Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LmsUpdate and LmsRepack - Synology 8.0.* packages
OK, as there was no feedback from my recent question I decided to do the obvious thing and trust Michael and Martin's skills and just go ahead and see what happens. There was no problem with updating from 7.9.1 to 8.0.0 following the instructions given at the start of this thread, and it could not have been easier (I have paid for software vastly more difficult to install than this); Martin, thank you, you are very good at what you do. No issues at all so far with V8 - Michael, thanks for your great development work too, really very professional. Last, and for me certainly not least, Erland's Plugins - no issues whatsoever! All my plugins were active, so I fired everything up, selected My Music on the Touch, then "Classical" (Multi Library), then "By Composers" and then "Haydn" and "Chamber" for the Genre (all Custom Scan & Browse), selected String Quartet No 55, selected as performers London Haydn Quartet and ... I was listening to hi-res music on the hi-fi again. Unsurprisingly I followed this with pouring a glass of malt whisky and sat back sipping contentedly. I have my music library at the latest supported level, still giving me the sorting and presentation that I want with no effort on my part and no problems. Thank you Erland for writing your plugins so solidly. As I said two posts earlier, I cannot find words to express my gratitude to Michael and Martin for the work that they have put in to keep LMS alive and well and better than anything else that I have seen. Thank you, and thanks also to all the others, Ralphy, bpa, Triode et al. Please do think of setting up a donation system even if it just helps with your expenses. But perhaps the deal with Logitech precludes that. Thank you all. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111876 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LmsUpdate and LmsRepack - Synology 8.0.* packages
It seems like there is a major problem with V8 for me: Erland's plugins may not work. This, if true, would mean an end to my attempts to upgrade LMS as Custom Scan and Custom Browse along with the Library plugin are totally essential. I have read Erland's comments on the thread started when he made them free and it does not sound good. At the end of a truly horrible year this just caps it; do I really have to start looking at Roon? I guess I will have about a year or two to make a decision - damn. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111876 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LmsUpdate and LmsRepack - Synology 8.0.* packages
Hello, I downloaded a 7.9.2 package about a year ago to update my Synology Beta 7.9.1-168 LMS. Then, well family problems, Christmas and New Year and just about to pick it up again in February and ... the house was flooded (about 40cm deep but bad enough) ... then Covid-19 and lockdowns - yes 2020 has been a great year - so I am again about to try and upgrade LMS on my DS214Play. So, my first question is: can I go straight from 7.9.1 to 8.0.0? Are there any pitfalls? Secondly, I am unsure as to the future status of the current LMS packages on Synology: is it worth me upgrading my NAS from the i686 DS214Play to, say, an x86_64 DS220+ to ensure continuity (the 214 is just fine so far)? I got my first two Squeezebox Touches just before Logitech announced they were dropping them (damn you Logitech, you idiots they were stunningly good), but having got Classical music sorted and presented as I want I really do not want to go to yet another music-player software product (especially an Album Artist -> Album only one). So, it is almost impossible to say how grateful I am to Martin and Michael and all of the others who are not just keeping LMS going, to say nothing of PiCorePlayer, but keeping it as, to me, the best music-player software available. Thank you is not enough but it is all one can say. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111876 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Custom Scan doing rescans at odd times.
Hello, as ever I am wondering if anyone has had the problem that I am having or could point me in the general direction of a fix. My LMS server (7.9.1-168) becomes unusable from time to time, and the NAS is clearly working overtime (Synology DS214Play - DSM 6.2.2). At first I thought it was a general rescan, but a few days ago I was on the PC ethernet connected to the NAS when it started to rescan at about 10 in the evening (most events have been at that sort of time (really inconvenient) but not all). I was able to see that the last LMS scan was, on schedule, between 6 and approx 6:30 in the morning, and appeared to be successful, with no LMS scan being shown later. However, when checking the Custom Scan panels, I found that the CS scans were 'running'. There doesn't appear to be anything in the log files concerning this, but I cannot see the actual files because DSM will not let me (I can only see what the web-interface will show me). We have had several power outages and power 'blips' in the past few weeks (my UPS packed up 3 months ago - typical - a new one is on its way now), and thus I have tried to do some 'good' shutdowns and clean restarts, but to no avail. I also tried to change the required scan to 'Clear library and rescan everything', but that of course got changed back to 'New and changed media files only' after the next scheduled scan. I also tried setting 'Startup refresh' and 'Rescan refresh' to 'no', but that made no difference (which didn't surprise me at all). I totally appreciate that I have no specific evidence to show you, but, nonetheless, has anyone else seen this happen and/or can guess what might be wrong? arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111484 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
tcutting wrote: > First, CustomClock has become much more than a way to display a clock. > It basically allows you to build custom screens which can then be used > as "screensaver" for various functions. I've created custom "now > playing" screens when the built-in screen just didn't work that well for > the application - I built a "PlayWithCoverandClock" screensaver for the > Radio which I use as my now-playing screen, because I wanted a larger > clock display... BUT, If I'd wanted, I could have built it with NO clock > showing at all. It allows you to build a screen view with graphics > (static, cover art), tag information, playing status, wireless strength > indicator, and even a clock if you want it. > > CustomClock is NOT used for navigating (that is, if you are navigating > through menus on your touch). Once you select something to play, you > typically get a "Now Playing" screen. You can actually select the "Now > Playing" screen, and also a screen saver used "when playing" - these > could be different... > > Suggest you try CustomClock - It's a "paid" applet, but I believe Erland > offers a free trial period. There are existing screens you can try to > get an idea of what it does, and these can be a good starting point for > creating your own custom screen. (You also need the CustomClockHelper > plugin on LMS to create and/or modify CustomClock screens). Thanks for further reply and the information tcutting. Upon looking again, and more closely, at Custom Clock (CC), it does look like it may do what I want, and, yet another great admission, I was being dim - of course the 'now playing' screen is what I see when a track is selected (I'll just go and drown myself now - my excuse is too many players both portable and computer based). I am very grateful for the pointer to the fact that CC does not need to display a clock I was aware that CC is not used for navigating and I am a user of Erland's Custom Browse for that, along with the Custom Scan and Multi-Library plugins as well, but I couldn't see when I was scanning the documentation if CC can detect which library I am looking at, as the Custom Browse menus can. That would be necessary to avoid some really silly stuff appearing for non-classical music (Orchestra & Conductor for starters). I have now just checked my licence info on Erland's site, and as I paid for the complete package (lifetime) I do have a licence for CC, so I will experiment further - I do need to check out the Library support though. Thanks again for the help. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Changing what track info is displayed on a Touch when the track is playing.
bonze wrote: > It would probably help if you said what tags/info you wanted to > display. > > 1. Yes, Custom Clock > 2. what do you mean by 'add' and how is that different to question #1? > 3. Yes, Custom Clock > 4. What info do you want to display? Thanks for the reply Bonze. You say 'It would probably help if you said what tags/info you wanted to display', but I'm not at all sure why. Damn, I'm being called... back tomorrow. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105465 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
tcutting wrote: > Why did you discount CustomClock? You cab create a custom Now Playing > screen. > > Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk Basically, I don't want a clock although a very small one in a corner would be OK; I really want the whole of the 'Classical' information displayed (Composer, Album (work), Track Title (Movement), Conductor, Soloists if appropriate, Orchestra, Year). This also needs to be displayed ONLY for items from my Classical sub-library (via Erland's Multi-Library plugin). Looking at the Custom Clock info I'm still unsure if this is possible. I am also unsure if the 'Now Playing' display is actually what is shown when you navigate to a folder and play all the tracks therein, as I never actually go to a 'Now Playing' screen; but that could just be me being a bit dim. I guess that I am reluctant to use something that is described as a clock to alter what information about a track is being displayed. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Changing what track info is displayed on a Touch when the track is playing.
I have asked this question recently in another thread, and was surprised to find there seemed to be no way to do this either 'natively' or through the use of a plugin. I am therefore asking again if anyone can help, although it appears there is no way to change the standard display, and will of course give up if it seems there is no way to achieve this. I have used Erland's plugins to give me the menu structure I need for classical music, but despite many different attempts I cannot get the last thing I want (at present) to work. I want to change the information shown for a track (or 'song') on the Squeezebox Touch while it is playing. For starters, can anyone give me definitive answers to the following questions: 1. Is it possible, with Erland's or any other plugin, to alter which tags are shown on the Touch display for a track that is playing? 2. Is it possible, with Erland's or any other plugin, to add new tags to those that are shown on the Touch display for a track that is playing? 3. If this is different, is it possible to similarly alter the 'now playing' display (i.e. to change and add to the displayed data)? 4. Is it possible to alter, or add to, the data shown in the 'header' at the top of the Touch display when a track or 'song' is playing? If someone could give an answer to these points, and perhaps a brief pointer to which items to change, I would be very grateful. I have, of course, looked at Erland's 'Setup browse menu for classical music' wiki section, and that helped me get the menus working (after some self-inflicted grief), but I see no effect when I try to add extra information to the standard Touch display for a track playing. Thanks in advance for any assistance, Arthur B. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105465 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
Thank you both for your replies. After re-reading m1abrams post and then my original post I think that the thread title is ambiguous at best and misleading at worst; I was, as karlek suggests, only trying to alter what is displayed, and was very surprised that there seems to be no way of doing so (the Custom Clock doesn't seem quite appropriate, but thanks for the suggestion kerlak). I will try just once opening a thread with a new title and a slightly reworked opening post before I give up entirely. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Modifying the track info on a Touch
I have used Erland's plugins to give me the menu structure I need for classical music, but despite many different attempts I cannot get the last thing I want (at present) to work. I want to change the information shown for a track (or 'song') on the Squeezebox Touch while it is playing. For starters, can anyone give me definitive answers to the following questions: 1. Is it possible, with Erland's or any other plugin, to modify the tag-data shown on the Touch display for a track that is playing? 2. Is it possible, with Erland's or any other plugin, to add to the tag-data that is shown on the Touch display for a track that is playing? 3. If this is different, is it possible to similarly alter the 'now playing' display? 4. Is it possible to alter, or add to, the data shown in the 'header' at the top of the Touch display when a track or 'song' is playing? If someone could give an answer to these points, and perhaps a brief pointer to which items to change, I would be very grateful. I have, of course, looked at Erland's 'Setup browse menu for classical music' wiki section, and that helped me get the menus working (after some self-inflicted grief), but I see no effect when I try to add extra information to the standard Touch display for a track playing. Thanks in advance for any assistance, Arthur B. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105426 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Custom Scan/Browse not recognising new Genres
Hello, I have been using Erland's plugins for about 8 or 9 months and everything is just about as I want it, but in the past few days I have added 3 new albums with previously unused values in the Genre tag. These do not seem to be picked up by the custom scan, however I can find them using the standard Logitech browses (e.g. for Genre or New Music). So if the basic software can see them, why not the Custom Scan or Browse? Does anyone have any idea where I might start looking for causes? Flac files LMS 7.7.3-042 NAS Synology DS214play with DSM 5.2-5592 (recently updated) arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104200 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
erland wrote: I'm very interested to hear how you have configured it and what kind of problems you had and what the solution was, this will be great input for future versions which hopefully can make the plugins easier to use for other people in the future. Hello Erland, I have been really busy with other, silly, stuff, and now I have to go away for a few days. However, I will be putting in what I remember and what I am using, as well as why. By the way, thanks for trying to help me and for supporting your plug-ins. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Hello PasTim, Maybe you are right, and frustrated rants are not helpful. However, looking at it the other way, when someone is totally confused, often by errors and problems that manifest themselves in somewhat inconsistent ways, it can actually be both useful, and a little therapeutic, to realise that others have also had very, very similar experiences; especially if those others have been able to make things work in the end. I agree with what you say about Logitech being primarily a hardware company, one that likes to move quickly from product to product, but I feel, and I think you do too at least to some degree, they have missed a rare opportunity with the squeezebox. I know I bang on about classical music support, but almost no-one does it well, although some products are appearing now, like Sonata. I realise that the vast majority of the market is actually interested in tracks, or songs (I really, really dislike the term 'songs'), ordered by Artist and often, but not always, independent of Album Artist, but that part of the market is being fought over by the world and his brother. The classical music server/player/streamer market, whilst a minority of the whole, is still huge and around for the long term, and Logitech could have taken a dominant position in it. In addition, I think many classical users use their Squeezebox's in good Hi-Fi systems, as well as with lesser kit around the house, and would regard the Squeezebox Touch as a remarkably cheap device. Ho-hum; thank heavens that LMS is still being supported (although I am not sure about the precise details), and that Erland has given us the tools to view things as we want. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Statto wrote: Hi Library is currently approx 15,000 'songs' (or just over 1,000 albums) so a 2 hour custom scan would appear to be normal:( Still frustrating that I can't seem to select a single album to scan in the main scan folder and then have the custom scan restricted to that album. Makes testing new tag mappings etc extremely tiresome. Hello Statto, just a thought: could you not create a small library for testing purposes, and switch the libraries (both the basic (LMS) library and the virtual libraries below it) at the start and end of your experimentation? This would undoubtedly be a bit of a pain, but you might then have a short scan time in compensation, and that could allow more experimentation. In that regard, I would just add that this stuff does require experimentation, and patience, as you may have guessed from my exasperated posts. I am going to try and post some points based on my, very limited, experience in a minute or two, but after much effort I have managed to set things up pretty much as I wanted to; so, persevere Statto, it may be well worth it. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
garym wrote: sounds like user error to me. As my mechanic dad used to say many years ago, the problem sounds like a loose nut between the steering wheel and the driver's seat. Many use multiple library plugin as designed with great success. Somewhat anecdotal I'm sure, but it seems that those that report extensive experience as computer hardware and software experts are the biggest whiners when they can't make things work. edit: Erland is too much of a gentlemen and *actual* software expert to respond in this way. And his thoughtful responses to your juvenile diatribes (bombing Sweden or some such nonsense) set an example for all of us to follow. But I'm not nearly as good as being a gentlemen in the face of bold faced insults. Gary, I tried to ignore your post because in the past you have generally seemed to be helpful to others, and, if my memory serves me well (which it rarely does now), you have helped or at least tried to help me too. However, I generally disapprove of personal insults, and you have done just that in your post. I would ask you to re-read my earlier posts above quite carefully, and if you do you will see that I have not given any personal abuse to Erland, nor would I. What I have done is to offer criticism of his software, sometimes trenchant criticism it is true, but always about the product, not about the man. Yes my attempt at humour, saying that I wanted to: 'think of a way to get the Royal Navy to drop some nukes on Sweden', was silly and not particularly funny, but it was also obviously meant to lighten the tone. I did not call myself a 'software expert', but I can assure you that I have over four decades of experience of technical work with computers, and I have written a great deal of software for mainframes, minis and micros and personal computers, and, perhaps unlike you, I actually empathise with Erland, having been in similar 'support' situations. I would also point out that I have repeatedly said that the major reason for my annoyance was because the Multi-library, Custom Scan and Custom Browse, 'plugins' provide such powerful and useful function; my terseness is born of frustration, not disdain. Lastly, please always remember, just because the problem is down to 'user error' does not mean the the user must be at fault; poorly designed and documented software will inevitably mean the the users are confused and very likely to make mistakes. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Erland, I think I have, pretty much, managed to set up my LMS/Squeezebox-Touch environment as I wanted; that is, I seem to have the basic structure. I will add a post detailing what I have done in case anyone might possibly find my experience helpful, but it is a shame that it took so much effort and involved so much frustration. However, let me say now that if Logitech had put the function given by the Multi-Library, Custom Scan and Custom Browse 'plugins' into their basic LMS product, they could now, instead of ditching the Squeezebox family, have been selling millions of them to classical music lovers all over the world. That they ignored that huge minority market when it was there for the taking, even after you showed them what they needed to offer, is a damning indictment of them as a business. I know I have been very, very grumpy, but as I have said a couple of times at least, these three plug-ins contain such powerful and useful function that it makes them almost indispensable; unfortunately they are also very difficult to set up, at least the way I needed to. In that regard, as I said earlier, I have had a lot of experience of writing and testing software, and have much sympathy for you now that you find the job of supporting them such a time-consuming burden. I have, in the distant past, in different jobs, written some 'utilities' that I found very useful, and then others in the organisation found useful and asked for extra function, and eventually they had grown rather grander, and more complicated, than I first envisaged. At that point, I knew that I should re-design them, starting completely afresh, and build the stuff again logically and cleanly; but there is never time, and it was my own time, so it didn't get done despite the quality of the function on offer - it would also have been a bit boring as well. If only you did have the time Erland, I genuinely believe that these three plug-ins would be selling much better; but, then again, Logitech have rather let you down. In any case, thank you for these additions, I will soon be sending you my $50 for the three plug-ins that I now use, and hope that I can carry on using them for a few years until my 'Touches start to fail. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Another hour or two wasted this evening trying to get this stuff to do the simplest things. BUT, I am worse off than I was before; I have been getting the 'no matching songs found' message, or something like that, and now I get the zero response syndrome. I have to say that in 40 years of working with computers, writing software, testing software and managing other people doing that sort of stuff, this is the worst software I have ever found - bar none. When I did what Erland suggested I ended up with the mess that I have found this evening. I am sorry to say this Erland but the Music Folders option is the only thing that works, and I am not sure that you know how to make the Custom Scan and Custom Browse modules work to give multiple levels of sorts (i.e. 4 nested sort levels - Composer-Genre-Album-Album-Artist); that is all I am looking for. Will I try again? It would be so, so good to actually be able to do this, but maybe I just have to settle for using the folder structure; this is really, really painful - and sad. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Does anyone use Multi-Library, Custom Scan and Browse plugins with Classical Music?
Hello Erland and thank you very much for your replies. As you have said you will look at my earlier thread I will try to put up a post there with screen-shots of what I have defined and what I see. I have not tried adding screen-shot images to a post before, so here's hoping it works OK. See you over there when you get time... arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102581 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
OK, another day... This post is for Erland who said he may have time to look at this later in the week - hope you are not too upset by me wanting to nuke Sweden earlier Erland. I have added some screen-shots. First 5 are going down through the stuff I have set up in LMS. +---+ |Filename: Classical - Level 2 - Genres.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16770| +---+ arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Next 5 Screen-shots: the first two show the panels generated by the Level 3 and Level 4 sections of the menu definition (those are Albums (which I have made equal to Works), and Album Artists (which, for me, identifies a particular recording)). As can be seen, I get duplication in these menus/listings. The last three screen shots show the menu definition in Custom Browse that defines my 4 Levels (split into Top, Middle and Bottom for obvious reasons). +---+ |Filename: Custom Browse - Menu Def - Bottom.png| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16775| +---+ arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Does anyone use Multi-Library, Custom Scan and Browse plugins with Classical Music?
Has anyone managed to get Erland's Multi-Library, Custom Scan and Custom Browse plugins to give a new browsing format with Classical Music? I have been trying for many, many hours over the past 2 or 3 days to set up menus to browse by: Composer - Genre - Album - Album Artist. I have failed, and it is very, very frustrating - does anyone actually use these plugins for such non-standard browsing. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102581 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Thanks for the reply Slimchances; it seems we have both set up libraries but neither of us are quite sure what all the parameters mean. This of course means that I am a little concerned that everything is OK. I have been staggering, or perhaps blundering on, and have, probably, set up Custom Scan to return ALBUMARTIST, COMPOSER and CONDUCTOR (I am using FLAC files only). Then I have set up some menus with Custom Browse so that I can view the following: Composer -- Genre -- Album -- Album Artist. All of my classical files are tagged with the Album as the Work (e.g. Piano Concerto No 5), and Album Artist as the basic description of all the main protagonists (e.g. Barenboim - Klemperer - New Philharmonia Orch.). I did this by setting up a menu that I called 'Classical by Composer' which should have four levels. That is: on the 'menu parameters' panel I have defined 'Level 1 Tag Name' as COMPOSER, 'Level 2 Tag Name' as GENRE, 'Level 3 Tag Name' as ALBUM, and lastly 'Level 4 Tag Name' as ALBUMARTIST. This does roughly work, allowing me to step down through the layers as defined in paragraph 2, above, and this is a great improvement on my earlier efforts (I have removed some scans amongst other things). However, I have a problem that does not seem easy to fix: I have duplicate entries in the 1st and 4th layers. That is to say: each composers name is repeated and also works to direct me to a lower level, and the performers (i.e. Album Artists) names are also repeated although each does give the correct track list (i.e. song titles); Genre and Album seem to work OK except for one other issue which can wait for now. Does anyone know what is happening here? arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Well, I removed almost everything that I put into the 'library definition' page except for one directory (in the 'include' section), and it -appears- that I now have a Classical library; not that it seems to give me anything very useful. I have tried to add something to the 'Custom Browse' section but, bloody hell, this is painful! I am trying to tell this software to sort on 4 fields: Composer, Genre, Album, and Album Artist, but after many, many attempts, I get a listing of composers and then several layers of jumbled-up folders and music tracks. So, is there any kind of guide to using this software? Erland gave a pointer to some stuff, but that is basically largely unstructured descriptions of fields and labels and thus not very useful. By today's standards this is not cheap software, ranking in cost with dBpoweramp, MediaMonkey and Corel's Paint Shop Pro (from stuff I use) and is not a $5 Android app, surely it is reasonable to have some sort of guide. It is beginning to look like it's time to give up... Can I ask again: can anyone help with this stuff. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
Hello Erland and thank you for replying to my query. It was very late last night when I posted the questions, and I think I was not as clear as I might have been. Currently I have, presumably by installing 'Custom Browse', added the option 'Music Folder' to the Menus for LMS and my Squeezebox Touch. That, as I said earlier, is a great help; however, I would like to do much more. I am now trying to define three 'virtual' libraries, but when I look at the first (by clicking on Multi-Library) it shows: Active Library FLAC_Classical Choose a sub-library to activate FLAC_Classical (number of songs: 0) I have been trying to add this library by 'including' the /FLAC Music Library/Classical folder, and 'excluding' the /FLAC Music Library/Popular/ folder along with two others. But it only seems to recognise the main library/folder (i.e. FLAC Music Lirary). I know I am floundering around here, which is why I was asking for general help. I have no idea what I am supposed to be specifying in that large definition page, nor do I know what it is that I am specifying. On the Multi-Library definition page it says: 'Please enter library parameters', but I cannot find anywhere that the parameters are explained, or even what processing is going to be done on them. Can you, or anyone, start with some 'Help' information about the Library definitions? After I can define the libraries, -then- I will turn to the browsing of them. Regards, Arthur. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Help with Multi-Library Plugin
I have installed, on the trial basis, Erland's Multi-Library, Custom Scan and Custom Browse plugins. So far, after a few hours, I have been able to introduce the 'Music Folder' browsing option to my LMS, giving acess to the three sub-folders, or 'libraries' as I think of them within my FLAC collection, from my Squeezebox Touch Menus. This was the most important thing for me as I can now, using a newly-acquired Synology NAS box, switch easily from my 'Popular' (from Rock to Folk) collection to Jazz and Classical. The folder structures are basically as I need them for browsing, even though I could wish for more flexibility. In that latter regard I have been trying to set up library definitions so as to use the Custom Browse add-on; however I am finding it almost impossible to proceed. Is there anywhere, some detailed, step-by-step instructions for a novice with LMS as well as the plugins I have added? I definitely need some help, but of a general kind rather than on any specific point initially. Are there any helpful guides? The 'Squeezebox Wiki' stuff about the Multi-Library plugin is very limited, and whatever I specify in LMS for my Touch seems to be ignored. arthurb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
