Project dead?

[famewolf]

All files look to be about 9 months old...subsonic 4.8 has been out for months but supersonic is still on 4.7beta1....bugs filed even longer than 9 months such as it saying a new version exists but points you to the subsonic page instead of the supersonic one still exist and have not been fixed.

Is this project still being maintained?

[sciurius]

I'm afraid we have to assume it's dead. Or stuck, at least.

I think it would be better to have a set of patches that we can apply to subsonic, e.g. to remove the license checks.

[sciurius]

Okay, I worked out a very easy way how to do it just in case anyone is interested.

[sciurius]

[wbrand]

@sciurius , I'm very interested in your patch!

[sciurius]

wbrand notifications@github.com writes:

@sciurius , I'm very interested in your patch!

Drop me your email and I'll send the instructions.

-- Johan

[wbrand]

@sciurius, I've added my email to my profile. Drop me the info when you get a moment. Thanks!

[philler3000]

@sciurius release your patch here - this is open source after all.
this product is dead btw because it does not your hsqldb - simple as that

[sciurius]

Okay, here are instructions to eliminate SubSonic license checking. There are several ways to accomplish this, this is just one way to do it.

• Edit file subsonic-main/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/subsonic/service/SettingsService.java

• Find the method validateLicense and replace the entire method by this stub:

  private void validateLicense() { licenseValidated = true; }

• Build and install subsonic.

• Log in to subsonic, click "get premium" and register the name "Freedom" (without the quotes) with key "d5aa1729c8c253e5d917a5264855eab8" (without the quotes),

• Log out and log in, and you'll be a premium user of a premium server.

[ssavinel]

Well thank you ! I passed by your repo a few weeks ago and when I saw how old the file were, I was sad to see that the fork died. I came back to check for a last time and read your instructions on how to get a "real" free software. I have not tried it yet, but I will ASAP. Thank you again, I never had the courage to read the sources. =)

[aijcoa]

@sciurius Which version does that patch work with? I'm on 4.7 beta 2, and my directory structure looks nothing like that. I've got a SettingsService.class, but no SettingsService.java. I assume this is the "DRM' method that Subsonic uses to ensure users can't remove the license check. I'll keep working on it.

[sciurius]

f7n notifications@github.com writes:

Which version does that patch work with?

4.8

[indikaPathi]

Can this be used as a on demand streaming server? I am trying to decide between this(subsonic/supersonic) and flumotion. I would appreciate any feedback.

[sciurius]

indikaPath notifications@github.com writes:

Can this be used as a on demand streaming server? I am trying to
decide between this(subsonic/supersonic) and flumotion. I would
appreciate any feedback.

What precisely do you require from an "on demand straming server"?

[lukas-buergi]

Still works as of Subsonic 5.2.1.
I suggest if you do this and get some real use out of Subsonic you donate something to the developer.

[EugeneKay]

I maintain a "Libre" distribution of the upstream Subsonic(without incorporating any of the changes in this or other forks) at EugeneKay/Subsonic that you may find to be of interest.