Ok, folks, I think I have solved the problems. It looks as if the issue is with the suggestion to use iTunes-LAME. That didn't come from me originally, and I guess I had forgotten how I had installed lame.
I am using a G4 Mac. As far as I can see, the procedure for installing lame from the site mentioned below does not currently work on Intel Macs I've now started my Mac from an external drive, and made sure that I did not have /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/lib folders, or the mplayer or lame files. I run my machine as a non-admin user, and had installed SlimServer for that user only. I may need to check further, reinstalling SlimServer for all users, and seeing if any issues occur. 1. I installed AlienBBC as per instructions (actually, I did not bother to reinstall, I just used my original install). 2. I next installed lame. To do this I downloaded LAME Audio Encoder 3.96.1 (I used a previously downloaded version, but I could have found this from VersionTracker or direct from http://www.thalictrum.com/index.php?pageid=6&artid=6). This is a .dmg.gz file, which unpacks (automatically in my case, you may have to double-click on it to unpack) to a disk image, which contains one file, lame-3.96.1.pkg. Double-clicking on this takes you through the installation process. Note the following points. This does create the folders /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib (if they don't already exist) and puts lame into /usr/local/bin. This installer (according to the notes on the thalictrun page) currently does not work on Intel Macs. So I guess we need other instructions (such as a modification of kefa's) to cover Intel machines. I still think /usr/local/bin is the best place to put things, though some more care will be needed, just for consistency in the installations. 3. Now I installed mplayer into /usr/local/bin (no reason not to, as lame had got itself installed there) following my earlier instructions. 4. Finally, I turned SlimServer off and on again, and ran SoftSqueeze, and easily connected to a radio stream. I think that indicates what's needed. A really thorough check would also have uninstalled SlimServer and reinstalled it, but I didn't feel like doing that. It would also involve comparing a SlimServer installed for one user with one installed for all users, but again I didn't feel like doing that. crouchend, and anyone else using a G3 or G4 Mac, check if this change does work for you. kefa, and others using an Intel Mac, let's work on simplifying things to get a working installation. I think what may be needed is to change your instructions so that one can work entirely in the Finder rather than using Terminal. My point about using Go in the Finder to get to normally invisible folders may be the thing here. -- danco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24480 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
