Error starting: DarkIce: Util.cpp:263: number conversion error [0]

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Just can't start DarkIce to connect to the JACK input.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?:

laptop:~$ darkice -v 10 -c darkice.conf 
DarkIce 0.19 live audio streamer, http://darkice.tyrell.hu/
Copyright (c) 2000-2007, Tyrell Hungary, http://tyrell.hu/

Using config file: darkice.conf
15-Apr-2010 11:29:53 Using JACK audio server as input device.
DarkIce: Util.cpp:263: number conversion error [0]

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?:

0.19 - Ubuntu 9.10

Please provide any additional information below.:
We already have Rotter in use, which captures the input also from JACK.
Also a VU meter we made with help from jack_meter.
Now I try to let DarkIce capture the JACK input as well, but I can't get it 
even to the point to stream it.

Any help please I would appreciate :)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Power2...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 9:35

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Found a possible solution.

Editting in Util.cpp in line 263 the following:
if ( s == str || val == LONG_MAX ) {

For some people this seemed to be working.

Original comment by Power2...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 10:35

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Didn't work.
Same error, but then on line 260.

Original comment by Power2...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 11:12

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We have the same problem either using jackd or the alsamixer to set up the 
default stream. Could this only work with /dev/dsp which isn't now available on 
Ubuntu and other distro's?

Original comment by rolandwh...@gmail.com on 20 Oct 2010 at 8:41

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Using config file: /etc/darkice.cfg
DarkIce: Util.cpp:260: number conversion error [0]

similar problem here

Original comment by Federico...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2011 at 7:12

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CentOS 5.8, alsamixer, program stalls randomly and won't restart with the 
following error:

[root@maintenance etc]# darkice -v -c /etc/darkice.cfg
DarkIce 1.0 live audio streamer, http://code.google.com/p/darkice/
Copyright (c) 2000-2007, Tyrell Hungary, http://tyrell.hu/
Copyright (c) 2008-2010, Akos Maroy and Rafael Diniz
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under the terms of The GNU General Public License version 3 or
any later version.

DarkIce: Util.cpp:260: number conversion error [0]

The only way I've been able to get the streamer to start again is with a full 
reboot. I've tried restarting alsa, darkice, checking cron jobs for 
interference. This is the packaged version. darkice-1.0-1.el5.

Original comment by w...@avolarcorp.com on 17 Aug 2012 at 5:15