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Scott Jann replied on October 10, 2008 07:17 to the question "Why do I get French and Spanish translations?" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Due to the way it automatically selects the audio stream, the DVD Import software currently will use the stream with the highest ID. This has the affect of most-likely choosing a non-English stream if one is there, but works just fine if you have a single English audio stream on your DVD.

I think better behavior would be to choose the first audio stream, rather than the last, to have a better chance of choosing the one you want. Even more awesomer would be to detect many audio streams and allow you to choose which one you want to use (maybe you want that Spanish stream).

I added an issue in our bug tracking software (id 3503) to look at doing one of these options, we'll keep you posted!

Scott Jann replied on October 02, 2008 22:19 to the question "Airfoil Speakers 2.6.0 fails with PulseAudio" in Rogue Amoeba:

I just installed the Airfoil Speakers debian package off your website on my ubuntu system, was having trouble when running without X as well, grabbed the 2.6.0-3 package above and it worked for me too! Thanks!

A comment on the idea "Lat-long, please?" in Brightkite:

I have the same problem: when I enter coordinates for a location and attribute a custom name to it, Brightkite just returns the two-letter code for the country the place is in and the zoom level of the map shows the whole country instead of the specific area. :( – ngl, on September 14, 2008 20:58

Scott Jann started following the idea "Check-in via EXIF Lat/Lng from Cell Phone Image" in Brightkite.

John Reilly replied on August 27, 2008 16:52 to the problem "Help! line-in audio not making it through Carousel" in Tightrope Media Systems:

No need to have WMP running to use either of Carousel's background audio options.

One thing to try is quit the DisplayEngine completely, and see if you can get the line-input to play through Windows itself. The DisplayEngine basically just turns the line-in volume up and down in the sound control panel. So if Windows can play it natively, the DisplayEngine shouldn't have any issue.

If you decide to spend more time troubleshooting, let us know the results. :)

Thanks, --john

Tom Hanson replied on August 26, 2008 22:47 to the problem "Help! line-in audio not making it through Carousel" in Tightrope Media Systems:

We ended up streaming natively through the Windows Media Player all week. Only one dropped connection occurred.
John, to answer your question, we're not sure if pilot error remains the culprit. I need to go back and doublecheck that we restarted the Carousel engine when testing the external line-in (I'm almost certain we did, as that's the final step). Also, we didn't have WMP running during testing for the external audio feed (don't know if that's necessary for that to work). Otherwise, all other parameters were correct.

John Reilly replied on August 26, 2008 21:54 to the problem "Help! line-in audio not making it through Carousel" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Any updates on this, Tom? Were you able to find the problem, or is it still acting up for you?

-John

Scott Jann replied on August 23, 2008 23:09 to the discussion "DVD import for mac" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Last time I tried Handbrake it produced MPEG4 files that would not work on the SX. The would play back with glitches like the frame rate was off (even though it was correct).

Scott Jann replied on August 21, 2008 14:25 to the problem "Help! line-in audio not making it through Carousel" in Tightrope Media Systems:

One thing to check is make sure the line in is enabled on the player. You can do this by:

- double click on the display engine to exit to the desktop
- double click the speaker icon in the system tray (lower right corner of the screen, you may have to click the arrows to reveal it)
- confirm the Mute is unchecked and the Volume is set to something high enough to hear under "Line In"
- click the Carousel Display Engine icon on the desktop to resume the Carousel display

Scott Jann replied on August 18, 2008 22:06 to the question "64 BIT OS AND DVD IMPORT" in Tightrope Media Systems:

The DVD Import uses a native 32-bit DLL for multiplexing the final MPEG output. I bet this isn't working, since .NET is running in 64-bit mode.

Don't fear, there is a workaround, let me email you directly and we can attempt to resolve this issue.

SCTV17 replied on August 11, 2008 16:15 to the discussion "Scott's Utility for SX Servers" in Tightrope Media Systems:

I figured it out - somehow I downloaded the source code file instead of the actual 2.2. Now I have it up and running.
Thanks!

Tom

Scott Jann replied on August 11, 2008 15:54 to the discussion "Scott's Utility for SX Servers" in Tightrope Media Systems:

I suspect you are missing something. If you extract the FixMpeg2.2.zip you should see these files (I just extracted it to double-check)...

SCTV17 replied on August 11, 2008 15:40 to the discussion "Scott's Utility for SX Servers" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Scott -
I see to be missing something - I can't find the .exe file in the Zip... am I just overlooking something, or did it get lost in the 2.2 upgrade?

Thanks

Tom

Scott Jann replied on July 25, 2008 20:24 to the discussion "Digital clock" in Tightrope Media Systems:

It will be in the clock bulletin (New Bulletin -> Dynamic -> Clock bulletin) as an alternative to the existing analog clock.

GNCPIO replied on July 25, 2008 20:20 to the discussion "Digital clock" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Scott,
Will we be able to have it in a zone or will it be restricted to the outer edges as the current clock is?

Scott Jann replied on July 24, 2008 22:36 to the discussion "Scott's Utility for SX Servers" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Hey guys,

I just made a few changes to the FixMpeg utility that allow it to run on a Mac. It makes use of a project called mono. If you need to make sure the files will play on the SX from your Mac, perhaps it will help you out!

Read more at my site.

Scott Jann replied on July 24, 2008 15:08 to the discussion "Digital clock" in Tightrope Media Systems:

We're looking to add a digital clock option right inside the Carousel clock bulletin in the near future, stay tuned!

Scott Jann started following the question "Is there a way to change posts from private to public, vice versa?" in Brightkite.

A comment on the idea "Lat-long, please?" in Brightkite:

Heh... nevermind. It was malformed email headers on my part :-) LOVE brightkite! keep up the good work! – lnxcwby, on July 06, 2008 23:19

lnxcwby replied on July 06, 2008 22:55 to the idea "Lat-long, please?" in Brightkite:

I am able to checkin with lat/long from the site, and via SMS, but it kicks back an error when I try to do it via email. Any ideas?