Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread Michael Herger
Is it possible that Volume Normalisation worked in one of the earlier recent Spotty versions and is now broken again? Seems unlikely but you never know. As I mentioned before I don't use RG at all. Therefore my experience is very limited. There's an article about how Spotify handles

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: UPnPBridge = integrate UPnP/DLNA players with LMS (squeeze2upnp)

2021-06-30 Thread gurri
> I once made the mistake of pushing the "fetch" button to update > profiles.xml. It is apparently no longer pointing to a working file, and > downloads garbage over profiles.xml, which causes the entire plugin page > to fail thereafter. same here with denon predefined profile .

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite processing on DSD recordings?

2021-06-30 Thread MikeDC
Is there any post-processing Squeezelite or LMS is doing on DSD files, specifically .dsf? I have several .dsf files that are coming across USB as PCM files at a very high resolution, however they should report as DSD64 files. I'm using a server/streamer (VortexBox) connected to a PSAudio

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread SpiderJon
cpd73 wrote: > This is a setting of Custom Browse. Server Settings -> Custom Browse -> > Manage Menus -> New Artists -> Untick "Play all songs in selected album" Many thanks for that. (I should have explored the plug-in's settings first — my apologies.) However, I can't get the unticking of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread cpd73
SpiderJon wrote: > It really is *New Artists* :-) This is a setting of Custom Browse. Server Settings -> Custom Browse -> Manage Menus -> New Artists -> Untick "Play all songs in selected album" *Material debug:* 1. Launch via http: //SERVER:9000/material/?debug=json (Use http:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread Michael Herger
mherger wrote: That said: please give the "Spotty Helper Application for Raspberry Pi Zero/1st Generation" plugin a try. It would install the old spotty helper binary for ARMv5, which might work on your NAS, too. Okay, I tried that but nothing changed :( Can you ssh in to the box, and run

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
Is it possible that Volume Normalisation worked in one of the earlier recent Spotty versions and is now broken again? Seems unlikely but you never know. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
SpiderJon wrote: > It really is *New Artists* :-) > > Please see my reply to kidstypike at > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109624-Announce-Material-Skin=1026625=1#post1026625I > see. Do any other Custom Browse menus act the same way? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread SpiderJon
slartibartfast wrote: > I assume he means Artists rather than New Artists. I don't see the same > issue. "Play now" plays a single track. It really is *New Artists* :-) Please see my reply to kidstypike at

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread SpiderJon
kidstypike wrote: > I don't see a My Music > *New Artists,* do you mean *New Music*? No, it's definitely *New Artists* — it's generated by Custom Browse, which I now realise may be part of the issue, as I don't know if Material Skin takes that into account. (It's been there so long I'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread kidstypike
cpd73 wrote: > Material ignores that setting, and always has. Yes, but the sad thing is - so does the Default Skin (for me). :( *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP v7.0.1 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi4/pCP 7.0.1/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread cpd73
kidstypike wrote: > Mine's the opposite, it will only play a single track regardless of the > setting at Settings > Player > playername > Extra Settings - *Play only > selected song* or *Play other songs in album or directory*. Material ignores that setting, and always has. *Material

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
kidstypike wrote: > Maybe. > > Mine's the opposite, it will only play a single track regardless of the > setting at Settings > Player > playername > Extra Settings - *Play only > selected song* or *Play other songs in album or directory*. :( > > 35105I have a feeling Material Skin ignores

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread cpd73
Peter Galbavy wrote: > Correct. This is already content I can transfer via cables from PC, but > for easy of use would prefer point-and-drool tools :) I have an initial implementation, for a future 2.6.0 It downloads tracks as "Album Artist - Album - TrackNo TrackTitle.Ext" Only issue is that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread kidstypike
slartibartfast wrote: > I assume he means Artists rather than New Artists. I don't see the same > issue. "Play now" plays a single track. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Maybe. Mine's the opposite, it will only play a single track regardless of the setting at Settings > Player >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > Hmm that would be me who said it worked. After seeing your post I > checked again with a different album (a loudness war victim) and now I > am not so sure. Now I am convinced it doesn't work. First I thought > maybe Spotify use a different replaygain target volume but I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
kidstypike wrote: > I don't see a My Music > *New Artists,* do you mean *New Music*?I assume he > means Artists rather than New Artists. I don't see the same issue. "Play now" plays a single track. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread kidstypike
SpiderJon wrote: > *Scenario*: > > Go to My Music > New Artists > [Specific Artist] > [Specific Album] > > Click on 'Play Now' icon (or select 'Play Now' from dots menu) for a > specific track. > > *Expected behaviour*: > > The specific track gets sent to the Playlist and is the only item

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
bernt wrote: > Someone mention that Album Gain works but no matter what settings I use > Spotty and Spotty Connect is a lot louder than music from my library. > The volume differs between Spotify (Spotty) tracks to. > > On older Spotty version converting to pcm or flac and set the Volume >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread SpiderJon
*Scenario*: Go to My Music > New Artists > [Specific Artist] > [Specific Album] Click on 'Play Now' icon (or select 'Play Now' from dots menu) for a specific track. *Expected behaviour*: The single track gets sent to the Playlist and is the only item there. *Actual Behaviour*: The whole

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread Andy_NO
mherger wrote: > Oh, I'm surprised this would have worked... I've got a 211+, which uses > the same CPU, but twice the memory. And it's no fun to use... I've been > using a Pi with piCorePlayer to run LMS on instead for a long time now. > I am also surprised but it worked quite okay until

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread Peter Galbavy
slartibartfast wrote: > I assumed this was local tracks which anyone could copy to a phone > anyway. Correct. This is already content I can transfer via cables from PC, but for easy of use would prefer point-and-drool tools :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread mherger
Andy_NO wrote: > My Diskstation is 213air. > Oh, I'm surprised this would have worked... I've got a 211+, which uses the same CPU, but twice the memory. And it's no fun to use... I've been using a Pi with piCorePlayer to run LMS on instead for a long time now. That said: please give the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread Michael Herger
When an album is added to Favorites, the contents of the album are not displayed correctly in Favorites. Yes, that's a known issue. And there might be a solution soon (LMS 8.2 only). ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: Announce: Spicefly SugarCube Version 2.03 � (Automatic MusicIP DJ) for 7.x

2021-06-30 Thread squeezebox_Fan
Hello waltonb, my experiance under Windows 10 and the latest MusicIP Version 1.96Beta6 is that MusicIP mixes diffrent Bit levels, but not very often. So I had the same immpresion you have. What I did to avoid it, I converted my 24 Bit or HighRes files to 16Bit / 44,1 kHz and let MusicIP

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

2021-06-30 Thread Paul Webster
Good that it is working - but the underlying issue will still have to be solved or it will happen again when you reboot. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw,

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

2021-06-30 Thread expectingtofly
fmanchu wrote: > Thank you Paul for all your most valuable help. It has taken some time > but finally I have my SQB radio up and running again. The solution was > simply to reset the pcp time to the present using 'Putty' as you > recommended. I had to use the format - sudo date -s "2021-06-30 >

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

2021-06-30 Thread fmanchu
Paul Webster wrote: > Download and install PuTTY > https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html > Then run it and open a session (login) to your pCP IP address. > Login using the default pCP credentials (change the password via pCP > Beta mode ... Main/Security page). Thank

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.5 - improved Ogg direct, Autoplay, multi-user setup

2021-06-30 Thread clausmuus
When an album is added to Favorites, the contents of the album are not displayed correctly in Favorites. When opening an album in Favorites to select a single track, unfortunately the track names are not displayed, but the Spotify URL is. Likewise, the cover of the tracks is not displayed.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
Paul Webster wrote: > Without protection of that downloaded content (eg only allowing playback > via a special player and not allowing subsequent unprotected copying) > could result in complaints from some content providers.I assumed this was > local tracks which anyone could copy to a phone

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread Paul Webster
Without protection of that downloaded content (eg only allowing playback via a special player and not allowing subsequent unprotected copying) could result in complaints from some content providers. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread Peter Galbavy
It could get complicated and messy, I agree. This is one of those caveat emptor things - my thought, given a lack of directoryt management, would be just to use the underlying track filename. For multiple files a ZIP may work, but would put extra load on the server I guess. I have never tries

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread slartibartfast
cpd73 wrote: > I had thought about, and did start implementing, downloads support in > the Material APK. But it was turning out to be more hassle than it was > worth. Perhaps I'll look into this again. > > As to download links in the browser - I guess I could make each track > downloadable,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread cpd73
Peter Galbavy wrote: > The one thing I keep the no-longer-maintained Orange Squeeze on my phone > for is downloads. I had thought about, and did start implementing, downloads support in the Material APK. But it was turning out to be more hassle than it was worth. Perhaps I'll look into this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-06-30 Thread Peter Galbavy
The one thing I keep the no-longer-maintained Orange Squeeze on my phone for is downloads. Any chance of adding/exposing "download" links for tracks or whole albums (multiple links - not sure how this would even work)? For a single track I would guess this is just changing the metadata for the

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

2021-06-30 Thread gegen
philchillbill wrote: > In the log, I saw you having difficulty matching artist names Cerrone > and Deadmau5. That's down to the difficulty in mapping how some words > are spoken versus how they are spelled. We'd need a plugin with Double > Metaphone to get that to work :cool: Sounds

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

2021-06-30 Thread philchillbill
gegen wrote: > Thanks again for the help :) In the log, I saw you having difficulty matching artist names Cerrone and Deadmau5. That's down to the difficulty in mapping how some words are spoken versus how they are spelled. We'd need a plugin with Double Metaphone to get that to work :cool:

Re: Announce: Spicefly SugarCube Version 2.03 � (Automatic MusicIP DJ) for 7.x

2021-06-30 Thread waltonb
Hi Folks. Lately I have been using spicefly sugarcube again after many years off (v5.25). Everything works great except for one nagging issue. It seems that once a mix is started with a FLAC file which is 24-bit, the mix only selects 24-bit files going forward. So far I haven't seen a