Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread castalla
bpa wrote: > You've had odd and inconsistent issues such as sudden appearance of > "under voltage" messages. > > With Pi's (and I have 1,3 & 4) - with USB devices whose power demand can > significantly vary according to activity, such as GSM, CD drive or DVB-S > stick, after many instances of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: > So it looks like it's the power issues on the 3b which cause all the > problems. > I may try again with my new shiny piCore install - heck, I'm getting > back into reinstalling from scratch! You've had odd and inconsistent issues such as sudden appearance of "under voltage"

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread castalla
bpa wrote: > CD-Text menu comes from text that is on a special section of the CD > itself but not all CDs carry this (also you'll get no artwork). > > There is no eject command in Windows (only an API using a hard to find > different device designator) - so there is no Eject option under >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: > See the image earlier for Windows using the Springsteen disc > > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?47288-Announce-CDplayer-plugin=1047859=1#post1047859 > > Multiple lines? No Eject option? CD-Text menu comes from text that is on a special section of the CD

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

2022-02-17 Thread rgdawson
Random volume changes used to annoy me. I use Spotty, but have not seen this since I set all my players Volume Control = Output level is fixed at 100%. Problem solved (for me). I prefer to use the volume controls of the computer or AVR. Squeezelite-X

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread castalla
bpa wrote: > I think it is just you. > Can you be more specific on "weird" ? missing menus, display > corruption, execution corruption, unresponsive ??? > The missing metadata is specific to some CDs with hidden tracks. It is > rare but I can fix that. See the image earlier for Windows using

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: > .so, I would like to focus on the Windows version - at the moment it's > the only one which actually produces sound. It's just that the menus > are weird. Just me? Or do others get the same issues? I think it is just you. Can you be more specific on "weird" ? missing

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread castalla
Whatever happened to my original system, it meant I've had to completely rebuild. .so, I would like to focus on the Windows version - at the moment it's the only one which actually produces sound. It's just that the menus are weird. Just me? Or do others get the same issues?

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

2022-02-17 Thread Chunkywizard
Thanks for the pointer, I am using Spotty so it looks like it is that. CW *Squeezebox:* Boom x2 (Kitchen and Living Room), Radio x4 (Kids, Play Room and Bedroom), PiCorePlayer (Office) *Server:* 8.0 for PCP *Plugins:* Spotty | Dynamic Playlists | SQL Playlist | Music and Artist Information |

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.7.0

2022-02-17 Thread Rasputin_GY
Since an IOS Spotify client update on 2022-02-12 the connect mode isn't working reliable anymore for me. It simply stops the song while reaching the end :( . While using spotty through LMS works like a charm though. Leaving a small server.log snippet here but I assume this is nothing to fix on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.7.0

2022-02-17 Thread Michael Herger
Thanks for the details. I can confirm it doesn't play (and it wouldn't play with the upstream librespot either). I reported the issue to the librespot devs. Let's see what that gives. Must be https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/818 again.

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

2022-02-17 Thread slartibartfast
kidstypike wrote: > Sounds like a Spotify connect problem. Many posts on similar. > > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114815-Volume-increasing-to-50-randomlyThat > is generally 49 or 50% but you never know. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng Playback + iPad + headphones

2022-02-17 Thread d6jg
Paul Webster wrote: > As a native LMS player using SlimProto ... I think it is unique. > However, you could use a different sort of player. > For example - something that can play a SHOUTcast stream (an "internet > radio" app that allows you to enter a stream URL of your own choice) > could

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

2022-02-17 Thread kidstypike
Chunkywizard wrote: > I have the volume of Squeezelite-X set to 100% but every so often > (greater than 5 minutes, less than an hour at a guess) the volume > reduces to 47%. Any ideas why and how I can fix it? > > Cheers > > CW Sounds like a Spotify connect problem. Many posts on similar.

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

2022-02-17 Thread Chunkywizard
I have the volume of Squeezelite-X set to 100% but every so often (greater than 5 minutes, less than an hour at a guess) the volume reduces to 47%. Any ideas why and how I can fix it? Cheers CW *Squeezebox:* Boom x2 (Kitchen and Living Room), Radio x4 (Kids, Play Room and Bedroom),

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.7.0

2022-02-17 Thread Michael Herger
Another question: I have several podcasts in Spotify, but when I try to play some of the shows using Spotty on my Squeezebox Radio, doesn't matter which episode I try to play, I get messages like this: "Problem: Can't open file for: 2022-02-14 - Boba Fett: S1E6 - From the Desert Comes a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread castalla
I've given up on the pi 2 - too many variables for my poor old brain. Will concentrate on the pi 3 and the Windows setup... castalla's

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

2022-02-17 Thread philchillbill
Peter Galbavy wrote: > Another minor one, probably mentioned in the long thread somewhere, but > just for fun I tried the Alexa Windows app as a player and it doesn't > work - but this is probably because it uses some off-net proxy (the > private address space that I do not use is a good clue)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: > But I need to know what the /dev name is, eg. /dev/sr0... or /dev/sg0... > or.. If you do lsblk - the device with TYPE "rom" device is the CD drive. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread castalla
Man in a van wrote: > try lsblk > > > > > Code: > > pi@raspberry:~ $ lsblk > NAMEMAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT > sda 8:01 115.5G 0 disk > `-sda18:11 115.5G 0 part /media/pi/stick > mmcblk0 179:00 14.8G 0

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: > In desperation, I dragged out an old pi (version 2 I think). In dmesg > the cdrom is listed but I can't find. Its /dev name for the plugin. > > Can you remind me how to discover this? For most Linux - a USB CD drive appears as a SCSI bus device so it will be either /dev/sr0

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread Man in a van
castalla wrote: > In desperation, I dragged out an old pi (version 2 I think). In dmesg > the cdrom is listed but I can't find. Its /dev name for the plugin. > > Can you remind me how to discover this? try lsblk Code: pi@raspberry:~ $ lsblk NAMEMAJ:MIN

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread castalla
In desperation, I dragged out an old pi (version 2 I think). In dmesg the cdrom is listed but I can't find. Its /dev name for the plugin. Can you remind me how to discover this?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > Funny, That link wasn't working last night (I think Wiki had problems) > > Only about 200 CDs out of the many many CDs produced - it is not usual > and I don't have any on the list. Still I should check.I wish I hadn't > bothered ripping the hidden track on Arcade Fire -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > This list of CDs with hidden tracks "seems" fairly useful. I have five > of them. > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albums_with_tracks_hidden_in_the_pregap Funny, That link wasn't working last night (I think Wiki had problems) Only about 200 CDs out of the many

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.7.0

2022-02-17 Thread labrekke
mherger wrote: > > I have not messed with those settings though, and everything was > > enabled. > > The option "File Format Conversion Setup --- Prefer native format > > (decoding on the player) whenever possible" was enabled though. > > Could you play with those options? Eg. disable Ogg

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

2022-02-17 Thread mugen808
philippe_44 wrote: > It just means there is no device found. Maybe there is either really no > UPnP compatible player or some network topology is preventing discovery > (multicast blocked) thank you so much @Philippe_44 . it makes sense

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng Playback + iPad + headphones

2022-02-17 Thread Paul Webster
As a native LMS player using SlimProto ... I think it is unique. However, you could use a different sort of player. For example - something that can play a SHOUTcast stream (an "internet radio" app that allows you to enter a stream URL of your own choice) could access the stream.mp3 stream from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > Like all good problems it required more than one issue. > 1. A difference between icedax and cdda2wav, cdda2wav exposes hidden CD > track, icedax doesn't expose hidden track. > 2. A CD with a hidden track - not common. > 3. MusicBrainz ID is calculated using "Normal" track and does

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: CDplayer plugin

2022-02-17 Thread bpa
Like all good problems it required more than one issue. 1. A difference between icedax and cdda2wav, cdda2wav exposes hidden CD track, icedax doesn't expose hidden track. 2. A CD with a hidden track - not common. 3. MusicBrainz ID is calculated using "Normal" track and does not include hidden

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng Playback + iPad + headphones

2022-02-17 Thread whitman
Thanks, Paul. Does that mean iPeng's Playback feature is unique in its ability to turn an iPad etc into a player? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2022-02-17 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > So in this case do you think it is because the Tidal stream is FLAC? I > have found that if I keep trying pause will eventually work after > multiple attempts. Pausing Spotty works OK when streaming OGG Vorbis but > fails in the same way when transcoded to FLAC. > > Sent

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng Playback + iPad + headphones

2022-02-17 Thread Paul Webster
whitman wrote: > So, can you use Material Skin as a player on the device it's running on? No - Material skin does not include a player. It could be used to control a player on the same system (via LMS) ... just like it can control any other players. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\"

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng Playback + iPad + headphones

2022-02-17 Thread whitman
So, can you use Material Skin as a player on the device it's running on? In the same way as you can use iPeng's Playback function? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2022-02-17 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > This happens sometimes with UPnP players and streams... it's a pretty > complicated issue where the player thinks it's dealing with a "live > stream". I've never been able to find a good solution to that and maybe > there is still an issue on my side, but in most of cases,

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

2022-02-17 Thread Peter Galbavy
Another minor one, probably mentioned in the long thread somewhere, but just for fun I tried the Alexa Windows app as a player and it doesn't work - but this is probably because it uses some off-net proxy (the private address space that I do not use is a good clue) of it's own, as seen in the