From mattz@prodigy.net Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:22:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:22:17 -0400 (EDT) From: mattz@prodigy.net mattz@prodigy.net Subject: [slinkelist] Fwd: Re: DVP-CX850D : DVD (KMM58754C0KM) This may have already been answered, but here is the official word from Sony regarding the new DVD player. Quite a shame, as having a DVD-CDJ sounded great. ---- On Sep 29 Custserv wrote: > Dear Sony Customer: > > Thank you for contacting Sony. > > Control A1 on a product, including this, is only used to control another > changer unit. > > Since this DVD changer has not yet been released, we have information as > to whether it will control the exact functions you describe. > > Thank you for your interest in Sony products. > > CM77 > Sony Internet Group > > Original message follows: > ------------------------- > > Name: Matt Zarkos > Email: mattz@prodigy.net > Mailing Address: > Product Category 1: DVD > Product Category 2: > Model Name: DVP-CX850D From paulc@flashpnt.com Thu, 30 Sep 1999 14:59:32 -0700 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 14:59:32 -0700 From: Paul Chambers paulc@flashpnt.com Subject: [slinkelist] Fwd: Re: DVP-CX850D : DVD (KMM58754C0KM) Perhaps if we asked the question a different way. I can think of two approaches that might yield more useful information: a) "can the DVP-CX850D operate as a slave to another changer with mega-control, or can one DVP-CX850D control a second DVP-CX850D as a slave unit?" That should establish whether it's send-only (i.e. master only) or able to receive commands, too (operate as a slave). If it's the latter, some degree of control from Slink-e should be possible. b) "is the DVP-CX850D compatible with the two-way IR remote & IA-10 IR transceiver that came with the CDP-CX260 and CDP-CX88ES CD Megachangers?" The IA-10 is that box that seems to bridge the two-way IR protocol to Control-A1, to provide the title information on the two-way remote. If that works, Slink-e should, too. I wish Sony would improve in providing product information to their customers, both before and after the sale. Frankly, they suck at it. The website is just a tease, and calling them is an exercise in frustration. For large purchases, I'll often have to resort to ordering the user's guide and service manual to get the info I'm looking for. The user's guide should be enough, but we've all seen Sony's user's guides... Paul From twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:07:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:07:18 -0400 (EDT) From: twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Subject: [slinkelist] Covers When can we expect to see a corrected utility for retrieving covers? Anyone working on one? From darrena@MICROSOFT.com Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:02:02 -0700 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:02:02 -0700 From: Darren Apfel darrena@MICROSOFT.com Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0D43.48C63082 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello all: I use a slink-e to run my home audio system. The master audio signal is piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume control. I have set up multiple identical "universal remotes" to control CDJ from each room (mostly to control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up stored playlists, etc.). Everything works great! The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that same remote to turn on and off the audio in each room. Currently, I have a manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can turn on or off the audio signal each of the four rooms. (Some rooms have manual override for local sources such as TVs.) Here's a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was just half an hour ago. I had returned from my workout. I wanted to take a shower. From the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it. Problem is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden I'm blaring music at her as well. So I have to go downstairs and manually turn off all but the master bedroom/bathroom. I'd like to be able to do this from the bedroom. Any ideas? d@ ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0D43.48C63082 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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I use a slink-e to run my home audio system.  The master audio signal is piped into four rooms, = each room with its own IR port and volume control.  I have set up multiple identical “universal remotes” = to control CDJ from each room (mostly to control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up = stored playlists, etc.).

 

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Everything works = great!

 

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The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use = that same remote to turn on and off the audio in each room.  Currently, I have a manual switchbox in the family = room (next to the receiver) that can turn on or off the audio signal each of = the four rooms.  (Some rooms = have manual override for local sources such as = TVs.)

 

=

Here’s a good example of why I want this ripped from my = life as it was just half an hour ago.  I = had returned from my workout.  = I wanted to take a shower.  From = the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it.  Problem is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and = all of a sudden I’m blaring music at her as well.  So I have to go downstairs and manually turn off all but the = master bedroom/bathroom.

 

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I’d like to be able to do this from the = bedroom.

 

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Any ideas?

 

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0D43.48C63082-- From mark@madigan.net Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:47:28 -0700 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:47:28 -0700 From: Mark A. Madigan mark@madigan.net Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their fabulous product! I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found and listed everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the ability to store song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the remote--although the album titles are making it through the pipeline to the remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or Slink-e. From AndyStein@aol.com Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists You mention that the Sony CDP-CX555ES stores song titles. Does the 555ES, then, have track memo? The CDP-CX350 lacks this feature, and its instruction manual (the same manual that the 555ES uses) does not mention track memo. Further, Sony indicated to me that neither the 350 nor the 555ES has track memo. Did Sony manage to keep track memo for the 555ES while omitting it in the 350? Andrew In a message dated 10/2/99 11:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mark@madigan.net writes: << I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their fabulous product! I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found and listed everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the ability to store song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the remote--although the album titles are making it through the pipeline to the remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or Slink-e. >> From MrGolden@swbell.net Sun, 03 Oct 1999 09:39:36 -0500 Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 09:39:36 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BF0D83.34B335A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them is = "cheap". Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that can = switch up to six pairs of speakers. It retails for $400, and you need = their RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail. With it, you = could teach your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the room = they're located in. Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo = receivers for the other rooms. You should be able to find decent ones = for under $100 each -- probably under $50 each. It would require = splitting your sources to run to all the receivers, and you may need = some type of distribution amps. In addition to providing remote on/off = control of the zones, you would also have independent source selection = and volume levels. Tony Golden ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Darren Apfel=20 To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com'=20 Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? Hello all: =20 I use a slink-e to run my home audio system. The master audio signal = is piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume = control. I have set up multiple identical "universal remotes" to = control CDJ from each room (mostly to control basic functions such as = play, stop, cue up stored playlists, etc.). =20 Everything works great! =20 The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that same = remote to turn on and off the audio in each room. Currently, I have a = manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can turn = on or off the audio signal each of the four rooms. (Some rooms have = manual override for local sources such as TVs.) =20 Here's a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was = just half an hour ago. I had returned from my workout. I wanted to = take a shower. From the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it. = Problem is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a = sudden I'm blaring music at her as well. So I have to go downstairs and = manually turn off all but the master bedroom/bathroom. =20 I'd like to be able to do this from the bedroom. =20 Any ideas? =20 d@ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BF0D83.34B335A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them = is=20 "cheap".
 
Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that = can=20 switch up to six pairs of speakers.  It retails for $400, and you = need=20 their RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail.  With it, = you=20 could teach your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the room = they're=20 located in.
 
Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo = receivers=20 for the other rooms.  You should be able to find decent ones for = under $100=20 each -- probably under $50 each.  It would require splitting your = sources=20 to run to all the receivers, and you may need some type of distribution=20 amps.  In addition to providing remote on/off control of the zones, = you=20 would also have independent source selection and volume levels.
 
Tony Golden
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Darren=20 Apfel
To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com'
Sent: Saturday, October 02, = 1999 9:02=20 PM
Subject: [slinkelist] IR = controlled audio=20 switching?

Hello=20 all:

 

I use a slink-e to run my home = audio=20 system.  The master = audio signal=20 is piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume=20 control.  I have set up = multiple=20 identical “universal remotes” to control CDJ from each = room (mostly to control=20 basic functions such as play, stop, cue up stored playlists,=20 etc.).

 

Everything works=20 great!

 

The one thing that I would like = to add is=20 the ability to use that same remote to turn on and off the audio in = each=20 room.  Currently, I have = a manual=20 switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can turn on = or off=20 the audio signal each of the four rooms. =20 (Some rooms have manual override for local sources such as=20 TVs.)

 

Here’s a good example of = why I want this=20 ripped from my life as it was just half an hour ago.  I had returned from my = workout.  I wanted to take a = shower.  From the master bedroom, I = cue up a CD=20 to play it.  Problem is: = Laurie is=20 down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden I’m = blaring music at=20 her as well.  So I have = to go=20 downstairs and manually turn off all but the master=20 bedroom/bathroom.

 

I’d like to be able to do = this from the=20 bedroom.

 

Any=20 ideas?

 

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------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BF0D83.34B335A0-- From mark@madigan.net Sun, 3 Oct 1999 08:14:06 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 08:14:06 -0700 From: Mark A. Madigan mark@madigan.net Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Ahhhhh...I see what is happening now--Andrew's question helped me understand. It turns out that the 555ES does NOT keep track memos--and the 2-way remote just lists them track by track without giving the ability to change the names, either manually or automatically. I was wrong, it does NOT store track memo--the fact that the remote lists them in a similar fashion to the disc memo led me to think it did (I have not reseached this very much). Thanks for the clarification. > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: AndyStein@aol.com > Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > You mention that the Sony CDP-CX555ES stores song titles. Does the > 555ES, then, have track memo? The CDP-CX350 lacks this feature, and its > instruction manual (the same manual that the 555ES uses) does not mention > track memo. Further, Sony indicated to me that neither the 350 > nor the 555ES > has track memo. Did Sony manage to keep track memo for the 555ES while > omitting it in the 350? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/2/99 11:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > mark@madigan.net writes: > > << I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their > fabulous product! > > I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found > and listed > everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! > > One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the > ability to store > song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the > remote--although the album titles are making it through the > pipeline to the > remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or > Slink-e. > > > > > > >> > > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > End of slinkelist Digest > From guineau@earthlink.net Sun, 3 Oct 1999 09:54:43 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 09:54:43 -0700 From: W. John Guineau guineau@earthlink.net Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF0D85.5173FAB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check out http://www.weedtech.com/index.html They have some cool electronic modules, including a couple IR based modules. One will let you program it to select one of 7 digital outputs. The other will let you program it to output a number from 0-31 (i.e. 5 bit number) depending on the remote key pressed. Using either of these with some simple logic and/or relays would make a simple IR controlled switcher. The best part is they are both programmable with the IR remote of your choice. Just program it with unused buttons/functions to control whatever you hook up. john ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF0D85.5173FAB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Check=20 out http://www.weedtech.com/index= .html
 
They=20 have some cool electronic modules, including a couple IR based modules. = One will=20 let you program it to select one of 7 digital outputs. The other = will let=20 you program it to output a number from 0-31 (i.e. 5 bit number)  = depending=20 on the remote key pressed.
 
Using=20 either of these with some simple logic and/or relays would make a simple = IR=20 controlled <whatever> switcher.
 
The=20 best part is they are both programmable with the IR remote of your = choice.=20 Just program it with unused buttons/functions to control whatever = you hook=20 up.
 
john
------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF0D85.5173FAB0-- From simon@ash.aust.com Sun, 3 Oct 1999 10:19:40 +1000 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 10:19:40 +1000 From: Simon Durant simon@ash.aust.com Subject: [slinkelist] Covers With a little luck (time) - tomorrow, I have a long weekend and it is on my list... Simon -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Sent: Sunday, 3 October 1999 10:07 To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Covers When can we expect to see a corrected utility for retrieving covers? Anyone working on one? _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From AndyStein@aol.com Sun, 3 Oct 1999 15:01:08 EDT Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 15:01:08 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists No problem. Thanks for your clarification. Only recently did Sony stop advertising the CDP-CX350 as having track memo, so there are substantial grounds for confusion. I wonder how many bought 350s and 555ESs thinking they had track memo? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mark@madigan.net writes: << Subj: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: mark@madigan.net (Mark A. Madigan) Sender: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Ahhhhh...I see what is happening now--Andrew's question helped me understand. It turns out that the 555ES does NOT keep track memos--and the 2-way remote just lists them track by track without giving the ability to change the names, either manually or automatically. I was wrong, it does NOT store track memo--the fact that the remote lists them in a similar fashion to the disc memo led me to think it did (I have not reseached this very much). Thanks for the clarification. > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: AndyStein@aol.com > Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > You mention that the Sony CDP-CX555ES stores song titles. Does the > 555ES, then, have track memo? The CDP-CX350 lacks this feature, and its > instruction manual (the same manual that the 555ES uses) does not mention > track memo. Further, Sony indicated to me that neither the 350 > nor the 555ES > has track memo. Did Sony manage to keep track memo for the 555ES while > omitting it in the 350? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/2/99 11:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > mark@madigan.net writes: > > << I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their > fabulous product! > > I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found > and listed > everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! > > One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the > ability to store > song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the > remote--although the album titles are making it through the > pipeline to the > remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or > Slink-e. > >> From coconno@slip.net Sun, 3 Oct 1999 14:55:32 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 14:55:32 -0700 From: Craig O'Connor coconno@slip.net Subject: FW: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Well me for one. There was very little information available about this player before I ordered it from Oade Bros (great price, though). As the happy owner of the 90ES, but blessed with 60 more CD's (and growing) than the 90ES holds, I'be been waiting for the 300 version of the 90ES. Close but no cigar. The sound is similar using the analog path, but they really should have done a digital Master/Slave pass through (obviating the need of the DXS) so I could use my DAC. The fancy/schmancy remote? Eh, who cares without track info. I miss being able to glance at the player when away from the PC to get track info (I would have loved to get the TV out feature to work) -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of AndyStein@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 12:01 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists No problem. Thanks for your clarification. Only recently did Sony stop advertising the CDP-CX350 as having track memo, so there are substantial grounds for confusion. I wonder how many bought 350s and 555ESs thinking they had track memo? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mark@madigan.net writes: << Subj: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: mark@madigan.net (Mark A. Madigan) Sender: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Ahhhhh...I see what is happening now--Andrew's question helped me understand. It turns out that the 555ES does NOT keep track memos--and the 2-way remote just lists them track by track without giving the ability to change the names, either manually or automatically. I was wrong, it does NOT store track memo--the fact that the remote lists them in a similar fashion to the disc memo led me to think it did (I have not reseached this very much). Thanks for the clarification. > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: AndyStein@aol.com > Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > You mention that the Sony CDP-CX555ES stores song titles. Does the > 555ES, then, have track memo? The CDP-CX350 lacks this feature, and its > instruction manual (the same manual that the 555ES uses) does not mention > track memo. Further, Sony indicated to me that neither the 350 > nor the 555ES > has track memo. Did Sony manage to keep track memo for the 555ES while > omitting it in the 350? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/2/99 11:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > mark@madigan.net writes: > > << I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their > fabulous product! > > I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found > and listed > everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! > > One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the > ability to store > song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the > remote--although the album titles are making it through the > pipeline to the > remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or > Slink-e. > >> _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From AndyStein@aol.com Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:58:32 EDT Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:58:32 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists I cannot believe that a company such as Sony could act so irresponsibly. Even months after I told Sony that its 350 lacked track memo, Sony still advertised it with that feature. And I have heard that Sony may not reintroduce track memo since apparently people did not like to take the time to enter tracks, although I must believe that ten years from now it will become a standard feature for all CD changers. Does anyone know whether any changer from any company will allow users to enter tracks? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 4:16:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, coconno@slip.net writes: << Subj: RE: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 4:16:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: coconno@slip.net (Craig O'Connor) Reply-to: coconno@slip.net To: AndyStein@aol.com Well me for one. There was very little information available about this player before I ordered it from Oade Bros (great price, though). As the happy owner of the 90ES, but blessed with 60 more CD's (and growing) than the 90ES holds, I'be been waiting for the 300 version of the 90ES. Close but no cigar. The sound is similar using the analog path, but they really should have done a digital Master/Slave pass through (obviating the need of the DXS) so I could use my DAC. The fancy/schmancy remote? Eh, who cares without track info. I miss being able to glance at the player when away from the PC to get track info (I would have loved to get the TV out feature to work) -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of AndyStein@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 12:01 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists No problem. Thanks for your clarification. Only recently did Sony stop advertising the CDP-CX350 as having track memo, so there are substantial grounds for confusion. I wonder how many bought 350s and 555ESs thinking they had track memo? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mark@madigan.net writes: << Subj: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: mark@madigan.net (Mark A. Madigan) Sender: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Ahhhhh...I see what is happening now--Andrew's question helped me understand. It turns out that the 555ES does NOT keep track memos--and the 2-way remote just lists them track by track without giving the ability to change the names, either manually or automatically. I was wrong, it does NOT store track memo--the fact that the remote lists them in a similar fashion to the disc memo led me to think it did (I have not reseached this very much). Thanks for the clarification. > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: AndyStein@aol.com > Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > You mention that the Sony CDP-CX555ES stores song titles. Does the > 555ES, then, have track memo? The CDP-CX350 lacks this feature, and its > instruction manual (the same manual that the 555ES uses) does not mention > track memo. Further, Sony indicated to me that neither the 350 > nor the 555ES > has track memo. Did Sony manage to keep track memo for the 555ES while > omitting it in the 350? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/2/99 11:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > mark@madigan.net writes: > > << I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their > fabulous product! > > I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found > and listed > everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! > > One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the > ability to store > song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the > remote--although the album titles are making it through the > pipeline to the > remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or > Slink-e. > >> >> From gtang@gtcons.com Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:05:09 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:05:09 -0700 From: Tang, George gtang@gtcons.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists None of the CD changers that I know of has the track memo feature. Most of us and manufacturers are hoping that ten years from now, CD-Text will be a standard on all CD's. Therefore, there is no need to put extra memory and programming into the changers for track memo. My 2 cents worth. George Tang gtang@gtcons.com -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of AndyStein@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 4:59 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists I cannot believe that a company such as Sony could act so irresponsibly. Even months after I told Sony that its 350 lacked track memo, Sony still advertised it with that feature. And I have heard that Sony may not reintroduce track memo since apparently people did not like to take the time to enter tracks, although I must believe that ten years from now it will become a standard feature for all CD changers. Does anyone know whether any changer from any company will allow users to enter tracks? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 4:16:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, coconno@slip.net writes: << Subj: RE: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 4:16:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: coconno@slip.net (Craig O'Connor) Reply-to: coconno@slip.net To: AndyStein@aol.com Well me for one. There was very little information available about this player before I ordered it from Oade Bros (great price, though). As the happy owner of the 90ES, but blessed with 60 more CD's (and growing) than the 90ES holds, I'be been waiting for the 300 version of the 90ES. Close but no cigar. The sound is similar using the analog path, but they really should have done a digital Master/Slave pass through (obviating the need of the DXS) so I could use my DAC. The fancy/schmancy remote? Eh, who cares without track info. I miss being able to glance at the player when away from the PC to get track info (I would have loved to get the TV out feature to work) -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of AndyStein@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 12:01 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists No problem. Thanks for your clarification. Only recently did Sony stop advertising the CDP-CX350 as having track memo, so there are substantial grounds for confusion. I wonder how many bought 350s and 555ESs thinking they had track memo? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mark@madigan.net writes: << Subj: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: mark@madigan.net (Mark A. Madigan) Sender: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Ahhhhh...I see what is happening now--Andrew's question helped me understand. It turns out that the 555ES does NOT keep track memos--and the 2-way remote just lists them track by track without giving the ability to change the names, either manually or automatically. I was wrong, it does NOT store track memo--the fact that the remote lists them in a similar fashion to the disc memo led me to think it did (I have not reseached this very much). Thanks for the clarification. > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: AndyStein@aol.com > Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > You mention that the Sony CDP-CX555ES stores song titles. Does the > 555ES, then, have track memo? The CDP-CX350 lacks this feature, and its > instruction manual (the same manual that the 555ES uses) does not mention > track memo. Further, Sony indicated to me that neither the 350 > nor the 555ES > has track memo. Did Sony manage to keep track memo for the 555ES while > omitting it in the 350? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/2/99 11:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > mark@madigan.net writes: > > << I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their > fabulous product! > > I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found > and listed > everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! > > One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the > ability to store > song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the > remote--although the album titles are making it through the > pipeline to the > remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or > Slink-e. > >> >> _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From andren@interaccess.com Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:49:42 -0500 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:49:42 -0500 From: Dale Andren andren@interaccess.com Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F8_01BF0DE9.32FC2670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi List, If you put your audio signal on a video modulator, (if you have a es90 = or a changer with video out, you can put the track info on as well) you = can simply tune your TV in whatever room you are in to channel 68 or = whatever the modulator is set to, and you can then control the volume of = the TV, which is in effect now acting as your preamp.. If the TV has = audio outs this is ideal, since you can then send the tv audio to the = local amp or whatever. If you have whole house IR capability this adds = up to a pretty slick setup and sounds great. Make sure you buy a channel = plus or some other high grade modulator, because I would imagine the = cheesy modulators would provide an inferior sound quality. This setup is ideal if you want to forgo a lot of expensive cabling and = don't need audiophile sound in the rooms away from the main source. Good luck, Dale ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tony Golden=20 To: Darren Apfel=20 Cc: Slink-e Users List=20 Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them is = "cheap". Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that = can switch up to six pairs of speakers. It retails for $400, and you = need their RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail. With it, = you could teach your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the = room they're located in. Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo = receivers for the other rooms. You should be able to find decent ones = for under $100 each -- probably under $50 each. It would require = splitting your sources to run to all the receivers, and you may need = some type of distribution amps. In addition to providing remote on/off = control of the zones, you would also have independent source selection = and volume levels. Tony Golden ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Darren Apfel=20 To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com'=20 Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? Hello all: =20 I use a slink-e to run my home audio system. The master audio = signal is piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and = volume control. I have set up multiple identical "universal remotes" to = control CDJ from each room (mostly to control basic functions such as = play, stop, cue up stored playlists, etc.). =20 Everything works great! =20 The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that = same remote to turn on and off the audio in each room. Currently, I = have a manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that = can turn on or off the audio signal each of the four rooms. (Some rooms = have manual override for local sources such as TVs.) =20 Here's a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it = was just half an hour ago. I had returned from my workout. I wanted to = take a shower. From the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it. = Problem is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a = sudden I'm blaring music at her as well. So I have to go downstairs and = manually turn off all but the master bedroom/bathroom. =20 I'd like to be able to do this from the bedroom. =20 Any ideas? =20 d@ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_00F8_01BF0DE9.32FC2670 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi List,
 
If you put your audio signal on a video modulator, = (if you=20 have a es90 or a changer with video out, you can put the track info on = as well)=20 you can simply tune your TV in whatever room you are in to channel 68 or = whatever the modulator is set to, and you can then control the volume of = the TV,=20 which is in effect now acting as your preamp.. If the TV has audio outs = this is=20 ideal, since you can then send the tv audio to the local amp or = whatever. If you=20 have whole house IR capability this adds up to a pretty slick setup and = sounds=20 great. Make sure you buy a channel plus or some other high grade = modulator,=20 because I would imagine the cheesy modulators would provide an inferior = sound=20 quality.
 
This setup is ideal if you want to forgo a lot of = expensive=20 cabling and don't need audiophile sound in the rooms away from the main=20 source.
 
Good luck,
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Tony Golden=20
To: Darren=20 Apfel
Cc: Slink-e Users=20 List
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 = 9:39=20 AM
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR = controlled=20 audio switching?

There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of = them is=20 "cheap".
 
Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, = that can=20 switch up to six pairs of speakers.  It retails for $400, and you = need=20 their RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail.  With = it, you=20 could teach your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the room = they're=20 located in.
 
Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo=20 receivers for the other rooms.  You should be able to find decent = ones=20 for under $100 each -- probably under $50 each.  It would require = splitting your sources to run to all the receivers, and you may need = some type=20 of distribution amps.  In addition to providing remote on/off = control of=20 the zones, you would also have independent source selection and volume = levels.
 
Tony Golden
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Darren=20 Apfel
To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com'
Sent: Saturday, October 02, = 1999 9:02=20 PM
Subject: [slinkelist] IR = controlled=20 audio switching?

Hello=20 all:

 

I use a slink-e to run my home = audio=20 system.  The master = audio signal=20 is piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume=20 control.  I have set = up multiple=20 identical “universal remotes” to control CDJ from each = room (mostly to=20 control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up stored playlists, = etc.).

 

Everything works=20 great!

 

The one thing that I would like = to add is=20 the ability to use that same remote to turn on and off the audio in = each=20 room.  Currently, I = have a=20 manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can = turn on=20 or off the audio signal each of the four rooms.  (Some rooms have manual = override for=20 local sources such as = TVs.)

 

Here’s a good example of = why I want this=20 ripped from my life as it was just half an hour ago.  I had returned from my = workout.  I wanted to take a = shower.  From the master bedroom, I = cue up a=20 CD to play it.  = Problem is:=20 Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden = I’m=20 blaring music at her as well. =20 So I have to go downstairs and manually turn off all but the = master=20 bedroom/bathroom.

 

I’d like to be able to do = this from the=20 bedroom.

 

Any=20 ideas?

 

d@

 

= ------=_NextPart_000_00F8_01BF0DE9.32FC2670-- From crose@alltel.net Sun, 3 Oct 1999 22:50:00 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 22:50:00 From: Carl J. Rose crose@alltel.net Subject: [slinkelist] Learning Remote --=PMail:=_0001@@EnLiEVjJdfe5AXvAO0hY Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, I have just purchased a slinky and am really enjoying it and this list service. Kudos to Colby and all! Ny probblem is that I am blind and crave very simple control over my compli= cate d toys. The slinky has helped me regain control over my CD's. Now, I need to get control over remotes. I have had many pregrammed remote= s - including the latest One for all Pro Producer. The best feature of this remote is the extra learning buttons at the bottom of the remote (in addition to preprogrammed functions). Whatt I think would be best is is an all learning remote . I used to have them in the old days but they never had enough memory to do a lot of functions like I now require. I would be intereested in hearing thoughts on this or other topics related to my visual problems related to equipment control. Thanks, Carl --=PMail:=_0001@@EnLiEVjJdfe5AXvAO0hY-- From coconno@slip.net Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:02:29 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:02:29 -0700 From: Craig O'Connor coconno@slip.net Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Heck, that's why I bought the 90ES and Slink-e. My third player will be a 90ES. Get'm while you can. -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Tang, George Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 5:05 PM To: AndyStein@aol.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists None of the CD changers that I know of has the track memo feature. Most of us and manufacturers are hoping that ten years from now, CD-Text will be a standard on all CD's. Therefore, there is no need to put extra memory and programming into the changers for track memo. My 2 cents worth. George Tang gtang@gtcons.com -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of AndyStein@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 4:59 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists I cannot believe that a company such as Sony could act so irresponsibly. Even months after I told Sony that its 350 lacked track memo, Sony still advertised it with that feature. And I have heard that Sony may not reintroduce track memo since apparently people did not like to take the time to enter tracks, although I must believe that ten years from now it will become a standard feature for all CD changers. Does anyone know whether any changer from any company will allow users to enter tracks? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 4:16:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, coconno@slip.net writes: << Subj: RE: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 4:16:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: coconno@slip.net (Craig O'Connor) Reply-to: coconno@slip.net To: AndyStein@aol.com Well me for one. There was very little information available about this player before I ordered it from Oade Bros (great price, though). As the happy owner of the 90ES, but blessed with 60 more CD's (and growing) than the 90ES holds, I'be been waiting for the 300 version of the 90ES. Close but no cigar. The sound is similar using the analog path, but they really should have done a digital Master/Slave pass through (obviating the need of the DXS) so I could use my DAC. The fancy/schmancy remote? Eh, who cares without track info. I miss being able to glance at the player when away from the PC to get track info (I would have loved to get the TV out feature to work) -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of AndyStein@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 12:01 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists No problem. Thanks for your clarification. Only recently did Sony stop advertising the CDP-CX350 as having track memo, so there are substantial grounds for confusion. I wonder how many bought 350s and 555ESs thinking they had track memo? Andrew In a message dated 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mark@madigan.net writes: << Subj: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists Date: 10/3/99 8:13:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: mark@madigan.net (Mark A. Madigan) Sender: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Ahhhhh...I see what is happening now--Andrew's question helped me understand. It turns out that the 555ES does NOT keep track memos--and the 2-way remote just lists them track by track without giving the ability to change the names, either manually or automatically. I was wrong, it does NOT store track memo--the fact that the remote lists them in a similar fashion to the disc memo led me to think it did (I have not reseached this very much). Thanks for the clarification. > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: AndyStein@aol.com > Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:57:50 EDT > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDP-CS555ES Song lists > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > You mention that the Sony CDP-CX555ES stores song titles. Does the > 555ES, then, have track memo? The CDP-CX350 lacks this feature, and its > instruction manual (the same manual that the 555ES uses) does not mention > track memo. Further, Sony indicated to me that neither the 350 > nor the 555ES > has track memo. Did Sony manage to keep track memo for the 555ES while > omitting it in the 350? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/2/99 11:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > mark@madigan.net writes: > > << I must send public kudos to Colby and the gang for their > fabulous product! > > I just hooked my 555ES changer to the Slink-e and BAM! It found > and listed > everything! Man, how nice when things work well! Thanks a million! > > One problem I am having is that although the 555ES has the > ability to store > song titles, it does not seem to be sending the song titles to the > remote--although the album titles are making it through the > pipeline to the > remote. I'm not sure if this is a problem (or feature) of the player or > Slink-e. > >> >> _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From darrena@MICROSOFT.com Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:07:20 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:07:20 -0700 From: Darren Apfel darrena@MICROSOFT.com Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0E1D.F4AECC80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm not quite sure how this solves my problem. I want to be able to turn on and off the audio in *other* rooms from any room with an IR port. I already have my house wired for IR and audio. I can turn the audio on/off in the room I'm in no problem (there are volume controls in each room). thanks @gain, d@ darrena@microsoft.com http://wireless/ -----Original Message----- From: Dale Andren [mailto:andren@interaccess.com] Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:50 PM To: Tony Golden; Darren Apfel Cc: Slink-e Users List Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? Hi List, If you put your audio signal on a video modulator, (if you have a es90 or a changer with video out, you can put the track info on as well) you can simply tune your TV in whatever room you are in to channel 68 or whatever the modulator is set to, and you can then control the volume of the TV, which is in effect now acting as your preamp.. If the TV has audio outs this is ideal, since you can then send the tv audio to the local amp or whatever. If you have whole house IR capability this adds up to a pretty slick setup and sounds great. Make sure you buy a channel plus or some other high grade modulator, because I would imagine the cheesy modulators would provide an inferior sound quality. This setup is ideal if you want to forgo a lot of expensive cabling and don't need audiophile sound in the rooms away from the main source. Good luck, Dale ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Golden To: Darren Apfel Cc: Slink-e Users List Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them is "cheap". Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that can switch up to six pairs of speakers. It retails for $400, and you need their RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail. With it, you could teach your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the room they're located in. Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo receivers for the other rooms. You should be able to find decent ones for under $100 each -- probably under $50 each. It would require splitting your sources to run to all the receivers, and you may need some type of distribution amps. In addition to providing remote on/off control of the zones, you would also have independent source selection and volume levels. Tony Golden ----- Original Message ----- From: Darren Apfel To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com' Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? Hello all: I use a slink-e to run my home audio system. The master audio signal is piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume control. I have set up multiple identical "universal remotes" to control CDJ from each room (mostly to control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up stored playlists, etc.). Everything works great! The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that same remote to turn on and off the audio in each room. Currently, I have a manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can turn on or off the audio signal each of the four rooms. (Some rooms have manual override for local sources such as TVs.) Here's a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was just half an hour ago. I had returned from my workout. I wanted to take a shower. From the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it. Problem is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden I'm blaring music at her as well. So I have to go downstairs and manually turn off all but the master bedroom/bathroom. I'd like to be able to do this from the bedroom. Any ideas? d@ ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0E1D.F4AECC80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I’m not quite sure how this solves my problem.  I want to be able to turn on = and off the audio in *other* = rooms from any room with an IR port.  = I already have my house wired for IR and audio.  I can turn the audio on/off in the room I’m in = no problem (there are volume controls in each = room).

 

=

<= font color=3Dolive>thanks @gain,

d@

darrena@microsoft.com

http://wireless/

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Andren [mailto:andren@interaccess.com]
Sent: Sunday, October = 03, 1999 7:50 PM
To: Tony Golden; Darren = Apfel
Cc: Slink-e Users = List
Subject: Re: = [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?

 

Hi List,

 

If you put your audio signal = on a video modulator, (if you have a es90 or a changer with video out, you = can put the track info on as well) you can simply tune your TV in whatever room = you are in to channel 68 or whatever the modulator is set to, and you can then = control the volume of the TV, which is in effect now acting as your preamp.. If = the TV has audio outs this is ideal, since you can then send the tv audio to = the local amp or whatever. If you have whole house IR capability this adds up to = a pretty slick setup and sounds great. Make sure you buy a channel plus or some = other high grade modulator, because I would imagine the cheesy modulators = would provide an inferior sound quality.

 

This setup is ideal if you = want to forgo a lot of expensive cabling and don't need audiophile sound in the = rooms away from the main source.

 

Good = luck,

Dale

----- Original Message -----

To: Darren Apfel

Cc: Slink-e Users List

Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:39 AM

Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio = switching?

 

There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one = of them is "cheap".

 

Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model = 686-10, that can switch up to six pairs of speakers.  It retails for $400, = and you need their RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail.  = With it, you could teach your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the = room they're located in.

 

Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate = stereo receivers for the other rooms.  You should be able to find decent = ones for under $100 each -- probably under $50 each.  It would require = splitting your sources to run to all the receivers, and you may need some type of distribution amps.  In addition to providing remote on/off control = of the zones, you would also have independent source selection and volume = levels.

 

Tony Golden

 

----- Original Message -----

To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com'

Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM

Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio = switching?

 

Hello = all:

 

=

I = use a slink-e to run my home audio system.  The master audio signal is piped into four rooms, each room with = its own IR port and volume control.  = I have set up multiple identical “universal remotes” to control = CDJ from each room (mostly to control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up stored = playlists, etc.).

 

=

Everything works great!

 

=

The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that same remote to turn = on and off the audio in each room.  Currently, I have a manual switchbox in the family room (next to = the receiver) that can turn on or off the audio signal each of the four = rooms.  (Some rooms have manual = override for local sources such as TVs.)

 

=

Here’s a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was just half an = hour ago.  I had returned from = my workout.  I wanted to = take a shower.  From the master = bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it.  = Problem is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden = I’m blaring music at her as well.  = So I have to go downstairs and manually turn off all but the master bedroom/bathroom.

 

=

I’d like to be able to do this from the bedroom.=

 

=

Any = ideas?

 

=

<= font color=3Dolive>d@

 =

------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0E1D.F4AECC80-- From simon@ash.aust.com Mon, 4 Oct 1999 11:31:23 +1000 Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 11:31:23 +1000 From: Simon Durant simon@ash.aust.com Subject: [slinkelist] Covers I hate making install programs!! The install prog works for NT but trashes some 98 users... Obviously it is a dll version issue, but which one(s)?? If anyone wants to try their hand at it they are more than welcome - I will send you what I have. I will have another go at it in a couple of days. Simon -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Simon Durant Sent: Sunday, 3 October 1999 10:20 To: twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu; slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Covers With a little luck (time) - tomorrow, I have a long weekend and it is on my list... Simon -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Sent: Sunday, 3 October 1999 10:07 To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Covers When can we expect to see a corrected utility for retrieving covers? Anyone working on one? _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From pfaffman@relax.com Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:33:45 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:33:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? You can use CDJ's automation features to do this. I've thought about it, but haven't done it yet. If you've got a useable read-map for the remote (I'm not sure what the correct lingo is, but apparently there is more to receiving IR signals than there is to spitting them out again. EZlearn can make control files to send IR, but not to recognize it.) then you can create CDJ devices that all use the same remote definition but listen to different rooms. You can then map arbitrary commands to each of the remotes codes for each of the rooms. Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Darren Apfel wrote: > I'm not quite sure how this solves my problem. I want to be able to turn on > and off the audio in *other* rooms from any room with an IR port. I already > have my house wired for IR and audio. I can turn the audio on/off in the > room I'm in no problem (there are volume controls in each room). > > thanks @gain, > d@ > darrena@microsoft.com > http://wireless/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Andren [mailto:andren@interaccess.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:50 PM > To: Tony Golden; Darren Apfel > Cc: Slink-e Users List > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? > > Hi List, > > If you put your audio signal on a video modulator, (if you have a es90 or a > changer with video out, you can put the track info on as well) you can > simply tune your TV in whatever room you are in to channel 68 or whatever > the modulator is set to, and you can then control the volume of the TV, > which is in effect now acting as your preamp.. If the TV has audio outs this > is ideal, since you can then send the tv audio to the local amp or whatever. > If you have whole house IR capability this adds up to a pretty slick setup > and sounds great. Make sure you buy a channel plus or some other high grade > modulator, because I would imagine the cheesy modulators would provide an > inferior sound quality. > > This setup is ideal if you want to forgo a lot of expensive cabling and > don't need audiophile sound in the rooms away from the main source. > > Good luck, > Dale > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tony Golden > To: Darren Apfel > Cc: Slink-e Users List > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? > > There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them is > "cheap". > > Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that can > switch up to six pairs of speakers. It retails for $400, and you need their > RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail. With it, you could teach > your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the room they're located > in. > > Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo receivers > for the other rooms. You should be able to find decent ones for under $100 > each -- probably under $50 each. It would require splitting your sources to > run to all the receivers, and you may need some type of distribution amps. > In addition to providing remote on/off control of the zones, you would also > have independent source selection and volume levels. > > Tony Golden > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Darren Apfel > To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com' > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM > Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? > > Hello all: > > I use a slink-e to run my home audio system. The master audio signal is > piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume control. I > have set up multiple identical "universal remotes" to control CDJ from each > room (mostly to control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up stored > playlists, etc.). > > Everything works great! > > The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that same > remote to turn on and off the audio in each room. Currently, I have a > manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can turn on > or off the audio signal each of the four rooms. (Some rooms have manual > override for local sources such as TVs.) > > Here's a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was just > half an hour ago. I had returned from my workout. I wanted to take a > shower. From the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it. Problem is: > Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden I'm > blaring music at her as well. So I have to go downstairs and manually turn > off all but the master bedroom/bathroom. > > I'd like to be able to do this from the bedroom. > > Any ideas? > > d@ > > From czguris@christopherzguris.com Mon, 04 Oct 1999 10:58:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 10:58:04 -0400 From: Christopher Zguris czguris@christopherzguris.com Subject: [slinkelist] Learning Remote Go to http://www.remotecentral.com/ and click on "Reviews." Personally, I like the Sony RM-AV2000, and it's priced fairly reasonably. The Phillips Pronto is incredible, but way too expensive for my needs.=20 Right now, I use a pre-programmed Home Producer 8. On the plus side the IR LEDs are very strong, so that I can control stuff without even pointing (bounce= off walls, ceiling, etc.). The Built-in RF transmitter & IR receiver "Base" are very cool (in fact, I'm in the process of installing the base in a= closed-door cabinet w/IR emitters on the components inside) . The downside is preprogrammed - tuner/amp control always seems "odd" w/buttons not quite right. A programmable is much more flexible, obviously. I used to use a Memorex 8 learning remote (remember those?). Thing's still great, but the buttons= don't work right (worn out), so I can't really use it).=20 I tried an X10/Powerhouse 8-in-1 learning remote, programmed it (had= problems getting it to take some commands, dunno why). After around a week, in the= late pm/am, I went to turn on the TV and got _nothing_ (no TV functions, no tuner functions, no satellite). For some reason, the stupid thing blanked and lost all functions. I tossed it across the room and went to sleep. Next morning,= I went back to the Home Producer. I've read a few threads in comp.home.automation that allude to others have similar problems w/X10 remotes, so buyer beware. Xantech is also supposed to make some nice (if pricey and a bit style-impaired) learning remotes. I think Home Controls Inc. (http://www.homecontrols.com/) sells them. At 10:50 PM 10/3/99 +0000, Carl J. Rose wrote: >Hi everyone, >Now, I need to get control over remotes.=A0 I have had many pregrammed= remotes >- including the latest One for all Pro Producer.=A0 The best feature of >this remote is the extra learning buttons at the bottom of the remote >(in addition to preprogrammed functions).=A0 Whatt I think would=A0 be best >is is an all learning remote .=A0 I used to have them in the old days but >they never had enough memory to do a lot of functions like I now require. > >I would be intereested in hearing thoughts on this or other topics related >to my visual problems related to equipment control. > Christopher Zguris czguris@christopherzguris.com / http://www.christopherzguris.com From mike@col.hp.com Tue, 05 Oct 1999 10:54:59 -0600 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 10:54:59 -0600 From: Mike Patterson mike@col.hp.com Subject: [slinkelist] Making text lists There's still one feature I can't find or is missing. I'd like to make a text list of all of the songs I have sorted by either text or artist, with the track/disc as included information. --Mike From donm@citrix.com Tue, 5 Oct 1999 17:09:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 17:09:35 -0400 From: Don Messerli donm@citrix.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 Has anyone gotten the Sony CDP-CX350 300-disc changer to work with cdj? I can't get it to catalog my CDs. It looks like I might have to go with an Escient system. Don From help@nirvis.com Tue, 05 Oct 1999 14:45:50 -0700 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 14:45:50 -0700 From: Nirvis Help help@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 At 02:09 PM 10/5/99 , you wrote: >Has anyone gotten the Sony CDP-CX350 300-disc changer to work with cdj? We have many users with CDP-CD350's who are running without problems. >I can't get it to catalog my CDs. It looks like I might have to go with an >Escient system. Can you describe the trouble you are having? We'll do our best to get the issue resolved. David Aue Nirvis Systems From MrGolden@swbell.net Tue, 05 Oct 1999 19:26:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 19:26:41 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 There's a "small" price difference between the Slink-e and an Escient :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Messerli To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 4:09 PM Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 > Has anyone gotten the Sony CDP-CX350 300-disc changer to work with cdj? > > I can't get it to catalog my CDs. It looks like I might have to go with an > Escient system. > > Don > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From cboles@nirvis.com Tue, 05 Oct 1999 18:00:52 -0700 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 18:00:52 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 n.b. that Escient doesn't appear to support the 300 disc changers, according to their website. Colby At 07:26 PM 10/5/99 -0500, Tony Golden wrote: >There's a "small" price difference between the Slink-e and an Escient :) > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Don Messerli >To: >Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 4:09 PM >Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 > > > > Has anyone gotten the Sony CDP-CX350 300-disc changer to work with cdj? > > > > I can't get it to catalog my CDs. It looks like I might have to go with >an > > Escient system. > > > > Don > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From andren@interaccess.com Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:07:53 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:07:53 -0500 From: Dale Andren andren@interaccess.com Subject: Fw: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 > How much? Like 3 grand.......haha. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tony Golden > To: Slink-e Users List > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 7:26 PM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 > > > > There's a "small" price difference between the Slink-e and an Escient :) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Don Messerli > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 4:09 PM > > Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 > > > > > > > Has anyone gotten the Sony CDP-CX350 300-disc changer to work with cdj? > > > > > > I can't get it to catalog my CDs. It looks like I might have to go with > > an > > > Escient system. > > > > > > Don > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > From HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:23:16 -0700 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:23:16 -0700 From: Lee Hart HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-CX350 Don Messerli asked: >Has anyone gotten the Sony CDP-CX350 300-disc changer to work with cdj? It mostly works for me. There are over a half-dozen CDs that show up in CDJ but don't show up on the CDP-CX360 after I upload all disc memos from CDJ to players. I've re-uploaded several times to no effect. That sucks, but it sure beats tediously entering hundreds of CDs into the player. >I can't get it to catalog my CDs. It looks like I might have to go with an >Escient system. That worked fine. There were only 4 of my discs that CDJ wasn't able to get info from CDDB. 2 had just blanks (another app tells me that cddb hadn't heard of these discs) and 2 had bad/no info on cddb ("artist"/"title" and "No Artist"/"No Title"). There are a number of discs that had incomplete/incorrect/inconsistent data (e.g. for multiple discs in a set having different artist and/or title information for the various discs). None of this is a failure on the part of CDJ. However I do very much wish that CDJ could upload data to cddb. Now if DXS was only available. According to the web site it's "Coming in September". I see September is running late this year. I would very much like to mix DTS CDs in with my other CDs. Lee From michael@laserle.fi Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:30:08 +0200 Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:30:08 +0200 From: Michael Holopainen michael@laserle.fi Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-300 series Questions. Reply ASAP, please clip " Lee Hart wrote: > > Don Messerli asked: > >Has anyone gotten the Sony CDP-CX350 300-disc changer to work with cdj? > > It mostly works for me. There are over a half-dozen CDs that show up in CDJ > but don't show up on the CDP-CX360 after I upload all disc memos from CDJ to > players. I've re-uploaded several times to no effect. That sucks, but it > sure beats tediously entering hundreds of CDs into the player. " CX360 !!!!!!! Was that a typo, or is there a new model. I never heard of cx360, and neither was there anything about it in sony international homepage. I not splitting hairs, I really wan't to know if there is a new model from sony. there is cx260 and only 300-CDP-series I know of are cx300 and cx350. I'm about to buy cx300/cx350 to accomppany my old cx250. Any tips which one to buy ? As it happens that I would get cx350 appox. 15% CHEAPER than the cx300. (Yes, that is right, cheaper. = there is only on store in finland that imports the cx300 and it's F***ing expensive, so my "own" sony store made me (their best customer) this offer because they were unable to get me the cx300 model). So, should I take this offer, or is the cheaper (not for me) cx300 better with Slinke ? Can there be problems with cx250 (crap model), and cx350 working together ? Will I be able to use the cx250 as slave to cx350 and use that combo with slinke (in case I don't want to every time boot PC to play cd's)? About the 2-way remote : does it show more than 300 cds if there is a (200) slave to 350 ? Or atleast will 250 and 350 in separate slinke slots work ok? They should, but has anyone actually tried that combo? (like I said, cx250 is crappy model. Well, not really works ok with slinke, but it is unable to download text from cdj to cx250, even thought is has "CD-TEXT"-sticker on it , so far I never actually seen any text, apart from what I have manually written) (maybbe I just don't have a single cd-text cds in those 200) > > >I can't get it to catalog my CDs. It looks like I might have to go with an > >Escient system. > > That worked fine. There were only 4 of my discs that CDJ wasn't able to get > info from CDDB. 2 had just blanks (another app tells me that cddb hadn't > heard of these discs) and 2 had bad/no info on cddb ("artist"/"title" and > "No Artist"/"No Title"). There are a number of discs that had > incomplete/incorrect/inconsistent data (e.g. for multiple discs in a set > having different artist and/or title information for the various discs). > None of this is a failure on the part of CDJ. > > However I do very much wish that CDJ could upload data to cddb. > > Now if DXS was only available. According to the web site it's "Coming in > September". I see September is running late this year. I would very much > like to mix DTS CDs in with my other CDs. > > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Michael Holopainen | Valuraudantie 25 | Tel: +358-(0)9-35093825 | | | 00700 Helsinki | Fax : +358-(0)9-35093850 | | Laserle Oy | Finland | email: michael@laserle.fi| -------------------------------------------------------------------- From HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Wed, 6 Oct 1999 07:37:11 -0700 Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 07:37:11 -0700 From: Lee Hart HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Subject: [slinkelist] Sony CDP-300 series Questions. Reply ASAP, please Michael Holopainen wrote: >CX360 !!!!!!! >Was that a typo, or is there a new model. Typo - sorry. I meant the CX-350. >About the 2-way remote : does it show more than 300 cds if there is a >(200) slave to 350 ? According to the manual it will. And 5 CD changers, and ones in between, for all CDP-* CD changers. Lee From Vernon@Craddock.Com Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:41:37 -0700 Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:41:37 -0700 From: Vernon Craddock Vernon@Craddock.Com Subject: [slinkelist] SlinkX methods GetNumCodes and GetCodeName The help file describes the above methods of the SlinkX control. Unfortunately, the control that I downloaded does not have these methods. Are these for a future release, or are they obsolete? Is it necessary to read and parse the device file myself to determine all of the code names? Thank you, Vernon Craddock From twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:45:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:45:13 -0400 (EDT) From: twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Subject: [slinkelist] Install problem I successfully installed CDJ and have been using it for some time - it's great! My problem is that any application that uses slinkx, including CDJ itself when that option is checked, either crashes or produces an error message to the effect that slinkx cannot be found in the registry. A search of the registry reveals that slinkx is, in fact, in the registry. Seems my best move would be to reinstall, but I don't want to do that until I know that my library and all of my other options on the screen appearance of CDJ can be preserved. Any suggestions? From michael@laserle.fi Thu, 07 Oct 1999 08:48:47 +0200 Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 08:48:47 +0200 From: Michael Holopainen michael@laserle.fi Subject: [slinkelist] Thank you all for fast & good reply for my CDP-300 series question. I got the answer that I was looking for. -michael From kl@pironet.de Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:55:17 +0200 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:55:17 +0200 From: Karl Linne kl@pironet.de Subject: [slinkelist] library related automation commands Colby, There are library related automation commands in the online help (library_save etc). Sent through my VB app CDJ returns an unknown command error. Are these commands effective in the 9-10-99 (newest) release? If NO : let me know... If YES: What am I missing? Regards From twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:27:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:27:13 -0400 (EDT) From: twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu twhumphrey@alum.mit.edu Subject: [slinkelist] Slinkx Install Problem I successfully installed CDJ and have been using it for some time - it's great! My problem is that any application that uses slinkx, including CDJ itself when that option is checked, either crashes or produces an error message to the effect that slinkx cannot be found in the registry. A search of the registry reveals that slinkx is, in fact, in the registry. I gather from the BBS that at some point there was a problem with slinkx being installed under the wrong registry keys. Seems my best move would be to reinstall, but I don't want to do that until I know that my library and all of my other options on the screen appearance of CDJ can be preserved. Any suggestions? From byarotsky@saskpower.sk.ca Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:28:39 -0600 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:28:39 -0600 From: byarotsky@saskpower.sk.ca byarotsky@saskpower.sk.ca Subject: [slinkelist] Unsubscribe Remove Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Remove Unsubscribe From johnc@realtime-ptl.com Wed, 06 Oct 1999 14:10:08 PDT Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 14:10:08 PDT From: John Chapman johnc@realtime-ptl.com Subject: [slinkelist] Slinke and wireless serial? Dear Slinke-ers, Has anyone had any luck using a wireless serial port with the Slinke? I bought an Infowave receiver/transmitter pair and would love to be able to use it to connect my PC to my Slinke without wires but so far have not been able to get slinkx to see the Slinke. TIA, -John From aue@nirvis.com Thu, 07 Oct 1999 09:04:27 -0700 Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 09:04:27 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Slinkx Install Problem The install shouldn't change any of your settings, but if you want to be 100% safe...Backup the "program files/Nirvis" directory. Run regedit and export the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Nirvis" folder. Now everything related to CDJ/Slink-e has been backed up so if something get stomped you can get it back. If you have the original install file you used keep a copy of it too. David Aue Nirvis Systems At 06:27 AM 10/7/99 , you wrote: >I successfully installed CDJ and have been using it for some time - it's >great! My problem is that any application that uses slinkx, including CDJ >itself when that option is checked, either crashes or produces an error >message to the effect that slinkx cannot be found in the registry. A >search of the registry reveals that slinkx is, in fact, in the >registry. I gather from the BBS that at some point there was a problem >with slinkx being installed under the wrong registry keys. Seems my best >move would be to reinstall, but I don't want to do that until I know that >my library and all of my other options on the screen appearance of CDJ can >be preserved. Any suggestions? > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From leb-anon@ix.netcom.com Thu, 07 Oct 1999 13:46:34 -0400 Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 13:46:34 -0400 From: Mike Zmuda leb-anon@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE915 I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I have a Sony STR-DE915 amp that I can't get to work with the SLINK-E. It has multiple SLINK *OUT*s in the back, and a Control-A port back there as well. It also has an S-Link in port (but that's supposed to be from the monitor). I've tried just about everything to get CDJ to see it and do something with it, but to no avail. I've even tried writing my own programs to support it, again, with no luck. Does anybody have one of these? How do you have it hooked up? When the CD player is hooked up to the Control-A jack in the back, pressing play on the CD player turns the unit on, but that's all I know. Any help (and I do mean ANY) would be SO greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. --- Mike / --- To be removed from this mailing, please respond to leb-anon@ix.netcom.com= =20 From donm@citrix.com Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:05:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:05:48 -0400 From: Don Messerli donm@citrix.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CX350 Whice device file should I be using with the CDP-CX350??? Don From aue@nirvis.com Thu, 07 Oct 1999 15:23:38 -0700 Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 15:23:38 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDP-CX350 In the 'Device Files/Sony" directory there is: cdsls.cde : Control-A send codes cdslr.cde : Control-A receive codes cdir.cde : ir codes cdca.cde : IR over S-link codes CDJ will already be using the correct devices for its control. At 03:05 PM 10/7/99 , you wrote: >Whice device file should I be using with the CDP-CX350??? > >Don > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Thu, 7 Oct 1999 23:28:35 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 23:28:35 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE915 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01BF111B.ADAF4FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike I too have the 915... Connect to the Single Control-A port in the back of the unit. When you run CDJ make sure you add the correct device files from the slink-e device directory... C:\Program Files\Nirvis\Device Files\Sony ampsls.cde ampslr.cde You'll have to forgo having the cd player hooked to the amp... What you can do though is have an other connection from the Slink-e device to the CD player to control the CD player. I have about 8 sony devices hooked to a custom programmed interface and there all talking to each other great!!! Good Luck... Regards, Jeffrey J. Borghoff 49 Maxim Drive Forked River, NJ 08731 Tel: 609-242-0692 Email: jeffreyj@Borghoff.com Web Site: http://www.Borghoff.com/jeffreyj -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Mike Zmuda Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 1:47 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE915 I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I have a Sony STR-DE915 amp that I can't get to work with the SLINK-E. It has multiple SLINK *OUT*s in the back, and a Control-A port back there as well. It also has an S-Link in port (but that's supposed to be from the monitor). I've tried just about everything to get CDJ to see it and do something with it, but to no avail. I've even tried writing my own programs to support it, again, with no luck. Does anybody have one of these? How do you have it hooked up? When the CD player is hooked up to the Control-A jack in the back, pressing play on the CD player turns the unit on, but that's all I know. Any help (and I do mean ANY) would be SO greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. --- Mike / --- To be removed from this mailing, please respond to leb-anon@ix.netcom.com _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01BF111B.ADAF4FC0 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Jeffrey J. Borghoff.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Jeffrey J. Borghoff.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Borghoff;Jeffrey;J.;Mr. FN:Jeffrey J. Borghoff TEL;HOME;VOICE:(609) 242-0692 TEL;CELL;VOICE:(609) 306-6149 ADR;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:;;49 Maxim = Drive=3D0D=3D0A=3D0D=3D0A;Forked River;NJ;08731;United States LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:49 Maxim = Drive=3D0D=3D0A=3D0D=3D0A=3D0D=3D0AForked River, NJ = 08731=3D0D=3D0AUnited States URL: URL:http://www.Borghoff.com/jeffreyj EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:jeffreyj@borghoff.com REV:19990630T025546Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01BF111B.ADAF4FC0-- From michael@laserle.fi Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:11:44 +0200 Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:11:44 +0200 From: Michael Holopainen michael@laserle.fi Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE915 If I remember corrcetly Those "slink"(out)-sockets are for IR-control NOT for Control-A1. I might be wrong on this but, I think they only send the IR commands on wire. "If all else fails, read the manual." Thought Sony manuals usually are of very little help. Mini-HOW-TO: Control (Sony) Amp with CDJ/Slinke 1. In Options - Devices - Add : name it i.e.. MyAmp or whatever and for device file -> ...Nirvis(slinke-program)-directory and somewhere in it's sub directory is Device Files directory and it's sub directory Sony and there ampsls.cde-file ...Nirvis\Device Files\Sony\ampsls.cde ( ampir.cde = AMP IR CODE ampslr.cde = AMP S-Link Receive Code ampsls.cde = AMP S-Link Send Code ) 2. Now you have device in cdj called MyAmp (of something) 3. To control that device you need to edit ...Nirvis\CDJ\maps.txt (it's good idea to move that file to another location AND tell cdj it's new location in options-maps so you don't overwrite it when upgrading cdj) you need to edit the file with notepad or some other writing tool because cdj BETA does not yet allow you to edit the file in cdj (you can view it). maps.txt works like : cdrj:EVENT[EventDetail] { ACTION[ActionDetail] ; 2ndAction ; 3rd...} ie. you press mute on your amp, that is an event, you can write code(actions) that is performed when cdj detects that event. (everything from sony-slink-devices is send to s-link, you can ask you amp "What is your current volume setting" and it will reply) ie. cdjr:using_player[CD1] {myamp:input[020200]} means that when event = CD1 starts playing something cdj performs action = of sending command "input[002200]" to device myamp. CD1 is identified in Players, (device named)mp3 is integral player of cdj, in addition to player you can create additional devices in Device Files and point to then with given name. read the map.txt and ...Sony\ampsls.cde file and figure out the syntax also ampsls.cde-file contains the input source codes ie. VCR2=111100 finally the answer : edit in maps.txt-file the following row : "cdjr:using_player[mp3] {}" to cdjr:using_player[mp3] {myamp:input[######]} where : myamp is the name you have given to your amp described in Options-AddDevice-menu : input[#####] is the command send to myamp (converted to binary code according to Sony/ampsls.cde) = tells sony amp to switch audio source to ###### ##### is numeric code for audio source (read the ampsls.cde) NOTE I don't have the cdj files here with me so I wrote that out of my (bad) memory if that don't work try chancing the syntax i.e.. myamp[input:020200] (cd in sony amp) -michael good luck RE to RE: sony str-de915 There is a way to connect a amp with just on Control-a1 port to cd and to slinke at same time. It requires CDP-player with 2 A1-socket solution : Connect A1-cable from amp to one A1 socket in CDP-player and another cable from the other A1-socket to slinke. I did this (accidently, when I for first time hooked up slinke) and it worked just fine. Apparently (amps) different kind of devices can be on same cable. Again, you do need a sony device with 2 A1-socket. Well, this is not wery High-Tech technical advice, but very practical one. -michael "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > > Mike I too have the 915... Connect to the Single Control-A port in the back > of the unit. When you run CDJ make sure you add the correct device files > from the slink-e device directory... C:\Program Files\Nirvis\Device > Files\Sony > > ampsls.cde > ampslr.cde > > You'll have to forgo having the cd player hooked to the amp... What you can > do though is have an other connection from the Slink-e device to the CD > player to control the CD player. > > I have about 8 sony devices hooked to a custom programmed interface and > there all talking to each other great!!! > > Good Luck... > > Regards, > > Jeffrey J. Borghoff > 49 Maxim Drive > Forked River, NJ 08731 > Tel: 609-242-0692 > Email: jeffreyj@Borghoff.com > Web Site: http://www.Borghoff.com/jeffreyj > > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Mike Zmuda > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 1:47 PM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE915 > > I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I have a Sony STR-DE915 amp that > I can't get to work with the SLINK-E. It has multiple SLINK *OUT*s in > the back, and a Control-A port back there as well. It also has an > S-Link in port (but that's supposed to be from the monitor). I've > tried just about everything to get CDJ to see it and do something with > it, but to no avail. I've even tried writing my own programs to > support it, again, with no luck. > > Does anybody have one of these? How do you have it hooked up? When the > CD player is hooked up to the Control-A jack in the back, pressing > play on the CD player turns the unit on, but that's all I know. Any > help (and I do mean ANY) would be SO greatly appreciated! > > Thanks in advance. > > --- > Mike / > --- > > To be removed from this mailing, please respond to leb-anon@ix.netcom.com > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From michael@laserle.fi Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:45:17 +0200 Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:45:17 +0200 From: Michael Holopainen michael@laserle.fi Subject: [slinkelist] cdj question & request : Q: Can Keypresses be captured in cdj as cdj_Events, so one could write script (to maps) performing common tasks in cdj ? And where can I find THE COMPLETE list of cdj Events & Commands ? IE. F4 would bring Playlist window on top and resize it. And F5 would hide it. Request : 1. Two different modes in CDJ : EDIT / SHOW : EDIT: Only in EDIT mode [Enter] & Double click allows you to edit the text in Album & Tracks window (library) SHOW: In SHOW mode : click -> adds to playlist and middlebutton/doubleclick -> Play now colby, this should be simple enough (as in "it takes little time & efford", I'm NOT doubting Colby's programming skills. Cdj is BEST program I ever seen, and I have seen few...) (just with Checkbox to Settings-menu and If-clauses to Mouse/Key-PressEvents it should be done.) -michael #Slinke/CDJ is just like MS Windows, except complete opposite. Slinke/CDJ does A LOT more than promised. As with windows; MS promises A LOT more that windows actually delivers# -michael From mjclifford@mindspring.com Fri, 08 Oct 1999 08:34:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 08:34:05 -0400 From: mjclifford@mindspring.com mjclifford@mindspring.com Subject: [slinkelist] (no subject) I have a question about the use of the CDJ software with groups. Of course, each track/disk can be cataloged in the music info window by group-that's the software option. Just how does this correllate to the 8 group buttons and that facility on the Sony jukebox? I searched for this in the help - there wasn't any mention. Thanks in advance, Michael Clifford From pfaffman@relax.com Fri, 8 Oct 1999 08:04:38 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 08:04:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com Subject: [slinkelist] problems with slinkserv stability/queries about randomness I'm running CDJ on a Toshiba laptop with a pentium 133. I did a clean install of Win95 & IE5 before installing CDJ. It works great (lots better than the 12MB 486/25 that I had been using), but slinkserv crashes every few hours. I did install some user-contributed program for slinkserver that was later reported to be causing problems, but uninstalled it after I read that it was causing problems. That did make things better, but still not reliable. It's a bummer because it always seems to crash while playing a CD that I'd rather not listen to all of. Are other folks using slinkserv & slink-saver (the only reason compelling me to use slinkserv) without trouble? Should I do another clean install of win95? Win98? I do like slink-saver--it's much prettier than CDJ. ---- How does the random feature work? I know how to make it go; I've even programmed a button on my remote that does a "no christmas" search (that was a happy day!). My problem is that it often seems like I hear the same CD---or few cd's with some frequency. (I have almost 400 in my 205 and 240. But then maybe it's just my imagination. One day I'm sure I'll make a few playlists, but I've been too lazy thus far. Thanks. Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:09:07 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:09:07 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] (no subject) They are one in the same. There is an option somewhere to download the group names from the player. However, for some reason you can't set a disc's group via CDJ (was disabled). The BIG DISADVANTAGE is that the search interface won't allow you to search on these. Can't think of a good reason for that. > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of mjclifford@mindspring.com > Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 8:34 AM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: [slinkelist] (no subject) > > > I have a question about the use of the CDJ software with groups. > Of course, each track/disk can be cataloged in the music info > window by group-that's the software option. Just how does this > correllate to the 8 group buttons and that facility on the Sony > jukebox? I searched for this in the help - there wasn't any mention. > > Thanks in advance, > > Michael Clifford > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From tcirillo@ibm.net Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:18:47 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:18:47 -0400 From: tom cirillo tcirillo@ibm.net Subject: [slinkelist] wireless serial John, i am very anxious to do the same thing but haven't found solutions. if you progress in this area, would you be good enough to let me know. i'll do likewise. i'm emailable at tcirillo@ibm.net. ps- i'm not familiar with Infowave. Is it RF? Infrared? a website would be appreciated. thanks, tom. From: John Chapman To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 14:10:08 PDT Subject: [slinkelist] Slinke and wireless serial? Dear Slinke-ers, Has anyone had any luck using a wireless serial port with the Slinke? I bought an Infowave receiver/transmitter pair and would love to be able to use it to connect my PC to my Slinke without wires but so far have not been able to get slinkx to see the Slinke. TIA, -John From mike@col.hp.com Fri, 08 Oct 1999 11:00:07 -0600 Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 11:00:07 -0600 From: Mike Patterson mike@col.hp.com Subject: [slinkelist] Stupid question This is going to sound really silly, but I can't find the answer anywhere in the help files... How do I brng up details on a track? (To change preferences, mark tracks as "Never Play", etc) Second, someone showed me how to open up .mdb files in access, excel, etc... But is there a way to turn these files into plain-text documents? Barring that, is there some way the artist can be listed in the tracks database? If the artist is defined in the disk, but not the track, it doesn't show up) --Mike From cboles@nirvis.com Fri, 08 Oct 1999 11:10:41 -0700 Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 11:10:41 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] New version I've posted a new version on the site. Here ar some of the main improvements: ---CDJ--- 10/8/99 Multiple Slink-e support in device edit window 10/7/99 BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG support in image window 10/2/99 Invalid date info now blank in views 9/30/99 Fixed bug which caused some device events to contain extra spaces, making them unrecognizable. This could account for some people's problems locating players. 9/29/99 Added automation interface for disc searches. 9/26/99 Drag and drop for MP3s in album and track views. Fix problem with bad release date info in MP3 ID3 tags Fixed problem remembering your selected font Improved support for CD-Text. Still can't get the artist info... ---SlinkeServ--- 10/8/99 Fixed memory allocation problem which could cause leaks when using methods which return LPWSTRs. Fixed crash problem caused by improper handling of bad CM11a data. 10/7/99 Fixed bug causing received lowlevel information to be sent to all lowlevel clients, even if they were on another slink-e. 9/29/99 Modified IR recognition to ignore start symbols after they have been seen once before. 9/26/99 Added new methods to allow querying of loaded devices and commands ---SlinkX--- 9/29/99 Added new methods to connect and disconnect from the server 9/26/99 Added new methods and properties to get device and code infomation. Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From aue@nirvis.com Fri, 08 Oct 1999 12:10:36 -0700 Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 12:10:36 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Stupid question At 10:00 AM 10/8/99 , you wrote: >How do I brng up details on a track? (To change preferences, mark tracks as >"Never Play", etc) In the Music Info pane you can get at the Image/Lyrics/Notes and Details for albums or tracks. Select the track you are interested in and then look in the Details pane. If you don't see the Music Info pane you can turn it on from the View menu. >Second, someone showed me how to open up .mdb files in access, excel, etc... >But is there a way to turn these files into plain-text documents? Barring >that, is there some way the artist can be listed in the tracks database? >If the artist is defined in the disk, but not the track, it doesn't show up) Once you're in Access you can make reports or save the tables as CSV files. Excel can also save in several plain text formats. look at the options under Save As in both programs. A blank artist in the tracks database means that the album artist applies. This way if you change the artist for the disc it changes properly for the tracks too. David Aue Nirvis Systems From rich@ihug.co.nz Sat, 09 Oct 1999 15:22:08 +1300 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 15:22:08 +1300 From: Richard Malcolm-Smith rich@ihug.co.nz Subject: [slinkelist] Lyrics swap idea I have taken Brooks Talley's cdj asp's and modified them heavily, now with lyrics display :) http://203.29.166.26/cd3/ If there is intrest I could knock together a program that will go thru your .mdb file and pull in any lyrics that I have got in mine. Obviously there are a lot more CD's then I have in my collection so If I was to go ahead with it I would possibly ask for other people to submit there .mdb's containing lyrics to be added. The site only runs on a 56k dialup so please dont thrash it too much. From MrGolden@swbell.net Sat, 09 Oct 1999 00:11:53 -0500 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 00:11:53 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0075_01BF11EA.E4E9A4C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Both of the options I mentioned could be set up so that you could turn = the audio on or off in *other* rooms, as well as the one you're in, by = remote control. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Darren Apfel=20 To: 'Dale Andren' ; Tony Golden=20 Cc: Slink-e Users List=20 Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 11:07 PM Subject: RE: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? I'm not quite sure how this solves my problem. I want to be able to = turn on and off the audio in *other* rooms from any room with an IR = port. I already have my house wired for IR and audio. I can turn the = audio on/off in the room I'm in no problem (there are volume controls in = each room). =20 thanks @gain, d@ darrena@microsoft.com http://wireless/ =20 -----Original Message----- From: Dale Andren [mailto:andren@interaccess.com] Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:50 PM To: Tony Golden; Darren Apfel Cc: Slink-e Users List Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? =20 Hi List, =20 If you put your audio signal on a video modulator, (if you have a es90 = or a changer with video out, you can put the track info on as well) you = can simply tune your TV in whatever room you are in to channel 68 or = whatever the modulator is set to, and you can then control the volume of = the TV, which is in effect now acting as your preamp.. If the TV has = audio outs this is ideal, since you can then send the tv audio to the = local amp or whatever. If you have whole house IR capability this adds = up to a pretty slick setup and sounds great. Make sure you buy a channel = plus or some other high grade modulator, because I would imagine the = cheesy modulators would provide an inferior sound quality. =20 This setup is ideal if you want to forgo a lot of expensive cabling = and don't need audiophile sound in the rooms away from the main source. =20 Good luck, Dale ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tony Golden=20 To: Darren Apfel=20 Cc: Slink-e Users List=20 Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? =20 There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them is = "cheap". =20 Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that = can switch up to six pairs of speakers. It retails for $400, and you = need their RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail. With it, = you could teach your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the = room they're located in. -- You could also teach it the codes to = control the other rooms=20 =20 Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo = receivers for the other rooms. You should be able to find decent ones = for under $100 each -- probably under $50 each. It would require = splitting your sources to run to all the receivers, and you may need = some type of distribution amps. In addition to providing remote on/off = control of the zones, you would also have independent source selection = and volume levels. =20 Tony Golden =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Darren Apfel=20 To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com'=20 Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching? =20 Hello all: =20 I use a slink-e to run my home audio system. The master audio signal = is piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume = control. I have set up multiple identical "universal remotes" to = control CDJ from each room (mostly to control basic functions such as = play, stop, cue up stored playlists, etc.). =20 Everything works great! =20 The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that same = remote to turn on and off the audio in each room. Currently, I have a = manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can turn = on or off the audio signal each of the four rooms. (Some rooms have = manual override for local sources such as TVs.) =20 Here's a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was = just half an hour ago. I had returned from my workout. I wanted to = take a shower. From the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it. = Problem is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a = sudden I'm blaring music at her as well. So I have to go downstairs and = manually turn off all but the master bedroom/bathroom. =20 I'd like to be able to do this from the bedroom. =20 Any ideas? =20 d@ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0075_01BF11EA.E4E9A4C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Both of the options I mentioned could be set up so that you could = turn the=20 audio on or off in *other* rooms, as well as the one = you're in,=20 by remote control.
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Darren=20 Apfel
To: 'Dale=20 Andren' ; Tony Golden
Cc: Slink-e Users=20 List
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 = 11:07=20 PM
Subject: RE: [slinkelist] IR = controlled=20 audio switching?

I’m not quite sure how this = solves my=20 problem.  I want to be = able to=20 turn on and off the audio in *other* rooms from any room with = an IR=20 port.  I already have my = house=20 wired for IR and audio.  = I can=20 turn the audio on/off in the room I’m in no problem (there are = volume controls=20 in each room).

 

thanks @gain,

d@

darrena@microsoft.com

http://wireless/

 

-----Original=20 Message-----
From: = Dale=20 Andren [mailto:andren@interaccess.com]=
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 = 7:50=20 PM
To: Tony Golden; = Darren=20 Apfel
Cc: Slink-e = Users=20 List
Subject: Re:=20 [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?

 

Hi=20 List,

 

If=20 you put your audio signal on a video modulator, (if you have a es90 or = a=20 changer with video out, you can put the track info on as well) you can = simply=20 tune your TV in whatever room you are in to channel 68 or whatever the = modulator is set to, and you can then control the volume of the TV, = which is=20 in effect now acting as your preamp.. If the TV has audio outs this is = ideal,=20 since you can then send the tv audio to the local amp or whatever. If = you have=20 whole house IR capability this adds up to a pretty slick setup and = sounds=20 great. Make sure you buy a channel plus or some other high grade = modulator,=20 because I would imagine the cheesy modulators would provide an = inferior sound=20 quality.

 

This=20 setup is ideal if you want to forgo a lot of expensive cabling and = don't need=20 audiophile sound in the rooms away from the main = source.

 

Good=20 luck,

Dale

-----=20 Original Message -----

From: Tony = Golden=20

To: Darren=20 Apfel

Cc: Slink-e Users=20 List

Sent: Sunday,=20 October 03, 1999 9:39 AM

Subject: Re:=20 [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?

 

There=20 are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them is=20 "cheap".

 

Xantech=20 makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that can switch = up to=20 six pairs of speakers.  It retails for $400, and you need their = RC68=20 remote to program it -- another $160, retail.  With it, you could = teach=20 your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the room they're = located=20 in. --  You could also teach it the = codes to=20 control the other rooms

 

Another,=20 and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo receivers for = the=20 other rooms.  You should be able to find decent ones for under = $100 each=20 -- probably under $50 each.  It would require splitting your = sources to=20 run to all the receivers, and you may need some type of distribution=20 amps.  In addition to providing remote on/off control of the = zones, you=20 would also have independent source selection and volume=20 levels.

 

Tony=20 Golden

 

-----=20 Original Message -----

From: Darren=20 Apfel

To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com' =

Sent:=20 Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM

Subject:=20 [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?

 

Hello=20 all:

 

I = use a=20 slink-e to run my home audio system. =20 The master audio signal is piped into four rooms, each room = with its=20 own IR port and volume control.  I=20 have set up multiple identical “universal remotes” to = control CDJ from each=20 room (mostly to control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up = stored=20 playlists, etc.).

 

Everything=20 works great!

 

The one thing=20 that I would like to add is the ability to use that same remote to = turn on and=20 off the audio in each room. =20 Currently, I have a manual switchbox in the family room (next = to the=20 receiver) that can turn on or off the audio signal each of the four=20 rooms.  (Some rooms have = manual=20 override for local sources such as=20 TVs.)

 

Here’s a good=20 example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was just half an = hour=20 ago.  I had returned = from my=20 workout.  I wanted to = take a=20 shower.  From the master = bedroom,=20 I cue up a CD to play it.  = Problem=20 is: Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden = I’m=20 blaring music at her as well.  = So=20 I have to go downstairs and manually turn off all but the master=20 bedroom/bathroom.

 

I’d like to=20 be able to do this from the=20 bedroom.

 

Any=20 ideas?

 

d@

 

= ------=_NextPart_000_0075_01BF11EA.E4E9A4C0-- From leb-anon@ix.netcom.com Sat, 09 Oct 1999 01:15:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 01:15:44 -0400 From: Mike Zmuda leb-anon@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] File Format Assistance. Hi. Does anybody have the format for the Library file? Is it in MSAccess, and if so, should I use their ActiveX utility, and where can I get that? AND: Where does CDJ (what file) store its internal preferences (ie: directories, etc.) I just made a Cover-ripper that seems to work pretty nice, but I need the formats of these files to make the ware work with CDJ. Thanks to all! Mike Z. To be removed from this mailing, please respond to leb-anon@ix.netcom.com= =20 From Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:23:03 +0100 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:23:03 +0100 From: Frank R Fattori Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk Subject: [slinkelist] slinke I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke module with an internal PCI card.... It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card Any plans in that direction? Thanks for a great product and software! From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Sat, 9 Oct 1999 11:47:13 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 11:47:13 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke Great idea, I'd buy that!!! -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Frank R Fattori Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke module with an internal PCI card.... It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card Any plans in that direction? Thanks for a great product and software! _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From parsonsk@magma.ca Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:44:57 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:44:57 -0500 From: Kieran Parsons parsonsk@magma.ca Subject: [slinkelist] Library search with >200 discs Is it me, or can CDJ only search upto 200 discs? I have a CDP-CX350 and the latest CDJ. When I try to search past disc 200, the search process just stops. Looking at the Slinke data viewer the disc number is "FE". If I manually increase the disc past 200, the disc number stays at FE. Any help greatly appreciated. Kieran From jschaffe@mail1.nai.net Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:08:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:08:55 -0400 From: Jeff Schaffer jschaffe@mail1.nai.net Subject: [slinkelist] Duplicate Disk ID Problem --============_-1272629853==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Hello, I've got two CDs: 1) Liz Story/Solid Colors 2) The Oscar Peterson Trio + 1: Clark Terry They each have 10 tracks and are the same total length (40:52). If I point to one and inventory it, I get the correct entry from CDDB. If I delete that disk and inventory the second, I again get the correct entry from CDDB. CDJ, however, gets them confused and shows the Liz Story entry in both slots. I previously sent this request for help (last April, I believe), but Colby was on vacation. At that time, I was using an older version of CDJ and saved the following excerpts from CDJ's text library file: DISCID=7c09940a DTITLE=Liz Story / Solid Colors TTITLE0=Wedding Rain TTITLE1=Pacheco Pass TTITLE2=Without You TTITLE3=Hymn TTITLE4=Things With Wings TTITLE5=Solid Colors TTITLE6=Bradley's Dream TTITLE7=White Heart TTITLE8=Water Caves TTITLE9=Peace Piece EXTD=CDJ[loc=164 player=1 min=40 sec=54 keywords=" newage"] EXTT0=CDJ[min=5 sec=46] EXTT1=CDJ[min=3 sec=6] EXTT2=CDJ[min=4 sec=29] EXTT3=CDJ[min=4 sec=18] EXTT4=CDJ[min=2 sec=53] EXTT5=CDJ[min=4 sec=39] EXTT6=CDJ[min=4 sec=43] EXTT7=CDJ[min=2 sec=12] EXTT8=CDJ[min=3 sec=11] EXTT9=CDJ[min=5 sec=35] PLAYLIST= # DISCID=7c09940a DTITLE=Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio + One- Clark Terry TTITLE0=Brotherhood of Man TTITLE1=Jim TTITLE2=Blues for Smedley TTITLE3=Roundalay TTITLE4=Mumbles TTITLE5=Mack the Knife TTITLE6=They Didn't Believe Me TTITLE7=Squeaky's Blues TTITLE8=I Want a Little Girl TTITLE9=Incoherent Blues EXTD=CDJ[loc=177 player=1 min=40 sec=54 keywords=" jazz"]Oscar Peterson\nRay Br EXTD=own\nEd Thigpen\nClark Terry EXTT0=CDJ[min=3 sec=36]Loesser EXTT1=CDJ[min=3 sec=4]Shaw-Petrillo-Samuels EXTT2=CDJ[min=6 sec=59]O. Peterson EXTT3=CDJ[min=3 sec=58]O. Peterson EXTT4=CDJ[min=2 sec=2]C. Terry EXTT5=CDJ[min=5 sec=21]Weill-Brehct-Blitzstein EXTT6=CDJ[min=4 sec=24]Kern-Reynolds EXTT7=CDJ[min=3 sec=32]O. Peterson EXTT8=CDJ[min=5 sec=14]Mencher-Moll EXTT9=CDJ[min=2 sec=42]C. Terry PLAYLIST= # I've read recently that the Sony Players don't provide enough CD information to send our manually entered disk data to CDDB. Here, it provides enough to look up the correct entry, but once downloaded, CDJ can't distinguish them apart. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jeff PS: By the way, couldn't CDJ extend coverage to the CD-ROM drive in the PC? That way we could at least slip the CD into the drive, have CDJ look up our manually entered disk data from its database, and then upload to CDDB with the full CD descriptor information. On top of that, we could play CDs that aren't currently in the changers from the CD-ROM and still get CDJ coverage! --============_-1272629853==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Hello, I've got two CDs: 1) Liz Story/Solid Colors 2) The Oscar Peterson Trio + 1: Clark Terry They each have 10 tracks and are the same total length (40:52). If I point to one and inventory it, I get the correct entry from CDDB. If I delete that disk and inventory the second, I again get the correct entry from CDDB. CDJ, however, gets them confused and shows the Liz Story entry in both slots. I previously sent this request for help (last April, I believe), but Colby was on vacation. At that time, I was using an older version of CDJ and saved the following excerpts from CDJ's text library file: Courier_NewDISCID=7c09940a DTITLE=Liz Story / Solid Colors TTITLE0=Wedding Rain TTITLE1=Pacheco Pass TTITLE2=Without You TTITLE3=Hymn TTITLE4=Things With Wings TTITLE5=Solid Colors TTITLE6=Bradley's Dream TTITLE7=White Heart TTITLE8=Water Caves TTITLE9=Peace Piece EXTD=CDJ[loc=164 player=1 min=40 sec=54 keywords=" newage"] EXTT0=CDJ[min=5 sec=46] EXTT1=CDJ[min=3 sec=6] EXTT2=CDJ[min=4 sec=29] EXTT3=CDJ[min=4 sec=18] EXTT4=CDJ[min=2 sec=53] EXTT5=CDJ[min=4 sec=39] EXTT6=CDJ[min=4 sec=43] EXTT7=CDJ[min=2 sec=12] EXTT8=CDJ[min=3 sec=11] EXTT9=CDJ[min=5 sec=35] PLAYLIST= # DISCID=7c09940a DTITLE=Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio + One- Clark Terry TTITLE0=Brotherhood of Man TTITLE1=Jim TTITLE2=Blues for Smedley TTITLE3=Roundalay TTITLE4=Mumbles TTITLE5=Mack the Knife TTITLE6=They Didn't Believe Me TTITLE7=Squeaky's Blues TTITLE8=I Want a Little Girl TTITLE9=Incoherent Blues EXTD=CDJ[loc=177 player=1 min=40 sec=54 keywords=" jazz"]Oscar Peterson\nRay Br EXTD=own\nEd Thigpen\nClark Terry EXTT0=CDJ[min=3 sec=36]Loesser EXTT1=CDJ[min=3 sec=4]Shaw-Petrillo-Samuels EXTT2=CDJ[min=6 sec=59]O. Peterson EXTT3=CDJ[min=3 sec=58]O. Peterson EXTT4=CDJ[min=2 sec=2]C. Terry EXTT5=CDJ[min=5 sec=21]Weill-Brehct-Blitzstein EXTT6=CDJ[min=4 sec=24]Kern-Reynolds EXTT7=CDJ[min=3 sec=32]O. Peterson EXTT8=CDJ[min=5 sec=14]Mencher-Moll EXTT9=CDJ[min=2 sec=42]C. Terry PLAYLIST= # I've read recently that the Sony Players don't provide enough CD information to send our manually entered disk data to CDDB. Here, it provides enough to look up the correct entry, but once downloaded, CDJ can't distinguish them apart. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jeff PS: By the way, couldn't CDJ extend coverage to the CD-ROM drive in the PC? That way we could at least slip the CD into the drive, have CDJ look up our manually entered disk data from its database, and then upload to CDDB with the full CD descriptor information. On top of that, we could play CDs that aren't currently in the changers from the CD-ROM and still get CDJ coverage! --============_-1272629853==_ma============-- From HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Sat, 9 Oct 1999 11:27:06 -0700 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 11:27:06 -0700 From: Lee Hart HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Subject: [slinkelist] slinke Maybe. My preference would be a USB Slink-E. That could also eliminate the power supply and PCI slots are at a premium in my machines. I'd also like to have a Slink-E merged with the upcoming DXS so I could have full digital from all sources (CD changers and even most internal CD drives have SPDIF outputs). There are some newer computers that are little more than a LCD monitor/computer and a keyboard; this setup could integrate well into many home setups on an end table. Lee My opinions are my own -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey J. Borghoff Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:47 AM To: Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke Great idea, I'd buy that!!! -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Frank R Fattori Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke module with an internal PCI card.... It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card Any plans in that direction? Thanks for a great product and software! _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Sat, 9 Oct 1999 11:28:22 -0700 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 11:28:22 -0700 From: Lee Hart HLeeHart@WinISP.Net Subject: [slinkelist] Library search with >200 discs Do you have the current CDJ? I have 2 CDP-CX350, over 450 CDs, and everything so far has just worked. -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On Behalf Of Kieran Parsons Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 7:45 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Library search with >200 discs Is it me, or can CDJ only search upto 200 discs? I have a CDP-CX350 and the latest CDJ. When I try to search past disc 200, the search process just stops. Looking at the Slinke data viewer the disc number is "FE". If I manually increase the disc past 200, the disc number stays at FE. Any help greatly appreciated. Kieran _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From whoami@zeelandnet.nl Sat, 09 Oct 1999 21:00:30 +0200 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 21:00:30 +0200 From: Rein whoami@zeelandnet.nl Subject: [slinkelist] Duplicate Disk ID Problem Jeff Schaffer wrote: > > > PS: By the way, couldn't CDJ extend coverage to the CD-ROM drive in the PC? That way we could at least slip the CD into the drive, have CDJ look up our manually entered disk data from its database, and then upload to CDDB with the full CD descriptor information. On top of that, we could play CDs that aren't currently in the changers from the CD-ROM and still get CDJ coverage! I think this is just about the only feature I miss in CDJ. Also I don't know if it is possible to use my locally stored version of CDDB. Because during the first 6 months or so of this year I used various CDDB cd players to catalog my collection. One of these players (Full CD) has the abilty to save to local CDDB, and many of the CDDB cd players do have the possibility to use locally stored CDDB. Because I still use a dial-up connection to connect to the internet minimizing online time would be nice. From whoami@zeelandnet.nl Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:06:20 +0200 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:06:20 +0200 From: Rein whoami@zeelandnet.nl Subject: [slinkelist] Progressive JPG I just downloaded en installed the latest version of CDJ (10/08/99) and found that it no longer recognizes progressive JPG files. Not that have many of them but it did used to recognize the files before and now it suddenly doesn't anymore. So maybe a small alteration would be in order. From paulj@qualcomm.com Sat, 09 Oct 1999 12:54:41 -0700 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 12:54:41 -0700 From: Paul K Johnson paulj@qualcomm.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke USB gets my vote too since I have a laptop running CDJ. paul At 11:27 AM 10/9/99 -0700, Lee Hart wrote: >Maybe. My preference would be a USB Slink-E. That could also eliminate the >power supply and PCI slots are at a premium in my machines. I'd also like to >have a Slink-E merged with the upcoming DXS so I could have full digital >from all sources (CD changers and even most internal CD drives have SPDIF >outputs). > >There are some newer computers that are little more than a LCD >monitor/computer and a keyboard; this setup could integrate well into many >home setups on an end table. > >Lee >My opinions are my own > > -----Original Message----- >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On >Behalf Of Jeffrey J. Borghoff >Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:47 AM >To: Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > >Great idea, I'd buy that!!! > >-----Original Message----- >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >Behalf Of Frank R Fattori >Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM >To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: [slinkelist] slinke > > >I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of >Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? > >I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, >usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; > >It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke >module with an internal PCI card.... > >It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial >port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to >feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. >eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card > >Any plans in that direction? > >Thanks for a great product and software! > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:06:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:06:34 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke The problem with USB is cable length is more limited than RS232. > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Lee Hart > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 2:27 PM > To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > > > Maybe. My preference would be a USB Slink-E. That could also eliminate the > power supply and PCI slots are at a premium in my machines. I'd > also like to > have a Slink-E merged with the upcoming DXS so I could have full digital > from all sources (CD changers and even most internal CD drives have SPDIF > outputs). > > There are some newer computers that are little more than a LCD > monitor/computer and a keyboard; this setup could integrate well into many > home setups on an end table. > > Lee > My opinions are my own > > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On > Behalf Of Jeffrey J. Borghoff > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:47 AM > To: Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > > Great idea, I'd buy that!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Frank R Fattori > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: [slinkelist] slinke > > > I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of > Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? > > I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, > usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; > > It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke > module with an internal PCI card.... > > It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial > port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to > feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. > eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card > > Any plans in that direction? > > Thanks for a great product and software! > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:11:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:11:38 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke Yes, USB and DXS... Colby, get right on that... -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Paul K Johnson Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 3:55 PM To: Lee Hart; jeffreyj@borghoff.com; Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke USB gets my vote too since I have a laptop running CDJ. paul At 11:27 AM 10/9/99 -0700, Lee Hart wrote: >Maybe. My preference would be a USB Slink-E. That could also eliminate the >power supply and PCI slots are at a premium in my machines. I'd also like to >have a Slink-E merged with the upcoming DXS so I could have full digital >from all sources (CD changers and even most internal CD drives have SPDIF >outputs). > >There are some newer computers that are little more than a LCD >monitor/computer and a keyboard; this setup could integrate well into many >home setups on an end table. > >Lee >My opinions are my own > > -----Original Message----- >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On >Behalf Of Jeffrey J. Borghoff >Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:47 AM >To: Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > >Great idea, I'd buy that!!! > >-----Original Message----- >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >Behalf Of Frank R Fattori >Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM >To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: [slinkelist] slinke > > >I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of >Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? > >I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, >usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; > >It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke >module with an internal PCI card.... > >It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial >port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to >feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. >eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card > >Any plans in that direction? > >Thanks for a great product and software! > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From paulj@qualcomm.com Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:13:39 -0700 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:13:39 -0700 From: Paul K Johnson paulj@qualcomm.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke Yes, but the cable length is far less limited than a PCI or ISA bus! paul At 05:06 PM 10/9/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: >The problem with USB is cable length is more limited than RS232. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >> Behalf Of Lee Hart >> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 2:27 PM >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk >> Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke >> >> >> Maybe. My preference would be a USB Slink-E. That could also eliminate the >> power supply and PCI slots are at a premium in my machines. I'd >> also like to >> have a Slink-E merged with the upcoming DXS so I could have full digital >> from all sources (CD changers and even most internal CD drives have SPDIF >> outputs). >> >> There are some newer computers that are little more than a LCD >> monitor/computer and a keyboard; this setup could integrate well into many >> home setups on an end table. >> >> Lee >> My opinions are my own >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com >> [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On >> Behalf Of Jeffrey J. Borghoff >> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:47 AM >> To: Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk >> Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke >> >> Great idea, I'd buy that!!! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >> Behalf Of Frank R Fattori >> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM >> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Subject: [slinkelist] slinke >> >> >> I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of >> Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? >> >> I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, >> usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; >> >> It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke >> module with an internal PCI card.... >> >> It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial >> port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to >> feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. >> eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card >> >> Any plans in that direction? >> >> Thanks for a great product and software! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From thergen@svn.net Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:59:36 -0700 (PDT) From: thergen@svn.net thergen@svn.net Subject: [slinkelist] slinke Aren't there USB to RS232 convertors available? I thought I saw some USB hubs with serial ports built in. Tom On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Mike Kropp wrote: > The problem with USB is cable length is more limited than RS232. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > Behalf Of Lee Hart > > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 2:27 PM > > To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > > > > > > Maybe. My preference would be a USB Slink-E. That could also eliminate the > > power supply and PCI slots are at a premium in my machines. I'd > > also like to > > have a Slink-E merged with the upcoming DXS so I could have full digital > > from all sources (CD changers and even most internal CD drives have SPDIF > > outputs). > > > > There are some newer computers that are little more than a LCD > > monitor/computer and a keyboard; this setup could integrate well into many > > home setups on an end table. > > > > Lee > > My opinions are my own > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com > > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On > > Behalf Of Jeffrey J. Borghoff > > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:47 AM > > To: Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > > > > Great idea, I'd buy that!!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > Behalf Of Frank R Fattori > > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: [slinkelist] slinke > > > > > > I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of > > Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? > > > > I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, > > usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; > > > > It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke > > module with an internal PCI card.... > > > > It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial > > port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to > > feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. > > eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card > > > > Any plans in that direction? > > > > Thanks for a great product and software! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From parsonsk@magma.ca Sat, 9 Oct 1999 18:29:19 -0500 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 18:29:19 -0500 From: Kieran Parsons parsonsk@magma.ca Subject: [slinkelist] Library search with >200 discs Thanks Mike - once I'd made the change everything worked without problem. Kieran -----Original Message----- From: Michael Moore [mailto:mmoore@msu.edu] Sent: October 9, 1999 1:41 PM To: Kieran Parsons Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Library search with >200 discs Kieran, You need to set your changer to use Control-A1II instead of just Control-A1. Check the manual on how to do this. Once set, everything will work great. mike From cboles@nirvis.com Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:08:13 -0700 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:08:13 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Library search with >200 discs Make sure your player is in the Control A1 II mode in the menus, otherwise it will emulate a 200 disc model and cause this sort of problem. Colby At 09:44 PM 10/8/99 -0500, Kieran Parsons wrote: >Is it me, or can CDJ only search upto 200 discs? I have a CDP-CX350 and the >latest CDJ. When I try to search past disc 200, the search process just >stops. Looking at the Slinke data viewer the disc number is "FE". If I >manually increase the disc past 200, the disc number stays at FE. > >Any help greatly appreciated. > >Kieran > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From evanr@alum.mit.edu Sun, 10 Oct 1999 14:53:26 -0700 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 14:53:26 -0700 From: Evan Robinson evanr@alum.mit.edu Subject: [slinkelist] Delay command in automation interface? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BF132F.3534B2E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I use the IR transmitter to select the appropriate digital input on my = receiver whenever CDJ changes players. My receiver takes about 750ms to = prepare itself for the new input, and during this time, CDJ starts = playing. Is there the equivalent of a "delay" command that will let me force a = brief wait between the time the IR command is sent and the time CDJ = starts playing? Thanks! ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BF132F.3534B2E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I use the IR transmitter to select the = appropriate=20 digital input on my receiver whenever CDJ changes players.  My = receiver=20 takes about 750ms to prepare itself for the new input, and during this = time, CDJ=20 starts playing.
 
Is there the equivalent of a "delay" = command that=20 will let me force a brief wait between the time the IR command is sent = and the=20 time CDJ starts playing?
 
Thanks!
 
------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BF132F.3534B2E0-- From cboles@nirvis.com Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:10:30 -0700 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:10:30 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Delay command in automation interface? Yes. You could send a period of "blank IR" after your command to get this effect. There is a little known hack in the device:command protocol which allows you to send some lowlevel commands without having to bother loading the lowlevel device. Let's say your receiver is call rcvr and the input switching command is digital_input. Do the following rcvr:digital_input rcvr:ir[-750000] the second command sends a 750ms "off" period out the slink-e IR port, in effect tying up the slink-e for 750ms before CDJ sends out its play command. Colby At 02:53 PM 10/10/99 -0700, Evan Robinson wrote: >I use the IR transmitter to select the appropriate digital input on my >receiver whenever CDJ changes players. My receiver takes about 750ms to >prepare itself for the new input, and during this time, CDJ starts playing. > >Is there the equivalent of a "delay" command that will let me force a >brief wait between the time the IR command is sent and the time CDJ starts >playing? > >Thanks! > Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From franklin@electricbaby.com Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:09:35 -0700 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:09:35 -0700 From: franklin joyce franklin@electricbaby.com Subject: [slinkelist] sony dvd codes This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01BF1318.5125FC50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i just picked up a sony dvd player the something something 550 and was = trying to track down the asci command codes. any help? thanks much=20 franklin joyce ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01BF1318.5125FC50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
i just picked up a sony dvd player the = something=20 something 550 and was trying to track down the asci command codes. any=20 help?
 
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------=_NextPart_000_0070_01BF1318.5125FC50-- From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:38:54 PDT Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:38:54 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] Toshiba IR Codes I was wondering if anyone has developed a device file with the Toshiba VCR IR codes? I've lost my Toshiba remote control and these is no way with my VCR besides using the remote to change the Input Select(ion). Even the universal remotes that I've seen, do not have this button. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:45:42 PDT Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:45:42 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] problems with slinkserv stability/queries about randomness Jay, I've been having the same problems, although it's quite intermittent. Occasionally, it will stay up for days, then crash every hour or so. I'm running Win95 and IE5 on a 486/66 (all this computer is used for is CDJ). It actually seems LESS stable since upgrading to the latest version of CDJ/Slinkserv this weekend. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Jay Pfaffman To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] problems with slinkserv stability/queries about randomness Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 08:04:38 -0500 (CDT) I'm running CDJ on a Toshiba laptop with a pentium 133. I did a clean install of Win95 & IE5 before installing CDJ. It works great (lots better than the 12MB 486/25 that I had been using), but slinkserv crashes every few hours. I did install some user-contributed program for slinkserver that was later reported to be causing problems, but uninstalled it after I read that it was causing problems. That did make things better, but still not reliable. It's a bummer because it always seems to crash while playing a CD that I'd rather not listen to all of. Are other folks using slinkserv & slink-saver (the only reason compelling me to use slinkserv) without trouble? Should I do another clean install of win95? Win98? I do like slink-saver--it's much prettier than CDJ. ---- How does the random feature work? I know how to make it go; I've even programmed a button on my remote that does a "no christmas" search (that was a happy day!). My problem is that it often seems like I hear the same CD---or few cd's with some frequency. (I have almost 400 in my 205 and 240. But then maybe it's just my imagination. One day I'm sure I'll make a few playlists, but I've been too lazy thus far. Thanks. Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From tedsmith@microsoft.com Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:48:40 -0700 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:48:40 -0700 From: Ted Smith tedsmith@microsoft.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke Howdy all I use the Entrega 4U2S1P USB hub for both the Slink-e and my CM11a. I certainly would like to use USB for the DSX, both for control as well as for digital audio I/O, (although since I already have two other USB digital audio devices, I'm probably fooling myself if I think that I could use all of this stuff at the same time... :) -Ted -----Original Message----- From: thergen@svn.net [mailto:thergen@svn.net] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 3:00 PM To: Mike Kropp Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke Aren't there USB to RS232 convertors available? I thought I saw some USB hubs with serial ports built in. Tom On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Mike Kropp wrote: > The problem with USB is cable length is more limited than RS232. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > Behalf Of Lee Hart > > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 2:27 PM > > To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > > > > > > Maybe. My preference would be a USB Slink-E. That could also eliminate the > > power supply and PCI slots are at a premium in my machines. I'd > > also like to > > have a Slink-E merged with the upcoming DXS so I could have full digital > > from all sources (CD changers and even most internal CD drives have SPDIF > > outputs). > > > > There are some newer computers that are little more than a LCD > > monitor/computer and a keyboard; this setup could integrate well into many > > home setups on an end table. > > > > Lee > > My opinions are my own > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com > > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On > > Behalf Of Jeffrey J. Borghoff > > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:47 AM > > To: Frank@oaklands.ndirect.co.uk > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] slinke > > > > Great idea, I'd buy that!!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > Behalf Of Frank R Fattori > > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 11:23 AM > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: [slinkelist] slinke > > > > > > I wonder if Colby has/is considering making another version of > > Slinke? i.e. an internal to the PC card eg PCI or ISA? > > > > I want to add a small "desktop" PC to my domestic sound system, > > usingn the TV for the monitor etc, and use this for CDJ etc; > > > > It would be cool if I could replace my serial interfaced Slinke > > module with an internal PCI card.... > > > > It would eliminate the seperate power supply, free up the serial > > port, and the internal slinke could even be elaborated upon to > > feature for example, an audio source selection multiplexer. > > eg, external CD, internal CD/Internal sound card > > > > Any plans in that direction? > > > > Thanks for a great product and software! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From gregy1@pdq.net Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:25:12 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:25:12 -0500 From: Greg Young gregy1@pdq.net Subject: [slinkelist] Automation & IR reception questions Hi - I've been struggling the past few days with getting CDJ automation to work. I've loaded a Sony DVD IR file (SONYDVD?- I'm writing this from the road and don't have access to my home systems) from the devices files. I think it's a full TX/RV defined file, but I'm not entirely sure how to tell. Is there a device file format spec somewhere? I'm trying to trigger a CDJ event from an IR command. My remote is a Philips Pronto - I don't actually have a Sony DVD player, but was able to obtain IR codes from the Pronto users groups on Remote Central. I copied the STOP code from every sample Pronto (CCF) Sony DVD device file I could find, and tried each one of them. In every instance of sending the IR sequence, I get a NOMATCH response from SlinkeServer. Can anyone give me some advice on getting SlinkeServer to respond to incoming IR? What could I be doing wrong? Thanks in advance! Greg From cboles@nirvis.com Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:07:51 -0700 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:07:51 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Automation & IR reception questions I don't know what .cde file you are referring to exactly, but if the file contains type=IR it is a 2-way file and type=IRTXONLY is for trasmitting only. Colby At 05:25 PM 10/11/99 -0500, Greg Young wrote: >Hi - I've been struggling the past few days with getting CDJ automation to >work. I've loaded a Sony DVD IR file (SONYDVD?- I'm writing this from the >road and don't have access to my home systems) from the devices files. I >think it's a full TX/RV defined file, but I'm not entirely sure how to tell. >Is there a device file format spec somewhere? I'm trying to trigger a CDJ >event from an IR command. > >My remote is a Philips Pronto - I don't actually have a Sony DVD player, but >was able to obtain IR codes from the Pronto users groups on Remote >Central. I >copied the STOP code from every sample Pronto (CCF) Sony DVD device file I >could find, and tried each one of them. In every instance of sending the IR >sequence, I get a NOMATCH response from SlinkeServer. Can anyone give me >some >advice on getting SlinkeServer to respond to incoming IR? What could I be >doing wrong? > >Thanks in advance! >Greg > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From Doug.Blattner@CommunityVision.com Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:06:04 -0700 Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:06:04 -0700 From: Doug Blattner Doug.Blattner@CommunityVision.com Subject: [slinkelist] unsubscribe This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------52963D1D60C59E8D29A71550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit unsubcribe --------------52963D1D60C59E8D29A71550 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="Doug.Blattner.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Doug Blattner Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Doug.Blattner.vcf" begin:vcard n:Blattner;Doug tel;pager:(800) 401-8732 tel;cell:(702) 523-9893 tel;fax:(702) 933-1118 tel;work:(702) 933-0000 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.CommunityVision.com org:Community Vision, Inc. version:2.1 email;internet:Doug.Blattner@CommunityVision.com title:Chief Technology Officer adr;quoted-printable:;;1231 Town Center Drive=0D=0ASuite 170;Las Vegas;Nevada;89134;USA fn:Doug Blattner end:vcard --------------52963D1D60C59E8D29A71550-- From owen@cx747300-a.chspk1.va.home.com Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:05:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:05:35 -0400 (EDT) From: John Owen owen@cx747300-a.chspk1.va.home.com Subject: [slinkelist] RE: Delay command in automation interface I'm having the same problem, and adding the delay instruction is not causing a delay in in the second changer playing, no matter how long I set the delay for. It appears that the play command is going out before the 'using_player' event is fired. Should I be keying this on a different event, or am I missing something. My map file looks (in part) like this cdjr:using_player[cd1] { rcvr:inputcd1 rcvr:ir[-1500000] } cdjr:using_player[cd2] { rcvr:inputcd2 rcvr:ir[-1500000] } > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:10:30 -0700 > To: "Evan Robinson" , > From: Colby Boles > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Delay command in automation interface? > > Yes. You could send a period of "blank IR" after your command to get this > effect. There is a little known hack in the device:command protocol which > allows you to send some lowlevel commands without having to bother loading > the lowlevel device. Let's say your receiver is call rcvr and the input > switching command is digital_input. Do the following > > rcvr:digital_input > rcvr:ir[-750000] > > the second command sends a 750ms "off" period out the slink-e IR port, in > effect tying up the slink-e for 750ms before CDJ sends out its play command. > > Colby > > > At 02:53 PM 10/10/99 -0700, Evan Robinson wrote: >>I use the IR transmitter to select the appropriate digital input on my >>receiver whenever CDJ changes players. My receiver takes about 750ms to >>prepare itself for the new input, and during this time, CDJ starts playing. >> >>Is there the equivalent of a "delay" command that will let me force a >>brief wait between the time the IR command is sent and the time CDJ starts >>playing? >> >>Thanks! >> > > Nirvis Systems > http://www.nirvis.com > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From davekolb@email.msn.com Wed, 13 Oct 1999 01:03:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 01:03:39 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Anyone sharing the COM server with CDJ? Anyone sharing the Slink-e COM server with CDJ and their own software? How well does it work? What devices are you controlling? I hope to have CDJ run the Sony CDP-CX300 CD player (Slink) and I want my software to run 5 Sony DE135 receivers (zoned IR) for whole house audio and the CDJ program. Do either of the COM servers (Slink-e or CDJ) fire COM events? Thanks, Dave From cboles@nirvis.com Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:07:41 -0700 Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:07:41 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] RE: Delay command in automation interface I took a closer look, and you're right the mapping commands may get executed *after* subsequent CDJ commands due to the way CDJ responses make their way back to to the mapper via SlinkeServ. So I fixed it. I'll try to get this new version up today. Colby At 01:05 PM 10/11/99 -0400, John Owen wrote: >I'm having the same problem, and adding the delay instruction is >not causing a delay in in the second changer playing, no matter >how long I set the delay for. It appears that the play command >is going out before the 'using_player' event is fired. > >Should I be keying this on a different event, or am I missing >something. > >My map file looks (in part) like this > >cdjr:using_player[cd1] > { > rcvr:inputcd1 > rcvr:ir[-1500000] > } >cdjr:using_player[cd2] > { > rcvr:inputcd2 > rcvr:ir[-1500000] > } > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:10:30 -0700 > > To: "Evan Robinson" , > > From: Colby Boles > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Delay command in automation interface? > > > > Yes. You could send a period of "blank IR" after your command to get this > > effect. There is a little known hack in the device:command protocol which > > allows you to send some lowlevel commands without having to bother loading > > the lowlevel device. Let's say your receiver is call rcvr and the input > > switching command is digital_input. Do the following > > > > rcvr:digital_input > > rcvr:ir[-750000] > > > > the second command sends a 750ms "off" period out the slink-e IR port, in > > effect tying up the slink-e for 750ms before CDJ sends out its play > command. > > > > Colby > > > > > > At 02:53 PM 10/10/99 -0700, Evan Robinson wrote: > >>I use the IR transmitter to select the appropriate digital input on my > >>receiver whenever CDJ changes players. My receiver takes about 750ms to > >>prepare itself for the new input, and during this time, CDJ starts playing. > >> > >>Is there the equivalent of a "delay" command that will let me force a > >>brief wait between the time the IR command is sent and the time CDJ starts > >>playing? > >> > >>Thanks! > >> > > > > Nirvis Systems > > http://www.nirvis.com > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From dave@dlmorgan.org Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:03:50 -0700 Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:03:50 -0700 From: Dave Morgan dave@dlmorgan.org Subject: [slinkelist] Shuffle vs. random Can anyone tell me exactly what shuffle mode does (i.e. playlist_mode[random]) vs. the "shuffle playlist" command? Along the same lines, is there any more detailed documentation for the various CDJ automation commands? What I am attempting to do is to generate a query to select my "favorites" (using LIKE) from a certain genre and then play them. But I only want each song to play once and then have the playlist stop when all songs have been played. Is there a way to do this via automation? I am currently using the code from the sample MAPS.TXT file but I don't really want to use random mode. And finally, I noticed that when CDJ was in shuffle mode, the same song got added to the list several times. Is this a bug? Dave Morgan From aue@nirvis.com Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:02:39 -0700 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:02:39 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Anyone sharing the COM server with CDJ? Hi Dave, At 10:03 PM 10/12/99 , you wrote: >Anyone sharing the Slink-e COM server with CDJ and their own software? You can see this work just our simple TV Remote program which comes with CDJ. >How well does it work? It works the same for all other clients as it does for CDJ. Everything CDJ does you can do too. >What devices are you controlling? Anything the slink-e can control you can control for your own program. This includes all Control-A1,A2,S and all IR send and receive and the x10. In addition you can do interprocess communication between different clients. For instance CDJ send out notifications about whta it is doing and can receive commands to tell it do things. Your programs can do the same type of thing. >Do either of the COM servers (Slink-e or CDJ) fire COM events? CDJ actually isn't a COM server. The SlinkeServ COM object fires an events for every command or response for any devices which you attach to. This means that you can potentially see any kind of traffic that you like. This includes ir tx/rx, slink tx/rx, x10 and the interprocess messages like the ones cdj sends. The basic gist of all this is that the Slink-e with SlinkeServ creates a completely extensible open architecture system. David Aue Nirvis Systems From specker@ti.com Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:27:23 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:27:23 -0500 From: Specker, Scott specker@ti.com Subject: [slinkelist] Delay command in automation interface? This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF16AC.6E8A4378 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Colby, do you think you'll create a delay/timer command? It doesn't sound like it'd be hard to do but it would make programming a bit more intuitive. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 4:11 PM To: Evan Robinson; slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Delay command in automation interface? Yes. You could send a period of "blank IR" after your command to get this effect. There is a little known hack in the device:command protocol which allows you to send some lowlevel commands without having to bother loading the lowlevel device. Let's say your receiver is call rcvr and the input switching command is digital_input. Do the following rcvr:digital_input rcvr:ir[-750000] the second command sends a 750ms "off" period out the slink-e IR port, in effect tying up the slink-e for 750ms before CDJ sends out its play command. Colby At 02:53 PM 10/10/99 -0700, Evan Robinson wrote: >I use the IR transmitter to select the appropriate digital input on my >receiver whenever CDJ changes players. My receiver takes about 750ms to >prepare itself for the new input, and during this time, CDJ starts playing. > >Is there the equivalent of a "delay" command that will let me force a >brief wait between the time the IR command is sent and the time CDJ starts >playing? > >Thanks! > Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF16AC.6E8A4378 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [slinkelist] Delay command in automation interface?

Colby, do you think you'll create a delay/timer = command? It doesn't sound like it'd be hard to do but it would make = programming a bit more intuitive.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 4:11 PM
To: Evan Robinson; slinkelist@nirvis.com
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Delay command in = automation interface?


Yes. You could send a period of "blank IR" = after your command to get this
effect. There is a little known hack in the = device:command protocol which
allows you to send some lowlevel commands without = having to bother loading
the lowlevel device. Let's say your receiver is call = rcvr and the input
switching command is digital_input. Do the = following

rcvr:digital_input
rcvr:ir[-750000]

the second command sends a 750ms "off" = period out the slink-e IR port, in
effect tying up the slink-e for 750ms before CDJ = sends out its play command.

Colby


At 02:53 PM 10/10/99 -0700, Evan Robinson = wrote:
>I use the IR transmitter to select the = appropriate digital input on my
>receiver whenever CDJ changes players.  My = receiver takes about 750ms to
>prepare itself for the new input, and during = this time, CDJ starts playing.
>
>Is there the equivalent of a "delay" = command that will let me force a
>brief wait between the time the IR command is = sent and the time CDJ starts
>playing?
>
>Thanks!
>

Nirvis Systems
http://www.nirvis.com
http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles


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------_=_NextPart_001_01BF16AC.6E8A4378-- From specker@ti.com Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:40:34 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:40:34 -0500 From: Specker, Scott specker@ti.com Subject: [slinkelist] "pre-shutdown" event This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF16AE.466C0D42 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm looking for a "pre-shutdown" event. Similar to the pre-startup event I've seen in the CDJ commands, I need an event that indicates CDJ is about to shutdown. Unfortunately, when an audio signal is abruptly removed from my switcher/decoder, it causes a load "crack" sound. If I had a pre-shutdown event, I'd send a mute signal to prevent the loud noise. Any ideas? Thanks, Scott ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF16AE.466C0D42 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "pre-shutdown" event

I'm looking for a "pre-shutdown" event. = Similar to the pre-startup event I've seen in the CDJ commands, I need = an event that indicates CDJ is about to shutdown.

Unfortunately, when an audio signal is abruptly = removed from my switcher/decoder, it causes a load "crack" = sound. If I had a pre-shutdown event, I'd send a mute signal to prevent = the loud noise.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Scott

------_=_NextPart_001_01BF16AE.466C0D42-- From davekolb@email.msn.com Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:02:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:02:36 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Anyone sharing the COM server with CDJ? The Slink-e and software sounds very well thought out. Thanks. Now if I can get the destruction workers out of my house and finish wiring everything up I can start to play again. This remodelling stuff is so incredibly stressful when you come home and have to take notes about what parts of the job have to be redone because they put the boards in the wrong place or did not measure correctly... Dave From davekolb@email.msn.com Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:03:51 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:03:51 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Control-A1,A2,S difference What is the difference between Control-A1, A2 and S ? Thanks, Dave From aue@nirvis.com Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:18:44 -0700 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:18:44 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Control-A1,A2,S difference At 08:03 PM 10/14/99 , Dave Kolb wrote: >What is the difference between Control-A1, A2 and S ? Control A1 is a bi-directional protocol. For instance on the CD changers you can send commands to the changer and you also get back info about what the player is doing. Control-A2 is basically the same thing but with the extensions for the 300 disc changer. (It may be more than this but that's all we've been able to determine about it) Control-S is IR on a wire. In other words you can send the same signals the remote sends on a wire. It makes things a bit more reliable than using an IR transmitter. David Aue Nirvis Systems From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Sat, 16 Oct 1999 11:24:09 PDT Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 11:24:09 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed Since installing the latest CDJ/slinkeserv software upgrade, I've been getting the above error message from time to time. I don't know if the screen saver program is causing this, but it didn't used to happen. It also appears that all the updates (time, memos, etc) that should have been received from the cd player are queued up and suddenly start coming through all at once after this error message is cleared. Is anyone else having similar problems? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Sat, 16 Oct 1999 19:05:51 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 19:05:51 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed - Slink-e Failed I have been getting this as well... Colby what do you suggest? -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Ken Geoffrion Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 2:24 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed Since installing the latest CDJ/slinkeserv software upgrade, I've been getting the above error message from time to time. I don't know if the screen saver program is causing this, but it didn't used to happen. It also appears that all the updates (time, memos, etc) that should have been received from the cd player are queued up and suddenly start coming through all at once after this error message is cleared. Is anyone else having similar problems? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From teepe@gmx.net Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:10:58 +0200 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:10:58 +0200 From: Gerd Teepe teepe@gmx.net Subject: [slinkelist] Title queue Hi all ! In my CDJ, if I queue a new CD for later CDDB search there is no text in the libary ! Normally there is an entry (queued for later) !! Now there is no entry !! What happened ?? Grtx. Gerd From adam@studioNebula.com Sun, 17 Oct 1999 14:01:50 -0600 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 14:01:50 -0600 From: Adam Schabtach adam@studioNebula.com Subject: [slinkelist] TitleTrack, anyone? Is there anyone on this list using TitleTrack Jukebox, the Macintosh software for the Slink-e? I'm somewhat discontented with CDJ, and since I mostly use Macintoshes, I'm interested in TitleTrack. However, I'd like to hear some user opinions about it before I shell out the somewhat hefty purchase price. Thanks, --Adam Adam Schabtach nebulous@earthlink.net see me: http://home.earthlink.net/~nebulous/adamcam/ "Doug has decided that he and I are going to be artisans." --(overheard conversation) From mcohen@msystems.com Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:39:47 -0400 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:39:47 -0400 From: Mitchell S. Cohen mcohen@msystems.com Subject: [slinkelist] TitleTrack, anyone? I use TTJ. It's pretty good. I haven't looked at CDJ in quite a while, but TTJ certainly lacks many of CDJ's features. Most importantly (to me) is lack of support for anything other than CD changers. No IR support either. The interface is decent, and most functions are AppleScriptable. I run it on my home automation server (currently an old IIci) which sits in my stereo rack, and I've written a OneClick palette which controls it from my regular office Mac. It does an odd job of sorting by artist (I have no idea how that compares with CDJ), and occasionally chops up names as they come in from CDDB. It is easy to edit the names afterwards. Dick (the author) is very responsive, and has promised to add support for other devices. ...Mitch At 10/17/99 4:01 PM, adam@studioNebula.com (Adam Schabtach) wrote: >Is there anyone on this list using TitleTrack Jukebox, the Macintosh >software for the Slink-e? I'm somewhat discontented with CDJ, and >since I mostly use Macintoshes, I'm interested in TitleTrack. >However, I'd like to hear some user opinions about it before I shell >out the somewhat hefty purchase price. --- Mitchell S. Cohen, Multimedia Systems Consulting mcohen@msystems.com, http://www.msystems.com Home Automation page at http://www.msystems.com/homeauto/ From Brian_Walker@prenhall.com 18 Oct 1999 10:46:24 -0400 Date: 18 Oct 1999 10:46:24 -0400 From: Brian_Walker@prenhall.com Brian_Walker@prenhall.com Subject: [slinkelist] New onHand PC watch has IR port See the very latest in way-cool devices at www.onhandpc.com. This PC-on-a-watch has been available in Japan for two years. US release is next month. I can imagine controlling my whole house, via Slink-e, from my watch!!! Current Timex Datalink diehard and Slink-e newbe, Brian Walker p.s. It has 2mb of flash memory, a 19,200 IR port, 102x64 display, and appears custom programmable! I imagine the Timex Datalink crowd will be quick to jump all over this device! From Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:03:54 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:03:54 -0500 From: Knight, Vann M Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com Subject: [slinkelist] RE: [slinke-bbs] Re: Serial Cable Distance I have one about 100 ft (over Cat5), works great. Vann > -----Original Message----- > From: slinke-bbs-owner@nirvis.com [mailto:slinke-bbs-owner@nirvis.com] > Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 8:46 AM > To: slinke-notify@nirvis.com > Subject: [slinke-bbs] Re: Serial Cable Distance > > > New message posted on Slink-e / CDJ Discussion Board at > . > > From: Matt Burleson > Reply at: > > I had one run about 60 feet. I would say you could go at least 100. > > Matt > From tugender@pacbell.net Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:59:56 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:59:56 -0700 From: Ron Tugender tugender@pacbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] CDJ database updates, especially deletions This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_wWsFKjSkHGr6M/BQ0tvrRg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE CDJ does something interesting when it notices that a cataloged CD is= no longer found at its expected location. It marks the player/disk data= in the CD=92s database entry as missing (-1 in the player entry, =93?=94 in = the viewable display, dimmed line in the library display). When the CD is reinser= ted into a player, CDJ is smart enough to update the CD=92s location info= rmation should the CD appear in a different location from previous. It does = this without another CDDB lookup so it preserves any database information = that might have been added since the original lookup. This is all exactly = right IMHO. The glitch is where a CD is permanently removed from the collection. = CDJ keeps the ghost entry around forever and offers no mechanism that I c= an find to remove the entry. I=92ve been forced to go directly into Access a= nd manually remove the CD entry from the disk table and the track entrie= s from the track table. Is there a way to do this? If not, couldn=92t CDJ = have a command to remove a disk=92s database entries (including tracks) when= that CD was no longer to be included in the database? I could envision it as another entry in the disk=92s right-click menu or alternately as an o= ption in the library menu. Cheers, Ron --Boundary_(ID_wWsFKjSkHGr6M/BQ0tvrRg) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE

CDJ d= oes something interesting when it notices that a cataloged CD is no longer found at= its expected location.  It = marks the player/disk data in the CD’s database entry as missing (-1 in t= he player entry, “?” in the viewable display, dimmed line in the library d= isplay).  When the CD is reinserted i= nto a player, CDJ is smart enough to update the CD’s location information sho= uld the CD appear in a different location from previous.  It does this without another CDDB lookup so it preserves any d= atabase information that might have been added since the original lookup. Thi= s is all exactly right IMHO.

 =

The g= litch is where a CD is permanently removed from the collection.  CDJ keeps the ghost entry around forever and offer= s no mechanism that I can find to remove the entry.  I’ve been forced to go directly into Access = and manually remove the CD entry from the disk table and the track entries from th= e track table.  Is there a way = to do this?  If not, couldn&#= 8217;t CDJ have a command to remove a disk’s database entries (including tracks) = when that CD was no longer to be included in the database?  I could envision it as another entry in the disk’s right= -click menu or alternately as an option in the library menu.

 =

Cheers,

Ron

 =

--Boundary_(ID_wWsFKjSkHGr6M/BQ0tvrRg)-- From cboles@nirvis.com Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:21:56 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:21:56 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDJ database updates, especially deletions highlight the album(s) and hit the delete key. The will dissapear, and be removed on save / exit. Colby At 10:59 AM 10/18/99 -0700, Ron Tugender wrote: >CDJ does something interesting when it notices that a cataloged CD is no >longer found at its expected location. It marks the player/disk data in >the CD s database entry as missing (-1 in the player entry, ? in the >viewable display, dimmed line in the library display). When the CD is >reinserted into a player, CDJ is smart enough to update the CD s location >information should the CD appear in a different location from >previous. It does this without another CDDB lookup so it preserves any >database information that might have been added since the original lookup. >This is all exactly right IMHO. > > > >The glitch is where a CD is permanently removed from the collection. Is >there a way to do this? If not, couldn t CDJ have a command to remove a >disk s database entries (including tracks) when that CD was no longer to >be included in the database? I could envision it as another entry in the >disk s right-click menu or alternately as an option in the library menu. > > > >Cheers, > >Ron > > Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From gtang@gtcons.com Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:28:54 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:28:54 -0700 From: Tang, George gtang@gtcons.com Subject: [slinkelist] CDJ database updates, especially deletions Colby, most of us have figured this out. But it is not intuitive. You might want to add this to a menu item. George -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Colby Boles Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 11:22 AM To: tugender@pacbell.net; Slinke-List Subject: Re: [slinkelist] CDJ database updates, especially deletions highlight the album(s) and hit the delete key. The will dissapear, and be removed on save / exit. Colby At 10:59 AM 10/18/99 -0700, Ron Tugender wrote: >CDJ does something interesting when it notices that a cataloged CD is no >longer found at its expected location. It marks the player/disk data in >the CD s database entry as missing (-1 in the player entry, ? in the >viewable display, dimmed line in the library display). When the CD is >reinserted into a player, CDJ is smart enough to update the CD s location >information should the CD appear in a different location from >previous. It does this without another CDDB lookup so it preserves any >database information that might have been added since the original lookup. >This is all exactly right IMHO. > > > >The glitch is where a CD is permanently removed from the collection. Is >there a way to do this? If not, couldn t CDJ have a command to remove a >disk s database entries (including tracks) when that CD was no longer to >be included in the database? I could envision it as another entry in the >disk s right-click menu or alternately as an option in the library menu. > > > >Cheers, > >Ron > > Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From bdv@hybernaut.com Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:21:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:21:04 -0400 From: Brian bdv@hybernaut.com Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? I'm sure this must be a FAQ, but I find no information in the archives. Does anyone have a slink-e controlled from a linux box? Are there alternative solutions for building S-link based jukebox systems for linux? Thanks, Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Del Vecchio | Institute of Hybernautics | bdv@hybernaut.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From pfaffman@relax.com Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:51:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:51:31 -0500 From: Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? There was a linux-slinke list, but I haven't heard anything from it in a long time. I'd like very much to have my linux box control my changers, but even if Colby were to release the source to CDJ, it seems to have enough windows-specific stuff in it that it'd be very difficult to port it. The specs & some libraries are all available, so someone with the time & inclination could write a CDJ-like thing for Linux. I'd like to see that, but don't have time to be much more than an aggressive beta-tester. On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:21:04 -0400, Brian said: > I'm sure this must be a FAQ, but I find no information in the archives. > Does anyone have a slink-e controlled from a linux box? Are there alternative > solutions for building S-link based jukebox systems for linux? > Thanks, > Brian > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Del Vecchio | Institute of Hybernautics | bdv@hybernaut.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist -- Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ From tsweets@uswest.com Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:29:35 -0600 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:29:35 -0600 From: Tony Sweets tsweets@uswest.com Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? Maybe we should start a new project. Anyone interested? -Tony -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Jay Pfaffman Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 10:52 AM To: bdv@hybernaut.com Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? There was a linux-slinke list, but I haven't heard anything from it in a long time. I'd like very much to have my linux box control my changers, but even if Colby were to release the source to CDJ, it seems to have enough windows-specific stuff in it that it'd be very difficult to port it. The specs & some libraries are all available, so someone with the time & inclination could write a CDJ-like thing for Linux. I'd like to see that, but don't have time to be much more than an aggressive beta-tester. On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:21:04 -0400, Brian said: > I'm sure this must be a FAQ, but I find no information in the archives. > Does anyone have a slink-e controlled from a linux box? Are there alternative > solutions for building S-link based jukebox systems for linux? > Thanks, > Brian > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Del Vecchio | Institute of Hybernautics | bdv@hybernaut.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist -- Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From bdv@hybernaut.com Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:41:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:41:53 -0400 From: Brian bdv@hybernaut.com Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? Tony Sweets writes: > > Maybe we should start a new project. Anyone interested? > -Tony I'm definitely interested. I think if we could a Perl module with the s-link primitives, then a wide range of applications could use it. Has anyone tackled this? Personally, I'd like to build the jukebox as a web application, providing an easy interface to any clients. For example, this seems like the natural way for an office/lab of six people to share a shuffler, and trade off music selection. It may not work so easily in the home, where a palmtop would make a fine remote control. Thoughts, anyone? I'd also entertain the suggestion that we take this to a linux-slinke list. Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Del Vecchio | Institute of Hybernautics | bdv@hybernaut.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From breid@cgocable.net Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:08:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:08:21 -0400 From: Bill Reid breid@cgocable.net Subject: [slinkelist] CDJ database updates, especially deletions This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_009C_01BF1969.DA5EA740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good idea. Or maybe there could be a setting to hide these entries so = that you don't have to look at them in the interface (library list), but = that if you got another disk player and the disk came back, you would = not have to type in any corrections or customizations to the disc = information again. I hate losing information, but I agree with not = having these entries clutter up the library list. Just some more = suggestions to clutter up the to do list :-) Bill ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ron Tugender=20 To: Slinke-List=20 Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 1:59 PM Subject: [slinkelist] CDJ database updates, especially deletions CDJ does something interesting when it notices that a cataloged CD is = no longer found at its expected location. It marks the player/disk data = in the CD's database entry as missing (-1 in the player entry, "?" in = the viewable display, dimmed line in the library display). When the CD = is reinserted into a player, CDJ is smart enough to update the CD's = location information should the CD appear in a different location from = previous. It does this without another CDDB lookup so it preserves any = database information that might have been added since the original = lookup. This is all exactly right IMHO. =20 The glitch is where a CD is permanently removed from the collection. = CDJ keeps the ghost entry around forever and offers no mechanism that I = can find to remove the entry. I've been forced to go directly into = Access and manually remove the CD entry from the disk table and the = track entries from the track table. Is there a way to do this? If not, = couldn't CDJ have a command to remove a disk's database entries = (including tracks) when that CD was no longer to be included in the = database? I could envision it as another entry in the disk's = right-click menu or alternately as an option in the library menu. =20 Cheers, Ron =20 ------=_NextPart_000_009C_01BF1969.DA5EA740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Good idea.  Or maybe there could be a setting to hide these = entries so=20 that you don't have to look at them in the interface (library list), but = that if=20 you got another disk player and the disk came back, you would not have = to type=20 in any corrections or customizations to the disc information = again.  I hate=20 losing information, but I agree with not having these entries clutter up = the=20 library list.  Just some more suggestions to clutter up the to do = list=20 :-)
 
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ron=20 Tugender
To: Slinke-List
Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 = 1:59=20 PM
Subject: [slinkelist] CDJ = database=20 updates, especially deletions

CDJ does = something=20 interesting when it notices that a cataloged CD is no longer found at = its=20 expected location.  It = marks the=20 player/disk data in the CD’s database entry as missing (-1 in = the player=20 entry, “?” in the viewable display, dimmed line in the = library display).  When the CD is reinserted = into a=20 player, CDJ is smart enough to update the CD’s location = information should the=20 CD appear in a different location from previous.  It does this without another = CDDB=20 lookup so it preserves any database information that might have been = added=20 since the original lookup. This is all exactly right=20 IMHO.

 

The = glitch is where a=20 CD is permanently removed from the collection.  CDJ keeps the ghost entry = around=20 forever and offers no mechanism that I can find to remove the = entry.  I’ve been forced to go = directly into=20 Access and manually remove the CD entry from the disk table and the = track=20 entries from the track table.  = Is=20 there a way to do this?  = If not,=20 couldn’t CDJ have a command to remove a disk’s database = entries (including=20 tracks) when that CD was no longer to be included in the = database?  I could envision it as = another entry=20 in the disk’s right-click menu or alternately as an option in = the library=20 menu.

 

Cheers,

Ron

 

<= /DIV> ------=_NextPart_000_009C_01BF1969.DA5EA740-- From satz@employees.org Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:57:22 -0600 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:57:22 -0600 From: Greg Satz satz@employees.org Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? I have a working slinke server that will listen to commands on a TCP port and talk to the slinke device over RS-232. I started to duplicate CDJ functionality, actually just the cd scanning and cddb lookup, but got distracted. CDJ is an immense effort and anyone thinking about starting this project needs to be prepared to invest serious time. Greg At 11:21 AM -0400 10/19/99, Brian wrote: >I'm sure this must be a FAQ, but I find no information in the archives. > >Does anyone have a slink-e controlled from a linux box? Are there alternative >solutions for building S-link based jukebox systems for linux? From pfaffman@relax.com Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:05:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:05:26 -0500 From: Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? One tack that seemed like a really good idea was to write a TCP/IP-based slink-serv. N.B. that I know nothing about DCOM or the internals of how CDJ communicates with slinkserve, but it would seem fairly simple to write a slinkserver for unix & then we could hopefully get Colby to add a few lines of code to allow CDJ to communicate with a Unix slink-server via TCP/IP. This would allow us to move some stuff to Linux right away without having to give up CDJ right away. It'll be a while before a suitable replacement is available. Also, we should probably find that slinke-unix list so we don't tick off people here who don't care about it. I can set one up on my machine. I'm using GNU Mailman too--I started about two days after I learned about it through this list. On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:41:53 -0400, Brian said: > Tony Sweets writes: >> >> Maybe we should start a new project. Anyone interested? >> -Tony > I'm definitely interested. > I think if we could a Perl module with the s-link primitives, then a > wide range of applications could use it. Has anyone tackled this? > Personally, I'd like to build the jukebox as a web application, > providing an easy interface to any clients. For example, this seems > like the natural way for an office/lab of six people to share a > shuffler, and trade off music selection. It may not work so easily > in the home, where a palmtop would make a fine remote control. > Thoughts, anyone? > I'd also entertain the suggestion that we take this to a linux-slinke > list. > Brian > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Del Vecchio | Institute of Hybernautics | bdv@hybernaut.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist -- Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ From pjb@carmel.com Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:04:50 -0700 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:04:50 -0700 From: Philip Bunce pjb@carmel.com Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? At 01:41 PM 10/19/99 -0400, Brian wrote: >Tony Sweets writes: > >> >> Maybe we should start a new project. Anyone interested? >> -Tony > >I'm definitely interested. Me too! I need to implement something like this for my new home. I don't need the jukebox features of CDJ, but I am very interested in exchanging source code for routines that interface with the Slinke. > >I think if we could a Perl module with the s-link primitives, then a >wide range of applications could use it. Has anyone tackled this? > >Personally, I'd like to build the jukebox as a web application, >providing an easy interface to any clients. For example, this seems >like the natural way for an office/lab of six people to share a >shuffler, and trade off music selection. It may not work so easily >in the home, where a palmtop would make a fine remote control. > >Thoughts, anyone? > >I'd also entertain the suggestion that we take this to a linux-slinke >list. > >Brian > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Brian Del Vecchio | Institute of Hybernautics | bdv@hybernaut.com >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Philip J. Bunce, Software Consultant -- MIPS Assembly, Embedded Systems, UNIX, C, & ATM -- Ph: 831-622-7323 Fax: 831-620-1870 -- Email: pjb@carmel.com Web: www.carmel.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- From shaavist@niksula.hut.fi Wed, 20 Oct 1999 00:29:00 +0300 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 00:29:00 +0300 From: Sami-Pekka Haavisto shaavist@niksula.hut.fi Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? > Does anyone have a slink-e controlled from a linux box? Are there > alternative > solutions for building S-link based jukebox systems for linux? I have written a small software to control my CX350. It's 100% in Python, so it should work in other unix-like systems as well, probably with slight modifications to the serial port code. It could even work in Windows, Python and GTK have both been ported... It has basically a simple server, which communicates with Slink-e through serial port, and listens to a TCP-port. Client software can connect to this server and allocate any Slink-e port. This makes it simple to have different programs to use different Slink-e ports, and also simplifies the programming while it's the server that handles parsing multi-part messages. The actual CD-controller client software uses GTK widget set, and has already simple but working playlist editor. I have used it myself for a month or so. It still depends on my own little CD-database I've been using since 1994, but I'm going to move the data to a simple ASCII-based datafile later, and also add CDDB support. I've been too busy lately to make it completely self-contained, but perhaps I'll look into it soon, seems like there would be interest :-) I haven't released any of this software yet. But after I fix some bugs I'll release it under some open source license, possibly GPL. Also, only the server module is of general use at the moment, the actual CD-controller has several things hardcoded to work with specifically my CX350. I don't have access to any other changers, so I couldn't test it myself even if I coded some more functionality into it. I have a little page with an old screenshot of the playlist editor at . It still looks pretty much the same, though I've made some changes since. Oh, and there's also a link to my WWW-playlist, which is updated by the software in real time ;-) Any thoughts? If there are more people interested in coding this thing in python something could be organized. Something like a CVS-tree for development might not be a bad idea at all. -- Sami-Pekka Haavisto | "What do you want?" | sph@iki.fi | www.iki.fi/sph/ <*> | From supertom@netzero.net 19 Oct 99 18:33:09 -0500 Date: 19 Oct 99 18:33:09 -0500 From: supertom@netzero.net supertom@netzero.net Subject: [slinkelist] stop please stop the email and thanx for info SUPERTOM Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html From hughhood@earthlink.net Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:23:42 -0600 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:23:42 -0600 From: Hugh Hood hughhood@earthlink.net Subject: FW: [slinkelist] TitleTrack, anyone? ---------- From: "Hugh Hood" To: Adam Schabtach Subject: Re: [slinkelist] TitleTrack, anyone? Date: Sun, Oct 17, 1999, 9:10 PM I also use TTJ on the Mac, and have found it to be a fine program. Apparently it lacks some of CDJ's features, but I'm very satisfied with it. I do contemplate switching my Appletalk Laser printer from the serial port that it shares with the Slinke to the ethernet port by using the Asantetalk adapter, since TTJ doesn't talk to the Slinke if Appletalk is active on the serial port. As you are probably aware, it can be a hassle activating/deactivating Appletalk, even when using a manual switchbox. Of course, on the newest Macs with a USB port with serial adapter, this would not be a concern, though you would probably have to run any localtalk printer through an adapter anyway to connect it to the ethernet port. To you non-Mac guys, please accept my apolgies for boring you. Hugh... ---------- >From: Adam Schabtach >To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: [slinkelist] TitleTrack, anyone? >Date: Sun, Oct 17, 1999, 2:01 PM > > Is there anyone on this list using TitleTrack Jukebox, the Macintosh > software for the Slink-e? I'm somewhat discontented with CDJ, and > since I mostly use Macintoshes, I'm interested in TitleTrack. > However, I'd like to hear some user opinions about it before I shell > out the somewhat hefty purchase price. > > Thanks, > --Adam > Adam Schabtach nebulous@earthlink.net > see me: http://home.earthlink.net/~nebulous/adamcam/ > > "Doug has decided that he and I are going to be artisans." > --(overheard conversation) > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From aue@nirvis.com Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:12:26 -0700 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:12:26 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS to ship week of Nov 6th Many of you have been clamoring for the long overdue DXS. Well it is now in the final production stages. Barring any production problems we expect to be shipping the week of November 6th. We are now accepting pre-orders for those of you who want to secure your place in history as the elite few to have a DXS from the original pressing. The first 50 DXS's will be signed and numbered by Colby himself :-) Well maybe not but you can got to following URL and reserve one. David Aue Nirvis Systems From Chris_Petersen@NAI.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:19:50 -0700 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:19:50 -0700 From: Petersen, Chris (Eng) Chris_Petersen@NAI.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing Am I correct that a minimum configuration will cost $449. $299 for the base unit and $75 each for an input and output module. Yikes! Chris Petersen From cboles@nirvis.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:26:50 -0700 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:26:50 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing True. I would like to make it cheaper, but it was just too expensive to build. Even as it is, we won't be making money on these for a while. Colby At 01:19 PM 10/21/99 -0700, you wrote: >Am I correct that a minimum configuration will cost $449. $299 for the base >unit and $75 each for an input and output module. Yikes! > >Chris Petersen > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From Chris_Petersen@NAI.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:37:21 -0700 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:37:21 -0700 From: Petersen, Chris (Eng) Chris_Petersen@NAI.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing It just seems to be pricey for what I want to do. Namely, automatically switch digital outputs from just two jukeboxes, to one input on my digital preamp. If I had more devices I wanted to control this way, it would be more justifiable. If it was cheaper, the check would already be in the mail. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 1:27 PM To: Petersen, Chris (Eng); slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] DXS pricing True. I would like to make it cheaper, but it was just too expensive to build. Even as it is, we won't be making money on these for a while. Colby At 01:19 PM 10/21/99 -0700, you wrote: >Am I correct that a minimum configuration will cost $449. $299 for the base >unit and $75 each for an input and output module. Yikes! > >Chris Petersen > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From bdv@hybernaut.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:41:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:41:37 -0400 From: Brian bdv@hybernaut.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing What is the expected market for the DXS? My guess is it's not the "my home stereo has more CPU power than yours" techno-audiophile crowd. 8^) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Del Vecchio | Institute of Hybernautics | bdv@hybernaut.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From parkdog@ix.netcom.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:46:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:46:18 -0500 From: Marc Parker parkdog@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing I think the DXS is a component that is VERY much needed in the home automation market, and the price is RIGHT. Anyone spending serious money on creating large integrated music collection "on line" immediately recognizes the value of this device. I am very please it is about to happen and certain many people in the field will also find it is the missing link in their system design. Of course the person that has 70 or even 270 CDs wouldn't care. But someone trying to tie together 1K or 2K+ worth of media will rejoice that this product is available at twice the price! If I'm spending 3 or 4K for a system, what's 5 or 6 hundred to make it all work seamlessly? I also praise Colby for not cheaping out and producing an inferior component. This is top drawer, first class piece of hardware and there will be MANY people happy to pay the price to have it. Congratulations and All the best on this new endeavor! Parker From dap@damon.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:22:28 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:22:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Damon Permezel dap@damon.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing I basically agree with everything Marc says. I have an 8x8 analog switch for which I paid many times more than the dXs, and had I been able to (less than a year ago) purchase the dXs, I would have saved myself a bundle. My only concern is: what is the upgrade story. If I buy one of the first, will I kick myself for not waiting a few months until all the bugs are ironed out? Not that I am anticipating lots of bugs -- my slinke has to be one of the best purchases I'v made, satisfaction wise. I'd just like to hear what the upgrade story is, if there is one. Marc Parker sez: > I think the DXS is a component that is VERY much needed in the home > automation market, and the price is RIGHT. Anyone spending serious money on > creating large integrated music collection "on line" immediately recognizes > the value of this device. I am very please it is about to happen and certain > many people in the field will also find it is the missing link in their > system design. > > Of course the person that has 70 or even 270 CDs wouldn't care. But someone > trying to tie together 1K or 2K+ worth of media will rejoice that this > product is available at twice the price! If I'm spending 3 or 4K for a > system, what's 5 or 6 hundred to make it all work seamlessly? > > I also praise Colby for not cheaping out and producing an inferior > component. This is top drawer, first class piece of hardware and there will > be MANY people happy to pay the price to have it. > > Congratulations and All the best on this new endeavor! > > Parker > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From adam@studioNebula.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 20:37:31 -0600 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 20:37:31 -0600 From: Adam Schabtach adam@studioNebula.com Subject: [slinkelist] Current version unstable? Has anyone else found that the most recently uploaded version of CDJ seems to be rather unstable? I've had it crash during a CDDB query, while saving the library, and just now it crashed while playing a CD partway through its playlist. The previous version rarely if ever crashed while I was using it. I'm reverting for now. --Adam From davekolb@email.msn.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:47:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:47:19 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing Could someone post exactly what IS a DXS? The last 10 posts gave no clue... Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Marc Parker To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] DXS pricing >I think the DXS is a component that is VERY much needed in the home >automation market, and the price is RIGHT. Anyone spending serious money on >creating large integrated music collection "on line" immediately recognizes >the value of this device. I am very please it is about to happen and certain >many people in the field will also find it is the missing link in their >system design. From davekolb@email.msn.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:09:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:09:59 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing Michael Roper directed me to the nirvis site for more info (of course) - thanks. DXS sounds cool for switching line level audio if you spend lots on amps to drive the speakers (is that is indeed one of it's uses?). My current plan is to split my 300 CD player line level out to 5 Sony DE135 units (which are fairly decent actually) and drive 10 rooms of whole house audio where each room pair has a dedicated tuner (the DE135) and can share the CD as well as up to 3 more inputs to each receiver. 5 DE135 units will only cost $700 total and I will have lots of redundancy builtin. The Slink-e will drive the CD and receivers under my program control in conjunction with CDJ. What I wish the DXS or something like it would do is to switch 4 line level audio inputs to 10 or more speaker pair directly without need more amps as these things seem amazingly expensive standalone. I've seen ZPR and Kustom units that address this but are very expensive as compared to dedicated receivers and you still need the amps for the ZPR. The Kustom only does 3 rooms I think (or maybe 6). P.S. What uses the TOSlink which seems to be an optical cable of some sort? Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Dave Kolb To: Marc Parker ; slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] DXS pricing >Could someone post exactly what IS a DXS? The last 10 posts gave no clue... > >Thanks, >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: Marc Parker >To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 5:43 PM >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] DXS pricing > > >>I think the DXS is a component that is VERY much needed in the home >>automation market, and the price is RIGHT. Anyone spending serious money on >>creating large integrated music collection "on line" immediately recognizes >>the value of this device. I am very please it is about to happen and >certain >>many people in the field will also find it is the missing link in their >>system design. > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From gregy1@pdq.net Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:22:43 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:22:43 -0500 From: Greg Young gregy1@pdq.net Subject: [slinkelist] Context menu key in CDJ Has anyone tried using the context / pop-up menu key in CDJ? This is the key on Windows95 keyboards that functions like a right click on whatever object is selected. Nothing happens when I try this. The only reason this is important to me is that I'm trying to control the CDJ album and track windows with a Pronto remote that I've trained to send the same IR signals as my IR PC keyboard. Although the CDJ automation is great for playlists, there are no commands I've found that would let a user browse the database, other than by direct action with CDJ. The Pronto doesn't lend itself to mouse work so I'm trying to run the database side with keyboard equivalents (cursors keys, etc.) The context menu key would allow me to browse to an album or track which would then be selected, and then act on that as if it had been right-clicked. Regards, Greg From davekolb@email.msn.com Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:41:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:41:37 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Number of output zones? I thought the Slink-e could send IR to 8 different output zones using IR cables that plugged into the Slink-e on one end and attached to the IR windows on the other. This would let one control up to 8 identical IR devices independently. Reviewing the writeup it looks like only one IR transmitter is included in the main box and you have to buy a seperate module for the next 7. Did I misunderstand this? How far can the Slink-e be from the IR devices that need to be controlled? How far in practice from the PC on the RS232 cable? Thanks, Dave From davekolb@email.msn.com Fri, 22 Oct 1999 01:24:53 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 01:24:53 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing These are entire receivers - preamp, tuner and amp with 4 inputs with basically the same sound quality as the much more expensive Sony receivers and they have 100W/channel. I can drive two pair from each receiver so 5 receivers will run 10 rooms. I ordered two yesterday that should arrive tomorrow and if I like them will order 3 more. I'm getting them from One Call at 800-340-4770 for $135 each plus shipping which they had by far the cheapest for 2nd day air even though the farthest away - Spokane (I always wait for ever to order and then pay 2nd day air once I finally do ;-). They are IR controllable for about everything but not the speaker A|B switches. Also they have no phone input. I plan to just leave the speaker AB both on and turn the unit on/off and adjust the volume via IR and the volume controls I will have in each room. The Sony CD300 player was $299 including the shipping. I found a volume control with off as well as a headphone jack (at Smarthome.com I think). There were a couple of other places I found on the net for within about $3 - these guys convinced me they were one of the few discount but authorized Sony dealers. Also since on PST they could still ship that day as it was nt 3PM there yet ;-) No units seem to switch the speakers on and off via remote that I found unless you get into the Kustom type switcher. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jay Pfaffman To: davekolb@email.msn.com Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] DXS pricing >On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:09:59 -0400, "Dave Kolb" said: > >> My current plan is to split my 300 CD player line level out to 5 >> Sony DE135 units (which are fairly decent actually) and drive 10 >> rooms of whole house audio where each room pair has a dedicated >> tuner (the DE135) and can share the CD as well as up to 3 more >> inputs to each receiver. 5 DE135 units will only cost $700 total and >> I will have lots of redundancy builtin. The Slink-e will drive the >> CD and receivers under my program control in conjunction with CDJ. > >That seems like a pretty decent price for amps--where are you getting >them?. I've been looking for reasonably-priced amps for a while now, >but it's difficult to find anything but full-blown 5 channel systems. >Also, most amps don't let you switch speakers on & off via remote. > >I've got about 8 pair of speakers myself. I've got three amps now, >one of which is not IR controllable, but I have a volume control in >one room, so that's OK for one pair. One of the amps has the ability >to run separate inputs and separate volumes to each pair, which is >pretty cool. I'm about to resign myself to buying a couple of $30 >switch boxes to select which pairs are on. > >-- >Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com >+1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) >http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ From michael@laserle.fi Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:49:18 +0200 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:49:18 +0200 From: Michael Holopainen michael@laserle.fi Subject: [slinkelist] DXS pricing And other issues I think DXS is great. Well it's not cheap, but when you consider price Vs. quality + functionality, I think you get more than your money's worth. (Judging from what I read about it + personal experience on other nirvis hard&soft-ware) If/When they get around to make Analog/digital input and output modules for DXS... What I would LOVE to see is dozen of different modules : 1. AC-3 or DTS to 5.1 output-module. (AND the next module) 2. Analog output module with DA converter. --------------------------------- 3. Analog input module with AD converter. 4. Video In-out With those modules DXS's usefulness to us mortals (who have less than 1000 Cd's) would GGGGREatly increased. And the potentials of DXS would be really unlocked. Because usually (in sony) amps the are lots of unused inputs (who needs a tuner, or tape) and with cdj you can easily program amp to switch input channel in amp according the current player. When I was trying to find ac-3 to 5.1 for PC, I found out that they sell microships that split digital ac-3 signal to 6 separate channels and you wouldn't need much more than 6 digital to analog converters to get Dolby Digital sound out of your 5.1-Amp. So Am I wrong or could ac3 to 5.1-module for DXS made "easily". Hey, I don't know much about DSP (Digital signal Prosessing). So normal home user have not much of use DXS until... What I'm Hoping from DXS is that it would take care of all my A/V switching and DSP (surround), so in addition to DXS (and sources) I would only need a half dozen AMPs. And with AMPs I mean those big black boxes that haven't got any other controls than Power On/Off switch. -michael P.S. I know that I should buy one to support the development of DXS, but since the duties+taxes+shipping would be equal to the price of DXS, I have to wait until all the modules I want are eady and buy all at once. From davekolb@email.msn.com Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:25:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:25:39 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: DXS pricing And other issues michael >I think DXS is great. I agree but can't see it in my setup yet unless it were to switch line level to speaker level. >Because usually (in sony) amps the are lots of unused inputs (who needs >a tuner, or tape) and with cdj you can easily program amp to switch >input channel in amp according the current player. >What I'm Hoping from DXS is that it would take care of all my A/V >switching and DSP (surround), so in addition to DXS (and sources) I >would only need a half dozen AMPs. And with AMPs I mean those big black >boxes that haven't got any other controls than Power On/Off switch. Where can you get a pure amp anywhere close to the price (much less cheaper) of one of the DE135 receivers where I get 4 100W channels and 4 inputs with a builtin tuner? The only one made are for the audiophile and arguably overpriced for their function. It woud be quite a bit to drive 10 speaker pair with high end amps. I'm not an audiophile or EE type and so am not overly familiar with what's available or what can be done. Thanks, Dave From pfaffman@relax.com Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:47:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:47:28 -0500 From: Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: DXS pricing And other issues On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:25:39 -0400, "Dave Kolb" said: > Where can you get a pure amp anywhere close to the price (much less > cheaper) of one of the DE135 receivers where I get 4 100W channels > and 4 inputs with a builtin tuner? I keep checking garage sales. I've yet to find a unit that's remote controllable. I have gotten a pretty cool Onkyo amp which will drive two pair of speakers at separate volumes with separate inputs, all remote-controllable. I bought it on close-out & had to wait months for parts to arrive. I'm fairly happy with the unit now that it works, but will be reluctant to buy any more Onkyo products. I emailed Onkyo & they wrote back that the unit was introduced over 5 years ago, so it was therefore reasonable not to have parts available. I was not impressed. I found a sub-$100 amp at Radio Shack with two inputs (no tuner). Perfect for me, but no IR. -- Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ From Welfringer@Access1.net Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:11:43 -0700 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:11:43 -0700 From: Jon Welfringer Welfringer@Access1.net Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Sony DE135's (was: Re: DXS pricing And other issues) Dave, A couple of items to note about the DE135's you are looking at: There are only 2 channels of 100W, not 4. The speaker outputs only handle 8 Ohm loads, not 4 Ohm. The speaker outputs are wired in series to allow the attachment of 4 speakers and not drop the impedance to 4 Ohms, thus the impedance level will rise on the amplifier which in turn will decrease the output (half). This setup will not give you high output sound, but will give you a moderate volume level that could still be appropriate for decent listening levels. Also, I would be vary cautious about using downstream volume controls or A/B switches. Measure the resistance on any devices you place in-line with your speakers and amps. You will need to make sure you don't overload these amps on their outputs (impedance too high or too low). These are entry level amps and not built to sustain long heavy loads. That said, as long as you keep everything balanced, you should have great full house audio. - Jon ps. I am by no means an expert on this, but I did research those amps for my own setup. Dave Kolb wrote: > > michael > > > >I think DXS is great. > I agree but can't see it in my setup yet unless it were to switch line level > to speaker level. > > >Because usually (in sony) amps the are lots of unused inputs (who needs > >a tuner, or tape) and with cdj you can easily program amp to switch > >input channel in amp according the current player. > > >What I'm Hoping from DXS is that it would take care of all my A/V > >switching and DSP (surround), so in addition to DXS (and sources) I > >would only need a half dozen AMPs. And with AMPs I mean those big black > >boxes that haven't got any other controls than Power On/Off switch. > > > Where can you get a pure amp anywhere close to the price (much less cheaper) > of one of the DE135 receivers where I get 4 100W channels and 4 inputs with > a builtin tuner? The only one made are for the audiophile and arguably > overpriced for their function. It woud be quite a bit to drive 10 speaker > pair with high end amps. I'm not an audiophile or EE type and so am not > overly familiar with what's available or what can be done. > > Thanks, > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From parkdog@ix.netcom.com Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:22:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:22:55 -0500 From: Marc Parker parkdog@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] Cover Art Could someone steer me in the right direction? I am trying to use the covers app and it only finds about 14 out of 60 finds (is normal for such a low find rate?), then quits. If I restart it, it starts all over and quits at the same place. What is the difference between the MDB and DB. The MDB has option to skip those that already have cover art. How do I get the cover art files into CDJ? Where should the cover art files be placed? LOTS OF QUESTIONS. This is a great program, but I just need a little guidance here. Thanks Parker From davekolb@email.msn.com Fri, 22 Oct 1999 17:54:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 17:54:05 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Sony DE135's (was: Re: DXS pricing And other issues) Jon, The A/B switch I was referring to was the speaker select switch on the receiver unit though I was thinking about adding an impedance matching speaker switch downstream for some outside runs later on to one of the units feeding one room. I'm hoping that I can add volume switches to the speaker runs with no problems as they are supposed to impedance match even when turned off locally. I guess I'd better check with the dealer because most of the EE stuff is really over my head as I'm a software type. I had room volume switches downline on the speaker runs on my old Pioneer receiver and it worked OK though the tuner in it recently died and the CD player feeding it started skipping real bad. I chalked both problems up to old age. So what did you end up using? Thanks, for Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jon Welfringer To: Dave Kolb Cc: Slinke-List Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 1:09 PM Subject: Re: Sony DE135's (was: Re: DXS pricing And other issues) >Dave, > >A couple of items to note about the DE135's you are looking at: >There are only 2 channels of 100W, not 4. The speaker outputs only >handle 8 Ohm loads, not 4 Ohm. The speaker outputs are wired in series >to allow the attachment of 4 speakers and not drop the impedance to 4 >Ohms, thus the impedance level will rise on the amplifier which in turn >will decrease the output (half). This setup will not give you high >output sound, but will give you a moderate volume level that could still >be appropriate for decent listening levels. Also, I would be vary >cautious about using downstream volume controls or A/B switches. >Measure the resistance on any devices you place in-line with your >speakers and amps. You will need to make sure you don't overload these >amps on their outputs (impedance too high or too low). These are entry >level amps and not built to sustain long heavy loads. > >That said, as long as you keep everything balanced, you should have >great full house audio. > >- Jon > >ps. I am by no means an expert on this, but I did research those amps >for my own setup. > > > >Dave Kolb wrote: >> >> michael >> >> >> >I think DXS is great. >> I agree but can't see it in my setup yet unless it were to switch line level >> to speaker level. >> >> >Because usually (in sony) amps the are lots of unused inputs (who needs >> >a tuner, or tape) and with cdj you can easily program amp to switch >> >input channel in amp according the current player. >> >> >What I'm Hoping from DXS is that it would take care of all my A/V >> >switching and DSP (surround), so in addition to DXS (and sources) I >> >would only need a half dozen AMPs. And with AMPs I mean those big black >> >boxes that haven't got any other controls than Power On/Off switch. >> >> >> Where can you get a pure amp anywhere close to the price (much less cheaper) >> of one of the DE135 receivers where I get 4 100W channels and 4 inputs with >> a builtin tuner? The only one made are for the audiophile and arguably >> overpriced for their function. It woud be quite a bit to drive 10 speaker >> pair with high end amps. I'm not an audiophile or EE type and so am not >> overly familiar with what's available or what can be done. >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From parkdog@ix.netcom.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 07:48:34 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 07:48:34 -0500 From: Marc Parker parkdog@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] Changers turning on/off I have six Sony changers. Four are direct Slink to the Slink-E. The other two daisy chain through other Sony changers. These two machines will not reliable turn on or off when CDJ is launched/Quit. The four that are direct connects to the Slink-E ALWAYS work fine. It is not the changers, as I have tried different configs. Always the Changers that are linked via another changer are the ones that sometimes turn on, sometimes turn off. Known bug? Just me? Thanks Parker From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01BF1D42.CF78A2E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Colby, I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. This has been happening since the last two updates. Please advise! 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Is that the version you're on Jeffrey? I had been getting the same errors before my latest update. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" Reply-To: To: CC: , Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 Colby, I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. This has been happening since the last two updates. Please advise! Regards, Jeffrey J. Borghoff [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] << winmail.dat >> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:00:32 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:00:32 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still getting the errors. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since installing the 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on Jeffrey? I had been getting the same errors before my latest update. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" Reply-To: To: CC: , Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 Colby, I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. This has been happening since the last two updates. Please advise! Regards, Jeffrey J. Borghoff [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] << winmail.dat >> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From leonrees@globalnet.co.uk Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:06:11 +0100 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:06:11 +0100 From: Leon Rees leonrees@globalnet.co.uk Subject: [slinkelist] Players Duplicated I just rebuilt my Win98 box with Slinke 10/15/99.... ... I have two Sony CD Changers, a CX260 and a CX350. Each player is being detected twice by SlinkE and reporting four players in CDJ. It appears to be reporting them on two different SlinkE ports, but I might be wrong about this. Any ideas? Regards, Leon From davekolb@email.msn.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:23:52 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:23:52 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Sony DE135's (was: Re: DXS pricing And other issues) How right you were - I wish I knew more about electronics. I wish others did too!. I asked about this to the sales folks and they of course said no problem. I thought I was going to get 4 channels not 2 in series. Indeed when I attached both sets of speakers to the receiver, the volume control or on/off in either room would affect the other room. Also if I turn either A or B off at the receiver, the other set gets notieably louder. I'm going to reconsider what I'm doing. Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jon Welfringer To: Dave Kolb Cc: Slinke-List Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 1:09 PM Subject: Re: Sony DE135's (was: Re: DXS pricing And other issues) >Dave, > >A couple of items to note about the DE135's you are looking at: >There are only 2 channels of 100W, not 4. The speaker outputs only >handle 8 Ohm loads, not 4 Ohm. The speaker outputs are wired in series >to allow the attachment of 4 speakers and not drop the impedance to 4 >Ohms, thus the impedance level will rise on the amplifier which in turn >will decrease the output (half). This setup will not give you high >output sound, but will give you a moderate volume level that could still >be appropriate for decent listening levels. Also, I would be vary >cautious about using downstream volume controls or A/B switches. >Measure the resistance on any devices you place in-line with your >speakers and amps. You will need to make sure you don't overload these >amps on their outputs (impedance too high or too low). These are entry >level amps and not built to sustain long heavy loads. > >That said, as long as you keep everything balanced, you should have >great full house audio. > >- Jon > >ps. I am by no means an expert on this, but I did research those amps >for my own setup. > > > >Dave Kolb wrote: >> >> michael >> >> >> >I think DXS is great. >> I agree but can't see it in my setup yet unless it were to switch line level >> to speaker level. >> >> >Because usually (in sony) amps the are lots of unused inputs (who needs >> >a tuner, or tape) and with cdj you can easily program amp to switch >> >input channel in amp according the current player. >> >> >What I'm Hoping from DXS is that it would take care of all my A/V >> >switching and DSP (surround), so in addition to DXS (and sources) I >> >would only need a half dozen AMPs. And with AMPs I mean those big black >> >boxes that haven't got any other controls than Power On/Off switch. >> >> >> Where can you get a pure amp anywhere close to the price (much less cheaper) >> of one of the DE135 receivers where I get 4 100W channels and 4 inputs with >> a builtin tuner? The only one made are for the audiophile and arguably >> overpriced for their function. It woud be quite a bit to drive 10 speaker >> pair with high end amps. I'm not an audiophile or EE type and so am not >> overly familiar with what's available or what can be done. >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From dap@damon.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 16:35:53 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 16:35:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Damon Permezel dap@damon.com Subject: [slinkelist] test Please let me know if you do not get this. From dap@damon.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 16:38:59 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 16:38:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Damon Permezel dap@damon.com Subject: [slinkelist] why didn't this get sent thru the first time? I basically agree with everything Marc says. I have an 8x8 analog switch for which I paid many times more than the dXs, and had I been able to (less than a year ago) purchase the dXs, I would have saved myself a bundle. My only concern is: what is the upgrade story. If I buy one of the first, will I kick myself for not waiting a few months until all the bugs are ironed out? Not that I am anticipating lots of bugs -- my slinke has to be one of the best purchases I'v made, satisfaction wise. I'd just like to hear what the upgrade story is, if there is one. Marc Parker sez: > I think the DXS is a component that is VERY much needed in the home > automation market, and the price is RIGHT. Anyone spending serious money on > creating large integrated music collection "on line" immediately recognizes > the value of this device. I am very please it is about to happen and certain > many people in the field will also find it is the missing link in their > system design. > > Of course the person that has 70 or even 270 CDs wouldn't care. But someone > trying to tie together 1K or 2K+ worth of media will rejoice that this > product is available at twice the price! If I'm spending 3 or 4K for a > system, what's 5 or 6 hundred to make it all work seamlessly? > > I also praise Colby for not cheaping out and producing an inferior > component. This is top drawer, first class piece of hardware and there will > be MANY people happy to pay the price to have it. > From paulj@qualcomm.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:51:54 -0700 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:51:54 -0700 From: Paul K Johnson paulj@qualcomm.com Subject: [slinkelist] test I didn't get this. paul At 04:35 PM 10/23/99 -0500, Damon Permezel wrote: >Please let me know if you do not get this. > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:00:05 PDT Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:00:05 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] test Neither did I. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Paul K Johnson To: Damon Permezel , slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] test Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:51:54 -0700 I didn't get this. paul At 04:35 PM 10/23/99 -0500, Damon Permezel wrote: >Please let me know if you do not get this. > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From dap@damon.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:15:15 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:15:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Damon Permezel dap@damon.com Subject: [slinkelist] test Ken Geoffrion sez: > Neither did I. I didn't see these responses either. OK, so the list is working -- it appeared to have turned into /dev/null for me for a while there. From aue@nirvis.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:47:38 -0700 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:47:38 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] why didn't this get sent thru the first time? Hi All, The DXS will be fully upgradable. We are trying to get Flash processor into the first run so that it can be simply upgraded over the serial port but even if we don't get the parts in time you will be able to change over to the Flash processor cheaply when it's available. After that upgrades will be downloadable from our web site. David Aue Nirvis Systems At 02:38 PM 10/23/99 , Damon Permezel wrote: >I basically agree with everything Marc says. I have an 8x8 analog >switch for which I paid many times more than the dXs, and had I >been able to (less than a year ago) purchase the dXs, I would have >saved myself a bundle. > >My only concern is: what is the upgrade story. If I buy one of >the first, will I kick myself for not waiting a few months until >all the bugs are ironed out? > >Not that I am anticipating lots of bugs -- my slinke has to be one >of the best purchases I'v made, satisfaction wise. I'd just like >to hear what the upgrade story is, if there is one. > >Marc Parker sez: > > I think the DXS is a component that is VERY much needed in the home > > automation market, and the price is RIGHT. Anyone spending serious money on > > creating large integrated music collection "on line" immediately recognizes > > the value of this device. I am very please it is about to happen and > certain > > many people in the field will also find it is the missing link in their > > system design. > > > > Of course the person that has 70 or even 270 CDs wouldn't care. But someone > > trying to tie together 1K or 2K+ worth of media will rejoice that this > > product is available at twice the price! If I'm spending 3 or 4K for a > > system, what's 5 or 6 hundred to make it all work seamlessly? > > > > I also praise Colby for not cheaping out and producing an inferior > > component. This is top drawer, first class piece of hardware and there will > > be MANY people happy to pay the price to have it. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From hifigi@hifigi.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:02:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:02:28 -0500 From: Jack Wheaton hifigi@hifigi.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Sony DE135's (was: Re: DXS pricing And other issues) OK... About the DE135. It is indeed wired in series when A+B speakers are switched on. This is not a good situation. When speakers are wired in series not only do you hear a significant decrease in volume but you also have the problem that the electrical properties of the first pair in the series are affecting the second pair. The quick and dirty fix is to use an autoformer available from many manufacturers for prices varying from about $80 to $300. Abandon the A/B switch and buy an outboard switch. or... put an autoformer volume control on each pair of speakers.. This will eliminate the problems inherent with series wiring. There will be a slight decrease in volume to all speakers but it won't be as apparent. I have successfully used the DE135 to power as many as 8 pairs of speakers this way. Good for low to moderate volume listening. By the way..anyone intersted in the audio aspect of these systems.... feel free to email me for a quote on any hardware pricing. Cheap!!! Jack \ Dave Kolb wrote: > How right you were - I wish I knew more about electronics. I wish others did > too!. I asked about this to the sales folks and they of course said no > problem. I thought I was going to get 4 channels not 2 in series. > > Indeed when I attached both sets of speakers to the receiver, the volume > control or on/off in either room would affect the other room. Also if I turn > either A or B off at the receiver, the other set gets notieably louder. > > I'm going to reconsider what I'm doing. > > Thanks, > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Welfringer > To: Dave Kolb > Cc: Slinke-List > Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 1:09 PM > Subject: Re: Sony DE135's (was: Re: DXS pricing And other issues) > > >Dave, > > > >A couple of items to note about the DE135's you are looking at: > >There are only 2 channels of 100W, not 4. The speaker outputs only > >handle 8 Ohm loads, not 4 Ohm. The speaker outputs are wired in series > >to allow the attachment of 4 speakers and not drop the impedance to 4 > >Ohms, thus the impedance level will rise on the amplifier which in turn > >will decrease the output (half). This setup will not give you high > >output sound, but will give you a moderate volume level that could still > >be appropriate for decent listening levels. Also, I would be vary > >cautious about using downstream volume controls or A/B switches. > >Measure the resistance on any devices you place in-line with your > >speakers and amps. You will need to make sure you don't overload these > >amps on their outputs (impedance too high or too low). These are entry > >level amps and not built to sustain long heavy loads. > > > >That said, as long as you keep everything balanced, you should have > >great full house audio. > > > >- Jon > > > >ps. I am by no means an expert on this, but I did research those amps > >for my own setup. > > > > > > > >Dave Kolb wrote: > >> > >> michael > >> > >> > >> >I think DXS is great. > >> I agree but can't see it in my setup yet unless it were to switch line > level > >> to speaker level. > >> > >> >Because usually (in sony) amps the are lots of unused inputs (who needs > >> >a tuner, or tape) and with cdj you can easily program amp to switch > >> >input channel in amp according the current player. > >> > >> >What I'm Hoping from DXS is that it would take care of all my A/V > >> >switching and DSP (surround), so in addition to DXS (and sources) I > >> >would only need a half dozen AMPs. And with AMPs I mean those big black > >> >boxes that haven't got any other controls than Power On/Off switch. > >> > >> > >> Where can you get a pure amp anywhere close to the price (much less > cheaper) > >> of one of the DE135 receivers where I get 4 100W channels and 4 inputs > with > >> a builtin tuner? The only one made are for the audiophile and arguably > >> overpriced for their function. It woud be quite a bit to drive 10 speaker > >> pair with high end amps. I'm not an audiophile or EE type and so am not > >> overly familiar with what's available or what can be done. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Dave > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From dap@damon.com Sat, 23 Oct 1999 19:28:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 19:28:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Damon Permezel dap@damon.com Subject: [slinkelist] why didn't this get sent thru the first time? David Aue sez: > Hi All, > > The DXS will be fully upgradable. We are trying to get Flash processor > into the first run so that it can be simply upgraded over the serial port > but even if we don't get the parts in time you will be able to change over > to the Flash processor cheaply when it's available. After that upgrades > will be downloadable from our web site. > Finally! A response. I have been chomping at the bit to order, and just wanted to hear something like this. I want mine. Sent it now! From Welfringer@Access1.net Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:18:25 -0700 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:18:25 -0700 From: Jon Welfringer Welfringer@Access1.net Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for about the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote after being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past my problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type messages? - Jon "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > > Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still getting the > errors. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM > To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com > Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since installing the > 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on Jeffrey? I > had been getting the same errors before my latest update. > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" > Reply-To: > To: > CC: , > Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 > > Colby, > > I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal > failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. > > This has been happening since the last two updates. > > Please advise! > > Regards, > > Jeffrey J. Borghoff > > [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] > << winmail.dat >> > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:50:43 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:50:43 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] multi room and multi zone I love my new Sony DX300 and hope to have it wired into multiple rooms and controlled with the Slinke soon but want to do this in a manner that I'm happy with and does not break the bank. How do folks here power multi room speakers? Any multi zone implementations you care to brag about? Not knowing a lot about the electronics part I would ideally like to have four inputs distributed to between 8 to 12 areas (includes outside) though I'm wondering if I should just settle for a single source speaker selector. The main thing I'm after I guess is that the speakers in each area be able to be turned on and volume controlled independently from the others. I have some volume controls in four areas now and plan to wire 4 more into new addition areas and two outside areas for a total of 10 areas. I've seen a Kustom Sound unit that has 4 line level inputs and powers 6 zones at speaker level. Is there any way to take each of those speaker level outputs and drive two speaker pair instead of one? I think each channel drives 20 watts. Thanks, Dave From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:54:25 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:54:25 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Jon, Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired to by the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink interface? Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem requesting events. What does SLinke support say? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jon Welfringer Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for about >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote after >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past my >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. > >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type >messages? > >- Jon > > > >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: >> >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still getting the >> errors. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >> >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since installing the >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on Jeffrey? I >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. >> >> ----Original Message Follows---- >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" >> Reply-To: >> To: >> CC: , >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 >> >> Colby, >> >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. >> >> This has been happening since the last two updates. >> >> Please advise! >> >> Regards, >> >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff >> >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] >> << winmail.dat >> >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From Welfringer@Access1.net Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:51:46 -0700 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:51:46 -0700 From: Jon Welfringer Welfringer@Access1.net Subject: [slinkelist] Cheap DXS alternative I only mention this because a few people have expressed interest in the DXS but have also expressed concern in the cost. I recently saw the Sony SPD-E800 Dolby Digital processor for $99 at Fry's electronics. In addition to the DD processing, it has an RF input, Coax, 3 Toslink inputs and 1 toslink output. I didn't notice if it was S-Link controllable (how did I miss that?), but it is IR controllable to switch between the inputs. It won't switch automatically, but it could be a cheap alternative if you only need a couple of inputs. From Welfringer@Access1.net Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:13:17 -0700 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:13:17 -0700 From: Jon Welfringer Welfringer@Access1.net Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Dave, Yes, my Delphi app responds to the Slinke event interface. What do you mean by advise call and event sink interface? I believe this is only an internal event handler for the Slinke server. - Jon Dave Kolb wrote: > > Jon, > > Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired to by > the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink interface? > Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem > requesting events. What does SLinke support say? > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Welfringer > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for about > >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote after > >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past my > >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. > > > >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type > >messages? > > > >- Jon > > > > > > > >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > >> > >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still getting the > >> errors. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] > >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM > >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com > >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > >> > >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since installing > the > >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on Jeffrey? > I > >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. > >> > >> ----Original Message Follows---- > >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" > >> Reply-To: > >> To: > >> CC: , > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 > >> > >> Colby, > >> > >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal > >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. > >> > >> This has been happening since the last two updates. > >> > >> Please advise! > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff > >> > >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] > >> << winmail.dat >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________ > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 01:44:52 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 01:44:52 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message I was just wondering if your client software called IConnectionPoint::Advise on the Slinke software for an event sink in your client. Sounds like this request is failing. Are you requesting and getting events OK? Have the Slinke folks not said anything about this error message? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jon Welfringer To: Dave Kolb Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 1:16 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >Dave, > >Yes, my Delphi app responds to the Slinke event interface. >What do you mean by advise call and event sink interface? >I believe this is only an internal event handler for the Slinke server. > >- Jon > > >Dave Kolb wrote: >> >> Jon, >> >> Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired to by >> the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink interface? >> Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem >> requesting events. What does SLinke support say? >> >> Dave >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jon Welfringer >> Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >> >> >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for about >> >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote after >> >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past my >> >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. >> > >> >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type >> >messages? >> > >> >- Jon >> > >> > >> > >> >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: >> >> >> >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still getting the >> >> errors. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] >> >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM >> >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com >> >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com >> >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >> >> >> >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since installing >> the >> >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on Jeffrey? >> I >> >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. >> >> >> >> ----Original Message Follows---- >> >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" >> >> Reply-To: >> >> To: >> >> CC: , >> >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >> >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 >> >> >> >> Colby, >> >> >> >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal >> >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. >> >> >> >> This has been happening since the last two updates. >> >> >> >> Please advise! >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff >> >> >> >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] >> >> << winmail.dat >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From will@airmail.net Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:38:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:38:07 -0500 From: William Hollingworth will@airmail.net Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message I've continued to see both this problem and the problem of the slinke server hanging Internet related programs from launching properly. It seems to only happen when Win98 has been running for a while and is probably running lowish on resources (below 30%). Programs like MIrc, Eudora, Yahoo Messenger etc. will sometimes hang on launch, until I close the slinke server. Then the programs magically spring into life. I think Colby has been working on finding a solution, but clearly it's still there (and may just be a Win98 related thing). Will At 12:54 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: >Jon, > >Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired to by >the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink interface? >Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem >requesting events. What does SLinke support say? > >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jon Welfringer >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for about > >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote after > >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past my > >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. > > > >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type > >messages? > > > >- Jon > > > > > > > >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > >> > >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still getting the > >> errors. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] > >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM > >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com > >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > >> > >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since installing >the > >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on Jeffrey? >I > >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. > >> > >> ----Original Message Follows---- > >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" > >> Reply-To: > >> To: > >> CC: , > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 > >> > >> Colby, > >> > >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise marshal > >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server fails. > >> > >> This has been happening since the last two updates. > >> > >> Please advise! > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff > >> > >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] > >> << winmail.dat >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________ > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:37:12 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:37:12 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >I've continued to see both this problem and the problem of the slinke >server hanging Internet related programs from launching properly. It seems >to only happen when Win98 has been running for a while and is probably >running lowish on resources (below 30%). Programs like MIrc, Eudora, Yahoo >Messenger etc. will sometimes hang on launch, until I close the slinke >server. Then the programs magically spring into life. > >I think Colby has been working on finding a solution, but clearly it's >still there (and may just be a Win98 related thing). Limited system resources could cause problems as could one side calling an object or passing an interface created on a different thread in the case of single thread apartment (STA) objects which is the likely architecture. If there are any threads involved then an object created on a thread must be called from that thread. COM depends upon both sides (client and server) keeping a message loop running in order to make a method into the server and fire events back to the client. COM method calls use hidden windows and COM runs a message loop while waiting for a method call to an out of process server to return. I searched MSDN and found no hits on marshaling errors or that particular message. What app puts the message up? Is there a COM return code associated with it? Sounds more like a resource problem though. Maybe there is a resource leak involved. Boundschecker or Purify can detect these sorts of problems sometimes. If anyone has those apps they can run a release version and do not need a debug version for at least some checking. Does this happen more over time or more when lots of apps are open simultaneously? Dave From gary@dcity.org Sat, 23 Oct 1999 23:31:29 -0700 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 23:31:29 -0700 From: Gary Muhonen gary@dcity.org Subject: [slinkelist] slinke questions: remote com ports I'm planning to put my cd players, slinke, and a computer in a hub room. I'd like to be able to run cdj on remote computer in the house that is on the network. Can I run cdj on this remote computer to control the slinke on the hub room computer? How do I tell cdj on the remote computer to use the serial port on the hub room computer? Could my wife and I both be on remote computers, each running a copy of cdj, to each control our own cd players (thru one slinke attached to the hub computer)? Thanks, Gary From will@airmail.net Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:00:37 -0500 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:00:37 -0500 From: William Hollingworth will@airmail.net Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message At 02:37 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: >Does this happen more over time or more when lots of apps are open >simultaneously? It's hard to pinpoint. Sometimes it seems to happen quite soon after rebooting Win98, other times it takes longer. Recently I've gotten into the habit of closing the slinke server after booting just to avoid this problem (I have it in a startup folder). With the general flakeyness of Win98 I sure don't want to blame Colby's work for the bug, but it seems to point to a problem with slinke server or COM etc. I'm lucky if I can keep my Win98 machine going for longer than a few hours before it bogs down and stops refreshing the desktop, but that is nothing to do with slinke. Will From parkdog@ix.netcom.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 09:06:28 -0500 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 09:06:28 -0500 From: Marc Parker parkdog@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] multi room and multi zone Dave, The system I'm working on is as follows: 6 - Sony 200 Disk Changers 1 - Sony 935 Receiver 1 - Slink-E 1 - DXS :))) (coming soon?) An output of the receiver goes to a series of Amps by Sonance. Each of these units drive 3 sets of speakers (120 w each). The line level signal is daisy chained from one amp to the next (3x3=9 pr speakers). They also have an auot-on feature which detects incoming signal and switches the units on. To remotely/locally control volume, each amplified signal is fed into a Xantech RAT1 unit and a separate low voltage wire goes to a Xantech IR/local controlled wall unit "knob". This way you can adjust vol either locally or with IR signal. Everything is in a special Audio "closet" on our lower level. I use a Stargate as a home control unit and IR controller. Haven't yet tackled the Slkink-E IR functions. The furthest run from the RAT1 to a speaker pair is about 110 feet. Sonance also makes a unit that will take a line signal and pass it over Cat5 wire and then reconstitute it on the other end back to line level. I haven't used this but it might provide a solution if your equip was a distance from some of your speakers/amps. That's how I'm approaching it. Parker From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:22:29 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:22:29 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Goto Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Computer/Properties/IRQ settings and make sure that you do not have any interrupt conflicts - especially with the serial ports - especially the one the SLink-e is on. Dave -----Original Message----- From: William Hollingworth To: Dave Kolb Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:01 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >At 02:37 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > >>Does this happen more over time or more when lots of apps are open >>simultaneously? > >It's hard to pinpoint. Sometimes it seems to happen quite soon after >rebooting Win98, other times it takes longer. Recently I've gotten into the >habit of closing the slinke server after booting just to avoid this problem >(I have it in a startup folder). > >With the general flakeyness of Win98 I sure don't want to blame Colby's >work for the bug, but it seems to point to a problem with slinke server or >COM etc. I'm lucky if I can keep my Win98 machine going for longer than a >few hours before it bogs down and stops refreshing the desktop, but that is >nothing to do with slinke. > >Will From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:29:16 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:29:16 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] multi room and multi zone Sounds pretty nice. I think I was overly fixated on trying to allow multiple input sources to be selected from each zone. This sounds nice but may not be that useful in practice and I'm rethinking that maybe I just want a single receiver and all rooms hear the same source but can be turned on/off and set at different volumes. Then the problem becomes easier. What does the DXS do for you in this scenario? Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Marc Parker To: Dave Kolb ; Slinke-List Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] multi room and multi zone >Dave, > >The system I'm working on is as follows: > >6 - Sony 200 Disk Changers >1 - Sony 935 Receiver >1 - Slink-E >1 - DXS :))) (coming soon?) > >An output of the receiver goes to a series of Amps by Sonance. Each of these >units drive 3 sets of speakers (120 w each). The line level signal is daisy >chained from one amp to the next (3x3=9 pr speakers). They also have an >auot-on feature which detects incoming signal and switches the units on. > >To remotely/locally control volume, each amplified signal is fed into a >Xantech RAT1 unit and a separate low voltage wire goes to a Xantech IR/local >controlled wall unit "knob". This way you can adjust vol either locally or >with IR signal. > >Everything is in a special Audio "closet" on our lower level. I use a >Stargate as a home control unit and IR controller. Haven't yet tackled the >Slkink-E IR functions. > >The furthest run from the RAT1 to a speaker pair is about 110 feet. > >Sonance also makes a unit that will take a line signal and pass it over Cat5 >wire and then reconstitute it on the other end back to line level. I haven't >used this but it might provide a solution if your equip was a distance from >some of your speakers/amps. > >That's how I'm approaching it. > >Parker > From parkdog@ix.netcom.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:06:09 -0500 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:06:09 -0500 From: Marc Parker parkdog@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] Cover Art I have a couple of dozen Album cover art files. I have placed them in the cover art folder. Still CDJ doesn't recognize them. The only directory setting I can see in the Options area is to set a default cover dir path. Is the only way to relate a cover to an album by going into EACH album detail and assigning it? This could take FOREVER. Please tell me there is another way! Parker From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:23:13 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:23:13 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Kustom controller Anyone using the Kustom stereo source selector for whole house music? The skimpy Kustom web page (http://www.kustom.com) says the KHS4640 has 20 Watts at 8 Ohms x 12 and says it does 20 Watts R.M.S. per channel or 40 Watts per room. Is that enough? Does anyone know if there is a way to take the 6 speaker pair and reasonably drive 10 or 12 pair from the Kustom unit or would that half my per room wattage down to only 20 Watts? I do not understand the Ohms and other EE issues very well. Thanks, Dave Kolb From simon@themasons.net Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:35:17 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:35:17 -0400 From: Simon Mason simon@themasons.net Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF1E2C.FFC29600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am trying to get another computer on my network to talk to the computer with the slinke attached using the DCOM utility. All of the machines on my home network are communicating via TCP/IP, but none are running Windows NT. All are running Windows 98 and 95. Much of the DCOM configuration appears to rely on user level access which can only be configured when you have an NT server running and everyone logs into it. Is there a way to get this working without NT or do I have to breakdown and install it on one of my machines? Simon D. S. Mason simon@themasons.net ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF1E2C.FFC29600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I am = trying to get=20 another computer on my network to talk to the computer with the slinke = attached=20 using the DCOM utility.  All of the machines on my home network are = communicating via TCP/IP, but none are running Windows NT.  All are = running=20 Windows 98 and 95.  Much of the DCOM configuration appears to rely = on user=20 level access which can only be configured when you have an NT server = running and=20 everyone logs into it.  Is there a way to get this working without = NT or do=20 I have to breakdown and install it on one of my = machines?

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------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF1E2C.FFC29600-- From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:35:12 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:35:12 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message To all... I installed the sysupdate.exe and have not received error message at all today... Maybe I got lucky??? -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Dave Kolb Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 10:22 AM To: William Hollingworth Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Goto Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Computer/Properties/IRQ settings and make sure that you do not have any interrupt conflicts - especially with the serial ports - especially the one the SLink-e is on. Dave -----Original Message----- From: William Hollingworth To: Dave Kolb Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:01 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >At 02:37 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > >>Does this happen more over time or more when lots of apps are open >>simultaneously? > >It's hard to pinpoint. Sometimes it seems to happen quite soon after >rebooting Win98, other times it takes longer. Recently I've gotten into the >habit of closing the slinke server after booting just to avoid this problem >(I have it in a startup folder). > >With the general flakeyness of Win98 I sure don't want to blame Colby's >work for the bug, but it seems to point to a problem with slinke server or >COM etc. I'm lucky if I can keep my Win98 machine going for longer than a >few hours before it bogs down and stops refreshing the desktop, but that is >nothing to do with slinke. > >Will _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From simon@themasons.net Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:42:48 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:42:48 -0400 From: Simon Mason simon@themasons.net Subject: [slinkelist] IR question This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BF1E2E.0B6D3AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just started playing with learning IR remotes and have a problem remote. It is for a Hitachi TV (20 years old). All of the buttons on the remote learn and transmit fine except for the Power button. I cannot get this one to learn, but it works fine. I am using all of the default settings in the learn program. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks. Simon D. S. Mason simon@themasons.net ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BF1E2E.0B6D3AE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I just = started=20 playing with learning IR remotes and have a problem remote.  It is = for a=20 Hitachi TV (20 years old).  All of the buttons on the remote learn = and=20 transmit fine except for the Power button.  I cannot get this one = to learn,=20 but it works fine.  I am using all of the default settings in the = learn=20 program.  Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks.
 

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------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BF1E2E.0B6D3AE0-- From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:58:50 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:58:50 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM Windows 98 comes with DCOM. Go to start/run and do DCOMCNFG and it may ask you to configure for user level security via the network icon. I think this just means you have to logon as a specific user on the other machines. You should not need an NT domain controller. Once it comes up, the Slink-e software should be in the application list and if so you can configure it for other machines to access by userid that logs onto those machines. Just don't use domain names and I would think this should work. I do not have Slink-e not multiple machines installed yet though I am planning to do both after I get my ducks lined up ... Note the COM server will have to be prestarted on the server machines as DCOM on 98 will not automagically instantiate the server side software as it will on an NT machine. That's OK as you can just put it in the startup menu. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Simon Mason To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM >I am trying to get another computer on my network to talk to the computer >with the slinke attached using the DCOM utility. All of the machines on my >home network are communicating via TCP/IP, but none are running Windows NT. >All are running Windows 98 and 95. Much of the DCOM configuration appears >to rely on user level access which can only be configured when you have an >NT server running and everyone logs into it. Is there a way to get this >working without NT or do I have to breakdown and install it on one of my >machines? > > >Simon D. S. Mason >simon@themasons.net > > From cboles@nirvis.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:55:08 -0700 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:55:08 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Cover Art drag and drop to the image pane from windows explorer or a thumbnail viewer. I'm not sure how to make it any easier than that. Colby At 10:06 AM 10/24/99 -0500, Marc Parker wrote: >I have a couple of dozen Album cover art files. I have placed them in the >cover art folder. Still CDJ doesn't recognize them. The only directory >setting I can see in the Options area is to set a default cover dir path. > >Is the only way to relate a cover to an album by going into EACH album >detail and assigning it? This could take FOREVER. > >Please tell me there is another way! > >Parker > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From jeffreyj@borghoff.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 15:27:22 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 15:27:22 -0400 From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message I believe it's the MSVC DLL files?? Colby can you confirm? -----Original Message----- From: Dave Kolb [mailto:davekolb@email.msn.com] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:00 PM To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message What did sysupdate update? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message >To all... I installed the sysupdate.exe and have not received error message >at all today... Maybe I got lucky??? > >-----Original Message----- >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >Behalf Of Dave Kolb >Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 10:22 AM >To: William Hollingworth >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >Goto Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device >Manager/Computer/Properties/IRQ settings and make sure that you do not have >any interrupt conflicts - especially with the serial ports - especially the >one the SLink-e is on. > >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: William Hollingworth >To: Dave Kolb >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:01 AM >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >>At 02:37 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: >> >>>Does this happen more over time or more when lots of apps are open >>>simultaneously? >> >>It's hard to pinpoint. Sometimes it seems to happen quite soon after >>rebooting Win98, other times it takes longer. Recently I've gotten into the >>habit of closing the slinke server after booting just to avoid this problem >>(I have it in a startup folder). >> >>With the general flakeyness of Win98 I sure don't want to blame Colby's >>work for the bug, but it seems to point to a problem with slinke server or >>COM etc. I'm lucky if I can keep my Win98 machine going for longer than a >>few hours before it bogs down and stops refreshing the desktop, but that is >>nothing to do with slinke. >> >>Will > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From cboles@nirvis.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:40:17 -0700 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:40:17 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message mfc42.dll msvcrt.dll msvbvm60.dll Colby At 03:27 PM 10/24/99 -0400, you wrote: >I believe it's the MSVC DLL files?? Colby can you confirm? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Kolb [mailto:davekolb@email.msn.com] >Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:00 PM >To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >What did sysupdate update? > >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff >To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > >To all... I installed the sysupdate.exe and have not received error message > >at all today... Maybe I got lucky??? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > >Behalf Of Dave Kolb > >Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 10:22 AM > >To: William Hollingworth > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > >Goto Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device > >Manager/Computer/Properties/IRQ settings and make sure that you do not have > >any interrupt conflicts - especially with the serial ports - especially the > >one the SLink-e is on. > > > >Dave > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: William Hollingworth > >To: Dave Kolb > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:01 AM > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > >>At 02:37 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > >> > >>>Does this happen more over time or more when lots of apps are open > >>>simultaneously? > >> > >>It's hard to pinpoint. Sometimes it seems to happen quite soon after > >>rebooting Win98, other times it takes longer. Recently I've gotten into >the > >>habit of closing the slinke server after booting just to avoid this >problem > >>(I have it in a startup folder). > >> > >>With the general flakeyness of Win98 I sure don't want to blame Colby's > >>work for the bug, but it seems to point to a problem with slinke server or > >>COM etc. I'm lucky if I can keep my Win98 machine going for longer than a > >>few hours before it bogs down and stops refreshing the desktop, but that >is > >>nothing to do with slinke. > >> > >>Will > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From simon@themasons.net Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:49:16 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:49:16 -0400 From: Simon Mason simon@themasons.net Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM Thanks for the response. What do you mean by the domain? I was not aware I was using a domain on my local network, at least I don't think I configured one anywhere. Also, whenever I try to configure based upon a user it says no user list is available. The help files seem to point to the lack of NT server as the issue here. One last thing, how do you load the DCOM on the machines in the start-up, I can't find any executables that I could run? -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of Dave Kolb Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:59 PM To: simon@themasons.net; slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM Windows 98 comes with DCOM. Go to start/run and do DCOMCNFG and it may ask you to configure for user level security via the network icon. I think this just means you have to logon as a specific user on the other machines. You should not need an NT domain controller. Once it comes up, the Slink-e software should be in the application list and if so you can configure it for other machines to access by userid that logs onto those machines. Just don't use domain names and I would think this should work. I do not have Slink-e not multiple machines installed yet though I am planning to do both after I get my ducks lined up ... Note the COM server will have to be prestarted on the server machines as DCOM on 98 will not automagically instantiate the server side software as it will on an NT machine. That's OK as you can just put it in the startup menu. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Simon Mason To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM >I am trying to get another computer on my network to talk to the computer >with the slinke attached using the DCOM utility. All of the machines on my >home network are communicating via TCP/IP, but none are running Windows NT. >All are running Windows 98 and 95. Much of the DCOM configuration appears >to rely on user level access which can only be configured when you have an >NT server running and everyone logs into it. Is there a way to get this >working without NT or do I have to breakdown and install it on one of my >machines? > > >Simon D. S. Mason >simon@themasons.net > > _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Sun, 24 Oct 1999 22:28:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 22:28:35 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM Simon, Try just going to the START/RUN and enter "dcomcnfg" and see what happens. You will likely get prompted to configure for user level security or else dcomcnfg will just start if you are already configured as such. To configure user level security, right mouse on Network Neighborhood, do properties then hit the Access Control tab and check the user level security radio button. You'll likelly get prompted for the W98 CD and have to reboot. Then run dcomcnfg and enter the userids allowed to access and launch any application and/or any specific applicaitons. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Simon Mason To: 'Dave Kolb' ; slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 5:51 PM Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM >Thanks for the response. What do you mean by the domain? I was not aware I >was using a domain on my local network, at least I don't think I configured >one anywhere. Also, whenever I try to configure based upon a user it says >no user list is available. The help files seem to point to the lack of NT >server as the issue here. One last thing, how do you load the DCOM on the >machines in the start-up, I can't find any executables that I could run? > >-----Original Message----- >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >Behalf Of Dave Kolb >Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:59 PM >To: simon@themasons.net; slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM > > >Windows 98 comes with DCOM. > >Go to start/run and do DCOMCNFG and it may ask you to configure for user >level security via the network icon. I think this just means you have to >logon as a specific user on the other machines. You should not need an NT >domain controller. > >Once it comes up, the Slink-e software should be in the application list and >if so you can configure it for other machines to access by userid that logs >onto those machines. Just don't use domain names and I would think this >should work. I do not have Slink-e not multiple machines installed yet >though I am planning to do both after I get my ducks lined up ... > >Note the COM server will have to be prestarted on the server machines as >DCOM on 98 will not automagically instantiate the server side software as it >will on an NT machine. That's OK as you can just put it in the startup menu. > >Dave > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Simon Mason >To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM >Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM > > >>I am trying to get another computer on my network to talk to the computer >>with the slinke attached using the DCOM utility. All of the machines on my >>home network are communicating via TCP/IP, but none are running Windows NT. >>All are running Windows 98 and 95. Much of the DCOM configuration appears >>to rely on user level access which can only be configured when you have an >>NT server running and everyone logs into it. Is there a way to get this >>working without NT or do I have to breakdown and install it on one of my >>machines? >> >> >>Simon D. S. Mason >>simon@themasons.net >> >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From scarlet@euronet.nl Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:16:37 +0100 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:16:37 +0100 From: Scarlet Graphexx scarlet@euronet.nl Subject: [slinkelist] Cover Art How did you obtain the images, if you used a cover retreiver app, it normally does the linking for you. Also if the image name = the CDJID it normally loads without having the reference in your Database (right Colby ?) Colby Boles wrote: >drag and drop to the image pane from windows explorer or a thumbnail >viewer. I'm not sure how to make it any easier than that. > >Colby > >At 10:06 AM 10/24/99 -0500, Marc Parker wrote: >>I have a couple of dozen Album cover art files. I have placed them in the >>cover art folder. Still CDJ doesn't recognize them. The only directory >>setting I can see in the Options area is to set a default cover dir path. >> >>Is the only way to relate a cover to an album by going into EACH album >>detail and assigning it? This could take FOREVER. >> >>Please tell me there is another way! >> >>Parker >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >>http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > >Nirvis Systems >http://www.nirvis.com >http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From tomg@savoysoft.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:12:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:12:10 -0400 From: Tom Gillispie tomg@savoysoft.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message I also see this problem from time to time when using SlinkeServ (and the ActiveX control) with CyberHouse. William's suggestion that it happens only when resources are low matches my experience. When the problem occurs, it seems like all SlinkeServ responses (I think it is responses that cause the message) cause an error. I reboot, and all is fine. I don't always run CDJ; this problem seems to happen more frequently right after starting up CDJ. Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: William Hollingworth [SMTP:will@airmail.net] > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 1:38 AM > To: Dave Kolb; Jon Welfringer > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > I've continued to see both this problem and the problem of the slinke > server hanging Internet related programs from launching properly. It > seems > to only happen when Win98 has been running for a while and is probably > > running lowish on resources (below 30%). Programs like MIrc, Eudora, > Yahoo > Messenger etc. will sometimes hang on launch, until I close the slinke > > server. Then the programs magically spring into life. > > I think Colby has been working on finding a solution, but clearly it's > > still there (and may just be a Win98 related thing). > > Will > > > At 12:54 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > >Jon, > > > >Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired > to by > >the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink > interface? > >Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem > >requesting events. What does SLinke support say? > > > >Dave > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jon Welfringer > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > > >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for > about > > >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote > after > > >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past > my > > >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. > > > > > >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type > > >messages? > > > > > >- Jon > > > > > > > > > > > >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > > >> > > >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still > getting the > > >> errors. > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] > > >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM > > >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com > > >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >> > > >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since > installing > >the > > >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on > Jeffrey? > >I > > >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. > > >> > > >> ----Original Message Follows---- > > >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" > > >> Reply-To: > > >> To: > > >> CC: , > > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 > > >> > > >> Colby, > > >> > > >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise > marshal > > >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server > fails. > > >> > > >> This has been happening since the last two updates. > > >> > > >> Please advise! > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff > > >> > > >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] > > >> << winmail.dat >> > > >> > > >> ______________________________________________________ > > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:36:45 PDT Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:36:45 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Jeffrey, I guess I spoke too soon. The infamous Advise Marshal Failed reappeared for me yesterday. Was this the first time you had run the sysupdate.exe? I ran it initially when I installed my Slink-e. Unless something backleveled one of these DLLs without my knowing it, this probably won't help me. Have you gotten the error since? This error is really frustrating, because nothing will work until the error message is cleared, and sometimes there can be a hug backlog of commands that CDJ processes before it can act on any new commands. Colby, is Nirvis looking into this at all? Thanks, Ken ----Original Message Follows---- From: Colby Boles To: ,slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:40:17 -0700 mfc42.dll msvcrt.dll msvbvm60.dll Colby At 03:27 PM 10/24/99 -0400, you wrote: >I believe it's the MSVC DLL files?? Colby can you confirm? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Kolb [mailto:davekolb@email.msn.com] >Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:00 PM >To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >What did sysupdate update? > >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeffrey J. Borghoff >To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > >To all... I installed the sysupdate.exe and have not received error >message > >at all today... Maybe I got lucky??? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > >Behalf Of Dave Kolb > >Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 10:22 AM > >To: William Hollingworth > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > >Goto Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device > >Manager/Computer/Properties/IRQ settings and make sure that you do not >have > >any interrupt conflicts - especially with the serial ports - especially >the > >one the SLink-e is on. > > > >Dave > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: William Hollingworth > >To: Dave Kolb > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:01 AM > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > >>At 02:37 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > >> > >>>Does this happen more over time or more when lots of apps are open > >>>simultaneously? > >> > >>It's hard to pinpoint. Sometimes it seems to happen quite soon after > >>rebooting Win98, other times it takes longer. Recently I've gotten into >the > >>habit of closing the slinke server after booting just to avoid this >problem > >>(I have it in a startup folder). > >> > >>With the general flakeyness of Win98 I sure don't want to blame Colby's > >>work for the bug, but it seems to point to a problem with slinke server >or > >>COM etc. I'm lucky if I can keep my Win98 machine going for longer than >a > >>few hours before it bogs down and stops refreshing the desktop, but that >is > >>nothing to do with slinke. > >> > >>Will > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From cboles@nirvis.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:09:07 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:09:07 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message OK. Here's the key question: Does SlinkeServ work with the given SlinkX client BEFORE this error happens (e.g. is able to send/receive data)? Or does it only happen when you try to start a new SlinkX? Colby At 10:12 AM 10/25/99 -0400, Tom Gillispie wrote: >I also see this problem from time to time when using SlinkeServ (and the >ActiveX control) with CyberHouse. William's suggestion that it happens >only when resources are low matches my experience. When the problem >occurs, it seems like all SlinkeServ responses (I think it is responses >that cause the message) cause an error. I reboot, and all is fine. > >I don't always run CDJ; this problem seems to happen more frequently >right after starting up CDJ. > >Tom > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Hollingworth [SMTP:will@airmail.net] > > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 1:38 AM > > To: Dave Kolb; Jon Welfringer > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > I've continued to see both this problem and the problem of the slinke > > server hanging Internet related programs from launching properly. It > > seems > > to only happen when Win98 has been running for a while and is probably > > > > running lowish on resources (below 30%). Programs like MIrc, Eudora, > > Yahoo > > Messenger etc. will sometimes hang on launch, until I close the slinke > > > > server. Then the programs magically spring into life. > > > > I think Colby has been working on finding a solution, but clearly it's > > > > still there (and may just be a Win98 related thing). > > > > Will > > > > > > At 12:54 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > > >Jon, > > > > > >Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired > > to by > > >the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink > > interface? > > >Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem > > >requesting events. What does SLinke support say? > > > > > >Dave > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Jon Welfringer > > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM > > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > > > > > >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for > > about > > > >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote > > after > > > >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past > > my > > > >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. > > > > > > > >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type > > > >messages? > > > > > > > >- Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still > > getting the > > > >> errors. > > > >> > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] > > > >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM > > > >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com > > > >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > >> > > > >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since > > installing > > >the > > > >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on > > Jeffrey? > > >I > > > >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. > > > >> > > > >> ----Original Message Follows---- > > > >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" > > > >> Reply-To: > > > >> To: > > > >> CC: , > > > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 > > > >> > > > >> Colby, > > > >> > > > >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise > > marshal > > > >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server > > fails. > > > >> > > > >> This has been happening since the last two updates. > > > >> > > > >> Please advise! > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> > > > >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff > > > >> > > > >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] > > > >> << winmail.dat >> > > > >> > > > >> ______________________________________________________ > > > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From Welfringer@Access1.net Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:21:23 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:21:23 -0700 From: Jon Welfringer Welfringer@Access1.net Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message For me - YES - it does work for a while, sometimes a long while, sometimes a short while. After the error, the 'no sink' errors will continue to stack up for each IR that has been received. The only way to clear the program is to continue clicking on the 'no sink' error - which can take a while if Slinke has received a lot of IR since you noticed the problem. For resources, I have the problem on a W95 machine when it is only running a couple of apps - nothing major. I get the error with only SlinkX and a Delphi App running (IRHelper). It sometimes happens after running for only minutes, other times after running for about 12 hours. Others using IRHelper have not noticed this error at all (or have not reported it to me). If it is a low resource problem, then possibly the SlinkX server is the one draining the resources under some certain circumstances. - Jon Colby Boles wrote: > > OK. Here's the key question: Does SlinkeServ work with the given SlinkX > client BEFORE this error happens (e.g. is able to send/receive data)? Or > does it only happen when you try to start a new SlinkX? > > Colby > > At 10:12 AM 10/25/99 -0400, Tom Gillispie wrote: > >I also see this problem from time to time when using SlinkeServ (and the > >ActiveX control) with CyberHouse. William's suggestion that it happens > >only when resources are low matches my experience. When the problem > >occurs, it seems like all SlinkeServ responses (I think it is responses > >that cause the message) cause an error. I reboot, and all is fine. > > > >I don't always run CDJ; this problem seems to happen more frequently > >right after starting up CDJ. > > > >Tom > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: William Hollingworth [SMTP:will@airmail.net] > > > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 1:38 AM > > > To: Dave Kolb; Jon Welfringer > > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > > I've continued to see both this problem and the problem of the slinke > > > server hanging Internet related programs from launching properly. It > > > seems > > > to only happen when Win98 has been running for a while and is probably > > > > > > running lowish on resources (below 30%). Programs like MIrc, Eudora, > > > Yahoo > > > Messenger etc. will sometimes hang on launch, until I close the slinke > > > > > > server. Then the programs magically spring into life. > > > > > > I think Colby has been working on finding a solution, but clearly it's > > > > > > still there (and may just be a Win98 related thing). > > > > > > Will > > > > > > > > > At 12:54 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > > > >Jon, > > > > > > > >Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired > > > to by > > > >the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink > > > interface? > > > >Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem > > > >requesting events. What does SLinke support say? > > > > > > > >Dave > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Jon Welfringer > > > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM > > > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > > > > > > > > >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for > > > about > > > > >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote > > > after > > > > >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past > > > my > > > > >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. > > > > > > > > > >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type > > > > >messages? > > > > > > > > > >- Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still > > > getting the > > > > >> errors. > > > > >> > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] > > > > >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM > > > > >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com > > > > >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > >> > > > > >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since > > > installing > > > >the > > > > >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on > > > Jeffrey? > > > >I > > > > >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. > > > > >> > > > > >> ----Original Message Follows---- > > > > >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" > > > > >> Reply-To: > > > > >> To: > > > > >> CC: , > > > > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 > > > > >> > > > > >> Colby, > > > > >> > > > > >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise > > > marshal > > > > >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server > > > fails. > > > > >> > > > > >> This has been happening since the last two updates. > > > > >> > > > > >> Please advise! > > > > >> > > > > >> Regards, > > > > >> > > > > >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff > > > > >> > > > > >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] > > > > >> << winmail.dat >> > > > > >> > > > > >> ______________________________________________________ > > > > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > Nirvis Systems > http://www.nirvis.com > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From cboles@nirvis.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:49:42 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:49:42 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Has anyone seen the Advise Marshal Failed error message on a NT machine? Colby At 10:21 AM 10/25/99 -0700, Jon Welfringer wrote: >For me - YES - it does work for a while, sometimes a long while, >sometimes a short while. >After the error, the 'no sink' errors will continue to stack up for each >IR that has been received. The only way to clear the program is to >continue clicking on the 'no sink' error - which can take a while if >Slinke has received a lot of IR since you noticed the problem. > >For resources, I have the problem on a W95 machine when it is only >running a couple of apps - nothing major. I get the error with only >SlinkX and a Delphi App running (IRHelper). It sometimes happens after >running for only minutes, other times after running for about 12 hours. >Others using IRHelper have not noticed this error at all (or have not >reported it to me). If it is a low resource problem, then possibly the >SlinkX server is the one draining the resources under some certain >circumstances. > >- Jon > > > >Colby Boles wrote: > > > > OK. Here's the key question: Does SlinkeServ work with the given SlinkX > > client BEFORE this error happens (e.g. is able to send/receive data)? Or > > does it only happen when you try to start a new SlinkX? > > > > Colby > > > > At 10:12 AM 10/25/99 -0400, Tom Gillispie wrote: > > >I also see this problem from time to time when using SlinkeServ (and the > > >ActiveX control) with CyberHouse. William's suggestion that it happens > > >only when resources are low matches my experience. When the problem > > >occurs, it seems like all SlinkeServ responses (I think it is responses > > >that cause the message) cause an error. I reboot, and all is fine. > > > > > >I don't always run CDJ; this problem seems to happen more frequently > > >right after starting up CDJ. > > > > > >Tom > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: William Hollingworth [SMTP:will@airmail.net] > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 1:38 AM > > > > To: Dave Kolb; Jon Welfringer > > > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > > > > I've continued to see both this problem and the problem of the slinke > > > > server hanging Internet related programs from launching properly. It > > > > seems > > > > to only happen when Win98 has been running for a while and is probably > > > > > > > > running lowish on resources (below 30%). Programs like MIrc, Eudora, > > > > Yahoo > > > > Messenger etc. will sometimes hang on launch, until I close the slinke > > > > > > > > server. Then the programs magically spring into life. > > > > > > > > I think Colby has been working on finding a solution, but clearly it's > > > > > > > > still there (and may just be a Win98 related thing). > > > > > > > > Will > > > > > > > > > > > > At 12:54 AM 10/24/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > > > > >Jon, > > > > > > > > > >Does your Delphi app request and implement an event interface fired > > > > to by > > > > >the Slinke software? Do you do an Advise call on an event sink > > > > interface? > > > > >Sounds like the Slinke software or your client is having a problem > > > > >requesting events. What does SLinke support say? > > > > > > > > > >Dave > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: Jon Welfringer > > > > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > >Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 12:22 AM > > > > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I have consistently gotten the 'Advise Marshall failed' error for > > > > about > > > > > >the last year. It randomly happens with a Delphi App that I wrote > > > > after > > > > > >being up and running for a period of time. I could never get past > > > > my > > > > > >problem and have never heard any other resolutions either. > > > > > > > > > > > >Colby, is it possible to turn error reporting off for these type > > > > > >messages? > > > > > > > > > > > >- Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Jeffrey J. Borghoff" wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Yes Ken, I did install the latest update 10/15 and I am still > > > > getting the > > > > > >> errors. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: Ken Geoffrion [mailto:kgeoffrion@hotmail.com] > > > > > >> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 1:55 PM > > > > > >> To: jeffreyj@borghoff.com; colby@nirvis.com > > > > > >> Cc: help@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > > >> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Just as an FYI, I haven't received ANY error messages since > > > > installing > > > > >the > > > > > >> 10/15 version a couple days ago. Is that the version you're on > > > > Jeffrey? > > > > >I > > > > > >> had been getting the same errors before my latest update. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> ----Original Message Follows---- > > > > > >> From: "Jeffrey J. Borghoff" > > > > > >> Reply-To: > > > > > >> To: > > > > > >> CC: , > > > > > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > > > > >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:38:55 -0400 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Colby, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I am consistently getting the following error message, "Advise > > > > marshal > > > > > >> failed" followed by "no slink", at which point the Slink-e server > > > > fails. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> This has been happening since the last two updates. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Please advise! > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Regards, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Jeffrey J. Borghoff > > > > > >> > > > > > >> [[ JEFFRE~1.VCF : 3640 in winmail.dat ]] > > > > > >> << winmail.dat >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> ______________________________________________________ > > > > > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > >> > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > Nirvis Systems > > http://www.nirvis.com > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From tom.hammond-doel@vixel.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:38:00 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:38:00 -0700 From: Tom Hammond-Doel tom.hammond-doel@vixel.com Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------73B6F5332B7118028E437229 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry, you need an NT Server to run user level access. 95/98 comes with dcomcnfg, but only so they can be seen by an NT server Simon Mason wrote: > Thanks for the response. What do you mean by the domain? I was not aware I > was using a domain on my local network, at least I don't think I configured > one anywhere. Also, whenever I try to configure based upon a user it says > no user list is available. The help files seem to point to the lack of NT > server as the issue here. One last thing, how do you load the DCOM on the > machines in the start-up, I can't find any executables that I could run? > > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Dave Kolb > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:59 PM > To: simon@themasons.net; slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM > > Windows 98 comes with DCOM. > > Go to start/run and do DCOMCNFG and it may ask you to configure for user > level security via the network icon. I think this just means you have to > logon as a specific user on the other machines. You should not need an NT > domain controller. > > Once it comes up, the Slink-e software should be in the application list and > if so you can configure it for other machines to access by userid that logs > onto those machines. Just don't use domain names and I would think this > should work. I do not have Slink-e not multiple machines installed yet > though I am planning to do both after I get my ducks lined up ... > > Note the COM server will have to be prestarted on the server machines as > DCOM on 98 will not automagically instantiate the server side software as it > will on an NT machine. That's OK as you can just put it in the startup menu. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Mason > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:36 PM > Subject: [slinkelist] Question about DCOM > > >I am trying to get another computer on my network to talk to the computer > >with the slinke attached using the DCOM utility. All of the machines on my > >home network are communicating via TCP/IP, but none are running Windows NT. > >All are running Windows 98 and 95. Much of the DCOM configuration appears > >to rely on user level access which can only be configured when you have an > >NT server running and everyone logs into it. Is there a way to get this > >working without NT or do I have to breakdown and install it on one of my > >machines? > > > > > >Simon D. S. Mason > >simon@themasons.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist --------------73B6F5332B7118028E437229 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="tom.hammond-doel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Tom Hammond-Doel Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="tom.hammond-doel.vcf" begin:vcard n:Hammond-Doel;Tom tel;fax:(425) 806-4050 tel;work:(425) 806-4029 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Vixel Corporation adr:;;11911 Northcreek Parkway S.;Bothell;WA;98011; version:2.1 email;internet:tom.hammond-doel@vixel.com title:Sr. Firmware Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;352 fn:Tom Hammond-Doel end:vcard --------------73B6F5332B7118028E437229-- From THarris@leasedirect.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:47:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:47:27 -0400 From: Harris, Terry THarris@leasedirect.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message I use Windows '98. I get the error. I do not get it when CDJ detects the player through its own internal means. I get it after I load the SLinkServ and EasyLearn. -----Original Message----- From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 1:09 PM To: Tom Gillispie; slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message OK. Here's the key question: Does SlinkeServ work with the given SlinkX client BEFORE this error happens (e.g. is able to send/receive data)? Or does it only happen when you try to start a new SlinkX? Colby A From cboles@nirvis.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 12:16:53 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 12:16:53 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message OK everyone, I've put a test version of slinkeserv.exe on the site for people to try to see if it solves the problem. Let me know if it seems to work or has the same problem. Make sure to run this executeable at least once so that it registers itself instead of your old version. When you are running a SlinkX app, double check that you are running the correct Slinkeserv by checking for the 10/25 date in the about box. http://www.nirvis.com/download/slinkeserv.exe Colby At 02:47 PM 10/25/99 -0400, Harris, Terry wrote: >I use Windows '98. >I get the error. >I do not get it when CDJ detects the player through its own internal means. >I get it after I load the SLinkServ and EasyLearn. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] >Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 1:09 PM >To: Tom Gillispie; slinkelist@nirvis.com >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message > > >OK. Here's the key question: Does SlinkeServ work with the given SlinkX >client BEFORE this error happens (e.g. is able to send/receive data)? Or >does it only happen when you try to start a new SlinkX? > >Colby > > >A > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:27:05 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:27:05 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Has any tested the possibility that you are receiving noise on the serial cable? If so, that may cause a loss of sync from computer to Slinke (I would think it is possible) and could explain the randomness of time till the error. How long are your serial cables, and are they run near any noisy equipment or power wires? From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:32:29 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:32:29 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ? For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the picture and it snaps into place and is great. When I close CDJ and start it again, my window position is lost. Am I missing an option? or is that just they way it has to be? Thank you. From THarris@leasedirect.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:17:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:17:07 -0400 From: Harris, Terry THarris@leasedirect.com Subject: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message My cable is a 40 ft long Cat-5 UTP Enhanced (rated to 100 Mhz) cable. It crosses several Romex power cables, but at 90 degree angles. The Cat-5 cable never makes a bend of greater than 90 degrees. All within spec... -----Original Message----- From: Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:27 PM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Advise Marshal Failed error message Has any tested the possibility that you are receiving noise on the serial cable? If so, that may cause a loss of sync from computer to Slinke (I would think it is possible) and could explain the randomness of time till the error. How long are your serial cables, and are they run near any noisy equipment or power wires? _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:59:01 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:59:01 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them Most Windows apps serialize their window position, size and state in the registry. I can send code if anyone needs it. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Keith To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:35 PM Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them > Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ? > >For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the >picture and it snaps into place and is great. When I close CDJ and >start it again, my window position is lost. Am I missing an option? or >is that just they way it has to be? > >Thank you. > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:05:39 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:05:39 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them Yes please. But these are the windows inside of the CDJ window, so I don't know if they are handled the same way by the OS in the Reg, or if this is something handled by CDJ itself. Keith Dave Kolb wrote: > Most Windows apps serialize their window position, size and state in the > registry. I can send code if anyone needs it. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:35 PM > Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them > > > Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ? > > > >For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the > >picture and it snaps into place and is great. When I close CDJ and > >start it again, my window position is lost. Am I missing an option? or > >is that just they way it has to be? > > > >Thank you. > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:00:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:00:34 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them Actually none of the window positions are handled by the OS per se. The app just typically uses the registry to remember it's position on the screen and can also remember it's internal windows state and resets those values when restarting later. Unfortunately there is no external utility I can post that can do this for an app that does not do it for itslef. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Keith To: Dave Kolb Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them >Yes please. > >But these are the windows inside of the CDJ window, so I don't know if they >are handled the same way by the OS in the Reg, or if this is something >handled by CDJ itself. > >Keith > >Dave Kolb wrote: > >> Most Windows apps serialize their window position, size and state in the >> registry. I can send code if anyone needs it. >> >> Dave >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Keith >> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:35 PM >> Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them >> >> > Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ? >> > >> >For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the >> >picture and it snaps into place and is great. When I close CDJ and >> >start it again, my window position is lost. Am I missing an option? or >> >is that just they way it has to be? >> > >> >Thank you. >> > >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From RJT4RE@aol.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:35:43 EDT Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:35:43 EDT From: RJT4RE@aol.com RJT4RE@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Database Conversion Problem I just downloaded and installed the latest version of CDJ. After doing so I decided to finally convert to the new Access database format. After having done the conversion I noticed that none of the CD's appeared with lyrics. After a bit of investigation, it appears that all the lyrics data was put into the NOTES section of the tracks. It would appear that there's a bug in the conversion routine. Is there any way that this can be easily fixed now that the database is already converted? Although I have the Access software, I know nothing about it's capabilities. Can this be used to help fix it? Does it allow you to copy a "columns" worth of data from one to another as in Excel? Any advice would be appreciated. Rich Trimble From cboles@nirvis.com Mon, 25 Oct 1999 22:57:05 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 22:57:05 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them CDJ does persist a number of window states. Some windows use docking window class code that I didn't write however. The sizing of these windows is "path dependent" and can't simply be recreated by recalling some rectangle sizes from the registry. Eventually I may dump these and solve the problem in the process. For now, CDJ *does* remember the size of these windows, but you must leave them in their preferred initial docking positions. Colby At 09:00 PM 10/25/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: >Actually none of the window positions are handled by the OS per se. The app >just typically uses the registry to remember it's position on the screen and >can also remember it's internal windows state and resets those values when >restarting later. Unfortunately there is no external utility I can post that >can do this for an app that does not do it for itslef. > >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: Keith >To: Dave Kolb >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:06 PM >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them > > > >Yes please. > > > >But these are the windows inside of the CDJ window, so I don't know if they > >are handled the same way by the OS in the Reg, or if this is something > >handled by CDJ itself. > > > >Keith > > > >Dave Kolb wrote: > > > >> Most Windows apps serialize their window position, size and state in the > >> registry. I can send code if anyone needs it. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Keith > >> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:35 PM > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them > >> > >> > Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ? > >> > > >> >For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the > >> >picture and it snaps into place and is great. When I close CDJ and > >> >start it again, my window position is lost. Am I missing an option? or > >> >is that just they way it has to be? > >> > > >> >Thank you. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:20:04 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:20:04 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them That answers my question fully, I will just have to be patient and wait :-| Colby, you must be a *very* busy guy. Thank you. Keith Colby Boles wrote: > CDJ does persist a number of window states. Some windows use docking window > class code that I didn't write however. The sizing of these windows is > "path dependent" and can't simply be recreated by recalling some rectangle > sizes from the registry. Eventually I may dump these and solve the problem > in the process. For now, CDJ *does* remember the size of these windows, but > you must leave them in their preferred initial docking positions. > > Colby > > At 09:00 PM 10/25/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: > >Actually none of the window positions are handled by the OS per se. The app > >just typically uses the registry to remember it's position on the screen and > >can also remember it's internal windows state and resets those values when > >restarting later. Unfortunately there is no external utility I can post that > >can do this for an app that does not do it for itslef. > > > >Dave > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Keith > >To: Dave Kolb > >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:06 PM > >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them > > > > > > >Yes please. > > > > > >But these are the windows inside of the CDJ window, so I don't know if they > > >are handled the same way by the OS in the Reg, or if this is something > > >handled by CDJ itself. > > > > > >Keith > > > > > >Dave Kolb wrote: > > > > > >> Most Windows apps serialize their window position, size and state in the > > >> registry. I can send code if anyone needs it. > > >> > > >> Dave > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Keith > > >> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:35 PM > > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them > > >> > > >> > Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ? > > >> > > > >> >For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the > > >> >picture and it snaps into place and is great. When I close CDJ and > > >> >start it again, my window position is lost. Am I missing an option? or > > >> >is that just they way it has to be? > > >> > > > >> >Thank you. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >_______________________________________________ > > >> >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > Nirvis Systems > http://www.nirvis.com > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:37:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:37:30 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] CD-RW and Sony changers I found by accident that my CX240 will read CD-RW media just fine. It is a changer with CD Text capability and is last years model. This leads me to believe that any changer with CD Text may read CD-RW's. Just some info if anyone is interested....... Keith From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 08:44:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 08:44:41 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. Because CDJ doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group information to the player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The trouble is that CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to -1. It would be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing disc some other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have suggested negative player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing discs and what slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query within Access for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. Any other ideas how to solve this? From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:44:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:44:30 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks from the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn completion save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there in the library! Very cool. Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything automatic is cool ... hehe. Keith From bhunt01@ibm.net Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:29:34 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:29:34 -0700 From: Brian L Hunt bhunt01@ibm.net Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they were in? That's the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that are empty as far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and tell it to search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. So once in a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to dinner while it does it. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Mike Kropp > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. Because CDJ > doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group information to the > player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > trouble is that > CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is > missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > -1. It would > be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > disc some > other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > suggested negative > player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > > Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > discs and what > slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query within Access > for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > > Any other ideas how to solve this? > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From pfaffman@relax.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:45:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:45:18 -0500 From: Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:29:34 -0700, "Brian L Hunt" said: > Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they were in? That's > the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that are empty as > far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and tell it to > search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. So once in > a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to dinner while > it does it. The only problem with going out to dinner (a technique that I have tried) is that when get back I've gotten that "this disk's times don't match up, delete this disc and try again" error & it hangs until you press return. When that happens at disk 100 of (only) 400, it's rather a drag. The other problem is that the "upload disk titles" feature doesn't seem to clear out the disk titles for disks that have been removed, so if you're not using CDJ, then the player has the wrong information showing. -- Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com +1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home) http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/ From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:54:05 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:54:05 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard drive after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in the changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes also, but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to those slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at least download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on the interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for comparison. I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the plugin for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. Keith Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > Keith wrote: > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks from > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn completion > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there > > in the library! Very cool. > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy > at 8 speed write. > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > It sure is.. From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:04:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:04:21 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without CDJ (gasp!). Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD player when it refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it does somewhat unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also doesn't erase the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is important as the computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but I like this stuff to be in synch. --Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they were in? That's > the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that > are empty as > far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and tell it to > search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. > So once in > a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to dinner while > it does it. > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > Behalf Of Mike Kropp > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. > Because CDJ > > doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group > information to the > > player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > > trouble is that > > CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is > > missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > > -1. It would > > be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > > disc some > > other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > > suggested negative > > player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > > > > Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > > discs and what > > slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query > within Access > > for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > > > > Any other ideas how to solve this? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > From donm@citrix.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:20:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:20:17 -0400 From: Don Messerli donm@citrix.com Subject: [slinkelist] Documentation for C++ Classes Is there documentation for the C++ classes that ship with CDJ? Don From cboles@nirvis.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:26:21 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:26:21 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 or 90ES, it should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old memos if there is interest. Colby At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: >Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without CDJ (gasp!). >Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD player when it >refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it does somewhat >unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also doesn't erase >the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is important as the >computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but I like this >stuff to be in synch. > >--Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM > > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they were in? That's > > the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that > > are empty as > > far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and tell it to > > search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. > > So once in > > a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to dinner while > > it does it. > > > > Brian > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > > Behalf Of Mike Kropp > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > > > > We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. > > Because CDJ > > > doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group > > information to the > > > player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > > > trouble is that > > > CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is > > > missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > > > -1. It would > > > be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > > > disc some > > > other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > > > suggested negative > > > player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > > > > > > Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > > > discs and what > > > slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query > > within Access > > > for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > > > > > > Any other ideas how to solve this? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From dale@theandrens.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:43:52 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:43:52 -0500 From: Dale Andren dale@theandrens.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs Colby, The blank old memo's feature would be really cool. Dale ----- Original Message ----- From: Colby Boles To: ; Brian L Hunt ; Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 3:26 PM Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 or 90ES, it > should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old memos if there > is interest. > > Colby > > At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: > >Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without CDJ (gasp!). > >Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD player when it > >refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it does somewhat > >unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also doesn't erase > >the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is important as the > >computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but I like this > >stuff to be in synch. > > > >--Mike > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM > > > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > > > > Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they were in? That's > > > the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that > > > are empty as > > > far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and tell it to > > > search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. > > > So once in > > > a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to dinner while > > > it does it. > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > > > Behalf Of Mike Kropp > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > > > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > > > > > > > We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. > > > Because CDJ > > > > doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group > > > information to the > > > > player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > > > > trouble is that > > > > CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is > > > > missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > > > > -1. It would > > > > be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > > > > disc some > > > > other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > > > > suggested negative > > > > player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > > > > > > > > Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > > > > discs and what > > > > slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query > > > within Access > > > > for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > > > > > > > > Any other ideas how to solve this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > Nirvis Systems > http://www.nirvis.com > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:15:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:15:08 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs CDP-CX300. It usually takes a couple tries -- especially if it is a new disc. Seems to want to download it's own version of the memo rather than what I type. Blanking memos is of interest but only if group info can dealt with too. That's currently disabled and of no use. I'm really most interested in maintaining disc location info. It makes it easier to find discs -- especially discs you take frequently. You sort of get used to where they are. CDJ is such a cool app. It sort of needs the fit-and-finish step to make it really stand out. > -----Original Message----- > From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:26 PM > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Brian L Hunt; slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 > or 90ES, it > should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old memos if there > is interest. > > Colby > > At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: > >Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without CDJ (gasp!). > >Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD > player when it > >refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it > does somewhat > >unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also > doesn't erase > >the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is important as the > >computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but > I like this > >stuff to be in synch. > > > >--Mike > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM > > > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > > > > Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they > were in? That's > > > the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that > > > are empty as > > > far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and > tell it to > > > search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. > > > So once in > > > a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to > dinner while > > > it does it. > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > > Behalf Of Mike Kropp > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > > > > We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. > > Because CDJ > > > doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group > > information to the > > > player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > > > trouble is that > > > CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is > > > missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > > > -1. It would > > > be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > > > disc some > > > other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > > > suggested negative > > > player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > > > > > > Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > > > discs and what > > > slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query > > within Access > > > for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > > > > > > Any other ideas how to solve this? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:30:41 PDT Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:30:41 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? Has anyone made a device file for the Sony STR-DE935? (or 835) It's their A/V receiver with Dolby Digital and DTS. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:01:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:01:16 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? I made an IR device file for the 835 that I use with Total Control if that helps at all. Keith From parkdog@ix.netcom.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:38:29 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:38:29 -0500 From: Marc Parker parkdog@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs Where do you take them? The reason I ask, is I have made it LAW that no one removes ANY thing from my changers once they are loaded. If someone wants to play something on another CD plyaer, Tape deck or Mini Disc, I make them a copy of what they want. May sound a bit rigid, but avoids the wear and tear as well as the confusion. THe up side is I can give them exactly what they want. I find playlists a most valuable aspect of CDJ. Are you taking them out of the house? (Car?). Just curious. Parker > From: "Mike Kropp" > Reply-To: > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:15:08 -0400 > To: "Colby Boles" , > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > CDP-CX300. It usually takes a couple tries -- especially if it is a new > disc. Seems to want to download it's own version of the memo rather than > what I type. > > Blanking memos is of interest but only if group info can dealt with too. > That's currently disabled and of no use. > > I'm really most interested in maintaining disc location info. It makes it > easier to find discs -- especially discs you take frequently. You sort of > get used to where they are. > > CDJ is such a cool app. It sort of needs the fit-and-finish step to make it > really stand out. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:26 PM >> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Brian L Hunt; slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >> >> >> What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 >> or 90ES, it >> should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old memos if there >> is interest. >> >> Colby >> >> At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: >>> Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without CDJ (gasp!). >>> Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD >> player when it >>> refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it >> does somewhat >>> unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also >> doesn't erase >>> the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is important as the >>> computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but >> I like this >>> stuff to be in synch. >>> >>> --Mike >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM >>>> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com >>>> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >>>> >>>> >>>> Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they >> were in? That's >>>> the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that >>>> are empty as >>>> far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and >> tell it to >>>> search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. >>>> So once in >>>> a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to >> dinner while >>>> it does it. >>>> >>>> Brian >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >>>> Behalf Of Mike Kropp >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM >>>> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >>>> Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >>>> >>>> >>>> We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. >>> Because CDJ >>>> doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group >>> information to the >>>> player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The >>>> trouble is that >>>> CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is >>>> missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to >>>> -1. It would >>>> be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing >>>> disc some >>>> other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have >>>> suggested negative >>>> player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. >>>> >>>> Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing >>>> discs and what >>>> slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query >>> within Access >>>> for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. >>>> >>>> Any other ideas how to solve this? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >>>> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > Nirvis Systems > http://www.nirvis.com > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:28:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:28:56 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs Mostly they go to the car. My wife sometimes takes a few to listen to at work. Sometimes the kids take them to their rooms to listen on their CD players. Tapes and MiniDiscs don't work as neither car has one of those. Besides, when I'm leaving, I want what I want at that moment, not what may already be on another format, nor can I wait to create that format. In an ideal world I would have multiple copies of popular discs. But then I wouldn't solve the major storage problem I had either. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Parker [mailto:parkdog@ix.netcom.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:38 PM > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Colby Boles; slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > Where do you take them? The reason I ask, is I have made it LAW > that no one > removes ANY thing from my changers once they are loaded. If > someone wants to > play something on another CD plyaer, Tape deck or Mini Disc, I make them a > copy of what they want. May sound a bit rigid, but avoids the > wear and tear > as well as the confusion. THe up side is I can give them exactly what they > want. I find playlists a most valuable aspect of CDJ. > > Are you taking them out of the house? (Car?). > > Just curious. > > Parker > > > From: "Mike Kropp" > > Reply-To: > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:15:08 -0400 > > To: "Colby Boles" , > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > CDP-CX300. It usually takes a couple tries -- especially if it is a new > > disc. Seems to want to download it's own version of the memo > rather than > > what I type. > > > > Blanking memos is of interest but only if group info can dealt with too. > > That's currently disabled and of no use. > > > > I'm really most interested in maintaining disc location info. > It makes it > > easier to find discs -- especially discs you take frequently. > You sort of > > get used to where they are. > > > > CDJ is such a cool app. It sort of needs the fit-and-finish > step to make it > > really stand out. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:26 PM > >> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Brian L Hunt; slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > >> > >> > >> What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 > >> or 90ES, it > >> should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old > memos if there > >> is interest. > >> > >> Colby > >> > >> At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: > >>> Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without > CDJ (gasp!). > >>> Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD > >> player when it > >>> refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it > >> does somewhat > >>> unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also > >> doesn't erase > >>> the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is > important as the > >>> computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but > >> I like this > >>> stuff to be in synch. > >>> > >>> --Mike > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM > >>>> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > >>>> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they > >> were in? That's > >>>> the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that > >>>> are empty as > >>>> far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and > >> tell it to > >>>> search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. > >>>> So once in > >>>> a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to > >> dinner while > >>>> it does it. > >>>> > >>>> Brian > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com > > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > >>>> Behalf Of Mike Kropp > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > >>>> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > >>>> Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. > >>> Because CDJ > >>>> doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group > >>> information to the > >>>> player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > >>>> trouble is that > >>>> CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that > a disc is > >>>> missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > >>>> -1. It would > >>>> be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > >>>> disc some > >>>> other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > >>>> suggested negative > >>>> player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > >>>> > >>>> Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > >>>> discs and what > >>>> slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query > >>> within Access > >>>> for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > >>>> > >>>> Any other ideas how to solve this? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >>>> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > Nirvis Systems > > http://www.nirvis.com > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:50:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:50:34 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? Yes, I believe the 935 does, but my 835 does not. I have read that if you use the S-link port (Control A1 II) you must disable the two way operation of the remote. But, if the IR device file works, you may be able to leave the 2-way operation of the remote enabled. Keith Don Stephens wrote: > Does the STR-DE935 have the two-way remote? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith > To: > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:01 PM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? > > > I made an IR device file for the 835 that I use with Total Control > > if that helps at all. > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From bhunt01@ibm.net Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:09:18 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:09:18 -0700 From: Brian L Hunt bhunt01@ibm.net Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs All, here's my summary of this whole issue (please note I did send a variant of this from another e-mail address this morning but the slinkelist server is holding it as that email ID is not registered on the list. Smart move but if it ever comes through you can all just delete it) Colby, rather than a clear text facility, why not modify the upload text function to clear the text in the slots it is about to upload for before loading? While more features is nice there is a fine line when too many features results in customer confusion and complexity. Mark, it seems to me that one of the real benefits of CDJ is that it eliminates the CD to slot relationship that the native player has. With the native player you have to leave the CD in the slot if you are going to name it. Moving CDs means redefining names. CDJ breaks that and introduces a link from CD to ID and then finds IDs in slots if correctly prompted. It also keeps a record of all IDs ever seen which the native player does not. Therefore one of the main benefits is that you can pull out a handful of CDs and lend them to your friends, wife etc without worrying about slot positions. The only problems is tracking who has them and getting them back but that's a function of the friends you pick. Mike, Let me see if I can explain what I do and you tell me where you have problems. - CDJ does not automatically upload text to the CD. If you want that you need to tell it to upload - CDJ, by default, only checks in slots that it has reason to think are empty. CDJ only seems to recognize a slot as being empty if a) there was no CD in that slot last time it took inventory or b) in the case where you took a CD out, you tell it to search that slot. It will only search the slot if you tell it to search every slot i.e. the "tedious" choice or check for missing. The default of check empty slots will only check those that it CDJ knew were empty (that's why the empty is in quote marks). So when you take a bunch of discs out/put some discs back in the sequence of events would be 1)Get CDJ to understand what's where by selecting library, search for discs, then 'look in "empty" and check for missing' or 'look in every slot (tedious)' Note from the CDJ help - when using 'look in "empty" and check for missing' - in addition verifies that discs are present in the slots CDJ thinks are full. CDJ does not verify that the discs are the correct ones in the library, only that discs are present. Bear in mind that you can limit the range that either of these two scan through by setting a range of slots to search. Unfortunately this range limiting only works if you are scanning one CD player. If you select "all" CD players (for those who have multiple carousels) the range limiting is not available. Also be sure that the 'Queue discs for later CDDB lookup' option is checked unless you have a permanent live internet connection. 2) Go to dinner - (Jay Pfaffman, I am not sure why you are getting the "this discs times don't match" message) 3) When you get back from dinner and all is done then lookup any CDs from CDDB if necessary using "Lookup Queued" i.e. when you have added discs that CDJ has not previously seen. (Or maybe while coming back from dinner you stopped by the local CD store and made some purchases!) 4) Finally upload text to players. If you don't do this then the player's text information is not updated. Once you have done all this then - CDJ will know what's really in each slot - the CD players will have the correct text information for each slot - the slot information in the CDJ database will correctly reflect the information - any slots that no longer have a CD may still have text - this is the one glitch You can then use the CD player without CDJ and get correct displays I have tested all this (using the tedious choice)and then run the resultant access database into through an access to mobile-db converter and loaded the result into my Palm so I am happy that this does re-sync everything. Now tell me where this fails and we will be closer to the true problem. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Mike Kropp > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:29 PM > To: Marc Parker; Colby Boles; slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > Mostly they go to the car. My wife sometimes takes a few to listen to at > work. Sometimes the kids take them to their rooms to listen on their CD > players. Tapes and MiniDiscs don't work as neither car has one of those. > Besides, when I'm leaving, I want what I want at that moment, not what may > already be on another format, nor can I wait to create that format. > > In an ideal world I would have multiple copies of popular discs. > But then I > wouldn't solve the major storage problem I had either. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marc Parker [mailto:parkdog@ix.netcom.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:38 PM > > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Colby Boles; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > Where do you take them? The reason I ask, is I have made it LAW > > that no one > > removes ANY thing from my changers once they are loaded. If > > someone wants to > > play something on another CD plyaer, Tape deck or Mini Disc, I > make them a > > copy of what they want. May sound a bit rigid, but avoids the > > wear and tear > > as well as the confusion. THe up side is I can give them > exactly what they > > want. I find playlists a most valuable aspect of CDJ. > > > > Are you taking them out of the house? (Car?). > > > > Just curious. > > > > Parker > > > > > From: "Mike Kropp" > > > Reply-To: > > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:15:08 -0400 > > > To: "Colby Boles" , > > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > CDP-CX300. It usually takes a couple tries -- especially if > it is a new > > > disc. Seems to want to download it's own version of the memo > > rather than > > > what I type. > > > > > > Blanking memos is of interest but only if group info can > dealt with too. > > > That's currently disabled and of no use. > > > > > > I'm really most interested in maintaining disc location info. > > It makes it > > > easier to find discs -- especially discs you take frequently. > > You sort of > > > get used to where they are. > > > > > > CDJ is such a cool app. It sort of needs the fit-and-finish > > step to make it > > > really stand out. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:26 PM > > >> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Brian L Hunt; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > >> > > >> > > >> What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 > > >> or 90ES, it > > >> should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old > > memos if there > > >> is interest. > > >> > > >> Colby > > >> > > >> At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: > > >>> Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without > > CDJ (gasp!). > > >>> Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD > > >> player when it > > >>> refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it > > >> does somewhat > > >>> unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also > > >> doesn't erase > > >>> the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is > > important as the > > >>> computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but > > >> I like this > > >>> stuff to be in synch. > > >>> > > >>> --Mike > > >>> > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>> From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM > > >>>> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >>>> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they > > >> were in? That's > > >>>> the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that > > >>>> are empty as > > >>>> far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and > > >> tell it to > > >>>> search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. > > >>>> So once in > > >>>> a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to > > >> dinner while > > >>>> it does it. > > >>>> > > >>>> Brian > > >>>> > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com > > > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > >>>> Behalf Of Mike Kropp > > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > > >>>> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >>>> Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. > > >>> Because CDJ > > >>>> doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group > > >>> information to the > > >>>> player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > > >>>> trouble is that > > >>>> CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that > > a disc is > > >>>> missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > > >>>> -1. It would > > >>>> be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > > >>>> disc some > > >>>> other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > > >>>> suggested negative > > >>>> player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > > >>>> > > >>>> Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > > >>>> discs and what > > >>>> slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query > > >>> within Access > > >>>> for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > > >>>> > > >>>> Any other ideas how to solve this? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >>>> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > Nirvis Systems > > > http://www.nirvis.com > > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From MrGolden@swbell.net Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:47:39 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:47:39 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs This is what you need :) http://www.arrakis-systems.com/No%20Frames/ConsumerMarket/DL4/houseaudio.htm l ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Kropp To: Marc Parker ; Colby Boles ; Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:28 PM Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > Mostly they go to the car. My wife sometimes takes a few to listen to at > work. Sometimes the kids take them to their rooms to listen on their CD > players. Tapes and MiniDiscs don't work as neither car has one of those. > Besides, when I'm leaving, I want what I want at that moment, not what may > already be on another format, nor can I wait to create that format. > > In an ideal world I would have multiple copies of popular discs. But then I > wouldn't solve the major storage problem I had either. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marc Parker [mailto:parkdog@ix.netcom.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:38 PM > > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Colby Boles; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > Where do you take them? The reason I ask, is I have made it LAW > > that no one > > removes ANY thing from my changers once they are loaded. If > > someone wants to > > play something on another CD plyaer, Tape deck or Mini Disc, I make them a > > copy of what they want. May sound a bit rigid, but avoids the > > wear and tear > > as well as the confusion. THe up side is I can give them exactly what they > > want. I find playlists a most valuable aspect of CDJ. > > > > Are you taking them out of the house? (Car?). > > > > Just curious. > > > > Parker > > > > > From: "Mike Kropp" > > > Reply-To: > > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:15:08 -0400 > > > To: "Colby Boles" , > > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > CDP-CX300. It usually takes a couple tries -- especially if it is a new > > > disc. Seems to want to download it's own version of the memo > > rather than > > > what I type. > > > > > > Blanking memos is of interest but only if group info can dealt with too. > > > That's currently disabled and of no use. > > > > > > I'm really most interested in maintaining disc location info. > > It makes it > > > easier to find discs -- especially discs you take frequently. > > You sort of > > > get used to where they are. > > > > > > CDJ is such a cool app. It sort of needs the fit-and-finish > > step to make it > > > really stand out. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:26 PM > > >> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Brian L Hunt; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > >> > > >> > > >> What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 > > >> or 90ES, it > > >> should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old > > memos if there > > >> is interest. > > >> > > >> Colby > > >> > > >> At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: > > >>> Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without > > CDJ (gasp!). > > >>> Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD > > >> player when it > > >>> refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it > > >> does somewhat > > >>> unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also > > >> doesn't erase > > >>> the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is > > important as the > > >>> computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but > > >> I like this > > >>> stuff to be in synch. > > >>> > > >>> --Mike > > >>> > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>> From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM > > >>>> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >>>> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they > > >> were in? That's > > >>>> the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that > > >>>> are empty as > > >>>> far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and > > >> tell it to > > >>>> search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. > > >>>> So once in > > >>>> a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to > > >> dinner while > > >>>> it does it. > > >>>> > > >>>> Brian > > >>>> > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com > > > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > >>>> Behalf Of Mike Kropp > > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM > > >>>> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >>>> Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. > > >>> Because CDJ > > >>>> doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group > > >>> information to the > > >>>> player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The > > >>>> trouble is that > > >>>> CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that > > a disc is > > >>>> missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to > > >>>> -1. It would > > >>>> be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing > > >>>> disc some > > >>>> other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have > > >>>> suggested negative > > >>>> player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. > > >>>> > > >>>> Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing > > >>>> discs and what > > >>>> slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query > > >>> within Access > > >>>> for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. > > >>>> > > >>>> Any other ideas how to solve this? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >>>> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > Nirvis Systems > > > http://www.nirvis.com > > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From jfgast@email.msn.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:33:59 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:33:59 -0700 From: Jim Gast jfgast@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ Keith hi, Do you create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in with the DFX DSP active or does the DFX plug-in have its own WAV out. Thanks. Regards, JIM GAST -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On Behalf Of Keith Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:54 AM To: Richard Malcolm-Smith Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard drive after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in the changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes also, but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to those slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at least download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on the interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for comparison. I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the plugin for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. Keith Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > Keith wrote: > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks from > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn completion > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there > > in the library! Very cool. > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy > at 8 speed write. > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > It sure is.. _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:18:14 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:18:14 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ Sorry for not specifying. Yes, I do create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in with the DFX DSP active. I wish there was a more elegant way of doing this, but that plug-in does seem to make better CD's from MP3's. P.S. I ONLY use the fidelity enhancement, the ambiance seems to be to artificial, and the dynamic boost is only useful sometimes, and the 3D sound is unavailable in the shareware/demo version. Keith Jim Gast wrote: > Keith hi, > > Do you create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer > plug-in with the DFX DSP active or does the DFX plug-in have its own WAV > out. Thanks. > > Regards, > > JIM GAST > > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On > Behalf Of Keith > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:54 AM > To: Richard Malcolm-Smith > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard drive > after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in the > changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. > > Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes > also, > but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to those > slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored > fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at > least > download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on > the > interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for comparison. > > I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the plugin > for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. > > Keith > > Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > > > Keith wrote: > > > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation > > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks from > > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn completion > > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there > > > in the library! Very cool. > > > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy > > at 8 speed write. > > > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything > > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > > > It sure is.. > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:56:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:56:50 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs I just got the awesome CD300 too. Easily sucked my whole CD collection in. Now I need more CDs and the SLinke hooked up ;-) Won't be for a while though as my wire closet assembly is a month out at least but I am very much looking forward to it. Meanwhile I sit typing at my PC with my Sony remote handy to kill random plays I do not like. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Mike Kropp To: Colby Boles ; slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 6:17 PM Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >CDP-CX300. It usually takes a couple tries -- especially if it is a new >disc. Seems to want to download it's own version of the memo rather than >what I type. > >Blanking memos is of interest but only if group info can dealt with too. >That's currently disabled and of no use. > >I'm really most interested in maintaining disc location info. It makes it >easier to find discs -- especially discs you take frequently. You sort of >get used to where they are. > >CDJ is such a cool app. It sort of needs the fit-and-finish step to make it >really stand out. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Colby Boles [mailto:cboles@nirvis.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:26 PM >> To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; Brian L Hunt; slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >> >> >> What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 >> or 90ES, it >> should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old memos if there >> is interest. >> >> Colby >> >> At 11:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Mike Kropp wrote: >> >Main reason I care is sometimes I use the CD players without CDJ (gasp!). >> >Besides, CDJ does not update the slot information in the CD >> player when it >> >refinds the disc. It doesn't download the disc memo (which it >> does somewhat >> >unreliably anyway) and it doesn't download the group. It also >> doesn't erase >> >the same information from the empty slot. Disc memo is important as the >> >computer controlling this is in another room. Call me anal but >> I like this >> >stuff to be in synch. >> > >> >--Mike >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] >> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM >> > > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com >> > > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >> > > >> > > >> > > Just to ask the obvious, why do you care which slots they >> were in? That's >> > > the beauty of CDJ. You can get it to search all the slots that >> > > are empty as >> > > far as it is concerned. So put the CDs in any empty slot and >> tell it to >> > > search. Yes it does get a bit out of sync with a lot of swapping. >> > > So once in >> > > a while tell it to search every slot and take the wife out to >> dinner while >> > > it does it. >> > > >> > > Brian >> > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com >[mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >> > > Behalf Of Mike Kropp >> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:45 AM >> > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> > > Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >> > > >> > > >> > > We regularly remove and replace discs from our two changers. >> > Because CDJ >> > > doesn't automatically reupload the memo text, and group >> > information to the >> > > player, we put them back in the slots they came out of. The >> > > trouble is that >> > > CDJ doesn't make it easy to do that. Once it discovers that a disc is >> > > missing, it sets the player and disc fields of the database to >> > > -1. It would >> > > be nice if it retained that information and indicated the missing >> > > disc some >> > > other way ("Location Valid" field maybe?). I would have >> > > suggested negative >> > > player and disc numbers but the player is 0-based. >> > > >> > > Anyway, a real nice feature would be to get a list of missing >> > > discs and what >> > > slots they're supposed to be in. I was going to do a query >> > within Access >> > > for this but couldn't figure a good way to do that. >> > > >> > > Any other ideas how to solve this? >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> > > >> > >> > >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >>http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > >Nirvis Systems >http://www.nirvis.com >http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From davekolb@email.msn.com Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:59:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:59:21 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Good or bad brands for IR? Are some equipment brands particularly good or bad in respect to IR training or prebuilt device files? Karman Hardon receivers? Thanks, Dave From Welfringer@Access1.net Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:17:21 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:17:21 -0700 From: Jon Welfringer Welfringer@Access1.net Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? The following text is a file I've made for my STR-DA50ES receiver. Most of the items should be applicable to the 835, 935 and others. -Jon ## CUT HERE ##--------------------------------- # STR-DA50ES Slink Send commands. name=ampsls include=sonycs.cde TYPE=SLINK prefix= suffix= # Note that there are not any prefix/suffix used. # The 30/50ES receivers use multiple prefixes. # Each section listed below has the prefix included # in the individual commands. # These are the direct selection codes for the various receiver inputs. 1100000001010000000000000000:input_tuner 1100000001010000000000010000:input_phono 1100000001010000000000100000:input_cd 1100000001010000000001000000:input_md 1100000001010000000000110000:input_md2 1100000001010000000001010000:input_tape 1100000001010000000100000000:input_video_1 1100000001010000000100010000:input_video_2 1100000001010000000100100000:input_video_3 1100000001010000000101010000:input_dvd_ld 1100000001010000000101100000:input_tv_dbs # These are the direct selection codes for all sound fields supported. 110000110101000100000000:sound_field_off 110000110101000100000001:normal_surround 110000110101000100000010:cinema_studio_a 110000110101000100000011:cinema_studio_b 110000110101000100000100:cinema_studio_c 110000110101000100000101:night_theater 110000110101000100000110:mono_movie 110000110101000100000111:stereo_movie 110000110101000100001000:v_multi_rear 110000110101000100001001:v_multi_dim 110000110101000100001010:v_theater_a 110000110101000100001011:v_theater_b 110000110101000100001100:v_theater_c 110000110101000100001101:v_enhanced_a 110000110101000100001110:v_enhanced_b 110000110101000100001111:v_semi_mult_dim 110000110101000100010000:v_semi_theater_a 110000110101000100010001:v_semi_theater_b 110000110101000100010010:v_semi_theater_c 110000110101000100010011:small_hall 110000110101000100010100:large_hall 110000110101000100010101:opera_house 110000110101000100010110:jazz_club 110000110101000100010111:disco_club 110000110101000100011000:church 110000110101000100011001:live_house 110000110101000100011010:arena 110000110101000100011011:stadium 110000110101000100011100:game 110000110101000100011101:auto_format_decoding # These are miscellaneous control options. 1100000000010100:vol+ 1100000000010101:vol- 1100000001000000:volume 1100000000000110:mute_on 1100000000000111:mute_off 1100000000101110:power_on 1100000000101111:power_off 1110111100010110:am_fm_toggle # These are sound field control options. 1100001100000100:sound_field_on 1100001100000101:sound_field_off2 1100001100001010:sound_field_genre_cycle 1100001100001011:sound_field_mode_cycle 1100001110000011:rear_balance_zero 1100001110000000:rear_level_zero 1100001100010000:rear_level_plus 1100001100010001:rear_level_minus 1100001110000001:center_level_zero 1100001100010010:center_level_plus 1100001100010011:center_level_minus 1100001110000010:sub_level_zero 1100001100010100:sub_level_plus 1100001100010101:sub_level_minus 1100001110000110:d_range_comp_off 1100001110000111:lfe_mix_zero 1100001110010000:front_bass_zero ## CUT HERE ##--------------------------------- Keith wrote: > > Yes, I believe the 935 does, but my 835 does not. I have read that if > you use the S-link port (Control A1 II) you must disable the two way > operation of the remote. But, if the IR device file works, you may be able > to leave the 2-way operation of the remote enabled. > > Keith > > Don Stephens wrote: > > > Does the STR-DE935 have the two-way remote? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Keith > > To: > > Cc: > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:01 PM > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? > > > > > I made an IR device file for the 835 that I use with Total Control > > > if that helps at all. > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From will@airmail.net Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:22:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:22:08 -0500 From: William Hollingworth will@airmail.net Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? A couple of weeks ago I seem to remember someone mentioning that they were working on a "Covers" clone type program, but were stuck with the Access database format. I've tried using the latest covers program but found it "flakey" to say the least (quits after a while with an error -5xx). I was thinking of writing an app myself to use the muze site instead, but wanted to know if anyone else was working on a similar app also? Also if anyone has any pointers to accessing the CDJ database from within VC++, they would be much appreciated. Thanks Will From RJT4RE@aol.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:39:21 EDT Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:39:21 EDT From: RJT4RE@aol.com RJT4RE@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs There are other reasons to want to replace them in there original slot. Myself, I have a PHAST Home Automation System that displays the Artist/Disc information on LCD keypads around the house. This information was put in through a very long and manual process fro each changer/slot. If CD's were shuffled around it would result in erroneous entries and/or an ongoing maintenance task to keep them in sync. So if I had to vote I would say gray it out but keep the original player info. This would actually save me from having to refer to (and constantly print out) the manual list of discs when replacing CD's. Rich Trimble From AndyStein@aol.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:41:59 EDT Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:41:59 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs About half the time I attempt to upload titles, artists, and tracks for a slave connected to either a CDP-CX270 or a CDP-CX90ES, CDJ instead writes the information to the same-numbered slot of the master, e.g., if I am uploading information for slave disc 122, the information goes to master disc 122. To make things work, I usually use the remote to select a disc on the master and then restart CDJ. Generally, CDJ then uploads properly, letting the master know that the information belongs to a slave disc. Is there a way to fix CDJ to make this procedure unnecessary? Andrew In a message dated 10/26/99 1:27:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cboles@nirvis.com writes: << What player are you uploading to? As long as it's not the CX270 or 90ES, it should be very reliable. We can add an option to blank old memos if there is interest. Colby >> From michael@laserle.fi Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:09:29 +0200 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:09:29 +0200 From: Michael Holopainen michael@laserle.fi Subject: [slinkelist] Few Tips For Scanning CD Cover Here are few things I found out the hard way (after 200+ scans). 1. You should scan the pictures with big resolution (I used 600 DPI for cd covers 400 DPI for LP) 2. Optimal Scan area for CD cover is 11,85 cm * 11,85 cm 3. Then reduce the resolution with Propriet prog. (Adobe Photoshop) 200 DPI and size 480 X 480 pixels. 4. After that save as .jpg with picture quality 6. This way I managed to get every picture file to size of 20 000-150 000 Kb avarage about 60 000. Picture quality is good enough for 800 X 600 screen sezolution which is max what tv-screen (VGA to TV) can handle. There are greater rezolution available, but 800 X 600 is max because of TV picture structural limitations. 1000+ rez might be ok for games but you just can't read text from tv screen in 1000+ rezolution. In normal tv even 800 X 600 might too much. Scanning LP covers with 20cm X 30cm scanner, is a real pain in ... , my advice is: try to get cd cover of those records or download pic's from bands homepage. I know this is not much, but at least a starting point for someone who is thinking of buying a cheap (600-1200DPI) scanner and scanning all his/her record covers (and vinyl's to MP3). These settings were for Mustek 12000 -Scanner and Adobe PhotoShop 5. -michael (A) From aue@nirvis.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:14:38 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:14:38 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Database Conversion Problem The old database didn't have an explicit lyrics field, just a notes field, so lyrics stored in the old notes field are transferred into the notes field of the new database format. Back up you user.mdb database before doing this!! Open the user.mdb file in Access then open up the 'Tracks' table and select the 'Notes' column by clicking on 'Notes' along the top of the window. You will have to scroll horizontally to find the 'Notes' field. Once the column is selected use 'Edit/Cut' to cut this info to the clipboard. Now select the 'Lyrics' column the same way you selected the notes column and use 'Edit/Paste' to put the info into the lyrics fields. If you have any Lyrics associated with whole albums you will need to do this same procedure in the 'Albums' table too. David Aue Nirvis Systems At 10:35 PM 10/25/99 , you wrote: >I just downloaded and installed the latest version of CDJ. After doing so I >decided to finally convert to the new Access database format. After having >done the conversion I noticed that none of the CD's appeared with lyrics. >After a bit of investigation, it appears that all the lyrics data was put >into the NOTES section of the tracks. It would appear that there's a bug in >the conversion routine. > >Is there any way that this can be easily fixed now that the database is >already converted? Although I have the Access software, I know nothing about >it's capabilities. Can this be used to help fix it? Does it allow you to >copy a "columns" worth of data from one to another as in Excel? > >Any advice would be appreciated. > >Rich Trimble > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From aue@nirvis.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:17:39 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:17:39 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ At 07:54 AM 10/26/99 , you wrote: > This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard drive >after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in the >changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. Sorry but CDJ just ain't that smart. CDJ doesn't have any clue about any info stored on your hard drive by other software. David Aue Nirvis Systems > Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes also, >but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to those >slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored >fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at least >download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on the >interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for comparison. > >I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the plugin >for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. > >Keith > > >Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > > > Keith wrote: > > > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation > > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks from > > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn completion > > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there > > > in the library! Very cool. > > > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy > > at 8 speed write. > > > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything > > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > > > It sure is.. > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From aue@nirvis.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:43:42 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:43:42 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? At 09:22 PM 10/26/99 , you wrote: >Also if anyone has any pointers to accessing the CDJ database from within >VC++, they would be much appreciated. Use ADO. Everything but the exception handling is pretty easy to code. There are good samples in the ADO developers kit stuff. David Aue Nirvis Systems From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:26:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:26:32 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian L Hunt [mailto:bhunt01@ibm.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 9:09 PM > To: mkropp@cathouse.mv.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com; pfaffman@relax.com; > parkdog@ix.netcom.com; Colby Boles > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > [snip] > > > So when you take a bunch of discs out/put some discs back in the > sequence of > events would be > > 1)Get CDJ to understand what's where by selecting library, search > for discs, > then 'look in "empty" and check for missing' or 'look in every slot > (tedious)' > Note from the CDJ help - when using 'look in "empty" and check for > missing' - in addition verifies that discs are present in the slots CDJ > thinks are full. CDJ does not verify that the discs are the > correct ones in > the library, only that discs are present. > > Bear in mind that you can limit the range that either of these two scan > through by setting a range of slots to search. Unfortunately this range > limiting only works if you are scanning one CD player. If you select "all" > CD players (for those who have multiple carousels) the range > limiting is not > available. > > Also be sure that the 'Queue discs for later CDDB lookup' option > is checked > unless you have a permanent live internet connection. > > 2) Go to dinner - (Jay Pfaffman, I am not sure why you are > getting the "this > discs times don't match" message) > 3) When you get back from dinner and all is done then lookup any CDs from > CDDB if necessary using "Lookup Queued" i.e. when you have added > discs that > CDJ has not previously seen. (Or maybe while coming back from dinner you > stopped by the local CD store and made some purchases!) > 4) Finally upload text to players. If you don't do this then the player's > text information is not updated. > > Once you have done all this then > - CDJ will know what's really in each slot > - the CD players will have the correct text information for each slot > - the slot information in the CDJ database will correctly reflect the > information > - any slots that no longer have a CD may still have text - this is the one > glitch > > You can then use the CD player without CDJ and get correct displays > > I have tested all this (using the tedious choice)and then run the > resultant > access database into through an access to mobile-db converter and > loaded the > result into my Palm so I am happy that this does re-sync everything. > > Now tell me where this fails and we will be closer to the true problem. > > Brian Where it fails for me is: 1) I use computers to make life easier. Computers are very capable doing repetitive tasks. A multi-step process with personal intervention is not doing this. 2) Group file information is not updated (changed, added, or cleared) 3) As noted, memos are not cleared. Note that right now it is easier to generate a report via Access with all disc titles, players and slots, grouped by whatever makes sense to you. Print that report and keep it by the players. Refer to the report to put the disc in. What would really be cool is to have CDJ have the capability via remote and some "learned command" do the following: 1) Associate an IR command with a "missing disc" event. 2) When the missing disc event occurs, open the door of the player and spin it to a slot which should contain a disc but currently doesn't. 3) If it's the disc in question, insert it. If not, continue with step 4. 4) Press the button again and go to the next missing disc. Go to step 3 till all discs you are replacing have been replaced. 5) Send an IR command to indicate "done". 6) CDJ can that verify the contents of all the missing disc slots. Now we're talking easy to use. From guineau@earthlink.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 07:56:58 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 07:56:58 -0700 From: W. John Guineau guineau@earthlink.net Subject: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? Keith, I would love a copy, if you want to post it. thanks, john > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Keith > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:01 PM > To: kgeoffrion@hotmail.com > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Sony STR-DE935 Device File? > > > I made an IR device file for the 835 that I use with Total Control > if that helps at all. > > Keith > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From donm@citrix.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:40:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:40:33 -0400 From: Don Messerli donm@citrix.com Subject: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? Does anyone know where the linux slinke list is? Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Sami-Pekka Haavisto [SMTP:shaavist@niksula.hut.fi] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 5:29 PM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] FAQ: linux driver? > > > Does anyone have a slink-e controlled from a linux box? Are there > > alternative > > solutions for building S-link based jukebox systems for linux? > > I have written a small software to control my CX350. It's 100% in Python, > so it should work in other unix-like systems as well, probably with slight > modifications to the serial port code. It could even work in Windows, > Python and GTK have both been ported... > > It has basically a simple server, which communicates with Slink-e through > serial port, and listens to a TCP-port. Client software can connect to > this server and allocate any Slink-e port. This makes it simple to have > different programs to use different Slink-e ports, and also simplifies > the programming while it's the server that handles parsing multi-part > messages. > > The actual CD-controller client software uses GTK widget set, and has > already simple but working playlist editor. I have used it myself for a > month or so. It still depends on my own little CD-database I've been > using since 1994, but I'm going to move the data to a simple ASCII-based > datafile later, and also add CDDB support. I've been too busy lately to > make it completely self-contained, but perhaps I'll look into it soon, > seems like there would be interest :-) > > I haven't released any of this software yet. But after I fix some bugs > I'll release it under some open source license, possibly GPL. Also, only > the server module is of general use at the moment, the actual > CD-controller has several things hardcoded to work with specifically my > CX350. I don't have access to any other changers, so I couldn't test it > myself even if I coded some more functionality into it. > > I have a little page with an old screenshot of the playlist editor at > . It still looks pretty much the same, > though I've made some changes since. Oh, and there's also a link to my > WWW-playlist, which is updated by the software in real time ;-) > > Any thoughts? If there are more people interested in coding this thing > in python something could be organized. Something like a CVS-tree for > development might not be a bad idea at all. > > -- > Sami-Pekka Haavisto | "What do you want?" > | > sph@iki.fi | > www.iki.fi/sph/ <*> | > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From jfgast@email.msn.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:49:55 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:49:55 -0700 From: Jim Gast jfgast@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ Have you found an optimal setting for FIDELITY. Thanks. Regards, JIM GAST -----Original Message----- From: Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:18 PM To: jfgast@email.msn.com Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ Sorry for not specifying. Yes, I do create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in with the DFX DSP active. I wish there was a more elegant way of doing this, but that plug-in does seem to make better CD's from MP3's. P.S. I ONLY use the fidelity enhancement, the ambiance seems to be to artificial, and the dynamic boost is only useful sometimes, and the 3D sound is unavailable in the shareware/demo version. Keith Jim Gast wrote: > Keith hi, > > Do you create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer > plug-in with the DFX DSP active or does the DFX plug-in have its own WAV > out. Thanks. > > Regards, > > JIM GAST > > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] On > Behalf Of Keith > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:54 AM > To: Richard Malcolm-Smith > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard drive > after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in the > changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. > > Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes > also, > but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to those > slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored > fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at > least > download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on > the > interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for comparison. > > I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the plugin > for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. > > Keith > > Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > > > Keith wrote: > > > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation > > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks from > > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn completion > > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there > > > in the library! Very cool. > > > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy > > at 8 speed write. > > > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything > > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > > > It sure is.. > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From gtang@gtcons.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:45:30 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:45:30 -0700 From: Tang, George gtang@gtcons.com Subject: [slinkelist] Database Conversion Problem Make sure you have the same number of rows in the new database and the new database rows are all in the same sort order (in Access) as the old database when you "Edit/Cut" the Notes column. Otherwise, you'll end up with the wrong lyrics for each track. George Tang -----Original Message----- From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of David Aue Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:15 AM To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Database Conversion Problem The old database didn't have an explicit lyrics field, just a notes field, so lyrics stored in the old notes field are transferred into the notes field of the new database format. Back up you user.mdb database before doing this!! Open the user.mdb file in Access then open up the 'Tracks' table and select the 'Notes' column by clicking on 'Notes' along the top of the window. You will have to scroll horizontally to find the 'Notes' field. Once the column is selected use 'Edit/Cut' to cut this info to the clipboard. Now select the 'Lyrics' column the same way you selected the notes column and use 'Edit/Paste' to put the info into the lyrics fields. If you have any Lyrics associated with whole albums you will need to do this same procedure in the 'Albums' table too. David Aue Nirvis Systems At 10:35 PM 10/25/99 , you wrote: >I just downloaded and installed the latest version of CDJ. After doing so I >decided to finally convert to the new Access database format. After having >done the conversion I noticed that none of the CD's appeared with lyrics. >After a bit of investigation, it appears that all the lyrics data was put >into the NOTES section of the tracks. It would appear that there's a bug in >the conversion routine. > >Is there any way that this can be easily fixed now that the database is >already converted? Although I have the Access software, I know nothing about >it's capabilities. Can this be used to help fix it? Does it allow you to >copy a "columns" worth of data from one to another as in Excel? > >Any advice would be appreciated. > >Rich Trimble > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 14:49:41 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 14:49:41 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ No I haven't, but I only burned 1 CD with it so far, and I live in an apartment so I cant turn up the volume very far while playing MP3's on my computer. The CD I burned, I left it on the default 4.0. I would venture a guess that optimal setting would very with music, and definitely the bitrate the MP3 was encoded in, i.e. Higher fidelity for lower (<160KBps) bitrates and 4.0 or lower for 160KBps bitrates or higher. Just play around with the control I guess, and decide for yourself. Keith P.S. did you like the plugin? Jim Gast wrote: > Have you found an optimal setting for FIDELITY. Thanks. > > Regards, > > JIM GAST > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:18 PM > To: jfgast@email.msn.com > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > Sorry for not specifying. Yes, I do create the WAV files using Winamp > running the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in with the DFX DSP active. I wish > there > was a more elegant way of doing this, but that plug-in does seem to make > better > CD's from MP3's. > > P.S. I ONLY use the fidelity enhancement, the ambiance seems to be to > artificial, and the dynamic boost is only useful sometimes, and the 3D sound > is > unavailable in the shareware/demo version. > > Keith > > Jim Gast wrote: > > > Keith hi, > > > > Do you create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer > > plug-in with the DFX DSP active or does the DFX plug-in have its own WAV > > out. Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > JIM GAST > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] > On > > Behalf Of Keith > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:54 AM > > To: Richard Malcolm-Smith > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > > > This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard drive > > after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in > the > > changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. > > > > Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes > > also, > > but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to > those > > slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored > > fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at > > least > > download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on > > the > > interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for > comparison. > > > > I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the > plugin > > for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. > > > > Keith > > > > Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > > > > > Keith wrote: > > > > > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation > > > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks > from > > > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn > completion > > > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there > > > > in the library! Very cool. > > > > > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > > > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy > > > at 8 speed write. > > > > > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything > > > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > > > > > It sure is.. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:47:24 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:47:24 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Soundcard Mixer Hook Colby and team, Would it be possible to add a volume control hooked into the OS mixer for the computer sound card? I have my computer connected to the tape deck connectors on my 835 receiver, and from the computer (using Total Control or CDJ) can mute the receiver, then using the windows volume control, unmute the line in connector of the sound card. But to control mute and volume, I have to always leave the windows mixer open. It would be cool to be able to control the line in mute and volume from within CDJ (or Total Control made by someone else if you are reading) because I am on the computer a lot, and have a fairly decent 4 speaker setup on the computer. Keith From davekolb@email.msn.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:35:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:35:00 -0400 From: Dave Kolb davekolb@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them I certainly do not mean any criticism toward CDJ in this area espcecially since I am not even using it yet and have no opinion as to how CDJ does anything yet. It sounds like a great application that the developers are actively enhancing based on customer feedback. I was just stating that remembering the positions and state of the outer frame vs. the inner windows are two different things and most "document-view" MFC applications will persist their frame state but not that of the internal windows that represent views on "documents". Usually an app will restart with no previous documents being viewed. I was just commenting that apps remember what they want to remember in regards to window positions in the registry... Dave -----Original Message----- From: Colby Boles To: Dave Kolb ; Keith Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 1:57 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them >CDJ does persist a number of window states. Some windows use docking window >class code that I didn't write however. The sizing of these windows is >"path dependent" and can't simply be recreated by recalling some rectangle >sizes from the registry. Eventually I may dump these and solve the problem >in the process. For now, CDJ *does* remember the size of these windows, but >you must leave them in their preferred initial docking positions. > >Colby > > >At 09:00 PM 10/25/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote: >>Actually none of the window positions are handled by the OS per se. The app >>just typically uses the registry to remember it's position on the screen and >>can also remember it's internal windows state and resets those values when >>restarting later. Unfortunately there is no external utility I can post that >>can do this for an app that does not do it for itslef. >> >>Dave >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Keith >>To: Dave Kolb >>Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com >>Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:06 PM >>Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them >> >> >> >Yes please. >> > >> >But these are the windows inside of the CDJ window, so I don't know if they >> >are handled the same way by the OS in the Reg, or if this is something >> >handled by CDJ itself. >> > >> >Keith >> > >> >Dave Kolb wrote: >> > >> >> Most Windows apps serialize their window position, size and state in the >> >> registry. I can send code if anyone needs it. >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Keith >> >> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> >> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:35 PM >> >> Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them >> >> >> >> > Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ? >> >> > >> >> >For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the >> >> >picture and it snaps into place and is great. When I close CDJ and >> >> >start it again, my window position is lost. Am I missing an option? or >> >> >is that just they way it has to be? >> >> > >> >> >Thank you. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> >> >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> > >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >>http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > >Nirvis Systems >http://www.nirvis.com >http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From tgautier@corp.home.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:31:21 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:31:21 -0700 From: Taylor Gautier tgautier@corp.home.net Subject: [slinkelist] Just received Sony DVP-CX850D DVD chngr and STR-DA555ES rcvr [I originally sent this message to colby directly, because I was afraid of asking a question that might already have been answered or was not relevant to this list, but I think it is, so I am reposting here] Well, I've jumped in with both feet (almost, I guess, still trying to figure out if I want the slink-e, I think I do), and got the above two sony models. What did you [colby] find out about the DVP-CX850D? I got mine two days ago, and I am now trying to figure this whole A1, A1-II, slink and control-s mess out, my what a nightmare. So if I remember correctly I have one A1-II control port on the STR-DA555ES. I believe the changer has an slink port and something they term the "megastorage" control port -- is this just an A1 or A1-II port? (sorry if I get my terms messed up here, I've been trying to learn them today...) I'm mainly interested in getting my DVD/CD titles downloaded to my remote (it's the big touchscreen lcd one). The receiver says it supports it for megastorage devices, (not sure if the 850D qualifies) -- and indeed the remote has an option for downloading cd memo's, but the operation always fails with 3 short beeps. The receiver manual (for what it's worth) also says it requires a seperate A1-II cable. Is this any different than an slink cable (which I have now found out is a pretty simple mono cable with 1/8" jack on it)? I tried to use the slink connector that came with the 850D to the receiver, no luck. Finally, if all else fails, have you been able to read titles from the changer to your computer via the slink-e? This would go a long way in convincing me to get one, not that I need a lot of convincing or anything since I already have about 6GB of mp3's on my computer next to my stereo that play with winamp by controlling it with a MouseRemote from X-10 (I also used to use the Creative DXR2 for DVD's, but as you can see I have upgraded :) I think slink-e would be a much more elegant way to do that (it has x-10 too right, so I should in theory be able to completely get rid of the mouseremote, at a minimum I could write something that would turn my ir remote commands into slink commands to the computer, and then back out through the x-10 firecracker kit which I'm not currently using) Ok, that's a lot, got any ideas?? I'm a software developer too, if you haven't noticed, so if I get really into this I'll probably end up putting something back into the PD. -taylor gautier From Welfringer@Access1.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:43:48 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:43:48 -0700 From: Jon Welfringer Welfringer@Access1.net Subject: [slinkelist] Just received Sony DVP-CX850D DVD chngr and STR-DA555ES rcvr I can't answer the issues about the 850D with Slinke, but I can address your remote issue. The three beeps indicate that it is not communicating (two way) with the receiver. Try moving closer to the receiver (3-9 feet) and see if you can download anything. Also, to make sure your two way is working, go in and set speaker or cross over levels, or download the named function items into the remote. If these are working, I would say that your receiver is not properly connected to the 850, or the 850 does not support downloading text. - Jon Taylor Gautier wrote: > > [I originally sent this message to colby directly, because I was afraid of > asking a question that might already have been answered or was not relevant > to this list, but I think it is, so I am reposting here] > > Well, I've jumped in with both feet (almost, I guess, still trying to figure > out if I want the slink-e, I think I do), and got the above two sony models. > > What did you [colby] find out about the DVP-CX850D? I got mine two days > ago, and I > am now trying to figure this whole A1, A1-II, slink and control-s mess out, > my what a nightmare. > > So if I remember correctly I have one A1-II control port on the STR-DA555ES. > I > believe the changer has an slink port and something they term the > "megastorage" control port -- is this just an A1 or A1-II port? (sorry if I > get my terms messed up here, I've been trying to learn them today...) > > I'm mainly interested in getting my DVD/CD titles downloaded to my remote > (it's the big touchscreen lcd one). The receiver says it supports it for > megastorage devices, (not sure if the 850D qualifies) -- and indeed the > remote has an option for downloading cd memo's, but the operation always > fails with 3 short beeps. The receiver manual (for what it's worth) also > says it requires a seperate A1-II cable. Is this any different than an > slink cable (which I have now found out is a pretty simple mono cable with > 1/8" jack on it)? > > I tried to use the slink connector that came with the 850D to the receiver, > no luck. > > Finally, if all else fails, have you been able to read titles from the > changer to your computer via the slink-e? This would go a long way in > convincing me to get one, not that I need a lot of convincing or anything > since I already have about 6GB of mp3's on my computer next to my stereo > that play with winamp by controlling it with a MouseRemote from X-10 (I also > used to use the Creative DXR2 for DVD's, but as you can see I have upgraded > :) > > I think slink-e would be a much more elegant way to do that (it has x-10 too > right, so I should in theory be able to completely get rid of the > mouseremote, at a minimum I could write something that would turn my ir > remote commands into slink commands to the computer, and then back out > through the x-10 firecracker kit which I'm not currently using) > > Ok, that's a lot, got any ideas?? I'm a software developer too, if you > haven't noticed, so if I get really into this I'll probably end up putting > something back into the PD. > > -taylor gautier > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From rbrocaw@flash.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:44:03 -0600 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:44:03 -0600 From: rbrocaw rbrocaw@flash.net Subject: [slinkelist] Using the ActiveX Control Many thank to Colby, who has provided the information to get me going with the Slinke ActiveX control. So far I have written a small program in Visual Basic that allows me to do the basic functions of my Sony CDP-CX300 changer. There is just one piece left to my puzzle... how to get the responses from the player. I am using the CDSLS.CDE file which has the commands to the player, but if I use that device file, I don't get most of the responses back from the player. If I use the CDSLR.CDE device file, I get the reponses, but I lose control. Apparently, there can be only one device file per Slinke port, but I won't have enough ports to dedicate two to the player, and I'm not sure that would work anyway. I have tried to concatenate the two files, and that allows some commands and some responses, depending on which file is first. There must be some way to get both the commands and the responses into the same device file. HELP! Richard Brocaw rbrocaw@flash.net From cboles@nirvis.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:46:27 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:46:27 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Using the ActiveX Control You can have any number of devices connected to a port. That's how it is done. Colby At 04:44 PM 10/27/99 -0600, rbrocaw wrote: >Many thank to Colby, who has provided the information to get me going >with the >Slinke ActiveX control. So far I have written a small program in Visual >Basic that >allows me to do the basic functions of my Sony CDP-CX300 changer. > >There is just one piece left to my puzzle... how to get the responses >from the player. >I am using the CDSLS.CDE file which has the commands to the player, but >if I use >that device file, I don't get most of the responses back from the >player. If I use the >CDSLR.CDE device file, I get the reponses, but I lose control. >Apparently, there >can be only one device file per Slinke port, but I won't have enough >ports to >dedicate two to the player, and I'm not sure that would work anyway. I >have >tried to concatenate the two files, and that allows some commands and >some >responses, depending on which file is first. > >There must be some way to get both the commands and the responses into >the same >device file. HELP! > >Richard Brocaw >rbrocaw@flash.net > > Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From tgautier@corp.home.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:44:47 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:44:47 -0700 From: Taylor Gautier tgautier@corp.home.net Subject: [slinkelist] Just received Sony DVP-CX850D DVD chngr and STR-DA555ES rcvr Yeah, I figured that out (about the three beeps). I configured all of my surround, eq and tuner presets via the remote control, so I definitely have 2-way working. I can even download the tuner presets which is on the same screen as downloading memo text. So downloading is also working. I am *HOPING* that sony would not release a brand new 200 disc dvd/cd changer which does not support sending memo text (it supports it internally, even has a ps/2 keyboard connector, thank god), and thus I am hoping that have somehow not connected my reciever to the 850 correctly. That is why I am wondering, is there any difference between an A1-II control cable and an slink cable? Where can I buy one of either? The 850 came with a cable that has 4 wires: video (1) audio (2) and slink (1). I just hooked the slink cable to my receiver and to my 850, but no luck. It was late tho, so maybe I did something stupid? I'll try again tonight. thx, -taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Welfringer To: Taylor Gautier Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Just received Sony DVP-CX850D DVD chngr and STR-DA555ES rcvr > I can't answer the issues about the 850D with Slinke, but I can address > your remote issue. The three beeps indicate that it is not > communicating (two way) with the receiver. Try moving closer to the > receiver (3-9 feet) and see if you can download anything. Also, to make > sure your two way is working, go in and set speaker or cross over > levels, or download the named function items into the remote. If these > are working, I would say that your receiver is not properly connected to > the 850, or the 850 does not support downloading text. > > - Jon > > > Taylor Gautier wrote: > > > > [I originally sent this message to colby directly, because I was afraid of > > asking a question that might already have been answered or was not relevant > > to this list, but I think it is, so I am reposting here] > > > > Well, I've jumped in with both feet (almost, I guess, still trying to figure > > out if I want the slink-e, I think I do), and got the above two sony models. > > > > What did you [colby] find out about the DVP-CX850D? I got mine two days > > ago, and I > > am now trying to figure this whole A1, A1-II, slink and control-s mess out, > > my what a nightmare. > > > > So if I remember correctly I have one A1-II control port on the STR-DA555ES. > > I > > believe the changer has an slink port and something they term the > > "megastorage" control port -- is this just an A1 or A1-II port? (sorry if I > > get my terms messed up here, I've been trying to learn them today...) > > > > I'm mainly interested in getting my DVD/CD titles downloaded to my remote > > (it's the big touchscreen lcd one). The receiver says it supports it for > > megastorage devices, (not sure if the 850D qualifies) -- and indeed the > > remote has an option for downloading cd memo's, but the operation always > > fails with 3 short beeps. The receiver manual (for what it's worth) also > > says it requires a seperate A1-II cable. Is this any different than an > > slink cable (which I have now found out is a pretty simple mono cable with > > 1/8" jack on it)? > > > > I tried to use the slink connector that came with the 850D to the receiver, > > no luck. > > > > Finally, if all else fails, have you been able to read titles from the > > changer to your computer via the slink-e? This would go a long way in > > convincing me to get one, not that I need a lot of convincing or anything > > since I already have about 6GB of mp3's on my computer next to my stereo > > that play with winamp by controlling it with a MouseRemote from X-10 (I also > > used to use the Creative DXR2 for DVD's, but as you can see I have upgraded > > :) > > > > I think slink-e would be a much more elegant way to do that (it has x-10 too > > right, so I should in theory be able to completely get rid of the > > mouseremote, at a minimum I could write something that would turn my ir > > remote commands into slink commands to the computer, and then back out > > through the x-10 firecracker kit which I'm not currently using) > > > > Ok, that's a lot, got any ideas?? I'm a software developer too, if you > > haven't noticed, so if I get really into this I'll probably end up putting > > something back into the PD. > > > > -taylor gautier > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From russ@convergencepartners.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:18:09 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:18:09 -0700 From: Russ Irwin russ@convergencepartners.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I move them to my car, then back to the house. I also want them back in the same slot because I've coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that I can use the player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 changer and a $2,000 controller). As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to the remote control (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the changer, I search the remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! Russ From jfgast@email.msn.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:15:41 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:15:41 -0700 From: Jim Gast jfgast@email.msn.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ Keith hi, Yes, the DFX plug-in is real nice. I'll start with a 4.0 setting, play around a bit and see what happens. If some other setting seems more optimal, I'll let you know. Thanks. Regards, JIM GAST -----Original Message----- From: Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:50 PM To: jfgast@email.msn.com Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ No I haven't, but I only burned 1 CD with it so far, and I live in an apartment so I cant turn up the volume very far while playing MP3's on my computer. The CD I burned, I left it on the default 4.0. I would venture a guess that optimal setting would very with music, and definitely the bitrate the MP3 was encoded in, i.e. Higher fidelity for lower (<160KBps) bitrates and 4.0 or lower for 160KBps bitrates or higher. Just play around with the control I guess, and decide for yourself. Keith P.S. did you like the plugin? Jim Gast wrote: > Have you found an optimal setting for FIDELITY. Thanks. > > Regards, > > JIM GAST > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:18 PM > To: jfgast@email.msn.com > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > Sorry for not specifying. Yes, I do create the WAV files using Winamp > running the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in with the DFX DSP active. I wish > there > was a more elegant way of doing this, but that plug-in does seem to make > better > CD's from MP3's. > > P.S. I ONLY use the fidelity enhancement, the ambiance seems to be to > artificial, and the dynamic boost is only useful sometimes, and the 3D sound > is > unavailable in the shareware/demo version. > > Keith > > Jim Gast wrote: > > > Keith hi, > > > > Do you create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer > > plug-in with the DFX DSP active or does the DFX plug-in have its own WAV > > out. Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > JIM GAST > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] > On > > Behalf Of Keith > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:54 AM > > To: Richard Malcolm-Smith > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > > > This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard drive > > after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in > the > > changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. > > > > Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes > > also, > > but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to > those > > slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored > > fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at > > least > > download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on > > the > > interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for > comparison. > > > > I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the > plugin > > for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. > > > > Keith > > > > Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > > > > > Keith wrote: > > > > > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation > > > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks > from > > > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn > completion > > > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there > > > > in the library! Very cool. > > > > > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > > > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy > > > at 8 speed write. > > > > > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. Anything > > > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > > > > > It sure is.. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From MrGolden@swbell.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs There should be a way for Slinke/CDJ to send data to the PHAST system, which could in turn be displayed on the keypads. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:39 AM Subject: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs > There are other reasons to want to replace them in there original slot. > Myself, I have a PHAST Home Automation System that displays the Artist/Disc > information on LCD keypads around the house. This information was put in > through a very long and manual process fro each changer/slot. If CD's were > shuffled around it would result in erroneous entries and/or an ongoing > maintenance task to keep them in sync. > > So if I had to vote I would say gray it out but keep the original player > info. This would actually save me from having to refer to (and constantly > print out) the manual list of discs when replacing CD's. > > Rich Trimble > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:38 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:38 -0500 From: Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com Subject: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ Oh, btw, I did not make the plug-in, just stumbled on to it...... Jim Gast wrote: > Keith hi, > > Yes, the DFX plug-in is real nice. I'll start with a 4.0 setting, play > around a bit and see what happens. If some other setting seems more optimal, > I'll let you know. Thanks. > > Regards, > > JIM GAST > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:50 PM > To: jfgast@email.msn.com > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > No I haven't, but I only burned 1 CD with it so far, and I live in an > apartment so I cant turn up the volume very far while playing MP3's on my > computer. The CD I burned, I left it on the default 4.0. I would venture a > guess that optimal setting would very with music, and definitely the bitrate > the > MP3 was encoded in, i.e. Higher fidelity for lower (<160KBps) bitrates and > 4.0 > or lower for 160KBps bitrates or higher. Just play around with the control > I > guess, and decide for yourself. > > Keith > > P.S. did you like the plugin? > > Jim Gast wrote: > > > Have you found an optimal setting for FIDELITY. Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > JIM GAST > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:18 PM > > To: jfgast@email.msn.com > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > > > Sorry for not specifying. Yes, I do create the WAV files using Winamp > > running the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in with the DFX DSP active. I wish > > there > > was a more elegant way of doing this, but that plug-in does seem to make > > better > > CD's from MP3's. > > > > P.S. I ONLY use the fidelity enhancement, the ambiance seems to be to > > artificial, and the dynamic boost is only useful sometimes, and the 3D > sound > > is > > unavailable in the shareware/demo version. > > > > Keith > > > > Jim Gast wrote: > > > > > Keith hi, > > > > > > Do you create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk > Writer > > > plug-in with the DFX DSP active or does the DFX plug-in have its own WAV > > > out. Thanks. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > JIM GAST > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com] > > On > > > Behalf Of Keith > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:54 AM > > > To: Richard Malcolm-Smith > > > Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ > > > > > > This isn't actually CD text. This is info written to your hard > drive > > > after the CD is finished burning. All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in > > the > > > changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive. > > > > > > Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes > > > also, > > > but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to > > those > > > slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the > restored > > > fidelity and then be burned. Granted, an extra step, but you have to at > > > least > > > download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button > on > > > the > > > interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for > > comparison. > > > > > > I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the > > plugin > > > for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area. > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: > > > > > > > Keith wrote: > > > > > > > > > I also found out by accident that if you burn your own > compilation > > > > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks > > from > > > > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn > > completion > > > > > save the info to cdplayer.ini. I just put the burned compilation CD > > > > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was > there > > > > > in the library! Very cool. > > > > > > > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my > > > > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit > iffy > > > > at 8 speed write. > > > > > > > > > Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick. > Anything > > > > > automatic is cool ... hehe. > > > > > > > > It sure is.. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From MGotch@uswest.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:54:35 -0000 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:54:35 -0000 From: Martin Gotch MGotch@uswest.net Subject: [slinkelist] A bit off topic... This is a bit off the normal subject (but my slink is just way too cool!!)... I acquired (picked up in the alley) a sharp 27" TV that had been dropped on it's rear pretty good. I have patched it up & it works, but I need a remote to do anything other than power, channel & volume. One of my remotes supports the TV basic functions, but not any menu functions. What would my best bet in an inexpensive univ remote that would support the menu functions? One of my remotes supports the TV basic functions, but not any menu functions? Thanks for any suggs. Martin Gotch From MrGolden@swbell.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 22:29:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 22:29:29 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] A bit off topic... For many brands of TVs, it's hard to find a universal remote with the menu functions. I have run into the same problem a couple of times. Some solutions: 1. I hear a lot of people talking about the One-for-All, or 7-in-1 remotes, and their "hidden" codes. 2. Buy a Philips Pronto (awesome remote!), and you can probably find a file with the codes needed on one of their (extensive) bulletin boards. 3. The Harman Kardon Take Control/Madrigal IRIQ is a little less money (and not as cool), and may already have the codes in it's database. 4. Order a remote from the factory 5. Get lucky, and find one at a pawn shop, or TV repair shop 6. Go to a local store that sells a similar TV, and "borrow" one of their remotes, or teach the codes to a learning remote (cheap ones are getting hard to find). ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Gotch To: 'SLINKE Submit' Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:54 PM Subject: [slinkelist] A bit off topic... > This is a bit off the normal subject (but my slink is just way too > cool!!)... > > I acquired (picked up in the alley) a sharp 27" TV that had been dropped on > it's rear pretty good. I have patched it up & it works, but I need a > remote to do anything other than power, channel & volume. One of my remotes > supports the TV basic functions, but not any menu functions. What would my > best bet in an inexpensive univ remote that would support the menu > functions? One of my remotes supports the TV basic functions, but not any > menu functions? Thanks for any suggs. > > Martin Gotch > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From AndyStein@aol.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:22:35 EDT Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:22:35 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs To which remote did you download memos (and what types of memos does the remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. Andrew In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, russ@convergencepartners.com writes: << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I move them to my car, then back to the house. I also want them back in the same slot because I've coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that I can use the player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 changer and a $2,000 controller). As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to the remote control (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the changer, I search the remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! Russ >> From AndyStein@aol.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 01:45:24 EDT Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 01:45:24 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs Is there a device that simply sends artist, disc, and track memos to an LCD remote that displays the information? I don't want another receiver, and my Yamaha RX-V995 does not send artist, disc, or track information (probably because it's not a Sony). I have the feeling that we will have to wait ten years for two-way LCD remotes display artists, tracks, and titles, especially since Sony seems to be taking a step backward by removing track memo from its new multichangers (and, in the case of the CDP-CX350, after advertising the machine with track memo!). Andrew In a message dated 10/27/99 9:32:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, joaquin.a@usa.net writes: << The CDP-CX300 does not come with a LCD 2 way Remote. But it will work with a 2 way remote if you have it connected to a Sony Receiver wit the LCD Remote ( Like the Sony SRT-DE935). By the way I just got one of those receivers, it sound great. The only problem is that it has 3 Digital Optical inputs, but none are for a CD player, so you have to use another optical input for your CX300 (I use the TV Optical Input.) Joaquin ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > To which remote did you download memos (and what types of memos does the > remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > russ@convergencepartners.com writes: > > << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I move them to my car, > then back to the house. I also want them back in the same slot because I've > coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that I can use the > player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 changer and a > $2,000 controller). > > As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to the remote control > (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the changer, I search the > remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! > > Russ >> > >> From TWHumphrey@fuse.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 04:58:33 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 04:58:33 -0400 From: Thomas W. Humphrey TWHumphrey@fuse.net Subject: [slinkelist] Shutdown/Wakeup of CDJ This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BF2101.15FC3F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Call me silly, but I want to shutdown CDJ at the end of EVERY playlist, = without having to re-activate the timer every time. I want to leave CDJ = and the computer on all of the time, so I can instantly access music, = but don't want to also leave the players on, and don't want to have to = re-activate the timer every time. It seems that the only way to get CDJ = shutdown at the end of a playlist (and bring up the nice little window = with a button you can press to wake back up) is to re-activate the timer = when the playlist is started. Am I missing something? ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BF2101.15FC3F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Call me silly, but I want to = shutdown CDJ at the=20 end of EVERY playlist, without having to re-activate the timer every = time. =20 I want to leave CDJ and the computer on all of the time, so I can = instantly=20 access music, but don't want to also leave the players on, and don't = want to=20 have to re-activate the timer every time.  It seems that the only = way to=20 get CDJ shutdown at the end of a playlist (and bring up the nice little = window=20 with a button you can press to wake back up) is to re-activate the timer = when=20 the playlist is started.  Am I missing=20 something?
------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BF2101.15FC3F80-- From TWHumphrey@fuse.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 05:02:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 05:02:01 -0400 From: Thomas W. Humphrey TWHumphrey@fuse.net Subject: [slinkelist] Sorting the library This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BF2101.91C5B380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there a way to get discs in CDJ to sort on artist, based on a word OTHER than the first word in the artist field? Sorting on the first = word in the artist field causes substantial problems. If I want Aaron = Neville to appear in the N's, instead of the A's, I must put him in as = "Neville, Aaron", which looks ugly, particularly in SlinkySaver. In the bad old days when I had a spreadsheet of my discs, I had a = separate field for a "sort key" that I could use to ensure the list = would sort in the way I wanted it, i.e., the way discs are sorted in a = record store: by musical genre, then by alphabetical order, using the = last name of personal names where applicable, with collections last in = the genre. This is what CDJ should allow me to do as well. Thoughts, anyone? ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BF2101.91C5B380 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 Is there a way to get discs in CDJ to sort on artist, based = on a=20 word
OTHER than the first word in the artist field?  Sorting on = the=20 first word in the artist field causes substantial problems.  If I = want=20 Aaron Neville to appear in the N's, instead of the A's, I must put him = in as=20 "Neville, Aaron", which looks ugly, particularly in=20 SlinkySaver.

In the bad old days when I had a spreadsheet of my = discs, I=20 had a separate field for a "sort key" that I could use to = ensure the=20 list would sort in the way I wanted it, i.e., the way discs are sorted = in a=20 record store: by musical genre, then by alphabetical order, using the = last name=20 of personal names where applicable, with collections last in the = genre. =20 This is what CDJ should allow me to do as well.

Thoughts,=20 anyone?
------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BF2101.91C5B380-- From alexanders@rocketmail.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:39:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:39:52 -0700 (PDT) From: keith alexander alexanders@rocketmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? I may get slammed for this, but cool as automation is, it is most useful for repetitive tasks. Maybe I just have a small collection (~200cds) but by putting up the window from 2 good cover sources, a covers folder, and CDJ, you just drag from the source to the folder, then the folder to cdj. Doing my complete collection took about an hour, and it had a 95% success rate. Sometimes the hammer is the best tool..... KJA --- William Hollingworth wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I seem to remember someone > mentioning that they were > working on a "Covers" clone type program, but were > stuck with the Access > database format. > > I've tried using the latest covers program but found > it "flakey" to say the > least (quits after a while with an error -5xx). I > was thinking of writing > an app myself to use the muze site instead, but > wanted to know if anyone > else was working on a similar app also? > > Also if anyone has any pointers to accessing the CDJ > database from within > VC++, they would be much appreciated. > > Thanks > > Will > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > ===== Keith Alexander alexanders@rocketmail.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com From Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:35:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:35:40 -0500 From: Knight, Vann M Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs One way to handle this is to use a Pronto remote, and the CDJ2CCF program generated by Jeroen Sonnemans, in the user_submitted area on the nirvis site. This utiltiy takes your database (created by slinke) and converts it to Pronto menus. The menus created are individual selections by artist and title. This is a one way operation but totally automajic... gotta love it ! Vann Knight > -----Original Message----- > From: AndyStein@aol.com [mailto:AndyStein@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:45 AM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > Is there a device that simply sends artist, disc, and > track memos to an > LCD remote that displays the information? I don't want > another receiver, and > my Yamaha RX-V995 does not send artist, disc, or track > information (probably > because it's not a Sony). I have the feeling that we will > have to wait ten > years for two-way LCD remotes display artists, tracks, and > titles, especially > since Sony seems to be taking a step backward by removing > track memo from its > new multichangers (and, in the case of the CDP-CX350, after > advertising the > machine with track memo!). > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 9:32:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > joaquin.a@usa.net writes: > > << The CDP-CX300 does not come with a LCD 2 way Remote. But > it will work with > a > 2 way remote if you have it connected to a Sony Receiver wit > the LCD Remote > ( Like the Sony SRT-DE935). > By the way I just got one of those receivers, it sound > great. The only > problem is that it has 3 Digital Optical inputs, but none > are for a CD > player, so you have to use another optical input for your CX300 > (I use the TV Optical Input.) > > Joaquin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > To which remote did you download memos (and what types > of memos does > the > > remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > russ@convergencepartners.com writes: > > > > << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I > move them to my > car, > > then back to the house. I also want them back in the > same slot because > I've > > coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that > I can use the > > player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 > changer and a > > $2,000 controller). > > > > As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to > the remote control > > (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the > changer, I search the > > remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! > > > > Russ >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From dale@theandrens.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:51:15 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:51:15 -0500 From: Dale Andren dale@theandrens.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Keith, What cover sources do you use? Thanks, Dale ----- Original Message ----- From: keith alexander To: William Hollingworth ; Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? > I may get slammed for this, but cool as automation is, > it is most useful for repetitive tasks. Maybe I just > have a small collection (~200cds) but by putting up > the window from 2 good cover sources, a covers folder, > and CDJ, you just drag from the source to the folder, > then the folder to cdj. Doing my complete collection > took about an hour, and it had a 95% success rate. > Sometimes the hammer is the best tool..... > > KJA > > --- William Hollingworth wrote: > > A couple of weeks ago I seem to remember someone > > mentioning that they were > > working on a "Covers" clone type program, but were > > stuck with the Access > > database format. > > > > I've tried using the latest covers program but found > > it "flakey" to say the > > least (quits after a while with an error -5xx). I > > was thinking of writing > > an app myself to use the muze site instead, but > > wanted to know if anyone > > else was working on a similar app also? > > > > Also if anyone has any pointers to accessing the CDJ > > database from within > > VC++, they would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > Will > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > ===== > Keith Alexander > alexanders@rocketmail.com > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:20:33 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:20:33 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs The downside of CDJ2CCF is that it doesn't handle multiple players nor does it handle 300 disc changers. > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Knight, Vann M > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 10:36 AM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > One way to handle this is to use a Pronto remote, and the CDJ2CCF program > generated by Jeroen Sonnemans, in the user_submitted area on the nirvis > site. > > This utiltiy takes your database (created by slinke) and converts it to > Pronto menus. The menus created are individual selections by artist and > title. This is a one way operation but totally automajic... > gotta love it ! > > Vann Knight > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AndyStein@aol.com [mailto:AndyStein@aol.com] > > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:45 AM > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > Is there a device that simply sends artist, disc, and > > track memos to an > > LCD remote that displays the information? I don't want > > another receiver, and > > my Yamaha RX-V995 does not send artist, disc, or track > > information (probably > > because it's not a Sony). I have the feeling that we will > > have to wait ten > > years for two-way LCD remotes display artists, tracks, and > > titles, especially > > since Sony seems to be taking a step backward by removing > > track memo from its > > new multichangers (and, in the case of the CDP-CX350, after > > advertising the > > machine with track memo!). > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 9:32:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > joaquin.a@usa.net writes: > > > > << The CDP-CX300 does not come with a LCD 2 way Remote. But > > it will work with > > a > > 2 way remote if you have it connected to a Sony Receiver wit > > the LCD Remote > > ( Like the Sony SRT-DE935). > > By the way I just got one of those receivers, it sound > > great. The only > > problem is that it has 3 Digital Optical inputs, but none > > are for a CD > > player, so you have to use another optical input for your CX300 > > (I use the TV Optical Input.) > > > > Joaquin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > > To which remote did you download memos (and what types > > of memos does > > the > > > remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. > > > > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > > russ@convergencepartners.com writes: > > > > > > << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I > > move them to my > > car, > > > then back to the house. I also want them back in the > > same slot because > > I've > > > coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that > > I can use the > > > player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 > > changer and a > > > $2,000 controller). > > > > > > As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to > > the remote control > > > (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the > > changer, I search the > > > remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! > > > > > > Russ >> > > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From crose@alltel.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:04:00 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:04:00 From: Carl J. Rose crose@alltel.net Subject: [slinkelist] Looking for experienced help --=PMail:=_0000@@XcooPdIqvF3NdH8aCkej Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I live near Cleveland, OH and am new to SlinkE. I need to set up IR commun= icat ion to non-Sony equipment and other semi-sophisticated functions. I was hoping there was someone on the serve list that would be interested in setting up these functions andpossibly other functions. Please respond if interested. --=PMail:=_0000@@XcooPdIqvF3NdH8aCkej-- From ofriend@ldd.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:32:15 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:32:15 -0500 From: ORAL FRIEND ofriend@ldd.net Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? I'd really like to see an update to the covers program, myself. It crashes on me about 20-30 covers into it, with an INVALID FILE TYPE error, or something similar. I've tried removing the Cd that I THINK it's working on, but no luck. It works great up to then, but since I have 600 CD's to get covers for, it would be great to have it automated! *************************************** Oral Friend CNE The M. Taylor Company mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com http://www.mtaylorcompany.com *************************************** From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:26:33 PDT Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:26:33 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Okay, I'll admit it. I'm working on a new covers program. I have to laugh when I think about how much time I've spent versus using the "hammer" approach. But, I'm using it as an excuse to learn Visual Basic, and enjoying myself -- so please don't lecture me for wasting my time. :> The specific problem people are having with the program halting with an error is probably due to a title/artist with a ":" colon in the name. It's one of the special characters that was omitted in the original program's filter. My program is almost a total rewrite. I'm trying to make it really intelligent, but there are SO MANY situations where the cddb names are really different than the CDNow database. There are misspelled names, titles in the artist fields, etc. Soundtracks, Various Artists, Collections, Greatest Hits, singles, obscure albums, special editions, etc. are the real problem cases. Also, I've had really bad luck with getting hits on most of my classic albums. Many times an album will be listed 2-3 times in the results of the search -- some with a cover, some without. I recognize this and keep searching. Sometimes the cover chosen is not the original cover, or just a mistake based on very similar names. I haven't devised a solution for handling that yet -- maybe an option to go back and browse through the list of selected covers giving the user the chance to manually change the cover. That would be pretty simple to do. Most people would probably just handle these manually by dragging and dropping. I'm hitting over 90% on albums in the CDNOW database, where the names are at least close to what they're supposed to be. I'm completely skipping the classical genre for now. The are other locations that have covers (like Amazon), but the pictures are different sizes, so I chose to not pursue that. One feature I've added that I really like is an Option to intervene when the program can't find a cover. A mini-browser will pop up, that lets the user navigate to a page (if he can find one) that contains the cover, then click a button that says "use this cover", or just skip the album completely. Of course, you can select the option not to do this so you don't have to sit there while it's going through your entire collection, then come back and do all the manual ones at one time. I also generate a log file of all the errors (skipped, not found, no cover, etc), so the status can be reviewed afterwards. I'm not sure what the original author's idea was in writing the program in two pieces -- a DLL and a driver program. My guess is that he planned to (or hoped Colby would) integrate the calls to the DLL from CDJ, itself (like the calls CDJ makes to the cddb). Either way, I've left the design that way, but I moved almost all of the intelligence to the DLL program. Previously the driver (TestICProj) would make multiple calls to the DLL for a single album, changing the parameters around hoping for a hit. My DLL does all of that itself, trying many combinations of names. I haven't yet learned how (technically) to package this into an installable "package." But, I'm close (a few more days) to being willing to let others have a copy of the programs to play with. Or, if anyone wants to email me his MDB file, I'd love to have more test criteria! ----Original Message Follows---- From: ofriend@ldd.net (ORAL FRIEND) To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:32:15 -0500 I'd really like to see an update to the covers program, myself. It crashes on me about 20-30 covers into it, with an INVALID FILE TYPE error, or something similar. I've tried removing the Cd that I THINK it's working on, but no luck. It works great up to then, but since I have 600 CD's to get covers for, it would be great to have it automated! *************************************** Oral Friend CNE The M. Taylor Company mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com http://www.mtaylorcompany.com *************************************** _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From donm@citrix.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:32:11 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:32:11 -0400 From: Don Messerli donm@citrix.com Subject: [slinkelist] New Microsoft Natural Pro Keyboard The new Microsoft Natural Pro Keyboard has dedicated buttons for Mute, Volume +, Volume -, Play/Pause, Stop, Prev Track and Next Track. It would be cool if CDJ supported them. Here are the messages sent to WinAmp (one of the supported players). Mute Message 0x0088 wParam 00000004 lParam 00000000 Volume + Not sent to app. Volume - Not sent to app. Play/Pause Message 0x0319 wParam 00000000 lParam 000E0000 Stop Message 0x0319 wParam 00000000 lParam 000D0000 Prev Track Message 0x0319 wParam 00000000 lParam 000C0000 Next Track Message 0x0319 wParam 00000000 lParam 000B0000 Of course, the Intellitype Pro software only supports certain applications. It probably searches for the main window by Class and sends the messages to it. I can't find anything in the registry that can be changed. One may be able to find the window class names in the executable and patch one of them. Don From mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:50:39 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:50:39 -0400 From: Mike Kropp mkropp@cathouse.mv.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? It would be nice if it gave you some control as to which covers to look up. I find it gets covers that don't match what I've got -- sometimes not even close. Once run, I'm hesitant to run it again because it will get all those wrong covers (which I deleted) again. When I add a new CD, I really only want it to go out and get that CD. > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of ORAL FRIEND > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:32 PM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? > > > I'd really like to see an update to the covers program, myself. > It crashes > on me about 20-30 covers into it, with an INVALID FILE TYPE error, or > something similar. I've tried removing the Cd that I THINK it's working > on, but no luck. > > It works great up to then, but since I have 600 CD's to get > covers for, it > would be great to have it automated! > > > > *************************************** > Oral Friend CNE > The M. Taylor Company > mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com > http://www.mtaylorcompany.com > *************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From Jscott@constellar.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:25:03 -0700 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:25:03 -0700 From: Jonathan Scott Jscott@constellar.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? I generally get round that problem by setting the cover bitmap to a specific 'general' bitmap, rather than leaving it NULL. That way I don't waste a lot of time re-seeking covers that I know don't work Jonathan. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Kropp [mailto:mkropp@cathouse.mv.com] Sent: 28 October 1999 10:51 To: ORAL FRIEND; Slink-e List Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? It would be nice if it gave you some control as to which covers to look up. I find it gets covers that don't match what I've got -- sometimes not even close. Once run, I'm hesitant to run it again because it will get all those wrong covers (which I deleted) again. When I add a new CD, I really only want it to go out and get that CD. > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of ORAL FRIEND > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:32 PM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? > > > I'd really like to see an update to the covers program, myself. > It crashes > on me about 20-30 covers into it, with an INVALID FILE TYPE error, or > something similar. I've tried removing the Cd that I THINK it's working > on, but no luck. > > It works great up to then, but since I have 600 CD's to get > covers for, it > would be great to have it automated! > > > > *************************************** > Oral Friend CNE > The M. Taylor Company > mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com > http://www.mtaylorcompany.com > *************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From breid@cgocable.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:48:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:48:37 -0400 From: Bill Reid breid@cgocable.net Subject: [slinkelist] slinke and Lava DSerial PCI Hi all, I have just installed a fresh copy of Windows 98 in a computer with 4 COM ports. COM1 and COM2 are on the motherboard and COM5 and COM6 are on a Lava DSerial PCI card. When I try and start CDJ with the dirvers for the Lava card enabled CDJ (or the COM drivers or a combination of the two) hangs the machine (Ctrl-Alt-Del will not work). When I disable the drivers for the Lava board CDJ will start. And, if I plug the slinke into COM2, CDJ finds it and works correctly. Has anyone successfully used this serial card with CDJ before? Anyone have any suggestions on things to try? Bill Reid abeSoft Computer Service Inc. From joaquin.a@usa.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:30:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:30:47 -0500 From: Joaquin Arosemena joaquin.a@usa.net Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs The CDP-CX300 does not come with a LCD 2 way Remote. But it will work with a 2 way remote if you have it connected to a Sony Receiver wit the LCD Remote ( Like the Sony SRT-DE935). By the way I just got one of those receivers, it sound great. The only problem is that it has 3 Digital Optical inputs, but none are for a CD player, so you have to use another optical input for your CX300 (I use the TV Optical Input.) Joaquin ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > To which remote did you download memos (and what types of memos does the > remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > russ@convergencepartners.com writes: > > << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I move them to my car, > then back to the house. I also want them back in the same slot because I've > coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that I can use the > player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 changer and a > $2,000 controller). > > As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to the remote control > (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the changer, I search the > remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! > > Russ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > From mgengineering@uswest.net Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:55:49 -0000 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:55:49 -0000 From: Martin Gotch mgengineering@uswest.net Subject: [slinkelist] Off topic- univ remotes This is a bit off the normal subject (but my slink is just way too cool!!)... I acquired (picked up in the alley) a sharp 27" TV that had been dropped on it's rear pretty good. I have patched it up & it works, but I need a remote to do anything other than power, channel & volume. One of my remotes supports the TV basic functions, but not any menu functions. What would my best bet in an inexpensive univ remote that would support the menu functions? One of my remotes supports the TV basic functions, but not any menu functions? Thanks for any suggs. Martin Gotch From cboles@nirvis.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:35:59 -0700 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:35:59 -0700 From: Colby Boles cboles@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke and Lava DSerial PCI Try limiting CDJ to searching only one COM port. Do this in View|Options|Slinke in CDJ or View|Options in SlinkeServ if you are using CDJ via SlinkX. Colby At 01:48 PM 10/27/99 -0400, Bill Reid wrote: >Hi all, > >I have just installed a fresh copy of Windows 98 in a computer with 4 COM >ports. COM1 and COM2 are on the motherboard and COM5 and COM6 are on a Lava >DSerial PCI card. When I try and start CDJ with the dirvers for the Lava >card enabled CDJ (or the COM drivers or a combination of the two) hangs the >machine (Ctrl-Alt-Del will not work). > >When I disable the drivers for the Lava board CDJ will start. And, if I >plug the slinke into COM2, CDJ finds it and works correctly. > >Has anyone successfully used this serial card with CDJ before? Anyone have >any suggestions on things to try? > >Bill Reid >abeSoft Computer Service Inc. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist Nirvis Systems http://www.nirvis.com http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From tgautier@corp.home.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:46:35 -0700 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:46:35 -0700 From: Taylor Gautier tgautier@corp.home.net Subject: [slinkelist] Sony DVP-CX850D -- reading data from it possible??? Ok, last night I tried harder to get CD memos (and hopefully DVD memos too) out of my new Sony DVD/CD/VCD changer (and into my reciever, the STR-DA555ES). I feel as though my hopes of success are diminishing each day :( Question 1: Has anyone succeeded in getting track titles out of the this thing (to anywhere, computer, other remote, whatever)?? I'd like to know because if data can be read from it, then there is a glimmer of hope... Question 2: I'm still confused, the receiver manual says that the A1 II control cable is not supplied, and should be used to connect to a sony megastorage device. Is an A1II control cable just an slink (monaural) cable? Additional Info: Finally, I wrote down specifically what the control jacks on the receiver and changer say exactly. Anyone have any idea if I have any hope of getting data from the changer to my receiver, even if I have to put a computer (via slink-e, I'll buy it in a second if it solves my problem!) in between? Receiver (Sony STR-DA555ES): 1 port, labeled "Control A1II" Changer (Sony DVP-CX850D) 2 ports, 1 labeled "MEGACONTROL" and the other labeled "s-link control s in" thx, -taylor p.s. Anyone care to tell me why the audio industry SUCKS so much? This just should not be so damn difficult. I just want tohook all of my components up with only *1* (yes, ****ONE****) cable. Like firewire. I guess I have to get that $2,000 DVD changer, eh? A little pricey... From RJT4RE@aol.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:10:21 EDT Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:10:21 EDT From: RJT4RE@aol.com RJT4RE@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs In a message dated 10/28/99 9:27:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com writes: > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 > From: Tony Golden > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs > To: Slink-e Users List > > There should be a way for Slinke/CDJ to send data to the PHAST system, which > could in turn be displayed on the keypads. > PHAST is what one would call a "closed architecture". There's no one getting through their door without them having a software/hardware hand in it! I actually had to link CDJ/PHAST through the IR interface that PHAST supports. CDJ sends commands to the PHAST A/V software by looking like a PHAST IR remote which is totally programmable within the PHAST software. Likewise, PHAST sends commands to CDJ by emulating a SONY Changer IR that triggers events. Mean while PHAST has all the changers defined with all the CD info loaded in it to enable the LCD keypad display. Not the way I would have chosen, but it does work. It would have been nice if PHAST would have allowed for some type of appl-appl communication, I could have then dedicated another 6 months trying to get it working as advertised (from a PHAST perspective). Rich From kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:12:57 PDT Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:12:57 PDT From: Ken Geoffrion kgeoffrion@hotmail.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Yep, I do the exact same thing. The specification for the default bitmap and the option to redo/bypass is all on my startup screen. :> I think Oral is saying that he needs/wants to select only certain covers to redo, which I agree is a needed option. For now, just go into the database and delete the image filenames for the ones you want to do again, then select the option to bypass entries for existing covers. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Jonathan Scott To: "'mkropp@cathouse.mv.com'" , ORAL FRIEND , Slink-e List Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:25:03 -0700 I generally get round that problem by setting the cover bitmap to a specific 'general' bitmap, rather than leaving it NULL. That way I don't waste a lot of time re-seeking covers that I know don't work Jonathan. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Kropp [mailto:mkropp@cathouse.mv.com] Sent: 28 October 1999 10:51 To: ORAL FRIEND; Slink-e List Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? It would be nice if it gave you some control as to which covers to look up. I find it gets covers that don't match what I've got -- sometimes not even close. Once run, I'm hesitant to run it again because it will get all those wrong covers (which I deleted) again. When I add a new CD, I really only want it to go out and get that CD. > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of ORAL FRIEND > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:32 PM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? > > > I'd really like to see an update to the covers program, myself. > It crashes > on me about 20-30 covers into it, with an INVALID FILE TYPE error, or > something similar. I've tried removing the Cd that I THINK it's working > on, but no luck. > > It works great up to then, but since I have 600 CD's to get > covers for, it > would be great to have it automated! > > > > *************************************** > Oral Friend CNE > The M. Taylor Company > mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com > http://www.mtaylorcompany.com > *************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From Dave.Hoen@emulex.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:24:47 -0700 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:24:47 -0700 From: Hoen, Dave Dave.Hoen@emulex.com Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who had problems with the Covers = program. I had covers showing up for albums I've never even considered = buying. I really thought someone was playing jokes when George = Michael's "Listen Without Prejudice" album showed up with the cover for = "Beverly Hills Cop" soundtrack. I thought it was just too coincidental = to not have been someone's practical joke. Dave Hoen ---------- From: Ken Geoffrion Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 10:27 AM To: ofriend@ldd.net; will@airmail.net Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Okay, I'll admit it. I'm working on a new covers program. I have to = laugh=20 when I think about how much time I've spent versus using the "hammer"=20 approach. But, I'm using it as an excuse to learn Visual Basic, and=20 enjoying myself -- so please don't lecture me for wasting my time. :> The specific problem people are having with the program halting with an=20 error is probably due to a title/artist with a ":" colon in the name. = It's=20 one of the special characters that was omitted in the original program's = filter. My program is almost a total rewrite. I'm trying to make it really=20 intelligent, but there are SO MANY situations where the cddb names are=20 really different than the CDNow database. There are misspelled names,=20 titles in the artist fields, etc. Soundtracks, Various Artists,=20 Collections, Greatest Hits, singles, obscure albums, special editions, = etc.=20 are the real problem cases. Also, I've had really bad luck with getting = hits on most of my classic albums. Many times an album will be listed = 2-3=20 times in the results of the search -- some with a cover, some without. = I=20 recognize this and keep searching. Sometimes the cover chosen is not = the=20 original cover, or just a mistake based on very similar names. I = haven't=20 devised a solution for handling that yet -- maybe an option to go back = and=20 browse through the list of selected covers giving the user the chance to = manually change the cover. That would be pretty simple to do. Most = people=20 would probably just handle these manually by dragging and dropping. I'm hitting over 90% on albums in the CDNOW database, where the names = are at=20 least close to what they're supposed to be. I'm completely skipping the = classical genre for now. The are other locations that have covers (like Amazon), but the pictures = are=20 different sizes, so I chose to not pursue that. One feature I've added that I really like is an Option to intervene when = the=20 program can't find a cover. A mini-browser will pop up, that lets the = user=20 navigate to a page (if he can find one) that contains the cover, then = click=20 a button that says "use this cover", or just skip the album completely. = Of=20 course, you can select the option not to do this so you don't have to = sit=20 there while it's going through your entire collection, then come back = and do=20 all the manual ones at one time. I also generate a log file of all the errors (skipped, not found, no = cover,=20 etc), so the status can be reviewed afterwards. I'm not sure what the original author's idea was in writing the program = in=20 two pieces -- a DLL and a driver program. My guess is that he planned = to=20 (or hoped Colby would) integrate the calls to the DLL from CDJ, itself = (like=20 the calls CDJ makes to the cddb). Either way, I've left the design that = way, but I moved almost all of the intelligence to the DLL program. =20 Previously the driver (TestICProj) would make multiple calls to the DLL = for=20 a single album, changing the parameters around hoping for a hit. My DLL = does all of that itself, trying many combinations of names. I haven't yet learned how (technically) to package this into an = installable=20 "package." But, I'm close (a few more days) to being willing to let = others=20 have a copy of the programs to play with. Or, if anyone wants to email me his MDB file, I'd love to have more test = criteria! ----Original Message Follows---- From: ofriend@ldd.net (ORAL FRIEND) To: slinkelist@nirvis.com Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:32:15 -0500 I'd really like to see an update to the covers program, myself. It = crashes=20 on me about 20-30 covers into it, with an INVALID FILE TYPE error, or=20 something similar. I've tried removing the Cd that I THINK it's working = on,=20 but no luck. It works great up to then, but since I have 600 CD's to get covers for, = it=20 would be great to have it automated! *************************************** Oral Friend CNE The M. Taylor Company mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com http://www.mtaylorcompany.com *************************************** _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From rbrocaw@flash.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:37:39 -0600 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:37:39 -0600 From: rbrocaw rbrocaw@flash.net Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Using the ActiveX Control Maybe it's just the air density up here in Colorado, but I just can't make this work. I have tried every combination and permutation I can think of to get two device files going at the same time on the same port... no matter what I do, the second AddDevice method fails. Is there perchance a sample of VB code for two device files, or maybe a single CDE file that will work with Sony CD changers? Sorry to be a bother... if I can just get this one thing working, I'll be out of your hair. Thanks! Richard Brocaw rbrocaw@flash.net Colby Boles wrote: > You can have any number of devices connected to a port. That's how it is done. > > Colby > > At 04:44 PM 10/27/99 -0600, rbrocaw wrote: > >Many thank to Colby, who has provided the information to get me going > >with the > >Slinke ActiveX control. So far I have written a small program in Visual > >Basic that > >allows me to do the basic functions of my Sony CDP-CX300 changer. > > > >There is just one piece left to my puzzle... how to get the responses > >from the player. > >I am using the CDSLS.CDE file which has the commands to the player, but > >if I use > >that device file, I don't get most of the responses back from the > >player. If I use the > >CDSLR.CDE device file, I get the reponses, but I lose control. > >Apparently, there > >can be only one device file per Slinke port, but I won't have enough > >ports to > >dedicate two to the player, and I'm not sure that would work anyway. I > >have > >tried to concatenate the two files, and that allows some commands and > >some > >responses, depending on which file is first. > > > >There must be some way to get both the commands and the responses into > >the same > >device file. HELP! > > > >Richard Brocaw > >rbrocaw@flash.net > > > > > > Nirvis Systems > http://www.nirvis.com > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles From ofriend@ldd.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:48:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:48:27 -0500 From: ORAL FRIEND ofriend@ldd.net Subject: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? Yes, that would be nice. Or even if it notified you as to which cover was causing the problem. I'm sure that these programs are in their infancy, and will only get better. It's just hard not to get a bit impatient when you see potential for something so cool! Thanks for the replies. At 12:12 PM 10/28/99 -0700, you wrote: >Yep, I do the exact same thing. The specification for the default bitmap >and the option to redo/bypass is all on my startup screen. :> > >I think Oral is saying that he needs/wants to select only certain covers >to redo, which I agree is a needed option. For now, just go into the >database and delete the image filenames for the ones you want to do again, >then select the option to bypass entries for existing covers. > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: Jonathan Scott >To: "'mkropp@cathouse.mv.com'" , ORAL FRIEND >, Slink-e List >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? >Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:25:03 -0700 > >I generally get round that problem by setting the cover bitmap to a >specific 'general' bitmap, rather than leaving it NULL. >That way I don't waste a lot of time re-seeking covers that I know don't work > >Jonathan. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Kropp [mailto:mkropp@cathouse.mv.com] >Sent: 28 October 1999 10:51 >To: ORAL FRIEND; Slink-e List >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? > > >It would be nice if it gave you some control as to which covers to look up. >I find it gets covers that don't match what I've got -- sometimes not even >close. Once run, I'm hesitant to run it again because it will get all >those wrong covers (which I deleted) again. When I add a new CD, I really >only want it to go out and get that CD. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > Behalf Of ORAL FRIEND > > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:32 PM > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Someone working on another "Covers" program? > > > > > > I'd really like to see an update to the covers program, myself. > > It crashes > > on me about 20-30 covers into it, with an INVALID FILE TYPE error, or > > something similar. I've tried removing the Cd that I THINK it's working > > on, but no luck. > > > > It works great up to then, but since I have 600 CD's to get > > covers for, it > > would be great to have it automated! > > > > > > > > *************************************** > > Oral Friend CNE > > The M. Taylor Company > > mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com > > http://www.mtaylorcompany.com > > *************************************** > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************** Oral Friend CNE The M. Taylor Company mailto:ofriend@mtaylorcompany.com http://www.mtaylorcompany.com *************************************** From AndyStein@aol.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:17:57 EDT Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:17:57 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs Will the Pronto display track titles when the CDJ2CCF programs it? Or do we need to await a new model with more memory before that becomes possible? The method you describe entices. :) Andrew In a message dated 10/28/99 7:37:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com writes: << One way to handle this is to use a Pronto remote, and the CDJ2CCF program generated by Jeroen Sonnemans, in the user_submitted area on the nirvis site. This utiltiy takes your database (created by slinke) and converts it to Pronto menus. The menus created are individual selections by artist and title. This is a one way operation but totally automajic... gotta love it ! Vann Knight > -----Original Message----- > From: AndyStein@aol.com [mailto:AndyStein@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:45 AM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > Is there a device that simply sends artist, disc, and > track memos to an > LCD remote that displays the information? I don't want > another receiver, and > my Yamaha RX-V995 does not send artist, disc, or track > information (probably > because it's not a Sony). I have the feeling that we will > have to wait ten > years for two-way LCD remotes display artists, tracks, and > titles, especially > since Sony seems to be taking a step backward by removing > track memo from its > new multichangers (and, in the case of the CDP-CX350, after > advertising the > machine with track memo!). > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 9:32:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > joaquin.a@usa.net writes: > > << The CDP-CX300 does not come with a LCD 2 way Remote. But > it will work with > a > 2 way remote if you have it connected to a Sony Receiver wit > the LCD Remote > ( Like the Sony SRT-DE935). > By the way I just got one of those receivers, it sound > great. The only > problem is that it has 3 Digital Optical inputs, but none > are for a CD > player, so you have to use another optical input for your CX300 > (I use the TV Optical Input.) > > Joaquin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > To which remote did you download memos (and what types > of memos does > the > > remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > russ@convergencepartners.com writes: > > > > << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I > move them to my > car, > > then back to the house. I also want them back in the > same slot because > I've > > coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that > I can use the > > player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 > changer and a > > $2,000 controller). > > > > As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to > the remote control > > (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the > changer, I search the > > remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! > > > > Russ >> > > >> > >> From MrGolden@swbell.net Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:18:08 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:18:08 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs That's one of the main reasons I prefer Crestron -- It's architecture is much more open. I originally bought the Slinke (and subscribed to this list) with intentions of getting it to communicate with a Crestron system. I know it's possible -- I just haven't had time to actually do it. > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:27:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > RJT4RE@aol.com writes: > > > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 > > From: Tony Golden > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs > > To: Slink-e Users List > > > > There should be a way for Slinke/CDJ to send data to the PHAST system, > which > > could in turn be displayed on the keypads. > > > PHAST is what one would call a "closed architecture". There's no one getting > through their door without them having a software/hardware hand in it! I > actually had to link CDJ/PHAST through the IR interface that PHAST supports. > CDJ sends commands to the PHAST A/V software by looking like a PHAST IR > remote which is totally programmable within the PHAST software. Likewise, > PHAST sends commands to CDJ by emulating a SONY Changer IR that triggers > events. Mean while PHAST has all the changers defined with all the CD info > loaded in it to enable the LCD keypad display. Not the way I would have > chosen, but it does work. It would have been nice if PHAST would have > allowed for some type of appl-appl communication, I could have then dedicated > another 6 months trying to get it working as advertised (from a PHAST > perspective). > > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From AndyStein@aol.com Fri, 29 Oct 1999 01:03:27 EDT Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 01:03:27 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs Which Crestron model do you use? Does it display tracks, artists, and titles on its own screen, and does it handle multiple changers? Andrew In a message dated 10/28/99 9:20:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, MrGolden@swbell.net writes: << That's one of the main reasons I prefer Crestron -- It's architecture is much more open. I originally bought the Slinke (and subscribed to this list) with intentions of getting it to communicate with a Crestron system. I know it's possible -- I just haven't had time to actually do it. > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:27:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > RJT4RE@aol.com writes: > > > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 > > From: Tony Golden > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs > > To: Slink-e Users List > > > > There should be a way for Slinke/CDJ to send data to the PHAST system, > which > > could in turn be displayed on the keypads. > > > PHAST is what one would call a "closed architecture". There's no one getting > through their door without them having a software/hardware hand in it! I > actually had to link CDJ/PHAST through the IR interface that PHAST supports. > CDJ sends commands to the PHAST A/V software by looking like a PHAST IR > remote which is totally programmable within the PHAST software. Likewise, > PHAST sends commands to CDJ by emulating a SONY Changer IR that triggers > events. Mean while PHAST has all the changers defined with all the CD info > loaded in it to enable the LCD keypad display. Not the way I would have > chosen, but it does work. It would have been nice if PHAST would have > allowed for some type of appl-appl communication, I could have then dedicated > another 6 months trying to get it working as advertised (from a PHAST > perspective). > > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > >> From Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:00:07 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:00:07 -0500 From: Knight, Vann M Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs The current version of CDJ2CCF just displays the artist and title, my Proto is at 44% memory with the controls for my cd changer (with approx. 180 cds in it). Plus a great set of controls for my dish (icons for channels instead of numbers). As well as controls for my Xantech ZPR6, and a few other things. I would bet that titles for a bunch of disks would take too much memory. Vann > -----Original Message----- > From: AndyStein@aol.com [mailto:AndyStein@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:18 PM > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > Will the Pronto display track titles when the CDJ2CCF > programs it? Or do > we need to await a new model with more memory before that > becomes possible? > The method you describe entices. :) > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/28/99 7:37:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > Vann.Knight@MW.Boeing.com writes: > > << One way to handle this is to use a Pronto remote, and the > CDJ2CCF program > generated by Jeroen Sonnemans, in the user_submitted area on > the nirvis > site. > > This utiltiy takes your database (created by slinke) and > converts it to > Pronto menus. The menus created are individual selections by > artist and > title. This is a one way operation but totally automajic... > gotta love it ! > > Vann Knight > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AndyStein@aol.com [mailto:AndyStein@aol.com] > > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:45 AM > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > Is there a device that simply sends artist, disc, and > > track memos to an > > LCD remote that displays the information? I don't want > > another receiver, and > > my Yamaha RX-V995 does not send artist, disc, or track > > information (probably > > because it's not a Sony). I have the feeling that we will > > have to wait ten > > years for two-way LCD remotes display artists, tracks, and > > titles, especially > > since Sony seems to be taking a step backward by removing > > track memo from its > > new multichangers (and, in the case of the CDP-CX350, after > > advertising the > > machine with track memo!). > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 9:32:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > joaquin.a@usa.net writes: > > > > << The CDP-CX300 does not come with a LCD 2 way Remote. But > > it will work with > > a > > 2 way remote if you have it connected to a Sony Receiver wit > > the LCD Remote > > ( Like the Sony SRT-DE935). > > By the way I just got one of those receivers, it sound > > great. The only > > problem is that it has 3 Digital Optical inputs, but none > > are for a CD > > player, so you have to use another optical input for your CX300 > > (I use the TV Optical Input.) > > > > Joaquin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs > > > > > > > To which remote did you download memos (and what types > > of memos does > > the > > > remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. > > > > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > > russ@convergencepartners.com writes: > > > > > > << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I > > move them to my > > car, > > > then back to the house. I also want them back in the > > same slot because > > I've > > > coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that > > I can use the > > > player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 > > changer and a > > > $2,000 controller). > > > > > > As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to > > the remote control > > > (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the > > changer, I search the > > > remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! > > > > > > Russ >> > > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From scarlet@euronet.nl Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:45:50 +0100 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:45:50 +0100 From: Scarlet Graphexx scarlet@euronet.nl Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs I have a version that does more- both players and CD's, but it's in Alpha and I haven't had time to work on it for a while. I can sent you the very early version, but the interface currently is crap. I need to complete another project, once that is finalized I'll rev. the app. Thinking about Multiple-Player, Unlimited CD's, Indexing (A-B-C et.) and init and exit commands (stop other players first and that select new cd and play) etc... Also some have asked for Tracks as well. I can't see how this would fit in the Pronto's memory, but if anyone has an Idea on the Pronto Screen Layout, let me know... Cheers, J> Mike Kropp wrote: >The downside of CDJ2CCF is that it doesn't handle multiple players nor does >it handle 300 disc changers. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On >> Behalf Of Knight, Vann M >> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 10:36 AM >> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >> >> >> One way to handle this is to use a Pronto remote, and the CDJ2CCF program >> generated by Jeroen Sonnemans, in the user_submitted area on the nirvis >> site. >> >> This utiltiy takes your database (created by slinke) and converts it to >> Pronto menus. The menus created are individual selections by artist and >> title. This is a one way operation but totally automajic... >> gotta love it ! >> >> Vann Knight >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: AndyStein@aol.com [mailto:AndyStein@aol.com] >> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:45 AM >> > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com >> > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >> > >> > >> > Is there a device that simply sends artist, disc, and >> > track memos to an >> > LCD remote that displays the information? I don't want >> > another receiver, and >> > my Yamaha RX-V995 does not send artist, disc, or track >> > information (probably >> > because it's not a Sony). I have the feeling that we will >> > have to wait ten >> > years for two-way LCD remotes display artists, tracks, and >> > titles, especially >> > since Sony seems to be taking a step backward by removing >> > track memo from its >> > new multichangers (and, in the case of the CDP-CX350, after >> > advertising the >> > machine with track memo!). >> > >> > >> > Andrew >> > >> > >> > In a message dated 10/27/99 9:32:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >> > joaquin.a@usa.net writes: >> > >> > << The CDP-CX300 does not come with a LCD 2 way Remote. But >> > it will work with >> > a >> > 2 way remote if you have it connected to a Sony Receiver wit >> > the LCD Remote >> > ( Like the Sony SRT-DE935). >> > By the way I just got one of those receivers, it sound >> > great. The only >> > problem is that it has 3 Digital Optical inputs, but none >> > are for a CD >> > player, so you have to use another optical input for your CX300 >> > (I use the TV Optical Input.) >> > >> > Joaquin >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: >> > To: >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:22 PM >> > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Missing Discs >> > >> > >> > > To which remote did you download memos (and what types >> > of memos does >> > the >> > > remote handle)? I didn't think the CDP-CX300 remote had an LCD. >> > > >> > > >> > > Andrew >> > > >> > > >> > > In a message dated 10/27/99 4:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >> > > russ@convergencepartners.com writes: >> > > >> > > << I've had the same issue with "missing discs" when I >> > move them to my >> > car, >> > > then back to the house. I also want them back in the >> > same slot because >> > I've >> > > coded the slots with the sony "bank" information so that >> > I can use the >> > > player without CDJ if necessary (it's crazy having a $300 >> > changer and a >> > > $2,000 controller). >> > > >> > > As a sort of quick access list I download the memos to >> > the remote control >> > > (CDP-CX300). When I want to put a disc back in the >> > changer, I search the >> > > remote (very quick) for the title and it tells me the slot! >> > > >> > > Russ >> >> > > >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From nsharp@phoenix-int.com Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:16:07 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:16:07 -0400 From: Nathan Sharp nsharp@phoenix-int.com Subject: [slinkelist] slinke and Lava DSerial PCI A bit off topic, but here we go anyhow: My experience with this type of things leads me to believe that you have what is termed "IRQ Hell". Your DSerial card is using the same IRQ (or base address, but most likely IRQ) as something else in your computer. Everything is fine until you try to use the serial ports, at which time the IRQs of the two things conflict and what happens is anyone's guess (usually exactly what you see, serious lockup. I had a computer once that wouldn't even start up the BIOS memory check). Here's a test to see how computer geeky you are, can you tell me what is using what IRQs in your computer? Probably not. Try changing what the card is using, though. You might get lucky. Do a search on the web and you can find documents that tell you what IRQs are typically used by what devices. I'd give you my list, but it is packed right now. Sorry. Nathan Bill Reid wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just installed a fresh copy of Windows 98 in a computer with 4 COM > ports. COM1 and COM2 are on the motherboard and COM5 and COM6 are on a Lava > DSerial PCI card. When I try and start CDJ with the dirvers for the Lava > card enabled CDJ (or the COM drivers or a combination of the two) hangs the > machine (Ctrl-Alt-Del will not work). > > When I disable the drivers for the Lava board CDJ will start. And, if I > plug the slinke into COM2, CDJ finds it and works correctly. > > Has anyone successfully used this serial card with CDJ before? Anyone have > any suggestions on things to try? > > Bill Reid > abeSoft Computer Service Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From aue@nirvis.com Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:40:51 -0700 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:40:51 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Using the ActiveX Control The TV remote program adds a device and then has some other lines that are commented out to add another device. You could uncomment those lines and it would be adding multiple devices. If you still can't get anywhere send me the minimal VB project that demonstrates your problem. David Aue Nirvis Systems At 02:37 PM 10/28/99 , rbrocaw wrote: >Maybe it's just the air density up here in Colorado, but I just can't make >this >work. >I have tried every combination and permutation I can think of to get two >device >files going at the same time on the same port... no matter what I do, the >second >AddDevice method fails. Is there perchance a sample of VB code for two device >files, or maybe a single CDE file that will work with Sony CD changers? > >Sorry to be a bother... if I can just get this one thing working, I'll be >out of >your >hair. > >Thanks! > >Richard Brocaw >rbrocaw@flash.net > >Colby Boles wrote: > > > You can have any number of devices connected to a port. That's how it > is done. > > > > Colby > > > > At 04:44 PM 10/27/99 -0600, rbrocaw wrote: > > >Many thank to Colby, who has provided the information to get me going > > >with the > > >Slinke ActiveX control. So far I have written a small program in Visual > > >Basic that > > >allows me to do the basic functions of my Sony CDP-CX300 changer. > > > > > >There is just one piece left to my puzzle... how to get the responses > > >from the player. > > >I am using the CDSLS.CDE file which has the commands to the player, but > > >if I use > > >that device file, I don't get most of the responses back from the > > >player. If I use the > > >CDSLR.CDE device file, I get the reponses, but I lose control. > > >Apparently, there > > >can be only one device file per Slinke port, but I won't have enough > > >ports to > > >dedicate two to the player, and I'm not sure that would work anyway. I > > >have > > >tried to concatenate the two files, and that allows some commands and > > >some > > >responses, depending on which file is first. > > > > > >There must be some way to get both the commands and the responses into > > >the same > > >device file. HELP! > > > > > >Richard Brocaw > > >rbrocaw@flash.net > > > > > > > > > > Nirvis Systems > > http://www.nirvis.com > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From MrGolden@swbell.net Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:44:56 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:44:56 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs This particular installation uses the CNMSX-Pro controller, and CT-3500 touchpanels. It has the capability to display the CD information on the touchpanels (using Slinke to obtain the data from the changers), but I haven't written that part of the software for it yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs > Which Crestron model do you use? Does it display tracks, artists, and > titles on its own screen, and does it handle multiple changers? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:20:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > MrGolden@swbell.net writes: > > << That's one of the main reasons I prefer Crestron -- It's architecture is > much more open. I originally bought the Slinke (and subscribed to this > list) with intentions of getting it to communicate with a Crestron system. > I know it's possible -- I just haven't had time to actually do it. > > > > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:27:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > RJT4RE@aol.com writes: > > > > > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 > > > From: Tony Golden > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs > > > To: Slink-e Users List > > > > > > There should be a way for Slinke/CDJ to send data to the PHAST system, > > which > > > could in turn be displayed on the keypads. > > > > > PHAST is what one would call a "closed architecture". There's no one > getting > > through their door without them having a software/hardware hand in it! I > > actually had to link CDJ/PHAST through the IR interface that PHAST > supports. > > CDJ sends commands to the PHAST A/V software by looking like a PHAST IR > > remote which is totally programmable within the PHAST software. Likewise, > > PHAST sends commands to CDJ by emulating a SONY Changer IR that triggers > > events. Mean while PHAST has all the changers defined with all the CD > info > > loaded in it to enable the LCD keypad display. Not the way I would have > > chosen, but it does work. It would have been nice if PHAST would have > > allowed for some type of appl-appl communication, I could have then > dedicated > > another 6 months trying to get it working as advertised (from a PHAST > > perspective). > > > > Rich > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From AndyStein@aol.com Sat, 30 Oct 1999 01:57:09 EDT Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 01:57:09 EDT From: AndyStein@aol.com AndyStein@aol.com Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs For how much does this Crestron sell? I take it that since the program retrieves CD information from the changers, the Crestron cannot display track titles (because the S-link laungage apparently does not offer commands for tracks). Or could the Crestron get tracks from CDJ somehow (after the user enters the tracks into CDJ)? Andrew In a message dated 10/29/99 10:13:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, MrGolden@swbell.net writes: << Subj: Re: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs Date: 10/29/99 10:13:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: MrGolden@swbell.net (Tony Golden) To: AndyStein@aol.com CC: slinkelist@nirvis.com (Slink-e Users List) This particular installation uses the CNMSX-Pro controller, and CT-3500 touchpanels. It has the capability to display the CD information on the touchpanels (using Slinke to obtain the data from the changers), but I haven't written that part of the software for it yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs > Which Crestron model do you use? Does it display tracks, artists, and > titles on its own screen, and does it handle multiple changers? > > > Andrew > > > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:20:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > MrGolden@swbell.net writes: > > << That's one of the main reasons I prefer Crestron -- It's architecture is > much more open. I originally bought the Slinke (and subscribed to this > list) with intentions of getting it to communicate with a Crestron system. > I know it's possible -- I just haven't had time to actually do it. > > > > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:27:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > RJT4RE@aol.com writes: > > > > > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 > > > From: Tony Golden > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs > > > To: Slink-e Users List > > > > > > There should be a way for Slinke/CDJ to send data to the PHAST system, > > which > > > could in turn be displayed on the keypads. > > > > > PHAST is what one would call a "closed architecture". There's no one > getting > > through their door without them having a software/hardware hand in it! I > > actually had to link CDJ/PHAST through the IR interface that PHAST > supports. > > CDJ sends commands to the PHAST A/V software by looking like a PHAST IR > > remote which is totally programmable within the PHAST software. Likewise, > > PHAST sends commands to CDJ by emulating a SONY Changer IR that triggers > > events. Mean while PHAST has all the changers defined with all the CD > info > > loaded in it to enable the LCD keypad display. Not the way I would have > > chosen, but it does work. It would have been nice if PHAST would have > > allowed for some type of appl-appl communication, I could have then > dedicated > > another 6 months trying to get it working as advertised (from a PHAST > > perspective). > > > > Rich > > >> From MrGolden@swbell.net Sat, 30 Oct 1999 13:05:30 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 13:05:30 -0500 From: Tony Golden MrGolden@swbell.net Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 12:57 AM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs > For how much does this Crestron sell? The CNMSX-Pro retails for around $2000, and the CT-3500 is $4000, but they will do A LOT of stuff. Crestron *does* make less expensive equipment, though, that can do what we're talking about. >I take it that since the program > retrieves CD information from the changers, the Crestron cannot display track > titles (because the S-link laungage apparently does not offer commands for > tracks). That is correct. >Or could the Crestron get tracks from CDJ somehow (after the user > enters the tracks into CDJ)? That's my plan. I'm sure it can be done, I just haven't tried it yet. > > In a message dated 10/29/99 10:13:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > MrGolden@swbell.net writes: > > << Subj: Re: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs > Date: 10/29/99 10:13:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: MrGolden@swbell.net (Tony Golden) > To: AndyStein@aol.com > CC: slinkelist@nirvis.com (Slink-e Users List) > > This particular installation uses the CNMSX-Pro controller, and CT-3500 > touchpanels. It has the capability to display the CD information on the > touchpanels (using Slinke to obtain the data from the changers), but I > haven't written that part of the software for it yet. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 12:03 AM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Re: Missing Discs > > > > Which Crestron model do you use? Does it display tracks, artists, and > > titles on its own screen, and does it handle multiple changers? > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:20:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > MrGolden@swbell.net writes: > > > > << That's one of the main reasons I prefer Crestron -- It's architecture > is > > much more open. I originally bought the Slinke (and subscribed to this > > list) with intentions of getting it to communicate with a Crestron > system. > > I know it's possible -- I just haven't had time to actually do it. > > > > > > > In a message dated 10/28/99 9:27:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > > RJT4RE@aol.com writes: > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:34:21 -0500 > > > > From: Tony Golden > > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] RE: Missing Discs > > > > To: Slink-e Users List > > > > > > > > There should be a way for Slinke/CDJ to send data to the PHAST > system, > > > which > > > > could in turn be displayed on the keypads. > > > > > > > PHAST is what one would call a "closed architecture". There's no one > > getting > > > through their door without them having a software/hardware hand in it! > I > > > actually had to link CDJ/PHAST through the IR interface that PHAST > > supports. > > > CDJ sends commands to the PHAST A/V software by looking like a PHAST IR > > > remote which is totally programmable within the PHAST software. > Likewise, > > > PHAST sends commands to CDJ by emulating a SONY Changer IR that > triggers > > > events. Mean while PHAST has all the changers defined with all the CD > > info > > > loaded in it to enable the LCD keypad display. Not the way I would have > > > chosen, but it does work. It would have been nice if PHAST would have > > > allowed for some type of appl-appl communication, I could have then > > dedicated > > > another 6 months trying to get it working as advertised (from a PHAST > > > perspective). > > > > > > Rich > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From dale@theandrens.com Sat, 30 Oct 1999 14:17:23 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 14:17:23 -0500 From: Dale Andren dale@theandrens.com Subject: [slinkelist] Image Files Hi List, I have been dragging and dropping cover images from cdnow to cdj and am having a problem. If I open cdj on another computer and use the library.mdb file as my cd library, where are the image files that go with that library file located. My problem is that although cdj shows an image being associated with a CD, the image only appears on the computer that I did the drag and drop from. Are the cover images stored somewhere else. The only reason I am doing this is its way easier to do the drag and drop sequence 400 times on a big monitor and I run cdj from a laptop normally. I am only copying library.mdb from one machine to the other. Thanks in advance, Dale From aue@nirvis.com Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:59:41 -0700 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:59:41 -0700 From: David Aue aue@nirvis.com Subject: [slinkelist] Image Files When you drag and drop an image to CDJ it just stores the path to the image file. If you want the images to appear on another computer then you must have the image files in the same path on both computers. David Aue Nirvis Systems At 12:17 PM 10/30/99 , Dale Andren wrote: >Hi List, > >I have been dragging and dropping cover images from cdnow to cdj and am >having a problem. If I open cdj on another computer and use the library.mdb >file as my cd library, where are the image files that go with that library >file located. My problem is that although cdj shows an image being >associated with a CD, the image only appears on the computer that I did the >drag and drop from. Are the cover images stored somewhere else. The only >reason I am doing this is its way easier to do the drag and drop sequence >400 times on a big monitor and I run cdj from a laptop normally. I am only >copying library.mdb from one machine to the other. > >Thanks in advance, >Dale > > > >_______________________________________________ >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From dale@theandrens.com Sat, 30 Oct 1999 15:24:58 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 15:24:58 -0500 From: Dale Andren dale@theandrens.com Subject: [slinkelist] Image Files David, Is there a way to force cdj to use the same network directory to save these image files. It appears as though they are saved in the temporary internet files directory. Even if I copy the files from one directory to the other I would still have to change all these directory pointers manually. Is this something you would consider adding to cdj in the future. It could be as easy as an autocopy image to directory x command. Thanks, Dale ----- Original Message ----- From: David Aue To: Dale Andren Cc: Slink-e Users List Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files > When you drag and drop an image to CDJ it just stores the path to the image > file. If you want the images to appear on another computer then you must > have the image files in the same path on both computers. > > David Aue > Nirvis Systems > > At 12:17 PM 10/30/99 , Dale Andren wrote: > >Hi List, > > > >I have been dragging and dropping cover images from cdnow to cdj and am > >having a problem. If I open cdj on another computer and use the library.mdb > >file as my cd library, where are the image files that go with that library > >file located. My problem is that although cdj shows an image being > >associated with a CD, the image only appears on the computer that I did the > >drag and drop from. Are the cover images stored somewhere else. The only > >reason I am doing this is its way easier to do the drag and drop sequence > >400 times on a big monitor and I run cdj from a laptop normally. I am only > >copying library.mdb from one machine to the other. > > > >Thanks in advance, > >Dale > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From rbrocaw@flash.net Sat, 30 Oct 1999 16:31:16 -0600 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 16:31:16 -0600 From: rbrocaw rbrocaw@flash.net Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Using the ActiveX Control Please ignore my request for more help with this... I figured it out and it turned out to be Visual Basic 101... I appreciate all your help with this and I think I have it whipped now. Richard Brocaw rbrocaw@flash.net David Aue wrote: > The TV remote program adds a device and then has some other lines that are > commented out to add another device. You could uncomment those lines and > it would be adding multiple devices. If you still can't get anywhere send > me the minimal VB project that demonstrates your problem. > > David Aue > Nirvis Systems > > At 02:37 PM 10/28/99 , rbrocaw wrote: > >Maybe it's just the air density up here in Colorado, but I just can't make > >this > >work. > >I have tried every combination and permutation I can think of to get two > >device > >files going at the same time on the same port... no matter what I do, the > >second > >AddDevice method fails. Is there perchance a sample of VB code for two device > >files, or maybe a single CDE file that will work with Sony CD changers? > > > >Sorry to be a bother... if I can just get this one thing working, I'll be > >out of > >your > >hair. > > > >Thanks! > > > >Richard Brocaw > >rbrocaw@flash.net > > > >Colby Boles wrote: > > > > > You can have any number of devices connected to a port. That's how it > > is done. > > > > > > Colby > > > > > > At 04:44 PM 10/27/99 -0600, rbrocaw wrote: > > > >Many thank to Colby, who has provided the information to get me going > > > >with the > > > >Slinke ActiveX control. So far I have written a small program in Visual > > > >Basic that > > > >allows me to do the basic functions of my Sony CDP-CX300 changer. > > > > > > > >There is just one piece left to my puzzle... how to get the responses > > > >from the player. > > > >I am using the CDSLS.CDE file which has the commands to the player, but > > > >if I use > > > >that device file, I don't get most of the responses back from the > > > >player. If I use the > > > >CDSLR.CDE device file, I get the reponses, but I lose control. > > > >Apparently, there > > > >can be only one device file per Slinke port, but I won't have enough > > > >ports to > > > >dedicate two to the player, and I'm not sure that would work anyway. I > > > >have > > > >tried to concatenate the two files, and that allows some commands and > > > >some > > > >responses, depending on which file is first. > > > > > > > >There must be some way to get both the commands and the responses into > > > >the same > > > >device file. HELP! > > > > > > > >Richard Brocaw > > > >rbrocaw@flash.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nirvis Systems > > > http://www.nirvis.com > > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist From parkdog@ix.netcom.com Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:11:56 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:11:56 -0500 From: Marc Parker parkdog@ix.netcom.com Subject: [slinkelist] Missing Discs I know I read a flurry of comments when the new MDB file structure came into existence regarding the load times. I am loading about 1200 cds and it takes almost five minutes on 350 Mhz machine. Is this the going rate? If it is, is there any fine tuning that Colby is working on to speed this up? parker From dale@theandrens.com Sat, 30 Oct 1999 23:44:41 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 23:44:41 -0500 From: Dale Andren dale@theandrens.com Subject: Fw: [slinkelist] Image Files Parker, Thanks, this solves the problem of your browser deleting the images during routine housekeeping, but it would be really handy to just save all these cover image files to a folder and then not have to give the path in the details tab, just the file name for each cover would be sufficient. If cdj could map to that image directory, then the image directory could be portable across the network. The way things are now the path to the covers changes depending on the machine you are on in the lan, so even though you have saved all the covers if you go to another computer you have to drag and drop again. This becomes a big headache if you have a lot of cds. If there was a way for Colby or Dave to specify a global covers directory for cdj and then just save your covers to that directory the image directory could be pointed to from any computer with access to the cdj host. This would eliminate the need to drag and drop all the covers each time you accessed cdj from a different computer. The other solution would be to tie the images to the library.mdb file but I have no idea how you would begin to do that. I guess this email is more of a wish list kind of a thing, since there has been so much interest in a covers program on the list recently. This is really a great list and a great product. Thanks to all, Dale > > It is my understanding you have to copy the image to your HD first, then > > drag it to CDJ, otherwise your only ref the internet URL. > > > > Parker > > > > > > > > Hi List, > > > > > > I have been dragging and dropping cover images from cdnow to cdj and am > > > having a problem. If I open cdj on another computer and use the > library.mdb > > > file as my cd library, where are the image files that go with that > library > > > file located. My problem is that although cdj shows an image being > > > associated with a CD, the image only appears on the computer that I did > the > > > drag and drop from. Are the cover images stored somewhere else. The only > > > reason I am doing this is its way easier to do the drag and drop > sequence > > > 400 times on a big monitor and I run cdj from a laptop normally. I am > only > > > copying library.mdb from one machine to the other. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Dale > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > From bhunt01@ibm.net Sat, 30 Oct 1999 22:28:21 -0700 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 22:28:21 -0700 From: Brian L Hunt bhunt01@ibm.net Subject: [slinkelist] Image Files Dale you appear to be extremely confused. They are not in the temporary internet files directory as a function of CDJ. They are there as a function of you using files from a live web connection. If you want to keep the files right click the image in the web browser and select save image as or the equivalent in your browser. Create a subdirectory in the CDJ directory and call it covers or images or something along those lines. Now drag and drop from that location. Now when you want to move/copy the set up to another machine you can copy the directory you created in total along with the mdb file. Assuming that the CDJ directory is on the same drive o both PCs you will not need to edit anything. As David said. The drag does NOT move the file - it merely says create an entry for the current location of this image. As I have stated before, let's not introduce more functions to overcome RTM failure > -----Original Message----- > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > Behalf Of Dale Andren > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 1:25 PM > To: David Aue > Cc: Slink-e Users List > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files > > > David, > > Is there a way to force cdj to use the same network directory to > save these > image files. It appears as though they are saved in the temporary internet > files directory. Even if I copy the files from one directory to > the other I > would still have to change all these directory pointers manually. Is this > something you would consider adding to cdj in the future. It could be as > easy as an autocopy image to directory x command. > > Thanks, > Dale > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Aue > To: Dale Andren > Cc: Slink-e Users List > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files > > > > When you drag and drop an image to CDJ it just stores the path to the > image > > file. If you want the images to appear on another computer > then you must > > have the image files in the same path on both computers. > > > > David Aue > > Nirvis Systems > > > > At 12:17 PM 10/30/99 , Dale Andren wrote: > > >Hi List, > > > > > >I have been dragging and dropping cover images from cdnow to cdj and am > > >having a problem. If I open cdj on another computer and use the > library.mdb > > >file as my cd library, where are the image files that go with that > library > > >file located. My problem is that although cdj shows an image being > > >associated with a CD, the image only appears on the computer that I did > the > > >drag and drop from. Are the cover images stored somewhere > else. The only > > >reason I am doing this is its way easier to do the drag and > drop sequence > > >400 times on a big monitor and I run cdj from a laptop normally. I am > only > > >copying library.mdb from one machine to the other. > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > >Dale > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > From dale@theandrens.com Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:40:50 -0600 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:40:50 -0600 From: Dale Andren dale@theandrens.com Subject: [slinkelist] Image Files Brian, I understand why the files end up where they are, the browser is handling the file management. The problem is when one machine is running NT and one machine is running win 98, the likelihood of having the exact same path to the images on each machine is slim, let alone the same drive letter, and if I am trying to access the database of covers from a remote machine the paths will always be different. I am not asking for cdj to add any new features, only to set their location of the cover images as a selectable path rather than defining the exact path of each cover art file. If cdj were to allow the path to the images to be set in the software, as many other programs do, then the program would always look for the images in the image directory and each image would not need a path to it at all, the path would still be selectable, but all you would need to identify each cover image is the name of the cover, e.g.. "sting brand new day.jpg" and not "F:\WINNT\Profiles\DALE\Desktop\CD covers\sting brand new day.jpg" the path could be constant as in my case would be F:\WINNT\Profiles\DALE\Desktop\CD covers and this could be set once, inside the program, and then forgotten. This solves the portability and allows any machine on the LAN to use the covers folder. The location or path to the covers folder is not needed in this scenario. The simple way to do this is by having cdj point to a directory and then select the individual covers from that directory, not to specify the path to each individual cover. Thanks, Dale ----- Original Message From: Brian L Hunt To: Dale Andren ; David Aue Cc: Slink-e Users List Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 11:28 PM Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Image Files > Dale you appear to be extremely confused. They are not in the temporary > internet files directory as a function of CDJ. They are there as a function > of you using files from a live web connection. If you want to keep the files > right click the image in the web browser and select save image as or the > equivalent in your browser. Create a subdirectory in the CDJ directory and > call it covers or images or something along those lines. Now drag and drop > from that location. Now when you want to move/copy the set up to another > machine you can copy the directory you created in total along with the mdb > file. Assuming that the CDJ directory is on the same drive o both PCs you > will not need to edit anything. > > As David said. The drag does NOT move the file - it merely says create an > entry for the current location of this image. > > As I have stated before, let's not introduce more functions to overcome RTM > failure > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On > > Behalf Of Dale Andren > > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 1:25 PM > > To: David Aue > > Cc: Slink-e Users List > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files > > > > > > David, > > > > Is there a way to force cdj to use the same network directory to > > save these > > image files. It appears as though they are saved in the temporary internet > > files directory. Even if I copy the files from one directory to > > the other I > > would still have to change all these directory pointers manually. Is this > > something you would consider adding to cdj in the future. It could be as > > easy as an autocopy image to directory x command. > > > > Thanks, > > Dale > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: David Aue > > To: Dale Andren > > Cc: Slink-e Users List > > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 2:59 PM > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files > > > > > > > When you drag and drop an image to CDJ it just stores the path to the > > image > > > file. If you want the images to appear on another computer > > then you must > > > have the image files in the same path on both computers. > > > > > > David Aue > > > Nirvis Systems > > > > > > At 12:17 PM 10/30/99 , Dale Andren wrote: > > > >Hi List, > > > > > > > >I have been dragging and dropping cover images from cdnow to cdj and am > > > >having a problem. If I open cdj on another computer and use the > > library.mdb > > > >file as my cd library, where are the image files that go with that > > library > > > >file located. My problem is that although cdj shows an image being > > > >associated with a CD, the image only appears on the computer that I did > > the > > > >drag and drop from. Are the cover images stored somewhere > > else. The only > > > >reason I am doing this is its way easier to do the drag and > > drop sequence > > > >400 times on a big monitor and I run cdj from a laptop normally. I am > > only > > > >copying library.mdb from one machine to the other. > > > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Dale > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > >http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > slinkelist maillist - slinkelist@nirvis.com > > http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist > > >