I think I'm this >< close to getting remote access of my flac files working from my home server to my work computer. There's just one last thing I seem to be missing. Here's what I have so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have my router set up to forward ports 9000 and 3483. I know my outside world local IP (which isn't static, so I'll need to keep up with it when it changes) and my work IP (which is static). I don't have SSH or any other security set up yet but will do that once I get things working. I was hoping to keep it simple at first and then add complexity once the basics are working. Anyway, I can enter http:\\local_IP:9000 into a browser at work and have access to the server so the ports are OK, right? I couldn't find any forum posts or FAQs that mentioned the need to change any other server settings. My player of choice is Winamp 5.5 since it installs without admin privileges on my corporate pc. I tried softsqueeze but had issues - the mouse pointer would disappear when I moused over the player rendering it unusable. Might be a java issue but I can't update java due to lack of admin privileges. I tried Winamp with both an mp3 file and a flac file and it plays properly through the pc. The flac files play fine off the server locally with my SB3. My problem comes in trying to play the stream from the server. I entered http://local_IP:9000/stream.mp3 into the "open URL" dialog box accessed from the Winamp File menu. Is that the right place to enter it? I can remotely queue up a flac file on the server. What next? Do I hit play on the right side of the server window? The play button seems greyed out and 'Now stopped on 1 of 1' is displayed. BTW I'm using the fishbone skin. I can see my work IP address in the box on the right side of the server window. It doesn't give any indication that it's actually playing anything though. Any special trick to get it to play remotely? Do I have to hit play on Winamp also or will it stream automatically? It tries connecting but then times out. I don't have LAME installed because I want to stream the lossless flac files. Is that a problem? Is it safe to assume that since I can control my server remotely I should be able to receive the streamed music and that my ports/firewall/etc are not a problem? What am I missing? Thanks, Don -- Donzi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Donzi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13917 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40069 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
