Using mp3 toolbox on a local intranet AND the internet

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:04 pm

I'm having some problems here, and it may actually be with the web server I'm using, but at this point I'm not sure so I thought I'd start by asking here.

A while back I installed mp3 toolbox on my pc so I could stream music to myself at work, and it worked great. AFAIK I was also able to use it on my local network without changing anything. However I had to format, and re-install my OS so I also had to re-install my web server, and mp3 toolbox. When I re-installed mp3 toolbox I discovered that it wasn't working anywhere. Not on the internet and not on my local network. After a quick check around I found that the pls file was pointing too http:///music directory here. I was able to go into one of the files and I changed the address for the different commands (play directory, play all, radio) to the proper sub-domain. After that it worked great, however, now the PLS files ALWAYS point to my sub-domain, so even when I'm browsing locally, it goes out to the internet, and comes back in. It is very annoying, and I"m not sure how to fix this problem . Does anyone has any idea what could be going on?

Thanks.

Post by **Jay** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:07 am

the pls script needs access to the HTTP_HOST environmental variable in php, so if your webserver is not passing that then mp3 toolbox will not be able to know what domain to put in the PLS file.

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:12 pm

Ok, then it is my web server. But...how exactly do I do this? I'm using Apache webserver, and I used the devside.net installer. I don't remember doing anything different to my webserver last time, so I'm not sure what I need to do.

Thanks.

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:23 pm

It never did this before, I had to of done something different, but I don't know what.

To be honest, I really don't know exactly what you are talking about either. I understand that it isn't generating the correct address, but that is as far as my understanding goes

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:27 pm

I don't want to sound like a complete jerk, but unfortunately there is no way of saying what I'm about to say without at least sounding like a semi-jerk, so here goes.

I really need some help with this, and the fact that nobody is saying anything, and the fact that Jay has not followed up is starting to upset me a little. I know you are busy, but I'd really like to know how to fix this problem so I can get on with my life.

Thanks.

There, that is the best I can do, I hope it wasn't too objectionable.

Post by **Jay** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:25 pm

honestly there is not much more I can add, just make sure you are running the last apache and php4 versions.

This issue is kind of outside of mp3 toolbox unfortunately.

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:29 pm

aaah, crap

ok, well thanks for the response, I'll check on a few things, something obviously isn't working right. Thanks again.

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:34 pm

wait a sec, my php folder says php5, that wouldn't have anything to do with it, would it?

Post by **Jay** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:22 pm

mp3 toolbox has not been tested to work with PHP5 so roll back to PHP4 for best results.

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:30 pm

oh, ok, thanks, I'll do that and let you know if it works. Thank you for the info!

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:04 pm

It still isn't working! This is really starting to p**s me off! I don't understand what the h*ll is going on! The first time I installed MP3 toolbox I had NO problems, and everything worked. Now I'm getting this BS! I'm not doing anything different and I don't have time to learn about web server applications right now...grrrr....

I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the situation, I feel like a cow just stood above my head and let go, and I'm unbelievably frustrated.

Post by **Jay** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:16 am

I would completely understand your frustration. I would recommend just starting from scratch on the webserver and php installs. It may be that your webserver is using old php5 libs.

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:14 pm

heh, well you see, I did actually.

I don't know anything about web server apps, so in order to get rid of the php5 install, and replace it with php4, I had to re-install and older devside.net web server suite haha

I thought it would work for sure, and was surprised that it didn't. I guess I'll have to do some reading on php

anyway, thanks for all the help, if I ever figure out what the problem is, I'll post back. Thanks again.

Soundfx4 · Post by **Soundfx4** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:14 pm

GOT IT WORKING!! Thanks go a member of webmasterworld.com! I'm glad I joined that place! Heh

I went in their and asked about it, and they gave me a string to replace in the index.php file, and it works on my intranet, the internet, AND localhost now!

I don't really know if it was ok for me to do that though, since it isn't my program, so I wanted to make sure that was fine, so if you could let me know if slightly modifying the code was okay, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.