Madsonic - Mashup Mod (old Support Thread)

[djetch]

Hi,

tomorrow I will start to make a new dep and rpm package. Also make new VM build machines to check all install problem. It's impotant to clean all old installation files before restart. Browser cache can be also a problem. in the past i saw this problem with themes too.

Best regards

I wish I knew anything about doing that and I would gladly offer to assist you!

[ananda96]

at first wanna say thank you mad evil for the new version....(3084)

deleted c:\subsonic and backuped subsonic.properties as you recommended.

clean install, recopied subsonic.properties:
this does'nt save added folders, neither the welcome messages: where ist this stored?

in changelog appears fix of : "now playing is null" - this still appears!!!!

after rescanning i have roundabout 1000 Artists less, estimated time is half...album/songs seems to be correct. (Browsercache cleaned)

any suggestion or workaround for this?

running W7x64SP1 @Java 1.7.05

[MadEvil]

Okay. I am starting with a fresh install of everything OS, Subsonic, this MOD and I'm still running into trouble....I'm going to do it all over again just to make sure I didn't miss something or whatever.

-Right now as it stands I've the following setup:

Ubuntu 12.04 64bit server (running in a VM if that matters)
Subsonic 7.4beta
Mashup MOD 4.7 (lastest build)

Granted this time everything seemed to go smoothly with the install and I was actually sitting at the log in screen. Got in with the normal defaults....now if I try and do much of anything it just drops me right back at the log in screen. So frustrating.

But, I'll blow out the VM and start over!

EDIT: Restarted my Ubuntu server and now Subsonic won't start at all it just gets hung on the fact that it can not find/get the theme it wants "MadSonic_dark". The more I try, the less I seem to understand with this thing....Should I just run this on an apache server or something? How do I get the theme/skin? In the first post what are the links to the base system and combined version for??? So many questions....Yet I read post after post about how much people love this MOD...I must just be stupid or something.

Hi,

I hope i killed all bugs with the new Build and installer packages.

Short Instruction for new/existing Ubuntu installation:

1. Fresh Ubuntu 12.4 Install
2. Install Java 1.7
3. Config current JRE to 1.7 with:
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config java
4. check config with
javac -version
5. Start Firefox and Check Java Version
browse -> http://javatester.org
6. Install Adobe Flash Player
7. Uninstall all current subsonic version
8. If exist delete folder /var/subsonic
9. Create /var/music folder
10. Put Content into /var/music
11. Install subsonic Mashup Mod (.deb)
12. Check if Service is running
sudo service subsonic start
13. Start Firefox
browse -> http://localhost:4040
14. Config subsonic via Webpage
15. Done!

I am confident that this helps!

Best regards

[MadEvil]

at first wanna say thank you mad evil for the new version....(3084)

deleted c:\subsonic and backuped subsonic.properties as you recommended.

clean install, recopied subsonic.properties:
this does'nt save added folders, neither the welcome messages: where ist this stored?

the Subsonic Core Settings are saved in the subsonic.properties
the subsonic Content folder are save in the database

in changelog appears fix of : "now playing is null" - this still appears!!!!

it should be fix by sindre, but isn't in your case.
Is this File in the root folder? You can try to put this file in a subfolder.
Has this files any Tags? What kind of file is it?

after rescanning i have roundabout 1000 Artists less, estimated time is half...album/songs seems to be correct.

Sinde has updated some Statistics function in the beta3, i will check this. i saw this on my own library, maybe a new bug.

http://subsonic.svn.sourceforge.net/vie ... ision=3069

best regards

[MadEvil]

New Build: 3086 (Beta3)

NEW: Fix Custom Scroller (some Bugs with Firefox)
NEW: Fix Theme Selection don't work on linux
NEW: Update .deb and .rpm packages

Download look @ first Post -> viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9187

[ananda96]

in changelog appears fix of : "now playing is null" - this still appears!!!!

it should be fix by sindre, but isn't in your case.
Is this File in the root folder? You can try to put this file in a subfolder.
Has this files any Tags? What kind of file is it?

Which file? i mentioned the changelog on the webpage of subsonic.

those other weird Java Errormessages i posted before disappeared now..

going to overinstall 3086 from 3084 right now...no Errorpopups as i can see...

Where ist the new Feature: New: Added Settings > General > Sort albums by year.
Can't find it in General.....this is a important feature...would be nice to implement it.

[MadEvil]

in changelog appears fix of : "now playing is null" - this still appears!!!!

it should be fix by sindre, but isn't in your case.
Is this File in the root folder? You can try to put this file in a subfolder.
Has this files any Tags? What kind of file is it?

Which file? i mentioned the changelog on the webpage of subsonic.

I mean where this null problem exist, otherwise i can't help, you should report this to Sindre.

those other weird Java Errormessages i posted before disappeared now..

going to overinstall 3086 from 3084 right now...no Errorpopups as i can see...

Where ist the new Feature: New: Added Settings > General > Sort albums by year.
Can't find it in General.....this is a important feature...would be nice to implement it.

I change this in this Mod, this works different to the original version, because in general the media-file sorting comparator doesn't work well.
This Mod is working with Mediatypes. Maybe i will expand this feature with year sorting.

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You can try if this is working for you, it can be configured for each folder.

Mediatype override:

Multiartist = sorted by foldername
Artist = sorted by year

best regards

[ananda96]

Thanks for info!

This is quiet a bit confusing: as i understand it correct i have to sort (my folders are genres) main genre by ARTIST (alphabetical order) but the ARTIST/BAND by Year?
if i have to do so it would keep me busy for a lot hours....(have 8 mainfolders with 112 subgenres) entire 2TB

Now i got it, after updating to 3086 on a cleaned FF15 "now playing is null" still there. Only on Browser start or restart.
maybe i need to report this separately.

Wrong amount of Artists/Time still there.

[MadEvil]

This is quiet a bit confusing: as i understand it correct i have to sort (my folders are genres) main genre by ARTIST (alphabetical order) but the ARTIST/BAND by Year?
if i have to do so it would keep me busy for a lot hours....(have 8 mainfolders with 112 subgenres) entire 2TB

Ok, now i understand your sorting question. This Mod is perfect for ARTIST\ALBUM\TRACK structure, and not if you have many sub-subfolder.
I will check the possibilities to adapt the sort function for other folder structures.

Now i got it, after updating to 3086 on a cleaned FF15 "now playing is null" still there. Only on Browser start or restart.
maybe i need to report this separately.

Wrong amount of Artists/Time still there.

This 2 problem are from the last beta 3 trunk. i have checked, i've lost also over 5000 artist (in the statistics) with the last beta 3 build.

best regards

[MadEvil]

New Build: 3090 (Beta3)

NEW: Add Custom Scroller to: Home, Main, Starred and Radio View
NEW: Fix Custom Scroller (some Overlay Bugs)
NEW: Fix all Themes to work with Custom Scroller

Download look @ first Post -> viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9187

Theme1.PNG

Theme2.PNG

Theme3.PNG

best regards

[GJ51]

I've been watching the progress of this version and now being pretty happy with 4.7b3 I thought I'd give it a try. I have a site running on Server 08 Webserver version running in Hyper-V that has been running fine using the WAR vesion with Tomcat 6.0.

I attempted to switch to your latest WAR (20120807_subsonic-MashupMod-4.7.beta3_B3090-war.zip) twice without getting it to run. I just get the Tomcat screen saying it can't connect. Reinstalling the 4.7b3 from Subsonic comes right up. I've done this several times and know the procedure for installing the WAR, but I haven't had any success with your most recent release. I'd really like to give it a try if you can help me identify what's going wrong.

EDIT: Does your version look for a specific port number? I'm on 8099 and have never had to change anything when dropping a new WAR into webapps. I tried 4040 on the local browser, no joy.

Tomact responds HTTP Status 404- The requested resource () is not available.

If I drop the 4.7b3 release from SS back in, everything comes right up. I've repeated the process 3 times just to make sure I'm not just forgetting a step. Same result each time.

I did notice that you have a batch file in the zip package, that I did not run. I have too many instances of SS running on multiple servers to go that route if that is what is required to get this version running. That would imply that I would have to edit each batch file for each instance rather than just dropping in the new WAR. If that's the case, this won't be practical in my environment as I upgrade and test too often to add another step to the process. It's one of the reasons I'm always a bit skeptical of getting too deep into mods. I would like to try this, but only if it can be done as easily as switching back and forth between WAR versions as it is with the standard releases.

Thanks,

GaryJ

[MadEvil]

I've been watching the progress of this version and now being pretty happy with 4.7b3 I thought I'd give it a try. I have a site running on Server 08 Webserver version running in Hyper-V that has been running fine using the WAR vesion with Tomcat 6.0.

I attempted to switch to your latest WAR (20120807_subsonic-MashupMod-4.7.beta3_B3090-war.zip) twice without getting it to run. I just get the Tomcat screen saying it can't connect. Reinstalling the 4.7b3 from Subsonic comes right up. I've done this several times and know the procedure for installing the WAR, but I haven't had any success with your most recent release. I'd really like to give it a try if you can help me identify what's going wrong.

EDIT: Does your version look for a specific port number? I'm on 8099 and have never had to change anything when dropping a new WAR into webapps. I tried 4040 on the local browser, no joy.

Tomact responds HTTP Status 404- The requested resource () is not available.

If I drop the 4.7b3 release from SS back in, everything comes right up. I've repeated the process 3 times just to make sure I'm not just forgetting a step. Same result each time.

GaryJ

Hi Gary,

i test the last Build with the tomcat and found the bug, because i used a security filter that crash the JDBC driver, so the whole start up messed up.
With removing this filter it works again on my tomcat 6.0 test server.

try this test build 3091 --> http://ul.to/ll7crup7/20120808_subsonic ... 91-war.zip

best regards

[GJ51]

Thanks for the quick reply. It's loading, but the left column is showing a java error and it's not displaying albums in the main window, probably due to the Java error. It's a org.framework.jdk Exception, but I can't read much more than that from the left column error display as the scroll bar is not available at the bottom to read the rest of the msg.

I'll did an uninstall and then a clean install of Java and SS but did not delete C:\Subsonic

Restart shows popup "Message from webpage" Object doesn't support property or method 'addEventListner'

Let me know if ther are any specific Tomcat or Subsonic logs you need to help.

Gary

EDIT: Deleting C:\Subsonic fixed it. I'll start testing! I'm hoping I can copy the saved C:\Subsonic db and get all the settings back.

[MadEvil]

Hi,

This errors happen if you use the original DB structure and then upgrade to the Mashup-Mod.
Because i extended the table schema and only the replacement of the war file will not migrate the db-structure.

That issue happen to many people in the past.

so i repeat for all other tester:

Before install this Mod, Cleanup your C:\Subsonic or /var/subsonic folder. This helps a lot before you got crazy with Errors and Popups.

You can copy most of the lines from the old db.script to the new db.script. (Ratings, User, Settings,...)

best regards

[GJ51]

Nice. I think I've got it all working now. I only copied my old transcode directory files into the new folder and rebuilt from scratch and it seems to be goung well.

One of the big attractions for me trying this mod was the variable settings for the number of albums to display on the main/random display. One feature I've asked fo several times is to make this setting "Sticky" so that it doesn't keep resetting to the default. If you can add that you'd get my vote for man of the year on the SS forum and a willing donation to your Paypal acct.

Thanks again for the hard work.

Can't wait to test with the Android app - I'm using Subphonic and will start testing that soon. Again - GREAT WORK!

Gary