Re: [slim] Neil Young at it again

2022-01-31 Thread zordaz
Julf wrote: > Double blind and level matched? Not only that, but you also have to be sure that you are listening to the same mastering/mix. Very often that is not the case and than you are comparing apples & oranges, or from another perspective: in that case you simply don't know what might be

Re: [slim] Lms

2022-01-18 Thread zordaz
d6jg wrote: > piCorePlayer is definitely the easiest by some way these days Agreed! Although I am running LMS for years now on a customized barebone PC with Linux, the most straightforward way of running it these days is indeed piCorePlayer however. A self installed, customized system is IMO a

Re: [slim] Here's an odd one.

2021-08-28 Thread zordaz
sgmlaw wrote: > Everything works fine, except for one small screensaver glitch on a TP. I guess you mean a SB Transporter here? Did it work without glitches with older versions of LMS? *Living Room:* RPI2+HifiBerry DAC+ Pro & piCorePlayer *Attic:* RPI2+HifiBerry DAC+ RCA & piCorePlayer

Re: [slim] Is SqueezePlay still under development?

2021-06-29 Thread zordaz
Man in a van wrote: > @JJZolx > > Ralphy looks after Squeezeplay nowadays > > http://https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezeplay/windows/ > > and this may also help > > http://https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-automatically-start-a-program-minimized-in-windows/ > >

Re: [slim] Is SqueezePlay still under development?

2021-06-28 Thread zordaz
JJZolx wrote: > I get much of the third party stuff and all the little bits of abandoned > Squeeze software mixed up and really haven't been paying much attention > in recent years. > > I often use SqueezePlay and LMS to play music on my Windows machines. If > anyone is still developing this,

Re: [slim] Future of codecs in LMS

2021-05-17 Thread zordaz
philippe_44 wrote: > No for SB, yes for Squeezelite. No for SB because we want to "look > forward" and we can't if we limit to existing codecs 10 years ago, so > support will be by transcoding. I am confused now. Imho transcoding within LMS from lossy to lossy is only suitable for specific use

Re: [slim] Future of codecs in LMS

2021-05-17 Thread zordaz
bpa wrote: > what is the "http capable client" that you will be using that make opus > preferable over say flac ? I am only talking about lossy. For lossless FLAC is a no-brainer, as the OP mentions as well. The 'http capable client' question needs some clarification by the OP. *Living

Re: [slim] Future of codecs in LMS

2021-05-17 Thread zordaz
My choice for lossy would be Opus as well. Personally I don't use it BTW, because of the lack of prober gapless playback, in that department Ogg/Vorbis is still hard to beat. However: looking into the future Opus is for lossy the way to go IMHO. *Living Room:* HifiBerry DAC+ Pro &

Re: [slim] Is it worth to upgrade for Rpi3 + Allo Digione?

2021-03-27 Thread zordaz
I agree completely with the other two replies, it is indeed virtually impossible to upgrade such a setup sound quality wise. My advice: keep using it until something breaks! *Living Room:* HifiBerry DAC+ Pro & piCorePlayer *Attic:* HifiBerry DAC+ RCA & piCorePlayer *Other rooms:* 6x SB Radio

Re: [slim] An invalid threadid or forumid was specified

2021-01-13 Thread zordaz
Paul Webster wrote: > It would be an easy test for you to make on your desktop. > I do not know what the result would be and I do not have email > notifications from the forum. > > You could also check the vBulletin support forum (I expect there is one) > to see if this is a known issue with

Re: [slim] An invalid threadid or forumid was specified

2021-01-13 Thread zordaz
Paul Webster wrote: > Question: > I assume that the last item in your URL is an authentication by-pass > mechanism but perhaps it is broken. > Is your default web browser (the one that opens when you click the link > in your email) set to be logged in as you automatically? No, I'm not logged

Re: [slim] An invalid threadid or forumid was specified

2021-01-13 Thread zordaz
Paul Webster wrote: > Do you have an example URL? Yes, for example from the notification e-mail of this thread: https://forums.slimdevices.com/subscription.php?do=removesubscription=thread=113258=be182a7099340e2c00b176220a5f516c Tested on Firefox (laptop) and my smartphone: 32950

Re: [slim] An invalid threadid or forumid was specified

2021-01-12 Thread zordaz
Nobody? *Living Room:* HifiBerry DAC+ Pro & piCorePlayer *Attic:* HifiBerry DAC+ RCA & piCorePlayer *Other rooms:* 6x SB Radio *LMS*: Version 8.1.x on Xubuntu 20.04LTS zordaz's Profile:

[slim] An invalid threadid or forumid was specified

2020-12-27 Thread zordaz
When using the 'unsubscribe' link from a forum update e-mail message, I always get the error 'An invalid threadid or forumid was specified'. Any idea what's wrong? *Living Room:* HifiBerry DAC+ Pro & piCorePlayer *Attic:* HifiBerry DAC+ RCA & piCorePlayer *Other rooms:* 6x SB Radio *LMS*:

Re: [slim] LMS hires player

2020-05-12 Thread zordaz
d6jg wrote: > Wow! I don't think you can draw conclusions based upon these download stats. I am using Squeezelite for years now via piCoreplayer and Squeezelite-X, but until recently never downloaded Squeezelite directly. I think this is the same for the vast majority of Squeezelite users.

Re: [slim] Unable to perform full rescan

2019-11-11 Thread zordaz
mherger wrote: > > This looks familiar to me: > > > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109660-LMS-rescan-problems= > > You're posting too many references to other threads... that thread you > link here is pointing to yet another one, which in turn would link back > to yours...

Re: [slim] Secondhand market

2019-10-23 Thread zordaz
chill wrote: > Of course, I should say that in no way do I think that it's the > beginning of the end for the Squeezebox ecosystem. Quite the opposite - > the server software, the plugins, the supported hardware and the new > devices are such that the ecosystem has never been in better shape.

Re: [slim] Unable to perform full rescan

2019-08-30 Thread zordaz
This looks familiar to me: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109660-LMS-rescan-problems= My .db files were not that big, recently I tried a full rescan after removal all of them, but it still didn't work. My workaround is to choose "Looking for new and changed media files" when

Re: [slim] Upgraded Ubuntu - scan now stuck

2018-11-20 Thread zordaz
Looks the same as this issue: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109660-LMS-rescan-problems As a fresh install is not an option for me, I am still looking for a good solution. *Living Room:* HifiBerry DAC+ Pro & piCorePlayer *Attic:* HifiBerry DAC+ RCA & piCorePlayer *Kitchen:* SB

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2018-01-23 Thread zordaz
properjob wrote: > Ah. That's why I am here as well (phone reset). Off to APK land it is > then... What a pity! Squeeze Commander -after all these years- was one of the better Remote Control apps out there and my wife and I are still using it daily. I am not a fan of side loading Apps on mobile

Re: [slim] Why has spotty disappeared from plugins?

2017-11-30 Thread zordaz
kidstypike wrote: > When updating it goes to the top of the plugin page, until LMS is > restarted and the web page is reloaded. > > 24105 Apparently so; but as long as you haven't restarted LMS, the plugin is not in the list. This is confusing. *Living Room:* HifiBerry DAC+ Pro &

Re: [slim] Why has spotty disappeared from plugins?

2017-11-30 Thread zordaz
mherger wrote: > > In my experience the Spotty plugin disappears when a new version is > > released and the auto installation feature of LMS picks it up. > > I've personally never seen this happen. > [color=blue] > > Michael See the screenshot below with my plugin list before restarting and

Re: [slim] Why has spotty disappeared from plugins?

2017-11-30 Thread zordaz
In my experience the Spotty plugin disappears when a new version is released and the auto installation feature of LMS picks it up. In the meantime the old plugin version is still working fine btw. After a manual restart of LMS the plugin (new version) is back in the list and running. I am

Re: [slim] Providing Official Docker Image?

2017-11-27 Thread zordaz
mherger wrote: > I think it might be a nice idea for some installations. But as long as > you'd still have to have a startup script for the Docker image, need to > configure a command line to define the music folder etc., installation > isn't really easier than installing a .deb file, is it?

Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream Music Platform

2017-08-18 Thread zordaz
During the migration to the Spotty plugin, I took the opportunity to do some housekeeping on all the installed plugins on my LMS instance. I stumbled upon Ickstream, but as far as I can see the last activity around Ickstream was more than two years ago. Their official website is still available,

Re: [slim] Spotify Question for Michael - Will it really go away?

2017-04-21 Thread zordaz
slartibartfast wrote: > I would much prefer another plugin. > Agreed, and I am willing to help where possible but I am not a coder so don't know where to start... *Living Room:* HifiBerry DAC+ Pro & piCorePlayer *Attic:* HifiBerry DAC+ RCA & piCorePlayer *Kitchen:* SB Radio *Other rooms:*

Re: [slim] Spotify Question for Michael - Will it really go away?

2017-04-18 Thread zordaz
I dropped by this thread and also read the announcement on the Spotify website that Libspotify will finally be phased out somewhere this year. This is worrying news for the majority of the Squeezebox users I think. So what surprises me is that apparently not many people seem concerned. Or is it

Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released

2013-10-03 Thread zordaz
rickwookie wrote: So... ...a month on, are we any closer to getting the 7.7.3 deb into the repo? I upgraded to 7.7.3 via the repo a few weeks ago, so this already is in place. What goes wrong in your case? zordaz's