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

2021-09-02 Thread Michael Herger
I installed spotty and I am able to use my touch as a connected player but I have noticed that the ogg vorbis is recompiled as pcm and auto play does not work. Spotty would stream PCM rather than Ogg if you had volume normalization enabled. But don't worry. It won't hurt the sound quality.

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

2021-09-02 Thread kefkekeyser
I am trying to get Spotify working on my squeezebox touch. I want to use my touch as a Spotify connect player and use the Spotify app to control the touch. I installed spotty and I am able to use my touch as a connected player but I have noticed that the ogg vorbis is recompiled as pcm and auto

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

2021-07-13 Thread mykee
mherger wrote: > > I understand the latest update of Spotty means that it is now not > > compatible with 32-bit Windows 7 platform anymore. Is there a chance > to > > uninstall that update and reinstall a prior version that would work on > a > > 32-bit windows? The project of updating the

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

2021-07-12 Thread Guut_Boy
I should add, as long as the legacy helper was used there does not seem to be any messages in the log. Without it there are messages saying the helper cannot be found. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Guut_Boy's

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

2021-07-12 Thread Guut_Boy
So now I am on 4.6. And the problem persists, I tried an other player to (squeezebox touch) and the sound is the same. I have tried removing the helper applications from the plugins menu and tried adding both the legacy one, and the ARMv8/aarch64 one. But only the legacy one (the one I listed

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

2021-07-12 Thread Michael Herger
The Pi model is B Plus rev 1.2 (512MB RAM). The Spotty helper application is listed as /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/SpottyARMLegacyBin/Bin/spotty (v0.12.2) I guess you've been using that before? Can you double check what binary Spotty is using? It looks as if it

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

2021-07-12 Thread Guut_Boy
mherger wrote: > > It was failing with an error saying something like “failed to get > access > > tokenâ€, with a recommendation to try a spotty helper application. The > > suggested helper application did not seem to fix the problem, so I > tried > > the legacy one (for ARM, this is running

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

2021-07-12 Thread Michael Herger
Has the fix for volume normalisation made it into a released version yet, as it's not clear from the thread. No, but I hope to have it out later today. ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com

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

2021-07-12 Thread tw99
@michael Has the fix for volume normalisation made it into a released version yet, as it's not clear from the thread. Thanks tw99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=51684 View this thread:

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

2021-07-12 Thread Michael Herger
It was failing with an error saying something like “failed to get access token”, with a recommendation to try a spotty helper application. The suggested helper application did not seem to fix the problem, so I tried the legacy one (for ARM, this is running on an aging raspberry pi). What exact

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

2021-07-12 Thread Guut_Boy
I am having a weird problem with Spotty. It’s just playing crackling noises. It was failing with an error saying something like “failed to get access token”, with a recommendation to try a spotty helper application. The suggested helper application did not seem to fix the problem, so I tried

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

2021-07-11 Thread Michael Herger
You have to go to the Spotify list of available devices. The problem I have is that sometimes my SB3 is not in the list of available devices. To solve this, I have to power on the SB3 and to play a song. I don’t know what is happening. Spotty has a confusing number of options and modes to

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

2021-07-11 Thread Michael Herger
I understand the latest update of Spotty means that it is now not compatible with 32-bit Windows 7 platform anymore. Is there a chance to uninstall that update and reinstall a prior version that would work on a 32-bit windows? The project of updating the system to 64bit will not happen right now

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

2021-07-11 Thread mykee
Hi! I understand the latest update of Spotty means that it is now not compatible with 32-bit Windows 7 platform anymore. Is there a chance to uninstall that update and reinstall a prior version that would work on a 32-bit windows? The project of updating the system to 64bit will not happen

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

2021-07-10 Thread jallison
kidstypike wrote: > Restart your Touch? Indeed. Thanks! jallison's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1465 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114726

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

2021-07-10 Thread kidstypike
jotap_66 wrote: > You have to go to the Spotify list of available devices. The problem I > have is that sometimes my SB3 is not in the list of available devices. > To solve this, I have to power on the SB3 and to play a song. I > dont know what is happening. > > Michael some idea of this

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

2021-07-10 Thread jotap_66
kidstypike wrote: > Restart your Touch? You have to go to the Spotify list of available devices. The problem I have is that sometimes my SB3 is not in the list of available devices. To solve this, I have to power on the SB3 and to play a song. I don’t know what is happening. Michael some idea

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

2021-07-09 Thread kidstypike
jallison wrote: > Hey all, > > -Long -time Squeezbox user but brand new to the Spotty plugin and I have > a couple newbie questions. I've got it enabled, but I don't see anything > on my Touch that would indicate that Spotify is available. I'm not sure > what the UI is for this...where do I

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

2021-07-09 Thread jallison
Hey all, -Long -time Squeezbox user but brand new to the Spotty plugin and I have a couple newbie questions. I've got it enabled, but I don't see anything on my Touch that would indicate that Spotify is available. I'm not sure what the UI is for this...where do I find Spotify access? Also, I'm

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

2021-07-09 Thread jotap_66
slartibartfast wrote: > Third Party plugins? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk No. I used the spotty app in the myapps menu in LMS. And the spotty plug-in appeared magically again in the list of active plugins. I have no idea of what happened Anyway thank you very much

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

2021-07-09 Thread slartibartfast
jotap_66 wrote: > Hi Michael: > > I am using my dockered LMS 8.1.1 in my Synology 918+ without no > problems > > I was having some problems with Spotty 4.5.x. and my SB3. I checked and > unchecked spotty checkmark in my list of active plugins, but now I cant > find Spotty in the list of

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

2021-07-09 Thread jotap_66
Hi Michael: I am using my dockered LMS 8.1.1 in Synology witthout no problems I was having some problems with Spotty 4.5.x. and my SB3. I checked and unchecked spotty checkmark in my list of active plugins, but now I cant find Spotty in the list of unactive plugins. What happened? Where is

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

2021-07-08 Thread Michael Herger
As you said, there must have been an album causing a problem. Anyway, it's fixed now. Excellent! Free the music! ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins

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

2021-07-08 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > ...Try to increase the offset by 10. Would the request fail at some > point? > As if there was one album causing the problem?I've been doing a project, and > I added a lot of albums to my Spotify library. I've just removed them, and Spotty has now populted my Albums folder

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

2021-07-08 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > Try to increase the offset by 10. Would the request fail at some point? > > As if there was one album causing the problem?Changing the offset doesn't > seem to help. But if I leave the offset at the default (5), and set the limit to 45, it returns a list of albums. 45 is the

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

2021-07-08 Thread Michael Herger
You'll need to "Get Token" first. Then "Try it". Would that give you a list in the bottom right? The default limit is set to 50, and I get the error with that. But if I set the limit to 10, it returns a list of albums. Try to increase the offset by 10. Would the request fail at some point?

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

2021-07-07 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > > I've just checked LMS on a laptop, and the Spotify Albums folder > is[color=blue]Could you please try to get your albums list using the > Spotify developer's console? > > https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-current-user-saved-albums/?limit=50== > > You'll need to

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

2021-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
You'll need to "Get Token" first. Then "Try it". Would that give you a list in the bottom right? It returns an error: "error": { "status": 502, "message": "Request was not transferred" } Exactly the same as LMS is seeing. So this definitely is NOT a Spotty issue, but on Spotify's end. You

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

2021-07-07 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > > I've just checked LMS on a laptop, and the Spotify Albums folder > is[color=blue]Could you please try to get your albums list using the > Spotify developer's console? > > https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-current-user-saved-albums/?limit=50== > > You'll need to

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

2021-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
I've just checked LMS on a laptop, and the Spotify Albums folder is empty there, too. So Michael is right, this seems to be a server issue. I wonder if Michael has had any reports from other UK users of an issue. I haven't. Could you please try to get your albums list using the Spotify

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

2021-07-07 Thread Diana
slartibartfast wrote: > Do you have a another device to try running LMS on?I've just checked LMS on a > laptop, and the Spotify Albums folder is empty there, too. So Michael is right, this seems to be a server issue. I wonder if Michael has had any reports from other UK users of an issue. (I

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

2021-07-07 Thread Diana
slartibartfast wrote: > Do you have a another device to try running LMS on? Yes, I have it installed > on a Debian 10 laptop. I'll check it out tomorrow morning. Diana's Profile:

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

2021-07-07 Thread slartibartfast
Diana wrote: > NoDo you have a another device to try running LMS on? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread:

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

2021-07-07 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > ...Are you using any kind of proxy server on your network?No Diana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7463 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114726

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

2021-07-07 Thread Michael Herger
The error I reported earlier is in the scanner.log file. Would it help for me to send you that? I'm not sure the would add anything to identify the problem. As long as you have 502/504 errors in server.log there's an issue you can't do much about. I'm in UK. I'm running LMS on

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

2021-07-07 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > ...The file doesn't show the error you reported earlier. But what I see > is > too many of these: > > [21-07-06 15:26:36.6756] Plugins::Spotty::API::__ANON__ (1424) API call: > > me/albums?limit=50 > [21-07-06 15:26:36.6764] Plugins::Spotty::API::__ANON__ (1428) error: >

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

2021-07-06 Thread Michael Herger
The strange thing is that only Spotify's Albums folder is empty: Playlists, Artists and Songs are all populated as they should be. Can you enable logging for plugin.spotty, then send me the server.log.zip file? https://www.dropbox.com/request/T3RctyzGgNg0oFDubq6aDone. Let me know if it's not

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

2021-07-06 Thread Michael Herger
Since the 4.5 update (I think) I have noticed that multiple albums are listed in an artist's discography which don't appear in the Spotify app. This seems to be a problem with Spotify's API, I can reproduce it using their API console

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

2021-07-06 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > > The strange thing is that only Spotify's Albums folder is empty: > > Playlists, Artists and Songs are all populated as they should be. > > Can you enable logging for plugin.spotty, then send me the > server.log.zip file? > >

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

2021-07-06 Thread Michael Herger
The strange thing is that only Spotify's Albums folder is empty: Playlists, Artists and Songs are all populated as they should be. Can you enable logging for plugin.spotty, then send me the server.log.zip file? https://www.dropbox.com/request/T3RctyzGgNg0oFDubq6a

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

2021-07-06 Thread Diana
slartibartfast wrote: > How about removing your account from Spotty and adding it back.Just tried > that, but no joy, I'm afraid: Albums folder still empty. And no Spotify albums integratated with my LMS library either. I'm still suspicious about the error in the scanner log that refers to

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
Diana wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, but an online scan doesn't help, and there's > no difference whether or not I have the Online Music Integration plugin > installed. > > The strange thing is that only Spotify's Albums folder is empty: > Playlists, Artists and Songs are all populated as

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

2021-07-06 Thread Diana
slartibartfast wrote: > I had the same issue when I first updated to 4.5. In my case an online > scan fixed it. If you have the the Online Music Integration plugin > installed you could try uninstalling it to see if that makes a > difference.Thanks for the suggestion, but an online scan doesn't

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
Diana wrote: > YesI had the same issue when I first updated to 4.5. In my case an online scan fixed it. If you have the the Online Music Integration plugin installed you could try uninstalling it to see if that makes a difference. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

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

2021-07-06 Thread Diana
mherger wrote: > Did you configure your own client ID in Spotty? Yes Diana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7463 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114726

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
scala wrote: > Sorry to interfere, but it works for me. > QLMS on a QNAP (intel), LMS 8.0.1, Spotty 4.5.4 > There have been a couple of failures (*), due to the changes Michael had > introduced in the Spotty custom-convert.conf and helper, but now all > seems OK: either activating or not

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > Since the 4.5 update (I think) I have noticed that multiple albums are > listed in an artist's discography which don't appear in the Spotify app. > Sometimes as in the screenshots tracks are ordered differently. I think > I can play all of them so it isn't just a case of

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
Since the 4.5 update (I think) I have noticed that multiple albums are listed in an artist's discography which don't appear in the Spotify app. Sometimes as in the screenshots tracks are ordered differently. I think I can play all of them so it isn't just a case of displaying unplayable albums

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

2021-07-06 Thread Michael Herger
Spotty shows my Spotify 'Albums' folder as empty, though it actually contains a large number of albums. Did you configure your own client ID in Spotty? ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com

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

2021-07-06 Thread Diana
Spotty shows my Spotify 'Albums' folder as empty, though it actually contains a large number of albums. I've tried rescanning (both online music and whole library), without success. Scanner log file has this error: [21-07-06 08:45:32.3278] Plugins::Spotty::API::Sync::_call (336) Trying to read

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > First issue is I can't install the updated helper, It looks like it is > > trying to install but doesn't install. It seems to download. > > Sorry about that: I f... up the version string. It should have been > 1.1.0, but was 1.1.1 in some places. That should be fixed now.I

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

2021-07-06 Thread Michael Herger
First issue is I can't install the updated helper, It looks like it is trying to install but doesn't install. It seems to download. Sorry about that: I f... up the version string. It should have been 1.1.0, but was 1.1.1 in some places. That should be fixed now.

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > First issue is I can't install the updated helper, It looks like it is > trying to install but doesn't install. It seems to download. > [21-07-06 08:08:48.8762] Slim::Utils::PluginDownloader::install (181) > install - downloading SpottyRPHelperBin from >

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

2021-07-06 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > >> Shouldn't be needed: add > http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/spotty.xml > >> to the plugin repositories list and install from the plugin > installer. > > > OK the new custom helper works on both Windows and Raspberry Pi and > even > > better, the volume matches my local

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
Shouldn't be needed: add http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/spotty.xml to the plugin repositories list and install from the plugin installer. OK the new custom helper works on both Windows and Raspberry Pi and even better, the volume matches my local version of the same track. I thought

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > Yes just remind me where to put the spotty-custom. > > Shouldn't be needed: add http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/spotty.xml > to the plugin repositories list and install from the plugin installer.OK the > new custom helper works on both Windows and Raspberry Pi and even

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
Yes just remind me where to put the spotty-custom. Shouldn't be needed: add http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/spotty.xml to the plugin repositories list and install from the plugin installer. ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > > https://open.spotify.com/track/0jsnjV8zzGvZQSlbsc0Yl8?si=8Jvy9t8ZScaHtXkYxMm1rg_source=native-share-menu_branch=1 > > Ok, I think I'm able to reproduce this now with a more recent build of > librespot code than what the spotty helper v1.0.1 is using. With that > more

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
https://open.spotify.com/track/0jsnjV8zzGvZQSlbsc0Yl8?si=8Jvy9t8ZScaHtXkYxMm1rg_source=native-share-menu_branch=1 Ok, I think I'm able to reproduce this now with a more recent build of librespot code than what the spotty helper v1.0.1 is using. With that more recent build I'd clearly hear a

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > Play it once with normalisation enabled and once without. > > I must admit I can't hear any difference indeed. > > What librespot version were you using when you tried that? > > I see that there has been a normalisation related change/fix a few weeks > > ago.

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
Play it once with normalisation enabled and once without. I must admit I can't hear any difference indeed. What librespot version were you using when you tried that? I see that there has been a normalisation related change/fix a few weeks ago. Unfortunately there have been many other

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > Play it once with normalisation enabled and once without. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using TapatalkMake sure that the Default Adjustment For > Remote Streams is set to 0 before doing the comparison. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > It is only one track. > > ?!? but how would you hear the difference between two tracks if you were > > only playing one track? Isn't nromalisation all about leveling the > volume between tracks?Play it once with normalisation enabled and once > without. Sent from my

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
It is only one track. ?!? but how would you hear the difference between two tracks if you were only playing one track? Isn't nromalisation all about leveling the volume between tracks? ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > An easy way to test is to play a loudness war casualty like Flaming > Lips > > "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" from At War With The Mystics and see if you > > can tell the difference in volume levels when Spotty volume > > normalisation is enabled or disabled. It should be

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
An easy way to test is to play a loudness war casualty like Flaming Lips "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" from At War With The Mystics and see if you can tell the difference in volume levels when Spotty volume normalisation is enabled or disabled. It should be noticeably quieter when enabled. Can you

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > Yes I have LMS on Windows and Pi and Normalisation isn't working on > > either one. > I think you'll have to be a bit more specific about how you test this. > Can you give exact instructions, what settings to use, what > playlist/album to listen to, what to observe etc.? As

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
Now there is just one or two peeves. The most "annoying one" is that sometimes, tracks just don't play. Spotify for android, at least, has the option to "show non-playable songs" with which you obviously can hide them by not rocking the switch ;). We have found that sometimes a playlist just

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
Yes I have LMS on Windows and Pi and Normalisation isn't working on either one. I think you'll have to be a bit more specific about how you test this. Can you give exact instructions, what settings to use, what playlist/album to listen to, what to observe etc.? As I said: I don't use

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

2021-07-05 Thread MKV
mherger wrote: > > Nice improvements! I had disabled Spotty Ogg Vorbis because of the > > volume change from re-converting to PCM/FLAC. I've updated to this > > 4.5.0 and seeking is working very well. Thanks for this awesome > Spotty > > plugin, Michael! > > Most of the work was done by

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > The server log from my Pi server shows > > Are you running LMS on both, Windows and a Pi? That would help me answer > > the question whether the problem was platform specific... > > > [21-07-04 08:06:28.7887] Slim::Player::Song::open (578) Tokenized > command: >

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

2021-07-05 Thread Michael Herger
The server log from my Pi server shows Are you running LMS on both, Windows and a Pi? That would help me answer the question whether the problem was platform specific... [21-07-04 08:06:28.7887] Slim::Player::Song::open (578) Tokenized command:

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > My librespot command was > > librespot -n "Librespot Speaker" -b 320 --enable-volume-normalisation > > --normalisation-gain-type album > > For Spotty I was using Ogg but changing to FLAC or PCM makes no > > difference. I am not sure what you mean by parameters but Replaygain

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

2021-07-05 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > My librespot command was > > librespot -n "Librespot Speaker" -b 320 --enable-volume-normalisation > > --normalisation-gain-type album > > For Spotty I was using Ogg but changing to FLAC or PCM makes no > > difference. I am not sure what you mean by parameters but Replaygain

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

2021-07-04 Thread Michael Herger
My librespot command was librespot -n "Librespot Speaker" -b 320 --enable-volume-normalisation --normalisation-gain-type album For Spotty I was using Ogg but changing to FLAC or PCM makes no difference. I am not sure what you mean by parameters but Replaygain was on and Spotty Normalisation was

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

2021-07-04 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > I also installed Librespot on my Windows laptop and volume > normalisation > > definitely works when playing to it from the Spotify app. So volume > > normalisation works for Librespot but not for Spotty. > > What parameters are you using? There (unfortunately) are three

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

2021-07-04 Thread Michael Herger
I also installed Librespot on my Windows laptop and volume normalisation definitely works when playing to it from the Spotify app. So volume normalisation works for Librespot but not for Spotty. What parameters are you using? There (unfortunately) are three different normalization related

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

2021-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > I just tested volume normalisation on a Windows laptop and it doesn't > work there either. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using TapatalkI also installed Librespot on my Windows > laptop and volume normalisation definitely works when playing to it from the Spotify app. So

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

2021-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > Well enabled or disabled makes no difference for me on a Pi4. I do what > you do but my global streaming setting is -7. Now Spotty supports album > gain I thought would try it. Librespot does have a normalisation pregain > setting but I don't know if it works with

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

2021-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
scala wrote: > Sorry to interfere, but it works for me. > QLMS on a QNAP (intel), LMS 8.0.1, Spotty 4.5.4 > There have been a couple of failures (*), due to the changes Michael had > introduced in the Spotty custom-convert.conf and helper, but now all > seems OK: either activating or not

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

2021-07-03 Thread scala
slartibartfast wrote: > OK how can we troubleshoot it as it doesn't appear to be working? > Sorry to interfere, but it works for me. QLMS on a QNAP (intel), LMS 8.0.1, Spotty 4.5.4 There have been a couple of failures (*), due to the changes Michael had introduced in the Spotty

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

2021-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
mherger wrote: > > What is the current situation regarding volume normalisation? I see > > You tell me... As I don't use it myself (I only use the LMS global > online source adjustment), I don't really know what is working and what > is not. > > > normalisation-method basic > > has been

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

2021-07-03 Thread Michael Herger
What is the current situation regarding volume normalisation? I see You tell me... As I don't use it myself (I only use the LMS global online source adjustment), I don't really know what is working and what is not. normalisation-method basic has been removed from custom-convert.conf, does

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

2021-07-03 Thread slartibartfast
What is the current situation regarding volume normalisation? I see normalisation-method basic has been removed from custom-convert.conf, does that mean normalisation is supposed to be using "dynamic" normalisation now? Unfortunately it still isn't working anyway. Is there a way to debug

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

2021-07-03 Thread theboyshep
mherger wrote: > > Nothing. > > I have left it as below at present as this at least allows the track > to > > run through but no sound (although I noticed a click at the start of > the > > track) > > Would you have a spare SD card to give pCP a try? Just to validate it's > > not the hardware

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

2021-07-02 Thread Andy_NO
Locutus1967 wrote: > Awesome! Now we both need to go out and get ourselves current with a > Pi! Yes, that's for sure! Don't want to be in such a situation again :cool: Andy_NO's Profile:

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

2021-07-02 Thread Locutus1967
Andy_NO wrote: > Spotty v4.5.4 is working! > > My kids can listen to their podcasts again! This is so great. So many > thanks to Michael who fixed this so quick and to Locutus1967 (who gave > the right hint if I understood it correctly). Great Work! Awesome! Now we both need to go out and

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

2021-07-02 Thread Andy_NO
Spotty v4.5.4 is working! My kids can listen to their podcasts again! This is so great. So many thanks to Michael who fixed this so quick and to Locutus1967 (who gave the right hint if I understood it correctly). Great Work!

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

2021-07-02 Thread Locutus1967
mherger wrote: > > I did see the following in a log file when poking around on my > server: > > > > error: Unrecognized option: 'normalisation-method' > > Oh!... that's an excellent catch! Would you be able to edit the > custom-convert.conf file (in the root of the Spotty installation >

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

2021-07-02 Thread mherger
v4.5.4 is on its way to you. It should fix this issue with the incompatible command line argument an old helper binaries. The new helper binaries v1.0.1 no longer need it, but have the setting baked in. Michael "It doesn't work - what shall I do?" - "Please check your server.log and/or

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

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Herger
I did see the following in a log file when poking around on my server: error: Unrecognized option: 'normalisation-method' Oh!... that's an excellent catch! Would you be able to edit the custom-convert.conf file (in the root of the Spotty installation folder)? You could try to remove

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

2021-07-02 Thread Locutus1967
Andy_NO wrote: > Yes, I tried that. Spotty was working again, I could access everything > and 'play' the music, but still there was no sound, no audio output from > the boxes. But the boxes are working fine otherwise, that is, they play > sound when I am accessing my own music files or internet

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

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Herger
Yes, I tried that. Spotty was working again, I could access everything and 'play' the music, but still there was no sound, no audio output from the boxes. But the boxes are working fine otherwise, that is, they play sound when I am accessing my own music files or internet radio. And in that

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

2021-07-02 Thread Andy_NO
mherger wrote: > > > admin@DiskStation:/volume1/@appstore/SqueezeCenter/Cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins$ > ./spotty-hf -x > >-sh: ./spotty-hf: No such file or directory > > Yeah, I wrote those instructions before I realised you needed the ARM > Legacy support. -hf won't work. Did you

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

2021-07-02 Thread Andy_NO
Paul Webster wrote: > See the post immediately before yours for a much less expensive > solution. > The minimum is Raspberry Pi (almost any version but good idea to get one > of the more recent models with multiple cores (LMS only uses 1 but > Spotty can use another one) - e.g. 3B+ or 4 (2GB or

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

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Herger
admin@DiskStation:/volume1/@appstore/SqueezeCenter/Cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins$ ./spotty-hf -x -sh: ./spotty-hf: No such file or directory Yeah, I wrote those instructions before I realised you needed the ARM Legacy support. -hf won't work. Did you try with that ARM Legacy helper

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

2021-07-02 Thread Andy_NO
mherger wrote: > I have no idea how this could have worked before, seriously... or did > you use the "Spotty ARM Legacy helper" plugin before? (uninstall the Pi0 > helper again before installing that one) > > And/Or try the following: ssh into your box. Then: > > > Code:

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

2021-07-02 Thread slartibartfast
tw99 wrote: > I'm still sticking with the 4.4 plugin at the moment, as the reported > issues with ReplayGain would seem to make 4.5 a backward step for me. > I'm also using Ogg->FLAC conversion on the server, and this seems to > result in RG working well enough for me with 4.4 (it did not

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

2021-07-02 Thread Paul Webster
Andy_NO wrote: > > I did some research on the Pi and think that a starter kit is right for > me but still there are many variants. As I am a total noob would > something like that be a option? See the post immediately before yours for a much less expensive solution. The minimum is Raspberry

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