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RE: cMP - the open source high-end Memory Player, player excited!!




Hello guys (and girls of course)

i'll introduce myself shortly... i'm matthieu, student and new in this world. we'll i'm now here as i got (thankfully) persuaded by a friend to turn an old (slightly less compatible) system into an music player.

so i started: and beside some minor hick-ups things work fine.

my system:

mainboard: ASRock P4-dual GL915
CPU: intel celeron 2.80 GHZ (single core, single thread)
mem: 2 GB RAM DDR (PC3200-400mhz)

onboard vga: GL910 / 915
soundcard internal PCI: soundblaster live, value

unfortunately does my mainboard doesn't allow me to make much changes (couldn't even lower my cpu multiplier or make mem modifications) besides some real minor ones.I used a old (thought high quality psu) that i took apart, took all the additional antenna wires not needed out an have it running like that uncooled.

as i couldn't get my cpu multipliers down i couldn't take the cpu fan of, so that is still spinning but i did find a nice ssd of 120 GB, enough for now. it is all sitting (unprotected) on an 18mm MDF board and will soon be encapsulated by a aluminium perforated sheet box, and all parts in separate compartments.

i used this system none the less to get started, as budget is REALLY tight i can't go around and by stuff needed so i have to search 2e hand which is not always readily available

anyway, non the less i got things working.

that is besides cMP, it well starts up, but as soon as i tell it to start playing it crashed with the notification. 'player excited' cPLAY works fine on its own.

i tried all (first the more logic, than the less) setting, but nothing worked.

is my issue mainboard settings related or is there something else i'm over looking. we'll i hope someone can help.

none the less i'm really happy, as i finally got some proper sound in my room. Although i can only listen through a headset :(, but i hope to get my hands on a t-amp or equivalent pretty soon. and than hopefully some nice speakers.

it will be a slow proces... but at least i got started.. which took me about 2 years i think.

thanks in advance...

Matthieu

ps: hope this site will be back up soon... grrh why hack a site like this :(



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