Re: [slim] Keep running LMS and PLEX from PC or change to RPi and/or NAS

2019-03-05 Thread Grumpy Bob
I don't use Plex, just LMS, and I run it on a Raspberry Pi running LMS on piCoreplayer. Files are on a NAS. Both the NAS and Pi are wired connections to the router, all players are attached via wifi. This has been running with no real interruptions for a few years, and I leave the NAS and Pi on 2

Re: [slim] Keep running LMS and PLEX from PC or change to RPi and/or NAS

2019-03-05 Thread Wirrunna
OK, I'll chime in. I run a reasonably powerful Win 10 box as my main computer, use it for ripping DVDs and CDs etc, MusicIP analysis and tagging. Then I use FreeFileSync to copy it to a Vortexbox (VB) for streaming by LMS and Plex. Two advantages in this method - backup of all media and low power

Re: [slim] Keep running LMS and PLEX from PC or change to RPi and/or NAS

2019-03-05 Thread chopinhauer
Bump Come on. Please just quick advice form someone who's been there before (which I assume was many of you). It was the default position back in the early days of squeezebox (pre-2010). I'm still in default mode, but am wondering if I should/must move on in order to do what LMS (and now Plex) a

Re: [slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread bpa
The Tune-in URL plays OK for me on my local LMS. Maybe there was an error on Tune-ins side and it now has been cleared. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.s

Re: [slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread Gealt
bpa wrote: > The BBC are always changing their mind. They'd prefer users to use > DASH but are forced to also support HLS because of Apple. Because of > the outcry when they switched WMA off - they provided MP3 - initially > for a short period but they have not said they will kill it off as t

Re: [slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread Raymond Woodward
Gealt wrote: > At least 3 BBC stations have had their mp3 streaming urls changed. Radio > 5live, Radio 5live Sports Extra & BBC Radio 4 LW. I can't find any > announcement from the Beeb with an explanation. One assumes that as they are the channels that carry sports comentaries that has someth

Re: [slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread bpa
The BBC are always changing their mind. They'd prefer users to use DASH but are forced to also support HLS because of Apple. Because of the outcry when they switched WMA off - they provided MP3 - initially for a short period but they have not said they will kill it off as there are too many in

Re: [slim] Is it time to abandon my Squeezebox Classics?

2019-03-05 Thread chamonix
sb42, Keep them. I had audio problems on two of my SB3s, originally bought in 2006, back when Slim Designs sold them direct. I found a forum member, who had fried his CB, and was looking to get a parts SB 3 , to get a new Circuit Board. So I sent him my two "bad" ones on the understanding, if h

Re: [slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread Gealt
Radio 5 live:http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?id=s24943&partnerId=16 Edit BBC has a recorded loop when copyright restrictions apply. I've been using this url since they changed from WMA. Of course BBC want to only have their HLS, HDS and MPEG-DASH for internet radio sets, it must be coming t

Re: [slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread bpa
AFAICT Only Radio 3 have UK only URls. What URLS are you using for 5live ? IIRC 5Live sports Extra was always UK only If you are trying to listenting to some sports commentaries which are uK only - you may get a rights issue message if you are outside the UK. You may also get problem with

Re: [slim] How do you control volume?

2019-03-05 Thread Apesbrain
Material Skin ("LMS Mobile UI") can now adjust in increments as low as 1%. I have Orange Squeeze as well and it adjusts 1% at a time. Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thre

Re: [slim] How do you control volume?

2019-03-05 Thread mandryka
kidstypike wrote: > Using the LMS web interface clicking the speakers either side of the > volume segments gives you 2% steps. > > 26894 > > Android app *Squeeze Ctrl* gives you the option to choose volume steps. > > 26895 Thank you!

Re: [slim] How do you control volume?

2019-03-05 Thread kidstypike
mandryka wrote: > My biggest problems come with Windows and Android. If I use my Desktop > PC I just use the bog standard LMS interface and that seems to let me > control in large increments, 10% maybe. I sometimes use Orange Squeeze > on my phone to control the same squeezebox system and that's

Re: [slim] SD Card & Car: Track order wrong

2019-03-05 Thread atrocity
emalvick wrote: > I think the key thing is that the software built into these stereo units > is not great and the technology has shown minimal progress. I've had > cars with these types of features (able to plug an SD card, CD, USB with > files on it) since about 2010. They are often limited t

[slim] How do you control volume?

2019-03-05 Thread mandryka
My biggest problems come with Windows and Android. If I use my Desktop PC I just use the bog standard LMS interface and that seems to let me control in large increments, 10% maybe. I sometimes use Orange Squeeze on my phone to control the same squeezebox system and that's no better. Is there a be

Re: [slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread bpa
BBC never announce these sort of things. Looking at the BBC imda feed UK - 320kbps http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/format/pls/proto/http/vpid/bbc_radio_three.pls Non UK - 128kbps http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/ht

Re: [slim] SD Card & Car: Track order wrong

2019-03-05 Thread bakker_be
cliveb wrote: > That's surprising given that your car, like mine, is a VW group one. Ogg > Vorbis gapless works just fine on my Skoda Bolero radio. > It's hard to fathom how the same manufacturer could contrive to use > different Vorbis decoding engines for different radios in their range. > Why

[slim] BBC - 3 stations 403 forbidden

2019-03-05 Thread Gealt
At least 3 BBC stations have had their mp3 streaming urls changed. Radio 5live, Radio 5live Sports Extra & BBC Radio 4 LW. I can't find any announcement from the Beeb with an explanation. Gealt's Profile: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] SD Card & Car: Track order wrong

2019-03-05 Thread cliveb
dolodobendan wrote: > Ogg Vorbis also works, but no gapless playback here either. That's surprising given that your car, like mine, is a VW group one. Ogg Vorbis gapless works just fine on my Skoda Bolero radio. It's hard to fathom how the same manufacturer could contrive to use different Vorbis

Re: [slim] SD Card & Car: Track order wrong

2019-03-05 Thread dolodobendan
emalvick wrote: > Ah. Now I understand what you did on the tag part and isolation. By > the way, if you end up with FLAC tags in an mp3 file (it's happened to > me), you know you'll have issues. I don't know if you had that, but > somehow I ended up with that, and it generally also coincided