Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-14 Thread Owen Smith
bpa wrote: > The alpha3 version of BBCiPlayer plug has support to extract bandwidth > value from HLS files. Does the bitrate show up on the Web GUI ? R3 > Listen Again does for me and all I get 46kbps I never use the Web GUI. I use any of Duet Controller, SqueezePlay on my Vista laptop, or iPe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-14 Thread bonze
bpa wrote: > The alpha3 version of BBCiPlayer plug has support to extract bandwidth > value from HLS files. Does the bitrate show up on the Web GUI ? R3 > Listen Again does for me and all I get 46kbps The web GUI shows the bitrate, but there is no information on the player. "More Info" shows

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-14 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > The alpha3 version of BBCiPlayer plug has support to extract bandwidth > value from HLS files. Does the bitrate show up on the Web GUI ? R3 > Listen Again does for me and all I get 46kbps Looks like there might be a bug somewhere although bitrate and format is shown OK on Web GUI

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-14 Thread jimwillsher
I've never listened to Radio 3 or Radio 4, but I've just tried R3 and mine shows: Gluck's opera Iphigenie en Tauride starring soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci. Afternoon on 3: Thursday Opera Matinee: Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride *125kbps CBR, AAC LC* -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-14 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > But playing HLS does not. The alpha3 version of BBCiPlayer plug has support to extract bandwidth value from HLS files. Does the bitrate show up on the Web GUI ? R3 Listen Again does for me and all I get 46kbps ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-14 Thread Owen Smith
castalla wrote: > I don't understand the bit rate business - surely, you get what the BBC > chooses to give you? It's not the same for RTMP and HLS on Radio 3 Listen Again. RTMP gives 320kbps, whereas HLS only gives 128kbps (last time I checked). So I use iPlayerExtras for Radio 3 Listen Again t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread castalla
JohnB wrote: > I don't give a jot about live text, it's largely irrelevant for me, > though if it's there I won't object. What I do care about is the audio > quality, and hence the bitrate, together with basic functionality. > > Just shows how the developers have to take into consideration many

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread utgg
Owen Smith wrote: > > I was a bit concerned that the live text patches seemed to be using > third party web sites that appear to have nothing to do with the BBC. > How likely is that to continue working? If you are talking about my Live Text patch, it is using a BBC web site. It's using the BBC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread JohnB
castalla wrote: > I care about live text - not interested in bit rate as long as it plays! I don't give a jot about live text, it's largely irrelevant for me, though if it's there I won't object. What I do care about is the audio quality, and hence the bitrate, together with basic functionality.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread utgg
Owen Smith wrote: > I really don't care about live text at all, I never looked at it when it > did exist previously. I appreciate that others might. > > What I'd like to see is "More Info" on the Controller or SqueezePlay > show the bit rate as well as "File Format: AAC LC". I have no easy way >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread Owen Smith
castalla wrote: > I care about live text - not interested in bit rate as long as it plays! The bit rate matters a lot to me. I will continue to use iPlayerExtras to play Radio 3 Listen Again using 320kbps AAC over RTMP until HLS has 320kbps Listen Again. But it's actually quite awkward to check

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread castalla
Owen Smith wrote: > I really don't care about live text at all, I never looked at it when it > did exist previously. I appreciate that others might. > > What I'd like to see is "More Info" on the Controller or SqueezePlay > show the bit rate as well as "File Format: AAC LC". I have no easy way >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread Owen Smith
jimwillsher wrote: > It would be great if the on air text mods could make it into the final > version of the new plugin. > > Excellent to see this continuing to evolve. > > > Jim I really don't care about live text at all, I never looked at it when it did exist previously. I appreciate that o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread jimwillsher
It would be great if the on air text mods could make it into the final version of the new plugin. Excellent to see this continuing to evolve. Jim jimwillsher's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=410

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-13 Thread hestbank
utgg wrote: > For the adventurous, I've been having a play with adding live updating > text for the all the BBC radio channels - since RadioVis only provides > text information for Radio1 and 1xtra. > > I've done this with regular http polling (every 30 seconds) of a URL > that is used by the of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
tallpaul wrote: > OK, it turns out that not only are they both there but the faad in the > git is binary identical (a 'cmp' reveals ;)) so that simplifies > matters. > > So the steps now are: > > > > - Go to > https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/tree/public/7.9/Bin/x86_64-linux > an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Disable FileTypes AAC native - that will force transcoding and will not > send AAC to players that can play AAC natively. > > If you suggest a procedure - you should always test it and then also > state on which systems it has been tested otherwise say it is untested. I've tried th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread tallpaul
PasTim wrote: > Excellent! Good news. > > Two questions: > > 1. Can't you get both faad and flac from the git? They are both there > aren't they? OK, it turns out that not only are they both there but the faad in the git is binary identical (a 'cmp' reveals ;)) so that simplifies matters. S

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > ISo how can I test this? I've no old SB device and am unfamiliar with > squeezeslave & softsqueeze. Should I, or someone, try this before > suggesting it? Disable FileTypes AAC native - that will force transcoding and will not send AAC to players that can play AAC natively. If

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
tallpaul wrote: > Hurrah. That worked, for both Boom and Classic. Thank you. > > So that is the solution for a clean 14.04 install with 7.7.5 on it. To > re-iterate in more detail for those who need to go the same way the > steps I had to follow were: > > > > - Download the latest 7.9 tarb

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread tallpaul
bpa wrote: > try downloading thre 64 bit version of faad from Slimserver 7.9 but > you'll also need 64 bit version of flac > https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/tree/public/7.9/Bin/x86_64-linux Hurrah. That worked, for both Boom and Classic. Thank you. So that is the solution for a clean 14.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I upgraded from 11.?? but I thought Ubuntu should have warned about > unsupported packages and I don't remember any warnings. I believe the ia32-libs are fine, just not supported, so they probably just left them. > > yes I have SB3, Boom and Duet but don't forget some users may run

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > Did you upgrade to 14.04 or install from scratch? I upgraded from 11.?? but I thought Ubuntu should have warned about unsupported packages and I don't remember any warnings. > (I assume that unlike me you have older SB devices that need faad.) yes I have SB3, Boom and Duet but do

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I have 14.04 and lms 7.8 and 32 bit faad and it works - so I'm not sure > how that happened perhaps because ia32-libs were brought along in an > upgrade/ > > try downloading thre 64 bit version of faad from Slimserver 7.9 but > you'll also need 64 bit version of flac > https://githu

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread bpa
tallpaul wrote: > Of course those buggers at Ubuntu have dropped ia32-libs since 13.10 > (I'm on 14.04LTS). Which specific libraries does it need? I have 14.04 and lms 7.8 and 32 bit faad and it works - so I'm not sure how that happened perhaps because ia32-libs were brought along in an upgrade

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread Owen Smith
PasTim wrote: > So can we confirm that faad does work on all LMS versions on all Windows > versions (so far as we know) except for the issue with a few streams? > > And BTW, I'm not sure what you mean by 'the second thread', but the > 'alternative' version at > http://forums.slimdevices.com/show

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > There's a bug in the Windows faad.exe which exists on all versions of > LMS, but only triggers on a very small number of iPlayer streams. And we > have a fixed version which is linked to in the second thread about > iPlayer fixes. So can we confirm that faad does work on all L

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread Owen Smith
PasTim wrote: > Are there faad issues on other platforms with LMS version 7.9 or with > 7.8 or earlier? There's a bug in the Windows faad.exe which exists on all versions of LMS, but only triggers on a very small number of iPlayer streams. And we have a fixed version which is linked to in the se

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread Owen Smith
garym wrote: > 7.9 versions are here: > > http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.9 Note that these are nightly builds so change often. Hang onto all the files you download from here if you want to be able to re-install exactly what you already had. ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
garym wrote: > 7.9 versions are here: > > http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.9 The question for many would be whether to make the jump to 7.9. I'm happy with it, but some may prefer not to muck around too much with a beta version. What I'd like to know is precisely what platforms

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread garym
tallpaul wrote: > Ah, hold on, let's back up here. You said "7.9 LMS". I'm only on 7.7.5 > because that's what I was offered by > http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download. I'm now looking at > http://www.easysqueezebox.com/index.php/blog/squeezebox-server-7.9.0/ > which I guess is where I should be h

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
tallpaul wrote: > Ah, hold on, let's back up here. You said "7.9 LMS". I'm only on 7.7.5 > because that's what I was offered by > http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download. I'm now looking at > http://www.easysqueezebox.com/index.php/blog/squeezebox-server-7.9.0/ > which I guess is where I should be h

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Since it works for Squeezelite but not for Boom - it probably means your > AAC transcoding support is not working (which is not part of BBC > iplayer plugin) > > You could test by trying to play this AAC streaming URL > http://somafm.com/groovesalad32.pls > > You have not given mu

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread tallpaul
tallpaul wrote: > Yup doesn't work on the Boom (but does on squeezelite). > Yes, sorry, I have set a .sig but it's not been shown for some reason > (edit: aha, there it is). I'm on 7.7.5 - 1416570306 it sez 'ere and it > is indeed a 64 bit Linux kernel. Of course those buggers at Ubuntu have > dr

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread bpa
nkat wrote: > I am allergic to leaving the PC [or any of the spare computers around > the house] running and connected to the Net. Have a firewall but still > cautious re intrusion, as well as overlong use of the machines. Am I old > and mad? Or just old? Even if I did, would that then be availa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread tallpaul
bpa wrote: > Since it works for Squeezelite but not for Boom - it probably means your > AAC transcoding support is not working (which is not part of BBC > iplayer plugin) > > You could test by trying to play this AAC streaming URL > http://somafm.com/groovesalad32.pls > Yup doesn't work on th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread bpa
tallpaul wrote: > If it's any consolation I _am_ a techie and I've just followed those > instructions and although they work fine for my squeezelite client on my > linux desktop (even without the bpa plugin, just Triode's plugin is > sufficient) with the two together I still can't get any audio o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-11 Thread tallpaul
nkat wrote: > > I WILL read again and see if I can try the instructions here: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103435-BBCiPlayer-Plugins-an-alternative-quick-fix-guide > but I am really only a non-techie, Level 1 and 2 helpdesk client/B ark > type in these matters. If it's any con

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-07 Thread nkat
bpa wrote: > It looks like you are using mysb.com. > > 1.How to do you play the BBC stations ? The instruction will vary > according to your use. > > 2.Do you have a Favorite ? > 3. Do you use the Logitech BBC menu ? > 4. Have you installed the Triodes Applet in your Radio - this applet > lets

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread PasTim
boardtc wrote: > Aye, that's where I came from. 3 hours working on it over 2 nights now. > Have loaded the files but have got stuck trying to replace the menu. If you are using the alternative quick fix guide from http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103435-BBCiPlayer-Plugins-an-alternati

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread boardtc
castalla wrote: > If you have installed the alpha plugin, then there's no need to change > the menu.opml . Big smile on my face mate, Thanks :-) 6music is back. I got the link confusedm did not spot the new plugins. Cut my losses indeed. Live & listen back working just like that. Wicked, thanks

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread castalla
boardtc wrote: > Aye, that's where I came from. 3 hours working on it over 2 nights now. > Have loaded the files but have got stuck trying to replace the menu. If you have installed the alpha plugin, then there's no need to change the menu.opml . Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acous

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread boardtc
castalla wrote: > Cut your losses and follow this route: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103435-BBCiPlayer-Plugins-an-alternative-quick-fix-guide Aye, that's where I came from. 3 hours working on it over 2 nights now. Have loaded the files but have got stuck trying to replace the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread castalla
boardtc wrote: > Yes! I certainly was confused. I can't find a BBCiPlayer plugin > directory on my WHS at all. No directory like that under C:\Program > Files\Squeezebox\server\Slim\Plugins Cut your losses and follow this route: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103435-BBCiPlayer-

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread boardtc
castalla wrote: > You seem confused! > > The files have to be replaced in the BBCiPlayer plugin folder on the > server - not the devices. Yes! I certainly was confused. I can't find a BBCiPlayer plugin directory on my WHS at all. No directory like that under C:\Program Files\Squeezebox\server\S

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread castalla
boardtc wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to replace the opml file on my squeezeboz > boom (first, then a classic)? I tried to WinScp to it but that was not > allowed. > > My server is running on WHS. > > Thanks! You seem confused! The files have to be replaced in the BBCiPlayer plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread boardtc
bonze wrote: > I have attached two replacement menu.opml files, based on the URLs > supplied earlier in the thread. > I am trying to figure out how to replace the opml file on my squeezeboz boom (first, then a classic)? I tried to WinScp to it but that was not allowed. My server is running o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread steveg71
I'd just like to add to the chorus of thanks to Triode, utgg et al for their excellent work in bringing back the iPlayer from the dead. I have a lot of SB boxes of various kinds and was gutted when the BBC live and listen again streams stopped working. You've saved us all a fortunate!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-06 Thread utgg
Owen Smith wrote: > Windows by default ignores a TTL of zero and will cache the IP address > anyway. Windows DNS caching assumes that DNS to IP address mappings > hardly ever change. Some experiments. This is from my own 'C' HLS decode program running on both win7 and my ARM/linux NAS. The HTTP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread Owen Smith
I've seen DNS lookups take over 3 seconds, but then I'm on a slow ADSL connection with a high error rate. I'm guessing the 3 seconds is due to UDP retries as the first few attempts get trashed on my crappy line. I don't know why LMS appears to not suffer the horrible Windows DNS cache. Maybe (wil

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread utgg
Owen Smith wrote: > Windows by default ignores a TTL of zero and will cache the IP address > anyway. Windows DNS caching assumes that DNS to IP address mappings > hardly ever change. I'm intrigued by all this. LMS does it's own DNS caching - if you enable network.asyncdns debug logging you can s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread Owen Smith
utgg wrote: > I don't really know either, but he seemed to know what he was talking > about. > > What he is saying is that with the akamai CDN (the one we use for live > streams because it is baked into the url in menu.opml) the time-to-live > in DNS responses is often set to zero. This means th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread bonze
utgg wrote: > Possibly, but the limelight URL redirects with '302 Moved Temporarily' > code (so the redirection shouldn't be remembered if the HTTP > implementation is behaving properly), and therefore requires two > dependent HTTP fetches for each chunk or playlist fetch. > > This looks to be j

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread utgg
bonze wrote: > Would switching to limelight make any difference? Possibly, but the limelight URL redirects with '302 Moved Temporarily' code (so the redirection shouldn't be remembered if the HTTP implementation is behaving properly), and therefore requires two dependent HTTP fetches for each ch

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > it all seems a bit esoteric to me hls streams are as steady as a > rock for me. But not for everyone, so it seems. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp to MF M1 CLiC (to MF amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP renderer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread castalla
it all seems a bit esoteric to me hls streams are as steady as a rock for me. Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW10

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread bonze
utgg wrote: > What he is saying is that with the akamai CDN (the one we use for live > streams because it is baked into the url in menu.opml) the time-to-live > in DNS responses is often set to zero. This means that the local > handling of DNS lookups in the OS, router and ISP DNS server or whate

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread utgg
PasTim wrote: > Being somewhat ignorant about such things, how can local Powerline > adapters affect DNS? Can other local network factors affect this? Does > the external DNS server used make any difference? I don't really know either, but he seemed to know what he was talking about. What he

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread PasTim
utgg wrote: > Interesting information from 'off-tune' on the BBC Audio Factory blog. > For any that seem to suffer instability/buffering in playing HLS > streams, it is possible you may have a DNS issue in your local system. > In his case it was being caused by Powerline adapters. > > Now I've l

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread utgg
Interesting information from 'off-tune' on the BBC Audio Factory blog. For any that seem to suffer instability/buffering in playing HLS streams, it is possible you may have a DNS issue in your local system. In his case it was being caused by Powerline adapters. Now I've looked, the resolved ip ad

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread utgg
Andy Cudlip wrote: > OK, its there now. Before I copied your patch over the top, I made a > copy of the BBC iPlayer folder (named > C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins\Plugins\BBCiPlayer - > Copy). As soon as I moved that out of the Plugins folder and restarted > LMS, the extra optio

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread Andy Cudlip
OK, its there now. Before I copied your patch over the top, I made a copy of the BBC iPlayer folder (named C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins\Plugins\BBCiPlayer - Copy). As soon as I moved that out of the Plugins folder and restarted LMS, the extra option was there. Thanks for your

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread Andy Cudlip
Strange, still no joy. Copied all files. Just to make sure though, where should I see the extra setting? On Settings, Advanced, BBC iPlayer page? Logitech Media Server Version: 7.8.1 - 1415964505 @ Sat Nov 15 03:05:01 CUT 2014 1 x Squeezebox Classic -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread utgg
Andy Cudlip wrote: > Hi > > I'm not seeing the 'Show OnAir Text' option. I updated to alpha3, > stopped LMS, copied UTGG's zip file (I'm a windows user) over the top of > the existing plugin, overwriting existing files. Restarted LMS, but > don't see the new settings option. > > I was a bit con

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-05 Thread Andy Cudlip
Hi I'm not seeing the 'Show OnAir Text' option. I updated to alpha3, stopped LMS, copied UTGG's zip file (I'm a windows user) over the top of the existing plugin, overwriting existing files. Restarted LMS, but don't see the new settings option. I was a bit confused as to if this was supposed to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-04 Thread TurnipMan
utgg wrote: > It's very simple to have a combined "Programme Title - Programme Info" > display all the time. Just edit line 164 of OnAir.pm from: > > Code: > > > $self->text($info); > > > > to > > Code: > > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-04 Thread PasTim
utgg wrote: > ... > What's next is a little more problematic. The url I use does say what > the next program Title is (although it sometimes just says 'Radio 4' for > example). How to display that though. I was thinking of an option to > alternate the display between Current and next Show Title e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-04 Thread utgg
TurnipMan wrote: > I would say yes, if it's simple. > How hard would it be to enable a what's next option too? So if you have > the Radio 4 Six o'clock news on you could see what the half hour comedy > coming up is. > > Thanks > Tom It's very simple to have a combined "Programme Title - Program

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-04 Thread castalla
utgg wrote: > I'm bit confused by your comment too! Are you looking on a > Boom/SB3/Classic/Transporter with VFD display? I don't see any of those > in your signature... Often the 'What's on right now' information that is > all I'm showing on the VFD only gives just a date like '04/04/2015'. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-04 Thread PasTim
utgg wrote: > This is just a bug fix to get the live text to display on the older > players with a VFD display like SB3, Boom & Transporter. As it is mostly > just a copy of Triode's code, I think it should be all good now > TurnipMan and majones say it works. > > The bug fix won't affect the di

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-04 Thread utgg
castalla wrote: > Reading through your comments .. I'm a bit confused. > > Is it the case that programme info is only available for radio 1 and 2 ? > I don't see any info for other stations. I'm bit confused by your comment too! Are you looking on a Boom/SB3/Classic/Transporter with VFD display

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-04 Thread TurnipMan
utgg wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. I've finally found softsqueeze is the right > software player for me to see what your displays are showing. > > I can now see that there are only two lines to display the 3 (or > potentially even 4) lines of information from other displays: Radio > Station,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread bonze
utgg wrote: > Were you looking at this form of url: > http://polling.bbc.co.uk/radio/realtime/bbc_6music.json by any chance? > That gives track and artist info, but isn't updated if there is no > track/artist actually playing - it only has valid information if the > "realtime" name at the end of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread castalla
utgg wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. I've finally found softsqueeze is the right > software player for me to see what your displays are showing. > > I can now see that there are only two lines to display the 3 (or > potentially even 4) lines of information from other displays: Radio > Station,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
TurnipMan wrote: > Well done. I get the station name in large with a ticker showing the > programme details along the top. > Tom majones wrote: > Works for me too on my Boom! - many thanks utgg. Thanks for the feedback. I've finally found softsqueeze is the right software player for me to see

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread castalla
utgg wrote: > But the images are mostly just headshots of the presenter, and I wasn't > that bothered about having those! Maybe something for a future update. Please no! I hate that type of programme info! I don't care what they look like - it's radio! Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
bonze wrote: > This is excellent, and works well on my Windows system > > I'd been looking at the info they provide for the Radioplayer on the > desktop, but hadn't got very far. > And went down a few dead ends on the way. > > The url that you poll seems more useful than the one I was looki

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread castalla
utgg wrote: > This is just a bug fix to get the live text to display on the older > players with a VFD display like SB3, Boom & Transporter. As it is mostly > just a copy of Triode's code, I think it should be all good now > TurnipMan and majones say it works. > > The bug fix won't affect the di

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
PasTim wrote: > utgg - Does the latest patch need to tested more widely or does it only > affect specific devices? This is just a bug fix to get the live text to display on the older players with a VFD display like SB3, Boom & Transporter. As it is mostly just a copy of Triode's code, I think it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread majones
TurnipMan wrote: > Well done. I get the station name in large with a ticker showing the > programme details along the top. > Tom Works for me too on my Boom! - many thanks utgg. majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread PasTim
TurnipMan wrote: > Well done. I get the station name in large with a ticker showing the > programme details along the top. > Tom utgg - Does the latest patch need to tested more widely or does it only affect specific devices? LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->19

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread TurnipMan
utgg wrote: > Ok, I've got it now I think - still learning a lot about perl! Can you > try this one please: 17831 > Thanks. Well done. I get the station name in large with a ticker showing the programme details along the top. Tom

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
TurnipMan wrote: > Yes it works - I think - on 1 and 1X there's a ticker along the top of > the station ident. > Never seen that before, probably because I'm too old to listen to Radio > 1. > Tom Ok, I've got it now I think - still learning a lot about perl! Can you try this one please: 17831 Th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread DaveCheltenham
mick_w wrote: > utgg - great patch, works a treat!! > > It's been said many times in this thread already, but a big thanks to > the community for maintaining this plugin, especially Triode, bpa, utgg > for dedicating so much effort in getting this working. > > We shouldn't underestimate the sca

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread TurnipMan
utgg wrote: > RadioVis isn't a separate plugin - it's part of the BBCiPlayer plugin. > It what does the existing live text, but only text for Radio1 and 1Xtra, > if you have 'Show Live Text' ticked. Does that work on the player > display (untick 'Show OnAir Text' first - it will get confused if y

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
TurnipMan wrote: > That is my checkage, I've never used RadioVis so I can't say. I appear > to be getting timeouts on the plugins page and can't install it. > > "-Bad repository http://www.mysqueezebox.com/public/plugins/logitech.xml > - Connect timed out: > Bad repository http://www.mysqueezeb

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread TurnipMan
utgg wrote: > Oh. I will need to have a think about how I can debug this without > having a suitable player to hand. Does anyone know if SqueezeSlave text > output does the same thing? > > Just for sanity, can you confirm that in the plugin settings you've got > 'Show Live Text' and 'Show Slide

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
TurnipMan wrote: > Tried that. Same behavior. It does, and did, show the info if you press > go right on the remote. But just goes away on NowPlaying. Oh. I will need to have a think about how I can debug this without having a suitable player to hand. Does anyone know if SqueezeSlave text output

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
Wigster wrote: > Hi, > > So I've been testing the new iPlayer 1.3.1a3 plugin with the updated > faad.exe on WHS v1 and a Squeezebox 3 (LMS 7.8.1). > > 1) Updating the faad has allowed me to access the Live streams (non-UK). > There seems to be some rebufferring issues every minute or so (both >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread TurnipMan
utgg wrote: > Thanks for trying this. I don't have an older squeezebox with the VFD > display to test on, and didn't know if it would work for those. I'd > copied the appropriate bits of code from Triode's RadioVis.pm file, but > had missed a crucial line which actually sets the text. Can either

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
danco wrote: > How about on a Mac? I don't have time to try it myself at the moment. My > guess is that the same command in Terminal will work. I don't have a Mac, but I gather it is fairly normal unix at the command line in a Terminal, so I'd expect the patch command should work. Or I presume y

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread utgg
majones wrote: > Great! - may thanks. But on my Boom, the programme name appears briefly > and then blanks out (dark screen) - any thoughts on why? TurnipMan wrote: > I get the same issue with the new patch on a Classic as the boom, brief > display info then nothing. Thanks for trying this. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread Owen Smith
Ah, Wigster is another WHS v1 user. I will still install the new faad.exe Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread ModelCitizen
I'd just like to say I think all you guys are great. :-) Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread Wigster
Hi, So I've been testing the new iPlayer 1.3.1a3 plugin with the updated faad.exe on WHS v1 and a Squeezebox 3 (LMS 7.8.1). 1) Updating the faad has allowed me to access the Live streams (non-UK). There seems to be some rebufferring issues every minute or so (both Radio 1 and Radio 6), but the s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread TurnipMan
Hi, Thanks again to all that have helped to return the IPlayer function. I get the same issue with the new patch on a Classic as the boom, brief display info then nothing. Tom TurnipMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread danco
utgg wrote: > > As I've needed to touch a few files in the plugin, I'm just posting a > patch file at the moment (only applies to the BBCiPlayer-v1.3.1alpha3 > plugin). Sorry, this is for linux command line only for now (or cygwin > or similar in windows). able as it is GPLv2), he's in no way re

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread slartibartfast
Finally installed the latest alpha plugin and really pleased with the results. Seeking within listen again streams is flawless. Massive thanks to Triode. I may try the patch for text information later. I'm so pleased this community exists. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread ChipMonk
utgg wrote: > For the adventurous, I've been having a play with adding live updating > text for the all the BBC radio channels - since RadioVis only provides > text information for Radio1 and 1xtra. Wonderful - I wondered who/when this would be implemented. I've never got patching to work on my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-04-03 Thread PasTim
utgg wrote: > For the adventurous, I've been having a play with adding live updating > text for the all the BBC radio channels - since RadioVis only provides > text information for Radio1 and 1xtra. > > I've done this with regular http polling (every 30 seconds) of a URL > that is used by the of

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