DSBridge does not work with new Spotify version

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Update to latest spotify version
2. Start Spotify

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
DSBridge should start. It does not.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows 7. Spotify version 0.4.3.383.g278a6e51
dsound.dll dated 2009-07-27, 10:15.

Please provide any additional information below.
This problem seems to be experienced by other users as well.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by martin.a...@gmail.com on 15 Jun 2010 at 9:53

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I can confirm this problem too. DSBridge was working fine with Spotify until 
the last Spotify update, now it does not start (Windows XP SP3).

Original comment by bobgate...@yahoo.com on 16 Jun 2010 at 9:29

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I believe it is not spotify but the latest flash 10.1 update. I was 
experimenting with the 10.1 beta which prevented dsbridge from working. I 
quickly rolled back flash and it all started working again.

I suspect that spotify calls into flash first before the directsound API's 
which loads directsound into spotify (from the system dll's) before spotify 
calls them, which means that the dsound.dll in the spotify directory is 
bypassed.

Original comment by jim.dic...@hotmail.co.uk on 16 Jun 2010 at 9:33

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I just realised that I had this problem, rolled back the latest Flash 10.1 
update and the Spotify streaming is working again.  So, the problem was 
definitely exposed by the Flash update.  Not knowing the sequence of calls from 
Spotify or Flash, it's hard to diagnose the problem.

Original comment by moslofen...@gmail.com on 20 Jun 2010 at 2:10

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Yes, it seems to be a Flash problem, as always....

Original comment by jka...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2010 at 11:00

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rollbacked flash, the sound is streaming again.
Yet, I don't get the album art (cover pictures) anymore. can this be related?
thanks

Original comment by sylvain.causse@gmail.com on 27 Jun 2010 at 10:05

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Thanks Jim! I could never have solved this myself.

Working fine now!

Original comment by olaol...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2010 at 6:52

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Any idea about how to fix this in the long run, i.e. either by some code change 
in DSBridge, by editing the config file of DSBridge, or possibly by just 
placing the DSBridge DLL somewhere else?

Staying at Flash 10.0 sadly won't be a workable long-term solution for many 
reasons, the biggest one probably being that it will make your computer very 
insecure and vulnerable to infection whenever you just surf the web. :-/

Original comment by murv...@gmail.com on 20 Jul 2010 at 10:56

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Only the ActiveX version of flash seems to cause this issue. There's a 
getsatisfaction issue reported on this:
http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/dsbridge_streaming_broken_in_last_rele
ase

Original comment by gustav.sinder@gmail.com on 22 Jul 2010 at 5:08

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I managed to fix this problem without uninstalling Flash. I just copied 
dsound.dll, dsbridge.ini and lame_enc.dll to 
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\. This makes Flash load the wrapper dll as 
well, and things works just like before the update.

Original comment by magnus.b...@gmail.com on 28 Jul 2010 at 5:59

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Thank you magnus! Your solution to put the 3 files in 
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\" works for me too.

Original comment by henrikss...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2010 at 4:40

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This is strange. I tried everything you write in here but still I can't connect.
I use Win 7 x64 Ultimate. 

Here is my log 
[10-07-31 14:32:45.4916] Slim::Utils::Timers::__ANON__ (260) Error: Timer 
failed: illegal file descriptor or filehandle (either no attached file 
descriptor or illegal value):  at 
/<C:\PROGRA~2\SQUEEZ~1\server\SQUEEZ~3.EXE>Slim/Networking/IO/Select.pm line 
149.
[10-07-31 14:34:30.5667] Slim::Formats::XML::gotErrorViaHTTP (332) Error: 
getting http://192.168.0.5:8124
Connect timed out: Bad file descriptor
[10-07-31 14:34:30.6071] Slim::Utils::Timers::__ANON__ (260) Error: Timer 
failed: illegal file descriptor or filehandle (either no attached file 
descriptor or illegal value):  at 
/<C:\PROGRA~2\SQUEEZ~1\server\SQUEEZ~3.EXE>Slim/Networking/IO/Select.pm line 
149.
[10-07-31 14:34:30.7440] Slim::Formats::XML::gotErrorViaHTTP (332) Error: 
getting http://192.168.0.5:8124
Connect timed out: Bad file descriptor
[10-07-31 15:06:16.8815] main::init (323) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.5.1, 
r30836, Tue Jun  1 06:02:45 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-07-31 15:06:33.5317] Slim::Utils::Scanner::Remote::__ANON__ (237) Error: 
Can't connect to remote server to retrieve playlist for, 
http://localhost:8124/: Connect timed out: Bad file descriptor.
[10-07-31 15:06:41.7724] Slim::Utils::Scanner::Remote::__ANON__ (237) Error: 
Can't connect to remote server to retrieve playlist for, 
http://localhost:8124/: Connect timed out: Bad file descriptor.

Any other ideas ? =)

Original comment by tabajs...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2010 at 1:30

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Thanks for this! It works great (I had tried streaming with VLC media player, 
but the sound quality was bad). Also the solution by Magnus works good, but I 
needed to leave lame_enc.dll in the spotify directory.

Question: I'm now streaming Spotify on my NMT ( network media tank / Popcorn 
hour / HDX1000 ), but there is a delay of about 52 seconds, when I change songs 
or fast forward etc... Is there any way to get rid of this delay? (I guess the 
NMT has a large audio buffer to fill before it starts outputting the sound?...)

Original comment by mark.swi...@gmail.com on 1 Aug 2010 at 8:14

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I also have windows 7 64 bit and cannot get it to work but had no problems with 
my old computer with windows XP
 32 bit.

Original comment by uncan...@aol.com on 2 Aug 2010 at 9:40

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I've tried the above and got it to work without problems on a Windows 7 64 bit 
system. Thanks Magnus!

Original comment by martin.a...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2010 at 4:54

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I've got Spotify working now through my radios.
Deleted the files and started all over again and it seemed to be using this 
download LAME MP3 Encoder 3.98.2 - for old OSes rather than 3.98.4 that did the 
trick. 

Original comment by uncan...@aol.com on 3 Aug 2010 at 1:46

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Brilliant, many thanks! Works on Win 7 32-bit, too - just put the files in 
\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash

Original comment by Kelvyn.T...@gmail.com on 7 Aug 2010 at 3:16

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Answering my own question: For playing on a network media tank / Popcorn hour / 
HDX1000, create a html file containing:

<h1><a href="http://192.168.1.xxx:8124" vod prebuf="256000">Spotify 
stream</a></h1>
(replace 192.168.1.xxx with the IP address of the machine running the spotify 
desktop client)

The prebuf setting is important; if you leave it out, you'd have to wait about 
52 seconds before the stream starts to play...

Original comment by mark.swi...@gmail.com on 19 Aug 2010 at 3:10

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Made the same alterations as Kelvyn.Taylor in comment 16, but on XP, and all 
works fine again.
Thanks.

Original comment by mike.ker...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2010 at 10:31

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i'm a complete techno phobe but had the same bad file conector message. i've 
managed to follow your threads, put the three files into 
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash and it works. it didn't yesterday but did 
today, guess i should have known it'd need an infamous reboot (solves more 
problems than a cup of tea) thanks folks. i still have no idea if i'm 64 or 32 
bit but it works so i dont care...for now...x

Original comment by pitches_...@yahoo.co.uk on 19 Sep 2010 at 2:10

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It solved my problems too - but even easier was to use the spotify plug in to 
squeezebox - released a while back. But the user interface when using squeeze 
is quite poor...

Original comment by Frederik...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2010 at 4:28

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hello
i previously reported that it worked for me after a reboot, but its never 
worked since. any ideas why it would only work once? the files are still in 
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash. 

thanks

Original comment by pitches_...@yahoo.co.uk on 23 Oct 2010 at 2:12

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vista
spotify 0.4.9.295.gf1902819
dsound.dll built on 27/07/2009
in firefox put in http://localhost:8124 (or my ip address)
I get a couple of seconds of music. then it stops. I have to reload to play 
again. 
in itunes I get nothing at all..
thanks

Original comment by Alistair...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2011 at 9:11

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Win 7 64bit, putting the files in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash did work 
for me too :) I didn't even have to reboot.. Hopefully it stays that way!

Original comment by dah...@gmail.com on 5 Jan 2011 at 7:01

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The following works on my computers:
Win 7 64bit: 
copied the 3 files (dsound.dll, dsbridge.ini and lame_enc.dll (from LAME MP3 
Encoder 3.98.2)) to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\

Win XP 32bit:
copied the 3 files (dsound.dll, dsbridge.ini and lame_enc.dll (from LAME MP3 
Encoder 3.98.2)) to C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\

I still haven´t tested to remove the 3 files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify 
and C:\Program Files\Spotify, so they are still in both places.

Original comment by Ing...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2011 at 12:40

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Works great on my Win7 64bit. Thanks all!

Original comment by mense...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 10:53

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I make the trick commented by some of you (copied the files on Flash folder) 
and I can get sound stream to work.
But I have noticed that:
- If I use VLC (open network stream -> http://localhost:8124): sound works, 
tittle of the song works, but cover art is not displayed. 
- If I use MediaPlayer (win7 version) (open network location -> 
http://localhost:8124): sound works, but no tittle of the song or cover art is  
displayed. I only get "localhost" and default image for sound files.

Someone can confirm that when you say "working as before" or "working ok" you 
mean that you get sound and the complete id3tag displayed pleasse? Or only get 
sound?

Thank you in advance, and sorry for my english (spanish fan of dsbridge here)

Original comment by daniocon...@gmail.com on 15 Feb 2011 at 3:02

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Tried this with latest Squeezebox radio and nothing seems to work.  I have done 
everything listed above but cannot get it to work.  Purchased squeezebox 
yesterday.  Could it be an updated firmware broke it?

Original comment by fannonl...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2011 at 5:04

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Got to this page this morning after failing to get Spotify through to my PS3 
when it had been working perfectly earlier in the year. I went for Magnus' fix 
but found to my surprise that the files were already in that folder. At that 
point I realised I'd have to check back through the whole installation process. 
Low & behold I found that a few months ago I'd asked my router to set a fixed 
IP for the Spotify PC & I hadn't thought to update this in the PS3 Server 
web.conf file. Once I changed this & rebooted all was well. 

Original comment by TheNoofi...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2011 at 10:42

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when I started spotify a red icon appeard in the downright corner saying 
"dsbridge: could not load dll_file", if that's anyones problem I downloaded the 
program "ccleaner" and under "register" (or the second of four icons in the 
left vertical menu) and scanned for problems, then fixed em' all. now spotify 
works perfectly for me.

Original comment by viktor.i...@gmail.com on 27 Sep 2011 at 10:58

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After tearing my hair out for ages I finally figured out I had to put the 3 
files in this folder also:

C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\

Hope that's of help to someone.

Original comment by philah...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2011 at 12:40

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I had the same problem as comment 31. But ccleaner did not solve the problem 
for me. I had to add lame_enc.dll in the folder: C:\Windows\SysWOW64 
(C:\windows\system32 on a 32-bit system?), now it is working again.

Original comment by holtaro...@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2011 at 7:42

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I had to run Spotify as administrator for the dsbridge to start.

Original comment by soreidep...@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2011 at 11:53

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Can't get DSBridge to work on a Win7 64bit box.

Have copied dsound.dll, dsbridge.ini and lame_enc.dll to my flash directory. 
Also tried running Spotify as admin. Also uninstalled flash 10.1 and went back 
to 10.45.2.

Any other suggestions? I don't seem to have C:\users\myname\AppData ... as said 
in comment 32.

Thanks!

Original comment by cawcutt....@gmail.com on 15 Oct 2011 at 2:42

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Comment 32 Godsend after trying everything else. Comment 35 AppData is usually 
a hidden directory so go to C:\Users\**YOURNAME** and once in that folder add 
\Roaming\Spotify\ to the end of your folder path 

Original comment by stronge...@gmail.com on 21 Oct 2011 at 12:37

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I had the same problem as comment 31.  And the solution from Comment 32 worked 
for me.  Thanks.

Original comment by moslofen...@gmail.com on 23 Oct 2011 at 11:41

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Thanks @ comment 32. This also worked for me on Windows 7 64bit!

Original comment by jeroenpf...@gmail.com on 1 Nov 2011 at 3:25

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I had the latest Flash version 11.1 and Spotify crashed each time when loading 
DSBridge.  I have uninstalled Flash and now it works.  But I was to have it 
working while Flash is installed, any ideas?

Original comment by bjorn.ho...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2011 at 5:53

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THANK YOU philah for #32!!!
woot!

Original comment by garylit...@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2011 at 4:57

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#32 worked like a dream for me. No icon displayed in tray though. Win 7 Laptop 
with Reciva Magicbox IMP Adapt via wifi.

Original comment by constabl...@googlemail.com on 9 Jan 2012 at 4:17

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Thanks #26 that worked for me Win 7 64bit.. 

Original comment by PoulG...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2012 at 2:27

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Thanks #26, that worked for me as well!! (Win XP)

Original comment by ruben.va...@ticketscript.nl on 5 Apr 2012 at 3:27

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Thanks, Serviio works as PS3 Media Server too.

Original comment by Ahrima...@gmail.com on 29 May 2012 at 11:53

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#32 works, great

Original comment by zta...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2012 at 8:56

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It says there's a problem with my sound card in Spotify after putting those 3 
files in 
%appdata%, and in System32/Macromed/Flash. I now do get the DSbridge icon, 
which I first did not have in the tray while the music was working..

Original comment by mitchell...@hotmail.com on 16 Sep 2012 at 2:33

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DSbridge does not Works in Windows 8... I have installer enc_dll in 
Spotifiy.exe directory, but icon is not show me in Spotify program. Any 
suggerences?

Regards,Paco

Original comment by PakorroG...@gmail.com on 13 Aug 2013 at 3:42

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I had it working on Win8 after a upgrade from Win7.

Read all posts here, and put the correct dsbridge.ini dsound.dll lame_enc.dll 
in the correct folder in C:\Users\"user"\AppData\Roaming\Spotify

Should work...

/Söder

Original comment by soder...@gmail.com on 14 Aug 2013 at 8:14

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DSBridge is definitely not starting on Windows 7 64-bit.  Tried moving the 
files to Flash folder, uninstalling Flash.  Simply does not work.

Original comment by phil...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2014 at 8:37