Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: AirPlay Bridge = integrate AirPlay devices with LMS (squeeze2raop)
I am using AirPlay bridge for a while now and replaced all my squeezelite based players for Airplay devices. This works really well so thanks for this great plugin. Recently I started a hunt for devices in my house that use significant power on standby to reduce our total idle usage. Some of my airplay players are among the devices that use quiet a lot, and I did the following to mitigate this: - connected the power of the device to a on/off plug that is controlled by home automation (homeseer with your plugin). - In the Airplaybridge plugin I changed the "remove timeout" of those devices to -1 to make sure that the devices stay present in LMS even when they are cut off from power. - Configured an event in Homeseer to turn on the power switch when the device starts playing in LMS. - Configured an event in Homeseer to turn off the power switch when the device is turned off in LMS. This al works well, except for the fact that when I start playing trough LMS the device wont start playing when its physical startup process is completed. (In LMS it looks like it is playing but there is no sound) I found that the best way to "repair" this is leave it alone until the device is fully started and then press the previous or next button in the LMS interface. This is something that I could cope with but not the rest of my family ;) With this knowledge I changed the powerup event in my home automation software to execute the "previous" action on the LMS player 20 seconds after the powerup, but for some reason this is not the same as pressing "previous" in the webinterface and doesn't fix the playback. Now my question is what is the best route to proceed: - Is there a way to configure Airplay Bridge to "selfheal" this situation restoring playback without the need to intervene with "previos" or "next" commands? - Or is this not possible and should I proceed trying to initiate these commands trough my home automation? thanks again, Martijn. Martinisoft's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63092 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105198 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] PicorePlayer with Jivelite and Startup favorite: problems showing correct screen
peddanet wrote: > Hi all, > > With the help of this board, I managed to play my favorite sender on > startup each time the device (Raspberry Pi3/4) is powered up. > it comes up with the clock, which is alright: > 37580 > But unfortunately after touching the screen (it is a touch ;-)), it > shows this screen (I remember it was showing the correct favorite > broadcast program somewhere in the past, maybe I changed something (by > again saving the favorite or something like that): > 37581 > Only after hitting the top right "note" button, it shows the "right" or > let me say, wished or desired start screen: > 37582 > > Could anyone of you tell me, what did I do wrong here? Why is it always > starting the right favourite but showing second picture when touching > ends screensaver? > I only have to do this once a power up session for each device. It would > have been nice it directly shows the playing broadcast sender (or spotty > or whatever is configured to start at startup)BTW would have been > nice if it could remember the last state of played sender/songBut > that is another topic , I guess! > > Any help appreciated... Sorry I tried to "elastic search" it here, but > failed with too many results and too long threads covering everything in > the keywords... > > BR > PeterMy Squeezebox Touch player does the same thing. When I reboot it I have to touch the note symbol to enter the Now Playing screen. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116189 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Denon AVP Control Plugin
mctr wrote: > Sure here it is - > > Powering on AVR and playing > Volume changed by remote and then changed using LMS (material skin, web > UI) - from 43 (start), lowered by remote, next step on volume up was 46 > Did the same thing again but hit volume down on LMS - next step down was > 43 > and so on Okay. First of all, let's get the volume control issue out of the way. The plugin is working exactly as designed in that respect. Its primary function is to provide the ability to power on, power off, mute/unmute, change the volume and, with Squeezer or iPeng as the client, to change other audio settings of the AVR, all while using the LMS client only --- thus minimizing, if not eliminating, the need to use the AVR front panel or remote control when streaming from LMS. Although it is still possible to perform any of these functions directly from the front panel or remote, the plugin does not receive any notification of such changes. That is just the way the Denon telnet protocol works. In order for the plugin to become aware of any such changes, it would have to use a polling mechanism or check the current volume of the AVR before making any volume changes of its own, either of which would add unnecessary overhead to both the network and LMS. When the plugin is in use, it expects to be in charge of the zone to which the player is connected. Of course, the situation can sometimes arise where it is more convenient to use the AVR remote for whatever reason but, the next time the volume is changed from LMS, the plugin is going to use the volume provided from the client to calculate the new AVR volume and not whatever volume the user might have set it to outside of LMS, resulting in your unexpected volume "spikes". To somewhat alleviate any problems caused by this, an option is provided in the plugin menu which, when selected, causes the plugin to re-synchronize the LMS player volume to the AVR volume at every track change, thus keeping things in order over the long run. However, it too incurs some network and cpu overhead and is only there for those who can't keep their fingers off the AVR remote. :rolleyes: The bottom line is that it should not be necessary, and is not recommended, to use the AVR remote while using the plugin. If, for some reason, it cannot be avoided due to some special use scenario that I can't think of right now, a way to prevent the inevitable resulting volume jumps would be to change the player's LMS volume control setting to "Variable" instead of "Fixed at 100%". Although I normally don't recommend using that option due to the possibility of introducing artifacts into the signal by manipulating it in LMS, this option allows for freely intermixing the use of LMS client and AVR volume controls. In this case, the LMS client controls the volume (amplitude) of the signal being sent to the AVR preamp stage and the AVR remote further controls the volume of the signal being sent from the preamp to the amplifier stage. In this scenario, there are effectively two preamp stages in use, with a separate volume control for each. Regarding the granularity of the volume changes initiated from the client, you should try lowering the volume step in the Material Skin client from 5% down to 2%. I use 3% in Squeezer and it works well with the plugin. Regarding the difference in absolute dB change for the same 5% change depending on what the current AVR volume level is, the plugin uses an algorithm that attempts to make the volume changes uniform to the ear through the entire audible range, based on psychoacoustic research. Btw, I highly recommend reading the wiki pages linked from the plugin's LMS player menu for more information on volume-related issues. Moving on, your latest debug log looks very good. I have identified one previously unseen (to me) message type that seems to be specific to Marantz AVR's and is causing a little confusion during the processing of the Smart Select command, possibly causing a problem in the logic that determines whether to power down the AVR when turning off the player. I have made a small (one line) change to one of the modules in the top-level DenonAvpControl directory. It is attached below. You must restart LMS after replacing it. Before running any more tests, I would appreciate it if you would delete or archive your current LMS log file, which goes back about 6 months. It will save both of us a lot of bandwidth and disk space in the future. ;) Let me know if you are having any other problems. Good luck, and thanks for your cooperation. I'm sure the other Marantz users (both of them;)) thank you too! +---+ |Filename: DenonAvpComms.pm | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37583| +---+ Sam
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] PicorePlayer with Jivelite and Startup favorite: problems showing correct screen
Probably nothing to do with your problem, but you seem to have both *shuffle track* and *repeat* activated, is there a reason for that? *LMS server/study player - LMS 8.3.0 *Pi4B 4GB/NanoSound ONE case/pCP 8.1.0 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on Sata SSD (ntfs) *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 8.1.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > Topping E30 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Echo Show 8 *Garage* - Squeezebox Touch > Edifier *Spares* - 1xSB Radio, 1xSB3, 4xRPi, 1xDAC32, 1xCORE32 kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116189 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] PicorePlayer with Jivelite and Startup favorite: problems showing correct screen
Hi all, With the help of this board, I managed to play my favorite sender on startup each time the device (Raspberry Pi3/4) is powered up. it comes up with the clock, which is alright: 37580 But unfortunately after touching the screen (it is a touch ;-)), it shows this screen (I remember it was showing the correct favorite broadcast program somewhere in the past, maybe I changed something (by again saving the favorite or something like that): 37581 Only after hitting the top right "note" button, it shows the "right" or let me say, wished or desired start screen: 37582 Could anyone of you tell me, what did I do wrong here? Why is it always starting the right favourite but showing second picture when touching ends screensaver? I only have to do this once a power up session for each device. It would have been nice it directly shows the playing broadcast sender (or spotty or whatever is configured to start at startup)BTW would have been nice if it could remember the last state of played sender/songBut that is another topic , I guess! Any help appreciated... Sorry I tried to "elastic search" it here, but failed with too many results and too long threads covering everything in the keywords... BR Peter +---+ |Filename: 20220326_123622.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37582| +---+ peddanet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116189 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
