Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-19 Thread MSH1338
today I tried to upgrade my Touch, but it did not work until now. When I look in the Plugin files I see that the firmware file should come from https://ralph_irving.gitlab.io/lms-community-firmware/update/firmware/ When I try to find it via my Browser I get a "404/The page you're looking for co

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-19 Thread Heuer
tw99 wrote: > The only patch on my Radio is the one that allows it to work correctly > with an LMS 8 server. So if I reset it back to factory settings, and > then for some reason the upgrade doesn't work, does that mean I'd need > to find a 7.x server in order to get it going again ? This is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-18 Thread Michael Herger
Michael Tried to upgrade the IO::Socket::SSL version and it upgrade nicely to v2.068 But when I restart Squeezeboxserver, it still says i'm running on a old version v1.94 You might have different versions of Perl installed? What does the following tell you? `which perl` -v And what about

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-18 Thread madpatrick
mherger wrote: > > So, I guess I have to update Ubuntu? Because I see version 2.067-1 > only > > for Ubuntu 20.04. > > Some people have had success updating using CPAN > > perl -MCPAN -e shell > install IO::Socket::SSL > > -- > Michael Tried to upgrade the IO::Socket::SSL version and it upgr

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-18 Thread tw99
The only patch on my Radio is the one that allows it to work correctly with an LMS 8 server. So if I reset it back to factory settings, and then for some reason the upgrade doesn't work, does that mean I'd need to find a 7.x server in order to get it going again ? This is the only thing that's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-18 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > I thought you could just long press on the "left" button to avoid an > immediate upgrade. Goodness me ! So you can. So, there's another "unapparent way out". mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-18 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > "No apparent way out" is, I suspect, because LMS considers this to be > "forced" upgrade. The revision on the new firmware is later than the > revision present on the device. See > -Slim::Utils::Firmware::need_upgrade-. > https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/blob/public/8.1/Slim/U

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-18 Thread mrw
Heuer wrote: > When I rebooted the devices they went straight into the upgrade menu > with no apparent way out! "No apparent way out" is, I suspect, because LMS considers this to be "forced" upgrade. The revision on the new firmware is later than the revision present on the device. See -Slim::U

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-18 Thread Heuer
Ditto. Upgraded two Radio's and a Controller (twice as another version was released) without problems. I was getting worried as I did not do a factory reset as suggested on any of them before switching the 'download' on in LMS. When I rebooted the devices they went straight into the upgrade menu

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-17 Thread NeverSimple
As another checkpoint: Just updated 2 x Touch, 2 x Radio and a controller to the current v8 firmware. Did not experience any problems so far. Very nice work! NeverSimple's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread mrw
rfunk wrote: > > I'm not sure I wouldn't describe this as "a small click", but more > like dropouts happening at a regular high frequency, happening every day > but *only* when starting from the alarm function. (When I say "high > frequency" that's to say many times per second as opposed to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread rfunk
rfunk wrote: > Maybe I should try the Buffer Size applet. I'm also curious about the > 22kHz problem that required updating that applet. Well, I was going to experiment with the buffer size, but first the radio wanted to upgrade to the latest firmware (8.0.1-r16824). So I tested alarms with tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread rfunk
Thanks for trying it out! mrw wrote: > The "old" firmware was unable to connect, and played out the fall-back > alarm track instead. Apparently it only allows 25 seconds before > deciding that a station is "bad", and playing out the fall-back alarm. > ... > So, based on my very limited trial, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-15 Thread mrw
rfunk wrote: > Ever since upgrading my bedroom Squeezebox Radio to this firmware, my > 6am alarm starting an internet radio stream has sounded really bad. It's > hard to describe, but it's rough and quiet, almost like maybe it's only > playing half of each sample. I played out your station last

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-14 Thread rfunk
Ever since upgrading my bedroom Squeezebox Radio to this firmware, my 6am alarm starting an internet radio stream has sounded really bad. It's hard to describe, but it's rough and quiet, almost like maybe it's only playing half of each sample. If I switch to another station it sounds fine; then I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-08 Thread Michael Herger
Yes. Martin and I fixed a few issues with the previous release. The 'changelog' (https://ralph_irving.gitlab.io/lms-community-firmware/changelog.html) lists what's new. Oh, ok, cool! -- Michael ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-08 Thread ralphy
mherger wrote: > > Yes, the current community firmware 8.0.1r16824 is available at > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezeos/. > > Did you release a new build recently? A few of my devices offered > another update today. > > -- > > Michael Yes. Martin and I fixed a f

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-08 Thread slartibartfast
avr300 wrote: > Yes, blue icon means connected to wifi but no connection to the selected > LMS. > > It works as expected in Version 8.0.1 r16824You just made me realise there > was an update [emoji3] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-08 Thread avr300
mherger wrote: > > Yes, the current community firmware 8.0.1r16824 is available at > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezeos/. > > Did you release a new build recently? A few of my devices offered > another update today. > > -- > > Michael I updated to r16824 today.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-08 Thread Michael Herger
Yes, the current community firmware 8.0.1r16824 is available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezeos/. Did you release a new build recently? A few of my devices offered another update today. -- Michael ___ plugins mailing lis

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-08 Thread avr300
slartibartfast wrote: > Since I followed your instruction to enable the blue icon every time > there has been a short disconnection the icon has been red so it > probably isn't critical to have. Did blue mean connected to WiFi/network > but not connected to LMS? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-08 Thread ralphy
JJZolx wrote: > Can the firmware be just be downloaded manually into the LMS folder? I'd > like to get it upgraded and done with. Yes, the current community firmware 8.0.1r16824 is available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezeos/. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > I've done some further tracing. > Both old and new firmware are getting the data quite happily from the > BBC Sounds protocol handler.They both ask for 32768 Bytes at a time. > The BBC data is available in 6.4 second chunks and it gets that in a > sprightly 0.3 of a s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread JJZolx
Can the firmware be just be downloaded manually into the LMS folder? I'd like to get it upgraded and done with. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread expectingtofly
mrw wrote: > I will add that when I play out BBC Radio 3 from BBC Sounds app I also > see distinctly "healthier" stream buffer fullness. In distinct contrast > to playing the BBC Radio 3 stream directly from the BBC. So > @expectingtofly's comment about masses of buffering might be in play ! >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread ralphy
mrw wrote: > Compare this with, say, a Touch (I don't have one, so I can't, but would > be interested to see the results), or an MP3 stream. The only AAC-320 stream I could find was radio paradise. From my touch 8.0.1r16824. Code: Jan 7 14:34:17 squeezeplay: INFO

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread mrw
mrw wrote: > Distinctly "healthier" than what I was seeing. If "health" correlates to > >2% stream buffer fullness. You seem to vary from 0% to 6/7%. > What stream is being played ? Presumably this is on a Radio. I will add that when I play out BBC Radio 3 from BBC Sounds app I also see distinc

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > Distinctly "healthier" than what I was seeing. If "health" correlates to > >2% stream buffer fullness. You seem to vary from 0% to 6/7%. > What stream is being played ? Presumably this is on a Radio.Radio 2 live on a > Radio. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread expectingtofly
mrw wrote: > Or perhaps not. > > What is easy to overlook is "how stressed" the Radio seems to be when > decoding aac streams. I've never looked into it in any detail, but an > indication can be obtained by setting the 'audio.decode' logging level > on the Radio to debug. You'll see a line, eac

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > FWIW these are my figures] Distinctly "healthier" than what I was seeing. If "health" correlates to >2% stream buffer fullness. You seem to vary from 0% to 6/7%. What stream is being played ? Presumably this is on a Radio. ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > Or perhaps not. > > What is easy to overlook is "how stressed" the Radio seems to be when > decoding aac streams. I've never looked into it in any detail, but an > indication can be obtained by setting the 'audio.decode' logging level > on the Radio to debug. You'll see a line, eac

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > > Code: > > tail -F /var/log/messages > > is probably your best bet when logged in. It will give a rolling > output. Ctrl C to stop. > > But I'm much less sure of my hypothesis, now, see EDIT to earlier > post. I may have inadvertentl

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > How do I get to the messages file in the Radio? I am pretty sure I have > done this before but it was long ago. I can SSH in using putty but what > next? With WinSCP I get "Remote side unexpectedly closed network > connection" Code: tail -F /var/

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > Or perhaps not. > > What is easy to overlook is "how stressed" the Radio seems to be when > decoding aac streams. I've never looked into it in any detail, but an > indication can be obtained by setting the 'audio.decode' logging level > on the Radio to debug. You'll see a line, eac

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread mrw
expectingtofly wrote: > So it seems that there is something incompatible with the way BBC Sounds > provides the data for the new AAC decoder, that was fine on the old > decoder. Or perhaps not. What is easy to overlook is "how stressed" the Radio seems to be when decoding aac streams. I've nev

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > There have been changes to the alarm handling code, but, as far as I am > aware, only those that Logitech made between SqueezePlay versions 7.7 > and 7.8. Recall that v7.8 was never released for the Radio. So I would > now expect the alarm handling on the Radio to match that on a To

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > I updated to the latest LMS 8.1.1 while my Radio was still playing my > alarm radio station. Normally if I do this then the default alarm sound > is triggered when LMS shuts down but not this time. This is probably the > first time I have done this since updating the firm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-07 Thread slartibartfast
I updated to the latest LMS 8.1.1 while my Radio was still playing my alarm radio station. Normally if I do this then the default alarm sound is triggered when LMS shuts down but not this time. This is probably the first time I have done this since updating the firmware so has something changed?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-06 Thread expectingtofly
mrw wrote: > They are very relevant. They imply that the Radio has been running out > of decoded audio. My questions are: "why" ?, and "why just aac" ? > > I had a few of this morning on my Radio, and I'm noticing a number of > occasions when the stream has stopped and restarted. > > I don't

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-06 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > They are very relevant. They imply that the Radio has been running out > of decoded audio. My questions are: "why" ?, and "why just aac" ? > > I had a few of this morning on my Radio, and I'm noticing a number of > occasions when the stream has stopped and restarted. > > I don't

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-06 Thread mrw
expectingtofly wrote: > I've upgraded the radios again and looked at the var/log/messages log. > > I get these 'Audio underun' and 'OUTPUT UNDERRUN'messages that seem to > coincide with the juddering and micro stuttering when playing BBC Sounds > AAC streams. Are they relevant? I don't get si

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-06 Thread expectingtofly
mrw wrote: > I should have remarked that my experience has been with LMS 8.0.1. A > point of detail that had passed me by. > > I installed LMS 8.1 on a 'spare' server this morning (macOS - plenty > power). And I think that I might have experienced something of the same. > As in a certain amount

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-06 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > I should have remarked that my experience has been with LMS 8.0.1. A > point of detail that had passed me by. > > I installed LMS 8.1 on a 'spare' server this morning (macOS - plenty > power). And I think that I might have experienced something of the same. > As in a certain amount

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-06 Thread mrw
expectingtofly wrote: > Interestingly, it happens repeatedly and reliably for me for all BBC > Sounds streams (yes you are right LMS is fetching them, they are dash > streams that are stitched together by the plugin.). There is a lot of > stuttering at the start of the stream, and intermittent

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-06 Thread cramcram
Last weekend I installed the latest version of the Community Firmware on 2 Radios, 2 Controllers and one Touch without any problems. It just worked via Michaels plugin. I did a factory reset on each device before installing the new firmware. LMS is version 8.1 on max2play. All of my devices are wo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread nenu
mrw wrote: > I've done a little investigation over the last couple of days. I am not sure how to say anything except 'wow' at this point :) Again, I was thinking it might have been as easy (for you guys more like trivial, compared to all the other efforts) to replace some synching code with a n

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread mrw
nenu wrote: > I don't see this mentioned in the changelog, but would the new firmware > improve synchronization for Duet Controllers used as players? That > wasn't working (or not implemented) with the official firmware, but > maybe now it is? I've done a little investigation over the last coup

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > Well remembered ! Fortunately I did remember to check the point before > commenting... > > It does seem to make the menus more responsive, but for some reason, I > forget what, I reverted back to "native AAC" quite a while ago. Probably > to check the new firmware. So my observatio

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > Didn't you turn off native AAC at some point? I think you said it made > the Radio menu more responsive. Well remembered ! Fortunately I did remember to check the point before commenting... It does seem to make the menus more responsive, but for some reason, I forget wha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > I've been using this firmware, or a variant, for some little time now > and do not recognize the symptoms you describe. One of my Radios is > constantly playing BBC AAC streams, either from BBC Sounds or BBC > iPlayer, at 320k/48k. > > Are you able to provide me with a stream that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread mrw
sbp wrote: > In my TIDAL log file (se download link above) I often see this. Do you > think that is the cause of the problems > > > Code: > > > [21-01-05 14:07:24.5057] Slim::Player::StreamingController::playerOutputUnderrun (2239) 00:04:20:2a:d8:53: decoder: 155

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread mrw
expectingtofly wrote: > The LMS that my radios are connecting to is on a very low powered > raspberry pi model 1b, so I actually wondered if that is the problem. I'm using a SheevaPlug, also quite low power... mrw's Pro

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread expectingtofly
mrw wrote: > I've been using this firmware, or a variant, for some little time now > and do not recognize the symptoms you describe. One of my Radios is > constantly playing BBC AAC streams, either from BBC Sounds or BBC > iPlayer, at 320k/48k. > > Are you able to provide me with a stream that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread sbp
In my TIDAL log file (se download link above) I often see this. Do you think that is the cause of the problems Code: [21-01-05 14:07:24.5057] Slim::Player::StreamingController::playerOutputUnderrun (2239) 00:04:20:2a:d8:53: decoder: 1552148 / output: 0[21-01-05 14:07

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread mrw
expectingtofly wrote: > I meant to raise this a few days ago also, I was going to do a bit of > investigation. The new firmware has the same problems with the AAC > streams on BBC Sounds. There is kind of a micro stutter and warble when > playing AAC streams on the Squeezebox Radio, its as i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread sbp
AAC is 320k CBR Here is a log file with stuttering when I started the stream - then I paused the stream after a few seconds. https://www.dropbox.com/t/AuMG9Zyzn3slIyjs piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: 'https://www.picoreplayer.org' (https://www.picoreplaye

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread expectingtofly
ralphy wrote: > Could be high CPU usage at the start of the stream. > > The AAC support in the community firmware is not the same as the > Logitech firmware since the source code and decoder are not available. > > What does LMS report as the bit rate and sample frequencies of the AAC > stream(

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread ralphy
sbp wrote: > Hi Ralphy. > > I have an issue with playing AAC from TIDAL using the new firmware on a > Squeezebox Radio. > All tracks plays nicely on another Radio with the old firmware. > If I disable AAC in the file format - then the Radio with the new > Community Firmware plays without stutt

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread expectingtofly
sbp wrote: > Hi Ralphy. > > I have an issue with playing AAC from TIDAL using the new firmware on a > Squeezebox Radio. > All tracks plays nicely on another Radio with the old firmware. > If I disable AAC in the file format - then the Radio with the new > Community Firmware plays without stutt

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-05 Thread sbp
Hi Ralphy. I have an issue with playing AAC from TIDAL using the new firmware on a Squeezebox Radio. All tracks plays nicely on another Radio with the old firmware. If I disable AAC in the file format - then the Radio with the new Community Firmware plays without stutter. See description here:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread Mark Miksis
If I recall correctly, the Controller has "on" and "off" states that are not entirely intuitive and not consistent with the behavior of the Touch and Radio. This may or may not be related to what you are seeing. Mark Miks

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > Uptime ? > Meaning, might it have rebooted itself in the interim ? Just a wild > thought.Hmm only 11 hours so it would have rebooted this morning. I noticed > the full brightness yesterday though. I will keep an eye on the uptime though to see if it is rebooting more often than the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > I just checked my Controller again and sure enough it is back to full > brightness. I haven't even touched it since I last reduced the > brightness. Uptime ? Meaning, might it have rebooted itself in the interim ? Just a wild thought. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread nenu
mrw wrote: > Well, it certainly does try. Unless you've set the Controller player > synchronization setting to "Don't maintain synchronization". No, it is set to maintain synchronization. For the other players, synchronization has been working well, both wired and wireless with a mix of Radios

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread mrw
nenu wrote: > To me it seems that the controller never tries to correct for any sync > difference after it has been started. Well, it certainly does try. Unless you've set the Controller player synchronization setting to "Don't maintain synchronization". But, of course, it is isn't entirely suc

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > I have not been able to "relate" to any of that, I'm still not sensitive > to the issue raised. Unless/until it can be reliably reproduced it will > be rather diffult to track down. I'll keep an eye on my Controller.I just > checked my Controller again and sure enough it is back to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread nenu
mrw wrote: > Are there any hints in those old 2008 threads as to where the problem > may lie ? No, unfortunately not. The Wiki entry is here: 'Squeezebox_Controller_Audio_Playback' (https://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Squeezebox_Controller_Audio_Playback.html) note at the bottom: 'Synchron

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread kidstypike
Tony T wrote: > Wheee? I don’t see it. Here! 32793 +---+ |Filename: here.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=32793| +

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread Tony T
devilsfun wrote: > really hard to find in the first post Wheee? I don’t see it. Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ Tony T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34544 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread mrw
nenu wrote: > So yes, it does seem to work at first, but it gets out of sync very > soon. Are there any hints in those old 2008 threads as to where the problem may lie ? Do have a reference to the WIKI page ? I agree, my Controller does seem to play back noticeably faster than the Radio, and w

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread nenu
I posted this a while ago (to no reaction, but I figured this might be worth to bring up again): https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?112245-Duet-Controller-sync I'll just repeat with added emphasis: > > After some years of slight disappointment and wondering if it has > anything to do

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread slartibartfast
mrw wrote: > Blimey, I've never thought to try that. > I have just synchronized my Controller (used as a player), with a Radio. > It seems to work. But not as a result of the new firmware. So I don't > know what problem you see.Haven't done it for a long time but does it stay in > sync? Sent f

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread mrw
nenu wrote: > I don't see this mentioned in the changelog, but would the new firmware > improve synchronization for Duet Controllers used as players? That > wasn't working (or not implemented) with the official firmware, but > maybe now it is? Blimey, I've never thought to try that. I have just

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread ralphy
nenu wrote: > I don't see this mentioned in the changelog, but would the new firmware > improve synchronization for Duet Controllers used as players? That > wasn't working (or not implemented) with the official firmware, but > maybe now it is? There has been no effort to address this in the Com

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread MPO
Man in a van wrote: > I found this > > https://www.max2play.com/en/forums/topic/restoring-lms-settings-to-new-installation/ > > > I do think the M2P have dropped the ball of late (well for quite a while > actually :() > > I would suggest: > > Mahe a copy of your current install using Win32D

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread slartibartfast
bayard1music wrote: > Hello, > > I'm obviously doing something wrong here ? > > I've upgraded the server to LMS 8.0.1 and have selected the community > firmware plug in and enabled in 'Advanced' tab. > > Now on the Squeezebox Radio I've installed the 'Patch Installer' and > attempted to selec

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread Michael Herger
I've upgraded the server to LMS 8.0.1 and have selected the community firmware plug in and enabled in 'Advanced' tab. Now on the Squeezebox Radio I've installed the 'Patch Installer' and attempted to select the 'compare versions check' (I understand necessary to correctly compute that there is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread bayard1music
Hello, I'm obviously doing something wrong here ? I've upgraded the server to LMS 8.0.1 and have selected the community firmware plug in and enabled in 'Advanced' tab. Now on the Squeezebox Radio I've installed the 'Patch Installer' and attempted to select the 'compare versions check' (I under

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-02 Thread nenu
I don't see this mentioned in the changelog, but would the new firmware improve synchronization for Duet Controllers used as players? That wasn't working (or not implemented) with the official firmware, but maybe now it is? ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread devilsfun
kidstypike wrote: > https://ralph_irving.gitlab.io/lms-community-firmware/changelog.html really hard to find in the first post 1-Touch, 3-Classics, 1-UE Radio Raspberry Pi 4 / 4gb - piCorePlayer v7.0.0 - LMS 8.1.0 devil

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread Tony T
Thanks! Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ Tony T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34544 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113479

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread kidstypike
Tony T wrote: > Good to see the development of the Community Firmware and I'm > considering to now use it now that I see there's a plug-in to assist in > installation (I'm running pCP with LMS 8.1.0), but not sure if I need > it. > Is there a list of the additions/benefits from the original firm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread Tony T
Good to see the development of the Community Firmware and I'm considering to now use it now that I see there's a plug-in to assist in installation (I'm running pCP with LMS 8.1.0), but not sure if I need it. Is there a list of the additions/benefits from the original firmware? Tony  SBTouch

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread bayard1music
kidstypike wrote: > Here . . > > 32777 OK got it! Sorry just hardly ever used these plugins , once every 3 years ;-) or so. I've ticked that now. Thanks , will try that. bayard1music's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread kidstypike
bayard1music wrote: > Hello, > > Not sure where you mean ? I've enabled the community radio firmware > plugin as shown below: > > Are you referring to some thing else ? Here . . 32777 +---+ |Filename: tickit.jpg

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread bayard1music
slartibartfast wrote: > There is a tick box in the community Radio firmware plugin. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Hello, Not sure where you mean ? I've enabled the community radio firmware plugin as shown below: Are you referring to some thing else ? 3277632776 +-

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread slartibartfast
bayard1music wrote: > Hello, > > Forgive me if this is already covered. > > I've just replaced my rasberry pi server with Logitech Media Server > Version: 8.0.1 - 1608617100 > > I've installed the community radio plugin on the server. > > I've also installed the 'Version Comparison' Patch o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-01 Thread bayard1music
Hello, Forgive me if this is already covered. I've just replaced my rasberry pi server with Logitech Media Server Version: 8.0.1 - 1608617100 I've installed the community radio plugin on the server. I've also installed the 'Version Comparison' Patch on the Squeezebox radio and ticked the 're

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread dunk
dunk wrote: > yep thats enabled too so it turns out the system wouldnt download the new firmware because i had a custom.baby.bin and custom.baby.version files in the updates folder dunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread mrw
chill wrote: > Every time I read through that paper I'm always taken by the care and > attention to sound quality that went into the Boom's design. Ditto. It must have been a fascinating and fun project to have worked on.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread chill
kidstypike wrote: > Have you seen this Boom .pdf? Every time I read through that paper I'm always taken by the care and attention to sound quality that went into the Boom's design. I always get to the end, where the future possibilities are discussed, and regret again the untimely demise of th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread kidstypike
mrw wrote: > Thank you for the offer ! At this stage, for me to accept it would be to > promise way too much. > But your post is a timely reminder that just because I think the Radio > may lack the power to do much more doesn't mean that it can't... > > It is worth looking over the possibilitie

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread mrw
chill wrote: > Thanks mrw. I do remember your promising post about the DSP filter > coefficients. If processing power in the Radio is the issue, then > tweaking those filter coefficients in the hardware seems like a useful > alternative. I'm sure the Radio has an admirably flat response curve

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread Man in a van
MPO wrote: > Ok, thanks for the suggestion guys! > > In order not to have to reconfigure all server settings (and for all 9 > players..) is there a way to save all plugins and all settings from the > current install and reinstate them once the buster version is there? > Max2play has a save LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread MPO
Ok, thanks for the suggestion guys! In order not to have to reconfigure all server settings (and for all 9 players..) is there a way to save all plugins and all settings from the current install and reinstate them once the buster version is there? Max2play has a save LMS settings function (it pr

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread Man in a van
@MPO As Slarti says, get up to date with Buster [URL]https://www.max2play.com/en/download/46152/[/URL groetjes ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: htt

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread slartibartfast
MPO wrote: > 32743 > > I believe so :-) > > LMS gives me: > > Logitech Media Server Versie: 8.1.1 - 1609139162 @ Mon Dec 28 08:38:56 > CET 2020 > Hostnaam: Hifi > IP-adres van server: 192.168.1.*** > HTTP-poortnummer van server: 9000 > Besturingssysteem: Debian - NL - utf8 > Platformarchitect

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread MPO
Man in a van wrote: > Are you sure you are up to date ? > > > L 32743 I believe so :-) LMS gives me: Logitech Media Server Versie: 8.1.1 - 1609139162 @ Mon Dec 28 08:38:56 CET 2020 Hostnaam: Hifi IP-adres van server: 192.168.1.*** HTTP-poortnummer van server: 9000 Besturingssysteem: Debian

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread chill
mrw wrote: > I suspect that space is not the issue, but processing power may be. > > The Radio's hardware chip does provide for some basic DSP, and it is not > used. There is a preconfigured (closed source) software DSP component in > the Radio's ALSA chain, which is rather betterer than that,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2020-12-31 Thread slartibartfast
MPO wrote: > I'm on a Raspberry with Max2Play installed. Ive tried the sudo apt and > CPAN options. > First option says its up to date, CPAN says on version 2.068. > LMS info screen states: IO::Socket::SSL 2.002...not sure how to > solve. > Logging shows same download errors on new firmware

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