Hello, since MusicIP is no longer available as a stand alone server, I figured some people here may be interested in getting the MusicIP service / Music Magic Server to run automatically on every reboot without starting the MusicIP application.
First put the following into a file named
MusicIPServerBAT.bat
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cd C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer\
MusicMagicServer.exe start
Now you have a bat file which starts the Music Magic Server. Problem is, it starts a dumb MSDOS window which blights your desktop.
To solve that, create a second file in the directory where you installed MusicIP called
MakeInvisible.VBS
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Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer\MusicIP-Server.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing
Now create a shortcut from that and drag it (the shortcut) into your start menu -> all programs -> startup. Or Google on how to add programs to windows startup.
Notes:
1. There is no way to see the status of MusicMagicServer, other than looking at memory and CPU usage in task manager.
2. You still need to start up MusicIP when you add new music to your library.
3. You need to go into MusicIP and enable the API checkbox, don't forget that.
4. In Vista and Windows 7 you will need to change the permissions of the MusicIP program directory to writable and editable by all users, then you might want to copy the database from
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAMEHERE\AppData\Roaming\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer
into the MusicIP directory so you don't need to re-analyze your music for the server separately.
If you don't do this, you will need to go to http://localhost:10002/ and set up the MusicIP server with the location of your music library. Hello, since MusicIP is no longer available as a stand alone server, I figured some people here may be interested in getting the MusicIP service / Music Magic Server to run automatically on every reboot without starting the MusicIP application.
First put the following into a file named [i]MusicIPServerBAT.bat[/i]
[code]cd C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer\
MusicMagicServer.exe start[/code]
Now you have a bat file which starts the Music Magic Server. Problem is, it starts a dumb MSDOS window which blights your desktop.
To solve that, create a second file in the directory where you installed MusicIP called [i]MakeInvisible.VBS[/i]
[code]Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer\MusicIP-Server.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing[/code]
Now create a shortcut from that and drag it (the shortcut) into your start menu -> all programs -> startup. Or Google on how to add programs to windows startup.
Notes:
1. There is no way to see the status of MusicMagicServer, other than looking at memory and CPU usage in task manager.
2. You still need to start up MusicIP when you add new music to your library.
3. You need to go into MusicIP and enable the API checkbox, don't forget that.
4. In Vista and Windows 7 you will need to change the permissions of the MusicIP program directory to writable and editable by all users, then you might want to copy the database from [quote]C:\Users\YOURUSERNAMEHERE\AppData\Roaming\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer[/quote] into the MusicIP directory so you don't need to re-analyze your music for the server separately. [b]If you don't do this, you will need to go to http://localhost:10002/ and set up the MusicIP server with the location of your music library. [/b]
