Bug 179 – shn doesn't work on windows

Bug 179 - shn doesn't work on windows

Summary:

shn doesn't work on windows

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Product:	Logitech Media Server
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Formats
Version:	6.0.0
Platform:	PC Windows XP

Importance:	P1 major (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Vidur Apparao

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Reported:	2004-02-05 16:02 UTC by Kevin Pearsall
Modified:	2005-04-14 19:01 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Kevin Pearsall 2004-02-05 16:02:55 UTC

Shorten on Windows seems to fail because we try to get track information using shorten -x, and 
redirect to a named pipe /dev/null (which doesn't exist on windows)

[date/time] Reading WAV information from shorten -x C\:\\music\\track01\.shn - 2>/dev/null|
The system cannot find the path specified.
[date/time] ERROR: shorten -x C\:\\music\\track01\.shn - 2>/dev/null|: doesn't seem to be a wav file
[date/time] [mac addy]: Switching to mode stop
[date/time]  Already in playmode stop : ignoring mode change

Comment 1 Kevin Pearsall 2004-09-01 15:05:48 UTC

Updating version #.

Comment 2 Kevin Pearsall 2005-01-24 15:48:17 UTC

Updating version # again.

Comment 3 KDF 2005-01-27 14:12:02 UTC

The problem is due to the method required for getting the WAV information. 
shortens documentation is pathetic at best, so I've never found any better way.
 Shorten doesn't work reliably on ANY platform.  Some consideration should be
given to removing support in SlimServer for the format.

Comment 4 Blackketter Dean 2005-03-11 12:52:53 UTC

Removing support for shorten, it's not going to get better.  Recommend that you use FLAC.

Comment 5 KDF 2005-04-14 19:01:51 UTC

added a small change at r2975 and r2976 to add some support under windows again.