm editing is in > /home/a2/MusicIP/MusicMagicMixer/mmm.ini ... if this is the wrong file > (maybe it has a copy somewhere else?) then maybe my command isn't being > seen. try copying mmm.ini to ~/.MusicMagic/ and restarting MiP & SC. -- egd Internet for

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-16 Thread lork
Tried navigating to .MusicMagic from the terminal window, & got there, but the "dir" command showed nothing. I am not rescanning SC each time- it seems fine; just have to rebuild the MIP cache (if that's what "add tracks" is doing). Of course, SC won't mix unless I've redone the "add tracks", but

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-16 Thread egd
lork;312632 Wrote: > I used the toolbar "search" function to look for "default.m3lib" in a2 > and file system, and it was not found anywhere. Could not spot it by > eye anywhere in the MusicIP folder/subfolders. It is ordinarily written to > /home//.MusicMagic (note the period before MusicIP [i

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-16 Thread lork
Hey, egd- Thanks for the additional help; the ability to mix (sans reboot) is already great! I used the toolbar "search" function to look for "default.m3lib" in a2 and file system, and it was not found anywhere. Could n ot spot it by eye anywhere in the MusicIP folder/subfolders. Code: ---

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-16 Thread trkster
lork;312454 Wrote: > Hello- > > I can get MIP to work (& create mixes), but every time I restart my > server I have to go though the MIP "add tracks" routine- it loses all > my info each time. Once I do that, it works... I can make a mix even > without rescanning from SC (nb: my library doesn't

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-16 Thread egd
lork;312454 Wrote: > > Seems the MIP cache is getting cleared every time I reboot? Any ideas > on how to fix this? Can you open a terminal window, change to your MusicIP directory, run "cat mmm.ini" and paste the contents in a response. Bascially the cache= line should point to a filename. Th

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-16 Thread lork
Hello- I can get MIP to work (& create mixes), but every time I restart my server I have to go though the MIP "add tracks" routine- it loses all my info each time. Once I do that, it works... I can make a mix even without rescanning from SC (nb: my library doesn't change between reboots). MIP wi

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-16 Thread Phil Meyer
I consider the SC music library as my master library. At the moment, it tries to read every song from MusicIP, and merge the MusicIP data into the SC library. When I do a rescan for new and changed files, I would prefer it if it only requested the mixable state for each file that is new or chan

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread pippin
lork;312350 Wrote: > Pippin- > > Two thoughts: > - why scan your audio books? The are probably very long, unrecognized > (because few, if any, others will scan books), and hence will take ages > to process... and it seems unlikely you're going to want a music mix > with audio books in it (unless

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread lork
Pippin- Two thoughts: - why scan your audio books? The are probably very long, unrecognized (because few, if any, others will scan books), and hence will take ages to process... and it seems unlikely you're going to want a music mix with audio books in it (unless I am very confused about the poin

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread pippin
egd;312337 Wrote: > if it's not in active duty I'd set the priority to high and let it run > its course. Heh, I remember doing the analysis on a PII-350! Now THAT > was slow! It is in active duty. It's my server and runs quite a bit of other stuff that is not always active but that I want to b

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread egd
pippin;312196 Wrote: > Some of both. On my Mac I managed to scan 25% of this database in within > a day. > I do have some own recordings and stuff like ripped DVDs, some stuff in > WAV-Format and a lot of Audio Books. So maybe not everything is > unexpected... > > The system doesn't do a lot bes

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread egd
chinablues;312134 Wrote: > A long thread & if its been said before, my apologies. Never mind the > MusicIP scanner & how long that takes (never been a problem for me), > the thing that bugs me is the SC scanner interface with Music IP when > I'm scanning new or changed music. Here SC scanner zi

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread pippin
egd;312085 Wrote: > Pippin, is your collection highly esoteric or middle of the road stuff? Some of both. On my Mac I managed to scan 25% of this database in within a day. I do have some own recordings and stuff like ripped DVDs, some stuff in WAV-Format and a lot of Audio Books. So maybe not ev

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread chinablues
A long thread & if its been said before, my apologies. Never mind the MusicIP scanner & how long that takes (never been a problem for me), the thing that bugs me is the SC scanner interface with Music IP when I'm scanning new or changed music. Here SC scanner zips through the music folders mostl

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-15 Thread egd
pippin;312038 Wrote: > Just another update on my scanning process: > > It's now running for 15 days (low prio, C7, 1GHz) and it still has not > really picked up speed, indeed it has done ~1150 tracks which is > actually down from its original pace of 100 tracks per day.Pippin, is your > collect

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread lork
I apologize if I've missed something earlier that explained why this is taking so long... Just as a benchmark, on a laptop with a 1.7 Ghz processor and processor use set to "normal" in MusicIP, I have scanned nearly 2,000 tracks in under 12 hours. Current rate is ~ 6 tracks/minute (approx 5 Gb FL

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread pippin
Just another update on my scanning process: It's now running for 15 days (low prio, C7, 1GHz) and it still has not really picked up speed, indeed it has done ~1150 tracks which is actually down from its original pace of 100 tracks per day. Let's see what happens, if it does NOT pick up speed I w

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread egd
Siduhe;307032 Wrote: > You need to use the GUI to create the mood, but once saved (and after a > clear and rescan) it should be available in Squeezecenter even when > running headless.Siduhe, I've created a mood file using the Linux GUI and > confirmed that the mood file has been saved in /home/

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread egd
Siduhe;311672 Wrote: > One other thought - I have a registration key, not sure if this is a > requirement to use filters. Based on my testing there is no requirement to > register ion order to use filters. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monke

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread egd
maggior;311755 Wrote: > To create a filter, you need to use the MusicMagicMixer, which is a Java > GUI. Right click on the left window pane and you will see an option to > create a filter. > > When you do this, You MUST ensure that you run the GUI as the same user > as your headless MusicMagicS

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread maggior
egd;311783 Wrote: > Maggior, thanks for posting this, I'm going to give it a spin tonight. > > Seems we're slowly piecing together the puzzle :) Indeed we are :-). It's actually kind of fun, especially since we are managing to make forward progress. SuSE startup scripts are unique in that the

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread lork
Hey, egd- Looks like I was editing my previous post (had found problem) while you were posting the answer. It's working now; many thanks! -- lork lork's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17438 View

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-14 Thread egd
lork;311797 Wrote: > Here it is. My username on the computer is a2 (there is no a1... just > me). The only difference I see with your code is that you're working > from your desktop... not sure if that matters. The desktop you're seeing in > my post is just the name of my PC. I didn't have the

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread lork
Hello, egd- Here it is. My username on the computer is a2 (there is no a1... just me). The only difference I see with your code is that you're working from your desktop... not sure if that matters. Also, yours talks about a different path "# PATH ...". My home directory is a2, so the path is a2/M

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread egd
lork;311792 Wrote: > The window hung... got no prompt back. Closed the window. > > Tried firefox to localhost:10002 and it worked! If you want the prompt back add " &" to the end of the command to launch MiP lork;311792 Wrote: > Where I am now: > - mmserver does not appear to start by itself

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread lork
Hello, egd- I ran bum again & checked the box... it was already checked, since I had to check it previously in order to get the "change start/stop priority" field to work. I had previously chosen "no" under the "start or stop services now" that happens when you click "apply", since I didn't know

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread egd
maggior;311755 Wrote: > Figured out the magic for using Filters with headless LinuxMaggior, thanks > for posting this, I'm going to give it a spin tonight. Seems we're slowly piecing together the puzzle :) -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monke

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread egd
lork;311762 Wrote: > I did everything you wrote, egd (and many thanks for excellent > instructions) > > However, having done all that, I cannot open http://localhost:10002. > Firefox says "cannot establish a connection with...". My apologies, I should have tested it before posting it. I left ou

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread maggior
To see if the server is running, open a command window and type type the following command: ps -ef | grep -i musicmagicserver If the output only shows your "ps" command, then the server is not running. You should see something like this: peter:~ # ps -ef | grep -i musicmagicserver root 3867

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread lork
egd;311746 Wrote: > Restart your Ubuntu machine (if you know what you're doing you can stop > SC, start MiP and then restart SC, thus avoiding the need for a reboot, > however, a reboot is probably warranted to ensure it all works when you > start up your machine). I did everything you wrote, eg

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread maggior
To create a filter, you need to use the MusicMagicMixer, which is a Java GUI. Right click on the left window pane and you will see an option to create a filter. When you do this, You MUST ensure that you run the GUI as the same user as your headless MusicMagicServer. Otherwise, changes made in

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread egd
Siduhe;311672 Wrote: > On a Windows build, no - no copying required. It appears in the MusicIP > plugin settings page of Squeezecenter as a drop down option (also > available on an SB3 by scrolling down before you initiate a mix if you > give each player access to the mix settings). Not sure ab

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread maggior
maggior;311748 Wrote: > I see the drop-down in the SC settings, but it shows none. I fired up > the MIP GUI and was able to create a filter just like you said - piece > of cake. But, when I go to SC, it isn't there. I shutdown both SC and > MIP and restarted both - still not there. > > Since

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread maggior
Siduhe;311672 Wrote: > On a Windows build, no - no copying required. It appears in the MusicIP > plugin settings page of Squeezecenter as a drop down option (also > available on an SB3 by scrolling down before you initiate a mix if you > give each player access to the mix settings). Not sure ab

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread egd
Download MusicIP for Linux from MusicIP.com and save the file to a temp folder e.g. ~/Desktop/MusicIP Open a terminal Window and change to the temp folder, extract the archive and optionally remove it: Code: cd ~/Desktop/MusicIP gzip -dc MusicMixer_x86_1.8.tgz | tar x

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread egd
lork;311692 Wrote: > OK, I want to love MusicIP too.. but a 23-page thread (and several other > wiki,/spicefly/etc sets of pages) is pretty intimidating, and in any > case, after going through it all, I am still confused. Most of the information contained in this thread has been encapsulated in

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread lork
OK, I want to love MusicIP too.. but a 23-page thread (and several other wiki,/spicefly/etc sets of pages) is pretty intimidating, and in any case, after going through it all, I am still confused. Any answers appreciated! Questions: - How do I set up MIP headless on my ubuntu machine? I am not

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread Siduhe
On a Windows build, no - no copying required. It appears in the MusicIP plugin settings page of Squeezecenter as a drop down option (also available on an SB3 by scrolling down before you initiate a mix if you give each player access to the mix settings). Not sure about a Linux build. However, th

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread maggior
Siduhe;311448 Wrote: > Yes, you need to create a filter or series of filters. In the MusicIP > GUI (assuming you can access this) right click in the top left pane and > create new filter. Then add the conditions that meet that filter (genre > does not contain Christmas for example). Save it.

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-13 Thread Siduhe
maggior;311383 Wrote: > Does anybody know how you can exclude a genre from MusicIP mixes using > the SC MusicIP plugin? > Yes, you need to create a filter or series of filters. In the MusicIP GUI (assuming you can access this) right click in the top left pane and create new filter. Then add t

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-12 Thread maggior
Wow, I can't believe this thread is still going. The new wiki is great. I've learned a lot more about MusicIP by reading all of the posts in this thread. Glad to see a few people who've struggled with this in the past got it going. So the other day I made a mix based on a Keith Jarrett track.

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-12 Thread ezkcdude
NFLnut;311205 Wrote: > .. unless MIP is infinitely better and actually PLAYS the artist I > entered .. I'll pass! It will create a mix of songs that sound like the song, artist, or album of your choice. So, yeah, it will include songs by your favorite artist. You can also tell it to *avoid* pla

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-12 Thread ModelCitizen
NFLnut;311205 Wrote: > Whenever I think I might try it again and enter an artist, I find that > it gives me a VERY weird mix, and little to no instances of the artist > I requested. It sounds like you are using the "Similar Artists" function. The first track is usually by your chosen artist and t

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-12 Thread tamanaco
NFLnut;311205 Wrote: > I haven't tried MIP, but if it's anything like Last.fm, I'll pass! In > fact, I still scrobble to LAST.fm, but I find it of little to no value > (I'm just too lazy to disable the setting). Whenever I think I might > try it again and enter an artist, I find that it gives me

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-12 Thread NFLnut
I haven't tried MIP, but if it's anything like Last.fm, I'll pass! In fact, I still scrobble to LAST.fm, but I find it of little to no value (I'm just too lazy to disable the setting). Whenever I think I might try it again and enter an artist, I find that it gives me a VERY weird mix, and little

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-10 Thread Brian Ritchie
egd;310380 Wrote: > Glad the chicken voodoo worked its magic :) > > Was your wife pleased with the result? Well, the seed track was Young Pilgrims by the Shins (from Chutes Too Narrow), and she was quite impressed with the result... until Rush's The Trees came on - not a fan :-) She wasn't too

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-10 Thread egd
Brian Ritchie;310294 Wrote: > I offered the wife a demo of MIP in action, then realised as I made the > mix that it might not play... but I tried it anyway - and it worked > fine. As have others since. Glad the chicken voodoo worked its magic :) Was your wife she impressed with the result? -

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Brian Ritchie
egd;310003 Wrote: > I don't have MiP GUI running at all and haven't had the issues you're > describing. ... and curiously enough, nor do I today! Last night I quit the MIP GUI and put the PC into hibernation. I woke it up again today, but didn't restart the GUI. Sitting downstairs, I offered th

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Patrick Dixon
Hmm, seems to work like that for me now. Must have been finger trouble! Thanks. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread egd
Patrick Dixon;310221 Wrote: > OK, if I press and hold Play on a track selected through Browse -> > Artist, it creates a MusicIP playlist ... but it doesn't make it the > active playlist. I then have to press + to add it to the end of the > current playlist (or press and hold + to add it next).

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Patrick Dixon
OK, if I press and hold Play on a track selected through Browse -> Artist, it creates a MusicIP playlist ... but it doesn't make it the active playlist. I then have to press + to add it to the end of the current playlist (or press and hold + to add it next). However there doesn't seem to be any

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Patrick Dixon
Siduhe;310142 Wrote: > Press/hold to trigger a mix won't work on a song in a current playlist - > that will trigger the save playlist function. However, it should work > if you browse to a song via artist. Do you see the little MM next to > the song on the SB display? Yes I see that - I'll try

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread thing-fish
technojunkie;309692 Wrote: > Can anybody please advise what the MusicIP validation process actually > does ? > Essentially no, because ' it's patented' (http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,013

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Siduhe
Patrick Dixon;310134 Wrote: > I'm trying to do it on a song in a current playlist and also in a song > browsed to via Artist ... so it sounds like there must be something > amiss with the plugin button assignment then? > > The tracks must be mixable, because I get a mix if I click the M in the >

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Patrick Dixon
I'm trying to do it on a song in a current playlist and also in a song browsed to via Artist ... so it sounds like there must be something amiss with the plugin button assignment then? The tracks must be mixable, because I get a mix if I click the M in the web UI. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tune

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Siduhe
Patrick Dixon;310112 Wrote: > I meant Play on the IR remote. > > I'm running a 7.1 beta Should be the same (press and hold play) - works for me with yesterday's 7.1 build. Where are you trying initiate a mix from? MIP will only work from Album, Artist, Song, Genre view etc, not from Browse Mu

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread thing-fish
mkanet;306702 Wrote: > How is it different from Pandora? Pandora actually uses a gigantic > database which holds song information about the RPM of the songs, > instruments used, style. My only complaint is if you listen to the > same station long enough, you start hearing the same songs again.

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread technojunkie
Siduhe;309338 Wrote: > Just noticed that my MIP playlists are also missing since upgrading to > SC7.1, so not just you. I'll try and track down whether the issue is > at the MIP end or the SC end over the weekend. Did you manage to find out why the playlists are now missing from SC ? I have s

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread egd
Patrick Dixon;310112 Wrote: > I meant Play on the IR remote.Not had that happen so not sure what it could > be. Does the seed song have an m displayed? Is headless doing your analysis or do you have gui/ genpuid doing that? -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is inde

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Patrick Dixon
I meant Play on the IR remote. I'm running a 7.1 beta -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread egd
Patrick Dixon;310102 Wrote: > I now have MiP running*, but pressing and holding PLAY seems to want to > add the playlist to Favorites (sic) - rather than generating a mix. I > can generate a mix fine from the web UI. > > What am I doing wrong? > > * It's still validating my 39K tracks though.

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-09 Thread Patrick Dixon
I now have MiP running*, but pressing and holding PLAY seems to want to add the playlist to Favorites (sic) - rather than generating a mix. I can generate a mix fine from the web UI. What am I doing wrong? * It's still validating my 39K tracks though. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ---

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread Nonreality
Brian Ritchie;309996 Wrote: > For a while tonight, SC didn't seem to be able to play MIP mixes. I > could create them, but when I tried to play them, nothing would happen. > Well, to be more precise: whatever was playing would stop, but the > webface acted as if it was still playing; play/pause d

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread egd
Brian Ritchie;309996 Wrote: > For a while tonight, SC didn't seem to be able to play MIP mixes. I > could create them, but when I tried to play them, nothing would happen. > Well, to be more precise: whatever was playing would stop, but the > webface acted as if it was still playing; play/pause d

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread Brian Ritchie
For a while tonight, SC didn't seem to be able to play MIP mixes. I could create them, but when I tried to play them, nothing would happen. Well, to be more precise: whatever was playing would stop, but the webface acted as if it was still playing; play/pause did nothing, and eventually I'd have t

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread mrgothic
Nonreality;309901 Wrote: > Go back to post 184 in this thread and hit the link. It might help you. thank you will check it out -- mrgothic mrgothic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10759 View

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread Nonreality
mrgothic;309893 Wrote: > hi > ive just gone into my pluggins on my slimserver interface and found > musicip there the box is ticked further along the line i have the i > next to this is settings underlined,am i ready to go have i got it > installed already,what are my first steps how to get it go

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread mrgothic
hi ive just gone into my pluggins on my slimserver interface and found musicip there the box is ticked further along the line i have the i next to this is settings underlined,am i ready to go have i got it installed already,what are my first steps how to get it going,how do i open it up thank you

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread mrgothic
hi hope somebody can help adding musicip,i have a hp smartmedia 475 and my squeezecentre is preinstalled on this,ive never added pluggins before could somebody give me easy step to step installing it im a novice with computers and programs so easier the better thank you -- mrgothic ---

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread whicken
maggior;307048 Wrote: > To those that know more about this - is there a reason in a case like > this to have MusicIP perform the "analysis" or "validation", other than > to increase the number of mixable songs? If a song is ready/mixable, but hasn't been validated yet, that means MusicIP is usin

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread ezkcdude
egd;309779 Wrote: > You do/ change anything? Do you have SC pointed to the library or > pointed only to MiP? Now it's working again. I shut down SC and re-started. I think it had something to do with the fact that I had re-booted the computer. -- ezkcdude There are 10 kind of people in the

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread technojunkie
egd;309811 Wrote: > It shouldn't matter, albeit it will mean you cannot meaningfully > restrict your mixes to a given genre. Suggest you post one of your > mixes on the '*MusicIP Forum*' > (http://forums.musicip.com/index.php?showforum=4) along with your mixer > settings (per SC, not MiP headles

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread egd
technojunkie;309808 Wrote: > I'm still getting some very weird mixes even with Style set to 200 and > Variety set to 1 in the SC settings. These settings should give mixes > specifically the same as the seed song but I'm not getting that at all > so there must be something else influencing the mi

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-08 Thread technojunkie
egd;309752 Wrote: > I've just run the test I referred to in my previous post - the upshot is > that MiP, when integrated with SC, takes its cue from SC's SqueezeCenter > Settings/Plugins/MusicIP. So, unless I'm misinterpreting, mmm.ini is in > fact irrelevant in the SC integration setup and mmm.

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread egd
Nonreality;309787 Wrote: > Very nicely done. I do have a couple of suggestions. Dumb it down just a > bit, it would scare me off I think if I hadn't already done it (us > dummies you know). I think you need to point out a bit more that > people can use the GUI to do all the validating, just by r

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread Nonreality
egd;309781 Wrote: > Folks, as Erland suggested, I've tried to capture the essence of getting > integration working in a '*Wiki entry based largely on this thread: > Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter*' > (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter) Very nice

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread egd
Folks, as Erland suggested, I've tried to capture the essence of getting integration working in a '*Wiki entry based largely on this thread: Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter*' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter) -- egd Internet forums: conclusiv

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread egd
ezkcdude;309778 Wrote: > Dangit! I had everything working fine for a couple of days, and now I've > gone a lost the "M" again. You do/ change anything? -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterl

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread ezkcdude
Dangit! I had everything working fine for a couple of days, and now I've gone a lost the "M" again. -- ezkcdude There are 10 kind of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. SHINYMETAL '*Site*' (http://www.ezdiyaudio.com)| '*RSS*' (http://www2.kumc.edu/students/ez

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread egd
Ok, I've just run the test I referred to in my previous response - the upshot is that MiP, when integrated with SC, takes its cue from SC's SqueezeCenter Settings/Plugins/MusicIP. So, unless I'm misinterpreting, mmm.ini is in fact irrelevant in the SC integration setup and that mmm.ini's settings

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread egd
technojunkie;309717 Wrote: > Thanks again for the post egd. Thats just the problem ! I don't know if > the Duet controller (via SC) is taking its mix settings from MIP, the > HTTP AP or SC. Every tweak I make seems to have no real effect on the > outcome of the mix. > > Is there any way to find

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread technojunkie
egd;309702 Wrote: > One thing you may want to check in the meantime is where MiP headless is > taking its cue from - the mix settings in mmm.ini or that in the SC > Plugins/MiP settings area. On my setup it's definitely taking its cue > from mmm.ini which I control via the HTTP API. I'm not sur

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread tamanaco
egd;309702 Wrote: > > One thing you may want to check in the meantime is where MiP headless > is taking its cue from - the mix settings in mmm.ini or that in the SC > Plugins/MiP settings area. On my setup it's definitely taking its cue > from mmm.ini which I control via the HTTP API. I'm not

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread egd
technojunkie;309692 Wrote: > Am I expecting too much from MusicIp or do I need to do some more fine > tuning of the mix settings and, if so, which ones?I'd made reference earlier > to a post by Siduhe in another thread that I found very useful. There is additional fine tuning that can be done b

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread egd
Sike;309324 Wrote: > Is it possible to get it to work when browsing the folders? (I don't > browse by artist or album..)Not sure whether the MiP integration will show > itself if browsing folders - there's only one way to find out. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread technojunkie
Can anybody please advise what the MusicIP validation process actually does ? I ask because, having tried to finely tune the mix paramaters within SC and the MusicMagicServer I'm still getting some very "odd" mixes. Does the validation process flag tracks by genre, style of music, feel/mood of m

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-07 Thread Patrick Dixon
egd;309565 Wrote: > Do you have '*ia32-libs*' (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/ia32-libs) > installed? I understand it needs to be installed to run 32 bit progs > under 64 bit. I do now ... and MiP Server runs! Many thanks for all your help. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ---

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-06 Thread egd
Patrick Dixon;308308 Wrote: > I've no idea what genpuid is, but I guess MiP is just not yet ready for > a 64-bit world! I guess I'll try again in a couple more years ... > > Thanks for the help, egd. Do you have '*ia32-libs*' (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/ia32-libs) installed? I understan

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-06 Thread Siduhe
technojunkie;309327 Wrote: > Have you any idea why I can't see the playlists saved in the MIP UI in > SC ? Just noticed that my MIP playlists are also missing since upgrading to SC7.1, so not just you. I'll try and track down whether the issue is at the MIP end or the SC end over the weekend.

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-06 Thread egd
technojunkie;309160 Wrote: > I have today added some songs to the MIP database bringing the total > from 7577 to 7622. However, when I run a complete rescan with SC, it > still shows that 7577 songs are to be imported from the MIP database > and not 7622. Does anyone please know how to resolve th

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-05 Thread Brian Ritchie
Siduhe;308839 Wrote: > I've seen this a couple of times - one possibility is that you have some > out of date .m3u playlist refs? You run on XP, right? If so, open up > the GUI, Preferences/General untick add .m3u playlists as library > playlists and Refresh, Save Library and then reload cache i

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-05 Thread Siduhe
Should just be the button marked "Refresh songs", underneath Search Songs but not sure how the Spicefly UI is laid out. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? "-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-05 Thread technojunkie
Siduhe;309188 Wrote: > You need to update the headless server when you make changes to the MIP > cache. So go to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10002 (where xxx=the ip address > where MIP is installed, or localhost:10002). > > That will open up the headless server ui. Click Refresh songs and then > re

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-05 Thread Siduhe
You need to update the headless server when you make changes to the MIP cache. So go to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10002 (where xxx=the ip address where MIP is installed, or localhost:10002). That will open up the headless server ui. Click Refresh songs and then rescan SC. The 'Spicefly' (http://s

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-05 Thread technojunkie
Siduhe;309168 Wrote: > Are you running headless? Apologies if this is grandmother sucking > eggs, but have you reloaded the cache in the headless UI? No, your certainly not teaching your Grandmother to suck eggs as I'm a total novice at the moment so all information is welcome thankyou. Yes I

Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!

2008-06-05 Thread Siduhe
technojunkie;309167 Wrote: > Thankyou for that Sidhue. > > I didn't realise that I had to start playing the playlist before being > given the option to save it. Neither did I! It makes sense though I guess, when you think of it as if the Controller was the webui. When you trigger a mix via th

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