Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2015-04-17 Thread godIsInTheRadio
Hi Andrew, first of all, Whitebear is an immensly useful tool for me, as these days I mostly use JRiver MC as DLNA Server but stream via a SB Touch connected to a Windows Homeserver 2011 based LMS 7.9. There is just one small issue that is bothering me: whenever the WHS returns from hibernation

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2014-07-14 Thread skavan
AndrewFG wrote: I have just now created a new beta version of Whitebear that exposes the Favorites. However, I encountered difficulties with Favorites that refer to remote radio or podcast urls. It seems that sometimes a remote radio or podcast url is a direct link to a music stream, but

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-21 Thread AndrewFG
Henry66;632465 Wrote: right-most tab in the UI is titled Degug logging. :)Ah. So it is. -- 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-21 Thread AndrewFG
mark-e-mark;631152 Wrote: I wonder if it's possible to expose the squeezebox favorites list to players? This would allow me switch radio stations (I have Pandora stations in my favorites) from my remote.I have just now created a new beta version of Whitebear that exposes the Favorites.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-20 Thread AndrewFG
Henry66;632313 Wrote: Firewall on the server or the client or both?Perhaps both. Sorry not to be more helpful... Henry66;632313 Wrote: How do I check access to server port 31416 from a client?It is a bit kludgy, but try the following: On the computer where you can see Whitebear, open up

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-20 Thread Henry66
AndrewFG;632410 Wrote: url is something like http://192.168.1.1:31416/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc/presentation.html, copy that Url and try the same url in the browser from another machine on your network; see what happens and/or what kind of error message is reported...Works fine

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-20 Thread Henry66
I ran the Trouble-shooter in Windows Firewall, and specified WhitebearService.exe as the program I was having trouble connecting to. It did some magic and now all is working fine! -- Henry66 Henry66's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-20 Thread AndrewFG
Henry66;632428 Wrote: ... and now all is working fine!Glad to hear it! -- 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 here:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-20 Thread Henry66
A very minor gug report: The right-most tab in the UI is titled Degug logging. :) -- Henry66 Henry66's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38863 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-19 Thread AndrewFG
Henry66;632097 Wrote: I installed this as a service on Windows 7 64-bit. I can see the by Whitebear library from WMP on the same machine. However, I am unable to see it from other PCs on the local net. All PCs are running Windows 7 (two 64-bit and two 32-bit). When I run Foobar2000 (an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-19 Thread Henry66
AndrewFG;632129 Wrote: My first reaction is that it may be a firewall issue. Check that the other PCs are able access the Whitebear server port 31416.Firewall on the server or the client or both? How do I check access to server port 31416 from a client? AndrewFG;632129 Wrote: Also check

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-18 Thread Henry66
I installed this as a service on Windows 7 64-bit. I can see the by Whitebear library from WMP on the same machine. However, I am unable to see it from other PCs on the local net. All PCs are running Windows 7 (two 64-bit and two 32-bit). When I run Foobar2000 (an application, not a service) on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-17 Thread AndrewFG
mark-e-mark;631602 Wrote: I think I asked the wrong question, and I'll be the first to tell you I have only a vague understanding of the control points and paradigm. Here's what I would like to do: How can I browse my favorites from the Android UPnP remote? I will look for the Add-Ins

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-16 Thread mark-e-mark
AndrewFG;631467 Wrote: Whitebear does already support the Favorites folder (under the Add-Ins browse menu tree). However it (obviously) only supports this on UPnP Control Points that follow the UPnP Browse paradigm. By contrast on Control Points that support the UPnP Search paradigm, the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-15 Thread AndrewFG
mark-e-mark;631152 Wrote: I wonder if it's possible to expose the squeezebox favorites list to players? Whitebear does already support the Favorites folder (under the Add-Ins browse menu tree). However it (obviously) only supports this on UPnP Control Points that follow the UPnP Browse

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-13 Thread mark-e-mark
Hi Andrew. I have enjoyed using the WhiteBear media server and I must say thank you for creating a truly useful application. I wonder if it's possible to expose the squeezebox favorites list to players? This would allow me switch radio stations (I have Pandora stations in my favorites) from my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-07 Thread AndrewFG
Wigster;628593 Wrote: Will do! In anticipation, WigsterThe new version is now available for download!! -- 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-05-01 Thread Wigster
Will do! In anticipation, Wigster -- Wigster Wigster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14899 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80632

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-04-30 Thread AndrewFG
Wigster;628259 Wrote: Aha: well, if you get some DirectShow codecs (such as the shark007 pack, for example), then it will play FLACs (as well as OGGs etc). Then you can also download something called WMP Tag Plus, which will actually allow it to support adding the FLACs to the library and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-04-29 Thread AndrewFG
Wigster;627667 Wrote: I have tried both FLAC and MP3.WMP 12 does not support the FLAC format, so it would not be very surprising that neither the local Play nor the remote Play To functions would work. Or ?? -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-04-29 Thread Wigster
Aha: well, if you get some DirectShow codecs (such as the shark007 pack, for example), then it will play FLACs (as well as OGGs etc). Then you can also download something called WMP Tag Plus, which will actually allow it to support adding the FLACs to the library and get all the meta-data

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-04-26 Thread AndrewFG
Wigster;627410 Wrote: What *fails* is playing to the files located physically *on the laptop* directly to the Squeezebox. The server thinks it's playing for 5 second and then it stops.Thanks for the feedback. I am currently working on an update of Whitebear to try to improve in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-04-26 Thread Wigster
Hi, I have tried both FLAC and MP3. I am running shark007 codecs and WMP Tag Plus to allows me to play FLACs and have them in the library. Thanks! -- Wigster Wigster's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-04-25 Thread Wigster
Hi, After trying to get the UPnP server in 7.6 beta to work and failing, I have installed Whitebear 2.0.1.1433. It's a *great* thing! I am running it on Windows Home Server and by SBS is 7.6 r32302. Just to explain my setup: I have a server machine on which I have installed SBS and Whitebear

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-29 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;621370 Wrote: Thansk for the PM. It indicates that UPnP device discovery is working. So the problem must be at the next level up the stack (UPnP description or control). I sent you another PM concerning how to debug that... Thanks, I have sent you a pm with my reply! --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-29 Thread AndrewFG
indifference_engine;621752 Wrote: Thanks, I have sent you a pm with my reply!Interesting. Your earlier log proved that your WMP client is discovering the Whitebear media server and all players. And the current log shows that your client is 1) downloading the device description documents, 2)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-29 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;621832 Wrote: I have read somewhere that perhaps some Microsoft clients (e.g. the XBox) will not accept a server whose DDD does not contain the word microsoft in it's name. (UPnP is an open standard so go figure that one out...) You could perhaps test this by changing the name of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-28 Thread AndrewFG
indifference_engine;621278 Wrote: I have sent you a pm with my log fileThansk for the PM. It indicates that UPnP device discovery is working. So the problem must be at the next level up the stack (UPnP description or control). I sent you another PM concerning how to debug that... --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-27 Thread AndrewFG
spectre101;621105 Wrote: ...players look and time out. In other words, I'm still in the same boat.Let me try to summarise your problem: - You have a music library in JRMC15 (say) - The library consists of native mp3 tracks - The library tracks are local to JRMC (as opposed to imported from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-27 Thread AndrewFG
indifference_engine;621138 Wrote: Whitebear gets me very close. The only issues are that the library is not visible in Vista's wmp and that the phone's auto-sync feature doesn't work.Lets see if I can summarise it correctly. You have two problems: Problem 1) - You have Whitebear running on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-27 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;621202 Wrote: Lets see if I can summarise it correctly. You have two problems: Problem 1) - You have Whitebear running on a PC running Windows 2003 - You have Squeezecenter running on the same PC - From your mobile phone, you can discover the Whitebear media server, and browse

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-27 Thread AndrewFG
indifference_engine;621211 Wrote: correct. The whitebear server is visible in the network neighbourhood but the library is not visible within wmp on Vista. If I share my phone's library then that isn't visible in Vista either. A Tversitiy library is visible as is a wmp11 library (both from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-27 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;621259 Wrote: Share viewing support must be enabled in WMP11. Click the little arrow under Library, then Media Sharing. Tick the box marked Find media that others are sharing then OK. If you don't see this option, then you are out of luck. If you do see it, and it is checked, but

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-26 Thread AndrewFG
spectre101;620926 Wrote: The problem starts when I try to stream anything from a server other than Whitebear Server.Firstly check you are using the latest version of Whitebear. And put aside for the time being all your points about ports etc. since they are probably irrelevant. Check what

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-26 Thread spectre101
Andrew: Thank you for getting back to me so promptly. quoteFirstly check you are using the latest version of Whitebear./quote Yes. I downloadeded twice and uninstalled and reinstalled it more than that a few days ago. Version 2.1.0.1433. quoteCheck what music format your client software is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-26 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;620904 Wrote: Sorry indifference_engine but you are wizzing around and talking about so many things at the same time, that I completely lost track of what you think is the problem and what you are trying to do. = Can you please try to stay on one topic at at time, and please explain

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread claytob
I didn't think there was a version on WMP12 for Vista. Vista seems quite happy to be a upnp/dlna server but doesn't seem to work as a client. -- claytob claytob's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread AndrewFG
claytob;620715 Wrote: I didn't think there was a version on WMP12 for Vista.You are quite correct. I suppose that would explain why indifference_engine cannot see Whitebear in WMP12 running on his Vista machine !! -- but it is therefore rather quite odd that he claims to be able to see

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread claytob
AndrewFG;620780 Wrote: You are quite correct. I suppose that would explain why indifference_engine cannot see Whitebear in WMP12 running on his Vista machine !! -- but it is therefore rather quite odd that he claims to be able to see TVersity in WMP12 running on his Vista machine ?? Andrew,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;620780 Wrote: You are quite correct. I suppose that would explain why indifference_engine cannot see Whitebear in WMP12 running on his Vista machine !! -- but it is therefore rather quite odd that he claims to be able to see TVersity in WMP12 running on his Vista machine ?? Vista

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread indifference_engine
indifference_engine;620619 Wrote: D'Oh!! I didn't notice the save button on the settings tab! Once I ticked both of the 'Declare the mp3 resource before pcm' boxes and pressed save I could then stream from SBS to my mobile via whitebear and copy the tracks to my phone for playing offline!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread AndrewFG
claytob;620785 Wrote: Andrew, can't seem to get private messaging working so you either will have a load of messages from on none.I got five PMs from you. :-) You need to help me visualize what is (not) going on: What do you see on your XBox? Do you see anything at all? Can you at least see

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread AndrewFG
indifference_engine;620817 Wrote: Vista actually has a souped-up version of wmp11 that can act as both client and server (XP's wmp11 is server only, wmp12 is Win7 only and I don't know any more than that as I don't have a Win7 machine). More testing results: When I share my vista library

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-25 Thread spectre101
Hello Andrew: First off, I really appreciate the effort that you have made putting Whitebear together. Up to now, I've avoided posting for help because I know you do this on your time, it's free, etc. However, I'm really at a loss to explain why I can't stream music from (non-Whitebear server)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-24 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;620245 Wrote: My problem is that I do not own an Xbox, so I cannot test it. In Whitebear I implemented all the special tweaks that other software writers had recommeneded as being necessary for XBox to see their own servers. But apparently that was not enough :-( In the next

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-24 Thread AndrewFG
indifference_engine;620503 Wrote: From a Vista laptop I can see the Whitebear server and the Squeezeboxes as renderers in my network neighbourhood but I cannot browse the Whitebear library from within Windows Media Player.That indicates that you don't have WMP12 set up properly. You need to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-24 Thread indifference_engine
AndrewFG;620561 Wrote: That indicates that you don't have WMP12 set up properly. You need to turn on the media sharing features in WMP12 (sharing from other libraries to WMP, and sharing from WMP to other players). I do have WMP setup correctly with sharing turned on, firewall turned off and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-24 Thread AndrewFG
indifference_engine;620619 Wrote: Maybe there's a Vista/2003 compatibility issue, after all 2003 wasn't really designed for media sharing!I doubt that. If Whitebear/Win2003 can serve to your mobile client then there is no fundamental reason why it should not work with WMP as a client. I can

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-23 Thread claytob
I was quite excited to see the application as I have been trying to solve a problem I have presenting media to my XBOX 360. All my media is on a Windows 2003 server. On my Windows Vista desktop I have mapped drives to the folders where I store my mp3 files, I then configured Windows Media Player

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-23 Thread indifference_engine
claytob;620136 Wrote: I was quite excited to see the application as I have been trying to solve a problem I have presenting media to my XBOX 360. All my media is on a Windows 2003 server. On my Windows Vista desktop I have mapped drives to the folders where I store my mp3 files, I then

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-23 Thread AndrewFG
claytob;620136 Wrote: I see in a previous post you mentioned that XBOX 360 is very particular about what it communicates with, do you have any suggestions in things I could try to get this working?My problem is that I do not own an Xbox, so I cannot test it. In Whitebear I implemented all

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-22 Thread Gblenn
Nikhil;564360 Wrote: Cool thanks, will test it out. Any chance of seeing this on a non windows platform like linux or macosx? Also any chance on extending this to serve DAAP clients as well? I have Whitebear up and running on Ubuntu 10.10 under Wine and it seems to work fine. * Download the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2011-03-22 Thread AndrewFG
Gblenn;619922 Wrote: I have Whitebear up and running on Ubuntu 10.10 under Wine and it seems to work fine. I have tested with PlugPlayer on iPad and some other players (2Player and Twonky Mobile) on Android and they all behave as expected.Now that's coool. However, on a sadder note, with

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-31 Thread AndrewFG
doubleugk;593299 Wrote: Why isn't it possible to install the SBS on a different server?The current versons of SC can't directly deliver music files using the UPnP protocols, so this means that Whitebear itself must 1) have access to the folder where the music files are physically stored, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-31 Thread AndrewFG
Philip Meyer;597834 Wrote: Guess this means that Whitebear only works with local apps then?I don't understand what you mean. Can you please clarify the question? Philip Meyer;597834 Wrote: Foobar and SBS both display the track with the right list of artists when I play the song

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-31 Thread Phil Meyer
Or you could send me the track in question. I would if I could remember what track it was! I'll try to find one. Phil ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-28 Thread Phil Meyer
The track *URI* is passed from Foobar Whitebear SBS, and SBS then downloads the track from that URI. (Whitebear is a kind of a middleman to set up the connection between client and server, but the actual connection and data transfer is done directly from Foobar SBS). Guess this means that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-08 Thread AndrewFG
Philip Meyer;593213 Wrote: I assume that the tag info passes from Foobar Whitebear SBS.Wrong. The track *URI* is passed from Foobar Whitebear SBS, and SBS then downloads the track from that URI. (Whitebear is a kind of a middleman to set up the connection between client and server, but the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-07 Thread doubleugk
Why isn't it possible to install the SBS on a different server? Sorry for asking this question, but searching this thread didn't bring any findings and reading - lol -- doubleugk Synology DS410j • CPU 800 MHz • Bus: 16...@ddr800 • Mem: 128 MB • 4 Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 1TB • FW

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-06 Thread AndrewFG
Philip Meyer;592989 Wrote: My problem was the other way round though. I loaded music into Foobar, and was using the UPnP Controller to play music via WhiteBear on a Squeezebox. i.e. the music wasn't in the Squeezebox library. This was an mp3 file with id3v2.4 tags. There were two ARTIST

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-06 Thread Phil Meyer
This was an mp3 file with id3v2.4 tags. There were two ARTIST tags shown in Foobar song properties. In tat case, I am rather confused why you think this is a problem of Whitebear? I assume that the tag info passes from Foobar Whitebear SBS. Foobar shows both artists correctly. SBS usually

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-05 Thread Phil Meyer
Discovered a cosmetic issue today. I played a song from Foobar, sending it to play on a Squeezebox via Whitebear. There was more than one artist tag associated with the track. ARTIST=Anneke Van Giersbergen and ARTIST=Danny Cavanagh. This was reported on the Squeezebox Touch as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-05 Thread AndrewFG
Philip Meyer;592951 Wrote: There was more than one artist tag associated with the track. ARTIST=Anneke Van Giersbergen and ARTIST=Danny Cavanagh.I don't understand why you see this as a problem. Most tagging models allow more than one artist tag. Think of classical opera whre you may have an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-05 Thread Phil Meyer
Basically Whitebear passes on whatever artist value(s) that Squeezebox Server gives to it. My problem was the other way round though. I loaded music into Foobar, and was using the UPnP Controller to play music via WhiteBear on a Squeezebox. i.e. the music wasn't in the Squeezebox library.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-04 Thread AndrewFG
infinityplus1;591729 Wrote: Yes, Id be interested in helping to debug Xbox360.I have sent you a PM with a link where you can download test version, that should hopefully support XBox360. Please give me feedback if it works. -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-02 Thread AndrewFG
slinkeey;592147 Wrote: Well I have more information on the Sherwood R904N -- I think the answer was very generic from Sherwood. I think they threw in the codecs that have nothing to do with UPnP as part of their answer.Following is a list of the UPnP SourceProtocolInfo values that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-12-01 Thread slinkeey
Well I have more information on the Sherwood R904N -- I think the answer was very generic from Sherwood. I think they threw in the codecs that have nothing to do with UPnP as part of their answer. Container: AVI, DivX 3.x/4.x/5.x, Xvid, MOV, MP4, MPEG 2 PS TS, FLV, Matroska, ASF, M4V, VOB,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-11-30 Thread AndrewFG
infinityplus1;591729 Wrote: Yes, Id be interested in helping to debug Xbox360. Additionally, can I ask what other clients whitebear supports that run on XP?I appreciate your help. I will get back to you with a new (test) version by the end of this week. The clients that I know that work on XP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-11-29 Thread infinityplus1
Yes, Id be interested in helping to debug Xbox360. Additionally, can I ask what other clients whitebear supports that run on XP? thanks, k -- infinityplus1 infinityplus1's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-11-28 Thread AndrewFG
infinityplus1;591271 Wrote: But I cant seem to see whitebear from WMP11, XBOX360, or itunes... Is there something I need to do for those control points? Or is it not possible to get them to Play To?My goodness, what bad luck!! You seem to have chosen THE three clients that don't work:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-11-27 Thread infinityplus1
Whitebear sounds great! Ive been looking for this! Very nice work! Thanks!! However, I cant see to get it to work... Ive installed it and it all seems to have configured itself and my windows firewall fine. Im running XP and WMP11. Whitebear is up and the status says it can see all of my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-11-02 Thread MikeDC
If I have Squeezebox Server running on a Windows PC and I install the Whitebear Media Server, will I be able to control a DLNA-compatible player/renderer from the Squeezebox Server web interface (or better yet iPeng)? Basically, that is my life with a digital music server goal. I want to use

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-11-02 Thread AndrewFG
MikeDC;586582 Wrote: Will I be able to control a DLNA-compatible player/renderer from the Squeezebox Server web interface (or better yet iPeng)? Sorry but no, Whitebear does not enable you to control other DLNA-compatible players/renderers. Whitebear works the other way round: it makes your

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-10-30 Thread AndrewFG
pointbar;585727 Wrote: Do you have any timeframe for when you will add support for UNC paths? I have SBS installed on a Windows Home Server box which doesn't support mapped drives so my music directory is \\home\Music. I think that was fixed already some time ago. Please try out the current

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-10-28 Thread pointbar
AndrewFG;575420 Wrote: Mapping to a drive letter is only a temporary fix; and I think I know what to do to make a proper fix... Do you have any timeframe for when you will add support for UNC paths? I have SBS installed on a Windows Home Server box which doesn't support mapped drives so my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-10-03 Thread AndrewFG
A new thread has been started: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82399 -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG http://www.whitebear.ch/mediaserver AndrewFG's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-12 Thread AndrewFG
MrSinatra;575710 Wrote: i don't have much exp with DLNA, but i always thought that way it was supposed to work, most of the time, was without transcoding. transcoding would only be necessary if the player device didn't natively support the format. where is the transcoding taking place?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-10 Thread AndrewFG
csimon;575541 Wrote: AndrewFG - PM sent with links to MP3s I'm having trouble with, and the results of a few more tests tonight. Thanks, I got the PM and the files. In the meantime, I think I found a way to trick the players into accepting the original format MP3s instead of forcing a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-10 Thread MrSinatra
i don't have much exp with DLNA, but i always thought that way it was supposed to work, most of the time, was without transcoding. transcoding would only be necessary if the player device didn't natively support the format. where is the transcoding taking place? like whats the full signal

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-09 Thread AndrewFG
csimon;575328 Wrote: Yes, it worked by mapping a drive letter instead of using a UNC path. But it's still not perfect... Mapping to a drive letter is only a temporary fix; and I think I know what to do to make a proper fix... csimon;575328 Wrote: Initially, songs wouldn't play at all

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-09 Thread csimon
AndrewFG;575420 Wrote: So I guess your players are asking Whitebear for LPCM. I'm not sure if my Synology transcodes, I will check the settings tonight, but all the MP3s play fine when serverd by the Synology. Hmmm, I know it might probably go against DLNA spec, but (for testing/debugging

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-09 Thread AndrewFG
csimon;575427 Wrote: Hmmm, I know it might probably go against DLNA spec, but (for testing/debugging purposes only...) could you provide an option in Whitebear to force no transcoding and therefore to send the file as-is? Even if my WD box is asking for LPCM, I guess it should still play MP3

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-09 Thread erland
AndrewFG;574049 Wrote: It does not support the custom browse menus at this time. )But that might be fun for a future release). I would suggest that you don't do any integration specifically with Custom Browse plugin at the moment, the reason is that at the moment I think it's probably

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-09 Thread csimon
AndrewFG - PM sent with links to MP3s I'm having trouble with, and the results of a few more tests tonight. -- csimon csimon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40283 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-08 Thread AndrewFG
Triode;575062 Wrote: ... don't waste any time looking at this... Thank you my friend ;-) -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG http://www.whitebear.ch/mediaserver AndrewFG's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-08 Thread csimon
I may be onto something... I've done a complete uninstall and reinstall of Whitebear, and left the ports as default and it still didn't work. I can browse the tree on my WD HD TV Live box but cannot play anything. HOWEVER...my media files are all on a NAS server (Synology) and NOT on the local

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-08 Thread AndrewFG
csimon;575278 Wrote: Do you think it's therefore an access privileges problem in my setup or will Whitebear only work with files on the PC it is running on? Well, I only wrote Whitebear to work with files on the PC it is running on. I guess that the reason why it does not work on remote

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-08 Thread csimon
AndrewFG;575299 Wrote: This means you would have to do a full clear database and rescan... All in a day's work. :-) I'm regularly doing rescans anyway while trying out various configurations of the Squeeze options. Will have a go now. -- csimon

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-08 Thread csimon
OK, latest news... Yes, it worked by mapping a drive letter instead of using a UNC path. But it's still not perfect... Songs stop after while on their own. The symptom of the WD HD TV Live box is that it halts and skips to the next track. It's random where they stop, it can be after a few

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-07 Thread AndrewFG
nik8;574748 Wrote: Quick question, would this work with Triode's Spotify plugin? I don't really understand the question. Would what work? With what? Can you please be more precise about what you want to achieve? -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG http://www.whitebear.ch/mediaserver

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-07 Thread nik8
AndrewFG;574928 Wrote: I don't really understand the question. Would what work? With what? Can you please be more precise about what you want to achieve? sure thing. I haven't installed the Spotify plugin yet but from the notes provided by Triode on it's usage: Go to the radio menu on one of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-07 Thread AndrewFG
nik8;574941 Wrote: So I was wondering if I installed WBMS and the Spotify plugin, could I access Spotify (Radio) content with my uPnP device? Does WBMS support radio streams through SBS ? At this time, Whitebear does not support browsing or playing of streams from plug-ins. It would be an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-07 Thread Triode
nik8;574941 Wrote: sure thing. I haven't installed the Spotify plugin yet but from the notes provided by Triode on it's usage: Go to the radio menu on one of your hardware players and you should be able to browse and play tracks from Spotify.. So I was wondering if I installed WBMS and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-06 Thread AndrewFG
csimon;574606 Wrote: I have changed the Whitebear UPnP server port to 2869 as that is the port used by UPnP Framework. Until I did that, I couldn't get the Whitebear server to appear in any of my control points/renderers. Was it OK to do this or is this messing up something else? Yes, it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-06 Thread csimon
AndrewFG;574661 Wrote: Yes, it should be Ok. (But I am wondering why it was necessary for you to change it in the first place, since 1900 is the official port of UPnP, so this could be a sign that you do have something else blocking the comms...) This is where I get confused! UPnP Framework

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-06 Thread AndrewFG
csimon;574666 Wrote: This is where I get confused! UPnP Framework opens up TCP port 2869 and UDP port 1900. It is like this: 1) When a UPnP device connects / disconnects to a network, it announces this via a UDP multi-cast message NOTIFY Alive/ByeBye to the UPnP reserved destination port

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-06 Thread csimon
OK, will try that asap. -- csimon csimon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40283 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80632

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-06 Thread nik8
Quick question, would this work with Triode's Spotify plugin? thanks -- nik8 nik8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80632

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-06 Thread AndrewFG
AndrewFG;574584 Wrote: I will download some of the software CPs you mention above, and test with them too... Following are the results of some quick testing I did just now. I did not test all combinations because, well, its boring. Ciderio with Whitebear -Discovery: Ok -Browse: Ok -Play

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-09-05 Thread AndrewFG
Philip Meyer;574181 Wrote: I accepted all of the alerts that the firewall presented, so I think it's not getting as far as opening other TCP connections (i.e. all outgoing UDP packets on any port would be okay). You need to tell me more about how your network is configured. If you want to

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