Windows Media Files

[FLMike]

Are they by any chance copy-protected?
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From: "jwgraves" <jwgraves.1oiiq0 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: [slim] Windows Media Files


>
> A little help here please. I'm able to get MP3 files to stream no
> problem, but I have over 5000 tracks in WMA format and none of them
> will play in SlimServer.
>
> I see the WMADEC.EXE file in the
> SlimServer/server/Bin/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/ directory and my
> convert.conf file has the following default entry:
>
> "wma mp3 * *
> [wmadec] -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 $FILE$ | [lame] -x --resample 44100
> --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ - -"
>
> so I look all set to go, but when I access the FileTypes page in
> SlimServer and turn on the "Windows Media...MP3...wmadec/lame" entry
> and click on Change, I get the following error message:
>
> "File Format Conversions 27:
>
> Required binary was not found: [wmadec] -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 $FILE$ |
> [lame] -x --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ - -"
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help! It's greatly appreciated!
>
> John
>
>
> --
> jwgraves
>

[jwgraves]

A little help here please. I'm able to get MP3 files to stream no problem, but I have over 5000 tracks in WMA format and none of them will play in SlimServer.

I see the WMADEC.EXE file in the SlimServer/server/Bin/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/ directory and my convert.conf file has the following default entry:

"wma mp3 * *
[wmadec] -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 $FILE$ | [lame] -x --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ - -"

so I look all set to go, but when I access the FileTypes page in SlimServer and turn on the "Windows Media...MP3...wmadec/lame" entry and click on Change, I get the following error message:

"File Format Conversions 27:

Required binary was not found: [wmadec] -r 44100 -b 16 -n 2 $FILE$ | [lame] -x --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ - -"

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help! It's greatly appreciated!

John

[jwgraves]

No, they were all ripped from my own CD's and are 64kbps.

[FLMike]

Double check that the "Protect Content" toggle is not checked under your
preferences. I've accidentally ripped songs with that toggled on, and it
puts WMA copy proteciton on the file. I only discovered it when I moved the
music folder to a new PC and had Windows start refusing to play those files
because it could not locate the license.
----- Original Message -----
From: "jwgraves" <jwgraves.1oijez (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>
To: <discuss (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:14 AM
Subject: [slim] Re: Windows Media Files


>
> No, they were all ripped from my own CD's and are 64kbps.
>
>
> --
> jwgraves
>

[Craig, James (IT)]

Probably you don't have lame[.exe] installed?

64Kbs though!

James
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[jwgraves]

Nope, double-checked, my files are definitely NOT copy protected in any way. Thanks for the idea though.

I'm thinking this has something to do with WMADEC or LAME...any other ideas out there?

Thanks!

[jwgraves]

Please excuse my ignorance here: I have lame_enc.dll (needed it for some of my ripping software), do I need to have a lame.exe? Never needed that before - not even sure where to find it. Thanks for the response.

[Craig, James (IT)]

You can find the instructions here
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-aacwireless
And here
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#formats-binarywhere

Which does seem like a weird way of laying it out.
Unless this is covered in the manual?

I think lame.exe is needed to interface with the lame_enc.dll - normally
your ripping software would be doing that.


James
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[jwgraves]

Problem solved!

Found a copy of "lame.exe" out on the web and just copied it to the /bin directory and my wma files are now working just fine.

Thanks for the help.

John