Re: [slim] 7.9 Random Albums?

2016-09-17 Thread DJanGo
Please read carefully - "Modifications" are always Player related! - You start with V7.8 get a new server.prefs from scratch from 7.8 - You update to a newer Version with more features - The settings for "disable this or that" arent touched. > Since they all show with no players

Re: [slim] 7.9 Random Albums?

2016-09-17 Thread w3wilkes
I have a test instance of LMS that is running most of the time without any players attached most of the time. When I install a new LMS it goes on that machine. I verify that the basic functions work and then it's easy enough to pull a player from my production server. I also use this server when

Re: [slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread mandryka
. . . And search is so much quicker! I always thought the problem was my hardware. I am impressed, thanks for building it. mandryka's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53967 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread Michael Herger
It says it's a beta - is it stable? Is there strange behaviour I should know about? I'd say it's as stable as 7.7 or 7.8. It's what my family uses every day. And they don't complain. The biggest known issue is a compatibility issue of the full text search with some of Erland's plugins. --

Re: [slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread mandryka
Absolutely brilliant, just what I was looking for, I am a happy customer. It says it's a beta - is it stable? Is there strange behaviour I should know about? mandryka's Profile:

Re: [slim] 7.9 Random Albums?

2016-09-17 Thread DJanGo
The possibility to manipulate / customize Settings for Audio devices is and was always player related. The Plugin hooks in the customization like any other player related manipulation / customization. Code: So on a LMS that currently has no players attached how would

Re: [slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread kidstypike
I don't think search is possible during a clear & rescan, possibly just radio stations would show up? Should be fine when rescan is finished. kidstypike LMS on Raspberry Pi 3/max2play/HiFiBerry DAC+ > AVI DM5 1 x SB3 - 1 x Boom - 1 x (Squeezebox) Radio - 2 x Touch - 2 x Raspberry

Re: [slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread garym
mandryka wrote: > Thanks. I was using 7.8. I downloaded 7.9, and it's rescanning the media > library now. What's worrying me is that I have no search at all from > ipeng or squeezepad. > > Howard something is wrong then, as you should have search from either ipeng or squeezepad. *Home:*

Re: [slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread mandryka
Thanks. I was using 7.8. I downloaded 7.9, and it's rescanning the media library now. What's worrying me is that I have no search at all from ipeng or squeezepad. Howard mandryka's Profile:

Re: [slim] 7.9 Random Albums?

2016-09-17 Thread w3wilkes
I see the Additional Browse Modes plugin and if I click the settings for that plugin it takes me to the same dialog as the Advanced tab -> Additional Browse Modes in the dropdown, but can't see how to manipulate the inclusion or exclusion of menu items in the My Music section of the WebUI. Seems

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread Michael Herger
Are you using direct stream or proxied stream? Streaming local tracks always is direct from LMS. That setting is totally unrelated. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Touch up for sale

2016-09-17 Thread bobm
Looking at Sonos and MusicCast from Yamaha. I am trying out the Sonos now, their connect and play 1. Bob bobm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19401 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread mherger
Are you using 7.9 and its full text search? I can type "gabriel rain live" and I would get a list of live recordings of Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain": 2 The full text index would cover all of contributor names, comments, album titles and much more. Wouldn't this cover your needs, too?

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread DJanGo
lightning888 wrote: > It's happening to random FLAC files. The problematic ones I rewind and > play again, no jammed track. > > And I saved a playlist of those FLAC files that were previously jammed, > about 15 songs. I replayed the playlist over and over again without any > problem. That's

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread lightning888
mherger wrote: > > I spoke too early. Ran into one incidence of playing beyond track > today. > > However in the past the problem happened more frequently. Now I'm > really > > puzzled. May have to roll back to much older versions! > > Would this happen with any flac file or just some of them?

[slim] Searching my music is not very good using spotify apps.

2016-09-17 Thread mandryka
Hello I find myself increasingly using spotify to play music which I have on my hard drive, because spotify search is so much better than LMS. In spotify I can type > cortot Chopin 58 allegro and I get what I'm looking for - Cortot playing the allegro of Chopin op 58 But in LMS, what a

Re: [slim] SqueezeboxWiki uses cookies to log in users

2016-09-17 Thread DJanGo
mherger wrote: > > as mentioned in the other thread (lms on rhel7) the wiki needs some > > attention. > > Thanks. I'll see what I can do. > > -- > > Michael thx for doing:o DJanGo's Profile:

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread Michael Herger
I spoke too early. Ran into one incidence of playing beyond track today. However in the past the problem happened more frequently. Now I'm really puzzled. May have to roll back to much older versions! Would this happen with any flac file or just some of them? Is it reproducible with certain

Re: [slim] Touch up for sale

2016-09-17 Thread pratt733
Just curious - what did you move onto? pratt733's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64824 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106145

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread DJanGo
@Pipin i didnt have that issue - i am just guessing. There are lot of "if then else" constructs like -direct stream / proxy stream- and so on. I can remember that poor tracks with false bitrate settings/tags are caused these issues - cant remember any other that causes this. A try costs max.

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread pippin
No need to do that, I think you can force the server to do FLAC-FLAC transcoding, there's a thread on it somewhere. I'm still not convinced that's it. I've had issues with FLAC encoding in the past and it caused skipping and stuttering, nothing like the OP observes. --- learn more about iPeng,

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread DJanGo
lightning888 wrote: > I seriously doubt your suggestions work, as it was a FLAC file, even if > I convert to a WAV file it won't make a difference. It'll play and > advance to the next track, coz when I rewind the same track, it'll > advance to the next track. If you convert to wav (my

Re: [slim] Playing beyond tracks

2016-09-17 Thread pinkdot
lightning888 wrote: > May have to roll back to much older versions! Depending on the DSM version the rollback options may be limited. I would suggest to try to find out what is causing this issue. A good starting point would be to install squeezelite on a pc and see if the same problem ocures.

Re: [slim] 7.9 Random Albums?

2016-09-17 Thread DJanGo
w3wilkes wrote: > So on a LMS that currently has no players attached how would you > select/deselect the inclusion of these menu items in the WebUI? Check for the Plugin Advanced Browser Menue. And yes a fresh install is a fresh install with all setting "up2date" - a update is always a update