ZigZagJoe

just a note: for those who have mplayer output enabled for whatever reason (not the default anymore), if you turn on repeat and reach the end of a song, it WILL crash the client as mplayer (as it is used) does not support seeks. This will be fixed in the next patch; the repeat button will not longer be shown if the output stage does not support seeking.

seth's problem was resolved by setting throttling on - was a case with ultra-draconian traffic shaping.

Adjusting the buffer is a hidden setting, but it would be no use based on the behavior you described. The CPU use is odd, short of remote debugging (which is essentially a non-option) I really have no way to debug it currently. Try playing a song in pandora, then copy the URL from the sproxy window and use a tool such as wget to get the same URL, and see if it exhibits the same behavior. It may be QoS at the hardware firewall/router doing it. Live help was trying to connect to irc.coldfront.net:6667, must be blocked. Instead try http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.coldfr...annel=%23saver2 Did find a bug in how it displayed the buffering amount though - each time an underflow occurs, the buffer size is doubled, but it was using the original value.

It plays the song as it downloads. Check the speed shown in the sproxy window when you are downloading - specifically the audio url. You could also try increasing the buffering amount. If you can, hit the Live Help button on sproxy, i'm on now and it would be easier than typing this all out

Birthday update deployed~~ Adds skinning, repeat button, and some usability stuff 9/24/2010 1.3.3 build 1090 ZZJ's birthday update. Biggest new bit here is client skinning. Added a repeat button. Some other bugs were fixed, as well. Client: Added skinning features. Includes 5 skins. Details on forums. Client: Many minor UI bugs fixed. Client: Hitting the pandora client launch button again will cause it to be brought to front if it is already active Client: Tweaked nowplaying slightly Client: Status now set on play/pause Client: Shortened the drag height while in mini mode Client: Progbar widget now drawn with forecolour Client: Added repeat button Client: Added a prompt for old users updating, for skinning. Client/Last.FM: Clarified log messages Saver2: Added browser setup dialog SProxy: Linux hacks mode is now enabled automatically if running under mono SProxy: Added a workaround for a possible bug under mono SProxy: IE proxies now defaults to On SProxy: Added exit confirmation Installer: Fixed not everything being removed Docs: Added firefox page, help no music being saved!, and updated IE setting. ------ Here's some pics of the skins: Of course, the basic skin is still available. Here's some info for making skins: http://zzj.itf-inc.com/downloads/PCskininf.zip The mono package was also updated.

No problem.

Thanks, it's much appreciated :) No; that would cause pandora to issue a temp ban after the 4th song or so. To clarify: before, it shuffled songs in the playlist fragment only (4 songs), not fetched a new playlist or changed to a new station. You should see an entry like "Client: Picking a random station" after a song finishes; at most 4 songs later (pandora sends 4 songs at a time). I figured shuffling 4 songs that the listener already doesn't know the order of and are "similar" is rather useless, so might as well just do the station shuffle.

Glad you like it. The shuffle button just changes stations every 4 songs now (ala quickmix, but better) as shuffling the 4 songs seemed quite pointless to me. So, you won't see anything immediately, but on the next time it gets a playlist it will change station.

I'm not seeing a way to set the speakers used for either directsound or waveout (in the source); i have no idea how to help, sorry :/

I'm wondering, what are you trying to do with the virtual audio cable thing? To enable using mplayer, you need to go into config, pandora->advanced->output device, and pick captive mplayer, then restart the client. However the facility to add additional arguments to the mplayer command line was lost a few patches ago, as it was never used, so you'll need another way to set it.

Pandora sends CBR files. Most likely the files are damaged (bad tags/tagging lib?) if they will not play on windows. Winamp and mplayer especially are very tolerant of damaged files.

Thanks to maniac11919 from irc, the pandora client now has a new skin! It will be in the next update, pop by irc if you want it now. Of course, the plain background is also retained. ATTN: if you are getting crackling in the audio output, which mostly afflicts realtek integrated cards, try this: Go into the Client settings, then choose the advanced tab. You will see a drop down menu next to "output device"; it should say WaveOut. Try switching it to DirectSound, and then restarting the client. If the crackling persists (it shouldn't), you can try mplayer, the last option, but keep in mind this disables seeking, underflow protection, and introduces bugs of its own.

re-redeployed the update, with a small fix and the addition of status setting for MSN (for the pandora client)

critical patch deployed only for those who updated last night: 9/14/2010 1.3.3 build 1067 IF YOU UPDATED SINCE LAST NIGHT, DO NOT INSTALL THIS IF IT POPPED UP AUTOMATICALLY! If you are just now updating, you can ignore this message. Instead, select "No" then press "Check for updates" on the menu, THEN press yes. If you select Yes when this had popped up automatically it will just close sproxy. [CRITICAL] Saver2: Fixed a stupid bug causing the update mechanism to close when run automatically. ----- Basically, anyone who updated since last night will need to update normally for the auto update prompt to work properly. If you install by pressing check for updates it will work normally. If you are just now updating, you can ignore it and hit yes.

Ok, the transport error, well that happens sometimes. Basically, the server was non responsive. It's not a fatal error. The audio error, also a rare thing, shouldn't have been a fatal error; but (evidently) the acm stream did not finish reads nicely when disposing, so it did. It should not be a chronic error but if you want a fix now pop by irc and i'll hook you up with a beta that should fix it. (click the live help button to do that, or on the start menu)

can you upload the full log somewhere?

Glad to hear you like it. -------------------- Update deployed. Big news: Last.FM scrobbling for client, due to a plugin by "tommy" United config: Saver2, SProxy, and the Client are configured on the same screen Many, many bugfixes for the client Improved loading time for the client Various small improvements for saver2/sproxy. Tortunnel will now keep trying until it establishes a good connection 9/13/2010 1.3.3 build 1066 Many fixes for the client, and smaller ones for Saver2/Sproxy. New: a unified config; sproxy, the client, and saver2 are all configured on the same dialog now (and the various menu options now launch it). All version have been bumped, this is a breaking change. Last.FM scrobbling introduced via a plugin by "Tommy". Configuration is on a tab in client settings. Client: "Fixed" stuttering after pausing during playback; introduced a small input lag (~.5s) Client: Fixed the playback becoming fruity after a time w/ "AlreadyAllocated" errors Client: Changed some bad default statements Client: Lowered default buffer amount to 64k Client: People with the old default buffer amounts will have it reset to normal Client: Time text set when auto-retrying Client: Menus will now resize properly when the window is made larger Client: Fixed hotkeys taking the client out of the underflow state and causing errors Client: Underflow buffer status is now displayed Client: Fixed pausing at the very end of the song and crashing the client Client: Minor revision (build) will now be incremented Client: Fix for crash on exit Client: Ported legacy mplayer output for use on Wine Client: Added advanced config dialog Client: Lots of fixes for the output Client: Fixed an error relating to album art in turbo Client: Fixed seeking while underflow has(is) occured Client: Shared station dialog will no longer close station dialog when canceled Client: Config now uses SProxy unified configuration Client: Plugin interface deemed "mature" IRC: Delay upped to 60s NAudio-min: Various tweaks, like making asserts log messages instead Pandora: Added hidden disk cache setting; may work when one's saved folder is full of pandora only mp3s... too quirky for normal use. Causes client errors. Saver2: Added log upload failure message Saver2: Fixed number of songs textbox not being enabled after enabling reaping Saver2: Album art is now specificly named "cover" (no ext) when embedded to avoid errors on portable/noncompliant players Saver2: Added option to save album art as cover.(ext) Saver2: Exposed option to save album art as jpg Saver2: Will now react sensibly when presented with a bad save folder Saver2: path "bug" fixed; UNC paths are accepted Saver2: Config now uses SProxy unified configuration SProxy: Updated date in settings (oops) SProxy: The main window and the config form will now scale with DPI properly SProxy: Improved log upload proxy logic SProxy: Minimize to tray disabled config option properly in linux mode SProxy: Fixed a rare crash on launch of the log form SProxy: Will now respond to the throttle speed quickly SProxy: Added unified config interface SProxy: Added throttle control form (shows up on file menu when ShowThrottleForm = true) SProxy: Added SPlugin.GetConfig(TabControl) to set up configuration tabs SProxy: SPlugin.Name() and ShouldLoad() have been turned into get-only properties Tor: Added connection verification and retry if it is no good - this should prevent a number of bad servers from preventing access Tor: Removed a bad torstatus mirror Tor: Will be updated if present in install dir Misc/Pandora/Grooveshark: Turbo.dat MP3 data has been replaced with files at 44khz for compatability with new output stage in the client Various: Version bump, due to various breaking changes. TODO: Exit confirmation(s) Browser upgrade prompt

@Dustin, from irc: sorry there (appeared) to be noone when you restarted live help - had recompiled the irc chat testing something and forgot to change the channel it used back.

Current in-progress changelog. Probably release sometime next week unless something comes up requiring attention. Betas available for those who pop by irc. Biggest stuff (to me) legacy mplayer output included for use on wine output selection added for those having trouble with the default (supports waveout, dsound, vista audio api, and mplayer) added advanced config dialog with stuff like plugins and cache size (client) tortunnel will now verify connectivity through the endpoint it selects and retry if it is not functional (ie can't access pandora) a whole fuckton of small fixes for the client Client: "Fixed" stuttering after pausing during playback; introduced a small input lag (~.5s) Client: Fixed the playback becoming fruity after a time "AlreadyAllocated" errors Client: Changed some bad default statements Client: Lowered default buffer amount to 256k; current users will need to adjust it manually (uneccisary) Client: Time text set when auto-retrying Client: Menus will now resize properly when the window is made larger Client: Fixed hotkeys taking the client out of the underflow state and causing errors Client: Underflow buffer status is now displayed Client: Fixed pausing at the very end of the song and crashing the client Client: Naudio-minimal: removed asserts (changed to debug.writeline) Client: Minor revision (build) will now be incremented Client: Fix for crash on exit Client: Ported legacy mplayer output for use on Wine Client: Added advanced config dialog Client: Lots of fixes for the output Client: Fixed an error relating to album art in turbo Pandora: Added hidden disk cache setting; may work when one's saved folder is full of pandora only mp3s... too quirky for normal use. Causes client errors. Saver2: Added log upload failure message Saver2: Fixed number of songs textbox not being enabled after enabling reaping Saver2: Album art is now specificly named "cover" (no ext) when embedded to avoid errors on portable/noncompliant players Saver2: Added option to save album art as cover.(ext) Saver2: Exposed option to save album art as jpg Saver2: Will now react sensibly when presented with a bad save folder Saver2: UNC paths are accepted again SProxy: Updated date in settings (oops) SProxy: The main window and the config form will now scale with DPI properly SProxy: Improved log upload proxy logic SProxy: Minimize to tray disabled config option properly in linux mode SProxy: Fixed a rare crash on launch of the log form SProxy: Will now respond to the throttle speed quickly SProxy: Added throttle control form (shows up on file menu when ShowThrottleForm = true) Tor: Added connection verification and retry Tor: Removed a bad torstatus mirror Tor: Will be updated if present in install dir

weird; i suspect the issue got resolved by something else. Good to hear it is working, anyways.

Noted and implemented. Will update that fixer-tool i posted a while back to also do this. Can give you a beta version if you pop by irc. (the saver2->live help button on start menu or on the main sproxy window) Tool is available at http://zzj.itf-inc.com/downloads/TagPicFormatchanger.zip Pass it a list of files (ie; a m3u playlist) and it will convert album art to jpg format and set the description to cover

The audio on the pandora client may become stuttery when paused, left alone for a time, unpaused, and then repaused - either do not do this or pop on irc to get a hotfix.

On the common tab, "when a song is sniffed..." select save immediately. It only keeps up to the amount on the advanced tab, IF the "keep up to a certain number of songs pending" is checked. It defaults to 50, but with reaping turned off. You will see messages like "Reaping song ID (id)" in the log if it is disposing of songs.

Yes, make sure you are running as administrator. Though it is odd that one file worked and another didn't. (also, that log is from an ancient version of setup, but i guess you know that)

Few options to do that - 1. Auto download mode (common tab) 2. Save if positively rated (song rating tabs) 3. Blacklist used as whitelist Saver2 will not delete songs which are pending unless you explicitly enable it in the song ratings tab.