Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-24 Thread Wigster
It seems like this programme is exactly something that I wish existed: an ability to control the SB not from the web interface but from WMP. However, I have a question: is it also possible to send to a Squeezebox a track that is in WMP's library but not in SBS? So say, I have some local music, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-24 Thread AndrewFG
Wigster;620457 Wrote: Is it also possible to send to a Squeezebox a track that is in WMP's library but not in SBS? So say, I have some local music, I just want to listen to, using the Play To feature?Yes. Wigster;620457 Wrote: Also: I understand the the 7.6 beta has functionality that is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-17 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;616103 Wrote: You are correct, and it is only when looking at a top level folder that the information returned is from the previous (top-level) folder. It's not a big issue, except that one cannot browse the contents of the very first top-level folder.Hi PasTim, I have not been able

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-17 Thread PasTim
My files are on a 1TB disk (D) in a desktop PC running XP SP3. SB and Whitebear are on that PC. The Humax PVR is connected to the PC over wired Ethernet. The top level folder is at D:\Music\flac. There are 10 folders in flac, \classical \comedy \country \classical has 26 folders

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-17 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;618656 Wrote: Please don't spend much time on this. Whilst it is a puzzle, I can't get the Humax PVR to play my flacs via Whitebear (as I said initially), since the flacs don't show up, however I configure it. I'll try to find another way.I am working on a fix so that PVRs like

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-17 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;618660 Wrote: I am working on a fix so that PVRs like yours can browse and play the tracks. And in this release I would like to (try to) fix the folder browsing issue too. Just so I understand it properly, can you please say which of these folders is not showing? Is it the root

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-17 Thread PasTim
PasTim;618676 Wrote: The Humax is reported elsewhere to be an odd-ball beast, and is giving several different types of grief with other servers. It may be that I have still not explained myself properly - apologies again. Except for the top level, all the folders and sub-folders appear,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-17 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;618681 Wrote: It's (slightly) easier to believe that a combination of different timing or sequence using the up/down cursor isn't always reflected accurately on the screen.Yes, I guess it could be a timing issue between the i/r remote command inputs, the issuing of the respective

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-11 Thread Nikhil
Could you please tell me what the differences and similarities are between Whitebear Server and the semi official UPnP plugin in 7.6 (as of March 10, 2011). TIA -- Nikhil Nikhil's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-07 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615972 Wrote: My files are in folders nested several layers deep. What I should have said was The SUB-FOLDERS shown in a named folder are always those of the previous folder. Eg for folders 1, 2 and 3, select 3 and get the SUB-FOLDERS in 2, select 2 get 1, select 1 and get nothing.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-07 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;616100 Wrote: Ok. Am I correct that this only applies when you are browsing by Folders? (i.e. not when browsing albums, artists, genres, years etc.) Anyway I will look into this. You are correct, and it is only when looking at a top level folder that the information returned is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-06 Thread MrSinatra
PasTim;615619 Wrote: The Lame installation I used had both lame.exe and a dll - I have no idea why. It's hard for those of us who don't really understand quite what is going on to understand precisely what is needed. There are many lame.exe versions about, including several on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-06 Thread AndrewFG
MrC;615772 Wrote: The box does plays any of the audio files via JRMC (vs. Whitebear), so there is some difference in implementations that allows one to work, but not the other. If I get ambitious and have some time tomorrow, I'll look at logs and trace some network packets to see what's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-06 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615648 Wrote: Thanks. Unfortunately the Humax still doesn't 'see' the flacs.Did you try the test version I sent you with the option always offer Mp3 on lossless files checked? -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the two worlds of: 1.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-06 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;615878 Wrote: Did you try the test version I sent you with the option always offer Mp3 on lossless files checked?As I said I did try the test version (1440). I spotted this option and selected it. Unfortunately it made no difference. I can still only see and play mp3s (even when

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-06 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615893 Wrote: Just a thought. Do the SB server settings for file types change anything? Do I need to pick some other options there ... ?No. PasTim;615893 Wrote: I also noticed an oddity when looking at folders (I forgot to mention this before). The files shown in a named folder

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-06 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;615961 Wrote: No. I am somehwat confused here. On the one hand you say you can't see the files; but on the other hand you say you CAN see them, albeit in the wrong folders (???) The forum just crashed on me - trying again. My files are in folders nested several layers deep.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-05 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615522 Wrote: The problem is that the Humax doesn't appear to see any of the Flacs at all (it sees the folders but not the files), so I can't select one to attempt to play it.Try adding one Mp3 file to your library and one Wav file. See if the Humax can see and/or play them... --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-05 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;615582 Wrote: Try adding one Mp3 file to your library and one Wav file. See if the Humax can see and/or play them... Thanks for your suggestions and the test version. I tried wavs, mps and flacs with both 2.1.0.1433 and the test version you provided. In both cases I can find and play

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-05 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615594 Wrote: In both cases I can find and play the mp3s, but cannot even see the flacs or wavs (searching by folder to try ensure nothing else strange was going on).Ok. Do you know if the Humax supports playing LPCM / L16 files? If not then see below. But if it does support LPCM /

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-05 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;615616 Wrote: Ok. Do you know if the Humax supports playing LPCM / L16 files? If not then see below. But if it does support LPCM / L16 then we need to dig deeper. I can find no reference to LPCM or L16 in the Humax docs. They only mention MP3s. AndrewFG;615616 Wrote: You are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-05 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615619 Wrote: I can find no reference to LPCM or L16 in the Humax docs. They only mention MP3s.Ok. So it appears that Lame is the way to go... PasTim;615619 Wrote: It's hard for those of us who don't really understand quite what is going on to understand precisely what is needed.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-05 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;615637 Wrote: Ok. So it appears that Lame is the way to go... I think you need the basic current build of lame v3.98.4 from here http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php#lame-current if you download the zip file and just copy the lame.exe to the Squeezebox binary directory

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-05 Thread MrC
Just for fun (and as an FYI) I tested out our DishNetwork ViP922 satellite box, which provides DLNA. It appears not to see any files that are FLACs, but does see and play MP3s. The box does plays any of the audio files via JRMC (vs. Whitebear), so there is some difference in implementations

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread PasTim
I'm not sure if this is the right place for an ignoramus to ask about Whitebear. Let me know if not. I want to be able to play my SB library over devices other than my Touch. I also see one should be able to play the SB files via WMP. I have installed Whitebear, and it says it and the SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread MrC
PasTim;615443 Wrote: Firstly, I have no idea whatsoever how to get WMP to see Whitebear as per the pictures on the Whitebear website. I know how to get WMP to see a library of files, and have done so in the past. But what is Whitebear to WMP? I'm baffled. How do I tell them to talk to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread PasTim
MrC;615453 Wrote: W/version 12 of WMP, you should see the library as presented by Whitebear on the left. See attached image. As for your other DLNA players, do you know if they play FLAC natively? They may only accept mp3. I'm on XP, which as far as I know only supports WMP 11. This

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread PasTim
Looking around I now see that WMP 11 on XP can't act as a DLNA client - I need either Vista and WMP 11 or Windows 7 with WMP 12. Fair enough - when I am forced, or feel a desperate need, to upgrade I will. In the Whitebear instructions, it says In addition Whitebear is an individual UPnP/DLNA

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615455 Wrote: I'm on XP, which as far as I know only supports WMP 11. This works as a server, but maybe it doesn't have 'client' functionality (which would explain why I can't find any way to do it).Unfortunately you are correct: WMP 11 is a UPnP server but it is not a UPnP client,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread MrSinatra
PasTim;615467 Wrote: I need some other DNLA client? Are there any other recommended clients? JRMC seems to be talked about here quite a bit. not sure if its free or not. winamp has some upnp plugins. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbrec ipeng (parents'

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;615468 Wrote: You mentioned that TVersity was able to adapt to this client, so probably I can also adapt Whitebear, but you will need to provide me with the same information about the Humax as you provided to the TVersity developers... Thanks. I have attached a log starting from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread PasTim
MrSinatra;615471 Wrote: JRMC seems to be talked about here quite a bit. not sure if its free or not. winamp has some upnp plugins. From what I can find JRMC isn't free. I have downloaded XBMC but I suspect it's not the right tool. -- PasTim

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread MrC
PasTim;615476 Wrote: . Do you have any thoughts on other DLNA clients? I'm still floundering somewhat as to what a 'Play To' facility from a client might allow me to do with Whitebear and my Logitech Touch. Is there anything I can read about this? Just a quick response, a client will see

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread PasTim
MrC;615493 Wrote: Have you examined the possibilities here?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UPnP_AV_media_servers_and_clients#Microsoft_Windows Thanks. I'll see what I can find. -- PasTim PasTim's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615476 Wrote: I have attached a log starting from when I connected the Humax to Whitebear. I'm hoping it has something in it that will tell you how, and in what way, the Humax software is dumb (I did something similar for Tversity).Sorry but his log is not sufficient. It just tells

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread PasTim
AndrewFG;615519 Wrote: Sorry but his log is not sufficient. It just tells me that your Humax is browsing the Whitbear library. Which we know already... I need more information about why the Humax cannot play the music. I need either a specification from Humax, or alternatively a log from the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-03-04 Thread AndrewFG
PasTim;615522 Wrote: .. the Humax doesn't appear to see any of the Flacs at all (it sees the folders but not the files)...Hi, I sent you a PM. -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the two worlds of: 1. UPnP/DLNA media clients and media players, and,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-28 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;614294 Wrote: Whitebear is running on the same machine as SC, so in theory it could connect to the SC CLI via 127.0.0.1:9090 local host. But in fact in the current version it connects to the CLI via the PC's external IPv4 address. It is conceivable that with your (quite complex)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-28 Thread vagskal
erland;614365 Wrote: Does the problem only happen when you play music ? I've seen that some operations in my plugins are a lot slower if executed the same time as music is playing, the main reason for this is probably that it likes to prioritize streaming before answering plugin requests.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-28 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;614395 Wrote: It is very slow even with all plugins disabled (via the control panel) and no music playing.Just so I can get a handle on this: how slow is slow? How long does it take do load the library? { In Whitebear you could turn on logging for the HTTP server before you make the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-28 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;614400 Wrote: Just so I can get a handle on this: how slow is slow? How long does it take to load the library? Slow as in not working at all most of the time. After several attempts with and without plugins I now have 500 files imported. It seems as if SBS stalls when the request

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-28 Thread AndrewFG
I see you are using SC 7.5.4 -- presumably on of the nightly builds -- whereas I am running 7.5.3. = could it be that there are still some bugs in 7.5.4 ?? -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the two worlds of: 1. UPnP/DLNA media clients and media

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-28 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;614406 Wrote: I see you are using SC 7.5.4 -- presumably on of the nightly builds -- whereas I am running 7.5.3. = could it be that there are still some bugs in 7.5.4 ?? Do you know if I can just install 7.5.3 over 7.5.4? -- vagskal 2 x SB3 (wired), Receiver (wired), Boom

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-28 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;614408 Wrote: Do you know if I can just install 7.5.3 over 7.5.4?Sorry but I don't know the answer :-( -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the two worlds of: 1. UPnP/DLNA media clients and media players, and, 2. Squeezebox Server and Squeeze

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread vagskal
MBlue72;614022 Wrote: For a few years now I have been hoping to find a way to use my J. River Media Center as a front end to drive my Squeezeboxes. Why not posting a feature request on the J River Interact forum. I have already done that but I will add support for anyone else requesting the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
MBlue72;614022 Wrote: 1)... when I open Squeezebox Server by opening web control the music stream is being recognized as a Internet Radio station (and the Touch's display shows the subdued gray radio antenna icon). Is this normal?There are two ways that JR MC can connect to your

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;614097 Wrote: It took about half an hour and a couple of load SBS library attempts. Far from 5 files per second.There is something definitely wrong. How tech savvy are you? Do you have have a TelNet application that you could use to talk to the SC CLI interface? i.e. to connect to it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;614220 Wrote: There is something definitely wrong. How tech savvy are you? Do you have have a TelNet application that you could use to talk to the SC CLI interface? i.e. to connect to it on dotted_ip_address:9090 ? If you are, and do understand this sentence, then please try and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;614234 Wrote: PuTTY reports this in a second or so: Code: tracks 0 50 tags: return tracks 0 50 tags%3A %3Creturn%3E ... Yes. That is how I expected it to be. Now when JRMC tries to connect to your library, it sends a series of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;614242 Wrote: Do you have anything special concerning user rights, AV software, routers, or firewalls that might be slowing down the pipeline between Whitebear and the CLI ?? I do not think so. I use Windows firewall on both computers. On the Win XP computer running SBS I have

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;614251 Wrote: I used PuTTY on the SBS machine setting the IP address to localhost instead of the local IP address, and MC, running on another machine, must have used the local IP address or the PC name for the local network. This is the only thing I can come to think of.Whitebear is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;614251 Wrote: I suspected that Erland's Custom Skip plugin could be interfering with the requests but since not even a SBS environment without any plugins would provide acceptable results I gave up that suspicion.I don't know very much about Erlands plug-ins. However I could imagine

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread MBlue72
vagskal and Andrew -- thanks for your help. I am really struggling to keep up with all of the terminology (yet alone the technology!). Please continue to bear (pun intended) with me. Andrew, I believe I am connecting (MC15 through Whitebear to the Squeeze system) via the DLNA Server. But based

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
MBlue72;614300 Wrote: ToolsOptionsMedia NetworkDLNA Server: A)... Conversion ... was Convert unsupported formats ... I changed this to never convert B)... Encoder ... was MP3 high bandwidth stream ... I changed to Uncompressed stream (although I also tried uncompressed stream - L16 - no

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread MBlue72
Thanks for being patient with me. I'll try to follow your suggestion now that I understand things a bit more. Dave -- MBlue72 MBlue72's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13779 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread MBlue72
Ugh. I am still having trouble here. Within MC15 I went to ... FileLibraryConnect to LibraryLibrary Server ... First I tried the Search button -- nothing. Next I manually typed in http://IPaddress where IPaddress was that of my desktop -- MC15 crashed. Next I tried the IPaddress of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread MrC
MBlue72;614321 Wrote: Ugh. I am still having trouble here. Within MC15 I went to ... FileLibraryConnect to LibraryLibrary Server ... Don't use Library Server for Whitebear or DLNA. That is JRMC's mechanism for a JRMC to JRCM connection (eg. One JRMC running, another connecting to it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread MBlue72
MrC: Thanks for your comment. I read Andrew's posts #102 and 110 as directing me to take the approach I outlined above. I just now tried setting Connect to Library as DLNA Media server but it gave me the same result (my FLAC files are playing but no metadata or cover art transferred). Possibly I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread erland
vagskal;614251 Wrote: I suspected that Erland's Custom Skip plugin could be interfering with the requests but since not even a SBS environment without any plugins would provide acceptable results I gave up that suspicion. Does the problem only happen when you play music ? I've seen that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
MBlue72;614321 Wrote: Within MC15 I went to ... FileLibraryConnect to LibraryLibrary Server ...You should do File | Library | Connect To.. | DLNA Media Server. (You may may need to wait until JR MC has actually placed the library name in the list...) -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
MBlue72;614355 Wrote: I just now tried setting Connect to Library as DLNA Media server but it gave me the same result (my FLAC files are playing but no metadata or cover art transferred). Possibly I didn't give my music library enough time to update. I am a classical music lover and have

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-27 Thread AndrewFG
erland;614365 Wrote: I think Squeezebox Server is single threaded, so it depends on how the different CLI commands are implemented. So I think it can handle multiple CLI calls if they are implemented in an asynchronous way, for example if they are doing a HTTP call and waiting for a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-26 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;613750 Wrote: It should be Ok. Edited: I have prepared a new test build of Whitebear with a 60 second read time-out on the CLI socket connection instead of 5 seconds, and sent you a PM with a link where you can download it. Please give it a try and let me know the outcome. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-26 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;613899 Wrote: I tried out the test build. The result was the same. Log file attached (I still do not know how to attach files to a PM).Indeed the problem is the same too. The only difference is that instead of timing out after 5 seconds the CLI request times out after 60 seconds!! It

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-26 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;613927 Wrote: Indeed the problem is the same too. The only difference is that instead of timing out after 5 seconds the CLI request times out after 60 seconds!! It must be something in your Squeezebox Server environment. But frankly I cannot think of any reason why the CLI would not

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-26 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;613939 Wrote: Thanks for investigating. By disabling all plugins I managed to get 250 files to load in MC and that took a very long time. I guess this is not something for me after all...How long did it take? In my case it handles the importation of 9200 files in 28 minutes. Abot

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-26 Thread MBlue72
Hello: For a few years now I have been hoping to find a way to use my J. River Media Center as a front end to drive my Squeezeboxes. I originally had a Squeezebox 3 (Classic) but have recently upgraded to a Squeezebox Touch. With delivery of my Touch I decided to research this again and have

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-26 Thread vagskal
Thanks for the response and explanations! AndrewFG;614013 Wrote: How long did it take? In my case it handles the importation of 9200 files in 28 minutes. Abot 5-6 files per second. And once JR MC has built its library, you don't need to repeat it. If it is taking more than that for you,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-25 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;613599 Wrote: In the tray monitor please select the Debug Log page | check logging for HTTP server and Squeezebox CLI | Apply , then try the JRMC Connect Process again, and send me the log file. Note: it is not welcomed to clog up these forums with long log files, so please send it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-25 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;613650 Wrote: Attached is the log fileVery interesting! Below is the relevant part of the log. You can see that: 1) JR MC POSTS a valid UPnP SOAP Search request to Whitebear, 2) Whitebear translates the request and forwards it as a CLI query tracks 0 50 tags: to Squeeze Center, 3)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-25 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;613683 Wrote: Edit: from looking at the time stamps, it looks as if the tracks 0 50 tags: completes (with null line response) exactly 5 seconds after the incoming SOAP request is received. So it is perhaps the case that the null line response is a socket time-out rather than a real

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-25 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;613739 Wrote: The Win XP PC running SBS has these specifications...It should be Ok. What I will do is prepare a new test build of Whitebear with an infinite read time-out on the CLI socket connection, and send you a PM with a link where you can download it. Please give it a try and let

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-24 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;613305 Wrote: Any ideas? Am I missing something obvious here?Do you have the latest version of Whitebear? Support for the DMS Search function (and thus support for JR MC) was only finally added in the Whitebear version published on my web site last week. See download link below...

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-24 Thread vagskal
AndrewFG;613493 Wrote: Do you have the latest version of Whitebear? Support for the DMS Search function (and thus support for JR MC) was only finally added in the Whitebear version published on my web site last week. See download link below... Otherwise it may be a firewall issue on one

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-24 Thread AndrewFG
vagskal;613504 Wrote: I always get the error message when I try to load the SBS library in MCIn the tray monitor please select the Debug Log page | check logging for HTTP server and Squeezebox CLI | Apply , then try the JRMC Connect Process again, and send me the log file. Note: it is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-23 Thread vagskal
I did not realise that I could use Whitebear to push music with J River Media Center (MC) to my squeezeboxes and I wanted to try that out. I installed Whitebear on the Win XP machine running SBS 7.5.4 and on a Win 7 64-bit machine on the same local network running MC 16 beta I enabled DLNA. In

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-23 Thread MrC
vagskal, I've found in this mode, the DLNA server needs to be enabled as well. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-23 Thread vagskal
MrC;613330 Wrote: I've found in this mode, the DLNA server needs to be enabled as well. Thanks for the reply. I switched on the option DNLA Server (share your media with other DLNA devices) but the result is the same. It seems as if SBS is choking at the request to load the library.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-23 Thread MrC
vagskal;613359 Wrote: Thanks for the reply. I switched on the option DNLA Server (share your media with other DLNA devices) but the result is the same. It seems as if SBS is choking at the request to load the library. Playback stops as if the squeezeboxes lost contact with SBS. Ok,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-23 Thread vagskal
MrC;613361 Wrote: Ok, looks like that didn't help. You have far more tracks than I, so may have hit some other issues w/either piece of software. AndrewFG and the JRMCs developers are in communication. On an aside, as I've been playing with this and working with AndrewFG. In the two

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-21 Thread AndrewFG
MrC;612727 Wrote: My library lives in both JRMC and in SC. I use JRMC to tag, manage, and play when I'm at my desktop system. I use SC in other situatinos. The library is one and the same on the filesystem, all FLACs.Ok this confirms that you used Import rather than Connect To. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-21 Thread MrC
Great, thanks. Check your PMs here too. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82399

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-21 Thread AndrewFG
MrC;612835 Wrote: Great, thanks. Check your PMs here too.Thanks. Just did so... -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the two worlds of: 1. UPnP/DLNA media clients and media players, and, 2. Squeezebox Server and Squeeze Players Download it for free

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-20 Thread AndrewFG
MrC;612422 Wrote: If I understand correctly, MC is acting as only a controller, so I'm not sure what other hidden settings might affect this.In JRMC, how are you attaching to the music library? Are you 1) connecting to it as a DLNA library via File | Library | Connect to Library.. or are you

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-20 Thread MrC
AndrewFG;612533 Wrote: In JRMC, how are you attaching to the music library? Are you 1) connecting to it as a DLNA library via File | Library | Connect to Library.. or are you 2) importing it as a file library via File | Library | Import.. -- you should be doing 1). MC 16 (in beta) has a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-20 Thread AndrewFG
MrC;612701 Wrote: I don't see a URL in JRMC. (see image 3) Your screen shot is hard to read, but apparently it has a Filename column rather than a Url column? If so, then this indicates that in JRMC you have perhaps Imported the library from your hard disk file system, rather than Connected To

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-20 Thread MrC
Andrew, Thanks again, in advance. The screenshots were great! The silly forums here apparently downsized them. I'm seeing, through your explanation, more of how the two systems are interacting. My library lives in both JRMC and in SC. I use JRMC to tag, manage, and play when I'm at my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-19 Thread AndrewFG
I am pleased to announce that the new version has been released. http://www.whitebear.ch/mediaserver It contains many improvements and bug fixes. (But sadly it is still not perfect). -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the two worlds of: 1. UPnP/DLNA

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-19 Thread MrC
Nice work. I installed v2.1.0.1433, and I'm using JRMC 16beta as my controller. The Squeezebox's all appear instantly as zones, and I can start playback on any/all of them. Playback of my FLAC files come across as a single 128k mp3 stream. Is this expected, or should the FLAC files be served?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-19 Thread AndrewFG
MrC;612387 Wrote: Playback of my FLAC files come across as a single 128k mp3 stream. Is this expected, or should the FLAC files be served? Actually that is NOT expected! As you know, Squeeze players can accept Flac streams and the Whitebear renderer clearly advertises that fact. So it looks as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-19 Thread MrC
AndrewFG;612418 Wrote: Actually that is NOT expected! As you know, Squeeze players can accept Flac streams and the Whitebear renderer clearly advertises that fact. So it looks as though JR Media Center is not detecting/supporting this, and is falling back to Mp3. = Did you make any explicit

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-10 Thread AndrewFG
AndrewFG;607820 Wrote: It is in final testing, and I need just a few more days to check that everything is stable. Please be patient... Apologies for the delay. I am still doing final testing. But I have made a lot of changes and added a lot of new functionality. So it may still take a week

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-10 Thread MrSinatra
just out of my own curiousity, assuming andys upnp makes it into the official sbs, and stays, and he does the things u told him dlna needs, do you see a need for whitebear, or some niche it fills that andys won't? -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbrec ipeng

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-10 Thread AndrewFG
MrSinatra;610150 Wrote: just out of my own curiousity, assuming andys upnp makes it into the official sbs, and stays, and he does the things u told him dlna needs, do you see a need for whitebear, or some niche it fills that andys won't?To be honest I don't know since I did not test Andy's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-02-02 Thread AndrewFG
rotho;606282 Wrote: Does that mean that Whitebear is currently not compatible with JRiver?Yes. The release of Whitebear which you have, is indeed currently not compatible with JRiver. But I am working on a new version, which should be released very soon. It is in final testing, and I need

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-01-28 Thread rotho
I have made new tests with JRiver and Whitebear. This time, I have chosen both options DLNA Server and DLNA Controller in the Media Network options, but it still doesn't work. My Touch doesn't have the same behaviour as with my previous attempt (without choosing DLNA Server) : now when I play a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-01-21 Thread rotho
AndrewFG;604037 Wrote: Please wait a few days. There is a new version in the pipeline that should fix this... Thank you ! I was thinking that perhaps the problem came from the fact that in JRMC Media Network options, I only selected DLNA Controller, but not DLNA Server. I am not able to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-01-20 Thread AndrewFG
rotho;603793 Wrote: I am trying to use JRiver Media Center to control my Squeezebox Touch (I want to use the JRMC GUI to play music files on the Touch).Please wait a few days. There is a new version in the pipeline that should fix this... -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-01-19 Thread rotho
Hello, I am trying to use JRiver Media Center to control my Squeezebox Touch (I want to use the JRMC GUI to play music files on the Touch). I installed Whitebear, SqueezeCenter and JRMC on the same computer (running Windows 7). I started SBS, then Whitebear (which sees that SBS is running), and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Whitebear updated version

2011-01-14 Thread MrSinatra
IMGrant;602114 Wrote: That's okay, I'll get over it ;) But you may have missed my point slightly -- my suggestion was not for SBS/Whitebear to play -to- an AirPort Express, but to for it to enable Squeezeboxes to appear to -be- AirPort Expresses. i.e. So one could stream from iTunes to

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