Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-21 Thread The Groundsman
Well - I've been playing for an hour or so each day on a couple of Upnp devices and airplay using an old windows 10 PC runnng LMS 8.3.0 and the dev bridges, and all is well :cool: - NICHOLAS- RPi4 / piCorePlayer v8.1.0 /Logitech Media Server Version: 8.3.0/ Hifiberry Digi+ 3 Chromecast (2

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-20 Thread philippe_44
manx wrote: > Thank you Philippe (and all the other developers of course) for sharing > your hard work, time and expertise so freely. It's much appreciated. > > I'm still using your bridge development repository - when you say you'd > like people to test those releases are you mostly

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-20 Thread manx
Thank you Philippe (and all the other developers of course) for sharing your hard work, time and expertise so freely. It's much appreciated. I'm still using your bridge development repository - when you say you'd like people to test those releases are you mostly interested in bug reports or

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-15 Thread artatgray
Despite my frustration with a disappearing DLNA player due to the last round of updates, which is working fine now, I do understand the difficulties that software engineering poses on occasion. Thanks for your efforts. Some friends, associates and I run a Facebook group dedicated to music

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-14 Thread Tigo
Seconded once more! Thank you Philippe, much obliged Tigo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117217

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-14 Thread juanefe
MichaelPr wrote: > Philippe, let me also say just two words.. > THANK YOU! *Seconded!* juanefe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72667 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-14 Thread MichaelPr
Philippe, let me also say just two words.. THANK YOU! lms: 8.3.1 - 1667914563 on rpi4/ raspbian buster 10 points to musiclibrary on qnap ts212 (nfs) 1x duet - cntrl-fw: 8.0.1-r16907/ receiver-fw: 77 2x sb radio - fw: 8.0.1-r16907 1x squeezebox boom - fw 57 1x transporter - fw: 87 rpi 2b -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread philippe_44
Thanks to all of you for your kind words - I really do appreciate. That weekend was really bad and I obviously grossly underestimated the risk of the changes I introduced. I should know better but sometimes you get sloppy and a slap on the hand is a good reminder :) Hopefully this should

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread SamY
Philippe, the entire LMS community owes you a debt of gratitude (in lieu of cash ;)) for all the time and effort you have contributed in keeping this great open source experiment not only alive but thriving. And it's not just the multitude of useful plugins that we use every day, or even the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread P Nelson
Philippe, First, I want to thank you for all your hard work on developing products that support the LMS/squeezebox system. Of course, it is not just you but there are many others that volunteer their own time to contribute. You have every right to be annoyed when someone complains in the manner

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread mightaswell
Philippe, thanks so much for your hard work on these bridges, they are a huge part of what makes LMS such great software. I experienced issues with the re-factored plugins, but didn't post details out of respect for your volunteered time. It occurs to me now that simply pasting some logs and a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread kwolter
Maybe some of these people that feel frustrated should take a stab at writing their own plug-ins. Just a thought. :cool: kwolter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72834 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread The Groundsman
LMS is such an excellent thing. I am particularly in awe of the bridges and spotty. I've been waiting with interest for the bridge refactoring. It all worked fine for me pretty much immediately. So thank you very much indeed. - NICHOLAS- RPi4 / piCorePlayer v8.1.0 /Logitech Media Server

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread Operajulian
Gobuleberbu wrote: > Philippe, you are a man of honour and dedication. Those are qualities > of a great man. > > Thank you for what you are doing (and props to all the contributors!). > I'll have more time during the holiday season - I'll take some time to > test your upgraded plugin. :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread Gobuleberbu
Philippe, you are a man of honour and dedication. Those are qualities of a great man. Thank you for what you are doing (and props to all the contributors!). I'll have more time during the holiday season - I'll take some time to test your upgraded plugin. :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread slartibartfast
Redrum wrote: > Thank you Philippe (along with many others) for everything you do. > > The point about the dev repository is spot on. We users are needed for > use case testing, yet our expectations should not be that every dev > release works flawlessly. > > If you contrast the work that is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread d6jg
I concur with all of the above. I think it is fair to say that the uPnP/DLNA Bridge is unique and many people simply don't realise what a buggers muddle the underlying protocol is and the multitude of different devices and implementations that Philippe has to code for. Personally I try to stay

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread philippe_44
tw99 wrote: > I'm very grateful for your work, and it definitely sounds like a good > idea that you've updated and modernised some of your code, so I guess > some disruption is to be expected, especially given the large variety of > devices that it needs to work with. > > What are your

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread Redrum
Thank you Philippe (along with many others) for everything you do. The point about the dev repository is spot on. We users are needed for use case testing, yet our expectations should not be that every dev release works flawlessly. If you contrast the work that is done here with a product (as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread mftech
Thanks Philippe, for your exemplary works with those very useful plugins. End users must understand the dedication and patience needed to write and maintain code, specially on a voluntary basis. Tête à FLAC 2 X SB Classic 2 X SB2 1 X SB Boom 2 X SB Touch 3 X SBRadio 1 X Transporter 1 X Duet

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-12 Thread tw99
I'm very grateful for your work, and it definitely sounds like a good idea that you've updated and modernised some of your code, so I guess some disruption is to be expected, especially given the large variety of devices that it needs to work with. What are your feelings about making the source

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-11 Thread sle118
Funny how some will forget that we (I include myself here) rely so much on individuals like you (and me to some extent, but I have a level of control there) on something that they consider, on one end critical enough to get mad when it's not working, and on the other end not critical enough to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
Well done. And I apologize for my griping. One word of what I hope is constructive advice. When I see a new iOS update or a major Windows update, I always wait some time and read a few articles and posts about bugs. But I've never done that with LMS upgrades (since 2010) including yours.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-11 Thread castalla
Thanks for all the work you've given. castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A few words about bridges and my work in general

2022-12-11 Thread garym
Excellent points. And thanks so much for all you do to make this software so flexible and useful. *Home:* Pi4B-8GB/pCP8.3.x/4TB>LMS 8.2.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* rPi4B-4GB/pCP8.x/4TB>LMS 8.3.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI)