Bugzilla – Bug 274
Transcoding mp3 files results in intermittent problems accessing web interface
Last modified: 2009-09-08 09:28:36 UTC
Server: 5.1.5, Windows XP, Client: softsqueeze or winamp Happens when: transcoding is enabled (through new web interface setting or by stream.mp3?bitrate= settting) Causes: Intermittent failure of web interface elements to load up. Particuarly affects 'handheld' skin, especially when clicking on 'next' on the status page. Sometimes nothing will happen when 'next' is clicked, sometimes the webpage will refresh but the album art will fail to load. The browser just dispalys 'connecting to 127.0.0.1....'. Happens with a range of browsers. Tried: virgin install, not using itunes play file, upgrading to latest lame version, installing lame within slimserver directory tree Dubug log: The following error occurs in the debug log when using 'handheld skin': Error writing mp3 output ID3v2 found. Be aware that the ID3 tag is currently lost when transcoding. The following error occurs when 'default' skin is used, however the fault happens very rarely in this skin: file error - 1: not found Error writing mp3 output file error - 1: not found ID3v2 found. Be aware that the ID3 tag is currently lost when transcoding.
*** Bug 336 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Update: - nothing now appears in the debug log when this error occurs so I suspect that was a different bug that has now been fixed in a recent )actually quite an old) nightly. - this error occurs when converting from flac --> wav as well as downsamping MP3 files
This is a really curious one. I was able to recreate it and trace it to the way we're doing HTTP keepalive. I can see what's happening at the packet level, but why it happens only when we're transcoding and only with specific skins is beyond me. Either way, I just checked in a fix to our HTTP keepalive implementation (with help from Dan Sully). This seems to fix the problem. I'm closing this bug with my 6/11/2004 checkin to HTTP.pm. John, please confirm that it works for you with the latest from CVS or tomorrow's nightlies.
Seems the bug has settled on teh SlimServer_v2004-06-11.exe nightly which I assume does not include your patch? Strange! I will keep a close eye out for it over the next few days!
SlimServer_v2004-06-11.exe seems to have resolved all problems. Playback on softsqueeze and Winamp (via strem.mp3) for flac-->wav, flac-->mp3 and mp3-->mp3(lower bitrate) all seem to work. The problems with the web interface not loading up are all sorted! Thaanks
This Slimserver bug was fixed a very long time ago, and is now being marked as Closed. If you're still experiencing this issue, please verify you are running a current version of Slimserver and re-open the bug.