Music Player Daemon (MPD) 2010-04-04 v0.15.9

[iix]

(12-19-2010 11:24 PM)BSartist Wrote:  Hello,

I am trying to install this for the first time on my A-110. I am following the instructions on the first post. I am running CSI 2.7.0 on Windows XP.

The installation fails with the following:

cannot open /share/Apps//appinfo.json: no such file


I have been googling around and searching the forums but can't find a solution. It looks to me like the appname is missing or something.

This is the foll log:

Found hardware type: Syabas A/B type
Found hardware type: Syabas A/B type


Application Initializer version 1.12
---------------------------------------
Checking for new version: up to date
Checking Application Initializer profile: Valid
Installing application from file /share/mpd.tar: /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/Apps/AppInit/appinit.cgi: line 1: cannot open /share/Apps//appinfo.json: no such file
Failed


Any info is appreciated!

Bill

I got the same error (when trying with the manual package install v15.9) and it seems it was caused by an extra "," in the appinfo.json file. To fix it it should be enough to change make the following change in the appinfo.json file inside the zip/tar file:

Code:

{
    appinfo_format="1",
    name="mpd",
    version="20100405-0.15.9",
    enabled="1",
    daemon_script="daemon.sh",  <-- this comma should be removed
}

to

Code:

{
    appinfo_format="1",
    name="mpd",
    version="20100405-0.15.9",
    enabled="1",
    daemon_script="daemon.sh"
}

The same goes for the mpdAudioPlugin.

Cheers
/iix

[opfeifer]

Yo, MPD 0.16 (stable) is out!

Anybody willing to compile it for NMT? Can't wait ...


... because it supports lastfm with proper 'now playing' info (which is important if you use scobbler).

Best, Olaf

---

EDIT: ups, I'm sorry, I should have noticed that you guys are already on that case! (a few posts up)

[BushWhacker]

I've installed the 0.16 and the plugin (mpd-smp86xx_plugin-0.16-dev-Apr042010) on my A110 and I get the following exception (http://pch:9999/mpd/log.txt):

Quote:Jan 23 09:28 : GLib: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Unsupported channel count 0

Anyone any idea?

Regards,
BW

[shakyboy]

Hello,

Thanks for this super application. I only got one problem. My popcorn A-100 is connected to the amplifier via audio output. This works fine! I can control my music with my laptop and the minion plugin for firefox. But when I go upstairs I want to hear my music with the streaming client also available in MPD. I don't get this to work.

my mpd.conf:

music_directory "/share/Music"
playlist_directory "/share/Apps/mpd/playlists/"
db_file "/share/Apps/mpd/database2"
log_file "/share/Apps/mpd/var/log/mpd"
state_file "/share/Apps/mpd/var/run/state"
bind_to_address "any"
port "6600"
log_level "default"

input {
plugin "curl"
}

audio_output {
type "smp86xx"
load "plugins/smp86xx_plugin.so"
name "My Sigma Chip"
engine "0" # optional
decoder "1" # optional
ramdac "1" # optional
line_count "2048" # optional
fifo_us "500000" # optional
hdmi "sii9134"
mixer_type "software"
# mixer_type "hardware"
}

# Simply for testing:
audio_output {
type "httpd"
name "My HTTP Stream"
encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame
port "9999"
# quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined
bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined
format "44100:16:1"
}




I expect to hear music with VLC with adresss http://IPMYPOPCORN:9999
But I get a error message

The mpd\log tells me: Failed to open "My HTTP Stream" [httpd]: Address already in use

If a try to change port 9999 in another number, Minion fails to connect

Can please anyone explain me how to get the stream to work?

All comments are welcome!

Greetings

Richard

[geerten]

Yes, you should use a different port. But the A100's CPU probably isn't powerful enough to encode the output stream in realtime. My guess is that it's just too busy trying, with no time left to respond to Minion's requests.
(I've had streaming working from the C200 once, which has a more powerful CPU, but not from the A100. Don't remember exactly how it failed, though.)

[Foamy]

New MPD user here. I have a PCH-A110 with the latest firmware (01-17-101217-15-POP-403). I've got MPD installed and can successfully connect to it via clients (Firefox minion for example). The database looks ok, as I can see the songs that are on the hard disk. However, I cannot play anything. When I try to play a song, nothing happens.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Angelkiller]

(01-29-2011 05:51 PM)Foamy Wrote:  New MPD user here. I have a PCH-A110 with the latest firmware (01-17-101217-15-POP-403). I've got MPD installed and can successfully connect to it via clients (Firefox minion for example). The database looks ok, as I can see the songs that are on the hard disk. However, I cannot play anything. When I try to play a song, nothing happens.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Have you installed both mpd & mpdAudioPlugin and started those?

[Foamy]

(01-29-2011 10:54 PM)Angelkiller Wrote:  Have you installed both mpd & mpdAudioPlugin and started those?

Yes, I installed both mpd and mpdAudioPlugin with CSI as described in the installation instructions. I see mpd running via ps. Should I also see mpdAudioPlugin?

/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK # ps aux | grep mpd
1447 root 0:00 /share/Apps/mpd/bin/mpc-ird
1473 root 0:00 /share/Apps/mpd/bin/mpd /share/Apps/mpd/etc/mpd.conf
1474 root 0:00 /share/Apps/mpd/bin/mpd /share/Apps/mpd/etc/mpd.conf
1475 root 0:00 /share/Apps/mpd/bin/mpd /share/Apps/mpd/etc/mpd.conf
1476 root 0:00 /share/Apps/mpd/bin/mpd /share/Apps/mpd/etc/mpd.conf

[Angelkiller]

It was a bit tricky for me to at first sometimes i have to turn off and on my HDX-1000 to get it work.
Power button on the remote control and start the PHC again it might work... sometimes i have to restart the Gnome Music Player Client too...

[Foamy]

(01-29-2011 05:51 PM)Foamy Wrote:  New MPD user here. I have a PCH-A110 with the latest firmware (01-17-101217-15-POP-403). I've got MPD installed and can successfully connect to it via clients (Firefox minion for example). The database looks ok, as I can see the songs that are on the hard disk. However, I cannot play anything. When I try to play a song, nothing happens.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Is anyone successfully using MPD on a PCH-A110 with the latest firmware release? I'm wondering if that may have something to do with the problem.

I sometimes see the following message in the mpd log, but it doesn't really seem to correspond to my attempts to play a song:

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5cf670]moov atom not found

[Foamy]

(01-30-2011 04:32 PM)Foamy Wrote:  Is anyone successfully using MPD on a PCH-A110 with the latest firmware release? I'm wondering if that may have something to do with the problem.

I sometimes see the following message in the mpd log, but it doesn't really seem to correspond to my attempts to play a song.

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5cf670]moov atom not found

Sorry everyone but the problem was operator error. I had a basic misunderstanding of how the MPD clients work; I thought I could directly select and play a file, rather than adding it to a playlist and playing from there. Duh. It's working now!

[shakyboy]

(01-27-2011 08:25 PM)geerten Wrote:  Yes, you should use a different port. But the A100's CPU probably isn't powerful enough to encode the output stream in realtime. My guess is that it's just too busy trying, with no time left to respond to Minion's requests.
(I've had streaming working from the C200 once, which has a more powerful CPU, but not from the A100. Don't remember exactly how it failed, though.)

Thanks Geerten for your answer!

I have the stream now on port 8000. I don't get error's anymore.
But....... you are probably right. When I try to fetch the stream with f.i. mplayer it takes about two minutes to fill the buffer. I only do not understand why the A100 can play video's but cannot stream mp3's?!

Greetings,

Richard

[simanski]

I searched the forum again on finding some feedback on the issue of HDD keeps spinning when MPD daemon is active. It seems that nobody solved this issue yet.
Is it understood why MPD causes the HDD not to go to sleep when no music is played ?
Furthermore I'm wondering if MPD priority can be raised, when downloading AND playing music, downloading seems to get higher priority. eg music starts to stutter.

I appriciate any feedback. MPD is just THE way to play music with PCH. seemless playback, controle via client ( android phone in my case) just great.

Geert

[Tyler Durden]

I am just trying to get ALAC files to play on my NMT (they are in M4a containers) because the Popcorn Hour will not play them. The M4a files are stored on a networked hard drive.

I read that this format is supported by MPD so I haveinstalled the two packages as described in the very first step.

Nothing shows up on my PCH Apps menu, but they show as installed on the NMT CSI, what do I do next?

Thanks

[Tyler Durden]

Okay, I got it working for some files stored locally on the PCH hard Drive, but I store all my music on a network share. What do I change to make MPD look at a different location for the music?