arrowfire Wrote: > > > Something tells me there is something really wrong as well when you > have 3 versions of how to install posted on your website. WTF is up > with that? > >
I have to agree with you on this. It really is time that these instructions got tidied up. I assume you are trying to install on a Mac. The AlienBBC people don't have access to Macs. The instructions were posted by users who were simply reporting on what they did to make it work. Some of the instructions were by me. Then other people jumped in with improvements to my advice, and some corrections. Part of the reason for multiple instructions is that the sites hosting mplayer changed, and we had to suggest other places to get it and the related codec. And then the structure of mplayer changed. The version I first installed needed its codec in one folder, the newer version needed it in another folder, so there were further modifications. The newest version of mplayer for Windows (and Linux?) does not need the additional codec, but there isn't a Mac version with this facility yet. And the licence for the codec that is currently needed prohibits its use in a bundle, so it can't be included in an installer. Beyond that, at least on the versions of the OS I am using, one of the standard paths /usr/local/bin is not included in the list of paths to search in whichever Unix file is involved (I can't remember which). This means, as noted in the instructions. that you may need to make a change in mplayer.sh. At present you may need to read all the different instructions, and see what's what, and make sure you have checked *all* the points raised. It isn't that difficult, I've done it more than once (having had to make changes when I installed a newer version of mplayer and of AlienBBC). If you really want help rather than ranting, post in the Plugins forum with some details of what you have done, and maybe some logs. Have you got mplayer itself working? What happens if you try starting SlimServer from the command line? -- danco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22467 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
