Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2021-01-23 Thread bpa
SpiderJon wrote: > Hi Fodda > > The relatively new and excellent BBC Sounds plugin (by expectingtofly) > will put a smile back on your face details at > > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113045-Announce-BBC-Sounds-Plugin The BBC Sounds plugin is available from Plugins tab 3rd

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-22 Thread bpa
mrw wrote: > An area that is well outside my knowledgebase ! I'll continue to study > and gain understanding. > > Nevertheless, I think the basic point that I noted is valid. Should LMS > be trying as hard in 2021 to "fix" server misconfiguration problems that > may have been prevalent in 2010

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-22 Thread bpa
The problem is same as before - two caches out of sync for same 1.fm URL $contentTypeCache has "aac" accessed in Schema.pm $urlToTypeCache has "mp3" access in Info.pm bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-22 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > It could be the first time an aac stream has actually been MP3. It looks > like an error by the content provider. It probably should be aac. It is not good for any sort of invalid aac stream causes radio to reboot. In this instance it is LMS problem but it shows aac

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-22 Thread bpa
mrw wrote: > But that is done _after_ looking at the remote headers. Headers iare HTTP headercontent is audio frame data. > So we're reading the headers _again_ ? LMS always has to examine the audio stream ( a file/audio stream header not a HTTP header) for example, to determine bitrate as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-22 Thread bpa
The issue is indeed a rehash of the old mar 2020 problem. First, in /Slim/Utils/Scanner/Remote.pm the ContetnType is set to "aac" based on URL. Later, after reading data from the stream, in Slim/Player/Protocols/HTTP.pm (after calling parseDirectHeaders to get bitrate, contenttype etc.) the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-21 Thread bpa
mrw wrote: > Here is my take: > > The problem here is that the last three characters of the stream url > -http://strm112.1.fm/reggae_mobile_aac- suggest that it might be -aac-, > but it actually has -Content-Type- correctly identifying it as > -audio/mpeg-, i.e. MP3. But LMS overrides that and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-21 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > I thought that was fixed. > > The original bug was a shortcut to designate type from extension (IIRC > not the last 3 letters) name rather than scanning the contents. IIRC > The recent fix scanned the contents of first few frames to determine MP3 > vs AAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-21 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I seem to remember a similar issue fairly recently where the stream type > didn't match the name. I'll try to find the thread. I thought that was fixed. The original bug was a shortcut to designate type from extension (IIRC not the last 3 letters) name rather than

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-21 Thread bpa
mrw wrote: > I wonder why that should be. Headers indicate -audio/mpeg-, meaning, I > believe, MP3. Agreed. I need to look a bit more, I only did a quick test - it may be a side effect of some change I have in my own system (I sometime forget to unwind all of some test setups) The log shows

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-21 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > There is something odd with the 2nd 1.FM reggae > http://strm112.1.fm/reggae_mobile_aac - I can't get it to play with > Receiver. Found the problem. My LMS has determined it is AAC and tries to use faad - but it is an M

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 1.fm?

2021-01-21 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I didn't know there were any settings [emoji3]. What was causing the > boot loop though? When it finally recovered the second stream played > correctly. I have never experienced a boot loop with any player before. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk The plugin just

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

2021-01-20 Thread bpa
slurmsmckenzie wrote: > Guess so, does feel like Sounds isn't a "full" replacement for iPlayer - > not that anyone told me it should be mind, I guess I just had the > expectation that it would have all the BBC podcasts I could get in > iPlayer! EDIT - just to clarify here, I'm on about BBC

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

2021-01-20 Thread bpa
slurmsmckenzie wrote: > If you click on any of them it takes you back to the BBC website (not > Sounds) and shows "Sorry, this episode is not currently available". EDIT > - apologies though, that doesn't match what I said about not being able > to find them! I thought I'd searched the website a

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

2021-01-19 Thread bpa
slurmsmckenzie wrote: > I can't find them in Sounds, either on the app or the website when using > a browser. On website in BBC Sounds if I search for "Adam and Joe" - it returns a lot of programs from 2008 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/search?q=adam+and+joe

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

2021-01-18 Thread bpa
barretap wrote: > Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.3 - 1597753178 @ Sun Aug 23 19:15:28 > WEDT 2020 That's an old version of LMS. It may be worthwhile updating it as there were a lot of bug fixes since Aug 2020. bpa's

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

2021-01-09 Thread bpa
yas1 wrote: > But I don't see any maxVersion defined in the install.xml, only a > minVersion, what am I missing here? > > Squeezecenter > 7.3 > * > IIRC The maxVersion used to be set to 7.* - I changed it to * which means no limit - if set to 8.* then when 9.0 came along same problem would

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

2021-01-09 Thread bpa
yas1 wrote: > Well I updated from 7.9.3~1591161343 to 8.1.0 and WavInput remained in > the active plugins list but with *no tick* in the box and its > description was 'Plugin is incompatible with this version of Logitech > Media Server. Please update.' The WaveInput was only valid for 7.9.*

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SqueezeLite on Windows pausing, interruption, dropout of audio every 5 minutes

2021-01-08 Thread bpa
gordonb3 wrote: > you'll most likely be looking at some kind of malware blocker. A few years ago - some 3rd party security software used to insert themselves into the Winsock stack to catch malware which used "pipes" - a few caused strange problem with LMS. To check if the security software

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

2021-01-08 Thread bpa
yas1 wrote: > Thankas for the quick response! > > Sorry, a bit new to this: > [21-01-08 19:01:03.5362] Slim::Plugin::Extensions::Plugin::_parseXML > (530) entry WaveInput vers: 1.04 url: http > ://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/OtherPlugins/WaveInputLinux-v104_7.6.ZIP - the

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

2021-01-08 Thread bpa
yas1 wrote: > Hi, > after an update to LMS v8.1.0 I also get this error (debug on): > > [21-01-08 18:37:40.7441] Slim::Utils::PluginManager::load (237) Couldn't > load WaveInput. Error: Plugin is incompatible with this version of > Logitech Media Server. Please update. > [21-01-08

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

2021-01-08 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > Unless anyone else has any ideas what can cause that player error > message? The only time I've seen this error was when trying to play a MP4 file that was not optimised for streaming (i.e. frame index was after the audio data) - but changes made since Sept have handled

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

2021-01-06 Thread bpa
A niggle which may confuse some users. While looking at another problem I noticed the BBC Sounds "Tracklist" menu appearing in a non BBC Sounds context. If clicked it produces an error message Code: [21-01-06 09:42:20.8005] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1266) Warning:

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

2021-01-05 Thread bpa
pimco wrote: > I am running pulseaudio and got it finally working. It is really great. > Even the pulseaudio equalizer (qpaeq) works fine ! > Last question: is it possible to reduce the buffering delay ? I have > about 5 seconds (even without EQ) and it is for youtube videos annoying. > Many

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2021-01-05 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > It is just using the standard LMS SimpleAsyncHTTP. I see no reason to > change that part (it shares the same dash processing logic as Phillipe's > You tube plugin). I've no idea if this standard LMS operation sets the > protocol to http 1.1, but I doubt it. > > I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2021-01-05 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > but the way that the bbc streams in chunks with a new connection every 6 > seconds it becomes very visible. Is the plugin not using HTTP 1.1 for DASH chunks where there is only one TCP connection for multiple GETs - this hugely reduces the load on processor (i.e. only

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2021-01-04 Thread bpa
comeng wrote: > Thank you for help and as always in such circumstances I am frustrated > that I cannot come up with an explanation or put my finger on one issue > that could be further investigated. I feeel the root of "drop outs" was these "long delay" packets. I think it is has virtually

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

2021-01-04 Thread bpa
Nick_G wrote: > Hi bpa. No it is on a Raspberry Pi (2nd iteration IIRC). OK strange that "odroid" appears in your log above - must be a Max2play thing. Code: rm: cannot remove `/etc/init/whoopsie.conf': No such file or directory rm: cannot remove `/

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

2021-01-04 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > > > Probably worth starting a new thread for your max2play problem so it > doesn't get mixed up with the BBC Sounds chat. It looks like Nick_g is has max2play on an Odroid not raspberry Pi. I should clarify IO::Socket::SSL and OpenSSL are part of or dependent on OS

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

2021-01-03 Thread bpa
Spiel1 wrote: > After playing/recording for a while, stopped the plugin, transferred the > file over to my Win-10 box, and played it without issues. So I 'm good > to go. > > Many thanks for all the help and the patience in straightening this out > for me - I learned a fair amount in going

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-01-03 Thread bpa
pratt733 wrote: > Thanks. Figured it out on my own. The device couldn't be seen in > -scanbus, but could still be accessed via the plugin. Anyway, found > that custom-convert.conf needed this: > > -I cooked_ioctl > > From the command line, it was creating silent wavs. This resolved >

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

2021-01-03 Thread bpa
Spiel1 wrote: > I've played around with the file such as changing [arecord] to [aplay] > and parameter changes, and that causes the plugin to error out, so I'm > thinking I'm messing with the right .conf file. Doing arecord/aplay from > the command line and killing with a ^C does not seem to

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

2021-01-02 Thread bpa
Spiel1 wrote: > Edited the custom-convert.conf file, and added | tee > /mnt/HP/Recordings/1.wav. Did this under the wavin pcm * * as I don't > know how to make the input flac (is that detected from the > extension(?)). After rebooting, resetting the mounts, and making sure > the directories

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

2021-01-02 Thread bpa
Spiel1 wrote: > > Sorry for the longwinded explanation - I thought this was something that > others were possibly already doing, and that I was just overlooking > something. I used to have LMS on a Win-2012 server, but it fried a few > months ago along with my squeezebox player, and that's

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

2021-01-02 Thread bpa
pimco wrote: > I got finally the plugin running, if I press play the time is running. > But I do not get any sound. I have read somewhere (there are really tons > of information here!) that a proper installation should provide WAV as > file type associated with WaveInput. It is not the case on

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

2021-01-02 Thread bpa
theadmans wrote: > I just loaded the BBC Sounds Plugin in LMS 7.9.1 > > When I enter my BBC Account email address and password in Settings... > > ...it says there is a problem with signin and to try again. > > I know my account details are correct as I have just used them to sign > out and

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

2021-01-02 Thread bpa
Spiel1 wrote: > I'm trying to both record to a file, and at the same time either play > that file using the WaveInput plugin, or to pipe (or loop) the audio > input to the plugin to allow for playing in different rooms. I suspect WaveInput is not the right way to do it. WaveInput has many

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2021-01-02 Thread bpa
pratt733 wrote: > I know this is an old post, but I'm doing the same exact thing. I have > communication and the tracks appear to play, but there's no sound. A > local drive works just fine, so I don't think it's my LMS configuration. > Can anyone help? Provide full info (processor, OS,

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

2021-01-01 Thread bpa
pimco wrote: > Thanks for the info with the debugging info: > Here the logging related to WaveInput > [21-01-01 22:53:41.1655] Slim::Plugin::Extensions::Plugin::_parseXML > (511) entry WaveInput does not match, wrong target [unix != win] > [21-01-01 22:53:41.1657]

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

2021-01-01 Thread bpa
In LMS logging WebUI Settings/Advanced/Logging Check the box "Save logging settings for use at next application restart " Set plugin.extension to DEBUG Click Apply. Restart LMS. Copy all the message from server.log from the LMS startup into a text file and zip and attach to a post starting

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

2021-01-01 Thread bpa
I've checked the LMS respository and WaveInput plugin and both are classified with support for 8.* It can be seen in the LMS extensions list at https://github.com/LMS-Community/lms-plugin-repository/raw/master/extensions.xml Something must be odd - either with your installation or with LMS.

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

2021-01-01 Thread bpa
pimco wrote: > I installed the deb file from www.mysqueezebox.com/download on a x64 > computer, no additional repositories. > After having selected "Use unsupported extensions", restarted LMS, > unselected "Use unsupported extensions" and restarted again, the plugin > is now displayed as active

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

2021-01-01 Thread bpa
pimco wrote: > First thanks for the LMS continuous support. Thanks your great job I can > still enjoy music with a more than 10 years old squeezebox v3. Simply > great! > I have installed yesterday LMS 8.1.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 and have the same > problem as described by adamslim earlier in this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2020-12-31 Thread bpa
comeng wrote: > Ok I am going to a take a step back and enjoy the New Year as we enter > it > > I need to repeat all the steps I have previously taken and leave it > running for sometime. > > I have not had a drop out on Listen Again since I upgraded the plugin to > 2.9.1 (I think) > > I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2020-12-31 Thread bpa
comeng wrote: > I set the logging as Internet Radio is there a better option, with it > set at that you would just get more of same Those logging options are really only for standard HTTP streams. So it is triggering for each chunk, each of which is a GET which requires a DNS lookup. Each

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2020-12-31 Thread bpa
Did you enable any logging for these "resolve" message to appear in the log ? Is this an edited log file with message or text removed ? if so then please post unedited log file (zip & attach) as sometime the message that are missing are important. What do you mean "Yes I have proxy set

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2020-12-31 Thread bpa
d6jg wrote: > Didn’t know that. Thanks "Direct" means a stream that a player can play direct (i.e. audio stream goes straight to player, no LMS audio involvement - stream metadata is sent back from player to LMS to display). The setting only applies to player which are not synced and the player

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2020-12-31 Thread bpa
d6jg wrote: > Are your players set to Direct or Proxied Streaming? That setting makes no difference with BBC Sounds or BBCiPlayer or any plugin which is not a simple HTTP streams (e.g. HLS) bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2020-12-31 Thread bpa
comeng wrote: > Hi > > Live in UK, no VPN (Sky Broadband) > I am most interested in Radio 2 Live so not not really explored others > yet > Server on static IP, others assigned by router > When the dropout occurs program run time keeps incrementing with no > sound, when connection remade timer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Sounds Dropping out

2020-12-30 Thread bpa
Always good to detail the version you're running. If not the latest version then it is hardder to give advice. Are you using any special DACs or using any non default LMS settings (e.g. disabling AAC native) Are you in the UK or outside UK. If outside the UK are you using a VPN ? More

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

2020-12-30 Thread bpa
Viragored wrote: > Now that the iPlayer plugin (which is what I was remembering) is gone, I > can't go back to check my recollections. I don't think I ever used > iPlayer Extras and what I recall from the iPlayer plugin in LMS is that, > for example, on the "Radio 2" page the entries would go

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2020-12-28 Thread bpa
Sb42 wrote: > 20 years ago I was gently admonished by an audiophile for both wanting a > Squeezebox and for listening to the BBC while outside of the UK. I've > always recounted that story with good humour, but today i feel > vindicated. I started using SB about 15 years ago wanting to listen

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

2020-12-28 Thread bpa
Viragored wrote: > Thanks - but as @expectingtofly has said, the details under "Stations > and Schedules" are ordered by station, then date, then time. I was > hoping that there'd be a list somewhere, as with the BBC iplayer, in > alpha order including shows available on demand. Perhaps the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite: slimproto_run error reading from socket: closed

2020-12-28 Thread bpa
hbq269 wrote: > Perhaps the server was just generally confused by having two > squeezelites on the same host. LMS identifies squeezelite players by their MAC address - so to have multiple squeezlite in same on same host they must have different MAC addresses. Users must use the squeezelite

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite: How to get the sample rate of the stream ???

2020-12-23 Thread bpa
bidule wrote: > Any help in the synthax, thank you. My shell script is not great but you have multiple echo commands on one line, usually command on one line are separated by semi-colon ";" bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite: slimproto_run error reading from socket: closed

2020-12-23 Thread bpa
Since you run Docker, it maybe a Docker setup issue. I suggest posting on the Docker thread ( with a link to this thread) and see if another Docker users has seen it. https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111828-Official-docker-container-for-LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite: How to get the sample rate of the stream ???

2020-12-22 Thread bpa
bidule wrote: > unless there is an easy way to autmate a request at each new track ? You can register to be notified of player stuff. There is a notifcation for "playlist newsong" which seems to be new item being played.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite: How to get the sample rate of the stream ???

2020-12-22 Thread bpa
No need for JSON. >From WebUI Help / technical Information / The Logitech server command line interface Status command shoud giev the info Code: status The "status" query returns the complete status about a given player, including the current playlist.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite: How to get the sample rate of the stream ???

2020-12-22 Thread bpa
bidule wrote: > 32623 > Yes bpa, that is exactly what I want to get from a Linux command line. > Is it possible ? and how ? I think you'll have to use CLI (i.e. curl with JSON) . I don't know the right comman

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite: How to get the sample rate of the stream ???

2020-12-21 Thread bpa
This is usually part of LMS "more info" when track is playing. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113499

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Dropouts - Is it BBC Sounds or Airbridge ?

2020-12-20 Thread bpa
What is the player you are using for BBC Sounds output ? I know you said latest version of LMS & plugins etc. - please state them just so they can be confirmed. Sometimes there are "development" version which may have relevant fixes Example - the following are all "latest" but depends on what

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-20 Thread bpa
Marsupial wrote: > From there, I trigger an action (poll state) on a state change of the > piCorePlayer - the resulting state is text-based and can be "off", > "idle", etc. > There doesn't seem to be power-on state... so I enabled the condition on > whether or not the state is "off". Just to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-19 Thread bpa
Marsupial wrote: > Is the remote control responding to lms events, or just menu entries? > > I'd want the power to be automated with the on/off state of the > player... For LMS based solutions. RemoteControl Plugin is drive by the menus. LMS event can be used to trigger scripts using the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-19 Thread bpa
Marsupial wrote: > Is this plugin available somewhere? > > I'd be willing to give it a try. > > The Tasmota devices are easy used trough http commands that can even be > hand typed in browser. This would in theory be easy. If they're very simple http - it may not even need a plugin -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-19 Thread bpa
Marsupial wrote: > Would your remote control plugin be able to send http commands to > Tasmota? That would be perfect... Must have badly expressed myself. The plugin just sends a HTTP message and reads a response. The plugin doesn't really care about the contents of message or response except

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-19 Thread bpa
LMS has AnyEvent at it's heart although the version is a bit old. For simplicity, the RemoteControl plugin uses AnyEvent to send a http message and didn't use a LMS http routine There is an AnyEvent::MQTT module but not sure if it requires an newer AnyEvent than LMS version. IIRC - one of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-19 Thread bpa
Marsupial wrote: > Didn't tplink change this in a firmware update? Possibly - it was done a few years ago and IIRC it was the backdoor/debug interface. The plugin was mainly an example for another user of using LMS and not squeezelite. The smart Plugs I got I intend to reflash to Tasmota but

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-19 Thread bpa
paul- wrote: > I completely forgot about that plugin. The TPlink used messages which were JSON formatted so even though it is simple exchange, there is way too much code for the OP request. I think the V1.0 may be better basis. If OP gives example of ON and OFF message and any responses

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite/piCorePlayer power to Tasmota/MQTT/HA

2020-12-19 Thread bpa
A few years ago, I created an LMS plugin called RemoteControl. So this solution is LMS based and not squeezelite based. The plugin controls a TP-link smart plugin by sending a HTTP cmd on or off . The commands appears as menus under the LMS main menu for the plugin. I think it could be

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

2020-12-17 Thread bpa
vinnielo wrote: > Well, thanks for the suggestions. > It's not quite the £10-20 I had hoped for (just to even match the price > of a second hand Joggler), but never mind! It's close but admittedly upper end CEX has Pi 3b+ for £20 and you can build a case out of Lego - so only need PSU. on Ebay

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

2020-12-16 Thread bpa
vinnielo wrote: > How does one obtain a Raspberry Pi for "a few quid"? :) Does it include > the casing and other essentials? Pi3 is cheaper than Pi4 and for a simple LMS with some transcoding - it is OK. Pi4 is speedier and better USB support. There is a plain "official" PI case and PSU -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] DSD on squeezelite

2020-12-16 Thread bpa
Learnincurve wrote: > Any experience regarding the best approach? Pulseaudio is aimed at mixing outputs so audio outputs can be shared - so it'll probably mangle your bit stream in order to share. I don;t know DSD but I do know a bit about ALSA. You are using a Default device. Some class of

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

2020-12-16 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > Its odd that you are having the timeout problem/long connection times in > the first place. That problem is happening outside the plugin. Over the years, the feeling I got from these timeouts was they occur sporadically in regions so I think it is CDN/ISP

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > This does appear to be a caching problem. > > Caching of the menus is only for 10 minutes, so the explicit caching is > probably not the cause. So there is probably some default web caching > that LMS is doing that I didn't notice was happening. It didn't matter >

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
AngloCuencano wrote: > Well, that's very odd, because "PM" is available to me. "Curious" is now > available, but not Scientists in the Spotlight." > > You and I are both non-uk, I think, so that shouldn't be the issue. I think there is caching and timing at play. A "not available" status is

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
PM wouldn't play "currently not available". Check that it would play on a web browser. I stopped LMS , cleared LMS cache.db and restarted LMS PM program played OK. Is there caching at work ? bpa's Profile:

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
AngloCuencano wrote: > I'm using 2.7.1, I was able to play "Curious" before updating to 2.7.1. Interesting "Curious" is still playable but the programme before that "Front Row" is "Currently not available". bpa's

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
AngloCuencano wrote: > Thanks for this essential plugin. > > I've noticed that the ability to stream a particular program using the > LMS plugin is considerably delayed vs availability on the official BBC > app on my iPhone. For example on Radio 4 today (Tuesday), the latest > program that I

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
mherger wrote: > > Perl Version: 5.8.8 - i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi > > What LMS is this, on what OS?!? It's a O2 Joggler. There are a good few LMS users of Joggler but I think they use a release from BirdsLikeWires

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > It's interesting isn't it, looking at the the underlying code this just > seems to be the underlying LMS HTTP non-blocking code not able to create > a non-blocking socket. So it appears to be a local problem, for > whatever reason. Maybe this is just something that can

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > The download of a chunk of audio is failing for some reason. For some users, every so often BBC DASH replies can take a long time to reply over 10 secs. Is the timeout for DASH chunk read set explicitly or is it using the LMS Network setting "Radio Station timeout"

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > Thanks for the info. Yes, I saw that it was supported in 5.10 onwards > ('released in 2007' > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_5_version_history#cite_note-perlhist-1) > !!). I'm not sure how I could test against a version of perl that old. > > > Jogglers are

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

2020-12-15 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > I'm not sure how the LMS versions and perl versions interrelate, but I > suspect your problem will go away if you update your LMS to a more > recent version. 7.9.0 is not recommended. I think this could be the "//" operator. IIRC It was not valid in Perl 5.8 but valid

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2020-12-13 Thread bpa
mannett wrote: > Sadly will mean upgrading LMS from 7.7.0 to 7.9.1+ which in turn means > upgrading from VB 2.0 to 2.4, which in turn will involve buying a new > disk and a day of faffing about. Upgrading to 7.9.4 (not worth the effort) better , 8.* is not a BBC Sounds requirements. The

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

2020-12-13 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > Possibly. > I see that the Roku list does include models with "EU" at the end which > implies more than UK > e.g. 9101EU > Even if a non-UK model the device might check the claimed installation > country before allowing UK apps. Yes, Roku has two levels of access to

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

2020-12-13 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > It is on TVs though > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/supported-devices/connected-tv > However, the wording there implies to be that BBC built/provided the TV > app. > Is it UK only ? The approved model number seems to indicate that. My Ireland - Roku and

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

2020-12-13 Thread bpa
tw99 wrote: > I'm curious as to why BBC Sounds support doesn't yet seem to have made > it into any of the commercial products (e.g. Sonos, Blusound, Roon > whatever). Non-UK users were only allowed to use BBC Sounds from mid-Sept. So perhaps commercial products are waiting to see demand or

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2020-12-13 Thread bpa
willdebeest wrote: > Thanks for your reassurance bpa. Then I guess I must have just > experienced ‘confirmation bias’. > Just to add to the others’ posts, a massive thanks to you and all > involved for your work with both plugins. They have provided countless > hours of pleasure,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2020-12-13 Thread bpa
willdebeest wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone else notice a difference in sound quality > listening on the new sounds app vs the old iplayer app ? On BBC 6 live > stream from sounds app, LMS reports 320 kbps CBR, 48kHz, BBC Sounds. On > iplayer app, the stream technical info says 339 kbps

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2020-12-12 Thread bpa
mannett wrote: > I am trying to get from a very old version of this plugin. I've > succeeded in deactivating the old version and followed the instructions > the top of this thread through to: > I'm not sure what you are trying to do. BBCiPlayer plugin "Listen Again" functionality has stopped

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: RadioNet plugin to enable playing stream from the radio.net service

2020-12-12 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I see what you mean about low bit rate 22kbps I think the services are aimed at users who listened to AM and also keeping costs to a minimum. HLS version often have better metadata such as track "cover" However sometime the supplied track cover URL has no image.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: RadioNet plugin to enable playing stream from the radio.net service

2020-12-12 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > Can we listen to iHeart stations in the UK and Ireland? Via the plugin - the vast majority - yes. There are a number which are geo-locked. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: RadioNet plugin to enable playing stream from the radio.net service

2020-12-12 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > It looks like it might be an iHeart station. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk I think the Radio.net URL is old. There are four working URL using my iHeart plugin. The HLS one is http://stream.revma.ihrhls.com/zc7730/hls.m3u8

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: RadioNet plugin to enable playing stream from the radio.net service

2020-12-12 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I found a station on RadioNet that doesn't play. From "more info" it may > be HLS. Doesn't play on other non LMS players for me either. I get Code: HTTP error 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable 5xx are far end

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2020-12-11 Thread bpa
prabbit wrote: > But if these plugins didn’t work in 8.0+, especially TrackStat, I would > stay on 7.9.4 forever. Plugins needs maintenance. The plugins currently work with 8.0.* and at the moment 8.1.*. No guarantees. As the plugins have some interaction with a key component - the database,

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

2020-12-11 Thread bpa
expectingtofly wrote: > I guess at some point the BBC will integrate it into BBC Sounds, but it > appears to be entirely separate at the moment. I'm not sure they will. The content is live, typically sport events, often before local radio joins the feeds. The event stream does not seem to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite output to file for snapcast

2020-12-09 Thread bpa
Roland0 wrote: > > man page says:> > > > > Quote Originally Posted by man squeezelite > > -a > > Specify parameters used when opening an audio output device. > > When the output is sent to standard output, the value can be 16, 24 or > > 32, which denotes the sample size in bits. Little

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite output to file for snapcast

2020-12-08 Thread bpa
Roland0 wrote: > Try setting both squeezelite (options -a and -r) and snapserver (conf > file) to the same (fixed) sample size and sample rate (e.g. 16 bit / > 44100 hz) The OP example shows "cat" of a file with WAV header. If OP needs a WAV header the "-a" and "-r" will not provide it. Also I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] squeezelite output to file for snapcast

2020-12-08 Thread bpa
gekoch wrote: > I'm currently running a snapserver which plays the files that are stored > in the /tmp/snapfifo file. > So you can > Code: > > cat someWaveFile.wav > /tmp/snapfifo > > and then it plays the song to all snapcast clients that are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Softsqueeze - scrolling display problem

2020-12-06 Thread bpa
vinnielo wrote: > UPDATE: It appears to have nothing to do with holding on to buttons, but > switching skins, e.g. from Boom to SB3. > It doesn't always happen, but when it does, it gets annoying. > > But you're right, bpa.. restarting LMS forgets the player, and as I > gu

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