Bugzilla – Bug 3521
Slimserver ends songs before they're over
Last modified: 2008-09-15 14:39:24 UTC
I've been having a problem with music files that get loud near, but not at, the end (like maybe 30-45 seconds before the end): Slimserver (6.2.2) ends the song in the middle of that loud part. Until now I had assumed it was due to some indosyncrasy of my modus operandi, e.g. some classical music ripped off of cassettes had this problem (but always relative to the end of the track, as indicated above -- tracks I had created with CDWAVE). I would digitally lower the level of these tracks (in Adobe Audition) and the problem would disappear. But now I had it happen in a universally repeatable situation: the Donovan track "Season of the Witch" which had been ripped from the "Donovan's Greatest Hits" CD into Itunes using Apple Lossless compression (plays fine through Itunes and on my Ipod). The usual deal: he builds to a climax near the end, then it subsides to quiet music at the very end. In the middle of the climax, when played through Slimserver...the song is over.
Please try the 6.3 nighly builds as some audio cutoff issues have been resolved there. if this is still an issue, please provide a sample track attached to this report, or if too large, make available for download by a developer to test. Should also be possible to upload here: ftp.electricrain.com/incoming so that Dan can have a look at it.
Alan, did you get a chance to try it with 6.3? I haven't been able to reproduce this issue during my 6.3 testing.
Subject: Re: Slimserver ends songs before they're over (Chris you must have missed my June 13 email -- as follows. -- Alan) Chris -- Thanks very much for your help. I am now the proud owner of the June 12 version of 6.3. The Donovan Apple-Lossless file I mentioned (below) played without a hitch! I don't have any other "problem" files to test with right now because I had re-ripped them at a lower level, but I'll keep my fingers crossed! Thanks again. -- Alan In a message dated 6/12/2006 12:49:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, chris@slimdevices.com writes: Hi Alan, From your description, I'm guessing you downloaded the wrong file. It should install easily, like the 6.2.2 installer did. You probably went to the correct download page at http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.3.0/ HOWEVER I'm guessing you downloaded the .ZIP file, which doesn't have a proper installer. The file you want is SlimServer_6_3_x_v2006-06-12.exe (If you don't get around to downloading the file today, then that date will be the current date.) That should have the standard user-friendly Windows installer. Let me know if you continue to have problems! Christopher Owens QA Manager Slim Devices, Inc. chris@slimdevices.com 510-743-1152 ext. 717 ABRESQ@aol.com wrote: > Chris -- Thanks for your help. Unfortunately I need some help just in > trying the nightly download. I downloaded a zip folder which is now > on my desktop and extracted the files via the "wizard" (but to no > particular effect), and am not sure how to proceed from there, having > unsuccessfully tried a few tactics to actually run 6.3. I even > replaced the "slim" application file in my 6.2.2 folder with the one I > had just downloaded - Slimserver ran but still claimed it was 6.2.2. > Are there step-by-step "for dummies" instructions available for > getting the "nightly" download up and running on one's PC? Thanks > again for the help. -- Alan Rosenthal <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> (Chris you must have missed my June 13 email -- as follows. -- Alan)</DIV> <DIV> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR><FONT id=rolx_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Chris -- Thanks very much for your help. I am now the proud owner of the June 12 version of 6.3. The Donovan Apple-Lossless file I mentioned (below) played without a hitch! I don't have any other "problem" files to test with right now because I had re-ripped them at a lower level, but I'll keep my fingers crossed! Thanks again. -- Alan </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/12/2006 12:49:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, chris@slimdevices.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Alan,<BR><BR>From your description, I'm guessing you downloaded the wrong file. It <BR>should install easily, like the 6.2.2 installer did.<BR><BR>You probably went to the correct download page at <BR>http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.3.0/<BR><BR>HOWEVER I'm guessing you downloaded the .ZIP file, which doesn't have a <BR>proper installer. The file you want is SlimServer_6_3_x_v2006-06-12.exe<BR><BR>(If you don't get around to downloading the file today, then that date <BR>will be the current date.)<BR><BR>That should have the standard user-friendly Windows installer. Let me <BR>know if you continue to have problems!<BR><BR>Christopher Owens<BR>QA Manager<BR>Slim Devices, Inc.<BR>chris@slimdevices.com<BR>510-743-1152 ext. 717<BR><BR><BR><BR>ABRESQ@aol.com wrote:<BR>> Chris -- Thanks for your help. Unfortunately I need some help just in <BR>> trying the nightly download. I downloaded a zip folder which is now <BR>> on my desktop and extracted the files via the "wizard" (but to no <BR>> particular effect), and am not sure how to proceed from there, having <BR>> unsuccessfully tried a few tactics to actually run 6.3. I even <BR>> replaced the "slim" application file in my 6.2.2 folder with the one I <BR>> had just downloaded - Slimserver ran but still claimed it was 6.2.2. <BR>> Are there step-by-step "for dummies" instructions available for <BR>> getting the "nightly" download up and running on one's PC? Thanks <BR>> again for the help. -- Alan Rosenthal<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>
Alan, are you still experiencing this bug? Or can I close it now?
Changing target to 6.5 so this not-reproducible bug doesn't hold up the 6.3 release.
Subject: Re: Slimserver ends songs before they're over In a message dated 6/23/2006 4:54:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, bugs@bugs.slimdevices.com writes: https://bugs-archive.lyrion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3521 chris@slimdevices.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Target Milestone|6.3 |6.5 ------- Comment #5 from chris@slimdevices.com 2006-06-23 13:53 ------- Changing target to 6.5 so this not-reproducible bug doesn't hold up the 6.3 release. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/23/2006 4:54:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, bugs@bugs.slimdevices.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>https://bugs-archive.lyrion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3521<BR><BR><BR>chris@slimdevices.com changed:<BR><BR> What |Removed |Added<BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> Target Milestone|6.3 |6.5<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>------- Comment #5 from chris@slimdevices.com 2006-06-23 13:53 -------<BR>Changing target to 6.5 so this not-reproducible bug doesn't hold up the 6.3<BR>release.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>------- You are receiving this mail because: -------<BR>You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
Alan sent me email stating he's not having this problem any more, but doesn't know if it's due to our work on slimserver, or him ripping songs in a different way. Since we didn't make any specific change to fix this bug, I'm just going to mark it as 'worksforme'.