Alien BBC on Mac OS X instructions(Longish)

**Dave Scott** · 2004-10-03, 06:56

Alien BBC on Mac OS X instructions - first attempt

Ok

Followed the instructions below with a few "differing steps"

1.Fink installed libxine (xine-lib-1-rc5)
2. Complied alienstream as per:

> alienstream as per the "More complex instructions" for OS X on the
> alienstream web site.
> (http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/amus...ream/version3/
> alienstream_os_x.html)

using 'Fink'

edited transcoder_proxy.pl & alienstream

had to change by shell to 'bash' - using tsch :-)
mkfifo m tmp.wav
export XINE_WAVE_OUTPUT=tmp.wav

if I didn't use mkfifo m i end up with a xine-output.wav file

ran the alienstream command

ran mplayer - but using cli had to specify location of tmp.wav (note
from X11 xterm)

works using mplayer.

1. Cannot run "transcoder_proxy" command - command not found ???/ even
when in directory where transcoder_proxy.pl is
2 Soft squeeze works with all the menu options / shows connecting but
doesn't actually connect ..
3.tmp.wav grows very fast

overall progress, before using alien stream couldn't get any sound ...

still - have to start alien stream manually - not working through
softsqueeze / or itunes
if stop slimserver - stops mplayer - so guess that part is working ..

cheers

dave scott
> Jason,
> Here are some instructions that Jules (the AlienBBC guy) sent me,
> they're quite involved...
> I was going to give them a try this weekend, I think it could be a
> good couple of hours to get it going.
>
> Good luck,
> Joe
>
> AlienBBC Plugin
> ========================
>
> You will need to do the following.
>
> + Extract the contents of the AlienBBC.tar
> + Install the plugin
> + delete the linux alienstream binary
> + Install the HTML::Parser module (HTML:Tagset will be installed as
> well)
> cd /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server
> perl -MCPAN -e shell (First time this runs you will need to
> configure, choose the
> defaults and select a mirror server close to you.)
>
> Once in the perl shell, run the following.
> install HTML::Parser
>
>
> + Install the 1.5 XCode Apple Developer Tools
> (http://developer.apple.com/)
>
> + Install the X11 Dev package (I think this is required)
> (http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/download/)
>
> + Install RealPlayer10, the free one works fine! (codec donnor)
> (http://www.real.com/player/?src=realplayer)
>
> + Install the Fink package manager (http://fink.sourceforge.net/)
>
> + Compile and install madplay (Diagnostics)
> run fink install madplay
>
> + Compile and install lame
> run fink install lame
>
> + Compile and install mplayer (Diagnostics)
> run fink install mplayer
>
> + Download the xine package xine 1-rc5 (http://xinehq.de/)
>
> + Compile xine and alienstream as per the "More complex instructions"
> for OS X on the alienstream web site.
> (http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/amus...ream/version3/
> alienstream_os_x.html)
>
> Copy the resulting binary file to the SlimServer directory.
> cp alienstream
> /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/
> cd /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server
> mkdir unknown
> cd unknown
> Copy and rename the cook codec from the RealPlayer app to the unknown
> directory.
> cp
> /Applications/RealPlayer.app/Contents/Frameworks/
> HXClientKit.framework/HelixPlugins/Codecs/cook.bundle/Contents/MacOS/
> cook cook.so.6.0
>
> + You should now have the following binaries installed in the /sw/bin
> directory.
> lame
> madplay
> mplayer
>
> and in the
> /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/
> directory.
>
> alienstream
>
>
> + Edit transcoder_proxy with a text editor
> Change the first line to read
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> -I/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server/CPAN
> In the config block set the locations of alienstream and lame.
>
> + Edit Plugins/Alien/Plugin.pm
> Change the value of $proxy_path to the fully qualified path of
> transcoder_proxy.pl
>
> + Restart slimserver
>
>
> + Test that alienstream is working correctly
>
> cd /Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/server
> mkfifo tmp.wav
> export XINE_WAVE_OUTPUT=tmp.wav
> ./alienstream
> rtsp://rmlivev8.bbc.net.uk/farm/*/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra
>
> In another console
>
> /sw/bin/mplayer tmp.wav
>
> or
>
> /sw/bin/lame -q 9 -cbr -b 320 --resample 44100 -S tmp.wav - |
> /sw/bin/madplay -
>
> If you hear BBC Radio One you've done the hard part.
>
> + Test that the transcoder_proxy is functioning
>
> In a console start the trancoder_proxy
>
> ./transcoder_proxy
>
> Start iTunes and connect to the following stream.
> http://10.0.0.10:5123/RealAudio/rtsp...net.uk/farm/*/
> ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra
>
> If iTunes is playing radio one then all is well.
>
> Kill the transcoder_proxy ctrl-c
>
>
> + restart slimserver
>
>
> http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

**Dave Scott** · 2004-10-03, 07:08

Alien BBC on Mac OS X instructions - first attempt

Ok - part 2

tried this:

[sgw2dscottmac:Contents/server/plugins] dscott% ./transcoder_proxy.pl

got this:

Unrecognized switch:
-/library/preferencepanes/slimserver.prefpane/contents/server/CPAN (-h
will show valid options).

missing & -l ? maybe

re-edited it

& got back permission denied again ..

query:

owner is dscott group unknown -- do I need to change this ...

so close but yet so far

On 3 Oct 2004, at 13:56, Dave Scott wrote:

> Ok
>
> Followed the instructions below with a few "differing steps"
>
> 1.Fink installed libxine (xine-lib-1-rc5)
> 2. Complied alienstream as per:
>
>> alienstream as per the "More complex instructions" for OS X on the
>> alienstream web site.
>> (http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/amus...ream/version3/
>> alienstream_os_x.html)
>
> using 'Fink'
>
> edited transcoder_proxy.pl & alienstream
>
> had to change by shell to 'bash' - using tsch :-)
> mkfifo m tmp.wav
> export XINE_WAVE_OUTPUT=tmp.wav
>
> if I didn't use mkfifo m i end up with a xine-output.wav file
>
> ran the alienstream command
>
> ran mplayer - but using cli had to specify location of tmp.wav (note
> from X11 xterm)
>
> works using mplayer.
>
> 1. Cannot run "transcoder_proxy" command - command not found ???/ even
> when in directory where transcoder_proxy.pl is
> 2 Soft squeeze works with all the menu options / shows connecting but
> doesn't actually connect ..
> 3.tmp.wav grows very fast
>
> overall progress, before using alien stream couldn't get any sound ...
>
> still - have to start alien stream manually - not working through
> softsqueeze / or itunes
> if stop slimserver - stops mplayer - so guess that part is working ..
>
> cheers
>
> dave scott

**Jules Taplin** · 2004-10-03, 19:55

Alien BBC on Mac OS X instructions - first attempt

Hi Dave.

Permission denied is probably because the execute bit is not set on the file
in question.

If it doesn't run after you've edited the file, it's probably becuse your
editor reset the execute bit. That's pretty tedious.

Try the following:

From the relevant directory,

chmod a+rx transcoder_proxy.pl

-- Jules

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Scott" <kiwidave (AT) starhub (DOT) net.sg>
To: "Slim Devices Discussion" <discuss (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 7:08 AM
Subject: [slim] Alien BBC on Mac OS X instructions - first attempt

>
> Ok - part 2
>
> tried this:
>
> [sgw2dscottmac:Contents/server/plugins] dscott% ./transcoder_proxy.pl
>
> got this:
>
> Unrecognized
> witch: -/library/preferencepanes/slimserver.prefpane/contents/server/CPAN
> (-h will show valid options).
>
> missing & -l ? maybe
>
> re-edited it
>
> & got back permission denied again ..
>
> query:
>
> owner is dscott group unknown -- do I need to change this ...
>
> so close but yet so far
>
>
> On 3 Oct 2004, at 13:56, Dave Scott wrote:
>
>> Ok
>>
>> Followed the instructions below with a few "differing steps"
>>
>> 1.Fink installed libxine (xine-lib-1-rc5)
>> 2. Complied alienstream as per:
>>
>>> alienstream as per the "More complex instructions" for OS X on the
>>> alienstream web site.
>>> (http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/amus...ream/version3/
>>> alienstream_os_x.html)
>>
>> using 'Fink'
>>
>> edited transcoder_proxy.pl & alienstream
>>
>> had to change by shell to 'bash' - using tsch :-)
>> mkfifo m tmp.wav
>> export XINE_WAVE_OUTPUT=tmp.wav
>>
>> if I didn't use mkfifo m i end up with a xine-output.wav file
>>
>> ran the alienstream command
>>
>> ran mplayer - but using cli had to specify location of tmp.wav (note
>> from X11 xterm)
>>
>> works using mplayer.
>>
>> 1. Cannot run "transcoder_proxy" command - command not found ???/ even
>> when in directory where transcoder_proxy.pl is
>> 2 Soft squeeze works with all the menu options / shows connecting but
>> doesn't actually connect ..
>> 3.tmp.wav grows very fast
>>
>> overall progress, before using alien stream couldn't get any sound ...
>>
>> still - have to start alien stream manually - not working through
>> softsqueeze / or itunes
>> if stop slimserver - stops mplayer - so guess that part is working ..
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> dave scott
>
>

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