Still, the software comes with only a few tracks and depends on its community for more locations, more cars, more your-imagination-at-work-here.

I am very new to rF2 and just read this post
http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/7103-Download-All-locations-%28torrent%29
which basically points to a torrent file which compiles updated versions of all tracks.

http://isiforums.net/f/attachment.php?attachmentid=7384&d=1366276042

If, for example, you want to allow the upload of .IRS files, you must edit the wp_get_mime_types function and add an entry for the .IRS file type, somewhere.

In the example depicted below, the .IRS file type was added as some app’s file type, by adding the line

"irs" => "application/irs"

which internally adds a new index (irs) to the mime_types associative array.

Now, most web servers, including IIS, will not serve any file type either. By default, IIS will respond a misleading 404 "not found" error for uploaded .IRS files, even if they are indeed online.

To allow IIS to serve exotic file types, they must be added via the "MIME Types" functionality on IIS manager.

Once that is done, the files can be served and will probably cause a "file/save as" dialog box on the browser, unless you also teach the browser what app to call for the extension.

Still, even in this unorganized scenario, AAD does the job with no issues, as long as you read its documentation and care to give meta-information to the files, via ID3 tags, which are pretty usual and automatic with most "ripping" solutions.

So, assuming you have a flat folder with many files, even if with chaotic names, but with correct ID3 tags, AAD can download the corresponding art files for every album. By default, art for the cover will be saved as "cover.jpg", for the back "back.jpg", and so on, which would be ok, if the files had been organized in folders; if not, as it is the case, a second "cover.jpg" download will overwrite any previous "cover.jpg" file, which is unwanted.

Instead of running AAD with the default options, set the "path to find images" to use variable names. I suggest:

%artist% – %album% – %type%.%extension%

If, for example, a PNG front cover for album A from artist B is found, the program will auto save it as

B – A – cover.PNG

To avoid the "chaotic" names, and auto rename eventually thousands of files in a second, consider the "MP3TAG" software; although not open source, it is free.

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html

- horizontal tabs do not provide a capable interface;

- most browsers use a single process per user and can easily cause memory problems if running as 32-bit applications, hitting the 2 GB RAM limit or crashing before that;

- the loaded pages can cause quite a stress with their refresh and AJAX requests.

So, to properly do this, the following pre-requisites should be satisfied:

- install some vertical tabs solution;

- run multiple processes for the browser;

- use a filtering proxy and a caching proxy, the first to eliminate some requests, the second to reuse whatever content already available.

If the browser of choice is Firefox, then

- for vertical tabs, use the extension "Vertical Tabs 0.9.3";

- to run multiple Firefox instances, invoke Firefox with different Profiles, by creating and picking the proper profile on startup.

To achieve this, call Firefox via the command line or via a customized shortcut with the -no-remote and -ProfileManager options:

firefox.exe -no-remote -ProfileManager

- for a filtering proxy, go for Privoxy, available for most operating systems at http://privoxy.org ;

- for a caching proxy, go Polipo or Squid – they require no special installation but WILL REQUIRE careful configuration.

The minimum to consider is:

(1) configure your browser NOT to connect to the Internet directly, but via Privoxy.

In most situations, just input localhost:8118 as your HTTP proxy in the proper browser dialog box – this will send all HTTP requests to Privoxy, which should eliminate many ads and even block entire sites. I suggest you to block FaceBook.com (FB): the ammount of traffic that this site causes by itself or because of other sites with their "social" tools is just too much and useless in most cases. When you want to use FB, use a separate Firefox profile that is not configured to go through the proxy.

If complementing Privoxy’s filtering abilities with a caching solution, then it is necessary to edit Privoxy’s main configuration and look for the "forwarder" lines, instructing Privoxy to send its allowed traffic to the caching intermediary. For example, if using Squid on port 88:

forward / localhost:88

The caching proxy configuration will depend greatly on the software. In the case of Squid, most people will run into trouble while configuring the "ACL"s, if (and only if) they intend the proxy to serve other hosts, other than localhost.

To serve an entire network and not only localhost, FIRST make sure the firewall will allow the service, then

- define an alias for the (sub)network allowed to Squid, for example:

acl myDearLocalNetwork src 192.168.123.0/24;

- explicitly allow access to the proxy, via HTTP and ICP

http_access allow myDearLocalNetwork

icp_access allow myDearLocalNetwork

You should stop (net stop squid) and start (net start squid) the Squid after a configuration change.

Good luck. If you are successful, you’ll get a considerable Web speed boost.

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With "Bonjour" missing, the ServeToMe Windows server application does not behave properly: in my case it even ignores its own buttons to add/remove folders to share.

Because of this, I had to learn how to configure it manually, by editing the

C:\ProgramData\ProjectsWithLove\ServeToMe\ServeToMe.conf file

This file is human readable XML and its main line is the "SharedFolderPaths" key: its value should start it with the sequence

["

and end it with the sequence

"]

In between, type the folders to be shared, separating them with a plain comma ( , )

and surrounding each folder path between "

Just check the example below, sharing 3 folders.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <add key="LoggingEnabled" value="True" />
        <add key="UNCServerCredentials" value="" />
        <add key="RunHTTPServerOnStartup" value="True" />
        <add key="DisableFontConfig" value="False" />
        <add key="PortNumber" value="0" />
        <add key="ServerAddress" value="" />
        <add key="MapPorts" value="False" />
        <add key="ShareMusicLibrary" value="False" />
        <add key="NeedUserLocations" value="False" />
        <add key="SharedFolderPaths" value="[&quot;D:\\shared\\folder1&quot;,&quot;D:\\shared\\folder2&quot;,&quot;D:\\shared\\folder3&quot;]" />
        <add key="DriveLetterToUNCServerMappings" value="{}" />
        <add key="DisableMetadata" value="False" />
        <add key="RequiresAuthentication" value="False" />
        <add key="MaxOutputResolution" value="720" />
        <add key="MusicLibraryLocation" value="" />
        <add key="TemporaryDirectory" value="" />
    </appSettings>
</configuration>

- the server side password changes and your computer keeps trying to use old wrong one,

- the server side contents change but some caching is going on and you can’t see the changes,

- you can ping resources, but Windows Explorer simply can’t access them,

- etc, etc.

If you want a more complete control over Windows network shares, make sure you MANUALLY  handle the process.

Below, you’ll find guidelines on how to do it.

#1.

Using "Local Security Policy" app

%windir%\system32\secpol.msc /s

go to

\security settings\local policies\security options

and find the

Network access: Do not allow storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication

option

Set it to DISABLED

Windows will NOT remember passwords for network shares, so they must be provided after every reboot.

This is good for never running into problems of cached wrong passwords and for added security, but of course it is slightly inconvenient for those with lazy fingers.

#2.

If you do (1), in "Control Panel", the "Credentials Manager"

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Credential Manager

will say that all types of credentials "have been disabled by your system administrator", which is OK.

#3.

Disable the "client for Microsoft Networks" item for the NIC [Network Interface Card] which you use ONLY for Internet access, if you have one configured like that and a second one only for the local network.

If you only have one NIC and want it to do both Internet and local accesses, you will have to ignore suggestions #3 and #4.

Moreover, you probably don’t need the "link-layer topology discovery" mapper and responder, which announce your presence, so disable them too.

#4.

For the NIC you use ONLY for local area network access (not for Internet access),
enable the "client for Microsoft Networks" item,
disable the "link-layer topology discovery" mapper and responder,
enable only TCP v4.

#5.

DO NOT use Windows Explorer for the first access to any network share.

First establish the connection using the command line NET tool.

After having established successful connections using NET, you can use Windows Explorer.

So, from the command line ( start  > run > cmd ):

NET USE \\computer-name user-password /user:user-name

for example:

NET USE \\server pass user:server\administrator

Add as many NET resources you want this way.

List the established connections by typing

NET USE

Delete ALL the connections typing

NET USE * /delete

or delete a specific connection using

NET USE \\server /delete

This is a free and open source software which you can download at

http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/downloads.php

I use it in Windows and my steps after installation, before any conversion, are:

(1) Assure that mp3splt can be called from any directory, by adding its install path to Windows’ path environment variable.

path=<where you installed mp3splt>;%PATH%

e.g. from the CMD command prompt

path=c:\wp\audio\mp3splt;%PATH%

(2) Invoke mp3splt for your "book.mp3" file. The example below splits at every 5 minutes (-t 5.0) with improved accuracy (-f) and wherever there is audio silence if possible (-a) to a "split" named directory (-d).

mp3splt -f -t 5.0 -a -d split book.mp3

This should do the job: just make sure to NOT use very long file names because the process will auto name the parts with their start and end time.

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