Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-18 Thread bstrulo
mandryka wrote: > Thanks to everyone for at least -trying -to help! Are you sure it fails to go to sleep - or could it be that it does go to sleep and then immediately wakes? I have it working fine and sleeping well on Windows 10 and I've used it like that for years. I have had problems

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread stevebaggs
Apesbrain wrote: > All I can say is that I have LMS running 24/7 on a wired Windows server > and I have many wired and wireless Windows laptops and desktops running > Squeezelite as a service. None of these clients have any issue going to > sleep. > > Someone mentioned it above, but be sure

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread Paul Webster
Apesbrain wrote: > None of these clients have any issue going to sleep. and does your LMS Windows machine go to sleep by itself as well? Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread Apesbrain
mandryka wrote: > Thanks to everyone for at least -trying -to help! All I can say is that I have LMS running 24/7 on a wired Windows server and I have many wired and wireless Windows laptops and desktops running Squeezelite as a service. None of these clients have any issue going to sleep.

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread mandryka
gordonb3 wrote: > Reviewing the latest comments, I think I'm starting to get it. > > Yes there is constant chatter between LMS and players, even when there > is no music playing. So much in fact that I created a separate network > for my squeezebox devices to shield my other machines from the

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread mandryka
Apesbrain wrote: > Maybe the PowerSave plugin will do what you want: > https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/daphile-audiophile-music-server-player-os.240040/page-194 No, doesn't help! mandryka's Profile:

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread slartibartfast
gordonb3 wrote: > Reviewing the latest comments, I think I'm starting to get it. > > Yes there is constant chatter between LMS and players, even when there > is no music playing. So much in fact that I created a separate network > for my squeezebox devices to shield my other machines from the

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread gordonb3
Reviewing the latest comments, I think I'm starting to get it. Yes there is constant chatter between LMS and players, even when there is no music playing. So much in fact that I created a separate network for my squeezebox devices to shield my other machines from the noise. Thus if you have

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread Man in a van
slartibartfast wrote: > He does say that. Cue confusion all round. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Confusion caused by lack of sleep ? :p doh! ronnie Man in a van's Profile:

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread slartibartfast
Paul Webster wrote: > Ah ... that would explain why I was very surprised. > I had read the first post in this thread as saying that LMS was running > on RPi (or a Squeezebox (Touch)).He does say that. Cue confusion all round. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread kidstypike
Paul Webster wrote: > Ah ... that would explain why I was very surprised. > *I had read the first post in this thread as saying that LMS was running > on RPi (or a Squeezebox (Touch))*. Yes, so did I. Then I dropped out because I'm not so sure that is what he actually meant. :confused:

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread Paul Webster
Ah ... that would explain why I was very surprised. I had read the first post in this thread as saying that LMS was running on RPi (or a Squeezebox (Touch)). Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-16 Thread slartibartfast
Paul Webster wrote: > His LMS appears to be running on RPi not Windows.Those links he posted were > about LMS on Windows and were also from years ago. How can LMS on Pi keep his PC awake? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread Paul Webster
His LMS appears to be running on RPi not Windows. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra \"radio now playing\" plugin lots more - see

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread gordonb3
I fear I'm failing to see the point. LMS is a service that needs to be listening in order for a client to be able to connect to it. If the system goes to sleep the service won't be able to respond and consequently will also not cause the system to return to normal operation. Of course, should

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread stevebaggs
mandryka wrote: > If I disconnect the power from all my players it will sleep. If I have a > player powered up it won't. I want to be able to leave the player > powered up without playing any music, and go out, not use my PC for > anything, and the computer will sleep after a brief period of

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread Apesbrain
Maybe the PowerSave plugin will do what you want: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/daphile-audiophile-music-server-player-os.240040/page-194 Apesbrain's Profile:

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread mandryka
Paul Webster wrote: > Is this for player(s) on your PC and/or players elsewhere in the > network? Elsewhere on the network, connected by wifi. mandryka's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53967

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread mandryka
Paul Webster wrote: > Any links? https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94898-7-7-2-PC-won-t-go-to-Sleep-anymore=sleep https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?30583-SB3-wont-let-pc-sleep=sleep mandryka's

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread Paul Webster
mandryka wrote: > If I disconnect the power from all my players it will sleep. If I have a > player powered up it won't. I want to be able to leave the player > powered up without playing any music, and go out, not use my PC for > anything, and the computer will sleep after a brief period of

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread mandryka
kidstypike wrote: > Are you sure about this? I have a RPi/LMS running 24/7, my PC sleeps > without the slightest problem. :confused: I am jealous. Insomnia is a terrible thing. mandryka's Profile:

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread mandryka
Apesbrain wrote: > Are you saying server won't enter sleep mode if there is an active > player? Why would you want otherwise? Stop your players and see what > happens. > > If you want your server to sleep regardless of player status, use an app > like TOff: > https://dennisbabkin.com/toff/

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread Apesbrain
Are you saying server won't enter sleep mode if there is an active player? Why would you want otherwise? Stop your players and see what happens. If you want your server to sleep regardless of player status, use an app like TOff: https://dennisbabkin.com/toff/

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread kidstypike
mandryka wrote: > If you search you can see that loads of people have reported that their > PC won't sleep when LMS is running on a squeezebox or a RPi. No > solutions as far as I can see. > > Surely this would be a good problem to fix now -- rising energy costs > etc. > > Anyway, if you

Re: [slim] Windows sleep while LMS is running -- let's save some electricity!

2022-03-15 Thread Paul Webster
Any links? Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra \"radio now playing\" plugin lots more - see