Help! Squeezebox Server keeps stopping :(

[simong]

While listening to music recently, my Squeezebox has been displaying the message
Problem: Can't open file for:
and then the next song in the list

It is not all the time - I haven't worked out when it does this / doesn't do this. If I manually go and restart playing something it continues fine.

I'm not sure where to start looking to solve the problem and would be really grateful for any help.

Thanks

info about my setup is as below:

Version: 7.4.0 - r28672 @ Mon Sep 28 17:49:57 PDT 2009
Hostname: simon-gallants-computer-7.local
Server IP Address: 192.168.1.64
Server HTTP Port Number: 9000
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6.1 (10B504) - EN - utf8
Platform Architecture: x86_64
Perl Version: 5.10.0 - darwin-thread-multi-2level
MySQL Version: 5.0.22-standard
Total Players Recognized: 2

[kshaw]

I am getting this same error. I ran the troubleshooter and it said that port 9000 was busy and suggested using port 9001 instead. I plan to try that, as soon I find out how to change the server port. I also suspect that it may some sort of DNS error, so I may try the public DNS servers instead of the one used by my ISP (Comcast). Those seem to be a little faster than the Comcast servers.

[MrSinatra]

try 7.4.2b

esp for the 10.6 mac user.

[testmatch]

While listening to music recently, my Squeezebox has been displaying the message
Problem: Can't open file for:
and then the next song in the list

It is not all the time - I haven't worked out when it does this / doesn't do this. If I manually go and restart playing something it continues fine.

<snip>

Version: 7.4.0 - r28672 @ Mon Sep 28 17:49:57 PDT 2009
Hostname: simon-gallants-computer-7.local
Server IP Address: 192.168.1.64
Server HTTP Port Number: 9000
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6.1 (10B504) - EN - utf8

This might be the problem I (and quite a few others) have with Snow Leopard intermittently losing the local DNS. See for example

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....119&tstart=135

and

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....32856&tstart=0

I'm running my Squeezebox server on Leopard and don't see this problem, however my Snow Leopard machine is frequently losing local sites on my network. That machine was fine until I upgraded it.

Sorry if that doesn't help, but I wondered if it might be relevant?

John

[simong]

hi thanks for all of your advice. I've tried lots of things - including reading those articles. But it's no better.

I'm still no clearer as to when it happens, ie what triggers it. It can be in the middle of an album or a playlist... I have tried various of the beta downloads but nothing has helped.

How do I go about finding out more to help someone help me??

Thanks in advance

Simon

[reverendo]

Mr. Sinatra,
My Squeezebox Server doesn't stay connected anymore. It connects for a few seconds and then stops. I'm using the 7.4.2 version. Does the 7.4.2b solve this issue? Where can I download it?
Thanks a lot in advance
best regards
André

[MrSinatra]

go here:

http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/

try 7.5 embedded first. then 7.5

it may or may not fix your issue. worth a shot.

[garym]

Mr. Sinatra,
My Squeezebox Server doesn't stay connected anymore. It connects for a few seconds and then stops. I'm using the 7.4.2 version. Does the 7.4.2b solve this issue? Where can I download it?
Thanks a lot in advance
best regards
André

7.4 beta versions are here:

http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.4

[reverendo]

MrSinatra,
have you ever tried the 7.5 version?
I'm thinking about going back to the 7.3.4 version just to be safe...

garym
any ideas?
best regards to both
André

[MrSinatra]

i use 7.5, both embedded and "normal" and they work fine. (go embedded if it works) i don't run them on a mac tho. still, i would use them regardless of what OS i ran them on.

just try em, very unlikely to hurt anything.