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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: ben_riga on October 26, 2003, 01:15:50 am

Title: iPAQ PA-2 mp3 player won't install
Post by: ben_riga on October 26, 2003, 01:15:50 am

I've been using MC for quite some time and I love it.  I recently got an mp3 player and have had no luck getting it to install in MC.  The mp3 player I have is the iPAQ PA-2.

I've used the plugin manager to install the plugin and it does say that the plugin was installed successfully but it does not show up i the pligin manager and MC does not see the player.

Has anyone seen anything like this?

I did poke around and download the various files used by the plugin manager.  It downloads a file called hh_ipac.mjp which in turn downloads hh_ipac.zip.  When I open this hh_ipac.zip file it includes HHInstall.exe and hh_rio300.dll.  That seems strange to me why would MC use a RIO driver for an iPAQ player?

I'd appreciate nay help with this one.

Thanks,
Ben

Title: Re:iPAQ PA-2 mp3 player won't install
Post by: JimH on October 26, 2003, 07:28:08 am

Does it show up as a removable drive under CD, DVD & Handhelds (in the tree)?

Title: Re:iPAQ PA-2 mp3 player won't install
Post by: ben_riga on October 26, 2003, 10:15:40 am

No it doesn't show up at all.

Ben

Title: Re:iPAQ PA-2 mp3 player won't install
Post by: SteveG on October 27, 2003, 09:14:43 am

ben_riga,

The PA-2 is not supported by the plugin. It may work if you try the following...

1) Remove the Plugin.

2) In MC go to Tools->Plugin Manager->Portable Drives->Configure and check the box that says 'Enable WMDM support'

After this, connect the player and see if it appears under CD, DVD and Handhelds.

Title: Re:iPAQ PA-2 mp3 player won't install
Post by: ben_riga on October 27, 2003, 03:14:28 pm

Steve,

  Could you be more specific as that doesn't make sense to me.  The iPAQ is listed as a supported device on the handhelds page.  Also, that page lists it as being 316KB but the files downloaded are much smaller.  When I install the files they do not show up in MC anywhere.  As a result, I suspect that the files related to the PA-2 handheld on the plug-ins page are corrupt in some way.

Thanks for all your help with this,
Ben

Title: Re:iPAQ PA-2 mp3 player won't install
Post by: SteveG on October 27, 2003, 03:22:51 pm

Ben,

That Rio 300 dll is the correct file. It is a long story, but you do have the right file and I know that the PA-2 does not work with it because I tested it when we had one here. The web page should be more specific.

Anyway,  please try the suggestion I made regarding WMDM and hopefully that will work for you.

Steve

Title: Re:iPAQ PA-2 mp3 player won't install
Post by: ben_riga on October 27, 2003, 05:07:39 pm

That plug-in page is very misleading.  I bought that iPAQ knowing that it would integrate with MC.  That's really disappointing.

I'll have a look at the WMDM suggestion you mentioned tonight.

Thanks for you help with this,
Ben