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Users / Re: 1004: The time has come.

« on: November 03, 2012, 11:44:18 am »

Dear all,

While I was hapily streaming radio stations for a while, in the last few snapshots wma playback seems broken.
Unfortunately, it is not confined to radio playback; any file encoded in windows codecs refuses to play.

This is the playback of a typical wma file:

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========== NEW LOG SECTION ==========
1       11/03/12 12:27:01       23 (spawning-device)    Starting... 1
1       11/03/12 12:27:01       23 (spawning-device)    Found ./Xine_Player
05      11/03/12 12:27:01.765           Xine_Player::GetConfig default zoom 100 <0xb7770ab0>
05      11/03/12 12:27:01.791           Warning: libxine.so.1 is not loaded yet (?) <0xb7770ab0>
05      11/03/12 12:27:01.791           Custom xine functions status:  xine_seek=(nil), xine_start_trick_play=(nil), xine_stop_trick_play=(nil). Trickplay and seeking support: absent <0xb7770ab0>
05      11/03/12 12:27:02.050           Count of screens at this display: 1 <0xb7770ab0>
05      11/03/12 12:27:02.051           XMapWindow returned: 1 <0xb7770ab0>
05      11/03/12 12:27:08.593           Xine_Player::CMD_Play_Media() called for id 1001 filename: /home/public/data/audio/Software Raid 1 [39]/ALBUMS/U2/The Best Of 1990-2000 [UK]/01 Even Better Than The Real Thing.wma () <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:08.593           Xine_Stream_Factory::GetStream streamID is 0 <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:08.845           Created new stream with ID=1001 deint 0  100 0 <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:08.845           Xine_Player::CMD_Play_Media() set stream 1001 as last rendering to screen. <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:08.845           Xine_Player::CMD_Play_Media() called for id 1001 filename: /home/public/data/audio/Software Raid 1 [39]/ALBUMS/U2/The Best Of 1990-2000 [UK]/01 Even Better Than The Real Thing.wma () with corresponding stream 0x8b05d00. <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:08.875           Opening media without chapters/title position: 'file:///home/public/data/audio/Software Raid 1 [39]/ALBUMS/U2/The Best Of 1990-2000 [UK]/01 Even Better Than The Real Thing.wma'  <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.759           Visualizing plugin not enabled <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.760           Xine_Stream::changePlaybackSpeed no running seekers found <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.760           Xine engine set new zoom level to X:100, Y:100 <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.761           Read media A/V information: [MS Windows Media Audio 2 (ffmpeg)]/[] => [pcm]/[] <0xb0d6db70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.761           Xine_Player::EVENT_Playback_Started(streamID=1001) <= AV info <0xb0d6db70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.761           Read media A/V information: [MS Windows Media Audio 2 (ffmpeg)]/[] => [pcm]/[] <0xb0d6db70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.761           Xine_Player::EVENT_Playback_Started(streamID=1001) <= AV info <0xb0d6db70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.763           Read media A/V information: [MS Windows Media Audio 2 (ffmpeg)]/[] => [pcm]/[] <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.763           Xine_Player::EVENT_Playback_Started(streamID=1001) <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:09.763           Xine_Player::CMD_Play_Media() ended for filename: /home/public/data/audio/Software Raid 1 [39]/ALBUMS/U2/The Best Of 1990-2000 [UK]/01 Even Better Than The Real Thing.wma with stream 0x8b05d00. <0xb6d6eb70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:10.676           [ID: 1001]  CHAPTER:0 POS:0 TITLE:0 SUBTITLE:-1 AUDIO:-1 TOTAL:222165 (seek 0) t.c. ctr 0 freq 1, <0x56a7b70>
05      11/03/12 12:27:11.677           [ID: 1001]  CHAPTER:0 POS:0 TITLE:0 SUBTITLE:-1 AUDIO:-1 TOTAL:222165 (seek 0) t.c. ctr 1 freq 1, <0x56a7b70>
Even though playback stops for the specific filename, it appearts as if streaming continues normally.

Before I dump my problem onto you, I tried researching it a little bit.

1. w32codecs is installed (along with libdvdcss2, but thats not important here..)
2. ffmpeg results in error (WARNING: library configuration mismatch), but pluto-ffmpeg works ok (so I installed that with a symlink so it loads it by default, along with ffplay, ffserver,ffprobe)

Cant seem to pinpoint the problem though... Any clues?
Thanks for your help,
ted

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Users / Re: 1004: The time has come.

« on: June 11, 2012, 09:47:04 pm »

Ground loop problems?
I have searched extensively for a solution, switched motherboards, changed amplifiers, speakers, power supplies (substitute linear for normal ones) but could not get rid of the noise.
Until i tried engine noise suppressors !!
They look like little barrels , with rca inputs and outputs. They are used in audio car systems to kill engine/electrical interference. Price can vary from 5 to 20 euros but its the ONLY thing that can kill motherboard interference.
I was ready to invest in optical to rca CYP Converters, but these guys saved the day....
Hope it helps someone.

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Installation issues / Re: 0810 Snapshot 23645 Install Experience

« on: January 24, 2011, 01:43:27 pm »

Hello,
My array was not detected as well, so I forced the system to scan/attach it.
To do that, insert the two lines you see in bold inside /etc/rc.local

# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# , bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

modprobe md-mod
mdadm --assemble --scan
exit 0

Sometimes though, array is attached TWICE.. If I remove the above command, though, it never get attached...

This is a df dump of my storage devices

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                73742752  15411968  54584832  23% /
udev                    906276      2816    903460   1% /dev /dev/disk/by-uuid/63c37aeb-6253-46e7-a5a0-ca2745404700
                      73742752  15411968  54584832  23% / /dev/disk/by-uuid/63c37aeb-6253-46e7-a5a0-ca2745404700
                      73742752  15411968  54584832  23% /dev/.static/dev
tmpfs                   906276         0    906276   0% /lib/init/rw
varrun                  906276       376    905900   1% /var/run
varlock                 906276         0    906276   0% /var/lock
tmpfs                   906276      2204    904072   1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-17-generic/volatile
tmpfs                   906276         0    906276   0% /dev/shm
/dev/md1             1442147708 898198224 470692560  66% /mnt/device/59
/dev/md1             1442147708 898198224 470692560  66% /mnt/device/45

Till I finish watching the movies I have inside, I am not going to touch any of the two devices...

Hope it works for you,
ted