Streamtastic

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Asked by justme1943 on 2009-08-26

Hi,
I downloaded the files for streamripper-1.63.beta. I am on Windows XP. How do I execute this code? It has class files but no .exe. Do I have to build this? If so, where are the instructions? Is there an exe already built?

thanks
Rich

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Answered

For:: Streamtastic Edit question

Assignee:: Joachim Lippold Edit question

Last query:: 2009-08-26

Last reply:: 2009-08-27

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justme1943 (rcascio) said on 2009-08-26:

I executed the jar files as requested and the files are unzipped into a separate directory

-rich

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Joachim Lippold (mailtojoeaticq) said on 2009-08-27:

Hi rich,

your explainations are a little bit short. I try to figure out what you mean.

Platform: WinXP

1) Streamripper
For Streamtastic 0.4.0 Update 2 you have to use at least Streamripper 1.63-beta-8. But you can also use more recent versions (current available version is 1.64.6).
Download the windows installer and install Streamripper or just extract the files from the installer with 7zip, as you like.
-> now a streamripper.exe is available

2) Java Runtime
Ensure you have a recent java runtime installed.
You can check this using a cmd window ( Start->Execute... cmd )
type:
java -version

The output should look like this:
java version "1.6.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode, sharing)

Streamtastic needs at least version 1.6
For download locations consult the README file

3) Launching Streamtastic
If everything is fine a double click on the Streamtastic.jar file will launch the program.
However there are some pack utils (like winrar or 7zip) which register the .jar extension as archive format. In that case a double click on the .jar file will open the pack util and show the contents of the file (a lot of .class files and folders) instead of starting Streamtastic.

Work around for this scenario:
a) Reinstall the java runtime and let it fix the .jar registration
(but some pack utils are aggressive and reclaim .jar extension on next launch, then you have to configure the pack util to not claim .jar files and repeat step a) )

b) launch Streamtastic from cmd with:
(make sure you are in the right directory, otherwise use 'cd directoryname' to get there)
java -jar Streamtastic.jar

c) create a batch file:
In the folder containing Streamtastic.jar
Right click, select New -> Textfile
Rename the textfile to "start.bat"
(Be sure to remove the .txt extension, otherwise you will have a file named start.bat.txt, if there is no .txt extension you have to configure explorer to also show extensions for known file types, Extras -> folder options)
Right click on "start.bat", select edit
Type:
java -jar Streamtastic.jar

Save&Exit the editor

Double click on the start.bat to launch streamtastic.

I hope it helps.

Otherwise, feel free to ask again...

Joe