Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread philchillbill
d6jg wrote: > https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8=3022219031 Thanks, I'm akready aware of the HD possibility. Here's the quoted spec for streaming to an Echo: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/audioplayer-interface-reference.html#audio-stream-requirements. No FLAC and max 384K

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

2019-11-29 Thread philippe_44
baggins wrote: > Well, first of all I had mixed up the prefs file and the xml file: no > xml file was actually generated... > > philippe_44's remark got me thinking: I run the docker in bridged > mode... > On my test machine I now had to do the following: > > - Ran the docker in 'host' mode

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite multiple device output

2019-11-29 Thread justinj
I know groups would be the normal way to do multi device, but seeing as how this is from one device per say I was hoping I could specify multiple outputs. I think it would be possible on Linux, not sure about Windows, but seeing as how it allows output to STDOUT, I wonder if I can pipe that into

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite multiple device output

2019-11-29 Thread bpa
justinj wrote: > In short: Having the audio play out to multiple devices where a group is > undesirable > > The long: I have my home theatre PC that connects into my squeezelite > network (Which consists of in multiple ceiling speakers with in roof RPi > per pair and a portable wireless

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox

2019-11-29 Thread Michael Herger
I have noticed for some time now that I need to restart the LMS-server (which runs 24x7) usually before I can see the player in my Spotify-App on my Android-phone. Check your phone's Spotify app, make sure it doesn't "show local players only" or similar. -- Michael

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite multiple device output

2019-11-29 Thread justinj
bpa wrote: > What is the use case for this ? In short: Having the audio play out to multiple devices where a group is undesirable The long: I have my home theatre PC that connects into my squeezelite network (Which consists of in multiple ceiling speakers with in roof RPi per pair and a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite multiple device output

2019-11-29 Thread bpa
What is the use case for this ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111290 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread d6jg
philchillbill wrote: > Not via the AudioPlayer interface they won’t. Either Amazon has upped > the spec and not updated the docs, or those babies use a different > (undocumented) interface. > > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8=3022219031 VB2.4[/B]

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread philchillbill
Not via the AudioPlayer interface they won’t. Either Amazon has upped the spec and not updated the docs, or those babies use a different (undocumented) interface. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk philchillbill's

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

2019-11-29 Thread baggins
philippe_44 wrote: > At the end of the day, it does not matter, as long as the process has > access to that repertory. The config file if generated by the binary > helper, not by the LMS webUI and it is only generated if at least one > player is found. So likely in your case and with your new

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread d6jg
philchillbill wrote: > Glad to hear it’s working well for you. I’d love to have FLAC streaming > too so if stream.flc can be done I’ll gladly implement it in the skill. > > > Currently, the Amazon-supported formats for the audio file include > AAC/MP4, MP3, PLS, M3U/M3U8, and HLS. Bitrates:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread philchillbill
Glad to hear it’s working well for you. I’d love to have FLAC streaming too so if stream.flc can be done I’ll gladly implement it in the skill. Currently, the Amazon-supported formats for the audio file include AAC/MP4, MP3, PLS, M3U/M3U8, and HLS. Bitrates: 16kbps to 384 kbps. Hardly

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite multiple device output

2019-11-29 Thread justinj
Is there a way to specify multiple outputs with the -o flag? I know I could run multiple instances and group them, but it's on a PC that has multiple soundcards and I want it to play to both at the same time. If I specify -o x -o y then it only plays to the latter.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread Paul Webster
The new code is in a test branch in Daniel's Github. If all goes well it should be out soon. Brave souls can probably find it and try it themselves but for most it should appear as an available update over the coming days (if testing shows it has resolved the issue for those that have one).

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread jrwendt
radish112 wrote: > Just rolled out of bed and checked Radio and SB3. Radio works fine, SB3 > gives "unable to play file type..." message. > > Steve Regarding this error message... https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...PLAY-FILE-TYPE This will give you some information about transcoding mp4

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Success: MusicIP and Spicefly Sugarcube running on Raspberry Pi

2019-11-29 Thread frankd
CypherMK wrote: > I have no clue... I am not a python expert, but I think you need to post this webform to the music IP webserver (similar to the way you got your mixes, but this time posting). The field "root" contains the location which should be searched for new music.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2019-11-29 Thread schiff1108
left channel wrote: > Apparently the Qobuz API now supports sorting favorites by artist, name, > or date added? Once again, all I know is I've seen a mention of this on > another forum: > https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/57507-qobuz-feature-requests/page/3/?tab=comments#comment-1008367

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

2019-11-29 Thread philippe_44
baggins wrote: > I wanted to upgrade the Fedora machine on which LMS was running and in > order to avoid the usual perl stuff, decided to use a docker image > instead. > The installation went well and LMS is up and running (version 7.9.2 - > 1572699180). > I then installed the UPnP/DLNA bridge

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

2019-11-29 Thread PasTim
baggins wrote: > I wanted to upgrade the Fedora machine on which LMS was running and in > order to avoid the usual perl stuff, decided to use a docker image > instead. > The installation went well and LMS is up and running (version 7.9.2 - > 1572699180). > I then installed the UPnP/DLNA bridge

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread jrwendt
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?110945-Transporter-Mixcloud-UNABLE-TO-PLAY-FILE-TYPE This will give you some information about transcoding mp4 files on the older players. (Like I have :) ) jrwendt's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox

2019-11-29 Thread MSH1338
@MHerger I have noticed for some time now that I need to restart the LMS-server (which runs 24x7) usually before I can see the player in my Spotify-App on my Android-phone. I restart the whole linux-system (I'm using Daphile), but perhaps restarting just the spotty-plugin or the server itself,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread d6jg
Today I re-enabled the skill. Fired up ngrok and started using the “stream” commands with a newly acquired Echo Flex that is paired with a set of in ceiling Bluetooth speakers in my newly refurbished bathroom. Nice! This works really well!!! The only downside I can see that would stop me from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LMS BBC iPlayer radio not working with VPN on Windows 10 in London

2019-11-29 Thread bpa
rbl wrote: > - I am in the UK, and I'm using a UK VPN. The VPN is meant to get around > BBC iPlayer by playing whackamole, but that doesn't seem to work for > this. Don't understand why are using a UK VPN from the UK to access the UK ? First - Most standard VPN advice about using BBC iPlayer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2019-11-29 Thread left channel
Apparently the Qobuz API now supports sorting favorites by artist, name, or date added? Once again, all I know is I've seen a mention of this on another forum: https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/57507-qobuz-feature-requests/page/3/?tab=comments#comment-1008367 LMS: SGC microJukebox

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LMS BBC iPlayer radio not working with VPN on Windows 10 in London

2019-11-29 Thread rbl
bpa wrote: > You haven't answered my questionb aboitu UK .non Uk. > > 1. All the metadata stuff is generic - it can be obtained no matter > where you are or what access is used. It doesn't really come from the > streaming part of their systems. > 2 If plugin is trying to the playing UK only

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread philchillbill
> > If those details are mandatory, would it be better to remove 'If > applicable'? Well, they're not mandatory, just very strongly advised. Whether you do or do not use them, the form entries will always need to reflect what you actually use.

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

2019-11-29 Thread baggins
I wanted to upgrade the Fedora machine on which LMS was running and in order to avoid the usual perl stuff, decided to use a docker image instead. The installation went well and LMS is up and running (version 7.9.2 - 1572699180). I then installed the UPnP/DLNA bridge (version 1.25.0) but it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Success: MusicIP and Spicefly Sugarcube running on Raspberry Pi

2019-11-29 Thread CypherMK
frankd wrote: > I just looked at the webform. > The relevant part seems to be : > > > enter root folder of music > > > maybe this can be used in some way? I have no clue... CypherMK's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread philchillbill
philchillbill wrote: > If you used the -auth switch with ngrok as documented then you specified > a username and password for your tunnel (highly recommended). The > username and password you enter into the account linking form should > match what you used with that -auth switch, otherwise the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2019-11-29 Thread dolodobendan
pippin wrote: > Yes, that’s a known issue, will be fixed in the next update Okay, thank you! QLMS 7.9.2@2.04 x64 (digimaster) with perl 5.28 dedicated to me. :D / QNAP 469L QTS 4.3.4 dolodobendan's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread Paul Webster
radish112 wrote: > Forgot to add that I'm not using the Mixcloud downloader (and have never > even tried that). I'm just playing online tracks using the Mixcloud > plugin. It is what is used in the background on your behalf by the plugin. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2019-11-29 Thread pippin
str-1 wrote: > Nothing selected in the playlist has been deleted from my Innuos server, > and I did no rescans between the last creation and disappearance. Still, it’s something your server does for some reason. Have you asked Innuos support. As I said: iPeng doesn’t store the playlist so

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2019-11-29 Thread pippin
dolodobendan wrote: > You did see this one here? :) Yes, that’s a known issue, will be fixed in the next update --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread radish112
Forgot to add that I'm not using the Mixcloud downloader (and have never even tried that). I'm just playing online tracks using the Mixcloud plugin. radish112's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox

2019-11-29 Thread Michael Herger
That was quick! Do you mean the Connect to a computer/some other device feature in Spotify, rather than Spotty? Which, in my experience is pretty flaky too! Yes, it can be flaky. But the "transfer playback" feature is incomplete "by design": I cannot always get a list of what is being played

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread radish112
Just rolled out of bed and checked Radio and SB3. Radio works fine, SB3 gives "unable to play file type..." message. Paul, I'm not sure this is what you're asking but I'm following/listening to a DJ named "scandot" (without the quotation marks) and his latest track which is Beats & Pieces in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LMS BBC iPlayer radio not working with VPN on Windows 10 in London

2019-11-29 Thread bpa
rbl wrote: > If I click say Radio 2 when the VPN is connected, then the Radio 2 Icon > appears, besides which it says > > - Jeremy Vine (i.e. name of the current radio show) > - 29/11/2019 > - BBC Radio 2 > - 320kbps, VBR, AAC LC > > But it never actually starts playing and the timer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2019-11-29 Thread dolodobendan
dolodobendan wrote: > I'm pretty sure this wasn't a problem before: > > The text in the search field is now black on very dark, making it very > difficult to read. You did see this one here? :) QLMS 7.9.2@2.04 x64 (digimaster) with perl 5.28 dedicated to me. :D / QNAP 469L QTS 4.3.4

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LMS BBC iPlayer radio not working with VPN on Windows 10 in London

2019-11-29 Thread rbl
castalla wrote: > FAIK the Beeb actively blocks 'known' commercial VPNs - maybe that's the > issue? You are right, it does, certainly for TV anyway. Hence I am adding the exceptions in my original post so the iPlayer radio should be bypassing the VPN (plus I am using a BBC "compliant" VPN

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread Paul Webster
Interesting - good that I have not replaced the old code but simply added an alternative if the first fails. Can you say which MixCloud you played? Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP etc) plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LMS BBC iPlayer radio not working with VPN on Windows 10 in London

2019-11-29 Thread castalla
rbl wrote: > If I click say Radio 2 when the VPN is connected, then the Radio 2 Icon > appears, besides which it says > > - Jeremy Vine (i.e. name of the current radio show) > - 29/11/2019 > - BBC Radio 2 > - 320kbps, VBR, AAC LC > > But it never actually starts playing and the timer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LMS BBC iPlayer radio not working with VPN on Windows 10 in London

2019-11-29 Thread rbl
bpa wrote: > What is the VPN doing ? making a UK user appear in a non UK country ? If I click say Radio 2 when the VPN is connected, then the Radio 2 Icon appears, besides which it says - Jeremy Vine (i.e. name of the current radio show) - 29/11/2019 - BBC Radio 2 - 320kbps, VBR, AAC LC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread radish112
FWIW, Mixcloud working on my Touch, haven't tried Radio or SB3 yet radish112's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11591 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88286

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread philchillbill
If you used the -auth switch with ngrok as documented then you specified a username and password for your tunnel (highly recommended). The username and password you enter into the account linking form should match what you used with that -auth switch, otherwise the tunnel is valid but it cannot

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2019-11-29 Thread frozzers
philchillbill wrote: > Good to hear. But I hope you’re forwarding 9000 in reality and not 80 as > LMS is usually on 9000. Or is macOS an exception? > > Yes, Amazon thankfully imposes https on everything. > > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk No I must have forwarded port 80 as this was

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox

2019-11-29 Thread ChaoticMike
mherger wrote: > > I was wondering, when you use the 'Transfer Playback' feature, what > > routing is taking place? I can think of 2 possibilities: > > I try to get from Spotify what currently is playing. Then I try to start > > the same on a SB. > > That feature is really old, pre-dates

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Squeezelite-X

2019-11-29 Thread mr-b
Returning after a period away from the PC, sometimes I see multiple error pop-ups "squeezelite-win.exe (SLX-player-name) aborted. Check Squeezelite Parameters", which I can't correlate to any particular activity. I see this for both the portable headphone DAC/amp plus my sound card players.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox

2019-11-29 Thread Michael Herger
I was wondering, when you use the 'Transfer Playback' feature, what routing is taking place? I can think of 2 possibilities: I try to get from Spotify what currently is playing. Then I try to start the same on a SB. That feature is really old, pre-dates the Connect feature in Spotty. And

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox

2019-11-29 Thread ChaoticMike
Hi Michael, Firstly, thanks for your work - it is tremendous! I was wondering, when you use the 'Transfer Playback' feature, what routing is taking place? I can think of 2 possibilities: - The device you are transferring from remains the Spotify 'streaming download' end point, and it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Mixcloud plugin?

2019-11-29 Thread Paul Webster
I've worked out the problem - and it is to do with a change on mixclouddownloader site. Now battling with Perl regex to get it to work in a way that will still work if they revert their site. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP etc) plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox

2019-11-29 Thread mherger
Spotty v3.1.1 is on its way with minor changes: - limit player name length in Connect mode - long names could make players disappear from the players list in Spotify - improved logging for some podcast issues: some podcasts cannot be played - I need more info to understand why - new