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#41
Software Discussion / MPXT
Last post by admin - February 14, 2005, 06:00:24 PMMatthias:
Lfn playlists should be working now, eliminating the need for adding a bunch of entries to fileinfo.cfg
For the audio files, though, it still uses the short names. If I were to add support for lfn audio files, it would involve making a number of changes to mpxfdb.pas Heck, at point I'm not sure what half of the functions in mpxfdb.pas do.
Congratulations on dumping Windows. Someday I'd like to dump it completely, but for now I use it for transfering files to the player, use VNC to control it remotely, and use the Windows defragger to defrag the drive.
Lfn playlists should be working now, eliminating the need for adding a bunch of entries to fileinfo.cfg
For the audio files, though, it still uses the short names. If I were to add support for lfn audio files, it would involve making a number of changes to mpxfdb.pas Heck, at point I'm not sure what half of the functions in mpxfdb.pas do.
Congratulations on dumping Windows. Someday I'd like to dump it completely, but for now I use it for transfering files to the player, use VNC to control it remotely, and use the Windows defragger to defrag the drive.
#42
Software Discussion / MPXT
Last post by matthias - February 14, 2005, 06:21:45 AMHey, this looks like a hugh step:
; Use Long Filenames
UseLFN=True
I´ll try that as soon as possible. I´m a little bit busy at the moment. My 5 month old daughter needs a lot time ;-)
But I was already able to make a DOS based Wireless Lan Version of my MP3 player. Works pretty good and stable. No more Windows, no more handling music files on the player and I can access the player via FTP and can control it by a remote tool similar to PCAnywhere.
; Use Long Filenames
UseLFN=True
I´ll try that as soon as possible. I´m a little bit busy at the moment. My 5 month old daughter needs a lot time ;-)
But I was already able to make a DOS based Wireless Lan Version of my MP3 player. Works pretty good and stable. No more Windows, no more handling music files on the player and I can access the player via FTP and can control it by a remote tool similar to PCAnywhere.
#43
Software Discussion / MPXT
Last post by admin - February 14, 2005, 12:03:53 AMMatthias:
I have another test version ready. I'd tell you what was in it, but that would spoil the surprise
http://techworld.dyndns.org/discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0>
Hint: Look under [player settings] in mpxt.cfg
Anyway, when you get the chance, let me know how it goes. If it seems fairly solid, I'll call it "Beta 3" and post it on the web page.
http://techworld.dyndns.org/download/mpxttest6.zip"> http://techworld.dyndns.org/download/mpxttest6.zip
I have another test version ready. I'd tell you what was in it, but that would spoil the surprise
Hint: Look under [player settings] in mpxt.cfg
Anyway, when you get the chance, let me know how it goes. If it seems fairly solid, I'll call it "Beta 3" and post it on the web page.
http://techworld.dyndns.org/download/mpxttest6.zip"> http://techworld.dyndns.org/download/mpxttest6.zip
#44
Software Discussion / DOS Networking
Last post by matthias - January 20, 2005, 11:07:40 AMHey,
I´ve made it!!!
MPXT and MPXPLAY now goes Wireless.
Dos and a Cisco WLAN card are fully working now.
Pretty cool ;-)
Matthias
I´ve made it!!!
MPXT and MPXPLAY now goes Wireless.
Dos and a Cisco WLAN card are fully working now.
Pretty cool ;-)
Matthias
#45
Software Discussion / Win95b Boot CD bootup problem
Last post by admin - January 12, 2005, 10:16:57 PMSal,
In the zip file that you linked to, io.sys hasn't been patched. To patch io.sys, follow the procedure at the end of step 13:
-------------------------------------------------
Next, io.sys on the floppy disk needs to be patched. Open up a DOS window, then enter the following:
attrib a:io.sys -h -r -s
edit /70 a:io.sys
From the "Suchen" menu, select "Suchen...", then type system.dat. Next, change SYSTEM.DAT to SYSTEM.TAT. Goto the "Datei" menu, select "Speichern", then goto the "Datei" menu and select "Beenden". Last, but not least enter the following:
attrib io.sys +h +r +s
attrib msdos.sys +h +r +s
attrib drvspace.bin -h -r -s
In the zip file that you linked to, io.sys hasn't been patched. To patch io.sys, follow the procedure at the end of step 13:
-------------------------------------------------
Next, io.sys on the floppy disk needs to be patched. Open up a DOS window, then enter the following:
attrib a:io.sys -h -r -s
edit /70 a:io.sys
From the "Suchen" menu, select "Suchen...", then type system.dat. Next, change SYSTEM.DAT to SYSTEM.TAT. Goto the "Datei" menu, select "Speichern", then goto the "Datei" menu and select "Beenden". Last, but not least enter the following:
attrib io.sys +h +r +s
attrib msdos.sys +h +r +s
attrib drvspace.bin -h -r -s
#46
Software Discussion / MPXT
Last post by matthias - January 12, 2005, 07:14:02 AMBrent:
I´ll try that next weekend and I´ll give you a feedback.
Thanks
Matthias
http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm
I´ll try that next weekend and I´ll give you a feedback.
Thanks
Matthias
http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm
#47
Software Discussion / Playlist: fileinfo.cfg not wor...
Last post by matthias - January 12, 2005, 07:03:19 AMFileinfo.cfg needs following syntax:
ANASTA~1.m3u=Anastacia - Anastacia
ANASTA~2.m3u=Anastacia - Freak Of Nature
ANASTA~3.m3u=Anastacia - Not That Kind
AVRILL~1.m3u=Avril Lavigne - 454SS
It´s a helly job to write down all short file names, but you can use the freeware DirReader to create a file list with long and short file names.
Copy the m3u files under plain Dos in another directory to create short named files.
Start Windows,start DirReader and make a filelist of the short and the long filenames
Copy them to Excel and save it as a txt file and copy them to the the cfg and you´re ready.
Takes 15 minutes ;-)
http://www.polarsoft.de/html/polarsoft_-___dirreader__.html" target="_blank">http://www.polarsoft.de/html/polarsoft_-___dirreader__.html
Menu is in German or English.
Matthias
http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm
ANASTA~1.m3u=Anastacia - Anastacia
ANASTA~2.m3u=Anastacia - Freak Of Nature
ANASTA~3.m3u=Anastacia - Not That Kind
AVRILL~1.m3u=Avril Lavigne - 454SS
It´s a helly job to write down all short file names, but you can use the freeware DirReader to create a file list with long and short file names.
Copy the m3u files under plain Dos in another directory to create short named files.
Start Windows,start DirReader and make a filelist of the short and the long filenames
Copy them to Excel and save it as a txt file and copy them to the the cfg and you´re ready.
Takes 15 minutes ;-)
http://www.polarsoft.de/html/polarsoft_-___dirreader__.html" target="_blank">http://www.polarsoft.de/html/polarsoft_-___dirreader__.html
Menu is in German or English.
Matthias
http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mbudde.de/mp3player/mp3_start.htm
#48
Software Discussion / Win95b Boot CD bootup problem
Last post by Sal - January 11, 2005, 02:37:24 PMIt works till regedit wants to copy the registry, its givin me an error. Cant explain exactly, to weird german sentences 
I waiting for you update. Great support you have here.
sal
I waiting for you update. Great support you have here.
sal
#49
Software Discussion / Playlist: fileinfo.cfg not wor...
Last post by Anonymous - January 11, 2005, 11:49:03 AMHi there,
I have added 300 cd's te my harddrive, all with playlists etc. But now I have a problem with it.
The playlist menu only show the first 8 chars or so, so I added them to the fileinfo.cfg. But still only the short names are showed. So I did all that work for nothing.
My fileinfo.cfg:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Use this to add long filename info for your playlist files.
Syntax is as follows:
filename.m3u=Description to display on LCD
If this file is included, the long names will show up in the playlist
menu when you select, instead of the M3U file.
----------------------------------------------------------
[Playlist]
MPXT.M3U=Last playlist created
MPXTALL.M3U=All Songs in Database
ABBA - More ABBA Gold More ABBA Hits.m3u=ABBA - More ABBA Gold More ABBA Hits
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor.m3u=Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
All Saints - All Saints.m3u=All Saints - All Saints
...
...
...
What am I doing wrong?
I'm using the beta version 4. But I tried using the latest official version with the same results...
I have added 300 cd's te my harddrive, all with playlists etc. But now I have a problem with it.
The playlist menu only show the first 8 chars or so, so I added them to the fileinfo.cfg. But still only the short names are showed. So I did all that work for nothing.
My fileinfo.cfg:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Use this to add long filename info for your playlist files.
Syntax is as follows:
filename.m3u=Description to display on LCD
If this file is included, the long names will show up in the playlist
menu when you select, instead of the M3U file.
----------------------------------------------------------
[Playlist]
MPXT.M3U=Last playlist created
MPXTALL.M3U=All Songs in Database
ABBA - More ABBA Gold More ABBA Hits.m3u=ABBA - More ABBA Gold More ABBA Hits
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor.m3u=Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
All Saints - All Saints.m3u=All Saints - All Saints
...
...
...
What am I doing wrong?
I'm using the beta version 4. But I tried using the latest official version with the same results...
#50
Software Discussion / Win95b Boot CD bootup problem
Last post by admin - January 11, 2005, 12:53:02 AMSal,
I lost the boot cd and the boot floppy. I did manage to find the old hard drive, that I was using, so I was able to go through steps 12 to 15. Initially, I had the same error that you mentioned.
I did manage to get it working, though. In fact as I'm writing this, I'm in Windows 95b with no hard drive connected to my computer. :-)
Try renaming dblspace.ini to drvspace.ini
Then change the copy statement in the autoexec.bat:
COPY A:DBLSPACE.BIN R:
to
COPY A:DRVSPACE.BIN R:
In the next day or two, I'll update the boot cd page, to fix some problems that I found.
I lost the boot cd and the boot floppy. I did manage to find the old hard drive, that I was using, so I was able to go through steps 12 to 15. Initially, I had the same error that you mentioned.
I did manage to get it working, though. In fact as I'm writing this, I'm in Windows 95b with no hard drive connected to my computer. :-)
Try renaming dblspace.ini to drvspace.ini
Then change the copy statement in the autoexec.bat:
COPY A:DBLSPACE.BIN R:
to
COPY A:DRVSPACE.BIN R:
In the next day or two, I'll update the boot cd page, to fix some problems that I found.