Topic: Media Server is back! (Read 13736 times)

LeoH · « **on:** February 12, 2003, 02:15:24 pm »

Media Server as of Version 111 now works! However, occassionally a connection does not get made and a strange message pops up: "Media Server unable to connect. Reason: Because I felt like it." That's weird but then winters are harsh in the mid-west and the dark, gloomy days are known to have psycholocial effects on some individuals. But seriously folks, a specific state had to be entered for that message to pop up, so I'm just curious as to what might be happening. Otherwise, the program continues to astound!

Regards from Sunny California

JimH · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2003, 02:19:18 pm »

Thanks very much. We'll find it and eliminate it.

Regards to Southern CA. Life is cold but black and white here.

KingSparta · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2003, 02:23:33 pm »

>> Media Server as of Version 111 now works!
My find server does not work.

Not sure about from another computer

24.88.229.242:80

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2003, 03:45:50 pm »

Cannot connect to King. Also cannot connect to my own library through server.

Today's log reads as follows

02/12/03 20:38:30 - sharer starting
02/12/03 20:38:30 - Initializing server.
02/12/03 20:38:30 - Server initialized
02/12/03 20:38:30 - sharer ready to accept connections
02/12/03 20:38:30 - Started auto response thread on port 5556.
02/12/03 20:40:25 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:40:25 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:40:25 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:40:26 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:40:26 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:40:26 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:40:26 - request for library
02/12/03 20:40:36 - tcp_write failed error=10054
02/12/03 20:40:36 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:40:58 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:40:59 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:40:59 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:40:59 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:40:59 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:40:59 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:40:59 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:40:59 - request for library
02/12/03 20:41:09 - tcp_write failed error=10054
02/12/03 20:41:09 - sharing thread exiting

XP Home. Same result with firewall open or closed.

HTH

TURBO · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2003, 04:00:43 pm »

I dont get it. I've been using Media Server with all builds. All the time. Weird. ?

KingSparta · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2003, 04:03:47 pm »

My Log

02/12/03 19:22:04 - sharer starting
02/12/03 19:22:04 - Initializing server.
02/12/03 19:22:04 - Server initialized
02/12/03 19:22:04 - sharer ready to accept connections
02/12/03 19:22:04 - Started auto response thread on port 5556.
02/12/03 20:11:31 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:11:32 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:11:32 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:11:32 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:11:32 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:11:33 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:11:33 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:11:33 - request for library
02/12/03 20:11:49 - tcp_write failed error=10054
02/12/03 20:11:49 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:12:37 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:12:38 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:12:38 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:12:38 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:12:38 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:12:38 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:12:38 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:12:38 - request for library
02/12/03 20:12:54 - tcp_write failed error=10054
02/12/03 20:12:54 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:18:13 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:18:14 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:18:14 - sharing thread exiting
02/12/03 20:18:14 - received a connection
02/12/03 20:18:14 - ready for another connection
02/12/03 20:18:14 - private sharing thread started
02/12/03 20:18:14 - request for library
02/12/03 20:18:32 - tcp_write failed error=10054
02/12/03 20:18:32 - sharing thread exiting

Media Center Registered 9.0.111 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1798 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 522 MB, Free - 198 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: Yes Soundfile: C:\WINNT\Media\Windows XP Hardware Remove.wav

Burning / Drive D: LITE-ON LTR-40125S Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:40 MaxSpeed:40 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None

drosoph · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2003, 04:14:31 pm »

Is this problem related to the size of one's database ??
Ive got 25,000 files and the ZIP file media library is over 2 megs ... maybe there is a timeout happening when the database is being zipped ??

KingSparta · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2003, 04:24:37 pm »

>> Is this problem related to the size of
>> one's database ??
i don't think so since i tested it before with 131,000 mp3's and it worked.

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2003, 07:53:47 pm »

Hmmmm...now can connect to my home computer through server, both by clicking either Search For Media Servers or the library name I assigned that appear on the drop-down.

However, when I highlight the library in the Library Manager dialogue and click 'Load', the progress bar appears, it attempts to connect for 5-10 secs., then aborts and announces it has timed out.

Doesn't even go through the motions connecting to King's library, either from drop-down or LM. Immediately announces 'Failed To Connect'.

Can someone try to access my library? Server is open. IP address: 24.147.89.61:80

System Info:

Media Center Registered 9.0.111 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2018 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 136 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive F: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive G: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive F: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012A Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:40 MaxSpeed:40 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None

HTH

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2003, 05:53:27 am »

Confirmed that I cannot connect to server remotely, after installing .111. I have used both the drop-down menu and Library Manager. Also, cannot connect to King's library either.

Again, the behavior is different - using King's address, it rejects immediately. Using my home address, it goes through the motions briefly, then aborts after 5-10 seconds.

Info:

Media Center Registered 9.0.111 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium II 399 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 88 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600
wnaspi32.dll: 2, 0, 0, 0 , ASPI for WIN32 DLL, Copyright © Adaptec 1995 / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping / No CD drives found.
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / No burners found.
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

HTH

JimH · « **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2003, 07:55:52 am »

It appears that it was a timeout problem and affected larger libraries. It was a result of something we introduced last week to fix a different problem (Microsoft network code bug).

It should be fixed in the next build.

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2003, 12:14:04 pm »

Thanks. Am getting by with Rhapsody for the moment.

HTH

KingSparta · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:01:24 pm »

Anyone want to try my media Server?

MC 9.0.112

IP: 24.88.229.242:80

LeoH · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:05:10 pm »

I tried your server and could not connect. I am trying from my office which is behind the usual corporate firewall. Which leads to a question that I have been meaning to ask: how does the server connect to a client?

Wile E. One · « **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:11:49 pm »

KS-

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Anyone want to try my media Server?

Connection and playback worked perfectly.

KingSparta · « **Reply #15 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:14:15 pm »

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I tried your server and could not connect. I am trying from my office which is behind the usual corporate firewall. Which leads to a question that I have been meaning to ask: how does the server connect to a client?

LeoH are you using MC 9.0.112?

It seems it is working now if your also running the same version.

LeoH · « **Reply #16 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:16:21 pm »

No sooner than I posted the above, I loaded the freshly released 112 and I just connected to KingSparta's rather impressive server! This guy even has Barry White! Unfortunately, I did not see a note of the 3B's (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms)...

LeoH

KingSparta · « **Reply #17 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:19:57 pm »

>> Unfortunately, I did not see a note of the
>> 3B's (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms)...
they did not hit the top 100 billboard

LeoH · « **Reply #18 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:33:11 pm »

Well, the 3B's have been dead for a few years now...tough to stay on the charts.

BTW--You have an impressive library. I have been having a great time listening to tunes I have not heard in a long time.

-Leo

KingSparta · « **Reply #19 on:** February 13, 2003, 02:44:00 pm »

>> Well, the 3B's have been dead for a few years
>> now...tough to stay on the charts.
They should have tried harder

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BTW--You have an impressive library. I have been having a great time listening to tunes I have not heard in a long time.

I worked hard on it.

It is drive to work and back home music

some of them I have forgot my self like this one i burned to disk last week and was playing it when driving to work this morning, The memories

'Green Onions' Charted At 03 In 1962
Listening to: 'Green Onions' from 'The Best Of Booker T. And The Mg's' by 'Booker T. And The Mg's' on Media Center 9.0

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #20 on:** February 13, 2003, 03:12:14 pm »

Still unable to get to King's library after installing 112. Deleted and readded King's IP address through Library Manager. Attempted access both through LM>Load and the drop-down menu. Firewall closed.

Can access my own library through the server. Would someone else pls try mine and confirm? 24.147.89.61:80

System info above.

HTH

JimH · « **Reply #21 on:** February 13, 2003, 03:28:57 pm »

Listening to: 'Zing! Went The Strings Of My H' by 'Stacey Kent' on Media Center 9.0

Nice collection.

dragyn · « **Reply #22 on:** February 13, 2003, 03:30:59 pm »

this can get addicting..

KingSparta · « **Reply #23 on:** February 13, 2003, 03:32:28 pm »

HTH

Lib Downloaded.

Played: Al Jarreau - Moonlighting (Theme)

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #24 on:** February 14, 2003, 10:31:55 am »

Still not working, even with a re-install at the client end. Like the kid whose Mom forgot to pack dessert in his lunchbox - kind of hard to watch everyone else eating their Whoopie Pies....

Rhapsody and other streams are getting through, which suggests (?) that its not a firewall problem here in the office - unless there's something unique in MC that would result in blocking it.

Am getting error message on install - in_wma.dll and ASPI failure - init.

System info:

Media Center Registered 9.0.112 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium II 398 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 78 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600
wnaspi32.dll: 2, 0, 0, 0 , ASPI for WIN32 DLL, Copyright © Adaptec 1995 / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping / No CD drives found.
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / No burners found.
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

HTH

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #25 on:** February 14, 2003, 10:58:02 am »

I cannot get Harrys or Kings

Am gonna try without the firewall and see what happens

Time Outs so far...

Adam

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #26 on:** February 14, 2003, 10:59:31 am »

Removed my firewall and it now appears to be okay, although all traffic on port 80 should have been okay anyway :S

TimB · « **Reply #27 on:** February 14, 2003, 10:59:54 am »

Home network and working for me as of .112.

-=Tim=-

JimH · « **Reply #28 on:** February 14, 2003, 11:03:21 am »

Harry,
Try deleting the entry and adding it again as just:

24.147.89.61 without the :80 . It shouldn't make a difference but it might. Also leave out the m01p:// . Just enter 24.147.89.61 as the address.

It works from here.

Listening to: 'Swingin' For Julie And Brownie 2' from 'Jazz Scene, The, Disc 2' by 'Flip Phillips' on Media Center 9.0

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #29 on:** February 14, 2003, 11:06:27 am »

I managed to connect to Harrys library but when I try to connect to Kings I still get a time out. I have shut down my firewall so it is not blocking anything at all...

Adam

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #30 on:** February 14, 2003, 11:10:49 am »

Could somebody try connecting to my library please??

80.5.184.130

Cheers!!

Adam

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #31 on:** February 14, 2003, 11:38:40 am »

I had a few people trying I think. Did anyone actually get to successfully connect to my library?? All the connections seemed to quit straight away...

This is such a cool feature I wanna be able to use it and show how cool MC is to my friends

Adam

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #32 on:** February 14, 2003, 11:43:47 am »

Tried dropping the 80, nothing changed. Haven't been using the m01p:// iteration, so that's not it.

Can't get to Adam's library. Get very fast 'Can't Connect' message.

Sygate is running at home, but if that was the problem, King and Jim shouldn't be able to connect either, so its likely something at this end. Can't guess what, but I'll talk to our IT people next week.

They're probably happy I'm not clogging bandwidth, anyway.

HTH

udeups · « **Reply #33 on:** February 14, 2003, 12:28:43 pm »

I can connect to Harry the Hipster's server. Great stuff! I really like this aspect of Media Center. Yeah, there's plenty of programs that allow one to stream a bunch of songs, but I've found nothing like this that allows others to just search through someone else's library like this.

I can't connect to KingSparta's library right now... Get a very fast Can't Connect message...

Listening to: 'Shekere Agent Man' from 'La Perfecta II' by 'Eddie Palmieri' on Media Center 9.0

udeups · « **Reply #34 on:** February 14, 2003, 10:01:13 pm »

my media server is up: 12.208.170.50:81
can anyone connect to it? i can't get to it from work...

KingSparta · « **Reply #35 on:** February 15, 2003, 03:31:50 am »

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I can't connect to KingSparta's library right now... Get a very fast Can't Connect message...

were you using version 9.0.113 thats what i have up now.

JimH · « **Reply #36 on:** February 15, 2003, 04:40:30 am »

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my media server is up: 12.208.170.50:81
can anyone connect to it? i can't get to it from work...

I just tried and can't connect. Firewall? Sometimes firewalls will prevent communication even when disabled, and then they must be uninstalled. Some kind of bug, I think.

If you want to try again, let me know.

JimH · « **Reply #37 on:** February 15, 2003, 04:43:09 am »

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Could somebody try connecting to my library please? 80.5.184.130

Just tried, Adam, and it doesn't work. Is Media Server running on port 80?

Make sure you're using the latest build -- 113.

KingSparta · « **Reply #38 on:** February 15, 2003, 05:36:01 am »

I have not had anyone connect with MJ 9.0.113

It might be broken again.

JimH · « **Reply #39 on:** February 15, 2003, 06:14:45 am »

King,
It could be the size of the database.

Microsoft's networking code has a bug that won't allow us to cancel a connection, so we added a time-out a week or so ago. It was originally set to 10 seconds but then raised to 30 seconds in the last build or two. We believe that it was timing out even on good connections if the zipping of the library took too long. We may need to adjust it still, but you could try a smaller library as a test.

Jim

KingSparta · « **Reply #40 on:** February 15, 2003, 06:20:35 am »

well someone just connected a few mins ago.

don't know why some can and some can't connect.

TimB · « **Reply #41 on:** February 15, 2003, 06:21:08 am »

Haven't checked with 113 but on 112...

Media Server started...located by one system (wired/98SE)...not on another (802.11b/XP)...tho' I guess this could be timeout related too. All running same version.

Just FYI.

-=Tim=-

Harry_The_Hipster · « **Reply #42 on:** February 15, 2003, 06:28:36 am »

Jim:

That could account for King, but my library is @18,000 files and my server is working selectively for others (you, udeups and King).

However,a dumb question: if there's a bottleneck at the client end (high traffic volume. problems with the T-1), could that trigger the timeout even though my server is accessible to others with better connections? I've noticed that my office access has slowed down generally over the last 10 days or so, and as I mentioned before, I don't get rejected immediately - it will sit attempting the connection for a while (maybe 30 seconds) before aborting.

HTH

udeups · « **Reply #43 on:** February 15, 2003, 08:00:04 am »

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I just tried and can't connect. Firewall? Sometimes firewalls will prevent communication even when disabled, and then they must be uninstalled. Some kind of bug, I think.

If you want to try again, let me know.

Ok, my server is up again. It appears to have crashed over night. If anyone can connect, that would be great.

12.208.170.50:81

JimH · « **Reply #44 on:** February 15, 2003, 08:15:48 am »

udeups,
I can't connect.

udeups · « **Reply #45 on:** February 15, 2003, 08:17:24 am »

This is weird. As I watch the log of Media Server, every time I see someone try to connect, the program crashes (just media server, not media center). The transfer starts and then I get a Windows error stating the program must be terminated. Any clues as to what's going on? I've watched this happen about 4 times, each time restarting the program to watch it happen again...

Paul

Here's my system info:

Media Center Registered 9.0.113 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 3 (Build 2195)
Intel Celeron 334 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 163 MB, Free - 40 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.6144 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive E: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive E: BTC BCE2410IM Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:24 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

JimH · « **Reply #46 on:** February 15, 2003, 08:50:46 am »

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This is weird. As I watch the log of Media Server, every time I see someone try to connect, the program crashes (just media server, not media center). The transfer starts and then I get a Windows error stating the program must be terminated. Any clues as to what's going on?

Firewall or other network issue?

Can you try from your own network? Even from the same PC.

You can also try from IE by entering this:

m01p://[IP]:[Port]

udeups · « **Reply #47 on:** February 15, 2003, 09:22:47 am »

Ok, I tried to connect to the server from my computer. Media Center started to connect and it looked promising. Then, Media Center gave me an error that said "Failed to connect to a server. Reason: I feel like it." Then, Media Server crashed like the other times.

I am using a linksys router, but I have my media PC set as a demilitarized zone, allowing all ports to be forwarded to it. Also, I have had Media Server working with version .111 of MC with the current hardware setup. So, I don't *think* it's firewall issues... it could be though.

Thanks for the help, Jim.

dragyn · « **Reply #48 on:** February 15, 2003, 10:00:23 am »

udeups, I tried to connect but nothing.

I decided to give media server a try but it keeps crashing when going into the options so I can't configure anything.

anyone else have their meda server running?

udeups · « **Reply #49 on:** February 15, 2003, 10:11:17 am »

I have this same symptom of Media Server crashing when I go to options. This happens every time. weird....

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