Re: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question
convert.conf should be in the directory where all the other slimserver files are. I had a problem playing ogg with 5.4.1 and resolved it by removing the -R option where it reads [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$". I still can't play ogg files with 6.0 beta though. Yan On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:52:28 -, Alan Parkyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > Ogg Vorbis problem: > > I'm a Squeezebox newbie running 5.4.1 on a 250GB Buffalo LinkStation (thanks > SO much to Marc D. Field for his project notes > http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html and plenty of post-project > help, nice chap and patient!) but I have one problem – I can't play my Ogg > Vorbis files. > > > > When I try from the Squeezebox/SoftSqueeze it starts saying it will play the > file and then comes back with a message saying 'Can't Open File'. > > > > When running SlimServer software direct from the LinkStation via HTML on my > Windows XP PC and I try and select the Ogg Vorbis options (Server > Settings/File Types)I get the following error: > > > > "File Format Conversions 10: > > > > Setting was changed. > > File Format Conversions 11: > > > > Setting was changed. > > Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$ | [lame] -- > resample 44100 -q $QUALITY$ --silent -b $BITRATE$ -r -x - - > > Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$" > > > > This happens whatever version of SlimServer I download (5.4.1, 5.4.x or any > of v6.0) although it was never a problem when I originally installed > SlimmServer & ran it from my PC can someone help please? > > > > I've scanned as much as I can and I think it has something to do with the > convert.conf file but where do I find this and how do I edit it? (I'd > appreciate a real idiots guide (keystrokes file locations etc. as I'm a > novice - even though I've installed new LinkStation Perl versions and > created files and utilities in 'vi'!!) > > > > All my music is in Ogg Vorbis so this is really important to me. > > > > BBC Radio > > Is there any way I can stream BBC radio (specifically 5 Live) to my > Squeezebox through my LinkStation? I read that creating an m3u file would > do the trick but a) I don't know if I've created the file correctly and b) I > don't know where to install it to test it – anyone tried this? > > > > Thanks for any help with the two issues. > > > > Kind regards, > > Alan. > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > -- Yan Tran http://www.yantran.com ___ Why do people run from me? --Ralph Wiggum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question
Thanks again, I'll let you know if I manage to progress - I'm really an amateur at all this so not too confident! Cheers, Alan. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kdf Sent: 22 March 2005 23:49 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: RE: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question Quoting Alan Parkyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi there, > > Thanks for your help - you're right I don't appear to have Lame. Do you > know how I'd go about downloading it, compiling it and installing it to > my LinkStation? there is actually a link in that message telling you that lame isn't found. it will take you here: http://lame.sourceforge.net/ hopefully it is just a matter of ./configure, make, make install. the horsepower of the linkstation is a bit limiting, however. I have my doubts about its ability to deal well with transcoding. Can't hurt to try, though. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 21/03/2005 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question
Hi Jules, Thanks for the tips - I'll let you know if I make a break-through. Regards, Alan. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jules Taplin Sent: 23 March 2005 00:00 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question Hi Alan. If you want to stream BBC radio, then you'll need a copy of AlienBBC. It's available from: http://www.mrtickle.org/alienbbc.html However... I do have to confess - we've never tried running AlienBBC on a linkstation... and I'm not totally sure it will be easy. The only main piece you'll need (in addition to thinks like 'lame' potentially working), is 'mplayer' working. Again, this is something that we don't package... and I've absolutely no idea if anybody has ever even TRIED to make that work. Sorry if that's not the most helpful answer in the world. I do wish you the very best of luck, though... and if you do make it work - I'd love to hear from you! -- Jules Alan Parkyn wrote: > Hi there, > > Ogg Vorbis problem: > > I'm a Squeezebox newbie running 5.4.1 on a 250GB Buffalo LinkStation > (thanks SO much to Marc D. Field for his project notes > http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html and plenty of > post-project help, nice chap and patient!) but I have one problem - I > can't play my Ogg Vorbis files. > > When I try from the Squeezebox/SoftSqueeze it starts saying it will > play the file and then comes back with a message saying 'Can't Open File'. > > When running SlimServer software direct from the LinkStation via HTML > on my Windows XP PC and I try and select the Ogg Vorbis options > (Server Settings/File Types)I get the following error: > > "File Format Conversions 10: > > Setting was changed. > > File Format Conversions 11: > > Setting was changed. > > Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$ | [lame] -- > resample 44100 -q $QUALITY$ --silent -b $BITRATE$ -r -x - - > > Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$" > > This happens whatever version of SlimServer I download (5.4.1, 5.4.x > or any of v6.0) although it was never a problem when I originally > installed SlimmServer & ran it from my PC can someone help please? > > I've scanned as much as I can and I think it has something to do with > the convert.conf file but where do I find this and how do I edit it? > (I'd appreciate a real idiots guide (keystrokes file locations etc. as > I'm a novice - even though I've installed new LinkStation Perl > versions and created files and utilities in 'vi'!!) > > All my music is in Ogg Vorbis so this is really important to me. > > BBC Radio > > Is there any way I can stream BBC radio (specifically 5 Live) to my > Squeezebox through my LinkStation? I read that creating an m3u file > would do the trick but a) I don't know if I've created the file > correctly and b) I don't know where to install it to test it - anyone > tried this? > > Thanks for any help with the two issues. > > Kind regards, > > Alan. > >--- - > >___ >Discuss mailing list >Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com >http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 21/03/2005 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question
Hi Alan. If you want to stream BBC radio, then you'll need a copy of AlienBBC. It's available from: http://www.mrtickle.org/alienbbc.html However... I do have to confess - we've never tried running AlienBBC on a linkstation... and I'm not totally sure it will be easy. The only main piece you'll need (in addition to thinks like 'lame' potentially working), is 'mplayer' working. Again, this is something that we don't package... and I've absolutely no idea if anybody has ever even TRIED to make that work. Sorry if that's not the most helpful answer in the world. I do wish you the very best of luck, though... and if you do make it work - I'd love to hear from you! -- Jules Alan Parkyn wrote: Hi there, Ogg Vorbis problem: I’m a Squeezebox newbie running 5.4.1 on a 250GB Buffalo LinkStation (thanks SO much to Marc D. Field for his project notes http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html and plenty of post-project help, nice chap and patient!) but I have one problem – I can’t play my Ogg Vorbis files. When I try from the Squeezebox/SoftSqueeze it starts saying it will play the file and then comes back with a message saying ‘Can’t Open File’. When running SlimServer software direct from the LinkStation via HTML on my Windows XP PC and I try and select the Ogg Vorbis options (Server Settings/File Types)I get the following error: "File Format Conversions 10: Setting was changed. File Format Conversions 11: Setting was changed. Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$ | [lame] -- resample 44100 -q $QUALITY$ --silent -b $BITRATE$ -r -x - - Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$" This happens whatever version of SlimServer I download (5.4.1, 5.4.x or any of v6.0) although it was never a problem when I originally installed SlimmServer & ran it from my PC can someone help please? I’ve scanned as much as I can and I think it has something to do with the convert.conf file but where do I find this and how do I edit it? (I’d appreciate a real idiots guide (keystrokes file locations etc. as I’m a novice - even though I’ve installed new LinkStation Perl versions and created files and utilities in ‘vi’!!) All my music is in Ogg Vorbis so this is really important to me. BBC Radio Is there any way I can stream BBC radio (specifically 5 Live) to my Squeezebox through my LinkStation? I read that creating an m3u file would do the trick but a) I don’t know if I’ve created the file correctly and b) I don’t know where to install it to test it – anyone tried this? Thanks for any help with the two issues. Kind regards, Alan. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question
Quoting Alan Parkyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi there, > > Thanks for your help - you're right I don't appear to have Lame. Do you > know how I'd go about downloading it, compiling it and installing it to > my LinkStation? there is actually a link in that message telling you that lame isn't found. it will take you here: http://lame.sourceforge.net/ hopefully it is just a matter of ./configure, make, make install. the horsepower of the linkstation is a bit limiting, however. I have my doubts about its ability to deal well with transcoding. Can't hurt to try, though. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question
Hi there, Thanks for your help - you're right I don't appear to have Lame. Do you know how I'd go about downloading it, compiling it and installing it to my LinkStation? Thanks, Alan. what this is telling you is that required binaries are missing. In this case, you are either missing oggdec or LAME. oggdec is included with the server for a s many cases as possible, but LAME has to be downloaded/compiled by the end user due to licensing issues. Look in player settings->audio. Under bitrate limiting, you will see in the description whether LAME has been detected or not in your system. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 21/03/2005 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ogg Vorbis issue & BBC Radio question
Quoting Alan Parkyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi there, > > Ogg Vorbis problem: > I'm a Squeezebox newbie running 5.4.1 on a 250GB Buffalo LinkStation > (thanks SO much to Marc D. Field for his project notes > http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html and plenty of > post-project help, nice chap and patient!) but I have one problem - I > can't play my Ogg Vorbis files. > > When I try from the Squeezebox/SoftSqueeze it starts saying it will play > the file and then comes back with a message saying 'Can't Open File'. > > When running SlimServer software direct from the LinkStation via HTML on > my Windows XP PC and I try and select the Ogg Vorbis options (Server > Settings/File Types)I get the following error: > > "File Format Conversions 10: > > Setting was changed. > File Format Conversions 11: > > Setting was changed. > Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$ | [lame] > -- resample 44100 -q $QUALITY$ --silent -b $BITRATE$ -r -x - - > Required binary was not found: [oggdec] -Q -o - -R $FILE$" > > This happens whatever version of SlimServer I download (5.4.1, 5.4.x or > any of v6.0) although it was never a problem when I originally installed > SlimmServer & ran it from my PC can someone help please? what this is telling you is that required binaries are missing. In this case, you are either missing oggdec or LAME. oggdec is included with the server for a s many cases as possible, but LAME has to be downloaded/compiled by the end user due to licensing issues. Look in player settings->audio. Under bitrate limiting, you will see in the description whether LAME has been detected or not in your system. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
