Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
mherger wrote: > > Do you have any data backing this claim? The value is stored in the > database. As long as you don't delete it it's stored with the library > data (see the metainformation table). If some update causes a rescan at > > startup, then the lastscan value obviously is reset. > Ah, that actually could be it. I have at lest two servers which usually don't deliver any "lastscan" value with the server status (not a reset one, none at all, the whole field is missing) when I restart the server. But one is still on 7.7.x and the other one usually starts a scan after startup because I have more than one version of LMS installed on it. Sounds like at least for 7.8 and 7.9 I should rely on it for cache purging? Is "lastscan" updated whenever BMF finds new music? --- 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 8, the Universal App for iOS 7 and iOS 8* pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Do people still buy digital music? New business idea; would love feedback
This does sound a little like the old "Columbia Record Club" my brothers joined back in the 70's. I did 3 different Time Life series. Great Men of Music series on vinyl back in the 70's. Each month I'd get a different composer on 4 LP's in a box with a booklet on the artist and the music, this was a great intro to classical for me. Then later in the 80's I did a couple of series on CD that ended up giving me a span from the mid 50's through the end of the 60's. This gave me all the great 60's singles, but was missing some of the big names like the Rolling Stones and The Beatles (no big deal since I have all their stuff anyway), but I think it covered about 85% of all the Rock radio hits (the recordings are great) and replaced all my 45's! This does sound interesting since I've done things like this in the past, but I do prefer to get the actual media rather than downloads. There's a lot to be said for liner notes and such! 2 Duets - 1 for upstairs and 1 for downstairs Rock Solid with LMS 7.8.0 and WHS 2011 w3wilkes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102931 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
I believe the server also still forgets the lastscan attribute on every restart. Do you have any data backing this claim? The value is stored in the database. As long as you don't delete it it's stored with the library data (see the metainformation table). If some update causes a rescan at startup, then the lastscan value obviously is reset. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help me set up VPN for remote playback w/ iPeng etc
d6jg wrote: > Yes the chances of finding yourself on another 10.8. Network are very > slim indeed. epoch1970 wrote: > Excellent! > If I am right, your VPN net is on 10.8.x.x and both the LMS server and > clients run an OpenVPN client instance to obtain an address on this > network. This is fine and removes the need to renumber your LAN. You > might need to change the OVPN server (and clients?) config files if the > 10.8.X.X network is also used by your favorite hotspot. > If the iOS app is ok with that, you can do without AES-256: AES-128 or > Blowfish are much faster. I doubt the router has hardware crypto > acceleration, and the 2 links will make it work hard. AES-128 or > Blowfish could double the bandwidth, I'd recommend a test. > Same goes with adaptive compression: if you stream binary -like music- > it won't compress so you might give the router a little relief by > disabling compression altogether. > I think you do need Client-to-Client, because from the OVPN server > standpoint, the LMS server machine and the iPhone are clients. > Client-to-client is disabled by default I believe; I think the idea is > by default to avoid an invasion of computers personal shares within the > VPN network. Thanks for the replies. I will make the changes to encryption and compression. Another question: With my VPN server setup to 'Direct clients to redirect internet traffic : Yes', does that now make it safe to use free, non-secured wifi hotspots? Assuming that I connect to my VPN server with whatever device I'm using... Thanks again for the help! I want NBC's *-Ed-* on DVD/Blu-ray! 808htfan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Do people still buy digital music? New business idea; would love feedback
My initial plan is to have a BoxSett ever 4-5 weeks. I figure people will buy when it looks interesting to them and when they have had the chance to digest what they already received. Thanks again! Matt Mnyb wrote: > Yes to many subscriptions then you get flooded with music options again > . > > Looking forward to see what irregular offerings this initiative will > provide . > > Any idea on how often a boxsett will apear , but on the other hand a > user don't have to buy all the sets . > Preview samples would be an idea (30 s of each song or like boomkat does > it an anyiyng beep every 30 seconds , but the full song as preview ) > > Why I quit b&w music club , never had the time to digest all the music > they provided me with , even if never downloaded most of thier classical > offerings , but still to many albums I rarely listen to . emmbeegee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34339 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102931 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help me set up VPN for remote playback w/ iPeng etc
Yes the chances of finding yourself on another 10.8. Network are very slim indeed. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - > Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 -> Sony TA FE320 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) -> Topping TP20 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes Various iThingys with iPeng & Tablets etc d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
I believe the server also still forgets the lastscan attribute on every restart. --- 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 8, the Universal App for iOS 7 and iOS 8* pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
mherger wrote: > > If I add an album to my LMS without rescanning my library, I can > access > > the newly-added material from my Duet or Boom controller by scrolling > > through the "Music Folder" list. > > Yet Orange Squeeze seems to be building the folder from the previous > > scan, and doesn't build the list dynamically. > > That might actually be the result of a LMS bug: LMS doesn't update the > "last scan timestamp" in BMF mode. What version are you running? I think > > I fixed this in the 7.8.x branch. You might want to give this a try if > you haven't already. With this set, I could at least force a refresh if it's been updated -- but it wouldn't allow a user to browse in to a folder to trigger a selective scan of content that LMS itself hasn't scanned yet. I guess that's what refresh is there for, still. db122's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4076 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
bitjockey wrote: > > If I add an album to my LMS without rescanning my library, I can access > the newly-added material from my Duet or Boom controller by scrolling > through the "Music Folder" list. > Yet Orange Squeeze seems to be building the folder from the previous > scan, and doesn't build the list dynamically. Orange Squeeze caches certain queries (including music folder browsing) for 24 hours. Previous versions of LMS were so slow browsing by music folder that it was a very commonly requested feature, particularly with users running LMS on lower-powered NAS devices. You can force a refresh of any list by finding the "Refresh" option (menu button on Samsung devices, option menu in upper right on most others). It's probably time for me to revisit this default behavior if folder browsing speed has improved. db122's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4076 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help me set up VPN for remote playback w/ iPeng etc
Excellent! If I am right, your VPN net is on 10.8.x.x and both the LMS server and clients run an OpenVPN client instance to obtain an address on this network. This is fine and removes the need to renumber your LAN. You might need to change the OVPN server (and clients?) config files if the 10.8.X.X network is also used by your favorite hotspot. If the iOS app is ok with that, you can do without AES-256: AES-128 or Blowfish are much faster. I doubt the router has hardware crypto acceleration, and the 2 links will make it work hard. AES-128 or Blowfish could double the bandwidth, I'd recommend a test. Same goes with adaptive compression: if you stream binary -like music- it won't compress so you might give the router a little relief by disabling compression altogether. I think you do need Client-to-Client, because from the OVPN server standpoint, the LMS server machine and the iPhone are clients. Client-to-client is disabled by default I believe; I think the idea is by default to avoid an invasion of computers personal shares within the VPN network. 4 SB 3 iPeng (iPhone + iPad) SqueezeLite Squeezebox Server 7.8.1 (Debian 7.5) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld ShairTunes by StuartUSA Local Player, BBC iPlayer, SwitchPlayer by Triode Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help me set up VPN for remote playback w/ iPeng etc
epoch1970 wrote: > - I've quickly gone through the dev.mensfeld.pl guide, it seems to the > point; I'd use that, esp. if you are using Tomato as your VPN server. > - I've always setup openvpn in a private environment, with a laptop > -with personal firewall OFF- as test client, before going all out with > the server listening to the WAN port, using certs and all. Not sure > Tomato would let you define simplistic tunnel setups (like trying to hop > from a home wireless network to a separate home wired network, with no > cypher and simple password security), but I'd recommend to tackle the > problem as gradually as possible. > (Be warned that if the OpenVPN server listens to the WAN, you should > test with a client using an outside address, as one obtained from a > public wifi hotspot. If the client comes from a private address within > your own network you might enter the router 'hairpinning' issue.) > - Use easy-rsa (or any GUI helper using it) to generate certs when you > go for certificate-based authentication. You can generate credentials on > any machine and move them to the target machines afterwards. What target > machines/applications will be fussy about is the format of the files > (pkcs12, PEM ...) > - The openvpn app seems to work on iOS 6.1 onwards; My ipad never leaves > home and my iPhone still runs iOS 5, so I've never used it... However: > i. you need this app for sure on your iOS devices if you want to use > them as OpenVPN clients, ii. your first client would rather be a laptop, > debugging will be much easier. I think I've managed to get things working with OpenVPN. One thing that took the longest time to figure out was that I needed to download the Windows version of EasyRSA v3.0.0-rc2 zip from https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/releases, instead of the zip from https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa. Didn't figure that out until I stumbled on a forum thread somewhere after Googling something. Also had to check out all the sample config files (not just the client one) included with OpenVPN to get an idea of proper use. The OpenVPN Connect iOS app Help section also pointed out a few things I needed to know: 1) For iOS, Interface type has to be TUN 2) Easiest way for me to include the certs/keys in config is to copy/paste with header/footer, such as , etc. 3) Save that .ovpn config as UTF-8 I configured my router's OpenVPN server this way: VPN server Configuration>Basic > Start with WAN : Yes Interface Type : TUN Protocol : UDP Port : 1194 Firewall : Automatic Authorization Mode : TLS Extra HMAC-authorization : Disabled VPN subnet/netmask : 10.8.0.0/255.255.255.0 VPN Server Configuration>advanced : Poll Interval : 0 Push LAN to Clients : Yes Direct clients to redirect internet traffic : Yes Respond to DNS : Yes Advertise DNS to clients : Yes Encryption cipher : AES-256-CBC Compression : Adaptive TLS Renegotiation Time : -1 Manage client-specific options : Yes Allow Client<->Client : Yes I tested by running the OpenVPN client on my Win7 laptop and connected to router's OpenVPN server by using the router's local IP (192.168.1.x) in the config file. Then used a smartphone setup as a wifi hotspot, connected the iPhone 3GS (I'm using as wifi only device) to said hotspot, then connected to my router's OpenVPN server using the DDNS address I setup with no-ip.com. > About the 192.168.1.x network: what these guides say is that > 192.168.1.0/24 is the most common private network. So, if you're on a > wifi hotspot with a 192.168.1.123 LAN address, connect to your OpenVPN > server and it tries to serve you with a 192.168.1.56 address because > your own network is on 192.168.1.x too, the client will get confused. > Moving to 192.168.2.x is a trick supposed to mitigate the issue. > I'm sure 192.168.2.x is quite commonly used too. I'd rather recommend > moving up to 192.168.255.0/24 (the .255 part of the quad strikes fear in > some admins, as it looks like a broadcast address), or better to a > -possibly subnetted if you're brave- "class-B" private network, like > 172.[16 to 31].0.0/16. The "class-A" private network 10.0.0.0/8 is also > commonly used but again if you use a subnet like 10.255.255.0/24 I doubt > you'll find many conflicting configurations in the outside world. > (and since you only seek access to your LMS server, in case you don't > want to renumber your home network, you could also run an openvpn client > on the LMS server too, and let OpenVPN manage its own network, eg > 192.168.255.0/24. AFAIK if LMS runs on a machine with multiple > interfaces it will listen to all by default. Just make sure the OpenVPN > client on the server has setup its interface before LMS starts up.) > > I hope this helps and is clear enough. OpenVPN is a fantastic piece of > software well worth some initial investment. I don't know if what I did is the correct way to configure Client-to-Client (all I did was check the box in the router setup) but, setup like that, I could connect to LMS and
