Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
drmatt wrote: > As a long time devotee of LMS I say stick with the SBT there's nothing > wrong with it, particularly as a digital source. Modify the sound to > your taste with an offboard DAC. The Chord FPGA-based DACs make a > noticeable difference, but I've gone with a Mytek myself. > > Also

[slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
Hi all, so i am a long time user of the SBT (must be over 6 years currently with EDO) i have used it with lots of the tweaks back in the day then i just factory reset it and found it didn't really make much difference to my ears! i have also used it with a few cheaper DACs(leema, MF & a few other

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
alfista wrote: > What are the purpose of the change? To have a more expensive system or > some added functionality? Neither i always try and improve the sound quality(the detail +dynamics), if it costs more so be it but sometimes i have found out that cheaper is indeed an improvement for

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
edwin2006 wrote: > Did you try a pi3 with hifiberry? Simpel and pretty good sound quality. > You could use the touch than as controller. thanks for the reply does this improve the sound quality from what i have though or is just the same? I am looking for an improvement

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-13 Thread toolapcblack
Many Thanks BPA it works a treat (plays over 50min stream) where do I send the cheque? toolapcblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63326 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-12 Thread toolapcblack
sounds like its all good then? Are you ready to release it to the World? Back to a previous post on if its essential or not; I had a Touch in my front room for years (probably 8) and over the last 2/3 have streamed Mixcloud with no probs, ive moved the Touch to the bedroom so can still stream

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-12 Thread toolapcblack
yeah i have the latest Plugin V01.5 & always play MP4, MPEG 4 AAC set to Native...but Transporter wont play Mixcloud, Touch plays it with no problems though! toolapcblack's Profile:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-09 Thread toolapcblack
LMS 7.9.1 OP Sys Red Hat Transporter firmware 87, Touch 7.8 when the Touch is connected to the LMS it has no problem playing Mixcloud but alas Transporter comes up with the error "UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE FOR" In the settings/advanced/mixcloud Mixcloud API key (which i have filled in) and

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-10 Thread toolapcblack
yes here i get convert.conf custom-convert.conf modules.conf server.conf types.conf toolapcblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63326 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-09 Thread toolapcblack
[19-09-09 13:28:35.7446] Slim::Player::StreamingController::play (2100) 00:04:20:10:19:71 [19-09-09 13:28:36.1920] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_Stop (603) Song queue is now 0 [19-09-09 13:28:36.1924] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_setPlayingState (2357) new playing state STOPPED

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-09 Thread toolapcblack
http://somafm.com/illstreet64.pls plays fine (nice tunes by the way) Platform Architecture x86_64-linux Perl Version 5.22.2-x86_64 database Version DBD::SQLITE_1.34_01(SQLITE 3.77.1) toolapcblack's Profile:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-10 Thread toolapcblack
sorry not sure i follow the process Your .txt file is on my windows 7 pc the current custom-convert.txt file is a vortexbox not sure how i get your file over onto the vortexbox? looks like there is a Nov 2017 date next to the current file which is strange as that v/box has been up n running

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-10 Thread toolapcblack
so as i remotely login i can copy the txt of the file out to notepad in-case all goes pear shapped i have then used *nano* custom-convert.txt in to the said file and can place your file txt there...not sure how to do this bit though as nothing is visible in the .txt file but can place it in

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-10 Thread toolapcblack
ok wma wav ** .. mov flc ** #F [faad] -q -w -f 2 $FILE$ l [Flac] -cs --totally-silent. mov mp3** #FB:{BITRATE = -B % b} [Faad] -q -w -f 2 $FILE$ l [Lame] -- resample 44100... mov wav** #F

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-10 Thread toolapcblack
my vortexbox is mapped to my win 7 pc just put putty on it and can login remotely via that pc, i also have usb drives i could plug into the v/box toolapcblack's Profile:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-10 Thread toolapcblack
so as i remotely login i can copy the txt of the file out to notepad incase all goes pear shapped i have then used *nano* custom-convert.txt in to the said file and can place your file txt there...not sure how to do this bit though as nothing is visible in the .txt file but can place it in

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-11 Thread toolapcblack
Would be great if I could just see the file system and just drag and drop the new custom-convert in place of the old one alas not possible unless you know a way around this? all i can do is log in remotely or view the lost and found, music, movies, pictures, playlist, temp files not sure how

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-10 Thread toolapcblack
no cant see that directory via the mapped drive only its ip address and music, lost and found video etc files toolapcblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63326 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-09 Thread toolapcblack
yeah im out of my depth lol the yum commands were used on a keyboard attached to the Vortexbox server/rs232 Monitor this i have this mapped to my windows machine to drop files into ...all i know is the drive name/ip address (V:182.xxx.xxx.xxx) i also have the V/box bookmarked to PC so i can open

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-09 Thread toolapcblack
i maybe out of my debt at this point here is what i find (will i need linux to get into those directories?) Cache Folder /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache Preferences Folder /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs Plugin Folders /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins,

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-09 Thread toolapcblack
Many Thanks for your help ok so when i do the yum install ffmpeg i get package already installed. the other thing that worries me a little before i proceed with the rest of the above is that the Touch when connected plays mixcloud i have attached the log of when the touch streams it below (it

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-09 Thread toolapcblack
not sure how to copy and paste what i get from command line? anyhow ls -l *.conf does not bring up anything just get command not found so tried ls -l this brought up BIN CPAN FIRMWARE GRAPHICS 2 .dat files then IR Lib Plugins revisions.txt SQL strings.txt

[slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-08 Thread toolapcblack
So i have the Mixcloud app installed on LMS and never needed to mess with this on the Touch it just worked. But on my recently purchased Transporter i get the error message "UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE FOR " the only way i can get this is to work is use my Touch and the transporter as a DAC

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-11 Thread toolapcblack
ok great i will give it a go. Is it in the LMS plugins to install under MP4? toolapcblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63326 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-13 Thread toolapcblack
ok how does one go about installing the "repo-playmp4.xml" toolapcblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110945

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-09-13 Thread toolapcblack
ok just neeed to clarify as just not happening :confused: i have downloaded the xml which is saved on my pc "C:\Users\gaming1\Downloads\repo-playmp4.xml" i put this in the box click the cursor at the end of the .xml txt, press enter at this point it just does a screen refresh and the xml is

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-11-08 Thread toolapcblack
ok thanks how do we get "/" into the app do we need to contact the authors/creators Christian Mueller and Daniel Vijge? toolapcblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63326 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2019-11-07 Thread toolapcblack
Hi all i have a "404 not found" error on mixcloud it home>mixcloud>mymixcloud >following 404 not found any ideas how to fix this what i have done so far is a power off reboot of everything, then i have uninstalled the mixcloud app and reinstalled ...everything has worked flawlessly up until

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2020-04-01 Thread toolapcblack
tried the above still no joy, however, it no longer clobbers the whole system anymore which is nice...log file printed below cheers [20-04-01 12:22:17.6024] main::init (387) Starting Logitech Media Server (v7.9.1, 0.7.20180404git1522249619, Mon May 14 10:51:59 EDT 2018) perl 5.022002 -

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2020-03-29 Thread toolapcblack
after not using any apps for over a week i gave version 1.8 of mixcloud a go last night since then everything has gone pear shaped no connection(from transporter or sbt) tried multiple resets/reboots and check squeezebox status its running/active, but will not open from vortexbox gui! log file

Re: [slim] Transporter + Mixcloud UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE

2020-03-21 Thread toolapcblack
is there a new problem with mixcloud? something altered mixclouds end maybe? as i keep getting an error -plugins::mixcloud::Protocol handler::get track id(109) Error cannot play url for .. - this completely knackers my vortexbox, LMS will no longer open vortexbox no