Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spicefly sugarcube might prevent disk hibernation

2009-04-03 Thread Wirrunna
mr_hyde, I found that Sugarcube defaulted to "info" logging and wrote an awful lot of messages into the server log. This may be a reason, check the server log and then adjust the Sugarcube logging to "error" and see if that makes a difference. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a c

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Find Cover Art - When does it update?

2009-04-03 Thread Club1820
bpa, thanks for the response. First I stopped SqzCtr. I then went ahead and deleted the data in C:\ProgramData\SqueezeCenter\Cache\Artwork. Next I cleared the Browser Cache. I then restarted SqzCtr and opened up the browser SqzCtr Web Interface. The old artwork still shows for the tracks for w

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Consolidating albums with tracks in multiple directories?

2009-04-03 Thread Moonbase
:-) Great that it worked out for you! And sorry that I didn’t mention that with the current releases you actually -do- need a full rescan. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread ashimmin
Changing the station timeout made no difference. Changing the bitrate to 64K however did work. The Slimp3 now shows 'buffering xx%' and when it fills plays the station. What does this tell us? Does this point us towards a better solution? Thanks Alice -- ashimmin ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread bpa
The log shows that there is something about the settings SC has used when streaming to SlimMP3. The SoftSuqeeze test shopws the basic command settings are correct. At the moment I can only suggest two things to try. 1. Edit the custom-convert.conf file in Plugins/Alien and change the RTSP->MP3

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread ashimmin
Ok, disabled the RTSP->WAV and RTSP->FLAC. Plays OK in Softsqueeze Still plays sliently in Slimp3. Attached is the log file. The first play is for the Slimp3 and the second is for Softsqueeze. Thanks Alice +---+ |Filename: alie

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread bpa
Since case 2 Softsqueeze works OK then mplayer, socketwrapper and flac are working. NO need to worry about security s/w To test 3. * Open WebUI Settings/Advanced/Filetypes. * There are 3 RTSP entries with dropdown boxes. Set the Flac and WAV entries to disabled and you should be left with just

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread ashimmin
1. Mplayer test works OK 2. Softsqueeze playing works OK. So does Squeezebox How do I do what you suggest in 3? I'm running AVG 8.5 Thanks Alice -- ashimmin ashimmin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread bpa
Code: 09-04-04 00:24:52.6326] Slim::Player::Source::_readNextChunk (499) end of file or error on socket, song pos: 0 This error message usually means mplayer, socketwrapper or lame is not working. Socketwrappper can be stopped by security/AV

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread ashimmin
A clean install with no bitrate limiting is what I have. Attached is the requested log file. I am getting silence and not static. Thanks Alice PS The log attachment in my the previous post might also useful. +---+ |Filename: al

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread bpa
A clean unmodified AlienBBC installation with no bit rate limiting should work with SliMP3. Try that first before doing anything mods or changes. If it plays silence (not static) - then get a log with player.source set to INFO of trying to play a live stream. -- bpa --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread ashimmin
Sorry, I'm getting pretty confused now. I was looking for the Alien plugin but of course everything has moved now. I was making a custom-convert.conf in SqueezeCenter\server. I from the log (attached) that the Alien plugin is over in \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SqueezeCenter

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread bpa
It wasn't clear whether you edited the Alien custom-convert.conf file or created your own and since you didn't say what was heard "silence" and "static" are symptoms for two different problems. The advice below is based on the fact you are on Windows and doing bit rate limiting. First the "fl

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SvrPowerControl problem

2009-04-03 Thread gharris999
Thanks for your patience with this, Phil. I was too ambitious thinking that I could get a new version posted yesterday. I'm sill in the throes of doing taxes and arranging elder care for my father. Care to share with us your opinion of Britain's National Health system? My whole family has bee

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Sending music from Musicip

2009-04-03 Thread mikerob
With MusicIP on a Mac, if you hold down the alt key when selecting the "Send to Player" icon, you can play the song or mix directly on the Squeezebox. When pressing the alt key on "Send to Player", you get a menu with "Play All" and a list of all your Squeezeboxes identified by their MAC address

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread ashimmin
I'm runing lame version 3.97. I get silence. What do you mean by go back to the original conf file? Are you suggesting editing that and not using a custom-convert.conf? I tried a custom-convert.conf both with and without the -x and it made no difference. Still silence. Thanks for the quick resp

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread bpa
If you are hearing static - then it is a lame version problem. Go back to original conf file. Determine what version of lame you are running and add/remove "-x" according to whether you are running 3.96.1 or later. -- bpa ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] MusicIP on Freebsd

2009-04-03 Thread daHugi
I just switched my squeezecenter from linux to freebsd, I want to have a good way of backing up my music database on a zfs filesystemlet's see how stable it will be. so far i love freebsd :-) since i'm new to freebsd, how does your startup script for musicip headless look like? thx for yo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien BBC - fails on Slimp3

2009-04-03 Thread ashimmin
Help me here. I have the same Alien BBC problem with a Slimp3 but I don't seem to be able to fix it as you suggest. I'm running: Version: 7.3.2 - 24695 @ Mon Jan 19 18:55:04 PST 2009 on WinXP I've created this custom-convert.conf in "Program Files\SqueezeCenter\server" flc mp3 * * # FB

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SvrPowerControl problem

2009-04-03 Thread Phil Meyer
It worked this morning! Not sure what I changed to get it to work - could have simply been the missing /ami, or that I had done a reboot (perhaps some setting hadn't been picked up until restarted). Anyway, I can confirm that it works fine in 7.4. Phil _

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Find Cover Art - When does it update?

2009-04-03 Thread bpa
The controller has its own cache - the only way to clear is to restart the controller. Did you delete the Artwork directory in SC Cache - do this first and then clear Browser cache and restart controller? -- bpa bpa's Pr

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Spicefly sugarcube might prevent disk hibernation

2009-04-03 Thread mr_hyde
Hello, i have made some strange observations regarding the disk hibernation on my QNAP 439 and the SugarCube Plugin. Usually the NAS goes into standby, when i've heard music via dynamic playlist or MusicIP, internet radio, When i enable the Sugarcube plugin, the hibernation does not work af

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Find Cover Art - When does it update?

2009-04-03 Thread Club1820
So I'm trying to figure out when the artwork for a given track changes after using the plugin and saving the found cover art. I havent done extensive testing - but I havent seen the cover art change. I've cleared the Browser Cache and reloaded the web interface. Yet the art is not showing up?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Consolidating albums with tracks in multiple directories?

2009-04-03 Thread PaulyT
Oh wait, it seems I do have to rescan the library from scratch; when I did that, it worked! (using disc number tags) This will work for me. Thank you! -- PaulyT - Paul PaulyT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Consolidating albums with tracks in multiple directories?

2009-04-03 Thread PaulyT
Tried the DISC/DISCC route, no change. Do I need to rescan the entire library from scratch? I just rescanned the changed files after editing these tags... DISCNUMBER also didn't work. I've downloaded Picard, trying to figure out how to use it now to simply assign an album id on my existing (tagg

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spicefly SugarCube (Automatic MusicIP DJ)

2009-04-03 Thread chris.mason
mr_hyde;412697 Wrote: > Hi, > now i realized that the setting on the player works globally for all > players. Exactly..! Would be great to have this on a per-player basis. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spicefly SugarCube (Automatic MusicIP DJ)

2009-04-03 Thread mr_hyde
mr_hyde;411311 Wrote: > > > On Player: > -> Extras -> SpiceFly SugarCube -> Enable/disable > > should enable or disable it for the individual player Hi, now i realized that the setting on the player works globally for all players. -- mr_hyde 2 x Squeezebox 3 - SSOTS 3.15 (QPKG) - Squeezec

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Consolidating albums with tracks in multiple directories?

2009-04-03 Thread Moonbase
Hm, so it apparently has not "enough" data to be able to keep the "disc" together. As SC works now, there’s still some last hope: - You could try using a disc number and total # of discs, even if a release only has 1 disc (for disc #1 of a 2-disc release, in MP3, use -TPOS-=1/2, in FLAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: slimfx - Flash-based Skin / Control App

2009-04-03 Thread mick_w
Thanks EFP and gsamsa for sorting this out. 1. Dropped the SlimFX skin into the Squeezeceter HTML directory 2. Dropped the SocketPolicy plugin into the Squeezecenter Plugin directory 3. Modified the SocketPolicy plugin: line 15 in the install.xml file: 7* line 141 in the Plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Softsqueeze 3.9 beta for testing

2009-04-03 Thread Mike Meyer
It's been quite a while since the Pause worked right for me. I have had to hit it 3 times to actually have it pause. But this seems to be fixed now. Thanks bpa! -- Mike Meyer 'My Last.fm Page' (http://www.last.fm/user/malmeyer) 'PGAScores' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=474

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Sending music from Musicip

2009-04-03 Thread Moonbase
Only the Windows MusicIP Mixer GUI can do this, and unfortunately it isn’t too reliable (at least in v1.8.1b). Still a nice feature, though. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Softsqueeze 3.7 running but not actually visible

2009-04-03 Thread rossp
Do you have the black & white headphone icon in the systray? WHen I start softsqueeze it's minimized to the tray and that lets me open it. -- rossp rossp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7787 View

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Softsqueeze 3.7 running but not actually visible

2009-04-03 Thread Kanger
Being new to the software and having done a prelim. search of the FAQ/database, I still can't get softsqueeze 3.7 to actually appear on my screen not to mention change anything via the remote. I presume that it is running since, at last, I have sound & have an entry under 'player' in SqueezeCent