[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
My intention is to try the firewall/A/V route first. I just need to find my reinstall information so I can put it all back after I'm done testing (that and find some time to do it). Thanks for the help so far. -- colin_young colin_young's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
I have Mcafee a/v and personal firewall. Yes, I've noticed that slimserver needs permissions granted to the local exes to run. Previously I had to open ports in the firewall in order to access slimserver from a remote machine, but not on the local machine. Are there any log settings I can turn on to figure out what the problem is? I have slimserver running under my account, which has full access to that network folder. I'm not really thrilled about the idea of installing some random exe to replace the code that slim distributes. I have some confidence that slim is not up to anything malicious with their code, but I don't have that confidence for some unknown exe. -- colin_young colin_young's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
The alternative socketwrapper handles a A/V problem but it usually only happens with AlienBBC. The code was going to be adopted by the Slimserver developers but the Author (Ian Cook) has become uncontactable. To see if McAfee is the problem - you should test with McAfee uninstalled, just disabled is usually not sufficient. When McAfee is uninstalled make sure PC is not connected to internet. If McAfee is not the problem then we need to think some more about permissions/access. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
A second person just got their ALAC music to play using the alternate socketwrapper. Maybe it's worth trying... Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
IIRC The use of socketwrapper by the ALAC decoder is different to the use by wmadec so I don't expect the alternative socketwrapper to solve the problem. However each new version of these security software get more and more zealous in blocking apps which network in unexpected ways. It would be better to uninstall McAfee and see if the problem goes away. That would be a definitive way of identifying the problem. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
Here's a log from an attempt to play a single WMA file (I've trimmed it to where I think it tried to move to the next song after unsuccessfully trying to play it): lent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - openSong: this is an wma file: file:benthos/My%20Music/Weeping%20Tile/Cold%20Snap/02%20Cold%20Snap.wma file type: wma format: flc inrate: 97.5195 maxRate: 0 command: [wmadec] -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - Using command for conversion: C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\wmadec.exe -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 \\benthos\My Music\Weeping Tile\Cold Snap\02 Cold Snap.wma | C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\flac.exe -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - | Launching process with command: C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\socketwrapper.exe -o 2777 -c \C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\wmadec.exe\ -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 \\\benthos\My Music\Weeping Tile\Cold Snap\02 Cold Snap.wma\ | \C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\flac.exe\ -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - | openSong: Streaming with format: flc e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3 New play mode: play Transporter::play - setting DigitalInput to 0 for [file:benthos/My%20Music/Weeping%20Tile/Cold%20Snap/02%20Cold%20Snap.wma] e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3: Current playmode: play Pipeline reader connected readlen undef: (Unknown error)10054 end of file or error on socket, opening next song, (song pos: 0(tell says: . 0), totalbytes: 0) Didn't stream any bytes for this song, so just mark it as played opening next song... the next song is number 0, was 0 undermax = 1, type = wma, softsqueeze = e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3 checking formats for: wma-ogg-softsqueeze-e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3 checking formats for: wma-ogg-*-e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3 checking formats for: wma-ogg-softsqueeze-* checking formats for: wma-ogg-*-* checking formats for: wma-flc-softsqueeze-e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3 checking formats for: wma-flc-*-e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3 checking formats for: wma-flc-softsqueeze-* checking formats for: wma-flc-*-* Checking to see if wma-flc-*-* is enabled There are 0 disabled formats... Testing wma-wma-squeezebox2-* vs wma-flc-*-* enabled Found command: [wmadec] -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - Matched Format: flc Type: wma Command: [wmadec] -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - playing out before starting next song. (old format: flc, new: flc) e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3: Switching to mode playout-play from play e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3 New play mode: playout-play e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3: Current playmode: playout-play No pending chunks - we're dropping the streaming connection e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3: Can't opennext, returning no chunk. e0:16:d1:d3:4e:b3: Decoder underrun while this mode: playout-play the next song is number 0, was 0 **skipahead: opening next song opening next song... the next song is number 0, was 0 -- colin_young colin_young's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
Hi, is son of colin your actual son? Does socketwrapper.exe have permission to get through the firewall? -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
Skunk;174693 Wrote: Hi, is son of colin your actual son? I hope not... Skunk;174693 Wrote: Does socketwrapper.exe have permission to get through the firewall? Yes. It has full access. I am able to play mp3 files hosted on the same server as the problematic WMA files. In any case, Softsqueeze is running on the same machine as the server software (although the original install did request access to be opened through the firewall). -- colin_young colin_young's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
A recent similar problem with streaming ALAC was fixed by replacing the released socketwrapper.exe with the version from: http://homepage.eircom.net/~altondsl/slim/socketwrapper_0.12_20060220.zip It goes in: C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\ Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
colin_young;174695 Wrote: I hope not... Yes. It has full access. I am able to play mp3 files Sorry x2. I noticed you and sonofcolin were signed on at the same time, and missed the mp3 part of your orig post. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
I think the key bit of the log Code: Pipeline reader connected readlen undef: (Unknown error)10054 end of file or error on socket, opening next song, (song pos: 0(tell says: . 0), totalbytes: 0) This is usually associated with security s/w/ - firewall, antivirus, anti spyware, IM protection etc. affecting the programs although it is unusual to affect wmadec so it may be a permissions issues. Just because two apps are on the same machine does NOT mean the firewall won't stop them - the apps communicate via network sockets and in some cases even if the sockets are local they will still go through the firewall as that is how many Trojans works. What security s/w have you installed ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
I'll do that after I reinstall the server, assuming that I still have the problem. I will report back one way or another. -- colin_young colin_young's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
If you look at my original post, you'll see that I was able to play these files with the previous version of the server software (and in any case at least one of the problem files is WMA7). Since there has been no interest or likely solutions, my next step is to uninstall everything slim related and reinstall. I'll post the results back here. -- colin_young colin_young's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
It's likely you've gone from a version of Slimserver where WMA files had to be transcoded to a format supported by hardware/Softsqueeze to the current version where WMA files can be decoded natively by the Squeezebox hardware. Unfortunately the Softsqueeze app still does not support native playback of WMA so it barfs when you try to play a WMA file. To go back to the old method of transcoding, go to Server Settings-File types. Go to the last entry in the list Windows Media Windows Media (built-in) ...and disable it. Restart Softsqueeze. Now any WMA files you try to play will be transcoded on the fly and sent to Softsqueeze as an MP3 file. Sorted. -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
Unfortunately no. You'll note from my original post that I've already tried that. I'm uninstalling now and then I'll manually search for any leftovers to see if that fixes things up. -- colin_young colin_young's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
Can you post a log with d_source ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't play WMA after upgrade to 6.5.1
I had a similar problem. I can play WMA and WMA lossless but not WMA Pro. Slimdevices told me WMA Por is not a supported format Try recording in a new folder one of each and see if this narrows down the problem -- David C David C's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31945 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
