Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-13 Thread PasTim
Nick_G wrote: > No, the same thing happens. > > Thanks, > Nick I still think we have some wires crossed somewhere, since you are not playing 'a playlist', and I've never seen a message like that even when mis-configured. Are you quite sure you are playing the item with a URL ending m3u8 in the l

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-13 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > I upload to the Synology from my Chrome book using Chrome web browser... Does a Chrome Book have an equivalent of Putty? See http://aboutchromebook.com/putty-for-chromebook/ and Secure Shell. Maybe that is what is needed? LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->2

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-13 Thread PasTim
Verulamius wrote: > Just the mp3 is greyed out, the others are showing ffmpeg. > > I am trying to use > http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8 > as a trial URL. I have also tried with the playlist previously > circulated without an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-14 Thread PasTim
vinnielo wrote: > Sorry.. I've not been keeping up with the thread.. there are too many > posts to read through which is probably a good thing. > I hope someone can post up a summary in a new pinned thread in this "3rd > party software" forum just to help those of us out who haven't been able > t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-14 Thread PasTim
ian_heys wrote: > If the URL you are playing has the form: > > http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_6music.m3u8 > > then it is 320kBps. > > If the URl you are playing has the form: > > http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulc

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-14 Thread PasTim
Have we reached a point where a new thread would help? We have: 1) bpa's plugin which creates 3 custom files 2) a menu.opml replacement for bbc iplayer live 3) many people providing ffmpeg solutions for various platforms, and an extra bpa plugin for those with ffmpeg issues where it doesn't stop

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
wilgartw wrote: > Hello, > > is there a simple "how to" on this fix? i have got the live feeds > working through favourites, (6 music and radio 4) but it too a year to > teach my girlfriend how to change the channel through the iplayer app, > and i fear this will be a step too far. > > i am on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > Sadly, this only part works on the Joggler. > > 1. avconv suffers the same multiple instances problem > > 2. the stream is subject to severe rebuffering - makes it unusable. > > However, I'm noticing the same rebuffering on my pi what is going > on??? > > -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > Failed at first step adding the ppa repo > > > > apt-add-repository - command not found > > [sigh] > > == > > edit: > > Back on track after a lot of googling and cursing ... > > I hate the BBC and Ubuntu ... in that order Did you use sudo apt... , and you are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
As a side note just for information, if you don't want to use a UPnP converter with LMS, you can use minimserver plus minimstreamer to drive an Internet Radio if it has UPnP support. Although the website says HLS support is being added, it already works if you use ffmpeg as the "stream.converter"

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > Doesn't seem to be a download option? You have to install minimserver, then minimstreamer is a plugin add-on. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marant

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > Got it installed after a lot of faff! > > Haven't tested it properly yet ... > > and it doesn't work bugger, bugger, bugger > > (something to do with the symlink?) > > > > update: > > working BUT still massive buffering Conjugate the verb 'to faff':

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > I'm still trying to get something to play. > This url: http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live...io_fourfm.m3u8 > gives me a "403 forbidden" error, all other streams error as "no items > found in playlist" (including those from the Radiofeeds UK app) Make sure the PlayHLS plugin is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > Do any other streams play - eg. Tunein ? > > Are you in UK? And if not, if you change the URL to include 'sbr_low' rather than 'sbr_high', does that fix it? LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from sq

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > I think my Synology Diskstation must have ffmpeg pre-installed because, > after I installed the Apple HLS m3u8 plugin, "file types" on LMS list > the transcoding settings as: > > Apple HLS m3u8: FLAC=ffmpeg > MP3=disabled > PCM=ffmpeg > > However, I cannot get any of the playli

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Any experimentalists ? > > If you assume the HLS stream is always going to be AAC. Then adding the > following to PlayHLS custom-convert.conf file will avoid LMS doing the > transcoding if player can play AAC natively. > > > Code: > > > hls aac * * >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Nope, every single BBC stream errors with "file not found" or "no items > in playlist" or "can't open file for"- that's on the Synology AND > Windows 7! There's some more fundamental issue somewhere here. I think a retreat to basics may be needed. You have ffmpeg installed and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Apologies! > > I'm at my wits end. > > Radiofeeds app: Currently streaming Classic FM (mp3) [National, > Classical, Romantic, Film Score] > 128kbps CBR, MP3 Radio - perfectly. If I try BBC Radio 3 from the app I > get "error: no items in playlist" BBC Radio 3 (mp3) [National,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Sorry to be so incompetent, thanks for your patience. > > I just tried this > http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_three.m3u8 > with Tunein and got a "Connecting..." and then the SB Classic's display > returned to "Now Playi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Hi Ronnie, > > Just tried that and got "Now playing" and then, immediately, "Stopped". > > I can play mp3 streams from Classic FM etc. with the Radiofeeds and > Tunein apps and mp3 is "native" on my system so I don't think I need a > Lame codec. > > It's a complete mystery to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Apologies! > > I'm at my wits end. > > Radiofeeds app: Currently streaming Classic FM (mp3) [National, > Classical, Romantic, Film Score] > 128kbps CBR, MP3 Radio - perfectly. If I try BBC Radio 3 from the app I > get "error: no items in playlist" BBC Radio 3 (mp3) [National,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > I can see that LAME is not installed: > > drwxr-xr-x2 adminusers 4096 Nov 21 02:59 . > drwxrwxrwx 20 adminusers 4096 Nov 26 17:48 .. > -rwxr-xr-x1 adminusers16276 Nov 21 02:59 alac > -rwxr-xr-x1 adminusers50100 Nov 21

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-15 Thread PasTim
majones wrote: > My suggestion is that you get it working on Windows 7 before your > Synology because W7 should definitely work, and the fact that it doesn't > suggests that you're doing something wrong (sorry to sound critical - no > offence intended!). There's a thread specifically on this by M

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
To update the list of BBC Radio live channels in the BBC iPlayer as of 11/2/2015 see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?53229-Announce-BBCiPlayer-Plugin-(UK-only)&p=807276&viewfull=1#post807276. The original menu.opml is, on linux, in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Pl

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Since this post is BBCiPlayer specific and updates MP3 as well as HLS > shouldn't the sticky be in the BBCiPlayer thread. i was just trying to provide a cross-reference for people landing here first. I also note there is already another very helpful HLS thread, but having two on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
For those with the time and inclination, https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide gives access to the latest ffmpeg. On a low-powered machine compiling can take hours, but it's a way of getting a current version. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. L

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > I looked at the Plugins folder for the HLS plugin by bpa but the > directory appears to be empty. > > The plugin is checked in LMS and ffmpeg shows as the transcoding > option. > > I'm not sure if this is causing my playback problems but thought I'd > mention it. > > Zip of LM

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > This proves the ffmpeg is OK, can handle the BBC HLS streams and your > NAS can also communicate with BBC. > > > Reviewing previous posts - I think a number of failed playing of BBC URL > seem to be because the URL was not copied properly and had the "..." . > This is not the caus

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
bpa - I'm sorry if I've been confusing things, and making some errors, I will try to keep quieter, but this playhls issue is really foxing me. How can the playhls.sh from the plugin, which runs cvlc, work with ffmpeg parameters? LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1-

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > That would be really really good, thank you, what a relief! > > Do I need to replace the "menu.opml" file in the "BBCiPlayer" folder? I > downloaded it a few days ago but wasn't sure if to use it or not? > > Thank you very much This file allows you to us the 'live' section of t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
onlyconnect wrote: > This is my log after making the changes you suggested (make playhls.sh > executable, replace ffmpeg with playhls.sh in custom-convert.conf] > > 17408 > > Tim Take a look at playhls.sh. If it includes an app called cvlc and not ffmpeg I believe it is the wrong version. I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-16 Thread PasTim
onlyconnect wrote: > It does; I changed it with no benefit, then back again just in case! > > Tim There was a file called something like 'ffmpeg-playhls.sh' on the other thread, which could replace playhls.sh but I cannot for the life of me find it. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Paul608085 wrote: > How would I know? LMS shows under Active Plugins: "BBC iPlayer > (v1.2.14). I go to Home > Radio and the first option is "BBC iPlayer" > with the familiar iPlayer icon. Is this the plugin? > > (Sorry really must dash now - back tonight!) You are in the UK aren't you (sorry if

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Just in case you aren't monitoring other threads Radio 3 aac HD is back for now! See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/d031b300-721a-4df5-8506-723303f2887e LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Tried to play the above and it failed, checked the log and noticed the > text which i've highlighted: > > file:///volume1/music/%3Ch1%20id=%22header%22%20class=%22hijack%22%3ESky%20Router%3C/h1%3E > [15-02-17 13:22:48.8250] Slim::Utils::Scanner::Remote::__ANON__ (923) > Scanned

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
W92Neriah wrote: > Working for me atm. Thinking about it, probably good if nobody here > posts about it on the BBC blogs as they'll probably set about breaking > that too :mad: I won't. I hope they don't look at these forums :( LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1-

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
W92Neriah wrote: > Maybe (hoping here!) what Jim Simmons said only refers to devices that > can only consume WMA streams and us Squeezebox users will be okay and > AAC streams will continue for 'Listen Again'. Then again maybe not > :confused: I just wish that the BBC would post some clear explan

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > I have the debug plugin installed. > > I wonder if I should uninstall and reinstall LMS and start again? It'll > take a good long time to rebuild my library though as it's huge... > (Total Tracks: 70,478 > Total Albums: 5,278). > > I've never understood the coverArt log entries

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Thanks. > Here's what I got with the initial "ls -la" command, I don't think > anything needs changing? > > DiskStation> ls -la > drwxr-xr-x3 adminusers 4096 Feb 16 15:44 . > drwxr-xr-x6 adminusers 4096 Feb 17 20:04 .. > -rw-r--r--1 adminu

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > On no! I have to log in as root in SSH to be able to access /volume1/ as > the web UI of the NAS doesn't allow root access. > > Is there a way of changing ownership from root to admin? I told you how in my original post. Scroll back a bit and find the entry with 'chown' command

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Since file already has read access for others - ownership is irrelevant. > The menu.opml file is only read once when LMS is started and also it > may be cached. That may be true, but it's still wrong. Further, he says his menu doesn't work, so may as well fix it and double-check?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Thanks Tim but the "sudo" part of the code was rejected. if you are logged on as root then just try without sudo. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Mar

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Paul608085 wrote: > Which directory does "custom-convert.conf" live in please? > > Yes, I am in the UK, with BT Infinity Broadband so no lack of bandwidth > :) on linux ubuntu it's in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/PlayHLS LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FL

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
PasTim wrote: > That may be true, but it's still wrong. Further, he says his menu > doesn't work, so may as well fix it and double-check? No, I don't know why it worked either, but it did. :) LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbp

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-17 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > I put the url into the tunein Radio URL and hit play, is this wrong? I > don't have any favourites stored and LMS isn't reading the updated > menu.opml which I installed. > > Attached the log file which was found in /volume1/tmp (hooray!) > > Thanks The problem with your menu.o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
nieldm wrote: > After reading this thread, in awe of the amount of work done in such a > short time and the quality of the collaboration, I have been unwilling > to ask this question as it falls into the "slap the forehead and utter > expletive" category of stupid question, but I can't get it to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > This is the LMS inbuilt OPML editor - seemingly rarely found or used by > users - pity as effort went into writing it to help users.. > Where is the OPML editor? I might use it I knew something about it. I'm sure there is a forum thread on it somewhere, but I've searched and faile

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > > bpa wrote: > > > > > > It's a pleasure to be involved in this and, surely, as you and others > > are dedicating so much time to it, then so should the end > > beneficiaries? > > > > I've learnt so much in the last few days. > > > > Fingers crossed for a solution soon, I fe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Enable it in Settings/Advanced/Favorites Thanks very much. Somehow I never would have looked there. I didn't particularly associate opml with favourites. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelit

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > > PasTim wrote: > > > > > > I don't understand the first part of your post regarding "terminal > > line", sorry. > > > Apologies - a loose use of words. I thought you had executed ffmpeg > independently by t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > @pastim > > Hi Tim, > > I have only only run ffmpeg using bpa's instructions in order to > generate debug logs and test .fls files. > > Here's the PlayHLS folder permissions: > > Here are the permissions for PlayHLS directory: > &

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Where are you going with this ? > I already had Klammer run a modified version of playhls.sh which logs > its activities - so the script is run. Things go wrong for reasons I don't always fully understand, for instance the menu.opml permissions, and it seems I was not the only one. S

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > @pastim > > Finally found infobrowser.opml - does it need any changes? > > /volume1/@appstore/SqueezeCenter/Cache > DiskStation> dir > drwxr-xr-x7 adminusers 4096 Feb 18 13:45 . > drwxrwxrwx 20 adminusers 4096 Nov 26

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Interesting but the version of the shell script had the exec removed and > I don't think it is called indirectly. > > I've gone through ffmpeg code and the error message does seem to > indicate no permission to open the library containg the decoder. This > doesn't make sense but I f

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > LOGGED IN AS ADMIN: > > crosh> ssh admin@192.168.0.20 > admin@192.168.0.20's password: > > > BusyBox v1.16.1 (2015-01-07 14:53:57 CST) built-in shell (ash) > Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. > > DiskStation> ffmpeg > ffmpeg version 2.0.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2013

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Playing the stream behaves differently when logged in as admin as > opposed to root. > > File attached > > Thanks > Paul Good (in a way). This implies, and I think confirms, to me that your problems are nothing to do with LMS or its plugins or access rights & permissions on an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-18 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Result is the same when logged in as Admin or Root: > -ash: groups: not found > > > I do hope I don't need a different version of ffmpeg because it's a > nightmare to try and a). install ipkg and b). install ffmpeg as the > Synology needs to be bootstrapped - I've tried to do i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-19 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Attached are the LMS Player Stream log and the ffmpeg output. > > Nothing seems any different, timeout after 3 seconds? > > Thanks > > p.s. > In LMS "Advanced/File Types" what options should there be for "Debug HLS > m3u8"? ffmpeg is not there, just "playhls.sh", is that corre

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-19 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Pity. > > The problem looks to be a bit more subtle than straight permissions of a > library file. > On a test Pi with Squeezeplug & avconv if I removed or changed > permissions so it can't be read of a required avconv library (or even a > library called by a library) - avconv refus

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-20 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > OK, will install the HLS debugger shortly. > > Where do I look for the database file to check permissions please? > Everything is set to "admin : users" apart from the 1st the entry which > is root:root. > > > Code: > > DiskStation> cd /volume1/@appsto

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-20 Thread PasTim
Klammer wrote: > Hi Tim, > > It's been scanning again for over 2 and a half hours but now but nearly > finished now. > > It scanned twice last night but seemed to forget it had done so and it > started again when I had installed @bpa's HLS plugin and restarted LMS. > I can see the database bein

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-20 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > And AAC has to be licenced, so for any manufacturer to add it to an old > player there are licence costs to consider. Many licences are per device > that plays it, so for a manufacturer to put out a free software upgrade > that might be installed on tens of thousands of player

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-21 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > BBC have changed things around in the last few weeks - I haven't done > anything with Extras for a while so I guess it has been broken - too > busy with PlayHLS. Extras is still working for some programmes on my system. Some are wma and don't play, some are aac and do. I haven't fa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-21 Thread PasTim
boardtc wrote: > Hi, I have BBC iPlayer v1.2.14 installed. Over the last few weeks trying > to play shows I get the repeating message saying the bbc no longer > support streaming to windows media or such. I am using the logitech > server on WHS. I have read back a bunch of pages but am I am still

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
Cheenis wrote: > Sorry to be so Unix illiterate, but how do I take this file from the zip > file and overwrite it on my Unix based NAS box? > I have connected with Putty via ssh. > I have found the directory (cd > /volume1/@appstore/SqueezeCenter/Cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/BBCiPlayer) > I ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: squeeze2upnp, a bridge between LMS and uPNP devices

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > Has anyone used Squeeze2upnp with an Oppo 93 or 95 blu ray player? (they > run the same firmware so should behave identically). I have the Oppo 95 > with the Sabre DACs. All I really want is a Receiver that does 24/96, > but in the absence of that (I hoped Community Squeeze wa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: squeeze2upnp, a bridge between LMS and uPNP devices

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > No I have not tried anything yet. I have no experience with github and > I'm not keen to find out. Doesn't this just install as a plugin like > other LMS stuff? No, it is not a plugin, it is a separate program. Download the 'readme' and 'new user guide' from the link I suppli

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: squeeze2upnp, a bridge between LMS and uPNP devices

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > I'm on Windows Home Server V1, running the WHS Add-In version of LMS > 7.8. I run the server headless and rarely log in to it, if there's a > power cut it all just comes back up without any intervention from me. > Can squeeze2upnp do that or does it need running from a logged

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > The artwork has been missing on iPlayer plugin Listen Again for some > weeks, at least for Radio 3. But Listen Again still gives programme info, whereas the current HLS solution for live radio gives a logo but no programme info. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLA

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: squeeze2upnp, a bridge between LMS and uPNP devices

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > I already use something called Non-Sucking Service Manager to run > uTorrent in background as a Windows Service and start it automatically. > It's almost certainly capable of doing the same for squeeze2upnp, the > issue becomes if the software has a graphical UI that you have

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: squeeze2upnp, a bridge between LMS and uPNP devices

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > I'll have to have words with the person at work who told me it was a lot > more complex than that. He was trying to persuade me how great it was > for source control (we use Perforce at work - not my choice) and ended > up putting me off it for life. Of course the very name it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] The New HSL files on windows PC

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
VFRBOB wrote: > Sorry where do we find menu.opml file ? Would it be in my WHS server or > do I look for it in the Squeezebox GUI > > Thanks > > Steve The original file (to be replaced) should be at ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins\Plugins\BBCiPlayer\menu.opml on your WHS ser

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: squeeze2upnp, a bridge between LMS and uPNP devices

2015-02-22 Thread PasTim
doctor_big wrote: > Phillipe arranged for a whs version for me... Check back earlier in the > thread. > > Jason I think it's at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?102496-announce-squeeze2upnp-a-bridge-between-LMS-and-uPNP-devices&p=803824&viewfull=1#post803824 LMS 7.9 on VortexBox

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-24 Thread PasTim
If ffmpeg will run on Synology on a command line as admin:user and for a BBC HLS link, but not when run as admin from LMS, then compiling another version of ffmpeg is most unlikely to help. 'Operation Not Permitted' must imply some form of permissions problem. This might be due to some form of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-24 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > ffmpeg already handles HLS. Also, given a choice of an Adobe standard or > an Apple standard, I go with Apple assuming there are no important > technical differences. And DASH would be even better if the Beeb gets round to it since it is an open international standard (what me

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-24 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I thought it was to do with path so I rename libraries, changed > permission, inserted wrong version, etc. and in all cases I got an > error message that was clear (e.g. couldn't open/load file) and not > "operation not permitted" error. > > However, when I changed an input decod

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-24 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Klammer (armada370 based Synology) is the only Synology with the problem > persisting. ffmpeg doesn't work when run from a shell prompt under > userid admin but works nder user id root. This is not the case for other > Synology NASs. Also on armda370 Synology, ffmpeg (owned by user

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-24 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > Got the T-shirt for that one already. > see > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103158-Announce-PlayHLS-Plugin-plugin-to-play-Apple-HLS-m3u8-stream&p=808418&viewfull=1#post808418 So you have. It is different from my LMS, although I don't know if LMS sets itself up differe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-24 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > A dilemma I have at the moment is that I am reluctant to produce a V1.2 > of the plugin because it would trigger an install which would overwrite > all customisations users have made to the plugin files and so break > their BBC radio. Including a ffmpeg replacement binary in the plug

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-25 Thread PasTim
I managed to get through to someone at Musical Fidelity. They only built one Internet Radio, the M1 CLiC, about 5 years ago, but it is no longer in production. It supports compressed live aac and wma, plus 'listen again' streams. Suffice to say their technical people say they have never heard

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-25 Thread PasTim
JohnB wrote: > I don't know very much about any of this but the on-demand URLs are more > complicated than the live URLs. > > It is my understanding that the information for the current streams is > published in an XML file which, for example, Triode's iPlayer plugin > accesses, e.g. this for Ra

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-27 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > After a week of chaos, my isp finally restored the internet last night > . sigh. > > However, I found that my squeezeplug pi device seems to have gone awry > ... > > So, I've reinstalled the 7.5 version - set up as before BUT there's no > lame settings for mp3 in the File

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-27 Thread PasTim
TheLastMan wrote: > Squeezeplug is based on debian, so standard debian commands should > work. > > I am surprised that PasTim is having this problem as I have recently > reinstalled both v7.50 and latterly the Max2Play versions (Max2Play is > just a browser interface to v7

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-27 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > Yes it can! > > Sorted. Not everything in life is complicated, just most of it :) LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp to MF M1 CLiC (to MF amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Minimserver (server) & upplay (co

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: PlayHLS Plugin - plugin to play Apple HLS m3u8 stream

2015-02-28 Thread PasTim
Jeff07971 wrote: > Hi All > > I have been trying to get the Play HLS plugin working on my Centos 6.6 > system. > > I have compiled ffmpeg from git and installed BBCiPlayer(Triode) > together with the menu.opml (Bonze) and PlayHLS(Bpa). > > After this te streams do not play in LMS but ffmpeg on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-28 Thread PasTim
I think we have to assume Triode may not be back any time soon, if at all. It would anyway be unwise to expect someone who has given enormous amounts of his time to our collective benefit being willing to continue doing so forever. Why should he (or indeed she)? So the question becomes how can

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-01 Thread PasTim
castalla wrote: > I'm sorry, but is this speculation really helpful? No. It's a private matter for Triode. We should just wish him well. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp to MF M1 CLiC (to MF amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP rendere

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-01 Thread PasTim
ModelCitizen wrote: > Sorry for off-the-wall interjection. I have two Radios. On one the BBC > iPlayer plugin functions as it should but on the other I get that droney > voice muttering about Shoutcast. Can anyone tell me why one should work > but not the other? Thanks. > > A really big shame ab

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-04 Thread PasTim
majones wrote: > Andrew Scott (post 174 on his BBC blog) says he's been in contact with > Triode about Listen Again. He also says the timetable for the RTMP > streams is not yet locked down as they were independent of the contract > deadline which drove WMA switch off, and the associated changes.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-05 Thread PasTim
I find the BBC's secrecy strange and futile. It isn't hard to record a live, or listen again stream, on a PC (even for me) so why the paranoia about get_iplayer or the BBCiPlayer plugin? Surely they should just make very clear what the rules are, and let people get on with it. My understanding

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-05 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > IIRC, the BBC gives undertakings to the owner of the music etc. about > how music/video will be broadcast in a secure way that protects the > owner's rights - if the BBC broadcasting system does not meet these > undertakings then litigation could follow. But that's my point. Broadc

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: squeeze2upnp, a bridge between LMS and uPNP devices

2015-03-06 Thread PasTim
I've been using squeeze2upnp with the new PlayHLS plugin for BBCiPlayer. It works very well both for live listening and with the current (RTMP) listen again service, on both my UPnP renderers. So when the FM signal is bad (which happens periodically) or the DAB signal is bad (which is all the tim

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-06 Thread PasTim
PaulinPosset wrote: > Half an hour (I'm new to all this stuff) of hacking and hey presto, it > does indeed work! Many thanks to expectingtofly :D Indeed. When I tried the same proof of concept I didn't get ', hls' being displayed after the "128kbps CBR" string, but it did work, and the URL in t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-07 Thread PasTim
StephenC wrote: > Hello, > > Like many others, I'm very, very, very irritated by this debacle. I've > been largely addicted to Squeezeboxes and Triode's and bpa's wonderful > work from AlienBBC onwards for the last 8 years. My system is now > largely useless as far as I can tell. I do have the l

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-07 Thread PasTim
StephenC wrote: > Interesting. In which case maybe something that I changed in the early > days of the debacle (mid-Feb) broke it - I edited the opml file as > detailed elsewhere (I'll edit this post shortly, once I find the > source). Although I didn't make any changes until it was already not >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-07 Thread PasTim
StephenC wrote: > Here's what I've tried: > (All from Radio 4 FM) > all the currently available Afternoon Drama episodes > The News Quiz - both Friday and Saturday edition > Midnight News (any of the currently available) > 15 Minute Drama (all available) > Inside Science (16:30 on 5th March) > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-07 Thread PasTim
StephenC wrote: > Haven't yet started the rebuild. Under the AAC format I have: > AAC - Native > FLAC - faad/flac > MP3 - disabled > PCM - faad > > I don't think I changed any of the custom-convert.conf settings. Should > I have? If so, I'm happy to. That looks fine. And double-check that the iP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-07 Thread PasTim
StephenC wrote: > I'm afraid that they are - both Live and On-Demand are set to > AAC>FlashAAC>FlashMP3>WMA > > However, I tried switching off 'Allow Transcoding' on the same page, and > now Tweet of the Day works! Disappointingly, as far as I can tell, > nothing else does, though - It reports '

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-07 Thread PasTim
StephenC wrote: > Yes indeed - many of those work fine for me. But, I would dearly like to > be able to listen to stuff from the last week. Bizarrely, the News Quiz > Series 86 Ep. 1 works, but Eps. 2 and 3 don't. This makes no sense to me > at all. > > I'll keep my fingers crossed that the nuke

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-03-09 Thread PasTim
Owen Smith wrote: > What is LA in this context? Listen Again or Acronym Hell.. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp to MF M1 CLiC (to MF amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Minimserver (server) & upplay (control point) to s

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