Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] SuperDateTime Screensaver v5.11.0 - Date/Time/Weather/Sports/Stocks

2022-12-06 Thread stereoptic
I've wondered: what is the significance of the ":4:" between the zipcode and the two letter country abbreviation? stereoptic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53162 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Custom Clock for Jivelite with 800x480 Screen

2022-11-04 Thread stereoptic
bengaldave wrote: > I have the same issue. It always says > CustomClock (Reinstall) > > Once reinstalled, I save the settings and then reboot. > > After reboot still shows > CustomClock(Reinstall) > > Also, it is unclear from this thread, do I need to install manually? Or > use the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Custom Clock for Jivelite with 800x480 Screen

2022-11-04 Thread stereoptic
Marsupial wrote: > it doesn't get there. > > Also, when I install custom clock, save to SD card, reboot; I'd expect > the applet installer to state "installed" but I always see "reinstall" > instead. Other applets gets to "installed" - does that mean my custom > clock isn't properly installed

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Custom Clock for Jivelite with 800x480 Screen

2022-11-03 Thread stereoptic
Marsupial wrote: > That's the frustrating thing. I have custom clock helper working, and > can see my own custom clocks. But they won't show up on the players. > > However, licence manager do complain about not being able to connect to > mysqueezebox, while my credentials should be good... I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] SuperDateTime Screensaver v5.11.0 - Date/Time/Weather/Sports/Stocks

2022-10-26 Thread stereoptic
I just noticed it now, and for a moment I thought to myself "What did I do now?" because I recently did a few tweaks to the network! Thanks for the quick fix! stereoptic's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: AirPlay Bridge = integrate AirPlay devices with LMS (squeeze2raop)

2022-10-14 Thread stereoptic
I recently purchased the Apple 4kTV and installed it on my local network via ethernet. I am running LMS v8.2.0, on a Raspberry pi 3B, picoreplayer and using the LMS web UI on a Macbook Pro (Monterey 12.6). I've frequently read this thread, although I never had an interest in testing it out

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

2022-02-28 Thread stereoptic
Paul Webster wrote: > My guess is that this is a networking problem that is because of the > OpenVPN connection. > > UPnP-AV devices and players discover each other via UDP broadcast > messages. > I expect that when the plugin is restarted it sends out a broadcast > message to announce its

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

2022-02-28 Thread stereoptic
My apologies if I am posting in the wrong thread, if so a link to a more correct thread would be appreciated. I am not using the UPNP bridge for this issue, just connecting through UPNP. I use the app USBAudioPlayerPro on my Google Pixel 3A. Using the UPNP/DLNA server connection on USBAPP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.7.0

2022-01-25 Thread stereoptic
mherger wrote: > > It's a feature, not a bug: Spotify either discovers players in your > network, or asks Spotify's servers whether there was any device > connected which you recently used. The latter is the case when you're > seeing devices at home while on the road. This feature can be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.7.0

2022-01-25 Thread stereoptic
I have a very peculiar issue which I am hoping that someone can help me troubleshoot. I believe that the root of the issue may be with Spotify, but I am not sure. Here goes: My wife has a Spotify account and uses her playlists for when she instructs her group exercise classes. I installed

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-12-29 Thread stereoptic
cpd73 wrote: > That is because this is the tooltip for the menu button. This was added, > years ago, to help with accessibility (on think iOS, I think) - where > the user can have the device read aloud the names of all controls. thanks for the explanation!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-12-29 Thread stereoptic
I'm not sure if this has been addressed here, Apologies if so. When using Material Skin as I hover over the three dot colon to display the full title name, each album name has "(menu)" at the end. The standard skin does not do that, I believe it appends the year. 36577

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] SuperDateTime Screensaver v5.11.0 - Date/Time/Weather/Sports/Stocks

2021-03-16 Thread stereoptic
Thanks for all of these updates! stereoptic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112122

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Music & Artist Information plugin

2020-09-20 Thread stereoptic
mherger wrote: > > I removed all '.missing' files files from the artist directory. > > I unchecked the 'Download and pre-cache artist pictures from online > > sources' and "Store placeholder file ("artist.missing") if artist > > pictures are to be downloaded, but cannot be found" options, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Music & Artist Information plugin

2020-09-19 Thread stereoptic
As if I wasn't confused enough before...:confused: I removed all '.missing' files files from the artist directory. I unchecked the 'Download and pre-cache artist pictures from online sources' and "Store placeholder file ("artist.missing") if artist pictures are to be downloaded, but cannot be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Music & Artist Information plugin

2020-09-18 Thread stereoptic
Thanks all for the assistance! @d6jg , @slartibartfast, @mherger. After a full rescan, the directory is populated with all of the "xx.missing' files. Strangely, there is a ".missing" file for every artist (I think it is every) regardless if a photo was found or not. :confused:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Music & Artist Information plugin

2020-09-18 Thread stereoptic
slartibartfast wrote: > If the plugin can't find images online, find your own, name them after > the artist and place them in your Artist Artwork folder. Then do a full > clear and rescan. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Thanks - I'll give that a try. Is there a special format for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Music & Artist Information plugin

2020-09-18 Thread stereoptic
Is there a link with instructions how to correct incorrect or missing artist pictures? Even after doing a full scan there are some pictures missing. I don't see any entries in the artwork folder. Much appreciated! thanks! 31598 31599

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Music & Artist Information plugin

2020-09-18 Thread stereoptic
Is there a link with instructions as to how to make corrections to the Artist picture? I have created a directory and changed the LMS setting. It is presently empty and I have done a full scan on the library. In my example, how do I correct for missing pictures (Be Bop Deluxe, Jeff Beck Group)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Custom Clock applet for Touch/Radio/Controller

2020-06-23 Thread stereoptic
Two questions if I may 1) How do I delete a botched up Custom Clock Configuration so that it no longer appears as an option. 2) I am just trying to add moonrise (%l) , moonset (%L), and moon phase (?) to the bottom of the SDT Weather Fahrenheit (touch) style and need a bit of help. I tried

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 2.7.x - Spotify Connect for your Squeezebox

2019-01-07 Thread stereoptic
mherger wrote: > > > Don't panic! You don't need to run the Spotify at all, if you don't want > > to! It's only a way to get the folder information for your playlist > list. But if you had Spotify running on a computer in your network which > > can access LMS, then you might be able to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 2.7.x - Spotify Connect for your Squeezebox

2019-01-07 Thread stereoptic
Hi Michael - I am running LMS on a MacMini. I run Spotty on 2 piCoreplayers, but I _don't__have Spotify loaded on my MacMini. Just to clarify, I have to install the _Spotify_ App on the MacMini first before upgrading to Spotty 2.7.x? Thanks

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] EXCITING: New Orange Squeeze 7/19/17!

2017-11-30 Thread stereoptic
Is there a restriction as to what type of files can be downloaded when using the 'download' option? I just tried to download the songs from a playlist to my Samsung Galaxy and it only downloaded 2 out of 35 songs - those 2 songs were .mp3s, the others that did not download were ALAC. Is that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] OpenVPN Client Player possible ?

2016-11-10 Thread stereoptic
Jeff07971 wrote: > But the OP already has a server, they wanted a client That's me, getting this backwards again! :D stereoptic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53162 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] OpenVPN Client Player possible ?

2016-11-10 Thread stereoptic
I don't know if this helps your situation, but when I upgraded my picoreplayer from a Raspberry Pi 2 to a 3, I found a use for the pi 2 by building a a VPN server on the Pi 2 using these instructions: 'Build a Smart Raspberry Pi VPN Server: Auto Configuring, Plug-n-Play, Use from Anywhere (2nd

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: ShairTunes2 plugin - Airtunes on your LMS

2015-07-12 Thread stereoptic
ralphy wrote: Here's both osx binaries. I'm a little unfamiliar with loading plug-ins this way. Is there a Dummies version of how to load this option on to a Mac OSX Yosemite? Much thanks. stereoptic's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-29 Thread stereoptic
stereoptic wrote: .xxx (where xx.xx.xxx.xxx=my external IP Address) while the Raspberry pi is still ethernet connected to my home network, just to see if that option works when I take the Raspberry pi on the road, and it did connect to my LMS server. However, I noticed minor clicking

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-29 Thread stereoptic
flysurfer wrote: @stereoptic: seems like your Squeezebox Server doesn't recognize your player is playing something? Is there a way to check that? Something in the log? This doesn't happen with any of the other players connected to it. Previously I had an older version of Squeezeplug w

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite playback problems on 24bit flacs

2015-06-26 Thread stereoptic
I'm no expert, but I would investigate the ALSA settings. https://code.google.com/p/squeezelite/ I had a similar issue and I think that I changed mine to 300::24:0 stereoptic's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-26 Thread stereoptic
I've upgraded to ver 2.15, upgraded the raspberry pi settings, and rebooted. Everything is working excellent! Nice work to all involved! 192 khz files are playing properly. I added the option -s xx.xx.xxx.xxx (where xx.xx.xxx.xxx=my external IP Address) while the Raspberry pi is still

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-23 Thread stereoptic
flysurfer wrote: @stereoptic: I am sorry, but without the Max2Play License you are not able to use the Raspberry PI settings Addon with the Kernel-Change. Hi - I have ordered the license, updated my email address, saved, and rebooted. However, I don't see the option for the kernel

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-22 Thread stereoptic
flysurfer wrote: ## UPDATE ## The current Beta of the Raspberry PI Settings Addon (http://shop.max2play.com/media/downloadable/beta/raspberrysettings.tar ) now has the Kernel-Change possibility at the bottom of the page to get 192Khz over HDMI! You may now also check the current

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-20 Thread stereoptic
flysurfer wrote: @stereoptic: The problem with playing 192Khz over HDMI comes from kernel restrictions that force downsampling to 48Khz. Didn't recognize this yet, because the DACs do not have this problem and I did not connect the Raspberry via HDMI. I just rebuilt the kernel (Cirrus

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-12 Thread stereoptic
Man in a van wrote: Found some upsampling suggestions on another forum, don't know if the interest you or not. http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?37480-Analog-Dinosaur-succumbs-to-the-joys-of-FBA-enter-Raspberry-Pi-2-IQ-Audio-DAC-!!p=656215#post656215 Thanks very much for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-11 Thread stereoptic
flysurfer wrote: @stereoptic: do you output the sound direct to the hardware device (without software conversions)? All output settings can be changed on the Audioplayer-Page in advanced settings (Squeezelite). Can you post a screenshot of your settings? You might want to remove all Alsa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Installing Squeezeplug on a Raspberry PI 2

2015-06-10 Thread stereoptic
Is there a limit as to how large a library that LMS can process properly on the RPi 2? stereoptic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53162 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-08 Thread stereoptic
I would like to take the Raspberry pi to a remote location and link to my LMS server at home. I have been able to do that with previous versions of Squeezeplug. Where is the option on the new Max2Play to point the squeezelite to a remote LMS? Or do I have to issue a line command. If so, what

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play Webinterface for Mediaclients (Audioplayer, Squeezeserver, Airplay, XBMC)

2015-06-06 Thread stereoptic
I am using the Squeezelite with Max2Play on a Raspberry Pi Model B. Outputting through HDMI cables into a Marantz Receiver. When I play a high resolution files, it registers on the Marantz with a sample rate of 48. WHen I play the same track using piCorePlayer on another Raspberry Pi, I get a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Local Player plugin and Squeezelite for Linux/Windows/OSX

2013-06-13 Thread stereoptic
Anybody want to take a crack and try to help me analyze this issue? Why do I have to /etc/init.d /squeezeslave first before I see my stereoptic_squeezelite as a player in LMS? In addition to the 96/24 playing slow, some .mp3s play fast. I haven't used it in a week and after a week of non use,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Local Player plugin and Squeezelite for Linux/Windows/OSX

2013-06-10 Thread stereoptic
Triode - First of all, thanks very much for creating the squeezelite player! I will gladly send a donation, please PM with your paypal address. This solved my problem of not buying a second Squeezebox Touch before Logitech abandoned it! I am successful in connecting the my raspberry pi to my