Lost Driver!!!

- neilmercer said...
- User
- 2 Jul 2008, 12:54
Lost Driver!!!

Can anyone explain why I can no longer listen to Last.fm? I have been trying to listen to my play list but each time a window pops up and says: "RtApiDs Unable to start buffer (Primary Sound Driver): No Driver.."
I'd appreciate any help with this!
Thanks.

[quote][b][user]neilmercer[/user][/b] said: Can anyone explain why I can no longer listen to Last.fm? I have been trying to listen to my play list but each time a window pops up and says: "RtApiDs Unable to start buffer (Primary Sound Driver): No Driver.." I'd appreciate any help with this! Thanks.[/quote]

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- stinis said...
- Staff
- 4 Jul 2008, 16:33
Re: Lost Driver!!!

neilmercer sa:
Can anyone explain why I can no longer listen to Last.fm? I have been trying to listen to my play list but each time a window pops up and says: "RtApiDs Unable to start buffer (Primary Sound Driver): No Driver.."
I'd appreciate any help with this!
Thanks.

Is it your personal radio that you can't listen to (just wonder since you said playlist, but I can't see a playlist on your profile....). Where do you get the error message, in the Flash-player or in the client?

[quote][b][user]stinis[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]neilmercer[/user][/b] sa: Can anyone explain why I can no longer listen to Last.fm? I have been trying to listen to my play list but each time a window pops up and says: "RtApiDs Unable to start buffer (Primary Sound Driver): No Driver.." I'd appreciate any help with this! Thanks.[/quote] Is it your personal radio that you can't listen to (just wonder since you said playlist, but I can't see a playlist on your profile....). Where do you get the error message, in the Flash-player or in the client?[/quote]

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- rob_d said...
- User
- 20 Jul 2008, 20:47
I'm getting a similar error when trying to start any station directly from my last.fm player.
Couldn't start playback. Error: RtApiDs: Unable to start buffer (Primary sound driver): DirectSound unknown error.
If I play songs from my system through winamp, I get music and the player scrobbles. If I start a station directly from the last.fm website : I get music, no problem.

"You don't need eyes to see, you need vision"
- Reverence, Faithless.

[quote][b][user]rob_d[/user][/b] said: I'm getting a similar error when trying to start any station directly from my last.fm player. Couldn't start playback. Error: RtApiDs: Unable to start buffer (Primary sound driver): DirectSound unknown error. If I play songs from my system through winamp, I get music and the player scrobbles. If I start a station directly from the last.fm website : I get music, no problem.[/quote]

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- roachiepoopoo said...
- User
- 28 Jul 2008, 17:16
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Exact same issue here. Windows Vista Business 32-bit, with Service Pack 1. Last.fm player 1.5.1.29527 (and now 1.5.1.30182 (see below). Doesn't matter what I try to play, as soon as it finishes buffering I get this error, and no playback. Oddly enough, even though the Last.fm web site (and changelog) claim that the latest version is now 1.5.2, running Check for Updates in my v1.5.1.29527 player came back with "No updates available". So I manually downloaded the latest player, and the downloaded file is named Last.fm-1.5.1.30182.exe. Hrmmm. Well, whatever - I installed this newer version over my old one (no errors/warnings), started the player up again, and still got the same error as soon as I tried listening to anything. Help >> About does now show 1.5.1.30182, though.

Player used to work fine on this system - not sure exactly when/why it stopped. I'm pretty sure I used the player w/o errors since applying SP1 for Windows Vista... Please let me know if there's a log file I can upload, or anything else I can do to help troubleshoot the issue.

Thanks,
-roach

[quote][b][user]roachiepoopoo[/user][/b] said: Exact same issue here. Windows Vista Business 32-bit, with Service Pack 1. Last.fm player 1.5.1.29527 (and now 1.5.1.30182 (see below). Doesn't matter what I try to play, as soon as it finishes buffering I get this error, and no playback. Oddly enough, even though the Last.fm web site (and changelog) claim that the latest version is now 1.5.2, running Check for Updates in my v1.5.1.29527 player came back with "No updates available". So I manually downloaded the latest player, and the downloaded file is named Last.fm-1.5.1.30182.exe. Hrmmm. Well, whatever - I installed this newer version over my old one (no errors/warnings), started the player up again, and still got the same error as soon as I tried listening to anything. Help >> About does now show 1.5.1.30182, though. Player used to work fine on this system - not sure exactly when/why it stopped. I'm pretty sure I used the player w/o errors since applying SP1 for Windows Vista... Please let me know if there's a log file I can upload, or anything else I can do to help troubleshoot the issue. Thanks, -roach[/quote]

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- MerQueen said...
- User
- 12 Aug 2008, 17:22
i have the exact same problem but it appears the admin arent around helping us.. as soon as last fm chooses a song, that messege comes up, my system is windows vista home premium

[quote][b][user]MerQueen[/user][/b] said: i have the exact same problem but it appears the admin arent around helping us.. as soon as last fm chooses a song, that messege comes up, my system is windows vista home premium[/quote]

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- dougma said...
- Subscriber
- 12 Aug 2008, 17:47
MerQueen said:
i have the exact same problem but it appears the admin arent around helping us.. as soon as last fm chooses a song, that messege comes up, my system is windows vista home premium
Does changing "Soundcard" and "System" under Tools -> Options have any effect?

[quote][b][user]dougma[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]MerQueen[/user][/b] said: i have the exact same problem but it appears the admin arent around helping us.. as soon as last fm chooses a song, that messege comes up, my system is windows vista home premium[/quote] Does changing "Soundcard" and "System" under Tools -> Options have any effect?[/quote]

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- liagirl said...
- User
- 19 Aug 2008, 15:58
I'm also having this problem. Mine has started withing the last few days, so it has me wondering if maybe it is caused by performing some action.

Has anyone else who has been having this problem downloaded programs that work with the last.fm software or add more capabilities to it (such as being able to scrobble music from your Blackberry or from some other music site)?

[quote][b][user]liagirl[/user][/b] said: I'm also having this problem. Mine has started withing the last few days, so it has me wondering if maybe it is caused by performing some action. Has anyone else who has been having this problem downloaded programs that work with the last.fm software or add more capabilities to it (such as being able to scrobble music from your Blackberry or from some other music site)?[/quote]

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- liagirl said...
- User
- 19 Aug 2008, 16:11
Okay, upon further search, I found this:

Stefletch said:
I came across this error on my laptop (Vista Business), but it was resolved by...

Click on Tools menu, then Options.
Click on the Radio tab on the left and then under Audio options change the soundcard from "Primary Sound Driver" to your specific sound card.

Hope this helps,

Stephen

Still doesn't explain why this is happening, but it fixed my problem.

[quote][b][user]liagirl[/user][/b] said: Okay, upon further search, I found this: [quote][b][user]Stefletch[/user][/b] said: I came across this error on my laptop (Vista Business), but it was resolved by... Click on Tools menu, then Options. Click on the Radio tab on the left and then under Audio options change the soundcard from "Primary Sound Driver" to your specific sound card. Hope this helps, Stephen [/quote] Still doesn't explain why this is happening, but it fixed my problem.[/quote]

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