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Problem Description: I can't get .wv (WavPack) files to play, plays everything else fine.

Troubleshooting Steps: I haven't tried anything because I don't know where to start...

Playback Application and version: Droid Subsonic App on Nexus1

Subsonic Version: 4.4 (build 2172) – February 6, 2011

Server Version: jetty-6.1.x, java 1.6.0_24, Windows 2003 (94.3 MB / 96.7 MB)

Hardware Platform: Windows Home Server on HP Media Smart Server

Java Memory Limit: Don't know

Problem Filename: Mephisto Waltz.wv

Output from ffmpeg -i:
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C:\subsonic\transcode>ffmpeg -i "Mephisto Waltz.wv"
FFmpeg version SVN-r21231-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et a
l.
built on Jan 16 2010 05:42:31 with gcc 4.2.5 20080919 (prerelease) [Sherpya]
libavutil 50. 7. 0 / 50. 7. 0
libavcodec 52.47. 0 / 52.47. 0
libavformat 52.47. 0 / 52.47. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.15. 0 / 1.15. 0
libswscale 0. 8. 0 / 0. 8. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
[wv @ 003dd220]Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, wv, from 'Mephisto Waltz.wv':
Metadata:
Track : 02
Title : Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Artist : Lazar Berman
Album : Lazar Berman Edition - Disc 1 of 7
Genre :
Comment :
Duration: 27:03:11.54, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Audio: wavpack, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16
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Last ten log file lines:

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[6/8/11 4:09:46 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD01-05 Richter\03cd03\03b.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:47 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD01-05 Richter\05cd05\05b.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:48 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD01-05 Richter\04cd04\04b.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:50 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD01-05 Richter\01cd01\01b.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:52 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD22-28 Berman\06cd27\folder.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:52 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD22-28 Berman\07cd28\folder.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:53 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD22-28 Berman\06cd27\folder.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:54 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD22-28 Berman\07cd28\folder.jpg
[6/8/11 4:09:56 PM CDT] WARN CoverArtController Failed to create thumbnail for d:\shares\music\Classical\Piano\Russian Legends 100CDs Brilliant Classics 8713\CD22-28 Berman\04cd25\25b.jpg
[6/8/11 4:32:04 PM CDT] INFO NetworkService Successfully forwarding port 81.

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.wv is not a default file type. You might be able to get it to work but you'll have to specify the extension in the Music Mask under Settings/General, second box down.

Once you've identified the file type as music to SS, you then need to set the transcoding for it. Go to Settings/Transcoding and define the transcoding. Just go to the bottom where the open blocks are just below "Add transcoding."

Try the following:

Name | from | to | Step 1 | Step 2

wv > mp3 | wv | mp3 | ffmpeg -i %s -v 0 -f wav - | lame -b %b --tt %t --ta %a --tl %l -S --resample 44.1 - -

Thank you for the quick response. I got it to work. I am now streaming .wv to my Droid. No Problems. You give good advice. Thank You

I added the file extension to the Music Mask per your advice and I used:

wv > mp3 | wv | mp3 | ffmpeg -i %s -f wav - | lame -b %b --tt %t --ta %a --tl %l -S --resample 44.1 - -

I'm not sure what all that means, but I copied and pasted from Subsonic's recommended settings page when I couldn't get it to play with your suggested settings. Turns out the problem was: I had to activate the new transcoder for all my old players -- one of which was the Droid -- on the player's setting page. If "default" is checked the new transcoder is automatically enabled on new players, but nothing is added to the old players. It seems counter intuitive, and I was momentarily stymied. But I figured it out.

It is a bit counter-intuitive, but ist does add some flexibility that I use. I transcode all my music to ogg for playback on my Android phone, but only use those settings on my phone, so it helps being able to assign different settings to different players in some instances. It can get a bit tricky to remember to recheck the player settings after modifying transcoding settings.

Glad to hear you got it running.