This is probably completely wrong...but would this system allow me to
use my Home to stream to Squeezelite Players? Basically like I currently
do with my Chromecast Audios
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I think Castbridge still uses Upnp discovery. Not sure how the virtual
CCA is advertised on the network...
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I understand. So only CCA Players will be in synwith each other, but not
with others. Not ideal if you combine different players I guess...
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It should actually work "out of the box" if you use this Plugin to cast
to a "group" created with the CC app. I haven't tried it yet, but will
try to do so soon!
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@bpa
Thanks for checking this out! So that means groups are only advertised
via mDNS
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Thanks again Philippe_44
Sadly I still have the same issue as before. I've tried to analyze a bit
more, but since this is a more or less random affair it's a bit hard to
diagnose.
The log seems rather unconclusive, at least to my eyes. What I did
notice was, that the webradio channel that
Sadly I can't provide any logs just now. Turning off all the metadata
settings seems to have done the trick for me, at least as far as I can
say after so few attempts.
My guesd is, that certain webradio stations handle metadata a bit
differently, and that messes up the autostart. But that's just
Hmm... I shortened the period of time because it took so long (about 90
seconds) from Power on (CCA) till the music started playing. Sadly this
did not help at all.
It actually got worse, and I do not know why. LMS saves the Playlist
(webradio station) correctly, but when I power thr CCA back
Yes, that's sort of what I figured...
Although my CCA actually boots and connects to WiFi quite quickly most
of the time.
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Thanks Philippe_44
The new release seems to be working OK so far, at lest as far as
detection and autostart goes. I haven't done much testing yet, but will
use it during the next couple of days and see how it holds up. I'm
currently fooling around with the rescan times, to perhaps shorten the
@Michael
I must have missed that...
I remember reading about some users requesting support...and now it
happened...
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Tbh, Qobuz does not really have more Classical recordings than Google
Play Music, at least in my searches I did not find anything they had
that was missing in Play Music, on the contrary, Google sometimes had
more and better recordings. Of course Google does not offer Lossless,
and probably never
Yes, Dev6 seems worse for me as well. I'll have to try and revert back
to Dev5.
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Thanks!
Dev5 survived over night, which is a good sign!
I'll update to dev6 and continue testing...gently...
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I will try that. Sadly I can't provide a log from the time the Plugin
stopped working, because I set the logfile limit to 10MB and that fills
up quickly.
Strangely, it has now stopped working altogether again. Discovery is not
picking up any CCA despite the fact that I restarted the Plugin...
@Philippe_44
Good luck here! I think I managed to catch the moment it starts to
fail:
[14:02:06.001678] process:553 [0x512c0] strm
[14:02:06.001738] process_strm:240 [0x512c0] strm command t
[14:02:06.001767] sendSTAT:166 [0x512c0] STAT: STMt
[14:02:08.563675] SendCastMessage:175 [0xb0900480]:
Great!
Btw...what setting of logging should I use to get less "fluff" and more
useful information? Currently the logs are swamped with reecan attempts
because I have set logging to "all"
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OK...I just don't get this!!!
Like I reported earlier, my CCA had vanished from LMS. Restarting the
Plugin did not bring them back either. I then just left things running
(and actually left the house, went walkies with the dog) and when I got
back the living room CCA (the one that is always on)
Ok I'll give it a spin! Btw...is there any specific reason why LMS
never picks up on Upates to your Plugins? Was the same for Upnp
Bridge...
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Ok.
First impression: initial discovery eorked perfectly. So far so good.
I'll check tomorrow morning whether it survives...
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Sadly yes, updated to dev4 this morning, now it won't find my CCA
devices at all. I'm sure I could get it working by doing a few start
stop reboot loops, but it's clearly not working as intended for me...
But let's wait and see what other users report.
It does not seem to work for me right now, but let's wait and see how
others fare with it.
I think your Plugin is fine so far, if the main use is Squeezebox
replacement, because once the CCA have been discovered it works just
fine. Switching between Cast mode and LMS Player mode seems to be a
Thanks!
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This is interesting...
I think I might actually have a clue about what's going on...
Device Spy finds plenty of devices, including the CCA units. However, it
also finds a couple of "dead" devices, and some of those carry the same
name. Could that be an issue for your Bridge Plugin?
I've
This is what it does all day long, without ever finding my CCA devices:
[16:02:39.000120] UpdateMRThread:668 Begin Cast devices update
[16:02:39.034135] UpdateMRThread:755 Updating configuration
/var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/castbridge.xml
[16:02:39.034792] UpdateMRThread:759 End Cast devices
@Philippe_44
I'm installing the dev tools for Upnp on my windows 10 machine now and
will see what I can find out.
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Ok, I was a bit optimistic about autoplay I guess... It seems to crash
the CCA at the moment, will have to investigate some more later on.
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@Philippe_44
It looks like everything is working fine now! The problem with
autostarting was probably because I did not wait long enough after
powering off and then powering back on again.
Apart from that, I haven't had any issues! I did not actively try to
break anything just yet, maybe I'll
No worries!
Btw...my lounge CCA seems to have vanished from LMS again. It was online
the entire time (but not connected) and I just started SqueezeCtrl to
check, and found that it no longer shows up as a player. It's still
visible in the Chromecast app though. Well, never mind.
I guess
OK, back home now.
So...the Plugin seems to load fine, it also finds three devices ,my
Amazon FireTV and two devices it just calls "Hash..."which should
then be the CCA units.
Sadly, it only shows my FireTV as Player in LMS an still spams the LMS
log with "crashed - restarting" messages.
Thanks for attempting this. I'm still having some issues here...my LMs
Log keeps reporting this: [15-11-13 09:07:53.7618]
Plugins::CastBridge::Squeeze2cast::beat (171) crashed ... restarting
over and over on Linux (Debian ARM) using the ARMv6_hf binary. I'm off
to work now, will test more later
It supports 24/96, perhaps even 24/192 (not verified).
Currently there is a bug that causes everything to resample to 16/48
(when using Optical Out), but that will be resolved in the next few
weeks according to Google.
@usc95
How did you turn your FireTVs off in LMS? I'm trying to do the same, but
have failed to find a suitable option...
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In LMS Plugins page, uncheck the "ChromeCast Bridge" Plugin, then
restart LMS. After that add the Plugin again, restart LMS a second time
and you'll have the newest version.
For some reason auto-update does not pick up these changes...
I usually check in the Chromecast app. TuneIn isn't great about
releasing CCA, but Chromecast app shows that it was released. I'll try
it again with Google Play Music. That shoudl work fine.
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Yep, just like I feared. I connected via TuneIn, which then promptly cut
off the LMS connection (which is OK) but despite closing the connection
from TuneIn, I now can't get the CCA to play via LMS anymore. It keeps
scanning, but never finds the CCA anymore.
Oh well, it's still
I read that as well. I must admit that I'm not surprised. Qobuz has
great sound quality, no question, but in every other respect they have
huge problems, and seem unwilling to fix them.
I hope they somehow manage to pull through though...
That looks like the initial version, Dev1, which contained no Linux-ARM
binaries...
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@Philippe_44
It's now working for me for the first time (Dev3) but getting it to pick
up the Player was a major hassle! I don't know what triggered it in the
end, but I did about a dozen restarts, reboots, CCA reboots and
setting-resets, then it suddenly showed up and is currently playing
I'll see if I can aquire some useful info there somehow.
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Hmm...have you checked that with the Chrome Extebsion? Because I did not
see that happen when I tried it. I'll check and see if I can reproduce
the behaviour...
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Hey, that Plugin is actually great. So, what I can say so far is, that
my TuneIn (beta) correctly starts and stops the session
I think the problem with the LMS bridge is, that there is no way to send
the neccessary "connect request". You'd either end up killing the
connection if CCA is currently
It's an Odroid U3. Strangely it worked once (but only showed my FireTV,
not the Chromecast Audio devices) but then suddenly stopped. I'll try it
again once I get home.
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OK, some progress here:
I pulled the plug from my FireTV, and then the ChromeCast devices showed
up as players. Apparently the bridge tries to use FireTV as a CC, fails
and then crashes.
Despite that success (workaround for now, will need to find a way to
make the Plugin ignore my FireTV) I
Sadly, Qobuz search, amongst other technical aspects, is a mess. It has
improved, but there is still much work to do. They claim that better
search is coming, but that claim isn't exactly new...
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I wonder what is going on here. Qobuz officially list Squeezebox as a
supported platform, so they can't really ban somebody for using it. I'd
point that out to them if I were you.
Thr problem to solving this is, that Qobuz does not mamaintain the API
themselves. They apparently have an
@Michael
sorry, but for me version 1.261 won't load. It's showing under Plugins,
but says "Plugin konnte nicht geladen werden"
[15-10-26 14:57:41.5046] main::init (383) Starting Logitech Media Server
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@michael
Your changes completely broke the Qobuz Plugin for me. Can you recheck?
I don't know whether this is for all platforms or only arm/debian, but
the Plugin no longer loads. I posted tthe log a few posts earlier. I
hope you can fix this quickly...
Thanks!
Thanks Michael!
I haven't ever been banned by Qobuz, but if you like I can supply logs
as well.
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I'm not the expert here, but from what I remember from earlier
discussions with Michael, the limiting factor is on the LMS side.
Getting it working would apparently require some serious reworking
there. Qobuz API allows seek as far as I know, because it does work on
their official apps.
Thanks! I'll try it later.
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Thaks, that worked... ;)
@Philippe_44
AutoPlay seems to work. I've only done a short test, but it looks good
so far, so THANKS! If anything breaks, I'll let you know... ;)
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Sorry, but have you moved your dev Repo? I'm still getting dev3 as
up-to-date with no Update notification?
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It is a LMS version thingy. It started happening sometime in the 7.8
nightlies. I'm running latest 7.9 nightlies and it never started working
again during all that time. Nobody ever really figured put why. It
works if you restart within a few minutes (at least it used to) but mot
beyond that.
@philippe_44
About the "Autostart" feature, I'd really keep it simple, letting the
user decide whether he wants the "play" command sent or not. Checking
the LMS settings would be the more "Pro" approach I guess, but keeping
it simple is also a good choice IMHO... ;)
May be you can add a little
I'm still on dev3 (did not get a notification for dev4) and Qobuz is
fine here as far as I can tell.
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I just tried, and the "Pause on power off, Resume ond power on" doesn't
work with dlna Players either, just like PiCorePlayer. The Playlist is
saved by LMS, so all it takes is hitting play and it continues, but it
does not start on it's own. If you can, then please implement this
@philippe_44
The resume function in LMS used to work, up until about 2 years ago for
me, then it suddenly stopped, at least in combination with PiCorePlayer.
I haven't tried it with squeeze2upnp yet, I'll do that today and report
back then.
Completely unrelated:
I just bought a Chromecast Audio a few days ago. I don't much like the
handling, am used to the comfort of LMS and it's control apps (Squeeze
Ctrl!).
There is one thing I do love about it: Proper integration with Google
Play Music!
I'm a "Sublime" subscriber with Qobuz,
Thanks for your replies. It is no real problem, and certainly nothing
I'd see as a reason to stop using Squeeze Ctrl, but it just seemed
strange, that both the LMS webinterface and Orange Squeeze will open the
"Albums" or "Tracks" list from a search result without delay, while
Squeeze Ctrl. takes
OK, I understand that. BubbleUpnp applies some sorting that makes Albums
with the actualy search word appear first, then all the other stuff. I'm
not sure how well that works though. Tbh, I think deactivating the
sorting for now is perfectly fine, since Qobuz said they are planning to
improve
Btw...do you have any idea what the "autocomplete" call in the Qobuz API
is for? Is it for suggesting similar artists or something?
https://github.com/Qobuz/api-documentation/blob/master/endpoints/catalog/autocomplete.md
I was poking through their API and stumbled over it, just curious
whether
@wt0
A little technical question here:
I used you app to control my LMS/Squeezelite setups. The strange thing
is, that the Qobuz Plugin is pretty sluggish when controlled via your
app (search is OK, but opening the lists takes a moment, and the CPU
load of my Server (Odroid U3) spikes to 100%
I think we really need somebody to take over work on the GMusic Plugin.
It still works (with a few small workarounds) but as soon as something
changes in the Gmusic-API again it will break again.
Maybe Philippe_44 can be convinced to take it over?
Yep, sounds right. They use that on their website. Thanks!
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Thanks Michael,
I think I might have found it, but not 100% sure, since the delay is
still there, but the CPU on the Server no longer spikes to 100% but
rather stays at a moderate level of around 10%.
It only happens on Squeeze Ctrl though, and that's the only app that
pulls all "covers" in one
@Michael
Why would it be a caching error? I can stream two tracks (Cantina Band)
from that Album in the original Qobuz app too...
But I'll follow your instruction about the cache.db anyway.
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Sure, but it might be streamable in your country...
http://www.qobuz.com/de-de/album/star-wars-a-new-hope-original-soundtrack/0090266877225
I can only stream 3 or 4 Tracks from that Album.
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@Michael
I just deleted the cache files, but the result did not change. No big
deal though.
About filtering out the "sucky search results"...mind if I make a
suggestion?
How about not removing any results, but rather trying to sort them, so
that relevant titles get a better chance of being
My opinion: focus on stability and compatibility at this point and look
into metadata stuff at a later date, or not at all. I don't see it as a
priority tbh...
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Thanks Michael!
I just gave it a short test, and it seems to do it's job quite well. I
haven't found any issues yet.
Search Results get filtered correctly, and so do Qobuz Playlists.
Just one thing, although this is possibly something that won't be
easy/possible to do:
If I search for an Album,
@Philippe_44
I'll think about whether I can come up with something for you to do...
;)
One thing springs to mind right away though:
My PiCorePlayer systems start Playing music the moment they turn on
power, I send the "play" command via the PiCorePlayer LMS Autostart
section. Can something like
Qobuz just wrote on their aide.qobuz.com platform, that they'll be
adding a "Radio" mode. No ETA or other details yet, but sounds like
promising news. I hope it will be qccessible via their API...
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Seems OK on Chrome...
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That actually expalins a lot. I had originally set the "remove" count to
"2", after the Update I left it at 1 (forgot about it). No I set it to 2
and itmostly works without trouble. I'll set it a little higher for
security reasons!
@philippe_44
Do you have a Donate link somewhere? I searched, but could not find
anything. Your Plugin is very useful, providing lots of additional
choice for LMS Players! If only we could find a way to get more
Streaming Services to work with LMS, then we'd have thr perfect
Squeezebox
@Michael
The dev of BubbleUpnp (Android app) implemented filtering out of
non-streamable content yesterday, and I must say it's a huge advantage.
My standard test-search now yields 68 results instead of 141, making
finding what I'm looking for much easier and more comfortable! I don't
know what
@Phlippe_44
dev build stops on webradio for me after a minute or two.
Wait time seems to have reverted to 100 as well, maybe that's the
reason. I moved back to "stable", but now the "350" value won't stick
anymore. It keeps reverting to 100 and then of course stops after a
short period...
I'm
@Philippe_44
I have no idea what is going on. This time it worked fine (on stable
version) for about half and hour, then it stopped again with the same
error as before. No idea where this suddenly came from and how to fix
it. My AVR is connected by Ethernet, so there should be no stability
@philippe_44
I am running this on an Odroid U3, which means AMRv6hf
All seems to be fine with "350" set.
Displaying metadata on my AVR front display doesn't work, but that is a
minor matter. It starts out fine, but quickly freezes and then stays
there, showing the same piece of text. No matter
@philippe_44
Yes, that was with Webradio. I'll try it with Qobuz later if I have
time. My AVR is a pretty new one, Yamaha RX-V679. Nice device with good
sound, sadly not exactly cheap...
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About the filtering:
I just did a quick side-by-side comparison. Here are the results, which
show that the filter does not have any effect on non-playable stuff, but
does mess up the search results, at least for some queries.
No, filtering is off. It hasn't worked properly for me for months, ever
since Qobuz started optimizing their database and search algorithm.
I did test the same thing with BubbleUpnp and their Quobz Plugin and it
listed the correct version of "Aida" in the "new releases" section.
@michael
I don't know what happened, but today the "Aida" in "New Releases" is
playing fine on LMS without any changes on our end. Maybe Qobuz changed
something? It doesn't change the situation about non-streamable stuff
showing up, but fixes the immediate error I reported... ;)
With filtering I got almost no useable search results for most queries.
It used to be fine, back when Qobuz was even more of a mess than it is
now, but for a long time (6+ months?) searching with the filter on often
leads to empfty search results for me. Either it's a malfunction on my
Don't worry Michael, if this actually works he'll possibly never have to
buy his own beer or coffee again... ;)
This might actually be almost as useful as the Raspberry Pi, and cheaper
too, since you don't need to add a DAC or Digi board, and it has
features that are useful even without LMS,
Thanks. There is a thread going in the "General" section where a few
people already have theirs. I preordered one and will receive it next
week. Google hates Europe... ;)
I don't know whether it's possible (or possibly easy) to work directly
with the Google Cast protocol in case DLNA does not
@wortgefecht
Mine just shipped, expect yours to do so too (same country...^^)
Nr. 1 should work, but is only mildly useful IMHO
Nr. 2 would be perfect,
Nr. 3 might be true for stuff like TuneIn, Google Play etc, but not for
Squeeze Ctrl, since that would mean redirecting the audio via your
I'd like to jump on here as well, asking about Chromecast (Audio)
support. Since this would pretty much be the "Holy Grail" of Squeezebox
replacement options IMHO. The device has a decent DAC, it's compact and
has fast WiFi, low power requirements etc. Now, if only there were a way
to access it
@Philippe_44
I'm using your Plugin for the first time today, casting to my Yamaha
AVR, and for some reason Playback stops after about 7-8 Minutes. This
has happened several times now, both with a webradio stream and Qobuz. I
have no idea why. Logfile isn't telling me anything, LMS says it's
@Michael
Something is not working as intended on the Qobuz Plugin. Apart from the
listing of non-streamable content I now also get the "wrong version" of
some tracks/albums.
Explanation: I checked the genre "Classical" for "New Releases" and one
of the first albums in the list is a recording
Qobuz on Android now has Chromecast/Google Cast support.
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I've got the HLS "Patch" installed as well, but I think this is a
different issue. I guess the question would be, if BBC are now actively
blocking the "HD" quality streams for users outside the UK. If I can
circumvent that by creating a custom favourite, then I'll gladly do that
if someone can
Oh how I hate Geoblocking. It's a pity that the originally working AAC
stream was switched off, because that worked just fine in 320kbit
quality here in Germany...
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I just installed this today, since my former "BBC 3 HD" stream stopped
working a while ago. It works perfectly, so thanks for that. Only
problem: If I choose the "Listen Live" option and go for BBC3, then it
plays for about 2 seconds (or rather it shows two seconds of activity at
339kbit/s) then
Ok...but even in landscape mode it's often not enough. I have a fairly
large phone (5.1") but it just doesn't seem to be enough. Maybe you
could add it as an option at least?
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@wt0
I have a small request: I'm running the latest version of Squeeze Ctrl,
and the issue I often face is, that longer track and album names are cut
off. Especially for classical music, where names can be really long. Is
there any chance of either adding additional lines, or scrolling the
text?
@Michael
>From what I read on Qobuz API documentation, the API only allows you to
choose between file-types "7" (up to 96Khz) and 27 (up to 192Khz). That
would be a bit awkward, because I'd actually like to limit it to 24/48.
Not a major thing (Squeezelite can resample) but still annoying if
Thanks for taking up work on this!
Sadly, it's not working at all for me. I just get the "Missing API Key"
message, and there are no settings (it tells me to go to setting) where
I could change that in any way. I used the ProtocolHandler.pm you posted
earlier. Is there anything else I should do?
Thanks.
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