"Failed to start Firefly Media Server"

[mediafriendly]

When I click on “start server”, straightaway I get “Failed to start Firefly Media Server”. I was getting this with the previous version, and now I have downloaded the latest nightly, and still the same. Here’s the info I have copied and pasted. I am running Windows XP Service Pack Two. Zone Alarm firewall (but I have tried disabling it – still the same); AVG anti-virus; and System Mechanic (could that have taken out a necessary file?) All help gratefully received. Thank you.

Firefly Service 1.0 svn-1696 C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverfirefly.exe
FireflyShell 1.0 svn-1696 C:Program FilesFirefly Media ServerFireflyShell.exe
DAAP Output Plugin 1.0 svn-1696 C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsout-daap.dll
RSP Output Plugin 1.0 svn-1696 C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsrsp.dll
FFMPEG Transcoder Plugin 1.0 svn-1696 C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsssc-ffmpeg.dll
WMA Transcoder Plugin 1.0 svn-1696 C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsssc-wma.dll
Win32 Event Plugin 1.0 svn-1696 C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsw32-event.dll

[StevenC]

I have the same problem. Here is my About:
Firefly Service 1.0 svn-1483
C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverfirefly.exe
FireflyShell 1.0 svn-1483
C:Program FilesFirefly Media ServerFireflyShell.exe
RSP Output Plugin 1.0 svn-1483
C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsrsp.dll
FFMPEG Transcoder Plugin 1.0 svn-1483
C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsssc-ffmpeg.dll
WMA Transcoder Plugin 1.0 svn-1483
C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsssc-wma.dll
Win32 Event Plugin 1.0 svn-1483
C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serverpluginsw32-event.dll

[Anonymous]

I’m in same boat too.

Was working fine with Soundbridge (all s/w from soundbridge CD i.e. 1.0 svn-1359), stopped using soundbridge for a while, now come back to it again, but now getting the “Failed To start” when clicking the Start Server button.

quite a few PC changes in interim, so difficult to pin it down to anything specific

PC is now on XP SP3 ( was sp2 when 1st installed)
iuninstalled / re-installed whole soundbrige s/w – no change

Could do with some trouble shooting guidance please, what should we be checking for / looking at to sort “Failed to Start”

[StevenC]

I’m XP SP2, for what it’s worth.

No major changes in my system. I did update iTunes and added some other software, but I don’t see any obvious explanation.

[Anonymous]

got mine going now
It seems in previous uninstalls I had overlooked winPcap
unistalled everything again + winPcap this time
re-installed – all working again now

[saffysdad]

@bob_a_builder wrote:

got mine going now
It seems in previous uninstalls I had overlooked winPcap
unistalled everything again + winPcap this time
re-installed – all working again now

What is winPcap? could this be why my soundbridge has just stopped working?

[fizze]

Winpcap is a low level network capture library, normally part of wireshark (formerly known as ethereal) and other network or security tools.

It’s not part of a standard windows install.

[stretch]

@saffysdad wrote:

What is winPcap? could this be why my soundbridge has just stopped working?

It’s installed by Roku’s Radio Snooper software. If you don’t use the snooper, you don’t need winPcap.

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