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eded9698
04-24-2007, 07:41 AM
Can the player play AAC and Flac files. And can it play shoutcast streams or other internet radio.
Dean Roddey
04-24-2007, 11:27 AM
There's no interface provided to play other than files. But wrt to file based content, it should play anything for which the appropriate DirectShow codecs are installed on that machine.
MikeW
04-24-2007, 02:26 PM
There's no interface provided to play other than files. But wrt to file based content, it should play anything for which the appropriate DirectShow codecs are installed on that machine.

So even if the appropriate DirectShow codecs are installed it won't playback Internet radio streams?
Dean Roddey
04-24-2007, 03:13 PM
There just isn't a field in the driver to do that right now.
eded9698
04-24-2007, 07:16 PM
There just isn't a field in the driver to do that right now.

Is it going to make it into 2.1?
Dean Roddey
04-24-2007, 07:35 PM
Probably not. I'd have to deal with the issue's of the player not being in the mode were it is dealing with playback from the repository. That adds complications that I won't have time to deal with.
eded9698
04-25-2007, 06:00 AM
Can that field be added by someone else, or all you can do it?
Dean Roddey
04-25-2007, 10:20 AM
Only I can do it, and it's not done yet because the driver would have to be changed to deal with the fact that it's having to work in a completely different mode, which is why it's not done yet.
MikeW
04-25-2007, 11:52 AM
Only I can do it, and it's not done yet because the driver would have to be changed to deal with the fact that it's having to work in a completely different mode, which is why it's not done yet.

I'm sure I'm not the only one with this scenario, but unless it can handle Internet radio streams then it's a non-starter for me. But I think the new service based player is a huge step forward.
eded9698
04-25-2007, 12:41 PM
What does the ZoneNumber do? Does that mean you only need 1 instance of the player for all the zones?
Dean Roddey
04-25-2007, 01:46 PM
No, Zone Number is just something that you can set for your own purposes, to make your automation logic more generic. I really need to allow you to set it during driver install, and that would be used to set the field. Then your automation logic could look at the zone number assigned to the renderer driver it was given the monikier for and make decisions based on that. I'll add the driver prompt for the next drop.