Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a workaround, I figured I could try the "Options > Use External > Player" setting. This does cause a pop-up that says, "Start your > media-player with the following url, now: http://localhost:32214";. I > thought I was in like flint, using XMMS to play that URL (using Play > > Play Location) but XMMS complained with "Couldn't connect to host > localhost:32214". Indeed, "telnet localhost 32214" returned Connection > Refused. Seems lastfm isn't binding to that port.
Weird, after restarting XMMS, it now talks to http://localhost:32214/. But lastfm is spitting out about 20 "Buffer empty" messages per second. Related to Bug #354486? After restarting XMMS again, I can't seem to get it talking to lastfm again. Hmmm... 15 minutes later... OK, I think I found a recipe to get XMMS to talk to http://localhost:32214/ reliably. Select Options > Settings > System > System > OSS and click OK (note that selecting Options > External Media Player crashes lastfm when the checkbox is already checked--another bug ;-) and start playing music with lastfm. Then, and this is the important part, *while the music is already playing*, go back and select Options > Settings > System > External Mediaplayer or simply Options > Use External Player (this doesn't crash lastfm) and click OK. Then XMMS will be able to connect. (I'm sorry, do you mind cloning this bug for the two additional bugs reported?) -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
