Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread bpa
my basic understanding. PCM Audio is sent via ALSA interface to ALSA device driver. Audio samples are put into a ring buffer. The ring buffer size is controlled by the buffer parameter. The ring buffer is processed in terms of periods (i.e there x periods in the whole buffer). There is one

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread rbl
Hi - running SqueezeLite and LMS 8.1.2 (latest versions) on my Pi4 I found there was serious rebuffering on my Pi and SB3s earlier this year when playing FLACs unless I specified "-a :::0". More recently I noticed some background/popping noise on the Pi's headphone jack unless I specified "-a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread Paul Webster
There is a bit more explanation on Ralphy's github page "For ALSA, the format is used where is the buffer time in milliseconds (values less than 500) or size in bytes (default 40ms); is the period count (values less than 50) or size in bytes (default 4 periods); is the sample

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.6 - sorting option for Albums/Artists/Songs, replay gain fix

2021-07-19 Thread Hughby
This was mentioned by several people in the Spotty 4.5 thread but seems to have got lost... Since Spotty 4.5 (I think) pausing a track using the Spotify App advances the track position indicator to the end of the track (if it is a relatively short track) or to some later position (if it is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.6 - sorting option for Albums/Artists/Songs, replay gain fix

2021-07-19 Thread slartibartfast
Hughby wrote: > This was mentioned by several people in the Spotty 4.5 thread but seems > to have got lost... > > Since Spotty 4.5 (I think) pausing a track using the Spotify App > advances the track position indicator to the end of the track (if it is > a relatively short track) or to some

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: YouTube Plugin (API v3)

2021-07-19 Thread tomkonott
Since last weekend I cannot play my Youtube lists, all songs are skipped or don't start playing. The server.log shows this message: "Plugins::YouTube::ProtocolHandler::__ANON__ (460) no stream/DASH found". My setting is piCorePlayer v6.1.0, LMS 8.1.1 - 1610364019, YouTube plugin 0.142.1,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread rbl
bpa wrote: > my basic understanding. > > PCM Audio is sent via ALSA interface to ALSA device driver. > > Audio samples are put into a ring buffer. > The ring buffer size is controlled by the buffer parameter. > The ring buffer is processed in terms of periods (i.e there x periods in > the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.6 - sorting option for Albums/Artists/Songs, replay gain fix

2021-07-19 Thread slartibartfast
Hughby wrote: > This was mentioned by several people in the Spotty 4.5 thread but seems > to have got lost... > > Since Spotty 4.5 (I think) pausing a track using the Spotify App > advances the track position indicator to the end of the track (if it is > a relatively short track) or to some

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

2021-07-19 Thread mightaswell
Hi all, I've been playing around with this plugin and LMS the past few days, and it works fantastically, thank you! Sortof unrelated but wasn't sure where else to ask. I'm wondering if anyone has come across an app/plugin/middle-ware/bridge that does the same thing as this plugin but for a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Trying to get this Rpi 'Hat' to work with PiCorePlayer - Need Help Please....

2021-07-19 Thread Cut-Throat
paul- wrote: > Well that sure makes no sense. But that is the norm from Audiophonics. > Complete lack of accurate documentation, and they change hardware > without even telling the user when they buy it. I have been communicating with Audiophonics and they told me to try "RPI DAC" and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Trying to get this Rpi 'Hat' to work with PiCorePlayer - Need Help Please....

2021-07-19 Thread paul-
The driver you are using is an i2s sound card driver. I2S can *_ONLY_* do pcm. So your only option is DOP. It doesn't matter what they "Claim" piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Trying to get this Rpi 'Hat' to work with PiCorePlayer - Need Help Please....

2021-07-19 Thread Cut-Throat
paul- wrote: > The driver you are using is an i2s sound card driver. I2S can *_ONLY_* > do pcm. So your only option is DOP. > > > It doesn't matter what they "Claim" I kind of suspected that.. But their webpage