[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: Mini Linux box

2006-03-08 Thread bolfings
My first post - hope it is of interest to someone - Based on info from this site, plus info gleaned off a few others, I took the plunge and ordered a Kuro-BoxHG from revogear.com. Although I've never used Linux, I managed to install a drive, get it set-up, change the web interface to English, in

[SlimDevices: Unix] problem running 6.2.1 on Debian

2006-03-08 Thread morgad
I am trying to run the tarball on a Debian/testing system but I cannot get it to start ... (this was trying the nightly snapshot - same result) $./slimserver.pl --daemon Had to create DBI::_dbistate unexpectedly at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/DynaLoader.pm line 245. Segmentation fault any ideas how to cu

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: Generating m3u playlists

2006-03-08 Thread clump
I've been using an external utility to generate playlists (simple .m3u files) for a couple of years now; works fine. -- clump clump's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2283 View this thread: http://f

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: AlienBBC audio garbled?

2006-03-08 Thread bpa
If it is a network problem then it should not happen at all with listen again except occasionally when you get more than 10 secs gaps in network but these don't happen every day. So I believe there maybe something else. You should try at some point running standalone mplayer and see if the proble

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: Debian 6.5b1 Package

2006-03-08 Thread Dan Sully
* jamesho shaped the electrons to say... Good work, I'm really glad to see a .deb. Thank!! This is another good step towards me buying a Squeezebox. :- ) Glad to see the package has made it to undtable already. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/slimserver FYI - that's a stripped packa

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: AlienBBC audio garbled?

2006-03-08 Thread fairyliquidizer
i haven't observed the high speed catch up effect since reinstalling. I reckon you are probably right here. This is just normal delay issues on the stream. It happens on listen again but isn't as bad as the life feed. I didn't have these problems on windows but maybe the BBC are getting a heav

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: AlienBBC audio garbled?

2006-03-08 Thread bpa
Drop outs happen on live stream due to packets being dropped by the server due to network congestion (i.e worst on BBC around Mon-Thu 7.30am-9.00, 5.00pm-7.00pm and 9.30pm-11.pm) . With a live stream you cannot send a burst of packets to make up the backlog - the packets are generated in real tim

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: AlienBBC audio garbled?

2006-03-08 Thread fairyliquidizer
bpa Wrote: > I think what you could be experiencing is due to network problem > especially if it is a live stream. Could you explain in more detail > what you mean here ? > part of the way into listening the stream (once every 4 minutes or so) the signal will drop out and will either return af

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: AlienBBC audio garbled?

2006-03-08 Thread bpa
I think what you could be experiencing is due to network problem especially if it is a live stream. Could you explain in more detail what you mean here ? > > I'm still getting the occasional drop out and audio synchronisation > issue (catching up by playing content at higher speed). > Does thi

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: AlienBBC audio garbled?

2006-03-08 Thread fairyliquidizer
Time for me to eat my words. Booo hoo hoo! :-P I'm still getting the occasional drop out and audio synchronisation issue (catching up by playing content at higher speed). I really don't know what to do now, other than buy a copy of Windows Server 2003 and install it on my server instead of Ubun

[SlimDevices: Unix] Re: Debian 6.5b1 Package

2006-03-08 Thread jamesho
Good work, I'm really glad to see a .deb. Thank!! This is another good step towards me buying a Squeezebox. :- ) Glad to see the package has made it to undtable already. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/slimserver James -- jamesho -