[Fwd: Re: TelCanto V1.1.3]

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Malcolm,

Geat stuff...

I have almost finished an updated xAP conduit for WinAMP ( I know
its already supported via TelCanto) but it will be interesting to see
how this works as a xAP player from TelCanto. I was waiting to see
samples of the actual schema you settled on and will support them.  I'll
send you a beta shortly. Initially it handles a single WinAMP instance
anywhere on your network but it is architected to support mutiple
instances even on the same PC so easy to add zoned support (although not
synched).

I am interested in the UPnP stuff - actually through your feedback
as you got me reading all the UPnP info (which is very enlightening), so
if I need any extra tips here to use TelCanto as a renderer let me
know.  TelCanto should make an awesome UPnP server.   I haven't read all
the UPnP stuff yet. Is there a facility within a UPnP audio server to
return a list of matches against a selection criteria - or is that
another UPnP service that can be embedded in say the server ?  I have
noticed that the number of tracks returned from my existing UPnP server
is too many for some of the hardware players I have (HomePod / MP101)  -
causing really slow response and impossible artist / album / track
selection. But I suspect that maybe just a poor implementation on the
renderer.

Kevin

the Malcolm Green wrote:

> There is a new beta version of TelCanto, V1.1.3, available at
> www.telcanto.com/assets/download/telcantosetup-1.1.3.exe.  This
> includes further xAP support:
>
> - new xAP player type, allowing TelCanto to play via a remote xAP
> player as an alternative to Winamp etc.
> - xAP-Audio.Transport.Event generated, currently every second while
> the state is "playing" otherwise every 10 seconds.  As this
is not
> defined in the schema, I have implemented it as proposed in my earlier
> email:
>
> Class=xAP-Audio.Transport.Event
> Audio.Transport
> {
>     State=[playing  paused  stopped]
>     Elapsed="elapsed time"
>     Duration="total time"
>     Shuffle=[off  tracks  albums]
>     Repeat=[off  one  all]
> }
>
> - Now.Playing event is now sent every 10 seconds or on a change of
> playlist.
> - xAP-Audio.Audio.Event now sent on change of volume or mute setting.
> - This version includes the modified version of xAPTransport.dll using
> UTF-8 encoding as discussed in previous emails.
> - Enabling/disabling xAP support in Options>Configuration now
results
> in the change being made immediately rather than needing to restart
> the server.
>
> This version also includes support for TelCanto Server acting as a
> UPnP Media Renderer.  This is the first stage of implementing full
> UPnP support in TelCanto - the other stages being to allow TelCanto
> Server to act as a UPnP Media Server, and providing a version of the
> Pocket PC (and later the PC) client which acts as a UPnP Media
> Controller.  If anyone is interested in testing/using the UPnP
> facilities please let me know and I'll provide more details.
>
> It may be of interest to know that I tested these new facilities using
> the following setup:
>
> TelCanto Server on machine 1 acting as an xAP player.
> TelCanto Server on machine 2 with player type of xAP defined pointing
> to machine 1, and acting as a UPnP Media Renderer.
> Intel AV Media Controller selecting content from MusicMatch or Windows
> Media Connect and playing it via TelCanto Server on machine 2.
>
> As with V1.1.2, this version is not being generally released until
> some further testing has been done of the xAP facilities.
>
> Malcolm Green
>
>
>
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