Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread bpa
my basic understanding. PCM Audio is sent via ALSA interface to ALSA device driver. Audio samples are put into a ring buffer. The ring buffer size is controlled by the buffer parameter. The ring buffer is processed in terms of periods (i.e there x periods in the whole buffer). There is one

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Problem getting spotty

2021-07-08 Thread bpa
Ikabob wrote: > Thank you all for your advice. I was hoping there would be a simple > solution. Post the exact error message. If it is a redistributable issue, many are available from MS to download but you need to know which one.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Problem getting spotty

2021-07-06 Thread bpa
Ikabob wrote: > I get a message to download Microsoft visual C 64 but that download > fails. That sounds like a redistributable library is missing (possibly because your are running W7). In which case you should post the EXACT message that is displayed as there are many versions of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-07-05 Thread bpa
bobertuk wrote: > Maybe a question for @expectingtofly and @bpa... > > I seem to recall reading in the early days of the BBC Sounds plugin that > it is (hopefully now was!) dependent on the BBC iPlayer plugin being > installed as well. > > If I recall correctly @bpa has

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite processing on DSD recordings?

2021-07-01 Thread bpa
MikeDC wrote: > It has worked in the past. And it is a SoTM USB card running in a Linux > Box. No drivers. Is there a choice for the ALSA device you are using as output ? bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite processing on DSD recordings?

2021-07-01 Thread bpa
Is there any way to confirm that Vortex box USB driver support DSD format ? Any simple audio player to play direct ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Radio Rights Restrictions

2021-06-29 Thread bpa
agbagb wrote: > Rightly or wrongly, I expected to hear what I have heard for the last 20 > years... pretty much uninterrupted programming on R4, R4Ex and R3. > OK, sports and live music will often have restrictions - but I don't > listen much to them on the BBC. BTW, there is an oddidy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Radio Rights Restrictions

2021-06-29 Thread bpa
I agree with Paul and finger trouble is an issue especially where programs get delayed such as football going into extra time or with cricket where rain stops play. In the past, I have found examples of the Podcast of a program being UK restricted but the "Listen Again" version not restricted

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Radio Rights Restrictions

2021-06-29 Thread bpa
agbagb wrote: > I'm listening in France, and not (usually) using a VPN. No Rights > Restrictions messages at all for the past several months, but a flurry > of them yesterday and today; and in the middle of programs / segments, > rather than at the start of something "restricted". If you are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Radio Rights Restrictions

2021-06-29 Thread bpa
agbagb wrote: > I listen to the BBC (usually Radio 4 FM) here in France, usually these > days via the Sounds plug-in. Lot's and lots of interruptions these last > 2 days with that annoying "Rights Restrictions" message over-riding the > programming. I'm getting that same message via Sounds,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LMS on New Synology DS220+

2021-06-23 Thread bpa
guptaas wrote: > I was able to find x86_64 versions for Perl 5.24.0-0074 and LMS > 7.7.6-116. Installed successfully without any container but not tested > on players yet. File copying will need some time! Auto update of > packages is disabled. > I hope this approach doesn't create some other

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-19 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: > So if there's no file, how to I get that info? The aim was to confirm the executable arch etc. Michael has given the details assuming that you have both the same executable. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-19 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: > Okay. > > Platform Architecture: armv7l-linux > > piCorePlayer | piCorePlayer v7.0.1 | www v00015 | linux 5.4.83-pcpCore | > piCore v12.0pCP | Squeezelite v1.9.9-1386-pCP > > What to do now? Do a "file ./spotty-hf " to see what sort of executable it is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-18 Thread bpa
fmanchu wrote: > Been successfully using BBC Sounds plugin, via RaspberryPi/piCorePlayer > and SQB radio, for months until recently when I get a "Connect timed > out" on accessing 'Stations & Schedules' through iPeng. > If I bypass iPeng and access the LMS web screen directly via the >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-18 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > The whole thing appears OT to me :) . However, if there are dash video > streams I think that also could be a relatively straight forward route > to go down to get it streaming, as it has already been done (see youtube > plugin). But all the routes you mention are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-18 Thread bpa
S recognises the player straight > away, no restarts of LMS nor init.d reloads needed. So, no urgency > bpa... in fact, if you want to forget it completely then that's OK with > me too. :) I spent a little bit of time but the problem is "elsewhere". I think the init.d script was cre

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-18 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > If the BBC stream their video content in DASH format (like the audio) > then it is probably possible (the youtube plugin extracts audio streams > from dash video/audio) A bit OT. Freeview and Freesat provide TV services using MPEG2-TS encoding which can be converted

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-17 Thread bpa
pantomnesia wrote: > It looks to me like SL_PLAYER *is* being correctly picked up. I booted up a Pi and I think there is something else happening not just the name quoting - possible the need to reload init.d after edits. I can't do more until later today.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-17 Thread bpa
pantomnesia wrote: > I'm trying different things out, trial and error, simply because - as > you say - it's picky. Picky but with well defined syntax. I'm surprised the backslash didn't work. As it is picky, the best way to approach is NOT trial and error but finding out the result of each

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-17 Thread bpa
pantomnesia wrote: > > > > > SL_NAME=`"The Player"` > > > ...but no joy there either. I'll have a search and play around with > the various ways of escaping the string. The escaping mechanism can be picky - your 2nd example show you used character back tick *`* and not single quote *'* -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-16 Thread bpa
pantomnesia wrote: > > Edit: the version that didn't work had > > > Code: > > SL_NAME="The Player" > > Not exactly sure of shell syntax fo escaping but your quotation marks are not escaped - either enclose by single quotes (my 1st example -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-16 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > If you post the entire contents of /etc/init.d/squeezelite (put inside > code tags) then we can see what it does with it. >From the debian package Code: # add squeezelite name if set if [ -n "$SL_NAME" ]; then

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-15 Thread bpa
did you drop the necessary argument SB_EXTRA_ARGS="-r 44100 -a :::0" I think you need all of the args especially the "-a" SB_EXTRA_ARGS="-r 44100 -a :::0 -d all=info -f /tmp/squeezelitelog.txt" bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-15 Thread bpa
pantomnesia wrote: > Thanks for the replay bpa. I put that code as an additional argument in > the '/etc/default/squeezelite' file... > > > Code: > > SB_EXTRA_ARGS="-d all=info -f /tmp/squeezelitelog.txt" > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite with config file starts but no sound

2021-06-15 Thread bpa
pantomnesia wrote: > Ok, many thanks for your time. Much appreciated. I can't be ars... > bothered with building a new image, not when I have a workaround, but if > I do then I'll remember to start from scratch with LMS & squeezelite. :) I think you should enable some squeezlite logging and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-06-10 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > The module does not have a "use warnings;" at the top so the double > declaration is not flagged as a problem ... unless, I assume, something > that is calling it has turned on warnings and it persisted. I spent a little bit of time enabling warnings in different

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-06-10 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I checked that the plugin was installed earlier to day and then later on > I checked again and it wasn't with no restarts as far as I know and the > server log agrees. I'll keep an eye on it. It is strange. Michael's conclusion is that it is a Perl implementation

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > thing its am side. but yeah sounds its terrible despite of that i get > like 10 am stations with a good sound quality. > > looks like shark add noise to am stations i have another radio v-115 > and i get more am stations better reception. > > i was reading something about hd am

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > thanks for the patience bpa, i see post from 12 years old wow! RadioShaqrk is v.v. old tech now - most people who want Radio use SDR with something like rtlsdr but is trickier to set up. > question if i plug both sharks 1 and 2 it be work? thanks! I expect they should

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
Raymond Woodward wrote: > It doesn't play R4LW Scot MW or any of the 25 Live Event streams (as > they are not part of BBC Sounds) . OK - that clarifies the differences and expectingtofly's response about how to save the streams as Favorites provides a migration strategy. The "Live Events"

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
Saetta_McQueen wrote: > Tried everything, the plugin works fine with LMS 7.7.6 but doesn't work > with LMS 8.x. This is a LMS/plugin install issue on your system. Check your LMS and server.log > One question: is there a way to reduce the reading speed? No, the speed is governed by the CD

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
After explaining the imda entries. Just noticed that it looks like the BBCiPlayer "alternate " URLs are now broken as they are different to those now listed in imda document. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
This is a bit OT - entries are grouped by "" (red) - each station is a "brand". Radio3 shown below. Within a brand there are media type - DASH , HLS and Shoutcast (blue) Withing a media type - there are streams (green). Each stream has "*physical=*" which say UK or international and "*url=*"

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
agbagb wrote: > And that URL won't open for me in F'Fox - blank screen. I assume referring to the imda URL. Strange I use ffox and it opens OK. It has XML content so FFox interprets the XML which means items can be collapsed / expanded etc.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
agbagb wrote: > Where are with the BBC mp3 streams that some of use use in MySB.com? > For instance, I occasionally use this one, theough I no longer recall > where I saved it from! > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-06 Thread bpa
Raymond Woodward wrote: > The only things I use the iplayer plug in for these days are Radio 4 LW, > Radio Scotland MW and the 25 BBC Live Event streams (though I do > appreciate that sooner or later it will 'fall over' and that will be > that). ... But why not use the BBC Sounds plugin since

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
agbagb wrote: > I'll do that upgrade tomorrow! BTW, up until a couple of days ago, all > my saved iPlayer streams were working just fine: and I use them all day, > every day . BBCiPLayer is not being supported and so at some point they will fail (BBC makes small changes often), so it is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
agbagb wrote: > H - my suspicion now is that this an artifact of some LMS / > connectivity problem. I.e., Sounds thinks I'm not logged in because LMS > (or the whole PC) is intermittently losing connection to the 'net. I'm > no reader of the lgging, but below is what I got just now when

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > for run radio shark it need be plugged to a windows system?[/quuote] > > Radioshark just needs USB port. Linux,OSX or Windows doesn't matter. You > need an application on the OS to "tune" the Radioshark.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > okay, so looks a way i guess. > > i need a pc for run shark? or i can plug it to picoreplayer pi? > > if i need vlc then its pc i guess, main idea to use picore its not run > pc 24 hours. well for what i try to do. I don't know pcp very well but IIRC pcp had a facility to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > yeah its just one tuner so it be only one available. i use hdhomerun so > its several tuners. > > ok so same frequency its possible. gotcha. > > i was planning use ''radio streams'' to add to tivimate on android tv > like i did with tvheadend ones, so looks like those only work

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > but my idea its get a shareable link , stream link to able to play in > other devices > > like tvheadend do with tuners. thats possible? It won't be like tvheadend. Plugin installed in LMS. LMS runs on a server and Radioshark is plugged into server. RadioShark only support

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > thanks for answer > > i have two models white and black. I meant Model 1 or Model 2 - different interfaces. > i tested with your plugin and works perfectly. (Black shark) RadioShark2 then. Plugin has a small support exe which is needed to tune to a frequency. > new here,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SharkPlay plugin - radioSHARK player

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
Toei wrote: > Hi > > im installed pcp yesterday, i able to see three sources repository but > im unable to see > > pcp-radioshark.tcz > > 2 repositories have 533 extensions and one 1067 . > > new here. thanks for help. I don't think the Radioshark support tcz has ever been built for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-06-05 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > It looks like it happened on the 31st May I can't remember any plugin > updates. It would be handy if there was a record of updates somewhere. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Just noticed the LMS version of the "same" file in LMS lib/AnyEvent directory (I had

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-06-03 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > Do you have any players set to resume on LMS startup? Not sure if that could be a reason. The error is occurring on Plugin load. Later Plugin init will be called. Only much later (all plugin installed and LMS startup finished) will Plugin->new be called when a player

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-06-03 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > Now it has happened again. Plugin failed to load. Again reinstalling the > plugin fixed it. I even tried restarting LMS again after reinstalling > the plugin and it is still there so I have no idea why it sometimes > disappears. Any other plugin updates in the meantime

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-31 Thread bpa
Saetta_McQueen wrote: > Thanks, I try LMS 8.1 waiting for news. Just checked 1.11 worked OK for me on LMS 8.2 nightly playing an on SB Radio. If you haven';t restart LMS - try restarting LMS - it will clear caches etc. which may have some sort of error. Look into server.log for any odd

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-31 Thread bpa
Saetta_McQueen wrote: > In the log file, the errors is (is repeated several times): > > [21-05-31 18:17:23.2303] Slim::Web::JSONRPC::requestMethod (455) Request > failed with error: Bad dispatch! > [21-05-31 18:17:30.2285] Slim::Control::Request::execute (1888) Error: > While trying to run

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-31 Thread bpa
Saetta_McQueen wrote: > Hi guys. I have a problem with the plugin v. 1.11. > I use LMS on windows 10. Inserted the cd, I visualize the list of the > songs but the reproduction doesn't start choosing the play. Any > suggestions? Thank you. If plugin can identify the CD in driove correctly (i.e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Idea/PoC: Using ROC to inject arbitrary audio data into the system

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
Hypfer wrote: > Thanks! That did the trick. > > I've documented my setup on github for those who might be interested: > https://github.com/Hypfer/squeezebox-roc-plugin-poc > > It's unpolished but it works well enough for what I was trying to > achieve To be useful to other readers who don't

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > Yes it was on start up but reinstalling PlayHLS somehow fixed > everything. Make of that what you will [emoji3] LMS already uses the AnyEvent::Handle module in ImageResizer with same code but no error and no changes in at least 2 years. My suspicion is the PlayHLS load

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > Removing "my" worked as far as the PlayHLS plugin goes but then this > appeared in the server log. Uninstalling PlayHLS fixed it. I'll try > reinstalling. Very odd. The string "PLUGIN_EXTENDED_BROWSEMODES_RANDOM_ALBUMS" is defined in the plugin strings.txt Why should

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
Re: the AnyEvent problems, AFAICT The message "masks earlier declaration in same scope" is by default a warning and not an error which seems to indicate something may have changed warning levels. Not definite though. The AnyEvent module is commonly used and maintained and still has same code -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > 21-05-26 06:54:23.2077] Slim::bootstrap::tryModuleLoad (286) Warning: > Module [Plugins::PlayHLS::Plugin] failed to load: > "my" variable $err masks earlier declaration in same scope at >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > Maybe I over interpreted but see post 935 and the following ones in this > thread. I had assumed the "plugin failed to load" was the only message in log which usually means a download issue. @slartibartfast - can you check server.log ? @Paul, I think you're right the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > I think this was diagnosed before as the PlayHLS plugin being invoked > early during the LMS startup process but before everything it needs was > ready i.e. a timing issue that might not always happen. I don't recall see this. Any links to the where it was diagnosed ? It's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-26 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I have just noticed my PlayHLS V2 plugin is showing up as "plugin failed > to load". Restarting LMS didn't help. This is on latest LMS 8.2. I can't test on 8.2 at the moment. I haven't made any changes/updates to the repo file or the ZIP file. The repo URL and ZIP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Idea/PoC: Using ROC to inject arbitrary audio data into the system

2021-05-24 Thread bpa
Hypfer wrote: > > And indeed it was working surprisingly well with only latency being an > issue. > Using the MP3 codec there causes some buffer in the audio path to add > >10s of audio delay into the setup which is of course unacceptable. > > Interestingly, choosing pcm as the output format

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] is there a Twitch Plugin?

2021-05-21 Thread bpa
Rasputin_GY wrote: > Thanks @bpa! Really appreciate your support on this. Please find > attached an example m3u8. Please let me know if you might need > additional information. The sample is good. >From a technical perspective - they are using old HLS "#EXT-X-VERSION:3&quo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] is there a Twitch Plugin?

2021-05-20 Thread bpa
Rasputin_GY wrote: > I'm using V2 for this workaround, edited in previous post. OK - if V2 works they are probably "standard" HLS - however there are many options. I'm working on updating PLayHLS adding a bit more HLS support. Can you post an example of the top level m3u8 URL or if it is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] is there a Twitch Plugin?

2021-05-18 Thread bpa
Rasputin_GY wrote: > As a prerequisite you need BPA#s HLS plugin which is explained in detail Clarify: Is your workaround are using V1 or V2. V1 uses ffmpeg and so can handle different file types even though it is may be called under the HLS guise - if your workaround rel

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: WaveInput for Linux

2021-05-17 Thread bpa
Hypfer wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently trying to get the WaveInput plugin to work in my setup. > > I can confirm that arecord is able to record proper audio from the > device, however unfortunately, I am getting the "Problem: Can't open > File For" error message on the Squeezebox screen. >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-17 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > 'Pause' with Win10/VLC just stops playing (DVD-Drive keeps disk spinning > on slow speed (guess x1) and 'play' starts playing w/o delay. 'Pause' > with LMS on Linux/CDPlayer stops playing (don't know if the disk kept > spinning) and after 'play' spinning speeds up with max.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-16 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > Ahh - OK thanks for explanation! Make sense. I just tested wit V1.10 > before I read you answer and you are right. Exactly the same behavior. > Btw, radio station buffer is set to 3sec. (guess that are my 2 to 3 > sec.) and radio station timeout is set... to 15 sec. make

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-16 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > Great! Thanks! Works fine with me - Eject 'Play' sets a warning - but > works! > > Code: > > [21-05-16 16:08:26.1381] Slim::Player::Song::open (480) Warning: stream failed to open [cdplay://99?Command=eject=Eject%20CD=Eject%20CD=Eject%20CD]

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-16 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > But I've an odd behavior with one CD which I guess also occurred with > V1.10 but I never took notice about. With this CD (OASIS/ Definitely > Maybe - [Helter Shelter from 1994]) it always needs about 15 sec. to > play something (Start playing/ Start from pause/ Jump to next

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-15 Thread bpa
I have just upload V1.11 - it should become available within a few hours. The update mainly includes a fix for the bug playing Albums through Squeezeplay, based on solution provided by TristanLateingne. Summary of changes in V.11 - Fix to playing whole Album as a playlist - Added Eject

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-14 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > It's the URL I posted in the thread before: > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?110619-ANNOUNCE-TVH-Plugin-TVHeadend-integration=1014795=1#post1014795 > > As I understood, usually it's: > \\HTML\EN\plugins\-PlugInName-\html\images > there are these files: >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-14 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > As far as I understood the naming is special for Material-skin use. The > main plugin icon should be a .png but named as x_svg.png. If that syntax > is used for the icon name, then Material will use x.svg instead (so this > x.svg has to be provided alongside the xxx_svg.png).

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-14 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > Currently, if enabled under Extras a 'puzzel piece' appears per > default... under Home Screen items a nice default icon is chosen (2nd > picture). But this is really only a minor thing. That is a Material issue - the plugin can't tell Material to use a particular

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-14 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > You are absolutely right - here is a screenshot of the corresponding > directory link to my NAS... Good. You've confirmed what I've sen - the update gets rid of any files it generates on LMS shutdown and reuses file name so there'll only be maybe 10-20 OPML files. >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-14 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > Oops - sorry! Hope this time I got it right... No not at all. I just see > my Spotify Playlists - and I played/read about 4 CDs (maybe it's not 'a > lot of' you are talking about...) Not quite right. Although the CDplayer OPML files are saved in the playlist directory,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-13 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > Sounds great! I've never tried to build up a playlist with with CD > tracks but now I tested with the patched plugin on RasPi/Linux and yes > it works (no error logs)! I've built up an opml with "only tracks" from > one CD and also mixed up with local and online (Spotify)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-05-13 Thread bpa
MichaelPr wrote: > Hi @bpa, Do you plan to update/integrate the hack from TristanLateingne > and release a new version of the CDplayer plugin in 3rd party plugins? > > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?47288-Announce-CDplayer-plugin=1020593=1#post1020593 > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: AirPlay Bridge = integrate AirPlay devices with LMS (squeeze2raop)

2021-05-12 Thread bpa
Manlycookiebear wrote: > [11:31:49.002531] raopcl_accept_frames:441 [0x7f7c009610]: restarting > w/o pause n:3829800709.7937099, hts:168894211266981 > [11:31:49.078405] check_header:117 [0x4ab778]: unknown format - can't > parse header > [11:31:49.086015] _output_frames:53 [0x4ab778]: start

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-11 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > I never explicitly change the Radio France URLs from https to > hls-anything. > The contents of "More" is also not something that I knowingly set (at > least for the stream link). > It appears as hlsplays: or whatever as a result of the https content > being detected by

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2021-05-11 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > I am working on something that needs (at least) a specific HTTP header > to be set (might also need some cookies) to get a protected stream to > play. > The stream is only available via HLS. > > I can make the stream work using mplayer -http-header-fields. > The header

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] What (if anything) is the latest word on AccuRadio?

2021-05-09 Thread bpa
mitchhellman wrote: > I found mention of this in Forum>User Forums>Logitech Media Server>LMS > 8.0.0 Questions, beginning with message #162 , especially in message > #167. The #168 answer with Radio.net related to radio.net problem in #165 and not Accuradio. Accuradio is separate service

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] What (if anything) is the latest word on AccuRadio?

2021-05-09 Thread bpa
mitchhellman wrote: > If I recall correctly, AccuRadio was supposedly available, or was going > to be available, by using the RadioNet 3rd party app on LMS. I did a > search on the Radio.net website and came up empty on the keyword > "AccuRadio" (and also on the keyword "Putumayo," which is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-04-27 Thread bpa
I'm surprised this plugin is still being "actively" used. Since now - CDs are now less popular. - CD drives on PC are less common and often external - LMS servers is usually physically distant separate from the player. - CD interface emulates 30 year old standards which have long gone (e.g.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Annouce: SB Player, a software Squeezebox player app for Android.

2021-04-27 Thread bpa
Murdock wrote: > I thought SB Player could play WMA natively. > My LMS works on Linux. I'll see what I can do for the transcoding. > > Thank you for your answer. Install ffmpeg and PlayWMA plugin. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-04-27 Thread bpa
TristanLateingne wrote: > Hi, > After searching and testing, I have found what the problem is with the > playlists : the plugin does not comply with LMS opml implementation. The > tag for playlists does not contain a URL field as the LMS > documentation states is required. I tried creating an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-25 Thread bpa
philippe_44 wrote: > My observation on the Smokey Robinson file was an error toward the > *very* end (confirmed by both ffmpeg and my built-in decoder) Log from ffmpeg of Smokey Robinson track - shows the error in input stream - not a duration issue or EOF error. Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-25 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > By amazing coincidence, that error above is from 1-13_Last_Kiss.m4a. > The error plus the bit immediately after, when the session ends: > > [alac @ 0x56149523bc40] invalid samples per frame: 0/s speed=80.7x > Error while decoding stream #0:0: Invalid data found when processing >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-25 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > This suggests to me that the payload of the misencoded file is intact > and that the error is in a container structure. I checked out the container structure of the 1-13_Last_Kiss.m4a file and it was OK. Which is the file that ffmpeg throws up an error ? I'll check it out.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-23 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > Well, it is short. That is because I only cut and pasted the contiguous > section of log that was relevant to this transaction. Player pretty > much goes from idle to nope to idle. What you thought was "relevant". Sometime what is missing is more important - and only context

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-23 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > SB Radio and Library pCP/SL: Track won't even start playing. Here's the > debug from that: > > > Code: > > [21-04-23 11:08:45.4894] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_Stream (1213) 02:00:96:66:70:5e: preparing to stream song index 0 > [21-04-23

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-23 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > I mean to say that the ALAC files that are all problematic were all > originally FLAC, transcoded to ALAC and then included in my LMS library. > I use iTunes to manage my library, so all of my lossless music is ALAC. > And indeed, I have a LOT of ALAC files that were transcoded

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-23 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > I ran that command on the AAC/M4A file: > > > Code: > > Stream mapping: > Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) > Press [q] to stop, [?] for help > [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x55ea023e6980] Packet corrupt (stream = 0, dts = 7911424). > 01 The Tears Of A

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-23 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > I may try to re-transcode a file from the source flac to alac again and > see what happens. If you are messing with the file. You should check whether the file FASTSTART enabled (i.e. streamable) is an issue. A file is "streamable" when the index to audio frames is placed at

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Group Players: Songs stop prematurely with an error

2021-04-23 Thread bpa
benh wrote: > > [21-04-18 22:54:21.6627] Slim::Player::Squeezebox2::statHandler (149) > Error: : Decoder does not > support file format, code 0 > > I have confirmed that these files play normally using other music > players, such as iTunes. I can play the SAME file on a single pCP > rather

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2021-04-21 Thread bpa
mrmichaelwright wrote: > Seems to have been some progress (I'm a bit lost) > > Is there a fix for my original problem with playback not starting at > all? I've read through the posts since but just managed to confuse > myself. Not sure what your problem was. There were lots of problems with

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Local Player plugin and Squeezelite for Linux/Windows/OSX

2021-04-18 Thread bpa
v2k wrote: > There is an option to turn local access on/off in the settings for the > plugin but its purpose seems to be, right now anyway, to enable playback > on a machine running LMS, which as per the description for the plugin > includes the player. I think the plugin will install the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Local Player plugin and Squeezelite for Linux/Windows/OSX

2021-04-16 Thread bpa
v2k wrote: > Thanks! That might be a better solution than the plugin. That machine is > running Ubuntu 18.04, the version in the repo looks to be 1.8. > Everything else in bin is supposed to execute so I don't think you're > doing anything wrong by being explicit :) IIRC the LocalPlayer plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce Planet Radio / Bauer Media plugin - PlanetRock, Absolute, Kiss, Scala ++

2021-04-16 Thread bpa
I'll look into it this evening - Reliable seems to be part of the issue. This is important to resolve as a proposed 8.2 change makes Reliable like functionality more widespread. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce Planet Radio / Bauer Media plugin - PlanetRock, Absolute, Kiss, Scala ++

2021-04-16 Thread bpa
I tried the "problem "stream" on my 8.1.2 and it plays OK on my Radio. I do not have Reliable installed. The log also has enabled "formats.audio" logging to show LMS MP4 handling. The intermittent problem which shows as"Decoder does not support file format" might be due to a problem in LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce Planet Radio / Bauer Media plugin - PlanetRock, Absolute, Kiss, Scala ++

2021-04-16 Thread bpa
I had aquicj look at the orhginal log Code: [21-04-16 08:30:09.6927] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_setPlayingState (2377) new playing state PLAYING [21-04-16 08:30:09.6934] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_Playing (368) Song 0 has now started playing

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce Planet Radio / Bauer Media plugin - PlanetRock, Absolute, Kiss, Scala ++

2021-04-16 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > ffmpeg is me not slarti. Sorry. I need to go back and review. My hobby horse is PlayMP4 on 8.* - paradoxically it is causing problems by solving problems. This issue will have two part (i) the conversion rules and (ii) player "direct" capabilities - can it play HTTPS/MP4

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce Planet Radio / Bauer Media plugin - PlanetRock, Absolute, Kiss, Scala ++

2021-04-16 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > The strange thing is with reliable enabled I can play a boxset once on > my Radio but if I play something else then return to the same boxset it > doesn't play. I also don"t understand why disabling native MP4 doesn't > seem to have any effect. I've only come into at

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