[slim] Announce track

2014-05-30 Thread uli42
Hello, I was wondering if there's a way to announce tracks via the speaker before actually playing the track. This would be handy for blind people or children or devices where the display is too far away or even broken. So is there a plugin for that? Can you recommend a software that easily

Re: [slim] Problem connecting one Touch to the LMS/Vortexbox

2014-05-30 Thread donmacn
well.. a factory reset of the Touch still didn't work. To try and further diagnose this, I wonder, is there something intrinsically different from the Touch devices that would make them more susceptible to network issues, as opposed to other Squeezedevices? If all's going well, I have 8

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread PasTim
oldfolkie wrote: You've been using foobar2000. Isn't that Windows only? Indeed it is, but it run extremely reliably under 'wine', the WIndows emulator, on linux. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi running Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16-24 bit, 44.1-192kbps. Wired Touch + EDO, coax to Musical Fidelity M1

Re: [slim] Problem connecting one Touch to the LMS/Vortexbox

2014-05-30 Thread donmacn
I've prepared a schematic of my network to try and help clarify things further. Anything with a solid line is cabled, anything with a dashed line is wireless. While I've shown all four Touch's as connected, only two are at the moment. One of those two (top right) has two dashed lines. When it's

Re: [slim] Need recommendations for music subscriber service

2014-05-30 Thread MarkusE
ButC wrote: Any good free services like that? Or any other way to get around the blocking? Deezer has a free access option called 'Discovery' which is available as an app on mysqueezebox.com. You can play so called 'Smart Radios' which plays one song of your favorite artist followed by

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: I cannot get my head around what compromise you might find acceptable. Can you write out your ideal use case. This would be an ideal case - what would your dream system look and feel like (not a static component description) if somebody created a solution. For

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread Dogberry2
amey01 wrote: Frikin' awesome. Works perfectly. Thank you! You're welcome! I'm glad to hear it's of some use to other people. I hope anyone who has a cool query will share it, maybe by posting it in this thread, so others can make use of it. Everybody has their own ideas/needs/approaches to

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: I want to use something like squeezelite to stream directly to them, rather than to an audio device on my server. As another point for comparison, how would your ideal solution differ (aside from using mp3) from making your amplifier play the current LMS stream.mp3 stream.

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: As another point for comparison, how would your ideal solution differ (aside from using mp3) from making your amplifier play the current LMS stream.mp3 stream. I don't know, because I am unsure as to which stream you refer (I know very little indeed about what goes on under the

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: I don't know, because I am unsure as to which stream you refer (I know very little indeed about what goes on under the lid), unless you are referring to the existing UPnP plugin. If the latter, it can't be controlled in the same manner, or nearly as flexibly, as the normal LMS

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
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Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
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Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
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Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
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Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: IIRC The stream.mp3 feature is an LMS feature that has been around since at least 6.0 You need to have lame installed as all audio is converted into MP3. LMS has a player which appears as http MP3 stream and has same URL as LMS webUI but extension stream.mp3 (e.g.

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread JJZolx
Does this do anything that Mp3tag's Export configurations can't do? One thing about working directly with LMS' data is that you have to work around the shortcomings of the LMS database and LMS quirky scanning logic. If you've witnessed the struggles they've had over the years doing (what you

[slim] Deezer app - Love tracks to LastFM account ?

2014-05-30 Thread swayzak
Hi Deezer music scrobbles ok, but no option to Love track in context menu. Is this a known limitation ? Touch x 2, Booms x 2, SqueezeCommander on Galaxy S2 (Duet Receiver + Controllers x 2 - semi-retired) swayzak's

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: Thanks! I learn something every day. I wonder whether is documented anywhere. I don't recall ever reading anything about it. See WebGUI - remote streaming . The help has been there for years. Three problems : 1) I'd want it in better quality, like wav or pcm based on

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
JJZolx wrote: Does this do anything that Mp3tag's Export configurations can't do? One thing about working directly with LMS' data is that you have to work around the shortcomings of the LMS database and LMS quirky scanning logic. If you've witnessed the struggles they've had over the years

Re: [slim] Deezer App

2014-05-30 Thread johnas
There is too much for me to type on my phone, what is it you are wondering about? Personally I find the Deezer implementation pretty good. Best to sign up for a month and try it out. johnas's Profile:

Re: [slim] Deezer app - Love tracks to LastFM account ?

2014-05-30 Thread pippin
The menu item indeed seems to be missing. Looks like an omission to me since it actually works. I tried the hard-coded love button in iPeng 7 and it does send love to last.fm... Maybe Deezer objected to it because the have their own favorites feature. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone

Re: [slim] Deezer app - Love tracks to LastFM account ?

2014-05-30 Thread swayzak
I can love track via LastFM android app - but bit of a clumsy workaround. Touch x 2, Booms x 2, SqueezeCommander on Galaxy S2 (Duet Receiver + Controllers x 2 - semi-retired) swayzak's Profile:

Re: [slim] Deezer app - Love tracks to LastFM account ?

2014-05-30 Thread pippin
Convince the author or OrangeSqueeze to include a love button as well :) --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 7, the Universal App for iOS 7*

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread garym
get.amped wrote: I wonder if/when mp3tag chokes on the number of entries? I'm not sure it how it will handle 300K+ tracks... Dont know but I've had 225,000 tracks selected in mp3tag... *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) LMS 7.8 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-05-30 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: See WebGUI - remote streaming . The help has been there for years. I know there would be problems - that's why I said a Point for comparison. and already acknowledge the audio part. The issue about defining local streams is important as it is a limitation of your equipment.

Re: [slim] JRiver Id: New Media Player?

2014-05-30 Thread GeeJay
I've seen negative references to dlna in these forums, but am not technical enough to really understand the issue. Is it that there is some fatal flaw with dlna to make it impossible to have the functionality of LMS/SB, or is it just faulty execution? I seem to recall reading somewhere that

Re: [slim] JRiver Id: New Media Player?

2014-05-30 Thread Mnyb
GeeJay wrote: I've seen negative references to dlna in these forums, but am not technical enough to really understand the issue. Is it that there is some fatal flaw with dlna to make it impossible to have the functionality of LMS/SB, or is it just faulty execution? I seem to recall

Re: [slim] Problem connecting one Touch to the LMS/Vortexbox

2014-05-30 Thread Mnyb
Some routers have a setting to limit the amount of devices conected , check it's web-UI . A Touch can loose its static settings if you poke around in the network settings part of the UI , can't remember what exact menu that provokes that behaviour .