Hi David, Sorry, I don't check these forums very often. BTW: The best way to get feedback from me is to leave a comment on my blog. In any case, I hope the following helps you get it working. I've been using these scripts for years on multiple OS installations (so rest assured that they do work).
The best way that I've found to troubleshoot custom-convert.conf issues is to start with a simple experiment (don't even use my scripts initially). First, make sure you are sure of the format conversion that you are using. For example, if you are playing an album stored as a cue sheet and separate flac image (using pre-7.6 s/w), you should be using the "flc flc transcode" line. I'd start with a blank/empty custom-convert.conf file and only copy the existing "flc flc transcode" lines from source convert.conf file to the custom-convert.conf file. This should, in theory, introduce no change. Make sure you restart the squeezebox server so that it sees the new file. Now play the cue flac album. If you didn't make any changes to the "flc flc transcode" line, the album should play normally (as it did before). Now intentionally introduce an error into the custom-convert.conf file so that it can't possibly play right. Restart the server. When you play the album again, it shouldn't play (obviously). If you get this far, then you are on the right track. If this simple experiment doesn't work then there is something more fundamentally wrong. Perhaps the album you are trying to play isn't in the format you think it is. For example an album stored as one file per track flacs would use the conversion line "flc flc" *without* the "transcode". Each file format can use a different conversion (which is why I have several listed in my example custom-convert.conf" Experiment a bit until you are sure that you are modifying the correct transcoding function and it is being recognized by the server software. If you make a mistake and it doesn't work, no worries. Just start over. Once you are sure that you are modifying the correct line AND it is being recognized by the server (AFTER each restart), then you can go on to installing my scripts. If the scripts that I wrote aren't working, then go back to the procedure that I outlined above to debug them. Do changes one at a time and start with a working configuration and you should be able to isolate and fix the problem. Yes, I know this is a pain, but it is how the system works. At least these types of mods are possible (without too much work), so I'm not complaining. Cheers, George -- mrthreeplates ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70256 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
