agillis;425171 Wrote:
> We are using this rule for SqueezeSlave (it was posted in another forum
> post)
>
> mp3 flc squeezeslave *
> # FRT:{START=-ss %s}U:{DURATION=-endpos %w}
> [mplayer.sh] -really-quiet -vc null -vo null $START$ $DURATION$
> -cache 128 -af volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels
The mp3->flac rule doesn't seem to work right. To make sure it is
invoked you have to disable native mp3 in which case it seem to break
playing mp3 files/streams on hardware players.
I also think the problem with playing MP3 files may be associated with
mplayer.sh not being able to handle filenam
mplayer.sh is a shell script - if the MP3 Flac rules works sometimes
with the standard mplayer.sh then only shell scripting skills are needed
to make the File test branch work. The issue is post 7.3 the number of
args can vary and so the "if" has to be a lot more clever than just
changing the ar
I have tried a few different things but the intricacies of SqueezeCenter
trancoding elude me.
I did change the "if [ -e "${10}" ] ; then" to "if [ -e "${12}" ] ;
then" This caused it to work for about 3 seconds then it switched from
music to screeching.
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In mplayer.sh mainly there was a test to see if the target (i.e. url or
filename) exists. If the target exists then it is a file otherwise it
is an URL.
Code:
if [ -e "${10}" ] ; then
echo Local File: Launching $app $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 "${10}" ${11}
"${12}"
bpa;425152 Wrote:
> I have a vague feeling that SC will not support any rule (even though
> the rule appears in Filetypes) which transcodes MP3 to FLAC as every
> player support MP3. Furthermore there is no reason to do it.
>
> SC supports MP3 to MP3 for players which needs lower bitrates.
>
>
Why don't you use the WMA stream and let AlienBBC with Mplayer to
transcode for Squeezeslave and it will also resample as necessary.
http://www.wbur.org/wp-content/themes/wbur/live_stream/windowsmedia.asx
or even the OGG stream
http://www.wbur.org/wp-content/themes/wbur/live_stream/ogg.m3u
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I have a vague feeling that SC will not support any rule (even though
the rule appears in Filetypes) which transcodes MP3 to FLAC as every
player support MP3. Furthermore there is no reason to do it.
SC supports MP3 to MP3 for players which needs lower bitrates.
What is the NPR URL that is caus
NPR from WBUR (my local station)
http://opml.radiotime.com/StationPlaylist.axd?stationId=27654&us
Or shoutcast http://205.234.188.21:80
Since WBUR/Boston originates a lot of content, I want this station. I
have looked, found feeds at 32 and 24 KBPS, all chipmunk.
These streaming stations chipmu
Thanks for the follow up. I think I am beginning to understand.
The MP3 section was modified when I installed AlienBBC and mplayer.
However this is on a vortexbox installation/yum in my efforts to fix
local chipmunk.
Since I had never used/installed AlienBBC before, I assumed that it was
all Ali
That MP3 ->Flac entry is not part of standard AlienBBC conf file. It
could have errors and I think it may not even be supported SC.
Who created the entry ?
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Hi,
Sorry if my message was confusing. Changing the RTSP settings have no
effect on my MP3 playing.
I was not pointing to the RTSP section heading of
SqueezeCenter/Settings/Advanced/FileTypes but to the MP3 section heading
a few lines above the RTSP section.
It is when I change the FLAC set
>
> SqueezeCenter/Settings/Advanced/FileTypes
> MP3 has two sections, each with two options
>
> FLAC - mplayer.sh/flac or disabled
> MP3 - native or disabled
>
This is not correct - can you recheck and if necessary get a screen
image.
MP3 filetype has only one option - disabled or native
R
Hi,
I installed Alien BBC beta and mplayer on my headless linux box, to try
to fix chipmunk sounds from SqueezeSlave/local hardware playing NPR
24Kbps radio. I now have different issues playing individual MP3 files.
Background - Fedora 10
SqueezeCenter Version: 7.3.3 - 26557 @ Thu May 14 03:07:
Then it would be good to modify the script to search in both places for
mplayer.
And yes, squeezecenter cannot log in.
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You might have a point. When Squeezecenter is started during PC startup,
it is run as a user squeezecenter but I think that user squeezecenter
cannot login and so may not have all the env variables setup as part of
a login shell script.
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bpa
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SUSE 10.3 is running on my SqueezeCenter Machine. The SUSE auto software
install service installs mplayer in /usr/bin. And both that and
/usr/local/bin are in my path.
You are right about the /usr/local/bin being only for OS X. But the
issue may be that SqueezeCenter runs as user squeezecenter (I
OK - my mistake on the AlienBBC issue. In March besides the mplayer.sh
change there were also changes made to the alienBBC custom-convert.conf
including one to use $PATH$ instead of $FILE$ (i.e. use a mms url and
not xmradio pseudo url) and what value to assign to $PATH$.
I thought these chang
As I read mplayer.sh, it assumes it is in /usr/local/bin. I needed the
link.
But I changed nothing else in the scripts, especially since they are
now automatically installed by the extension installer. The -v was in
the manually installed AlienBBC.
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jarome
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I'll let this die now but beside the "-v" the URL at the end of the
mplayer line is different "-" (i.e. stdin), "Xmradio://78" and a proper
URL "mms://".
Strange about the mplayer location - for non OSX system, mplayer.sh
assumes mplayer is on the path and /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are
normally
I had to change it to -v for debugging. That was all I did. Now that it
is working, I will change it back.
On linux, I never get Alien to work out of the box on my SUSE system
unless I link its real location (/usr/bin to /usr/local/bin). Aside from
that, that is all.
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jarome
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It's good to know the fix is applicable for other systems. The AlienBBC
is a beta to get feedback on whether the change (amongst others) broke
some systems.
However the mplayer command lines in the most recent logs are not the
same as the mplayer command lines in the first few posts - something h
Updating AlienBBC did the trick for sure. Everything works now, and I
did not much with any of the files.
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I also upgraded Alien on my SUSE 10.3 box, and SoftSqueeze now plays XM
there also.
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player.source log is the useful log and you should set it from the WebUI
Settings/Advanced/Logging - not by changing the code. Previous logs
showed the url supplied to mplayer as xmradio:.
The only significant change for WMA streams in latest AlienBBC was in
mplayer.sh with the addition of an l
Wow. I tried XM on SoftSqueeze again today on my Mac and it worked!
What changed? I installed the new beta of AlienBBC 2.5 beta 7.3.
Here is my log:
XM Radio Online
XM Satellite Radio
SYMPHONY HALL
http://player.xmradio.com/hotstream/metafile.jsp?ch=78&xt=cdDOG8MtRcI%3D&speed=low&prov
bpa
Here's the linux log. Its SC 7.3.2. I edited transcoderHelper to set
logging player.source at debug. I'm using the custom-convert.conf as
above.
The player is the controller. I attempt to play a station. Note the
full mms path appear at 09-05-13 19:01:26.4854.
How do I enable debug on Wind
To compare Windows vs Linux - can you get a log with player.source set
to DEBUG for playing a XM radio stream on Windows through the
controller.
I don't know how the XM radio URL streams work but perhaps they cannot
be opened twice - so that on Windows the stream is opened once and then
a byte st
bpa - I'm not sure about that, when I run SC on windows, I can listen on
the Duet controller, which means it must be transcoding the XM Stream
(mms/wma) to one of the controller's native protocols (mp3, flac). And
it works. But not on linux.
I tried the following lines in custom-convert.conf
wma
You fix the problem by fixing the plugin - another entry is not the
solution - correcting the current entry is the solution.
Hardware players can play WMA natively and so no transcoding -
Softsqueeze needs transcoding and probably the relevant parts of the
plugin / conf files may never been exerc
Can we fix this by adding an entry to convert.conf? What would this be?
This is an issue for Macs also.
And I do not understand why hardware SqueezeBoxes work without this
problem?
Thanks,
Jim
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When you install AlienBBC - it will add the relevant wma to mp3 or flac
rules which override the default ones and so you can play WMA stream and
files through softsqueeze on Linux and Mac systems.
The issue with xmradio plugin is the plugin's protocol handler for
"xmradio://" and/or its associat
The XMRadio stream is windows media format / mms.
With the server on linux and playing on softsqueeze, squeezecenter
looks for as wma to mp3 transcoder and picks up the wmadev line from
convert.conf - which is a windows application, hence it doesnt work.
Does anyone have a Linux or Mac wma to m
>
> Streaming: Launching mplayer -v -vc null -vo null -cache 128 -af
> volume=0 -ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/3 xmradio://78
>
The xmradio:// is not a real URL but a pseudo one used within SC - it
should have been translated into a real http or mms url so that mplayer
can play it. Probably a problem in
I am trying to get the new experimental XMRadio plugin to work. It does
work on "real" squeezeboxes.
I just uninstalled Alien manually by removing it from the Plugins
directory. I then installed the 2.4 beta version using the extension
installer.
But I couldn't get it to work:
Streaming: Launch
Ignore the codecs -- where is the URL to be played. When used within SC
there should be an URL and not "-".
What version of SC are you running ?
How did you install AlienBBC ?
What version of AlienBBC ?
What URL are you trying to play ?
How are you trying to play the desired URL ?
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jargw:/var/lib/squeezecenter/Plugins/Alien # ls -la
total 54
drwxr-xr-x 8 squeezecenter squeezecenter 504 2008-07-29 09:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 squeezecenter squeezecenter 328 2009-05-11 09:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeezecenter squeezecenter 992 2008-07-29 09:51 Addons
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeezecenter squeezece
If using AlienBBC replace the "-really-quiet" with "-v" in the
custom-convert.conf to get more meaningful message.
IF running from a shell prompt - then also enable logging player.source
to DEBUG
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I have MPlayer 1.0rc2 installed on OpenSUSE 10.3 (64-bit). But when
SqueezeCenter starts, I get
Streaming: Launching mplayer -really-quiet -vc null -vo null -cache
128 -af volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels=2 -ao
pcm:nowaveheader:file=/dev/fd/3 -
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No
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