Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ streams and time delay
Oh well, it took me a while, but I am now a happy 7.3.3 user. All fine - but although the delay from track change to readout change is slightly better on AAC+ streams, it's still nowhere near the almost-instant change on an MP3 stream. Is there anything more to be done? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63412 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] softsqueeze won't run
I don't think I've tried to run Softsqueeze since I upped to SC 7.3.3. Anyway, I just tried clicking on the 'click to install and run softsqueeze' link at the SSQ page in the SC web interface, and I get a file deposited on my desktop called softsqueeze.jnlp, which opens with a load of (to me) impenetrable text. I'm running SC on a Mac, OSX 10.5.7. Anyone know how I can get SSQ to run? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65963 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] softsqueeze won't run
A gentle bump here. Let me put it another way. Is anyone successfully running softsqueeze from the browser interface on a Mac running SC 7.3.3? If so, how do you do it? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65963 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] softsqueeze won't run
Thanks bpa. I wasn't getting options, as you describe, but that set me thinking. After some digging around online, I found I had to execute a file called lsregister, in a very deeply buried folder. Now Softsqueeze does run for me (hooray!). I presume the change came after an OS update, so it may be that other Mac users will stumble on the problem when they come to try Softsqueeze. If they want to execute lsregister, this is the command to put into Terminal... /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/Current/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65963 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer plugin not working
bpa;467222 Wrote: BBC problem - the feeds which should contain program info are empty Do we have to wait for the BBC to fill them up, or is it a matter of rewriting the plugin because the beeb are now doing it a different way? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69216 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer plugin not working
Seems to be back up and working this morning. Radio 4, at least; haven't checked others. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69216 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDate Time: no weather info recently
I've been using SuperDateTime (currently 5.8.7) successfully for ages to get weather info on my screensaver for my two SB3s (SC 7.3.3). Last few days the info has been blank. Any known problems? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74212 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDate Time: no weather info recently
Thanks Siduhe, for some reason I hadn't spotted that. Problem is, I'm using 7.3.3 and really don't want to move to 7.4 just for this. There is some obscure stuff in that lo-o-o-o-ng post you linked to, talking about perl and par files and whatnot. I don't know what any of that is. Can anyone help? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74212 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDateTime stopped working ?
marla;506892 Wrote: ... can I put in a polite request for those of us still using 7.3.3 or similar that when you've got it working again you give us a version as well? (Am wary of upgrading my server due to the issues well documented throughout this forum.) I second that. I posted separately earlier http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74212 and then came upon this longer post. I do not want to upgrade to 7.4.x. Can we have a fix for 7.3.3, too, please? I would be so grateful, and I guess others would too. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73222 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDateTime stopped working ?
Morning GoCubs. Thanks for all the joy that your SDT plugin has brought me and my household. I wonder if you could let me and some others on this forum know if you're likely to fix the broken version of SDT 5.8.7, the latest (I believe)for SC 7.3.3? Quite a few of us do not want to upgrade to 7.4.x because of its instability etc. It would be so useful to have one of our fave plugins working again! Please help. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73222 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDateTime stopped working ?
I've interpreted the silence on fixing SDT 5.8.7 for SC 7.3.3 as a no-can-do. Understood, GoCubs: you have done enough. The pleasure of your plugin is in the past for us non-upgraders. I did happen upon this, which might be of help to others in my predicament. Works a treat. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67655highlight=spiceyweather -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73222 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDateTime stopped working ?
GoCubs;509098 Wrote: Hey Whitman- I haven't been following the anti 7.4 movement, in summary what's the issue with it? Regarding 7.3, has anyone tried running it on 7.4 (you'll have to install it manually instead of using the repo). Perhaps it'll work, if not has anyone tried copy/pasting the 7.4 gotWeather Perl sub from plugin.pm to 5.8.7? That should work. I'm sorry to say, but supporting an additional build is not appealing. I am not a software company with unlimited time and resources. To have a full fledged build I'd also have to go backport all of the other fixes that have occurred past 5.8.7 or I'm certain there'd be emails and forum posts to that regard. I do not have a 7.3 installation to test things with, if someone is willing to test a build out for me we can try that route. Basically I'll do the copy/pasting suggested above and you'll need to manually install the copy and let me know how it goes. If it looks good I can package it up.-Greg Greg, thanks for replying. As far as 7.4 goes, it's more of an ain't-broke-don't-fix-it thing on my part, sticking to 7.3.3 mainly because I've seen lots of people moaning after they moved. I'm not technical at all, but I'd be happy to test a build if you'd be kind enough to make one. I really appreciate your efforts on this. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73222 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDateTime stopped working ?
GoCubs;509480 Wrote: I see your 'if it aint broke' mentality... but SuperDateTime *IS* broken in 7.3 :). Maybe you should try out 7.4, you'll have to give in at some point. I'm going to focus my energy on getting the 7.4 version happy, once it's in a good state I might post a minor 7.3 update but it wont be all inclusive. -Greg Understood, Greg. I meant that 7.3.x in general ain't broke. But SDT 5.8.7 is. I'll keep my eye on the forum, and in the meantime I'll use spiceyweather, which works fine in 7.3.x. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73222 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SuperDateTime stopped working ?
Sunnysekot;509842 Wrote: Hi,as I am one of hundreds of SC 7.3 Users I am begging you to please make an updated version of 5.8.7! I really love SuperDateTime but wont change to SC 7.4 or 7.5. It would be great, if Greg or any other advanced user might provide a file for updating 5.8.7 (just the files who have to be changed would be sufficient, wouldnt they?). Best solution would be an update on Gregs page and here, for I believe there are really a lot of people (not-experts like me) on SC7.3 who are desperately looking for a solution without switching to 7.4.x or 7.5. Please help! (currently I am using a wunderground-station, but thats not very good, lots of Info is missing or bad formatted) Sunnysekot, I wonder if you've tried spiceyweather instead? It works fine for me in 7.3.x, as I mentioned in post 89 here. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73222 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: JazzFM Plugin
Any news on this? I've been trying to get on to Jazzfm via Triode's plugin without luck. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86078 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
JazzFM has changed its website and the Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin (v0.2) doesn't work now. It returns There was an error loading the remote feed for : (404 Not Found). The website now requires a login for that part of the listening service. The JazzFM Live listening service works fine via the plugin, as that does not require a login. I wondered if this can be fixed? I enjoy listening to JazzFM's Dinner Jazz show and never have a chance to get to it live. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
I'm wondering if Triode has perhaps 'retired' from working on his plugins? Anyone know? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
Thanks Gary. That's an interesting thread - I hadn't managed to find that. Maybe cos it was in the Duet forum and not 3rd Party Software. Anyway, it doesn't actually feature a Triode post, only someone saying what they thought his response was. So I'm still wondering if Triode does consider his Jazzfm plugin dead in terms of Audio On Demand use. That would be the end of Jazzfm on my Squeezeboxes for me, which would be very bad news indeed. And it doesn't seem like Jazzfm themselves have a clue. Time for a beer, I think. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
garym wrote: yep, jazzFM (like many providers of internet streaming) is clueless.* I've fought my battles in the past with some of these providers who simply can't get past their idea that it works on any computer and webbrowser). In that thread, the person reported what triode said in a private email, so yes, not sure of his opinion. But I'm sure he's seen these posts on the issue. *and don't get me wrong. I very much appreciate that there is internet streaming of any kind and I do understand that in many cases these providers don't really have IT folks that devote a lot of time to this issue. So I'm appreciative of what we havebut still get frustrated sometimes. It would be nice to have something definitive from Triode on the subject. I'm grateful for all his work on plugins over the years, which have enhanced my enjoyment of my two Classics. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
Thanks Triode. Apologies; I wasn't aware of the other time-consuming stuff you were up to. Same for me with the JazzFM mail-back of password. Not impressive. Even so ... when you do get time, I would love to have their Audio On Demand back as a possibility on my SBs. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
Triode, any luck with updating the Jazz FM plugin? Still not working, and I'd love to be able to listen to Dinner Jazz again when I want to. Thanks! whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
OK, looks like no go on Jazz FM. Thanks anyway, Triode, for the years when your app did work. Does anyone else perhaps have another method of listening to Jazz FM's on-demand audio via the Squeezebox? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
Just in case anyone's interested (and it would appear not), I did manage to get http://listen.onmyradio.net:8000/ working, by the manual tune-in method. Apparently this is delivering AAC 64k converted to 705 FLAC. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
I'm having no problem at all listening to BBC through the Squeezebox via Triode's or bpa's plugins. Jazz FM still a no-no for on demand listening, however. I did email Nick Pitts, station manager at Jazz FM, about the problem, but no reply from him after several weeks. It's hard to imagine a radio station these days that couldn't care less about losing listeners, but that's the implication. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
Triode, many apologies. I'd kept an eye on the thread for a while and seen nothing new, so I posted without reading! A silly thing to do. So ... I will certainly check the updated plugin and come back with some feedback. Thank you! whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Audio On Demand part of Triode's JazzFM plugin not working
Triode, this seems good. I tried the new version of your plugin for my fave connection, Dinner Jazz via OnDemand, and it worked well, although there were some rebufferings (a regular occurrence in the old days, too, so I'm assuming a persistent JazzFM problem). Quality good. Thank you very much. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98699 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Fast-forward/rewind in BBC iPlayer
I'm running SC 7.3.3 and I can't fast-forward or rewind when I'm listening to Listen Again programmes with the BBC iPlayer plugin. I think this is a known problem. My question is, if I move up to 7.5.x, would it solve that problem? I haven't seen any other reason to move up - quite the opposite, given some comments in the forum - but this might be the one. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78062 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fast-forward/rewind in BBC iPlayer
Thank you, gents. Looks like an upgrade is on the cards, then. Triode, you didn't answer my central question, though - if I upgrade, will I be able to fast-forward and rewind in Listen Again? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78062 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fast-forward/rewind in BBC iPlayer
Thanks. Upgrade it is. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78062 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fast-forward/rewind in BBC iPlayer
Bpa: it looks like the latest version is 7.5.0 at mysqueezebox.com/download, but you recommend 7.5.1. How do I get that? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78062 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fast-forward/rewind in BBC iPlayer
OK. I've posted on the Squeezebox Server area with a couple of further questions... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=542239#post542239 -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78062 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
Is this available for Mac OSX? Is anyone using it successfully on that platform? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
I asked if this plugin works on OSX, and RBM replied ... RBM;564916 Wrote: Works just fine on OSX here (10.6.4 on Core2Duo), but 10.5 should work as well. How do I get it? The instructions in post #1 say ... Assuming you are running your server on windows or linux... -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
Triode;565093 Wrote: Follow the same instructions. The OSX version was added after the original post (which has now been edited to say this) Thanks Triode, I'll give it a whirl. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
I'm about to take the plunge with a Spotify premium a/c and the plugin, but one last thing I'm wondering about before I do - what will it look like on my SB3? I mean, how do you browse and generally use Spotify from the plugin? There's on Info link on the Plugins page, so I'm not sure where else to find out about this. Maybe someone even has some snaps of their SB3 in action? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
I'm about to take the plunge with a Spotify premium a/c and the plugin, but one last thing I'm wondering about before I do - what will it look like on my SB3? I mean, how do you browse and generally use Spotify from the plugin? There's no Info link on the Plugins page, so I'm not sure where else to find out about this. Maybe someone even has some snaps of their SB3 in action? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
Thanks Triode. I certainly do intend to install and look. I'm used to using online Spotify (as a lucky early free user) and was just curious how closely the plugin shadows that: Radio? Library?, previous searches? etc. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
I've had Spotify up and running for about a week now using this great plugin. My question is about the quality of the Spotify streams. I realise this thread is about the plugin, but I wasn't sure where else to post. I realise, too, that this forum is for the Squeezebox, and not Spotify itself, but I know that many Squeezebox users enjoy good quality as well as good music. I felt sure there will be others here with views on this. So: I must say I find the quality of the Spotify stream disappointing. I have the plugin settings on high quality, which seems to be 320k of something called Ogg Vorbis. But I find the quality of the streams rather boxy, flat, and uninspiring. They do not compare well to, say, the streams I listen to on the great BBC iPlayer plugin for my Squeezebox, or the AAC+ streams of one of my favourite net radio stations, Radio Paradise, which I also listen to regularly via the Squeezebox. Even some MP3s sound better to me than the Spotify streams. I'm not sure I'll want to continue the premium Spotify sub if this is really the kind of quality they want me to pay for. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
OppfinnarJocke;605925 Wrote: Have you also tried to set Spotify to High quality? Log on with the Spotify client and check the settings there so you really get the high quality stream. Thanks for that: I hadn't realised there were settings at the Spotify app/client as well. But it doesn't seem to make any difference. I'm assuming therefore, Triode, that the setting at Stream Quality in your plugin's prefs determines the quality that gets to the Squeezebox, irrespective of whether Sound/Enable High Bit Rate is checked or not in the prefs at the Spotify app/client? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)
Triode;606201 Wrote: Yes - its an option that the plugin uses when asking spotify for a track. I can't improve the audio quality beyond that provided by them .. Are you saying its different between devices or that you don't like the 320k streams? [I find them variable depending on the source, but always better than the 160k ones and always worse than a CD!] I'm saying I don't like them. What do you mean by source? Obviously a poor original will never be improved by Spotify. I'm saying the overall quality is poor. And to be clear, Triode, are you saying the settings in Spotify's own app/client do not affect those in your plugin? JackOfAll;606394 Wrote: It's the replay gain process they apply that kills the quality. Well, that's my opinion anyway, having converted lossless to 320k VBR Ogg and then compared to Spotify equivalent. Triode, is there any way of turning off the replay gain via the API so the track streams aren't normalized, just delivered at the original levels. When I started this little sub-thread in post 1,936, I was simply moaning about the overall quality of Spotify's supposedly 'high quality' 320k stream. It does seem to vary - which I imagine must be something to do with how Spotify has changed its conversion and/or storage habits over time - but in general I'm disappointed to have to pay for something that isn't consistently top-notch. JackOfAll, that's an interesting thought. Is this the same thing as Enable Volume Normalization in the Spotify's own app/client prefs? If yes, see my question above about interaction between Spotify's app/client and Triode's plugin. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien/iPlayer 6.5.x version terminally broken?
The sub-menus on my 6.5.1 version of AlienBBC, with the recent-ish iPlayer patch, seem to have just gone kaput. Radio 4 can just about be made to respond, but Radio 2 not, and that's the one I use most. I suppose the Beeb have changed things again. I presume that bpa's comments a while back that the 6.5.x version would not be updated any more still stands? If so, this really does sound like the trigger for me to finally make that jump to 7.x.x and investigate the iPlayer plugin. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55632 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien/iPlayer 6.5.x version terminally broken?
Thanks Bryan and Triode. As usual, I appreciate your quick and helpful responses. I'm on a Mac, so I imagine the move to 7.2.1, as advised, will not be as smooth or straightforward as that for PC users. Is there any reason I can't try out 7.2.1 on my (also Mac) laptop and leave the desktop machine, the one where 6.5.1 currently resides, with 6.5.1 until I decide it all works? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55632 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alien/iPlayer 6.5.x version terminally broken?
On reflection, I suspect my question about the laptop trial would be better put to the General Discussion forum, so I'll do that now. Thanks again. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55632 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Just updated Slimserver 6.5.1 to Squeezecenter 7.2 on my Mac. I want to play AAC streams, so will still need mplayer. It used to live in [home]/Library/Application Support/SlimDevices/bin. Can I just copy that old bin folder, which I put aside during my clean installation of 7.2, to the new installation? If so, where does it go? If not, where do I get mplayer from? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
I meant AAC Plus, by the way. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Thanks bpa. My hard drive's top level does indeed lead to /usr/local/bin with an mplayer file inside. But that might be a remnant from the old setup. How do I check convert.conf settings? This is sounding familiar - I think I had to do something to these for my previous 6.5.1 setup to get AAC Plus running. But I can't remember. Could you remind me what to do? I'd be grateful. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Ah yes. Anyway, I tried downloading the 'plugin' at that link, but all I get is a file called AACplusLinux.tar.gz.html, which is surely not what I want. Doesn't do anything, anyway. Is there another way to get this? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
(Thanks: for some reason that was a Safari wobble. Downloaded fine in Firefox.) I now have the aacpmplayer.sh file, but it's a plain text file. I've tried to make it executable in Terminal with a Unix chmod command but it doesn't respond. Is there a useable one available to download? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Ownership seems OK. Very odd behaviour. If I make a duplicate
('aacpmplayer.sh copy') it says it's a Unix executable file. If I
delete the 'copy' bit, it's back to a plain text file. If I leave a
space after sh, it stays executable. But I'm not convinced it is.
Perhaps I should take a step or two back and give a quick bit of
background. I just upgraded from SS 6.5.1 to SC 7.2.1. I am not running
Alien BBC as I'm using the BBC iPlayer plugin instead. That seems fine.
Some radio stations - from my point of view particularly Paradise and
JazzFM - have AACplus streams available, which I think are higher
quality than the top MP3 streams. In order to run AACplus streams on my
SB3, I've presumed I just need mplayer and this aacpm 'plugin'. But now
these probs. Maybe I should be content with MP3.
I'd be grateful for some help.
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
1. Yes, I'm sure. 2. Created an empty file in Terminal with the touch command. This makes yet another plain text file. Tried to make it executable with the chmod a+x command, and it stays as a plain text file. What am I doing wrong? Or is there a peculiar OSX thing I'm not doing right? I'm stumped again. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Just had a glance at my Settings/Advanced/File Types, and AACplus is listed there, but the decoder options are greyed-out. Not sure if that tells us any more about what's not right. Are there really no Mac users on this forum who have installed bpa's AACplus 'plugin' and got it working? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Understood bpa. Do you think it's worth me starting a new thread to try to attract a helpful OSX user? I might try an OSX forum elsewhere on the net too. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Good, yes I'll try an OSX forum and report back. But, of course, in the meantime if anyone OSX-inclined should be reading this and can offer advice ... -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Hello bpa, I checked on a couple of OSX/Unix forums, and they say, after some investigation, that it doesn't matter what the Finder says of my file. As long as the file-modes say it is executable, then it is. And they do say it is - so it is. Which I suppose means the problem lies elsewhere. Any ideas for the next move? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Hello again bpa. (Please see my last message too.) I assume that now we know the aacpmplayer.sh file is OK and executing, the problem may lie with mplayer. Is there an easy way I can check if mplayer is doing what it ought to do? As I said earlier, the AACplus file types are shown in Advanced/File Types, but greyed out. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Thanks bpa. Doing a 'ls -l' gives -rwxrwxrwx which looks as if it's executable. The full path to it is... /Users/Tony/Library/Application\ Support/SqueezeCenter/Plugins/AACplus/Bin/aacpmplayer.sh For 'Plugin Folders' on Settings/Status page I have... /Users/Tony/Library/PreferencePanes/SqueezeCenter.prefPane/Contents/server/Slim/Plugin, /Users/Tony/Library/Application Support/SqueezeCenter/Plugins, /Library/Application Support/SqueezeCenter/Plugins, /Users/Tony/Library/PreferencePanes/SqueezeCenter.prefPane/Contents/server/Plugins Any use? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Hello bpa. Does the info in that last message help at all? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Apologies, bpa, for dragging you away from Alien work. Could there be a prob with mplayer? In other words, my assumption is that your aacplus 'plugin' tells an aacplus stream to look for mplayer, and mplayer 'plays' it. So is there a way to test if mplayer is working OK? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Sorry I'm being dim here. Is there another way to get aacplus feeds into SC without your 'plugin', perhaps? I seem to remember when I got it going in 6.5.x I had to change some config files or similar. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Hello bpa. bpa;368904 Wrote: Yes - I think editing the various conf files similar to 6.5 should work. Thinking about your problem - can you check if there are any other convert.conf, custom-convert.conmf, types.conf and custom-types.conf files with any aacpplus mods that SC could be finding andgetting confused ? Also check whether the name of your executable aacpmplayer.sh file has no hidden characters or spaces. Your 1st point: which actual files do I need to edit, and what new material do they need? Would I then dump the AACplus plugin folder? Your 2nd point: sorry, I'm a bit confused by that. Where might these be? Your 3rd point: do you mean the name of the file? If so, it's clean. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Ah ha. I hadn't noticed this. It says ... Plugin is incompatible with this version of SqueezeCenter. Please update. Now what? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
At present the line in question reads... maxVersion7.0+/maxVersion So do I change it to... maxVersion7.2.1+/maxVersion -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Bpa, that worked a treat, and now I have excellent quality aacplus streams on my SB3. I'm very grateful for your patience with my fumblings and for your calm, methodical approach. Have you considered international diplomacy? For anyone wondering what my fussing was about, I suggest you give a couple of aacplus streams a go: these chosen for good music (Paradise always; JazzFM sometimes) as well as the boost that the quality of these streams provide ... Radio Paradise http://www.radioparadise.com/musiclinks/rp_128aac-2.m3u Jazz FM http://stream.jazzfm.com:8000/ Thanks again. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
I agree, and for once it's quite easy to do a reasonably rapid A/B test by having an MP3 stream and an AACplus stream on the Favourites and rapidly switch between. No contest, to my ears. Thanks for the tuner2 tip, too. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
I've been using my SB3 with the shiny new AACplus streams for a few days now, and I notice that when a station (such as Paradise) has the facility to provide a readout on the SB of what's playing (after you press Now Playing), it takes quite a while for the Now Playing readout to change to match the actual playing track. In other words, there's a delay between the song changing and the readout changing. Is there anything I can do at my end to fix the delay? It wasn't like this when I was using 6.5.x - in fact it was a more or less instant change. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Understood. What does 7.3 have in store? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
I see. It sounds like SC is trying to get to where it really needs to be: a place where users can install things easily without pulling out too much hair in the process. Assuming one has any hair left in the first place. Seriously: this sounds like a good development. I'm still enmeshed in the pain of very recent upgrading to 7.2.x from 6.5.x, but I can't help myself to ask: is it a good time to step up to 7.3? Or maybe I ought to wait a bit. I do value my sanity (again, that is, assuming I have any left anyway). -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] aac streams on SC 7.2: where does mplayer go on a mac?
Very good advice, bpa, for which many thanks. I shall pin up your list somewhere very visible. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56028 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Why is BBC iPlayer plugin not on Squeezebox Plugins page?
I've been enjoying using Triode's excellent BBC iPlayer plugin for some time now, and, like Alien BBC before it, it has become for me one of the key reasons for owning a Squeezebox. So I wanted to find a link to direct an SB-owning friend to its usefulness. But I found to my surprise that it is not listed in the Audio section of the Squeezebox Plugins page at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/PluginsAudio The only place to 'find' it, it seems, is the post on this forum, at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 To me this seems like selling this wonderfully useful plugin short. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58791 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Why is BBC iPlayer plugin not on Squeezebox Plugins page?
Ah yes, I was forgetting The New Way. I am but a humble 7.2.1 user - like many others, I suspect. Just figured it was made a little difficult for us to find out about something very good. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58791 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Why is BBC iPlayer plugin not on Squeezebox Plugins page?
Thanks for underlining it so succinctly, bonze: that's the point I was trying to make. Triode's work deserves better visibility - that's all. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58791 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Why is BBC iPlayer plugin not on Squeezebox Plugins page?
I just had a look at editing the wiki. Blimey. Very complicated. Doesn't exactly invite you in, does it? Anyway, according to the editing FAQ, a page is editable if it has an edit tab at the top. Can't see such a thing on the Plugins/Audio page. And there was I simply trying to do a good deed. Shall I give up? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58791 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Why is BBC iPlayer plugin not on Squeezebox Plugins page?
I did log in. No tabs as far as I could see. Or am I missing something. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58791 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Why is BBC iPlayer plugin not on Squeezebox Plugins page?
Oh, I get tabs all right, but nothing like 'edit'. I have (left to right) 'article', 'discussion', 'view source', 'history', 'watch'. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58791 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Why is BBC iPlayer plugin not on Squeezebox Plugins page?
How weird. Nope, checked again and I still get what I said. No 'edit' in sight. OK, I give up. No good deed this time, then. I'll just have to give an extra 10p to the Big Issue seller instead. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58791 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify on Mac with SB3?
Can I use my SB3 to listen to Spotify via my iMac? I looked at this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58013highlight=spotify and the Waveinput plugin mentioned, and it seems to be Windows and Linux only. Any hope for a poor Mac user keen to hear some new music? I'm using SC 7.2.1 and OS-X 10.5.6. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60045 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify on Mac with SB3?
What's nicecast, and how do I make that work? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60045 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify on Mac with SB3?
Thanks, bpa, I'll take a look. I wonder in the meantime if any Mac users have found a way to stream Spotify to an SB without buying new software to do it. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60045 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ and file types
I was looking at another thread here... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36034 and noticed one of bpa's checklist items was to ensure that AAC+ decoded stream is sent to SB3 as Flac or WAV. I took a look at Settings/Advanced/File Types in my SC 7.2.1. It's not clear to me how these settings work. Against AACplus, for example, I have: FLAC 'aacpmplayer.sh/flac' MP3 'aacmplayer.sh/lame' WAV 'aacpmplayer.sh' What does that mean? What am I sending to what? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ and file types
Sorry bpa; yes, that was more thinking out loud than a question. When I looked at my settings in File Types out of curiosity, it occurred to me that I don't understand how these settings work. I've just glanced at them before and presumed they're OK as they are. So, to be more precise, my question is: do I need to leave them all 'on' as is? With the AAC+ settings, for example, do I need to disable the ones I don't need? And if that's so, how do I work out what I need? As usual, there's nothing there in SC itself to help a non-tech person like me to understand what's going on. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ and file types
Very useful, thanks, bpa. You say SC decides what to apply depending on what rules are enabled. Enabled where? The three main types of stream coming into my SB3 are: Apple Lossless, from my iTunes music; MP3, from various radio stations; and AAC+, also from radio streams. As I understand it, MP3 is the only one that goes 'straight through' as a native format. Obviously I'd like to be hearing the other two at best possible quality. Is there a way of ensuring that? Or do I just trust SC to have my best interests at heart? Oh, and while we're on the subject of AAC+, this blog... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/02/better_audio_for_bbc_radio_onl.html ...says that BBC radio iPlayer is now using AACfamily streams for the listen-again service as of Feb 11th. Is that really true? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ and file types
OK bpa, thanks. How about my question I'd like to be hearing Apple lossless and AAC+ at best possible quality. Is there a way of ensuring that? Or do I just trust SC to have my best interests at heart? Any thoughts? I always value your opinions and explanations. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ and file types
Perfect: thanks again. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify on Mac with SB3?
Just a gentle bump: so, no Mac users have managed to get Spotify working on an SB without extra software? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60045 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ streams and time delay
Back at the end of last year I asked bpa this question ... I've been using my SB3 (SC 7.2.1) with the shiny new AACplus streams for a few days now, and I notice that when a station (such as Paradise) has the facility to provide a readout on the SB of what's playing (after you press Now Playing), it takes quite a while for the Now Playing readout to change to match the actual playing track. In other words, there's a delay between the song changing and the readout changing. Is there anything I can do at my end to fix the delay? It wasn't like this when I was using 6.5.x - in fact it was a more or less instant change. Bpa replied as follows... It's a known problem due to fact that SC doesn't know SB is playing a Flac stream - SC thinks it is a slow AACplus (e.g. 128 or 48k bit) streams as guesses the amount of music time in the SB buffer wheras SB has a 1500kbps Flac stream and has about 10 or 20 times less music time buffered. Problem is much worse with slow streams. AACplus hooks into SC in an unapproved way to enable the radio text to be displayed - if I used the Normal transcodiong like Alien - there would be no text at all. The method also meant a full blown Plugin did not have to be developed. I do not want to maintain another plugin. I might be able to do something in 7.3 as there have been changes which look promising. I wondered, bpa, if you've managed to make an improvement regarding this time-lag and if it's therefore time for me to usefully upgrade from 7.2.1 to 7.3.2? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63412 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ streams and time delay
Thanks bpa. I'm puzzled by mention of 7.3.3. The 'general discussion' forum implies that 7.3.2 is the latest SC version. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63412 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AAC+ streams and time delay
Thanks again. I'll give it a whirl. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63412 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Installed AlienBBC on Mac: no sound
I followed Daniel Cohen's detailed instructions to install AlienBBC (and Lame and mplayer) on my Powerbook running Mac OS X 10.3.9, for my lovely new Soundbox 3. It installed fine, showing up on my browser and on my SB3. But when I try to play a stream ... nothing. Not a single BBC announcer's voice, let alone a programme or music. (The SB is running everything else perfectly, by the way.) Is there something else I should be doing? Please help me, chaps. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30717 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Installed AlienBBC on Mac: no sound
Thanks bpa. The RTSP boxes are checked. I got the exact mplayer that Cohen suggested, from the alienbbc site, a specific build for Mac OS. I haven't done a standalone text of mplayer becasue I don't know how to. It currently sits in an obscure usr/bin. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30717 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Installed AlienBBC on Mac: no sound
Thanks Danco. 'Checking stream' (or similar) comes up as I try to connect to Listen Live and archived programs, but nothing happens beyond that. I've already upped the radio timeout to 90. I've never used terminal before, but perhaps I should try what you suggest. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30717 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Installed AlienBBC on Mac: no sound
Hello Danco. You said... As for tesing mplayer, I forget the exact syntax, which is in the notes IIRC, but if mplayer is in /usr/bin, then just running terminal and typing mplayer followed by the suggested parameters (some mplayer parameters plus the name of some program) will test it. From bpc's comment and my memory, try just mplayer -playlist http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/realplayer/media/fmg2.rpm I've tried Terminal and got this message... /usr X$ local/bin/mplayer dyld: local/bin/mplayer can't open library: /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib (No such file or directory, errno = 2) Trace/BPT trap Does that tell us anything? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30717 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Installed AlienBBC on Mac: no sound
Thanks, BPA. The first message indicates a missing library or it could mean the library is named the same in your version of OSX. Is that good or bad? If bad, can I do something about it? The second message: Trace/BPT trap is usually associated with a version which has been compiled for a processor not compatible with your systems. What processor is in your powerbook G3, G4 ? It's a G4, Power PC (in other words not Intel), 167MHz. Where did you get the version of mplayer you installed ? I got the MPlayer for Mac OS X from the AlienBBC site here... http://www.x2systems.com/AlienBBC/mplayer.html I hope all this can tell us more. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30717 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Installed AlienBBC on Mac: no sound
Thanks olmo and bpa. So, is there one that will run on 10.3? Perhaps the AlienBBC developers might be able to help me here? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30717 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Anyone running AlienBBC on Mac OSX 10.3.9?
I'm trying to get AlienBBC going on SlimServer on my Powerbook G4: followed precise Mac instructions on Alien's site; installed it OK (and Lame and mplayer, as instructed); shows up nicely on my SB3 ... but plays nothing. Anyone got it up and running successfully on 10.3.9? If yes, how did you do it? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30869 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] superdatetime not working
So, I've installed Superdatetime on my Slimserver, running on Mac OSX, and I've done all the things in the list on the set-up page, but despite that my SB3 is still showing the old date/time screensaver when off. Now what's the simple thing staring me in the face that I should have done? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33165 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] superdatetime not working
I'm sure you'll all be relieved to know I did spot the thing that was staring me in the face. Just in case anyone else is as stupid as I am, I'll tell you what I did. In the Player Settings, I set the Screensavers 'Choose a screensaver to use when powered off' as Date And Time Screensaver. Well, it is a similar name. I should have selected SuperDateTime Screensaver. Of course. Anyway, SDT is sublime. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33165 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC R2 Replay mono?
I was listening to Radcliffe Maconie on AlienBBC Radio 2 Replay and noticed I had a John Lennon-less 'Benefit Of Mr Kite'. After some fiddling around I discovered that the extreme stereo separation of this Beatles track had highlighted that Alien BBC R2 Replay was giving me one stereo channel, mono'd. I tried it direct on my Mac from the BBC website and Replay was in glorious stereo (with John back at the mic). Is this a known fault on AlienBBC, or have I somehow mangled my settings? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43016 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC R2 Replay mono?
Hello again bpa and thanks for replying. I think I haven't explained properly. Via Slimserver and AlienBBC Replay, I had one channel (the non-Lennon) mono'd, in other words in both speakers. When I listened to the same thing via the BBC website: perfectly OK stereo. And as it seems you also got proper stereo via AlienBBC, I think my settings must have come adrift somewhere. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43016 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC R2 Replay mono?
Thanks bpa. I did play it through softsqueeze through the Mac speakers and it was proper stereo. Anyway, tried your command and got this... -bash: mplayer: command not found -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43016 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC R2 Replay mono?
Most bizarre: this morning I cannot connect to BBC stations at all with AlienBBC, through SB3 or Softsqueeze. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43016 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
