MediaPlayer Plugin/STV Import: Winamp Media Player Plugin

[mlbdude]

Originally Posted by DRB

At the end of that line I added ",.ape"

When I enabled MY Music Folders on the SageMC menu I can see and play my .ape files with the winamp plugin. However, if I use the My Music menu item my files do not show up.

DRB

That would be expected since Sage cannot parce any tags inthe ape file.

[mikesm]

It's intresting the new Linux OEM version they have for sale supports FLAC, wheras the Windows version doesn't. In fact there seem to be several differences between the products. Does this mean we can expect to see FLAC tags support in the Windows version soon?

Thanks,
Mike

[Keith]

Originally Posted by mikesm

It's intresting the new Linux OEM version they have for sale supports FLAC, wheras the Windows version doesn't. In fact there seem to be several differences between the products. Does this mean we can expect to see FLAC tags support in the Windows version soon?

Thanks,
Mike

Oh, wow! I'm glad I subscribed to this thread. I didn't know they were actually selling a Linux version to the public till I saw your post.

Sage, you guys rock!

[jimwhite]

Any chance to modify this to use another player besides winamp? I need to use a direct show player, such as WMP or zoomplayer, since I have a lot of .wma lossless DTS CD rips....

[owilsky]

Originally Posted by Keith

I didn't know they were actually selling a Linux version to the public till I saw your post.

Well, that depends on what you call "public"
It's called "OEM version", so I guess it's for hardware manufacturors.

[mlbdude]

Originally Posted by owilsky

Well, that depends on what you call "public"
It's called "OEM version", so I guess it's for hardware manufacturors.

Or you can just buy it form the store .

[owilsky]

Originally Posted by mlbdude

Or you can just buy it form the store .

Ups... didn't know that... forget everything I said earlier ;-)

[Ryokurin]

Ok, I've had this bug for a while and I just now got the time to post about it.

Basically when you click on the visualization tab you get a black screen with a yellow box that has starting visualization in it. This makes you think that the plugin didn't start up until you start sage allready in a window, then you'll notice that in reality whats happening is that as soon as you start playing music the plugin starts in the background it just hasn't taken focus. As soon as you click on visualizations the plugin stops, but the visualizations come back as soon as you exit out of the yellow box window.

Yes I have checked to make sure the settings are set correctly in winamp and the visualization does not start playing on its own when winamp is started and played by itself. The log looks pretty normal but I'll post it incase im missing something. Otherwise the plugin works fine

 Mon 1/9 0:31:15.501 Succesfully setup system shell hook
Mon 1/9 0:31:15.514 Disabling offscreen DirectDraw acceleration
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.847 Capture device Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture (1) exists

Mon 1/9 0:31:18.851 Check BDA capture device:Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
(\\?\pci#ven_4444&dev_0016&subsys_80030070&rev_01#4&13699180&0&4048#{65e8773d-8f
56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{9b365890-165f-11d0-a195-0020afd156e4}) on location:P
CI:1-8.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.853 BDA capture device found:@device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{f
d0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{03884cb6-e89a-4deb-b69e-8dc621686e6a}&glob
al; loc:
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.853 BDA capture is not found on location:PCI:1-8 for Hauppauge W
inTV PVR PCI II Capture.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.853 debug BDA CaptureDetail:0x0 hasBDAInput:0
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.867 DeviceCap: 0x810
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.881 Check BDA capture device:Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
(\\?\pci#ven_4444&dev_0016&subsys_80030070&rev_01#4&13699180&0&4048#{65e8773d-8f
56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{9b365890-165f-11d0-a195-0020afd156e4}) on location:P
CI:1-8.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.882 BDA capture device found:@device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{f
d0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{03884cb6-e89a-4deb-b69e-8dc621686e6a}&glob
al; loc:
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.882 BDA capture is not found on location:PCI:1-8 for Hauppauge W
inTV PVR PCI II Capture.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.882 Found the pin2 ;)
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.883 debug BDA FindVideoPin:0x400058c hasBDAInput:0
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.924 Capture device Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture (0) exists

Mon 1/9 0:31:18.929 Check BDA capture device:Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
(\\?\pci#ven_4444&dev_0016&subsys_80030070&rev_01#4&13699180&0&3848#{65e8773d-8f
56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{9b365890-165f-11d0-a195-0020afd156e4}) on location:P
CI:1-7.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.930 BDA capture device found:@device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{f
d0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{03884cb6-e89a-4deb-b69e-8dc621686e6a}&glob
al; loc:
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.931 BDA capture is not found on location:PCI:1-7 for Hauppauge W
inTV PVR PCI II Capture.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.931 debug BDA CaptureDetail:0x0 hasBDAInput:0
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.937 DeviceCap: 0x810
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.963 Check BDA capture device:Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
(\\?\pci#ven_4444&dev_0016&subsys_80030070&rev_01#4&13699180&0&3848#{65e8773d-8f
56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{9b365890-165f-11d0-a195-0020afd156e4}) on location:P
CI:1-7.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.964 BDA capture device found:@device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{f
d0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{03884cb6-e89a-4deb-b69e-8dc621686e6a}&glob
al; loc:
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.965 BDA capture is not found on location:PCI:1-7 for Hauppauge W
inTV PVR PCI II Capture.
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.966 Found the pin2 ;)
Mon 1/9 0:31:18.966 debug BDA FindVideoPin:0x3fdb7dc hasBDAInput:0
Mon 1/9 0:31:21.980 initGraph0 called capDev=Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
capDevNum=0
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.370 Add analog filters for device=Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Cap
ture
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.400 Found the pin2 ;)
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.406 Found the pin2 ;)
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.414 switchToConnector0 80301848 type=1 index=0
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.517 DONE: switchToConnector0 80301848 type=1 index=0
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.527 initGraph0 called capDev=Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
capDevNum=1
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.527 Add analog filters for device=Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Cap
ture
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.533 Found the pin2 ;)
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.539 Found the pin2 ;)
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.544 switchToConnector0 80304872 type=1 index=0
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.644 DONE: switchToConnector0 80304872 type=1 index=0
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.645 tuneToChannel0 80304872 hr=0x0 num=3
Mon 1/9 0:31:22.808 DONE: tuneToChannel0 80304872 hr=0x0
Mon 1/9 0:31:25.108 Starting webserver with args: [-p, 8080, -root, webserver, -
t, throttles.properties, -s, servlets.properties, -r, realms.properties, -a, ali
ases.properties, -nohup]
Mon 1/9 0:31:25.321 locale = en
Mon 1/9 0:31:25.583 Acme httpd shiina:8080 listening.
Mon 1/9 0:31:26.757 Initializing DirectX9
Mon 1/9 0:31:26.772 Creating D3D Device
Mon 1/9 0:31:26.786 Done Initializing DirectX9
Mon 1/9 0:31:26.898 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=600 h=450
Mon 1/9 0:31:26.971 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=78
Mon 1/9 0:31:27.000 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=118 h=103
Mon 1/9 0:31:27.009 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=97 h=121
Mon 1/9 0:31:27.024 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=256
Mon 1/9 0:31:27.038 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=256
Mon 1/9 0:31:27.051 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=586 h=47
Mon 1/9 0:31:27.066 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=256
Mon 1/9 0:31:27.080 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=256
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.815 The WinampHelper class is attempting to load the WinampHelpe
rJNI.dll library.
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.873     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native M
ethod)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.873     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown S
ource)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.874     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unkno
wn Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.874     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.874     at sage.d$d.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.874     at sage.b.d.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.874     at sage.b.c.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.874     at sage.b.d.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.875     at sage.b.m.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.875     at sage.d.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.875     at sage.a2.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.875     at sage.a2.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.876     at sage.d.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.876     at sage.d.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.876     at sage.d.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.876     at sage.bu.hC(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.876     at sage.UIManager.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.876     at sage.UIManager.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.877     at sage.UIManager.if(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.878     at sage.a2.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.878     at sage.a2.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.879     at sage.a2.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.879     at sage.a2.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.879     at sage.ba.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.879     at sage.bj.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.879     at sage.bj.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.880     at sage.bj.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.880     at sage.bj.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.880     at sage.bj.a(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.880     at sage.bj.if(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.880     at sage.bj.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.881     at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown So
urce)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.881     at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.881     at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.881     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.881     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.881     at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.882     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy
(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.882     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(U
nknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.882     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Sourc
e)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.882     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Sourc
e)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.882     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Mon 1/9 0:31:30.888 A new instance of the WinampHelper class is being instantiat
ed.
Mon 1/9 0:31:31.056 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=14 h=71
Mon 1/9 0:31:38.321 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=161 h=44
Mon 1/9 0:31:38.577 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=256
Mon 1/9 0:31:38.827 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=256
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Mon 1/9 0:31:40.917 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=27 h=25
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.164 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  The WinampPlugin class is attempting to load
 the WinampJNI.dll library.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.168 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  The WinampPlugin class has loaded WinampJNI.
dll library without exception.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.169 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  A new instance of the WinampPlugin class is
being instantiated.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.170 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.175 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '0'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.176 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.182 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '0'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.182 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.182 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '0'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.183 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In load() now.  The name of the file to play
 is 'F:\Music\jpop\Dorlis\01.mp3'.  The hostname
where the file is located is 'null'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.326 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting load() now.  This function has no re
turn value (void).
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.326 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getDurationMillis() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.327 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getDurationMillis() now.  return val
ue = '311000'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.327 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getVideoDimensions() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.328 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getVideoDimensions() now.  return va
lue = '0,0'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.328 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In setVideoRectangles() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.328 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting setVideoRectangles() now.  This func
tion has no return value (void).
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.328 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.328 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '1'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.328 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In seek() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.329 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting seek() now.  return value = '0'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.329 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In play() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.387 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting play() now.  return value = 'true'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.387 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In setClosedCaptioningState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.387 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting setClosedCaptioningState() now.  ret
urn value = 'true'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.387 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In setMute() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.396 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting setMute() now.  This function has no
 return value (void).
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.397 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.397 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '2'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.397 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.428 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '2'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.430 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.432 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '2'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.433 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getPlaybackCaps() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.433 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getPlaybackCaps() now.  return value
 = '0'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.433 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.434 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '2'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:46.434 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getMediaTimeMillis() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.435 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getMediaTimeMillis() now.  return va
lue = '0'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.435 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getPlaybackRate() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:46.435 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getPlaybackRate() now.  return value
 = '1.0'.
Mon 1/9 0:31:57.987 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:31:57.988 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '2'.

Mon 1/9 0:31:57.988 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=256 h=256
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.110 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.111 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '2'.

Mon 1/9 0:32:15.111 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getMediaTimeMillis() now.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.111 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getMediaTimeMillis() now.  return va
lue = '28536'.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.111 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getPlaybackCaps() now.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.112 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getPlaybackCaps() now.  return value
 = '0'.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.112 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In getState() now.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.112 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting getState() now.  return value = '2'.

Mon 1/9 0:32:15.112 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In inactiveFile() now.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.113 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting inactiveFile() now.  This function h
as no return value (void).
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.114 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In free() now.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.114 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  In stop() now.
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.124 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting stop() now.  This function has no re
turn value (void).
Mon 1/9 0:32:15.125 WINAMP_PLUGIN:  Exiting free() now.  This function has no re
turn value (void).

[deria]

Originally Posted by Ryokurin

Ok, I've had this bug for a while and I just now got the time to post about it.

Do you use full screen exclusive mode? If not, send me a screenshot of your Winamp configuration pages (as described in the documentation in the troubleshooting section) and a copy of your .XML (or .STV) file and I'll take a look (I will PM you my email address.)

[Grasshopper]

Well, I've read this thread, and am thoroughly confused. My server is headless, and has a bunch of ripped WMA lossless CD's on a partition. I'd like to play them through one or more clients. The plain Sage system didn't work for me -- I got "Sage could not render the video portion for playback" on the client machine (playback on the server was fine, but not what I'm after). Before going through Sage tech support, I thought I'd try this. But will this do WMA lossless? I don't care about visualization, as I'm running FSE anyhow, and it's my understanding that visualizations won't work with FSE.

[GKusnick]

Grasshopper, your problem has nothing to do with Winamp or WMA (which Sage can do natively so long as it's not DRM-protected). Your problem has to do with the fact that your client machine can't find the files to play them back. For client-side music playback, the files must be on a network share, and you must either specify the UNC path of the share when you import the files into the server, or else map the share to the same drive letter on the client that it occupies on the server.

In other words, the path to the files must be identical on both server and client for client-side playback to work. Does that help clear things up?

[Grasshopper]

Hey, it works!

Thanks so much.

[jason531]

Thanks for a great plugin. This is a feature I have been waiting for since Sage 1.4!

I have not been able to get visualizations working in SageMC. The files are being sent to Winamp and play correctly, but I just get a black screen. As a test, I switched to the default STV, made the Studio changes specified in the instructions, and visualizations (Milkdrop) worked fine.

I have double-checked all of the instructions for SageMC and still cannot get visualizations to work. Any ideas? Perhaps I missed something?

By the way, I am using Sage 4.1.3 and SageMC 5.10. Thanks in advance for any help.

EDIT: I switched to the "lastest dev build" of SageMC and visualizations are working now. I must have missed that in the instructions somewhere.

[CadErik]

I'm getting frustrated with audio and SageTV... I hope that there is something in the pipeline for better audio library support in the upcoming versions... with at least a decent visualization by default and a way to rip the cds...
So I successfully installed the winamp plugin and it was all working somehow fine until I changed the overlay mode to WMR9. It adds a nice transparency with TV mode but since the visualization just show a black screen. Is there something I can do? I have in winamp the milkdrop visualization with all the exact settings from the instructions.

Erik.

[geogecko]

Originally Posted by CadErik

I'm getting frustrated with audio and SageTV... I hope that there is something in the pipeline for better audio library support in the upcoming versions... with at least a decent visualization by default and a way to rip the cds...
So I successfully installed the winamp plugin and it was all working somehow fine until I changed the overlay mode to WMR9. It adds a nice transparency with TV mode but since the visualization just show a black screen. Is there something I can do? I have in winamp the milkdrop visualization with all the exact settings from the instructions.

Erik.

Is FSE off? It has to be off for the visualization in Winamp to work.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by CadErik

I'm getting frustrated with audio and SageTV... I hope that there is something in the pipeline for better audio library support in the upcoming versions... with at least a decent visualization by default and a way to rip the cds...
So I successfully installed the winamp plugin and it was all working somehow fine until I changed the overlay mode to WMR9. It adds a nice transparency with TV mode but since the visualization just show a black screen. Is there something I can do? I have in winamp the milkdrop visualization with all the exact settings from the instructions.

Erik.

From comments made by them at CES, I think they really are focused on the core PVR features more than improving media library support. Which is too bad. I can't find one software suite that does everything well. Which is the reason I think people tend to run MCE. It's mediocre in many ways, but at least it's well balanced. :-)

I think improvements in this area will be up to 3rd party developers. Maybe a secondary market for plugins could develop like that exists for homeseer? I'd certain pay another $50 for a well integrated audio library and playback function in Sage. I suspect many others would too, given the interest in Deria's plugin, even with the limitations it has. Someone could make a nice piece of change by fixing this problem.

Thanks,
Mike

[AboveUnrefined]

I looked through the whole thread and saw a couple mentions of UNC problems but didn't see any resolutions for my problem...

\var\media\music\Groove Armada - The Remixes\Groove Armada -07- A Private Interlude (Kinobe Remix).mp3

That's what the windows client is telling the plugin to tell winamp to play. It played fine with the default player settings.

I can't think of a way to tell windows to treat that as \\stvmc-988\Music\Groove Armada - The Remixes\Groove Armada -07- A Private Interlude (Kinobe Remix).mp3
-- what's also strange to me is shouldn't \var\media\.... be /var/media/...

[CadErik]

Originally Posted by mikesm

I think improvements in this area will be up to 3rd party developers. Maybe a secondary market for plugins could develop like that exists for homeseer? I'd certain pay another $50 for a well integrated audio library and playback function in Sage. I suspect many others would too, given the interest in Deria's plugin, even with the limitations it has. Someone could make a nice piece of change by fixing this problem.

There is really not much missing to make it decent! The picture section is quite good and with music, the playlist stuff is not bad... I think it is just missing few tweaks here and there.

One option I'm considering is Beyond Media from snapstream which even has Naspter integrated. I'm still curious to know how SageTV + Beyond + girder would work together...

But if I can have one way to play all my wma files including DRM ones I'll be happy. I did not have much success with the winamp plugin, winamp seems to freeze after waking my pc from standby and then this freezes SageTV so I gave up.

Erik.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by CadErik

One option I'm considering is Beyond Media from snapstream which even has Naspter integrated. I'm still curious to know how SageTV + Beyond + girder would work together...

As far as Beyond Media itself is concerned, in my opinion it's no better or worse than the way Sage handles music, just different. I was seriously dissappointed in Beyond Media. I felt really ripped off. I mean, I had the "free" version that came with the Firefly remote which did a better job of handling music than the $50 "full" version. In the "full" version there was no way that I could find to get the visualizations, using the remote. The only value I found in the "full" version of Beyond Media was the weather feature, but Sage already does that. When I started using Sage, I deleted all the Beyond stuff from my systems except for the Firefly driver which I use with the Sage Client.

Hope it helps...

[geogecko]

Originally Posted by AboveUnrefined

I looked through the whole thread and saw a couple mentions of UNC problems but didn't see any resolutions for my problem...

\var\media\music\Groove Armada - The Remixes\Groove Armada -07- A Private Interlude (Kinobe Remix).mp3

That's what the windows client is telling the plugin to tell winamp to play. It played fine with the default player settings.

I can't think of a way to tell windows to treat that as \\stvmc-988\Music\Groove Armada - The Remixes\Groove Armada -07- A Private Interlude (Kinobe Remix).mp3
-- what's also strange to me is shouldn't \var\media\.... be /var/media/...

So your problem is that you can't get a SageTV client (Windows), to play a media file that is on a server somewhere? Just want to understand the problem...

This is a line from my properties file, for my HTPC to see a file on a PC in my study.

mlbdude/DVDProfiler_Root=\\\\studypc\\DVD Profiler

Don't know if that might help you in any way. It may, since it's the reverse of what I think you are trying to do...