Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SqueezeLite on Windows pausing, interruption, dropout of audio every 5 minutes

2021-01-15 Thread fpo
@ ralphy I don't see any *volatile* modifier in the code although there is data shared among threads, e.g. the read/write positions of the buffers. Is that by design? Everything seems to be synchronized via mutexes, however, if I understand volatile correctly, data updated on one thread could

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SqueezeLite on Windows pausing, interruption, dropout of audio every 5 minutes

2021-01-15 Thread fpo
foopydog wrote: > > I would like to know: is this the *actual* solution? > > Using a larger buffer would cure certain problems, such as overrunning > the boundary of the struct from malloc. But it might also only side-step > the problem, only to re-emerge later on, because the problem is > som

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SqueezeLite on Windows pausing, interruption, dropout of audio every 5 minutes

2021-01-15 Thread fpo
ralphy wrote: > ... > Please try 'squeezelite-1.9.8-1324-test3-win64.zip' > (https://www.dropbox.com/s/put1qx5j9flhajv/squeezelite-1.9.8-1324-test3-win64.zip?dl=1). No luck yet. See my log below with lines inserted where I detect cpu load. [22:52:50.094] process_strm:280 strm command t [22:52

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SqueezeLite on Windows pausing, interruption, dropout of audio every 5 minutes

2021-01-15 Thread foopydog
I found another thread which directly addresses this issue with "audio stopping for 30 seconds". https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97046-Announce-Squeezelite-a-small-headless-squeezeplay-emulator-for-linux-(alsa-only)&p=986931&viewfull=1#post986931 It was also referenced elsewhere i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.4.6 and Docker on NAS, not working

2021-01-15 Thread ido_nl
I can use LMS and send local files and radio streams to the player, no problem. But my spotify cant connect. Host mode would work, as it will open all ports. Perhaps I should run a port scan within the docker container. I now solved it using the max2play Pi image and run the local Spotify clie

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] SqueezeLite on Windows pausing, interruption, dropout of audio every 5 minutes

2021-01-15 Thread ralphy
fpo wrote: > Still dropouts although the timing has changed slightly. I see however > no difference at the packet level with regard to the response of the > client towards a KeepAlive probe from the host, i.e. still no [Keep > Alive Ack] from the client at the stream socket. Can't see a fault in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread mrw
rfunk wrote: > > I'm not sure I wouldn't describe this as "a small click", but more > like dropouts happening at a regular high frequency, happening every day > but *only* when starting from the alarm function. (When I say "high > frequency" that's to say many times per second as opposed to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread PasTim
erland wrote: > Michael have now added the Multi Library plugin to the unsupported > repository so it can be installed if you use 8.1 and activate > unsupported extensions in LMS Settings/Plugins. His responses to this > thread keeps ending up in an old thread due to some bug in the forum > mail

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread rfunk
rfunk wrote: > Maybe I should try the Buffer Size applet. I'm also curious about the > 22kHz problem that required updating that applet. Well, I was going to experiment with the buffer size, but first the radio wanted to upgrade to the latest firmware (8.0.1-r16824). So I tested alarms with tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-15 Thread wtnh
Has anyone succeeded in getting ngrok installed and running (with autostart) on piCorePlayer? I've seen several posts where people have had problems, but no workarounds. It seems what is needed is a step-by-step procedure (to include getting the MediaServer skills working). I am running piCoreP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread rfunk
Thanks for trying it out! mrw wrote: > The "old" firmware was unable to connect, and played out the fall-back > alarm track instead. Apparently it only allows 25 seconds before > deciding that a station is "bad", and playing out the fall-back alarm. > ... > So, based on my very limited trial, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-15 Thread jeroen2
cpd73 wrote: > Initial version in git now. Faster than his shadow. :cool: I'll check it out his weekend! jeroen2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-15 Thread cpd73
jeroen2 wrote: > Yes, that would work and offer a lot of flexibility. If you plan to > implement this let me know if you need someone to test! Initial version in git now. *Material debug:* 1. Launch via http: //SERVER:9000/material/?debug=json (Use http: //SERVER:9000/material/?debug=json,co

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-15 Thread jeroen2
cpd73 wrote: > When clicking 'pin' on (e.g.) 'Genres' you will be asked whether to > store the library with this. If you elect to store the library id, the > view is pinned as "Genres . " (e.g. "Genres . Metal") and > the library_id is stored with the command. When you browse in "Genres . > Meta

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-15 Thread cpd73
jeroen2 wrote: > That seems useful, but then when you select a library on the homescreen > what screen would follow? A revised homescreen? Or "my music" for that > library? > > Would that selection then remain throughout the whole session/interface? > > > In that case it would work like this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread cpd73
jeroen2 wrote: > That seems useful, but then when you select a library on the homescreen > what screen would follow? A revised homescreen? Or "my music" for that > library? > > > > Would that selection then remain throughout the whole session/interface? > > > In that case it would work lik

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread jeroen2
cpd73 wrote: > I did consider, and implemented, adding the library to the pinned items > - but backed out of the change. That seems useful, but then when you select a library on the homescreen what screen would follow? A revised homescreen? Or "my music" for that library? cpd73 wrote: > Whe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread erland
cpd73 wrote: > I did consider, and implemented, adding the library to the pinned items > - but backed out of the change. When pinning a 'My Music' item with a > library selected I guess I could prompt as to whether to save the > library ID as well. Did you have to do anything specific in Materia

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty playback issues

2021-01-15 Thread ronluna
Upgrade squeezelite to v1.9.8-1323 . although same behavior. keeps running "getMetadataFor" endlessly for whatever track is being trying to get played. no errors in the logs that I can find... not sure where else to look... Code: [21-01-15 09:05:45.5936] Plugins::Sp

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread cpd73
jeroen2 wrote: > Yes, it seems that the extra step would be to go to "my music" first and > then select the library through the button top right. With Multi Library > and Custom Browse it creates menu items that you can pin to the > homescreen directly. I did consider, and implemented, adding t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread jeroen2
erland wrote: > Wouldn’t it work similar if you created one virtual library for each one > of the few top level menus ? > Or do you get a lot of extra navigation steps with the virtual library > functionality? Yes, it seems that the extra step would be to go to "my music" first and then select

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread erland
jeroen2 wrote: > Yes, I got that. Thanks. Maybe my use case is very specific. They way I > have been using Multi Library in combination with Custom Browse, I now > have 5 top level genres pinned to the homescreen (the top levels genres > are ste in Multi Library as a collection of 5 or 10 related

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SqueezeCenter 7.0 beta versions of my plugins

2021-01-15 Thread jeroen2
mherger wrote: > > I suspect Michael just missed to add Multi Library to the unsupported > > repository, I haven’t seen anyone saying that it doesn’t work. > Creating > > Thanks for the heads up - added it now. > Thanks! ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread jeroen2
cpd73 wrote: > How is it not user friendly? Navigate into 'My Music' and there is a > button allowing you to select the library to use. This sets the library > that the current instance of Material will use, it does not set it on > the player. Yes, I got that. Thanks. Maybe my use case is very

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread mrw
rfunk wrote: > Ever since upgrading my bedroom Squeezebox Radio to this firmware, my > 6am alarm starting an internet radio stream has sounded really bad. It's > hard to describe, but it's rough and quiet, almost like maybe it's only > playing half of each sample. I played out your station last

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-01-15 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Yes, it is displaying what is provided.Yes I checked on the Android BBC > Sounds app and saw the same image. It is quite surprising how many tracks don't have an image. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-01-15 Thread expectingtofly
tw99 wrote: > Is this because the BBC just serve that up when they don't have an > image, and the plugin therefore displays it ? Yes, it is displaying what is provided. *BBC Sounds Plugin Wiki* : https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin/wiki --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-01-15 Thread tw99
I'm just using it with the default settings now, which so far seem pretty sensible. One question I have is about the "Track Image". Listening mostly to 6Music, I fairly often end up with a greyed-out BBC sounds logo instead of a track image. Is this because the BBC just serve that up when they

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins

2021-01-15 Thread cpd73
jeroen2 wrote: > It does work (even in LMS 7) but selecting this in Material is not very > user friendly. I'll play around with it a bit more tomorrow.. How is it not user friendly? Navigate into 'My Music' and there is a button allowing you to select the library to use. This sets the library t