64-bit build doesn't work
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#4 64-bit build doesn't work
Attempted to build this on an AMD64 system; it compiled
just fine--no warnings, errors or anything.
However, when I set it up, connections from the TiVo
just didn't work (playing back a list of OGG-encoded
files resulted in the TiVo acting as if every track was
zero-length, so it would skip every track in rapid
succession).
I had this working perfectly, using the same
configuration, on my old AMD K6-2 system, so I know the
basic software works. I have checked for all documented
dependencies, and I don't seem to be missing anything.
No errors apparent in the byRequest log file; it seems
to be thinking everything's kosher.
Strangely enough, I tried this out with the old, 32-bit
version (this was right after I'd upgraded to the
64-bit board, but hadn't gotten around to
installing/updating everything to 64-bit) and it worked
exactly as well as it had before, although it did
consume most of the available CPU cycles (however, I
later found out my board was faulty, so that may have
been why; my current config doesn't demonstrate any of
these CPU hog problems--I had had similar problems with
a CD ripper and encoder which no longer exist; imagine,
an Athlon 64 2800 taking 10 minutes to encode a 4
minute track; now, it's more like 5 seconds, so it's
pretty clear I had been having hardware problems).
I haven't yet tried to manually convert a sample OGG
file to MP3, to see if it's something in the
transcoding that's causing the problem.
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Just saw a post in the Support forum that reminded me; I did
have problems trying to build vsound, so I had to track down
the latest version, which built just fine (apparently, older
versions don't build properly on 64-bit systems).
However, byRequest doesn't seem to be finding it (probably
because it's in the /usr/lib64 dir, instead of the more
usual /usr/lib dir). I was assuming that this might be the
problem, but was unsure how to fix it.