Simon Turner
2003-12-29, 07:15
I set up my Squeezebox a few days ago and am pretty pleased with it. At last i can listen to my 100gb of MP3s in my lounge without annoying the neighbours!
I have only one slight problem.. although my MP3s are all ripped with ID3v2 tags I only appear to be able to read the first few words of the text in the tag. It sort of looks as if the SlimServer is reading only the v1 tags (or perhaps I need to work out how to scroll the text?). I can't find a setting to change this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for any help
Simon
Brighton UK
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com]On Behalf Of T
Sent: 29 December 2003 13:39
To: Slim Devices Discussion
Subject: [slim] Shortcut link to second drive not browseable
> On my home network I've got a more reasonable-sized Pentium-IV-powered
Windows XP configuration with decent hard disk capacity, and a music folder
that shows up just fine on a mapped network drive (the 'L:' drive in this
case.) Now, the problem:
>
> a) My main music folder is here: C:\my\music\ (this is what SliMP3 knows
about, and it works fine)
> b) Tons of 'extra music' on the XP box is here: L:\MoreMusic\
> c) If I make a shortcut to L:\MoreMusic and drop it somewhere within the
C:\my\music folder, the name appears OK on the SliMP3, but I can't 'drill
down' into it: I just get the word 'empty' on the display.
I discovered that all drive mapping must be done BEFORE starting slimserver,
otherwise it doesn't find the mapped disks. If I start slimserver as a
service, it never finds any files on the mapped disks, so I wrote a Delphi
program that first ensures that all mapped disks are found before starting
slimserver. (even local disks are mapped in my system, as that way playlist
made on one computer will work on any other on the network).
Tom
I have only one slight problem.. although my MP3s are all ripped with ID3v2 tags I only appear to be able to read the first few words of the text in the tag. It sort of looks as if the SlimServer is reading only the v1 tags (or perhaps I need to work out how to scroll the text?). I can't find a setting to change this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for any help
Simon
Brighton UK
-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com
[mailto:discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com]On Behalf Of T
Sent: 29 December 2003 13:39
To: Slim Devices Discussion
Subject: [slim] Shortcut link to second drive not browseable
> On my home network I've got a more reasonable-sized Pentium-IV-powered
Windows XP configuration with decent hard disk capacity, and a music folder
that shows up just fine on a mapped network drive (the 'L:' drive in this
case.) Now, the problem:
>
> a) My main music folder is here: C:\my\music\ (this is what SliMP3 knows
about, and it works fine)
> b) Tons of 'extra music' on the XP box is here: L:\MoreMusic\
> c) If I make a shortcut to L:\MoreMusic and drop it somewhere within the
C:\my\music folder, the name appears OK on the SliMP3, but I can't 'drill
down' into it: I just get the word 'empty' on the display.
I discovered that all drive mapping must be done BEFORE starting slimserver,
otherwise it doesn't find the mapped disks. If I start slimserver as a
service, it never finds any files on the mapped disks, so I wrote a Delphi
program that first ensures that all mapped disks are found before starting
slimserver. (even local disks are mapped in my system, as that way playlist
made on one computer will work on any other on the network).
Tom