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#234881 - 24/09/2004 15:22 v3.00 Alpha 9 online
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
My final act from within empeg:

http://www.empeg.com/v3alpha

No release notes yet - Peter will put some online next week. Files for the auto-eq are also "to follow" so don't use that feature yet.

Testing has been minimal - this probably won't work. But maybe it will!

Rob

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#234882 - 24/09/2004 15:26 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Testing has been minimal - this probably won't work. But maybe it will!

Still a tease, right to the very end!!!
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200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs

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#234883 - 24/09/2004 15:30 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
Attack
addict

Registered: 01/03/2002
Posts: 599
Loc: Florida
Quote:
My final act from within empeg:

Rob


Do this mean your taking a new job? ^H

edit: Just found your Moving on post



Edited by Attack (24/09/2004 15:33)

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#234884 - 24/09/2004 15:53 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
matthew_k
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
Thanks Rob!

Matthew

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#234885 - 24/09/2004 15:57 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Rob,

You forgot to include source code!
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my empeg stuff

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#234886 - 24/09/2004 16:18 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
Quote:
No release notes yet - Peter will put some online next week.

Okay, but do you have any hints as to what's changed since the Amersfoort build?

Thanks for the build, Rob!
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Tony Fabris

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#234887 - 24/09/2004 16:35 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
Quote:
Files for the auto-eq are also "to follow" so don't use that feature yet


Will the existing files from the Amersfoort release continue to work, or will new files be required?

Also, the Amersfoort files were reported to have "pop" transients at the beginnings or ends of some of the files because the zero-crossover wasn't selected when the files were created. Were there plans to release a new set of zero-crossed files?
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#234888 - 24/09/2004 16:42 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: tfabris]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
These should be easy to create if that's stilll a problem.
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#234889 - 24/09/2004 20:26 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
Quote:
Testing has been minimal - this probably won't work


Anybody had any luck with this version? I seem to be unable to get a working playlist database. I've tried letting the player build its own database (rwm; delete database3; start player), jEmplode with and without "Rebuild from RAM", and emptool.

All methods appear to build a DB succesfully and the player reboots fine (without trying to rebuild on its own), but there is nothing in my playlist menu on the player. It just says "-None-"

jEmplode and emptool both show all my playlists, the player just doesn't seem to see them. I'm beginning to think Rob's last act was to hide all my music from me

Guess I'll roll back to alpha 8 and see what happens.

-Mike
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#234890 - 24/09/2004 21:49 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
Quote:
Guess I'll roll back to alpha 8 and see what happens.

And all my playlists are back. So, beware of alpha 9 I guess.

-Mike
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#234891 - 24/09/2004 22:43 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
Daria
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
We set up a beowulf cluster of empegs in Cincinnati, but it looks like we should wait for alpha 10 before upgrading them

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#234892 - 24/09/2004 22:56 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
tman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Alpha 9 seems to be working okay for me.

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#234893 - 24/09/2004 22:57 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
image
old hand

Registered: 28/04/2002
Posts: 770
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
since alpha9 is out, can alpha8 be released in the wild now?

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#234894 - 24/09/2004 23:04 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: tman]
mschrag
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
1) Did you use jEmplode w/ a9?
2) Why in the world are you not green -- 2442 posts??

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#234895 - 24/09/2004 23:06 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mschrag]
tman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
1) Nope. It picked up the database from a7 with no problems. I've not tried emptool, emplode or jemplode with it at all yet.

2) No idea

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#234896 - 24/09/2004 23:14 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mschrag]
image
old hand

Registered: 28/04/2002
Posts: 770
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
i have the same playlist issue. doesn't seem to be a problem with the databases at all. i cleared out both database3 and playlist, rebuilt, but still no dice. back to a7

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#234897 - 24/09/2004 23:23 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: tman]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
Quote:
I've not tried emptool, emplode or jemplode with it at all yet.

Yeah, I forgot to mention it, but mine worked fine until the first rebuild as well. After that rebuild nothing I could think of aside from going back to the previous alpha would bring the playlists back.

-Mike
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#234898 - 24/09/2004 23:24 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
tman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Ahh okay. Makes more sense now

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#234899 - 24/09/2004 23:33 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: tman]
image
old hand

Registered: 28/04/2002
Posts: 770
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
now, i'm confused. trevor, are the playlists in alpha9 working for you 100%?

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#234900 - 24/09/2004 23:40 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: image]
tman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
They work fine for me but I've not tried to rebuild the database with emplode, jemplode or emptool.

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#234901 - 25/09/2004 01:05 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: tfabris]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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#234902 - 25/09/2004 01:54 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: tman]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Quote:
No idea


What ever are you talking about?
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#234903 - 25/09/2004 07:18 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
crazymelki
enthusiast

Registered: 16/02/2001
Posts: 373
Loc: Switzerland
Same here, playlists work with all alpha's (3,5,7,8) but not with alpha 9. I did also start from scratch (Hard disk builder images) with my backup device, but never got the playlists on my MK2a.
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#234904 - 25/09/2004 17:22 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: rob]
image
old hand

Registered: 28/04/2002
Posts: 770
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
ok, well, i was determined to get alpha9 working correctly, so i devised this workaround to get playlists. i basically uploaded the player binary as player-a9 on an a7 install. then, with the help of hijack and busybox, i've set up the following in config.ini

Code:

;@MENUEXEC UseV3a9 busybox killall -2 player && /empeg/bin/player-a9
;@MENUEXEC UseV3a7 busybox killall -2 player && /empeg/bin/player



so basically, load up with v3a7 by default, queue up your playlists, and goto v3a9. if you need to change playlists, go back to v3a7 for a bit. There was discussion before of setting up hijack to do this natively or even do some /dev trickery switching hda5 (the player partition) and hdc5 (never used) on boot up like ;@AC and HOME mode.

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#234905 - 25/09/2004 18:10 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: image]
thedon
journeyman

Registered: 18/08/2002
Posts: 65
I am currently running 2.0 Final and would like to upgrade to the Alpha 9 build to get crossfade support. I do realize that there might/will be bugs because this is an Alpha build.

I would like to know, however, if any of you guys *expect* me to have any problems with playlists, etc if I'm comming from 2.0 Final.

I've seen some people say it works (and dosen't work) when comming from differant Alpha builds - But how about right from 2.0 Final?

Thanks guys!


Joey

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#234906 - 25/09/2004 18:48 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: thedon]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
Quote:
I've seen some people say it works (and dosen't work) when comming from differant Alpha builds - But how about right from 2.0 Final?

Actually, I think we all agree that playlists will stop working after your first sync (if not before). I think you'd be better off with a7 (or 8 if you can get your hands on it) if your determined to run an alpha version.

-Mike
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#234907 - 25/09/2004 19:33 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Anyone have any luck w. these files?
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#234908 - 25/09/2004 22:46 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
Is this just the same old "forgot to remount the drives r/w" bug?

Or something new -- Empeg folks -- any guesses? Perhaps Hijack can provide a workaround.

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#234909 - 26/09/2004 15:26 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mlord]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
Quote:
Is this just the same old "forgot to remount the drives r/w" bug?

I don't remember that bug, but I don't see how it could be. I went through all the steps (including the rwm/launch player/ro) by hand one of the times.

-Mike
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#234910 - 27/09/2004 20:59 Re: v3.00 Alpha 9 online [Re: mcomb]
Shonky
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 2009
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
I have playlists like this in my top level:

Soundtracks
Various
Comedy
singles
A
B
C
..
X
Y
Z

All full albums are then below the single letters sorted by artist first. i.e. like

A
|
+-> Ash
....|
....+-> 1977

When I upgraded to alpha9 all my single letter playlists disappeared. Down, Down, Down only queued songs in the remaining playlists that I could see.

Downgrading to alpha8 and all the single letter playlists magically reappeared without any syncing.
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