danco
2005-11-12, 09:58
I had a major problem getting AlienBBC 0.99 to work until I realised the significance of one of the changes between 0.98 and 0.99. A couple of checks seem to show it is now working ok.
(1) In the "What's new in 0.99" section, you say
Default configuration is now for mplayer pre7.
I think this needs to have added to it something like
"Users of pre6 will therefore need to edit their slimserver-convert.conf and mplayer.sh files"
I think it is best put there, as those knowitalls like myself who have installed various versions of AlienBBC over the past year or so probably will think they don't need to read the instructions.
(2) Anyway, the instructions are still for the 0.98 and earlier versions. You need to put new instructions about what needs commenting out and what needs uncommenting for those using 0.99.
(3) I don't think any of the instructions mention that (depending on version of mplayer and AlienBBC being used) one may need to comment out and uncomment lines in mplayer.sh, not just in slimserver-convert.conf.
(4) On another point, the AlienBBC Downloads only mentions Windows and Linux. You would avoid unnecessary hassles (for you and for users) if you added in that section.
"Mac users should download the Linux version."
(5) On the Mac, if one runs mplayer from the terminal, one gets a message
mplayer dev-CVS-date.
I don't know any way of finding out whether one is using pre6 or pre7. I would guess that I may be one of the few people who has used AlienBBC for long enough that I am still on pre6. But how does one find this out? Is there a date from which the version of mplayer is pre7? I don't know if Windows and Linux users have this issue.
(1) In the "What's new in 0.99" section, you say
Default configuration is now for mplayer pre7.
I think this needs to have added to it something like
"Users of pre6 will therefore need to edit their slimserver-convert.conf and mplayer.sh files"
I think it is best put there, as those knowitalls like myself who have installed various versions of AlienBBC over the past year or so probably will think they don't need to read the instructions.
(2) Anyway, the instructions are still for the 0.98 and earlier versions. You need to put new instructions about what needs commenting out and what needs uncommenting for those using 0.99.
(3) I don't think any of the instructions mention that (depending on version of mplayer and AlienBBC being used) one may need to comment out and uncomment lines in mplayer.sh, not just in slimserver-convert.conf.
(4) On another point, the AlienBBC Downloads only mentions Windows and Linux. You would avoid unnecessary hassles (for you and for users) if you added in that section.
"Mac users should download the Linux version."
(5) On the Mac, if one runs mplayer from the terminal, one gets a message
mplayer dev-CVS-date.
I don't know any way of finding out whether one is using pre6 or pre7. I would guess that I may be one of the few people who has used AlienBBC for long enough that I am still on pre6. But how does one find this out? Is there a date from which the version of mplayer is pre7? I don't know if Windows and Linux users have this issue.