Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > I've downloaded them as you sent them through icloud. Can't reproduce > either :( Philippe, I think you need to take a couple of days off. You obviously have me confused with another user --- not surprising given the recent tsunami of activity. I didn't send you any files

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Would it be helpful if I sent you the mp3 files that I use for testing? > I haven't upgraded to Windows 11 yet. Maybe it's time for me to do it, > if only to stop getting those nagging messages every time I reboot. I've downloaded them as you sent them through icloud. Can't

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > Well in 2.1.0 it was working ... because it was not working. I left a > bug where in fact everything was by default acting like "underrun", > which is not a good idea at all, the pipeline has to be better than > that. What drives me nuts is that I can't reproduce that on my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > Would you mind trying that version? I've just added a log to help me > figure out the error. Just un-zip the attachment and run it from > anywhere. There is no need to copy it to a special folder, but don't > forget to stop the instance that LMS starts (uncheck "Start the >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > Try using the underrun option of gapless. This seems to be a windows > specific issue we’re sockets are closed by something when they don’t > display activity after 3 mins Hey, Philippe. To continue my previous post, I just noticed in the log that all of the errors seem to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Thanks, Philippe. That worked. I guess the question I have is "Why > should the user have to set a non-default option in the plugin in order > to play a standard vanilla mp3 playlist in passthrough mode without the > tracks repeatedly and predictably skipping forward?". My LMS is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Thanks, Philippe. That worked. I guess the question I have is "Why > should the user have to set a non-default option in the plugin in order > to play a standard vanilla mp3 playlist in passthrough mode without the > tracks repeatedly and predictably skipping forward?". My LMS is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > Try using the underrun option of gapless. This seems to be a windows > specific issue we’re sockets are closed by something when they don’t > display activity after 3 mins Thanks, Philippe. That worked. I guess the question I have is "Why should the user have to set a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Bad news. The problem with mp3 tracks ending prematurely that was fixed > in version 2.1.0 has returned with 2.1.10 and is still present in > 2.1.12. Did you ever play Whack-a-Mole? :D > > > Code: > > > Starting Squeeze2cast:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
SamY wrote: > The problem is no longer happening in 2.1.11. I am using a stereo pair > of Google Nest Minis. No flow or transcoding in use. As mentioned in a > previous post, the problem with local mp3 tracks ending prematurely also > returned with 2.1.10. I will be retesting with 2.1.11 later

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread philippe_44
Errik128 wrote: > Restarting Squeeze2cast after crash: > /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/CastBridge/Bin/squeeze2cast-linux-arm-static > -Z -I -f /var/log/squeezeboxserver/castbridge.log -x > /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/castbridge.xml > > Restarting Squeeze2cast

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread Errik128
Restarting Squeeze2cast after crash: /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/CastBridge/Bin/squeeze2cast-linux-arm-static -Z -I -f /var/log/squeezeboxserver/castbridge.log -x /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/castbridge.xml Restarting Squeeze2cast after crash:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread humax99
humax99 wrote: > I also have a playback issue with FLAC albums. The tracks play fine and > then after a few minutes the sound stops, the track is still counting > down in the timeline bar on the controller and then after 3-4 secs the > sound starts again. This pattern repeats throughout the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > What brand of CC are these? > > [edit]: it's probably an error I left in 2.1.10 where I moved a > "throttling down" option to a different place and kept a lock that > likely starved your player (are you using flow or re-encoding?) The problem is no longer happening in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread SamY
Verulam wrote: > Following the upgrade to 2.1.11 this issue appears to be solved, and I > no longer have problems playing FLACs with no transcoding. Same here. FLAC is now working as it was before v2.1.10. Btw, the player I am testing with is a stereo pair of Google Nest Minis. Another caveat

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread Verulam
slartibartfast wrote: > FWIW my device is a Google Nest Mini and I can play a FLAC album without > any tracks ending early with no transcoding. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Following the upgrade to 2.1.11 this issue appears to be solved, and I no longer have problems playing

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread humax99
I also have a playback issue with FLAC albums. The tracks play fine and then after a few minutes the sound stops, the track is still counting down in the timeline bar on the controller and then after 3-4 secs the sound starts again. This pattern repeats throughout the album. There does not

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread slartibartfast
Verulam wrote: > Philippe, > > Thanks for your ongoing help with this. > > I have upgrade to 2.1.10 this morning, and started to have problems with > a playlist of FLACs as the FLACs would end early, with the next track > playing. This occured with both streaming set to normal and underrun.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread john greenwood
philippe_44 wrote: > When you turn LMS on, it might start its own bridge and then the issue > will happen. That's what the log says. You should turn off the bridge on > one of the LMS server (either one, the bridge doe snot have to run on > the same machine as LMS - it's just *much* more

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-13 Thread Verulam
Philippe, Thanks for your ongoing help with this. I have upgrade to 2.1.10 this morning, and started to have problems with a playlist of FLACs as the FLACs would end early, with the next track playing. This occured with both streaming set to normal and underrun. However, there was no

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Immediately after updating to v2.1.10, my Radio Paradise streaming FLAC > playback began failing consistently. LMS 8.4.0 Dec 4 build. The first > error occurred exactly 1:40 after beginning playback. The second and > third were at 1:25 and the fourth at 2:03. Only the first two

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread Paul Webster
However, things have moved on since I wrote that. It is still correct but the official release has since been updated. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread mark-in-seattle
Paul Webster wrote: > To remove … remove the extra plugin repository from the bottom of the > plugin list - then remove and reinstall the plugin and you should be > back to the last release. Thank you for this suggested procedure to migrate from the dev version of Chromecast plugin. Will try

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread SamY
Immediately after updating to v2.1.10, my Radio Paradise streaming FLAC playback began failing consistently. LMS 8.4.0 Dec 4 build. The first error occurred exactly 1:30 after beginning playback. The second and third were at 1:25 and the fourth at 2:03. Only the first two are shown in the log.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread philippe_44
john greenwood wrote: > OK - more uploads > > (4) Turned off secondary server entirely. Also shut down JRiver server > which had been running in parallel with LMS on primary server for over a > year. > (5) Added JRiver back in > (6) Turned secondary server back on. LMS does not run on startup

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread john greenwood
philippe_44 wrote: > John, there is something wrong with your LMS server. The players are > constantly losing connection and re-opening it, all the time. Most of > the times, it can catchup where streaming was left, but it will always > fail at some point. Have you done a full reboot of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread Craig Rogers
Phillipe, you are amazing. Thank you so much for all your hard work you have invested in this amazing plugin. I can confirm that so far V2.1.7 has fixed both the issues with playing one track and stopping and also the artwork is now being displayed again. Thank you once again!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread philippe_44
john greenwood wrote: > Downloaded 2.1.7 (but not the new version of LMS available today). Made > it through three tracks of the Beach Boys before it stopped. However, > from the outset the track timer was jumping around. Settings Static > and Flow/FLAC. > > Log file attached. John,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread john greenwood
Downloaded 2.1.7 (but not the new version of LMS available today). Made it through three tracks of the Beach Boys before it stopped. However, from the outset the track timer was jumping around. Settings Static and Flow/FLAC. Log file attached.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread Verulam
Philippe, Thank you for your help. Version 2.1.6 has solved the issues mentioned in my previous email yesterday. Thanks. Verulam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70962 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-12 Thread ModelCitizen
LMS: Version: 8.3.0 - 1667251155 Hosted on dedicated Win 10 pro server (64 bit) MSV C++ 2022 installed. All firewalls, security and av disabled I uninstalled the old versions of the two plugins (via LMS), deleting prefs and configs. Then installed new versions (via LMS). Now have: Chromecast:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread SamY
Craig Rogers wrote: > Another thing I have noticed since the upgrade, but unsure if it's > related is that the album artwork doesn't display on either the Web > Interface or Squeezer (Android). I seem to be an outlier but everything is working well for me with the new version, including cover

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread ModelCitizen
Windows 10 dedicated LMS server (very basic set up, no clever stuff, one network card). LMS Version: 8.3.0 - 1667251155 I allowed the two(?) recent UPnP and CastBridge updates. Result: all my Google and UpNP players disappeared from LMS. Played around with static, non-static binaries and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
I just tried playing a Beach Boys greatest hits album (short tracks): Non-Static/No Flow Non Static/Flow Static/No Flow Static/Flow None of them worked. The No Flow attempts repeated the issue I had with prior releases of ChromeCast - LMS would skip randomly down the tracks without playing

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread Errik128
I now can't see the players, the jbl playlist, mibox, google mini (( Errik128's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66172 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104614

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread Craig Rogers
Another thing I have noticed since the upgrade, but unsure if it's related is that the album artwork doesn't display on either the Web Interface or Squeezer (Android). Craig Rogers's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
john greenwood wrote: > Could be. I had another bridge running during my troubleshooting. I > will turn it off. > > As for the development repository, I only come on this forum when I have > a problem. So I had no idea that major changes were to be made. The > update notice was like the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
philippe_44 wrote: > I think you ended up having 2 versions of the bridge running and they > fight to have access to the same players Could be. I had another bridge running during my troubleshooting. I will turn it off. As for the development repository, I only come on this forum when I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread Verulam
Phillipe Thank you for your hard work on this. When I upgraded to castbridge 2.1.1 I had a similar problem in that it was only playing one item from my playlist and then stopping. I have been playing around with the settings. Initially I had transcode set to FLAC. When I changed transcode

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread philippe_44
john greenwood wrote: > Again bad to worse. This time, I couldn't get through a single track > before LMS started jumping from track to track. Another blast from the > past, previously overcome by turning on flow. To be honest, flow did > not work perfectly but it reduced problems by 98-99%.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread philippe_44
Craig Rogers wrote: > Hi everyone, I've never joined or posted as this was the best solution > for my needs, but aghhh! Now it's broken. I am having the same > issues as John, once I managed to finally get this updated bridge > working. Can we please go back to an older version until

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
john greenwood wrote: > This time made it through 9 tracks before stopping. Double checked and > flow was on. I'm going to turn on logging. again bad to worse. This time, I couldn't get through a single track before LMS started jumping from track to track. Another blast from the past,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread Jobarr
I swear I had gotten it to work at one point yesterday too, but I can't figure out what I did or if Flow was maybe actually off or what. So far I haven't been able to find any error messages in the logs to explain why it is stopping, but maybe I don't have the right options turned on for that.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
Jobarr wrote: > I am running LMS version: 8.3.1 (1670141275) and the newest version of > the plugin (2.1.2) on Docker (lmscommunity/logitechmediaserver:stable; > host network mode). Obviously I am not the only one with problems at the > moment, but since the latest update, the static binary

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread Jobarr
I am running LMS version: 8.3.1 (1670141275) and the newest version of the plugin (2.1.2) on Docker (lmscommunity/logitechmediaserver:stable; host network mode). Obviously I am not the only one with problems at the moment, but since the latest update, the static binary keeps crashing

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
Craig Rogers wrote: > Hi everyone, I've never joined or posted as this was the best solution > for my needs, but aghhh! Now it's broken. I am having the same > issues as John, once I managed to finally get this updated bridge > working. Can we please go back to an older version until

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread Craig Rogers
john greenwood wrote: > Alas, opening the firewall simply brought back a problem I thought I had > overcome. LMS/CastBridge will not play more than one song. This was a > sporadic issue in the past, which I solved by switching to > Flow/Transcode to FLAC. Now that no longer works at all. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-11 Thread john greenwood
john greenwood wrote: > > > Edit - opening the firewall seems to have done the trick. Alas, opening the firewall simply brought back a problem I thought I had overcome. LMS/CastBridge will not play more than one song. This was an issue in the past, which I solved by switching to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread SamY
john greenwood wrote: > Please read my post when I said from bad to worse. > > Edit - opening the firewall seems to have done the trick. A suggestion for future postings: Only edit a post within a few minutes of creating it. There is no notification created for edits, only for new posts.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread SamY
toycar69 wrote: > > > I've been through the same sequence as SamY, and I can confirm the same > result: using the squeeze2cast-static binary you uploaded to dropbox > solves the issue for me. I hadn't spotted that the system seemed to > work fine for the first few tracks, as my general use

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread john greenwood
philippe_44 wrote: > I don’t understand the “same thing”. I don’t recall you said you cannot > select the bi art, I though you said it would crash. Forget for now the > detail of creating a config file, it does not matter. What is important > is does the app run or not. If it does run but you

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread Paul Webster
What do you see when you click on “Select binary”? Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra \"radio now playing\" plugin lots more - see

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread john greenwood
39363 Here's a picture of what I get - the only thing I get. +---+ |Filename: Screenshot (1).png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39363|

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread philippe_44
john greenwood wrote: > 1. Where do I find 2.1.2? > > 2. How do I "manually" install it? > > Edit - found and installed 2.1.2 and the C++ redistributables. Same > thing - I can't select a binary, and I can't create config file. I don’t understand the “same thing”. I don’t recall you said you

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread john greenwood
philippe_44 wrote: > Install 2.1.2 and in settings, there is a link to what needs to be > installed under W!nd*ws 1. Where do I find 2.1.2? 2. How do I "manually" install it? john greenwood's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-10 Thread toycar69
Hi Philippe, sorry for the slow response. I had subscribed to the thread, but I didn't get any messages to say there was a response. Also, I don't know if my forum account is still being moderated, so it may take a few hours before this message is seen. I've been through the same sequence as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread philippe_44
john greenwood wrote: > Any help during the interim. Can I go back to the old version? Install 2.1.2 and in settings, there is a link to what needs to be installed under W!nd*ws LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread john greenwood
philippe_44 wrote: > Yes, no surprise :) but the result will be improvements at the end, with > a bit os sweating and swearing in the middle for everybody Any help during the interim. Can I go back to the old version?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > Yes, no surprise :) but the result will be improvements at the end, with > a bit os sweating and swearing in the middle for everybody Lol! Sounds like the perfect job description of a software developer. Sam

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Your expectations appear to have been warranted... :eek: Yes, no surprise :) but the result will be improvements at the end, with a bit os sweating and swearing in the middle for everybody LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > So I'm expecting a fair bit of issues..., but that's how it works :) Your expectations appear to have been warranted... :eek: Sam SamY's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread philippe_44
john greenwood wrote: > New to me. Do I do that by adding -static in "Extra command line > options"? No, look at the helper binary in the plugin's settings LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, Foobar2000,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread john greenwood
john greenwood wrote: > New to me. Do I do that by adding -static in "Extra command line > options"? OK - I found the binary toggle. Whichever I choose I get the message cannot find VCOMP140.DLL. john greenwood's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread john greenwood
philippe_44 wrote: > Try using the static version New to me. Do I do that by adding -static in "Extra command line options"? john greenwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41039 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread philippe_44
john greenwood wrote: > Had trouble with the 2.1.1 update. Tried installing it and my computer > crashed. I'm not sure if that was cause and effect. But even after > rebooting, my Chrome-based players did not show up. I tried recreating > the config file, restarting LMS several times and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread john greenwood
Had trouble with the 2.1.1 update. Tried installing it and my computer crashed. I'm not sure if that was cause and effect. But even after rebooting, my Chrome-based players did not show up. I tried recreating the config file, restarting LMS several times and rebooting my computer again to no

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread mamema
philippe_44 wrote: > I've done a massive refactoring of all my plugins & apps, they have been > on the "dev" repository for a while but now is time to move them to > stable while my memory is still "fresh". So I'm expecting a fair bit of > issues with that, but that's how it works :) opened a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread philippe_44
Apesbrain wrote: > Updated this morning, but CastBridge won't stay running. Log shows a > series of "Retarting Squeeze2cast after crash" (sic) messages. > > Have tried both versions of the exe. This on Win 10 x64 server. > Thanks. Can you open a cmd window and open it manually to see what

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread Apesbrain
Updated this morning, but CastBridge won't stay running. Log shows a series of "Retarting Squeeze2cast after crash" (sic) messages. Have tried both versions of the exe. This on Win 10 x64 server. Thanks. Apesbrain's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-09 Thread tw99
I just installed the latest stable version of Castbridge and Upnpbridge, and was surprised to find that neither worked after restarting the server. It seems that I needed to manually select an ARM image type, and then it was OK. I'm not sure if I missed a notification about this, but it seems

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-08 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Ha ha!! I feel your pain. Just out of curiosity, what sort of negative > feedback are you anticipating? Are there any other test scenarios that > you would like me to try? I normally don't play many mp3 albums but just > happened to pick one at random the other night when I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-08 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > Thanks, that's good news! I will try to stick with that version and I'll > move it to be the stable one now (same for UPnP). I'm expecting a fair > bit of (unhappy) "feedback" with all the changes but I need all that to > move on :) Ha ha!! I feel your pain. Just out of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-08 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Okay, here are the results of my testing. (**Spoiler** It's working!) > > I started with the latest version of the 'old' Chromecast plugin. > > 1. Disabled the Windows "Private network" firewall. Result: No change > 2. Re-enabled the firewall, added a registry KeepAliveTime

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-08 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > I'd be curious about that parameter > > > Code: > > > By changing the TCP/IP timeout value on the serveryou can reduce the delay from the default two(2) hours to three (3) minutes. This should not be done on the workstations. It should only be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-08 Thread philippe_44
I've updated the dev version (see 1st post) with a changes that might take care of this issue, hopping it does not break more other things as it is a kind of fundamental change in the pipeline sequencing. LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-07 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Sure. The only firewall in use on the server is the built-in Windows > firewall. I'll do some testing with it tomorrow. Are there any specific > settings or ports you want open? If not, I'll just disable it altogether > for the first test. I'd be curious about that parameter

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-07 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > The Windows information is really important. Any chance you can disable > firewall of any sort and see what happens? Sure. The only firewall in use on the server is the built-in Windows firewall. I'll do some testing with it tomorrow. Are there any specific settings or

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-07 Thread philippe_44
SamY wrote: > Hi Philippe. Add me to the list for this problem. Easily recreatable. > Mp3 rip of Diana Krall "Live in Paris". Nearly every track is over 5 > minutes long. It begins happening around the 3rd track and again on most > (but not all) tracks after that. I only noticed it since moving

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-07 Thread SamY
philippe_44 wrote: > See > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?116980-AirPlay-Chromecast-and-UPnP-bridges-update=1067492=1#post1067492 Hi Philippe. Add me to the list for this problem. Easily recreatable. Mp3 rip of Diana Krall "Live in Paris". Nearly every track is over 5 minutes

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-07 Thread philippe_44
toycar69 wrote: > Hi there, > > I've recently started using LMS to exclusively play my music collection > on my google cast devices, which are mainly Onkyo speakers plus a > Samsung soundbar. The castbridge plugin is amazing, thank you so much > philippe. > I've found I'm getting some songs

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-06 Thread Paul Webster
To remove … remove the extra plugin repository from the bottom of the plugin list - then remove and reinstall the plugin and you should be back to the last release. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-06 Thread mark-in-seattle
philippe_44 wrote: > Oh you don't need manual tinkering, just add a new repository in the > "plugins" tab : > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lms-plugins-philippe44/dev/repo-sf.xml Original problem: on QNAP running LMS v8.3, all my nice wireless Chromecast Speakers disappeared after

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-01 Thread philippe_44
What version do you use? Where are the tracks forms and what are their formats? Can you posit the bridge’s log? LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-12-01 Thread toycar69
Hi there, I've recently started using LMS to exclusively play my music collection on my google cast devices, which are mainly Onkyo speakers plus a Samsung soundbar. The castbridge plugin is amazing, thank you so much philippe. I've found I'm getting some songs randomly cutting off before the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-30 Thread philippe_44
mark-in-seattle wrote: > Pilippe, thank you for your reply to my latest post and the suggestion > to get a dev version of the plugin and also helping me understand the > device discovery process via mDNS. > > Will take a day or so to find time to pull a log file and also get a > copy of your

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-30 Thread mark-in-seattle
philippe_44 wrote: > Yes, the "create" adds entries to the XML file only for devices that > answer to the broadcast request. This means (to be confirmed by a log) > that none of your devices answers the "broadcast" request. If you're > familiar with networking, it works using mDNS service

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-29 Thread philippe_44
mark-in-seattle wrote: > -"Usually the config file is not very needed for CC devices. Having > devices entries in there does NOT create the device, but it helps > configuring it AFTER it is detected during a search"- > That is good to know, had assumed only devices appearing in the config >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-29 Thread mark-in-seattle
philippe_44 wrote: > Usually the config file is not very needed for CC devices. Having > devices entries in there does NOT create the device, but it helps > configuring it AFTER it is detected during a search. The only options > that might have an impact are the GLOBAL ones related to network.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-29 Thread philippe_44
mark-in-seattle wrote: > Worked and worked without success so far to get my multiple Chromecast > speakers working again with LMS, but no way to generate a castbridge.xml > config file on my working LMS v8.3.1 running under QNAP NAS. > > The LMS server works with my old Squeezeboxes just fine,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-29 Thread mark-in-seattle
Worked and worked without success so far to get my multiple Chromecast speakers working again with LMS, but no way to generate a castbridge.xml config file on my working LMS v8.3.1 running under QNAP NAS. The LMS server works with my old Squeezeboxes just fine, music played, players seen

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-26 Thread Paul Webster
HerculePirate wrote: > > How do I use your updated plugins from LMS? The link downloads an xml > file. How do I use it ? The XML file is a plugin "repository" definition. You add the URL to the bottom of the page of plugins in LMS Default web interface. Paul Webster author of \"now

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-26 Thread HerculePirate
philippe_44 wrote: > What is "THE" update? Strangely enough the static version works. How do I use your updated plugins from LMS? The link downloads an xml file. How do I use it ? HerculePirate's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-25 Thread philippe_44
HerculePirate wrote: > I have the @dlandon logitech Media server installed on my UNRAID server > but before the update i was able to connect the Chrome bridge to my > chrome devices. > After the update I cannot. > Any help please. > What is "THE" update? LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-24 Thread Paul Webster
Try the static binary of the plugin. If that does not work, or if there is none offered then try switching to the beta of what will become the new version. https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?116980-AirPlay-Chromecast-and-UPnP-bridges-update Paul Webster author of \"now playing\"

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-24 Thread HerculePirate
I have the @dlandon logitech Media server installed on my UNRAID server but before the update i was able to connect the Chrome bridge to my chrome devices. After the update I cannot. Any help please. 39228 Code: Starting Squeeze2cast:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-24 Thread urknall
It's not a problem with the plugin, this is network protocol related. As far as i know, the discovery service is based on mdns, like many other services: airplay, airprint etc. The idea is to identify the members of a network, without having a fully configured dns running. Instead of asking a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-24 Thread simi
Hi, Many thanks for your plugin which is really working well so far :) Unfortunately the network search is restricted to the server's LAN. I segregated my home network and use multiple VLANs. My LMS is located in the "Server"-VLAN, the Squeezeboxes in a "Multimedia"-VLAN and my new Google Nest

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-15 Thread SamY
bphilp wrote: > Found a workaround that's fixed the reboot issue with zero wait :) > > Stuck a scheduled task at startup to run > > "C:\PROGRA~3\SQUEEZ~1\Cache\INSTAL~1\Plugins\CASTBR~1\Bin\SQUEEZ~1.EXE > -Z -I -f C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Logs\castbridge.log -x >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-15 Thread bphilp
philippe_44 wrote: > You seem to hit the “generate” button quite often. Don’t do that, just > let it run. You can erase the config file if you want and just let the > app run. Found a workaround that's fixed the reboot issue with zero wait :) Stuck a scheduled task at startup to run

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

2022-11-15 Thread philippe_44
bphilp wrote: > Long time user of LMS, excited to see the CastBridge plugin but having > trouble getting it to see my Google Nest Mini. > > I did a scratch install of LMS on new win10 box can't seem to get > CastBridge to come up. Firewall message appeared and I gave it > permissions. > >

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