Hmm, I wrote a bit too soon. Current situation is The old version of mplayer that I have works fine with AlienBBC.
The newest one I downloaded (I think it may be the Tiger only version, which is perhaps part of the trouble) works fine by itself. But it does not work with AlienBBC. Still, he codec mentioned in my previous post is definitely the right one and is downloadable as stated, and there are many different versions of mplayer on the site I mentioned, so probably one of them will work if the codec is in the right place. The log, using the d_source switch, reads to begin with, 2005-08-28 09:44:20.9109 SlimServer strings init... 2005-08-28 09:44:21.3123 SlimServer Setup init... 2005-08-28 09:44:21.3265 SlimServer setting language... 2005-08-28 09:44:21.3267 SlimServer IR init... 2005-08-28 09:44:21.3731 SlimServer Buttons init... 2005-08-28 09:44:21.3751 SlimServer Graphics init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.3448 SlimServer starting up... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.3451 SlimServer daemonizing... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.3579 SlimServer settings effective user and group if requested... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.3591 Old SLIMP3 Protocol init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.3705 Slimproto Init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.3749 mDNS init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.3767 SlimServer HTTP init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.4297 SlimServer CLI init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.4377 mDNS startAdvertising... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.4636 Source conversion init.. 2005-08-28 09:44:26.4923 SlimServer Info init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.6193 SlimServer MusicFolderScan init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.6201 SlimServer PlaylistFolderScan init... 2005-08-28 09:44:26.6204 SlimServer Plugins init... 2005-08-28 09:44:27.4105 SlimServer persist playlists... 2005-08-28 09:44:27.4107 SlimServer done start... 2005-08-28 09:45:03.6909 Trying to open protocol stream for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/index.shtml 2005-08-28 09:45:03.6912 Looking for handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:03.6914 Found handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:11.0933 Trying to open protocol stream for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/index.shtml 2005-08-28 09:45:11.0936 Looking for handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:11.0938 Found handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:12.0135 Trying to open protocol stream for http://www.bbc.co.uk//radio/aod/radio2_aod.shtml?radio2/bhcountry 2005-08-28 09:45:12.0137 Looking for handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:12.0138 Found handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:12.5636 Trying to open protocol stream for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio2/aod.shtml?radio2/bhcountry 2005-08-28 09:45:12.5642 Looking for handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:12.5644 Found handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2271 Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::Player::Source::playmode (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 929) frame 1: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/Users/danco/Library/SlimDevices/Plugins/Alien/Plugin.pm line 538) frame 2: Plugins::Alien::Plugin::handleIndex (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 756) frame 3: Slim::Web::HTTP::generateHTTPResponse (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 671) frame 4: Slim::Web::HTTP::processURL (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 532) frame 5: Slim::Web::HTTP::processHTTP (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Networking/Select.pm line 115) frame 6: Slim::Networking::Select::select (./slimserver.pl line 636) frame 7: main::idle (./slimserver.pl line 579) frame 8: main::main (./slimserver.pl line 1175) 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2275 00:04:20:05:aa:a2: Switching to mode stop from stop 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2278 Already in playmode stop : ignoring mode change 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2284 Adding song index 0 to song queue 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2286 Clearing out song queue first 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2289 Song queue is now 0 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2455 Trying to open protocol stream for http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio2/bhcountry.rpm 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2462 Looking for handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:13.2464 Found handler for protocol http 2005-08-28 09:45:14.1287 Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::Player::Source::playmode (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Player/Source.pm line 758) frame 1: Slim::Player::Source::jumpto (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 1745) frame 2: Slim::Control::Command::load_done (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Utils/Scan.pm line 124) frame 3: Slim::Utils::Scan::addToList (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 1000) frame 4: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/Users/danco/Library/SlimDevices/Plugins/Alien/Plugin.pm line 538) frame 5: Plugins::Alien::Plugin::handleIndex (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 756) frame 6: Slim::Web::HTTP::generateHTTPResponse (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 671) frame 7: Slim::Web::HTTP::processURL (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 532) frame 8: Slim::Web::HTTP::processHTTP (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Networking/Select.pm line 115) frame 9: Slim::Networking::Select::select (./slimserver.pl line 636) frame 10: main::idle (./slimserver.pl line 579) frame 11: main::main (./slimserver.pl line 1175) 2005-08-28 09:45:14.1291 00:04:20:05:aa:a2: Switching to mode stop from stop 2005-08-28 09:45:14.1293 Already in playmode stop : ignoring mode change 2005-08-28 09:45:14.1296 Adding song index 0 to song queue 2005-08-28 09:45:14.1298 Clearing out song queue first 2005-08-28 09:45:14.1300 Song queue is now 0 2005-08-28 09:45:14.1315 Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::Player::Source::playmode (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Player/Source.pm line 789) frame 1: Slim::Player::Source::jumpto (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 1745) frame 2: Slim::Control::Command::load_done (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Utils/Scan.pm line 124) frame 3: Slim::Utils::Scan::addToList (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Control/Command.pm line 1000) frame 4: Slim::Control::Command::execute (/Users/danco/Library/SlimDevices/Plugins/Alien/Plugin.pm line 538) frame 5: Plugins::Alien::Plugin::handleIndex (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 756) frame 6: Slim::Web::HTTP::generateHTTPResponse (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 671) frame 7: Slim::Web::HTTP::processURL (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Web/HTTP.pm line 532) frame 8: Slim::Web::HTTP::processHTTP (/Users/danco/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Networking/Select.pm line 115) frame 9: Slim::Networking::Select::select (./slimserver.pl line 636) frame 10: main::idle (./slimserver.pl line 579) frame 11: main::main (./slimserver.pl line 1175) -- danco _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
