Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
mflint;235252 Wrote: I've noticed that occasionally the screensaver stops being updated. I haven't done extensive testing, but don't remember seeing the problem before I installed the SaverSwitcher beta for SC7. Has anyone else seen this? Matthew, sorry I didn't look into this sooner. There definitely was an update bug in the earlier SC7 alphas, as I only recently discovered myself (I was late to start running SC7 on my main system, waiting for some must-have plugins from other developers). http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43518 The latest alpha should fix that problem. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/slim7/SaverSwitcher/ Gorman -- thanks for the kind words. -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Sorry, I'm not a developer but while looking at your SyncOptions plugin I discovered this other gem and this led me to have a look at all your work on plugins. What's to say... you seem to be practically reading my mind in all instances. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Hey all, I've noticed that occasionally the screensaver stops being updated. I haven't done extensive testing, but don't remember seeing the problem before I installed the SaverSwitcher beta for SC7. Has anyone else seen this? Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Excellent work Peter. Had my squeezebox for a couple of days now, and this is one of the best plugins so far imo. Keep up the good work -- dolce24 dolce24's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Thanks for this Peter, I will try it out tonight and let you know how it shakes out. Cheers -- cparker cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
peterw;190460 Wrote: Please keep me informed as you troubleshoot. -Peter With SaverSwitcher disabled,I made it through an entire evening with 2 players running without the server crashing - haven't done that in a long time. Also, the server response is quicker again. I'll give it a few more days to see if it was indeed the SaverSwitcher that was causing trouble, and then try the new version and see what happens! Thanks! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
nicketynick;190538 Wrote:
With SaverSwitcher disabled,I made it through an entire evening with 2
players running without the server crashing - haven't done that in a
long time. Also, the server response is quicker again. I'll give it a
few more days to see if it was indeed the SaverSwitcher that was
causing trouble, and then try the new version and see what happens!
Thanks!
OK, thanks, and good luck. It sure sounds like SaverSwitcher was your
problem. :-( I'm shocked that it was crashing that often! I've got 3
Squeezeboxes over here, all mostly off and all using SaverSwitcher
for When Playing and When Off. I only have one active Off saver, though
-- SuperDateTime at 60 seconds. I'm decreasing that to 10 seconds to see
if that makes a difference.
What screensavers were you alternating between, and what were the
timings? I could imagine that a screensaver that required some time to
initialize (retrieve information from the internet, etc.) and did not
cache the information or had a memory leak, might cause trouble with
low duration values.
One way to get loads of debugging info from SaverSwitcher is to edit
its Plugin.pm file, remove the # comment characters from the lines
Code:
#$log-setTypes('all');
#$log-setLevel(100);
and restart Slimserver. You'll then get a lot of SaverSwitcher
information in the Slimserver log, more than you would get with the
d_plugins debugging.
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
peterw;190541 Wrote:
OK, thanks, and good luck. It sure sounds like SaverSwitcher was your
problem. :-( I'm shocked that it was crashing that often! I've got 3
Squeezeboxes over here, all mostly off and all using SaverSwitcher
for When Playing and When Off. I only have one active Off saver, though
-- SuperDateTime at 60 seconds. I'm decreasing that to 10 seconds to see
if that makes a difference.
What do you have it switching to?
What screensavers were you alternating between, and what were the
timings?
Player 1: when off, SuperDateTime Fileviewer.pm, 10 seconds each
Player 2: when on, Now Playing Fileviewer.pm, 10 seconds each
I could imagine that a screensaver that required some time to initialize
(retrieve information from the internet, etc.) and did not cache the
information or had a memory leak, might cause trouble with low duration
values.
Could be fileviewer then? It accesses a .txt file to get the data, not
sure how often.
One way to get loads of debugging info from SaverSwitcher is to edit its
Plugin.pm file, remove the # comment characters from the lines
Code:
#$log-setTypes('all');
#$log-setLevel(100);
and restart Slimserver. You'll then get a lot of SaverSwitcher
information in the Slimserver log, more than you would get with the
d_plugins debugging.
-Peter
I'll double-check, I think the version of SaverSwitcher I'm running is
logging to SS.
Thanks for your continued feedback Peter!
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Hi Peter This is a really cool plugin, I've found a couple of minor bugs which you might be interested in? :) 1. Auto Dim Display, doesnt seem to work now 2. If saverswitcher has been running for about 3-4 days cycling between, Weather Date Time plugin and TimeSpeller, it seems to crash if you switch it on when its in the Weather Date Time plugin. Not sure if this is related to your plugin or not. The display goes blank, but if you then go into the web page and reset the screensavers as Saverswitcher for all three states, the display comes back and everything works fine. So not sure which plugin its related to! Anyway, fantastic plugin, so thank you very much! :) -- cparker cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
These sort of problems make me think that my problems in this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33247 may also be related to SaverSwitcher not playing nice with other plugins. As much as I love it, I think I'm going to shut it off and see if my crashes cease. What do you think peterw? Could my insane number of timers have anything to do with Saverswitcher? -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
nicketynick;190369 Wrote: These sort of problems make me think that my problems in this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33247 may also be related to SaverSwitcher not playing nice with other plugins. As much as I love it, I think I'm going to shut it off and see if my crashes cease. What do you think peterw? Could my insane number of timers have anything to do with Saverswitcher? It's conceivable, though I haven't seen that message since early development of FuzzyTime, IIRC. I took another look at SaverSwitcher tonight and found a few places where it wasn't crystal clear that old, unfired timers were definitely being cancelled before new timers were set up. I've just released a new beta that adds more killTimer code in those situations. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher/SaverSwitcher-beta12.zip I wish Slimserver would print a list of the current timers when it hits insane levels. :-( Please keep me informed as you troubleshoot. -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
peterw;188467 Wrote: OK, that log looks pretty normal to me, and suggests that it might simply be a documentation bug. :-)-Peter Hi Peter Thanks for all your help with this! I battled with it for a while completely removing the plugin, upgrading to the latest 6.5.2, the randomness of it seeming to lock up still occured! I got to the stage where the remote wasnt working at all! Then I took the remote apart and found the infrared led had broken its soldering from the board!! No doubt dropped at some point on its head. Resoldered it back on and everything is now working! So thanks so much for your great plugin and your time in debugging what was actually a hardware failure. Note to Logitech, maybe dont have the led sticking quite so far out the front of the remote that its the first point of contact :) -- cparker cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Thanks for the update. I'm glad you soldered the problem. :-) -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
OK, that log looks pretty normal to me, and suggests that it might simply be a documentation bug. :-) I see in the log that you navigated to Screensaver when off - +1/9 Screensavers (1:00) - 60 seconds (1:00), and that looks great. In order to change the duration, you'd need to use Up or Down while on that 60 seconds (1:00) screen. Instead, it looks like you pressed Left and moved back to the +1/9 Screensavers (1:00) level. To change the saver to use, while you're on that N seconds or N seconds (M:SS) screen, use Right to see the current saver for that X/9 position. When looking at the screensaver name, use Up or Down to choose another screensaver. For example, to change from 1/9 being Date and Time at 60 seconds to using SuperDateTime at 30 seconds, you'd do something like Up or Down to Screensaver when off Right to X/9, and Up or Down to +1/9 Screensavers (0:60) Right to 60 seconds (1:00) Down to 30 seconds Right to Date and Time Screensaver Up or Down to SuperDateTime Screensaver Then you could do something like this to confirm the change Left to 30 seconds Left to +1/9 Screensavers (0:30) Left to to Screensaver when off Right to X/9, and Up or Down to +1/9 Screensavers (0:30) Right to 30 seconds Right to SuperDateTime Screensaver Note that any time you use Up or Down to change what's showing on the level that shows N seconds or N seconds (M:SS) *or* the bottom level that shows just a screensaver name, you update the preference, and would need to Up/Down back to the previous value if you changed your mind. Also I see some repeat entries indicating that you held the button down. The SaverSwitcher setup screens require short, single button presses. I know that's not a great UI, but it's my workaround for a problem I have with my setup. I use a universal remote control with my Squeezebox 1, using the JVC DVD infrared codes, and the repeat events fire too quickly for that setup. Without some extra code, the menu scrolling is *much* too sensitive with the JVC codes; the easy fix is simply to have the plugin require individual button presses. I hope this helps -- if not, it would be great if you could send me another log like that that includes entries for arrowing up/down at the duration and screensaver menu levels. If this does solve your problem, please let me know and I'll try updating the web page with better instructions. -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
peterw;188169 Wrote: Please give me some time to look at that log file. Sure no problem, let me know if there is anything I can activate to help the debug process. Cheers -- cparker cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
peterw;187957 Wrote:
and you're using version 1.14?
Are you willing to edit the Plugin.pm file to get some detailed
debugging? If you uncomment the following lines (remove the #)
#$log-setTypes('menu','prefs');
#$log-setLevel(100);
and restart Slimserver, you should get a good deal of info in the
Slimserver log (http://localhost:9000/log.txt)
-Peter
Hi Peter
I'm not getting the timestamp on the log.txt file which isnt helping to
show the delay. Not sure how to turn this on?
But I'm pressing a button and nothing happens and then sometimes I get
a response but not enough to be able to set anything before it then
locks up again.
I've zipped up the log file, I enabled;
d_ir and d_plugins and removed the # from plugin.pm as requested
Following plugins running;
AlienBBC
Auto Dim Display
CLI
Date and Spelled Time
Music Info Screen
MusicMagic
SaverSwitcher
TrackStat
Weather, Date and Time
Windows prevent standby
XML-RPC/JSON-RPC Interface
xPL Interface
SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11539 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt
Hope this is helpful?? Anything else I can do let me know! :)
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Please give me some time to look at that log file. In addition, I note that the Saverswitcher gets booted out of the player screensaver configuration after a while for; That's normal. You're seeing how the plugin actually works. Once invoked as a screensaver, it quickly changes the player's preference for that screensaver mode, notes that that player really should use SaverSwitcher, and sets a timer to run later and change the saver again. Slimserver will see that the player's screensaver preference has changed and will invoke the screensaver that appears to be the user's new choice. Some time after you interact with the player in a way that gets you out of the screensaver mode, SaverSwitcher should notice that, reset the player's preference to be SaverSwitcher, and then forget about that player -- in case you then want to choose a single screensaver instead of SaverSwitcher. -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Any chance of writing a web interface to configure the settings? Using the remote just locks up and stares at me doing nothing. :( Thanks -- cparker cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
cparker;187931 Wrote:
Any chance of writing a web interface to configure the settings? Using
the remote just locks up and stares at me doing nothing. :(
I wasn't planning on any web UI until Slimserver 7.0.
Locks up? That sounds bad. You can't configure by going to
Plugins - SaverSwitcher screensavers
to get menus like
Screensaver when playing - +1/9 Screensavers (0:30) - 30 seconds -
Date and Time Screensaver
? and you're using version 1.14?
Are you willing to edit the Plugin.pm file to get some detailed
debugging? If you uncomment the following lines (remove the #)
#$log-setTypes('menu','prefs');
#$log-setLevel(100);
and restart Slimserver, you should get a good deal of info in the
Slimserver log (http://localhost:9000/log.txt) when you try to change
the setting, lines like
2007-03-14 21:37:09.1008 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55: start at
xPos 0, yPos 0, menuSaverNpos 0, xHash SETUP_SCREENSAVER
2007-03-14 21:37:09.1011 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55: xPos 0, yPos
0, menuSaverNpos 0, xHash SETUP_SCREENSAVER
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7341 SaverSwitcher: right pressed
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7344 SaverSwitcher: right, hash at start is
SETUP_SCREENSAVER
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7345 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55 moveXRight
called
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7347 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55: xPos 0, yPos
0, menuSaverNpos 0, xHash SETUP_SCREENSAVER
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7352 SaverSwitcher: moving right, look for good
position to start at
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7354 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55 in pos 0 or
1, start at yPos 0
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7355 SaverSwitcher: adding token 1/9 to
SETUP_SCREENSAVER
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7358 SaverSwitcher: setting
menuSaverNpos{00:11:22:33:44:55} to 0
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7362 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55: xPos 1, yPos
0, menuSaverNpos 0, xHash SETUP_SCREENSAVER1%2F9
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7367 SaverSwitcher:
getMenuSaverType(00:11:22:33:44:55)
2007-03-14 21:37:12.7421 SaverSwitcher: right, hash at end is
SETUP_SCREENSAVER 1%2F9
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1809 SaverSwitcher: right pressed
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1812 SaverSwitcher: right, hash at start is
SETUP_SCREENSAVER 1%2F9
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1813 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55 moveXRight
called
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1815 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55: xPos 1, yPos
0, menuSaverNpos 0, xHash SETUP_SCREENSAVER1%2F9
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1820 SaverSwitcher: moving right, look for good
position to start at
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1822 SaverSwitcher:
getMenuSaverType(00:11:22:33:44:55)
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1853 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55 start at
duration value 30
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1855 SaverSwitcher: adding duration 30 to
SETUP_SCREENSAVER1%2F9
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1859 SaverSwitcher: 00:11:22:33:44:55: xPos 2, yPos
30, menuSaverNpos 0, xHash SETUP_SCREENSAVER 1%2F9 30
2007-03-14 21:37:14.1893 SaverSwitcher: right, hash at end is
SETUP_SCREENSAVER 1%2F9 30
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Hey Peter, I'm running 1.14 on 6.5.1 and seeing a minor problem... basically, when SaverSwitcher has started, it seem to claim more button presses than I'd expect. I can't change music, or pause/restart; I have to use Now Playing to get out of the screen saver. I'm not using erland's plugins, so I don't think it's a conflict with those... -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
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Jack Coates;187377 Wrote: I'm running 1.14 on 6.5.1 and seeing a minor problem... basically, when SaverSwitcher has started, it seem to claim more button presses than I'd expect. I can't change music, or pause/restart; I have to use Now Playing to get out of the screen saver. I'm not using erland's plugins, so I don't think it's a conflict with those... Sorry to hear that. I don't see that behavior here on 6.5.0 or 6.5.1. SaverSwitcher should only interfere with the digit buttons (0 to 9) as it compares the IR code name from Slim::Hardware::IR::lookupCodeBytes to the regular expression ^[0-9]$, and passes all IR events for all other buttons to the original IR handling code. Is it possible that another plugin is interfering? Does this happen with all screensavers, or only certain ones? For instance, SaverSwitcher will ignore even 0-9 if the player is in an INPUT mode. Some screensavers play better with SaverSwitcher than others, for instance SuperDateTime will stay on the screen as long as you're arrowing through its information. Does the problem persist if you disable SaverSwitcher button control (Plugins - SaverSwitcher - scroll down to Button control - scroll to toggle Enable/Disable)? SaverSwitcher should not interfere at all with any button presses if button control is disabled (not that I'm suggesting this as an answer, but it might help identify the cause of your trouble). -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
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The latest version is now installed on my system and it works perfectly apart from minor glitches when the WeatherDateTime screensaver is active. When this saver is visible I sometimes have trouble getting out of screensaver mode and on one occasion I had the WeatherDateTime screensaver superimposed on the analogueVU screensaver (or was it the other way around)? Thanks again for your hard work! Daz -- dazbarber dazbarber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
erland;183441 Wrote: Would it be possible to add an option that turned off the 0-9 button logic when the screensaver is activated ? The problem I am having is that I am using TrackStat which allows rating on currently played track by holding a 0-9 button down for a while. When SaverSwitcher is activated it changes screen saver instead of getting into the TrackStat logic that changes rating. I just released SaverSwitcher 1.14, which allows you to toggle the button control via the Plugins player UI. It also includes code for the 1/9 screensaver being Manual/Disabled -- fixing a CPU hogging bug and allowing users to opt out of the song transition screensaver changes. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html Thanks, Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
I was just about to post a similar message. I second the notion. This is a great plugin, and it would be amazing if there was a way to assign different RSS feeds to separate screensavers. And thanks Peter, for a truly useful plugin. -- matrixed99 matrixed99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1562 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
nicketynick;183590 Wrote: I'm really enjoying all the flexibility this plugin gives you. I've started experimenting with RSS feeds for the first time, now that they would only be a keypress away - is there any way to set up different screensavers (say 6,7,89) with a different feed? (There's no way to 'navigate' through the available feeds when they're playing, is there?) I guess in a nutshell, I'm hoping my SB3 will soon have 9 'viewing channels' (or more? -greedy, greedy!) Thanks for the kind words. I think that would require changing/patching the RSS screensaver, or making a new RSS screensaver that would use the current saver's configuration. I don't think SaverSwitcher could accomplish what you matrixed99 want all by itself for a setup with multiple players, and trying to do that with even just one player would not be pretty. For instance, the web RSS feed configuration would be messed up whenever the client was displaying any specific RSS feed. Making a new RSS screensaver is probably the best route. Start with rssnews.pm, remove most of the strings and most of the preference handling code (let the normal RSS screensaver deal with all that), and call addSaver() multiple times to register savers RSS Feed #1, RSS Feed #2, etc. When this screensaver kicks in, it should be able to look at the client mode() to determine which feed to use (whether it was called for #1, #2, etc.) and only display that feed. Second best might be writing a patch for the default Slimserver RSS screensaver convincing Slim Devices to include that with Slimserver 7.0. I expect they'd rather have a single screensaver that allowed users to use the arrow keys to change RSS feeds than have the UI list separate RSS feeds. -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
peterw;183825 Wrote: I expect they'd rather have a single screensaver that allowed users to use the arrow keys to change RSS feeds than have the UI list separate RSS feeds. -Peter Using the arrow keys to change RSS feeds is what I envisioned being able to do, or said another way, its what I expected to be able to do intuitively, but I guess it doesn't work that way! It might be time for me to go buy a Perl for Dummies book.. -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
oh, crap, I'm about to panic - Slimserver doesn't seem to want to start after dropping in the beta - it's just constantly Slimserver Starting. I'm going to try to stop it and try version 11 again.. -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
I'm running again on version 11. (whew!) The log file has a whole bunch of these, with various line numbers (988,946,986,1094). Does this help? Request: Command [00:04:20:06:32:92-button] (Bad dispatch!) Param: [_buttoncode] = [exit_right] Param: [_time] = [4076420.679] Param: [_orFunction] = [1] ERROR: Request: Error when trying to run function coderef [Slim::Control::Commands::buttonCommand]: [Undefined subroutine CGI::escape called at C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server/Plugins/SaverSwitcher/Plugin.pm line 904. ] -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
nicketynick;183443 Wrote: I'm running again on version 11. (whew!) The log file has a whole bunch of these, with various line numbers (988,946,986,1094). Does this help? Request: Command [00:04:20:06:32:92-button] (Bad dispatch!) Param: [_buttoncode] = [exit_right] Param: [_time] = [4076420.679] Param: [_orFunction] = [1] ERROR: Request: Error when trying to run function coderef [Slim::Control::Commands::buttonCommand]: [Undefined subroutine CGI::escape called at C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server/Plugins/SaverSwitcher/Plugin.pm line 904. ] I'm very glad to hear you're OK again. Yes, that helps tremendously! I'm surprised and embarassed by that. Would you mind downloading the beta again letting me know if it runs without such complaints (the only changes since the previous beta are switching back to normal logging and adding the simple use CGI; line that I apparently forgot). If the current beta works, that's great, it'll become version 1.13. If not, I'll have to do more work on the CGI::escape and CGI::unescape calls; not a big deal, but I'd rather use the normal CGI routines than (re)write my own. Thanks, Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
erland;183441 Wrote: Would it be possible to add an option that turned off the 0-9 button logic when the screensaver is activated ? The problem I am having is that I am using TrackStat which allows rating on currently played track by holding a 0-9 button down for a while. When SaverSwitcher is activated it changes screen saver instead of getting into the TrackStat logic that changes rating. I fixed the problem temporary in my own setup by just commenting out the addDispatch row in the initPlugin function. Sure, that sounds reasonable. If only there was a better way to handle these button mapping conflicts... sigh. -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Almost there! With the new beta, I'm able to fully configure, and it works great when the screensavers are timed, but I don't seem to be able to make the Manual function work (press 0, right?) My 0 button might be mapped with something from a different plugin? How can I figure this out? -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
I'm really enjoying all the flexibility this plugin gives you. I've started experimenting with RSS feeds for the first time, now that they would only be a keypress away - is there any way to set up different screensavers (say 6,7,89) with a different feed? (There's no way to 'navigate' through the available feeds when they're playing, is there?) I guess in a nutshell, I'm hoping my SB3 will soon have 9 'viewing channels' (or more? -greedy, greedy!) -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Well, I'm truly confused now. I opened up the .pref file in Notepad, and couldn't find any SCREENSAVER.plugin_SaverSwitcher-screensaver-savers lines in it... is there an app that would make this file easier to read? I think I'll just try shutting down the server again see what happens - I must be doing something silly. Any ideas how I can figure out what it is? -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
peterw;180415 Wrote: You might want to look at my latest version. You can manually switch to savers that aren't normally used. For instance, you could set Date and Time as the only active Off saver (#1; give it a duration of a minute or something), and set TrainInfo(?) as a Manual saver (#2). In the mornings you could press 2 on the remote to switch to TrainInfo until you press 1 or 0 to return to Date and Time. It's not as good as what you envision, but if you've not found time to code your solution, you might find this new function valuable (my thanks to nicketynik and Daz Barber for the suggestions). Similarly, you could set GoalRush as #3, Manual, and manually activate it with the the 3 key on Saturday afternoons. -Peter http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html Peter... It took a week to get around to it, but I've just installed the plugin. It work exactly as you described, and is certainly more flexible than the idea I imagined. Good work - I'll be keeping this one. :-) Cheers, Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
nicketynick;182978 Wrote:
Well, I'm truly confused now. I opened up the .pref file in Notepad,
and couldn't find any
SCREENSAVER.plugin_SaverSwitcher-screensaver-savers lines in it...
is there an app that would make this file easier to read?
I think I'll just try shutting down the server again see what
happens - I must be doing something silly. Any ideas how I can figure
out what it is?
That sounds quite odd; sounds like that must not have been the right
file. Notepad (or Write/WordPad) should be fine for editing it,
though.
I just uploaded a new beta version for you that adds a couple
things:
- some logic to remove obviously invalid SaverSwitcher prefs (in case
yours got messed up somehow) and to make sure each of the three types
has all 9 slots filled (pads the end of each list with manual
savers)
- *lots* of logging, especially for the code that handles the player
menu portion. It'll log tons of stuff *regardless* of the d_plugins
debugging setting.
If this version works for you, you'll probably want to do one of two
things to stop the logging: either stop Slimserver and re-install
version 1.12 and try it again, or edit the SaverSwitcher/Plugin.pm
file, in the SETTINGS section, commenting out the new setTypes('all')
and setLevel(100) lines (put a # at the start of each line) and
uncommenting the setTypes('none') and setLevel(0) lines (remove the
#), and restart Slimserver.
If this version does not work for you, please email or private message
me with the lines you see in the server log
(http://yourhost:9000/log.txt) when you have trouble, and hopefully
that will help me troubleshoot further.
I probably won't be able to do any more on this until after the weekend
is over.
Here's the link:
http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher/SaverSwitcher-beta.zip
-Peter
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Hi Peter, Thanks for the response. I had installed version 1.11 - I see you posted 1.12 in the last few days with the changelog noting better UI in N/9 screens. I think this is where I'm getting stuck, isn't it? I'll give this one a try. Will I be able to just paste over the previous directory and restart the server, or is something more complicated a better idea? What would I accomplish by removing at least the SCREENSAVER.plugin_SaverSwitcher-screensaver-savers line? I haven't a clue how things work at this level -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
I fear that 1.12 will probably not solve your problem -- the UI improvement is on the n/9 Screemsavers level of the menu, which you can't get to. (Does it help at all to right-arrow through on the Off or Stopped screens?) To troubleshoot further, I probably need to get you a copy of the plugin with more verbose flexible debugging support. I'm not sure when I'll have time to tackle that. Lots of Academy Award movies to watch before Sunday. :-) slimserver.pref -- Slimserver stores global and per-client preferences in a text file. If stopping restarting slimserver does not fix your menu problem, I think you may want to stop slimserver, back up that text file, edit it to remove the global SaverSwitcher settings (*not* the per-client settings on lines that begin with whitespace), and restart Slimserver. (If stopping starting Slimserver doesn't fix the problem, that suggests there's something messed up with the persistent global SaverSwitcher preferences.) http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimServerPreferencesFile http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SwitchingFromSubversionBackToGeneralReleaseOrDowngradingSlimServer If you do remove the SaverSwitcher lines and that does solve the problem, I'd be interested to see what those lines looked like. The players lines should be empty, or tab-delimited lists of IP addresses (1.2.3.4) or MAC addresses (aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff). The savers lines should each have 9 NN:savername pairs, tab delimited. -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
I'm having trouble configuring this - the player just sort of freezes at the Screensaver when playing screen when I try to configure. Server version: SlimServer Version: 6.5.0 - 9916 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Also running SuperDateTime plugin - maybe not playing nice? Thanks! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Peterw - check your PMs. Cheers, Daz -- dazbarber dazbarber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
dazbarber;179401 Wrote: However, I do like the ability to change screensavers by pressing a button. Could it be made to allow the user to change to a nonactive screensaver by pressing a button (ie by setting screensaver 2 to 'disable' as far as time length is concerned but still allowing a 2nd screensaver name to be selected - only screensaver 1 would show automatically but a button press would bring up screensaver 2)? Daz, please check out version 1.8, which I just uploaded http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html You can use 1 through 5 to choose any screensaver, whether there's a real duration set or the saver has Manual for the duration (the phrase Disabled doesn't make sense now). If you use the 1-5 buttons to pick a particular saver, SaverSwitcher will use that saver until the Squeezebox exits that screensaver mode**, though SaverSwitcher will still flash back to the first saver (for however many seconds the first saver is configured) when a new song starts playing. The 0 button only cycles through active screensavers. More details on the web page. This version also checks the client capabilities. So if you set When Playing to automatically alternate between Now Playing, SuperDateTime, and Analog VU and then play something on a Squeezebox1, SaverSwitcher is smart enough to skip the Analog VU (since the SB1 has no visualizer capability) and only use Now Playing and SuperDateTime for that player -- while still using all three on SB2/SB3/SoftSqueeze/Transporter units. -Peter ** Caveats apply: the code still doesn't always recognize when a player drops out of the screensaver. For instance, pause the music briefly and you'll see a normal menu; press play and after the screensaver delay you'll be back in the manually selected saver. -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
dazbarber;179401 Wrote: I've had big problems with the latest version. I found that the display sometimes garbled when switching from analogue VU to Now Playing (screensaver during playing) and it was very difficult to disable the switching screensaver (even though it was selected only for 'screensaver while playing' at one point, it still affected 'screensaver while stopped'. I ran into the garbled display problem today. I believe it was due to network problems. I was listening to an HTTP stream just fine in the kitchen when my wife started using the microwave, knocking out my WiFi connection. Lo and behold, I saw a scrambled display -- a mix of Analogue VU and Now Playing. When the microwave finished, the SB rebuffered the stream and things normalized. When Stopped -- I believe 1.7 may resolve that problem (1.7 recognizes when the music has stopped playing) -- but are you using None for the When Stopped screensaver? The None screensaver is a tricky thing. It's not really a screensaver, but a special case that means no screensaver makes any update to the client display. With 1.6, SaverSwitcher wouldn't notice when the music stopped, and would keep switching screensavers on the quiet client if the client's When Stopped screensaver is None. 1.7 is a little bit better, but if When Stopped is set to None, you'll see the last When Playing saver after the music stops. I don't know how easy it would be to make the client switch to displaying the screen that was up before When Playing kicked in, I haven't had time to investigate that. -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Here's a quick stab at a fix: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher-1.7.zip Peter -- I really ought to test my stream/file fix on Windows, but it works on Linux... the new logic is a path starting with two or more alphanumerics and a colon (http:, lastfm:, etc.) is a URL. Hopefully that would allow for Windows to use paths like c:/music for files. Daz -- I don't have any trouble with the screen scrambling in those transitions. It wasn't very smart about recognizing when the music stopped, however. That should be fixed. I like the idea about calling specific screensavers. That would take a bit of work thought, though. -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Peter -- thanks for the confirmation. I've updated the link on the main SaverSwitcher web page to point to version 1.7. Daz -- I'm working on your suggestion for choosing inactive screensavers, and hope to have it done in the next few days. -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Is it already possible to cycle through screensavers with a remote keypush? If not, how hard would it be to configure SaverSwitcher to do this? ie. I usually have Now Playing on, but sometimes want to check the weather conditions/forecast. Thanks for the great work! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
nicketynick;178550 Wrote: Is it already possible to cycle through screensavers with a remote keypush? If not, how hard would it be to configure SaverSwitcher to do this? ie. I usually have Now Playing on, but sometimes want to check the weather conditions/forecast. Thanks for the great work! That's a great idea! Please try this version and let me know what you think: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher-1.6.zip In off mode, pretty much any key will work. I recommend pressing the 0 button -- if the Slim Devices Now Playing saver is running, that may be the only button that will work. This new feature seems to play well with SuperDateTime. It doesn't work so well with my FuzzyTime saver (conflicts with the code that makes FuzzyTime display the real time for 2 seconds), but I think that's a problem with FuzzyTime's function mapping code, and probably not a major problem (FT's show real time function works fine when FT is the only saver for a given mode). Thanks for the suggestion! )p( Peter -- I made a small change to the code that kicks off the intermittent check for new songs that might make it a bit more reliable... -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
If there's a particular stream/station you have trouble with, let me know I'll try it out. You should get pretty good debugging info (and lots of it!) by enabling the d_plugin debugging -- every 5 seconds or so you should see a log entry reading SaverSwitcher: currently playing some tab-delimited string here with the string ending in URL for a stream or FILE for a local recording. It should definitely notice changes in local songs, as the $song-path() component will change. Streams are trickier, but I believe the Slim::Music::Info::getCurrentTitle() API the plugin uses should pick up any changes in metadata from the stream. Some streams -- like my local NPR station's Live365 feed -- don't publish metadata, unfortunately. Are you running into situations where SaverSwitcher doesn't notice a change but pressing the Now Playing button on the remote brings up the correct/current song info? Thanks, Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
My callback routine had a nasty bug -- I think due to not yet following Fred's advice on the subscription API usage -- that could cause Slimserver to crash with an error like Can't call method id on an undefined value at .../SaverSwitcher/Plugin.pm line 492. Version 1.5 should fix that. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
I just uploaded a new release, 1.4. This release has better new song logic. With 1.2 and 1.3, SaverSwitcher would tend to display the new song info several seconds before the song actually started playing. This new version uses information about the client's buffer for better timing when a new song starts on a streamed station. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
Version 1.2 had a bug in the reset logic that could be triggered if two players attached to the same Slimserver were using SaverSwitcher-controlled screensavers at the same time. I just uploaded version 1.3 with a fix for that bug. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] announcing SaverSwitcher: plugin that cycles through screensavers
I've just uploaded the first release of a plugin I call SaverSwitcher. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html SaverSwitcher allows you to configure multiple screensavers for each of the three screensaver modes (Off, Stopped, and When Playing). You can configure up to 5 screensavers for each mode, and have SaverSwitcher cycle through them. For instance, you can use SaverSwitcher to have your Squeezeboxes alternate between the classic Now Playing and Date/Time screensavers while music is playing, and alternate between SuperDateTime and the RSS Feeds screensavers when the Squeezebox is off. You can designate how long (roughly) each screensaver should be active in each mode. For instance, while playing music show Now Playing for 1 minute and then Date/Time for 10 seconds, and while off, show SuperDateTime for 30 seconds and RSS Feeds for 2 minutes. Suggestions and comments are most welcome. -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32230 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
