06 Nov 08 Forum

Andrew

Just performed an update and VB player doesn't exist anymore. I had also updated through the command line to trial miniDNLA, so don't know which update has killed the player.

Squeezeslave still works but as you can see from below, VB player doesn't!

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# switch-player vortexbox
Switching to VortexBox Player
Stopping Squeezeslave
cat: /etc/vortexbox-player/mac_list.conf: No such file or directory
[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# rpm -q vortexbox-player
vortexbox-player-0.9-4.fc11.i586

Was there something in the last update?

Linty

Post edited 10:00 am – May 15, 2010 by JimG

Linty said:

Andrew

Just performed an update and VB player doesn't exist anymore. I had also updated through the command line to trial miniDNLA, so don't know which update has killed the player.

Squeezeslave still works but as you can see from below, VB player doesn't!

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# switch-player vortexbox
Switching to VortexBox Player
Stopping Squeezeslave
cat: /etc/vortexbox-player/mac_list.conf: No such file or directory
[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# rpm -q vortexbox-player
vortexbox-player-0.9-4.fc11.i586

Was there something in the last update?

Linty

My "Upgrade" to mpd.i586 0:0.16-11 and vortexbox-player.i586 0:0.9-4 also has no VortexBox Player.

Also, I get:
[vortexbox.localdomain sbin]# service squeezeslave status
Squeezeslave is stopped
[vortexbox.localdomain sbin]# service squeezeslave start
Starting squeezeslave daemon (USB): No audio device.       [  OK  ]
                                                           [FAILED]

Since none of the recent "Upgrades" have functioned correctly, I am wondering what the pre-release testing process is. 
-  Do you have a VBA setup like a customer would?
-  Do you verify that system can be Upgraded and
    function before posting the new versions?

What should customers do to restore squeezeslave function?

Thanks Bill

Tried that but no success perhaps due to previous attempts to solve the issue. However 

yum reinstall vortexbox-player.i586 followed by your suggestion solved the problem. Thanks

Yep – a reinstall of the vortexbox player worked for me as well.

JimG

A bit unfair on Andrew there.

The problem was just reported today and I don't believe Andrew is mandated to be on-call 24/7. Vortexbox is a tremendous product, but I believe the concept is to be and remain open-source with the "help" coming from the community – such as Bill & Steve today.

Thanks Steve & Bill.

I can verify that vortexbox-player-0.9-4 does NOT contain the mac_list.conf and mpd0.conf files in /etc/vortexbox-player.  These config files are deleted when you upgrade to this version, and have to be restored from a backup or by using the VB web GUI VortexBox Player Configuration page.  Hopefully, Andrew will fix this in the next release of vortexbox-player.

I can also verify that sync of vortexbox-player with a hardware player (Duet Receiver) sometimes fails.  After playing 8 mp3 tracks, the players did not advance to the next track, but stayed "stuck" on track 8, replaying it over and over, with no sound output from either player.  Clicking the "track advance" button on the SBS web GUI for vortexbox-player did advance to track 9, and restored sync and sound output to both players.

Also, I found that sync was good at the start of a track, but "drifted" away from perfect sync as the track played.

So sync is partially working, but there are still problems.