slartibartfast wrote:
> Did you check which genres were selected for the random mix? I just
> checked mine and most of my genres were deselected. I can't remember
> doing that but I suppose I must have done.
>
Yes I had all genres selected
slartibartfast wrote:
> Change back to the other setting which would then be the same as your
> old LMS.
>
Ah thanks - that's much better!
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RobbH wrote:
> Look in Settings > Advanced > Performance. There is a recently added
> option for "Shuffle Method." You probably want the "more balanced,
> slower" version.
My shuffle method was already set to this ("Use more balanced, but
slower shuffle"), but it's not terribly balanced. Here's
I recently upgraded my LMS server from 7.9 to 8.2.0. Since the upgrade
I've noticed that the Random Songs feature is alot less random - 80% of
the tracks are from the same half dozen artists. Did the algorithm
change from release 7.9 to 8.2.0 and if so, is there any way of making
the selections m
LeFab wrote:
> I suggest you take a look at 'http://www.beets.io' (http://beets.io)
> Once you have it set up correctly it's without a doubt THE fastest and
> best batch auto tagger, especially for the crazy amount of customization
> you can do. you got to not be afraid of using the command line
I wasn't able to install python-mutagen:
Code:
$ sudo apt-get install python-mutagen python-requests
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package python-mutagen is not available, but i
itm wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion - it looks ideal. I've just spent the last
> hour trying to install it (on Lubuntu 20.04), but have been chasing my
> tail installing package after package as each attempt reports a missing
> dependency.
>
> This one ha
Blackfiction wrote:
> or try Bliss;
> https://www.blisshq.com/support/tutorials/consolidating-music-genres/3-configuring-bliss-consolidate-genres.html
Thanks - I have a strong preference for a free option though :0)
itm'
I have a library of about 100,000 mp3 tracks. I've made great efforts to
ensure that the basic artist/album/track tags are correct, but have not
paid much attention to genre tags up to now.
Is there any way of using an external database to automatically assign
genre tags to my collection without
Whenever I get a power cut, and need to restart my LMS server (7.9.2,
Linux), my Squeezebox Classic and Booms never get detected by the LMS
server. It will usually detect my Chromecast and at least one of my
Google Home devices, but never the Squeezebox Classic and Booms (even
after a restart). I
Apesbrain wrote:
> Exactly, why not spend $50 on a RPi and just run Squeezebox natively
> into an unused HDMI input?
Presumably if the receiver has built-in Chromecast then neither the RPi
nor the Squeezebox is required?
As a matter of interest, if using an RPi would you get a decent enough
DA
DJWillis wrote:
> Appreciate this is an old'ish post but the Sony STR-DN1080 is fine as a
> DLNA player or renderer. Used both with LMS quite a bit in the past.
> It's also got ChromeCast built in so works well with the great
> ChromeCast plugin.
>
> Do make sure you have the latest firmware l
I'm looking for a new receiver to replace my Onkyo TX-NR515, which
suffers from frequent HDMI audio drop-outs. I'm considering the Sony
STR-DN1080, which seems to be DLNA-capable. I was wondering whether
anyone here has the DN1080, and can tell me whether it can be recognised
as a DLNA renderer b
I finally gave up and started researching other players for my Windows
machine. Came across MusicBee and it really is excellent. Visually
appealing, including a slideshow of various shots of the artist whle a
track is playing (not just album covers), lyrics display, customisable
random play featu
itm wrote:
> OK I just tried album playback on Squeezelite-X and it has the same
> problem, so it's not specific to random mixes.
I'm now beginning to think it's a problem with the client. Do
Squeezelite-X and Squeezeplay share any
itm wrote:
> It doesn't seem to be a problem with online radio stations. The problem
> is with random mixes, which is how I usually play my music. They work
> fine on the SB Booms/Classic. I'm trying playback of a full album on
> Squeezelite-X to see if I get the same i
d6jg wrote:
> If you play a constant stream i.e Radio do you get skips or is it
> limited to local files ?
> You said that native SB devices work OK. Have you played the same
> playlist on both a PC with squeezelite-X and an SB player to be 100%
> sure.
It doesn't seem to be a problem with onli
d6jg wrote:
> If it happens on two separate PCs wired or wireless means it must be on
> the server side. What is running LMS ?
LMS (v7.9.1) is running on a Linux (Lubuntu) server. The hardware is an
HP Microserver (Gen 8)
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So the laptop has exactly the same problem. I was using the
Squeezelite-X app, over wifi, with the built-in speakers.
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bpa wrote:
> About how much audio is being skipped ? 2 min ? 1 Min ? 30 secs ? 10
> sec ? 5 sec ?
>
> If it is very short up 10 to secs then it is likely the audio subsystem
> is telling player that all audio that has been sent has been played
> (i.e. sent to audio hardware) where in fact it
d6jg wrote:
> These lines
> Is the Player synced ?
> It looks like LMS can't find a player with mac address
> cc:cc:0d:f8:b7:a7
>
> [19-02-04 16:17:12.5757] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_eventAction
> (273) 0a:00:27:00:00:02: StatusHeartbeat in PLAYING-STREAMOUT ->
> Slim::Player::Stream
d6jg wrote:
> Some more infor needed.
> Where is LMS running ? On the W10 machine or elsewhere ?
> Is the W10 PC wired or wireless ?
LMS (v7.9.1) is running on a Linux (Lubuntu) server. Both server and PC
are connected via ethernet to the same switch.
In the attached log the skip occurred at a
d6jg wrote:
> Try turning off your anti virus
Just tried it. Sadly it didn't help :0(
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itm wrote:
> Great - I had no idea that existed. Many thanks!
Oh no I'm getting the same problemskipping to the next item in the
playlist before the end of the track. It's strange because I don't get
the problem on any of my other players (Squeezebox Booms and Squeeze
kidstypike wrote:
> I don't know about Winamp, but this works fine:
>
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/squeezelite-x/9pbhmtnp9037?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Great - I had no idea that existed. Many thanks!
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I've been unable to resolve issues with my Squeezeplay client on Window
10 prematurely skipping to the next track, so am looking for an
alternative player for Windows 10. I've tried installing Softsqueeze,
but it cannot recognise my existing Java (v7) runtime, so am now looking
for something else
d6jg wrote:
> Your log shows PAUSE a couple of times at 16:17.
That's not something that I initiated - I left it playing when I
downloaded the logs
???
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d6jg wrote:
> Is your PC wired or wireless ? Network interruption can cause skipping
The PC renderer and LMS Server are both wired into the same switch
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OK I managed to get some logging infothe skip occurred at about
16:17 today (4/2/19). It was playing Tom Waits "Mr Siegal" (on player
0a:00:27:00:00:02), then skipped before the end and started playing the
Stereophonics "Don't Let Me Down". I don't see anything obvious in here.
Can anyone els
When I'm playing random song mixes on Squeezeplay 7.8.0 (on Windows 10)
I frequently get songs skipping to the next track before completion. I'm
running LMS 7.9.1 on Linux.
When I tried to download logs to investigate (from the LMS web GUI) I
got an empty server log.
My logging settings on the LM
OK so I think I have this set up, and I see the LMS Music Player control
on my HomeAssistant dashboard. Now I'm stumped for how to get my
"Play..." commands to be sent to the LMS engine rather than Google Play
Music. For example, if I say "Play song brown sugar by rolling stones"
Google Assistant
also...which folder do I copy the HA shell scripts to? (I'm running
HA 0.65.0 in a Docker container on Lubuntu)
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ynot1234567890 wrote:
> NTS (Not too sure). I listen to a lot of music so it's worth the 10
> bucks a month. You do need to have an account of some sort for sure to
> get the client id and secret keys.
I'm just following the setup instructions and have hit a problem with
the shell script upd
ynot1234567890 wrote:
> Yes it does. My favorite, Money by Pink Floyd.
>
> In this case the actual verbage would be: "Play Song money by Pink
> Floyd".
>
> Also works with albums and supports multiple keywords like: "Add album
> Dog and Butterfly by Heart in the kitchen with shuffle on".
ynot1234567890 wrote:
> For those who may be interested, I have opened a github project here:
> https://github.com/ynot123/LMS_Controls that contains the code required
> to voice enable much of your LMS installation.
>
> The configuration allows voice control for your Logitech Media Server
> f
ynot1234567890 wrote:
> Using Google dialog flow and Home assistant, I have managed to make a
> pretty decent voice command front-end for the LMS system. Currently
> supported commands include:
>
> play / add album, song or artist t the current playlist
> play / add playlist
> play radio
> sele
atca wrote:
> Still have to embed the API password :(
>
Yeah that's a pain :0(
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tags around it as the URL in your previous post was shortened
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dimmer wrote:
> yeah ... I found the search capability somewhat limited also.
> With IFTTT allowing only one text and one numeric variable within the
> Google assistant hook, doing compound searches is tough.
>
> I was able to use playlists to get a little more out of it ... for
> example, the w
dimmer wrote:
> I ran into the same issue. The "+" is getting interpreted before getting
> to LMS ... you need to escape it with ascii representation. "+" =
> "%2b".
>
> If you use the spreadsheet in my link above, it will create a working
> string.
>
Brilliant - that fixed it. Thanks!
The on
dimmer wrote:
> IFTTT does need to be linked with your google assistant in order to be
> triggered ... assume you go that.
> Also, you need to use command triggers that won't be interpreted by
> google as a trigger.
> I basically preface all my IFTTT trigger with "LMS"
> ex. "hey google" "LMS pla
oyvindo wrote:
> That's exactly what I also have in my yaml, but nothing is listed in the
> States page.
> I'm running 0.62.1 in a docker container on a QNAP NAS. Everything else
> works just fine with my HA. Just not LMS.
Is your LMS password-protected? (in which case you'll need to add
authen
oyvindo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have configured my LMS in the HA config file, and run the config check
> : no errors, and then restarted HA: no errors.
> But then what?
> What should I expect?
> No GUI element for LMS shows up, and the HA Overview Page, and my LMS
> doesn't show up anywhere in th
FYI if you want to throw Home Assistant (open source home automation
software) into the mix you can also use Google Home to play specific
tracks, albums, artists, etc from LMS. I've put information on this on
another thread here.
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I've been automating my LMS playback using web requests using the
Titlesearch command. I often request tracks that exist on many albums
(e.g. studio, live, cover versions by different artists...). Is there a
way of searching for a specific track on a specific album?
-
mherger wrote:
> > This is an example of JSON data that successfully plays an album:
> > { "entity_id": "media_player.lounge_tv", "command": "playlist",
> > "parameters": ["loadtracks", "album.titlesearch=abbey road"] }
>
> This is nothing LMS would understand. I guess there's some middle-ware
Paul Webster wrote:
> and you HA installation needs to be reachable from the outside world (so
> that IFTTT can reach it).
> The HA piece explains more.
> https://home-assistant.io/components/ifttt/
> It does not explain how it is secured (and I have not looked - I don't
> use HA) so take care.
mherger wrote:
> Yes.
HmmmI'm trying to shoehorn that into the JSON service data required
by Home Assistant, but it's having no effect.
This is an example of JSON data that successfully plays an album:
{ "entity_id": "media_player.lounge_tv", "command": "playlist",
"parameters": ["loadtrac
mherger wrote:
> > I'm building a list of commands to control LMS from home-assistant
> via
> > the LMS web interface. I can't find a command to skip to the next or
> > previous track - does such a command exist?
>
> http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Logitech/slimse
ModelCitizen wrote:
> Hi itm.
>
> I would dearly love to use my GH to voice control my Squeezebox stuff. I
> have IFTTT installed on my handheld devices but don't have any clue how
> to implement the info from your post above. Can you provide any pointers
> to wher
I'm building a list of commands to control LMS from home-assistant via
the LMS web interface. I can't find a command to skip to the next or
previous track - does such a command exist?
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mherger wrote:
> > I've been trying to telnet into my Lubntu LMS server on port 9090,
> but
> > it hangs (blank screen with no cursor). I don't have security enabled
> on
> > the LMS server, and have tried disabling the firewall on the Lubuntu
> > server. Any ideas??
>
> You might be logged in a
I've been trying to telnet into my Lubntu LMS server on port 9090, but
it hangs (blank screen with no cursor). I don't have security enabled on
the LMS server, and have tried disabling the firewall on the Lubuntu
server. Any ideas??
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So I finally cracked it, and have Google Home controlling my LMS
server/players. If anyone else should try this, here's an example of the
type of IFTTT request that you need to send to home-assistant - this one
plays the track that you specify:
URL:
"https://yourdyndnsoripaddress:8123/api/services
Paul Webster wrote:
> Not one that I have tried - but since it did not work first them then I
> suggest trying it in stages.
> e.g. find a way to invoke the HA->LMS integration without having to use
> Google->IFTTT->HA
> and check the logs for each stage.
Thanks for the suggestion. It's tricky a
I've been trying to use the example here to control LMS via Google
Home/IFTTT/Home Assistant, but Home Assistant doesn't like the request
that I'm throwing at it:
https://home-assistant.io/components/media_player.squeezebox/
Has anyone tried this successfully?
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Has anyone worked out a way of controlling LMS with Google Home? "Play
Mr Brightside on kitchen squeezebox".
Hmmm
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bpa wrote:
> At a guess your Squeezeplay is not "allowed" to send a broadcast UDP
> packet.
You mean it could be something like antivirus software that's causing
the problem? (I tried turning off the Windows firewall but it didn't
help)
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I finally managed to find a workaround. I created a file called
ChooseMusicSource.lua (which didn't get created when Squeezeplay was
installed, despite me installing/uninstalling it 3-4 times). That file
directs Squeezeplay to the IP address of my LMS server.
It seems that Squeezeplay maybe didn'
kidstypike wrote:
> Don't know then, can't you back out of that, left pointing arrow, top
> left?
The left arrow only takes me back to the "Connecting to
...mysqueezebox.com" screen. No other menu or navigation options.
i
I don't have a settings menu. When I open Squeezeplay I get an option to
select a language, then it takes me straight to trying to connect to a
server
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... I should add that Squeezeplay displays "Connecting
tomysqueezebox.com" for several seconds before I see the "Problem
connecting" message. If I select the "Switch Library" option it just
tries "Connecting tomysqueezebox.com" again. It seems not to detect
my LMS server on the network.
I've just installed Squeezeplay 7.8.0r959 on Windows 10. I can't get it
to connect to my LMS server (v7.9.0 on Windows Server 2008) on the same
LAN. I just get a message saying "Problem Connecting". I can access the
LMS server using the web interface on port 9090. Any tips for diagnosing
this?
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itm wrote:
> Thanks. When I try that approach the folder contents show as "Empty". Is
> it because the folder isn't local to the server? (it's a share on the
> LAN). Does this only work for local disks on the server?
...and when I use the Browse button to se
get.amped wrote:
> This may help:
Thanks. When I try that approach the folder contents show as "Empty". Is
it because the folder isn't local to the server? (it's a share on the
LAN). Does this only work for local disks on the server?
tfec wrote:
> It seems your display is paged. If you want to see all items, you have
> to change this number:
>
> 16234
There are only 10 items on the page (and I have that setting set to 100
per page)
???
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A follow-up question - the file system browser only shows drives up to
L: (the server has X: and Y: drives mapped to network shares which I
want to access). Is this a bug, or maybe something that I'm doing wrong?
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Doh! - Thanks!
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I'm trying out LMS 7.9.0 as I liked the idea of the "Browse Filesystem"
mode. I can't find how to access it from the web interface though - does
anyone know?
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Just to confirm - my Windows LMS runs 24/7 and I still get a timeout on
the first connection of the day (or when it's been idle for a few hours
and the HDD has gone into sleep mode). So presumably the timeouts are
happening while waiting for the HDD to spin up.
To correct my earlier post - I DO a
toby10 wrote:
> What about an actual hardware player attempting to connect by itself (no
> App)? Same result? Sure computer is not going into sleep/hibernation?
> Any chance the computer is getting a different IP (maybe router is
> re-leasing IP's nightly)?
I tried a search from a Squeezebox
I run LMS 7.7.2 on Windows Server 2008. I always find that the first
request sent to the server each day from a mobile device (e.g. the
Logitech Android app) always results in a connection timeout. This can
be song search, or a simple list of New Music for example. I have to
repeat the request sev
I've just tried playing some BBC and other radio stations (e.g. Heart
London) using the Squeezeplay Beta client on a Windows 7 PC. The voices
on all of the stations sounded speeded-up (like Pinky&Perky for older
listeners). Other stations (e.g. Absolute Radio) are fine. Has anyone
else had this pr
jimbobvfr400 wrote:
> That's not disabled it's just the colour of the icon, mine looks the
> same.
>
> The local search takes relatively longer because it's searching your
> whole local library for any occurrence of the search string, so
> searching for black will return songs with black in the
itm wrote:
> Makes sense. So I don't understand why Global Search is enabled and
> Local Search disabled when my connection to Mysqueezebox.com is
> disconnected.
> ???
Here's what I see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hlj7ztpqsqivu10/Screenshot_2013-08-17-19-04-14.png
htt
toby10 wrote:
> No, Global Search also searches stations & streaming services online.
> In fact it's a handy tool for doing so.
Makes sense. So I don't understand why Global Search is enabled and
Local Search disabled when my connection to Mysqueezebox.com is
disconnected.
???
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pippin wrote:
> Because you are using MySqueezebox.com instead if your server?
>
> But just to be clear: GLOBALSearch should be the fast option for you,
> Local search is what causes the load on your server.
>
> Global search will just present an intermediate menu.
I'm not using MySqueezebox.c
esa wrote:
> With SC 0.9.6.1, in the search menu, there is a little symbol near the
> search box where it is possible to select a global Search or Local
> search.
> If you select Local search, it search only in your music library.
> If you select Global search, It ask where you want to search by
My LMS server (v7.7.1 on Windows 2008) hangs if I use the search option
from Squeeze Commander. Search also hangs on the web interface if I try
to do a global search (i.e. without specifying song search). I can work
around this using the Logitech Android controller app by selecting "My
Music", the
pippin wrote:
> Sounds like the search causes too much load on the server so that it
> stops responding. Is "search within words" enabled? If yes, try to turn
> it off
The search option is set to "Search beginning of words". Is there
anything else that will kill Search on a large collection? The
I'm having a recurring problem with the latest version of
SqueezeCommander and Squeezeplayer on a Galaxy S4. I'm running LMS
v7.7.1 on a Windows 2008 Server. I have music stored on two shares - a
NAS (the bulk of the library) and a shared drive on a Windows 7 machine.
In total in have about 83,000
I also think this has huge potential. The path is clear for developers
to do what they want with this platform, and the price point of the
device will guarantee them a huge market.
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bluegaspode wrote:
> 97%- 99% -> this is normal operation.
> Could you please watch those numbers until a dropout happens?
>
> What happens, when you keep the display on, do the dropouts disappear?
>
> There are some nasty devices, which shut down the WiFi when the screen
> is off, to safe even
OK so if the second number was hitting zero that presumably means that
the wireless connection is dropping on the S3?
The router is a Belkin Playmax N600, sited about 15 feet away with no
obstructions in between.
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bluegaspode wrote:
> What type of music-files are you playing (FLAC, mp3) ? What quality?
>
> If you are streaming FLAC the first thing I'd try is to switch over to
> mp3 (even if its just a test), just to check if you are having bandwidth
> problems.
> Frequent dropout typically mean, that your
I'm using the Squeezeplayer Android app on a Galaxy S3 (Android 4.1.2),
playing back music from LMS 7.7.1 (installed on a Windows 2008 Server).
I'm about 20 feet from a Belkin Playmax N600 router which is my wireless
access point. I'm having problems with frequent drop-outs - i.e. about 5
secs of
I'm having scanner problems with LMS 7.7.1, running on Windows Server
2008. I have 2 folders in my library:
- M: drive - mapped to a share on a Netgear NV+ NAS device. Windows
Explorer accesses this share without any problems
- N: drive - mapped to a share on a Windows 7 PC. Windows Explorer
acces
I've just connected a Squeezebox Classic to my network. The Server is
LMS 7.7.1 on Windows 2008 Server. I have repeatedly renamed the
Squeezebox using the web interface, and the change seems to stick (i.e.
the new name appears on the drop-down list in the web UI), but the next
day it reverts back
aubuti wrote:
> And then what do you put in the shortcut? The UNC path or a mapped drive
> letter?
I browse to it through the Windows dialogue box
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aubuti wrote:
> How are you specifying the shortcuts, and what OS / type of share do you
> have running on the network shares?
I'm creating the shortcuts from Windows Explorer - right click in the
folder then "New Shortcut". One of the shares is on a NAS (Netgear NV+).
The other is on a Windows
garym wrote:
> Have you tried 7.7.2 (regular windows install rather than windows server
> version). Not sure but seems with some versions of windows server this
> is needed.
>
> 7.7.2 has been extremely stable for me on win 7 machine and Linux
> machine.
Yes it's v7.7.2 that's been unstable fo
Oh that's a shame as I remember 7.7.1 being pretty unstable on my server
as well. I'm sure there were earlier releases which were able to handle
folders which simply contained shortcuts to network shares. Or maybe
there was another trick to getting this to work. Does anyone
know/remember??
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I have decided to revert to an older version of Squeezecentre Server, as
the latest LMS release is frequently crashing on my Window 2008 Server.
I need to find an older, stable version that supports the use of more
than one Music folder (on separate network shares). I've tried 7.2,
7.3.4 and 7.5.4
I suspected that the Touch would be recommended, but it's hard to
justify as it would be double the cost of the Radio!
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I want to replace my Squeezebox Duet with something that has a front
panel display. It'll be hooked up to a stereo amp. My question is: what
will give better audio quality to the amp:
- phono out from a Squeezebox classic
- 3.5mm to phono out from one of the new Squeezebox radios (which seem
very
w3wilkes wrote:
> Are you sure you're getting the factory reset on the receiver? There are
> 2 resets, the first is just a network reset which I've found to be next
> to useless. To do the full factory reset on the receiver you must press
> and hold the front button on the receiver for about 20 -
My Duet Receiver dropped off my network a while ago and I can't get it
to reconnect to my LMS music server (running LMS v7.7.2). So far I have
done the following:
- Factory reset the Duet Controller
- Factory reset the Duet Receiver
- Reconnected the Controller to my wireless network
- Attempted t
I'm running LMS 7.7.2 on a Windows Server 2008 machine, having just
upgraded from v7.7.1. I'm unable to start playback of any tracks on any
of my remote players (Duets, Booms or PCs). The track remains at
00:00:00. I had this problem on both 7.7.1 and 7.7.2. Stopping and
restarting the server does
JJZolx;672989 Wrote:
> Older versions are here. If you're going back to 7.6, you may as well
> install 7.6.2.
>
> http://downloads.slimdevices.com
Many thanks. I will indeed go back to 7.6.2, as that seemed rock solid
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