Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-04-16 Thread whitman
I think from now on I'll use BBC iPlayer Extras as my preferred app for playing Listen Again streams -- which, as I pointed out earlier, is what I want; I hardly ever Listen Live. Extras does seem more stable in my experience, and I don't see any disadvantage in terms of what it offers compared t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-04-16 Thread whitman
Oh well, so much for that theory. Went to Extras this evening, around 6:45pm, and played the Listen Again stream of this week's Jamie Cullum show, R2. OK for about 40 minutes, then rebuffered very briefly, once. Just a jitter, I thought. Then about five minutes later, a rebuffering, then fiv

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Jazz FM changed again!

2015-04-22 Thread whitman
In case anyone's still interested, I contacted Jazz FM and asked if they could come up with new URLs. Their first response was ... << Responsibility for the server side stuff for all streaming & on-demand is now with Sharpstream. ... We stopped using those set of links in December – and now eac

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-05-03 Thread whitman
My listening, mostly On Demand via BBC Extras, still plagued with rebuffering. This evening, for example, tried listening to Clare Teal, R2 26-4-15, and died after a minute or so, so I restarted the stream, successfully this time, but then rebuffering constantly after 20 minutes or so. Again, if

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-05-06 Thread whitman
Neil, no, I don't have Dynamic Mix installed, but I do have Dynamic Playlists. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103481

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-05-06 Thread whitman
Giza, I don't know what an uPNP is, so I can't imagine I have one. And there's nothing else trying to get on the network at the times of my rebuffering events. Neil, I checked the Logitech Media Server Log File, and no error messages, and nothing else at the time of this evening's rebuferring eve

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-05-09 Thread whitman
Giza, interesting. I took your advice and switched off Upnp in plugins. Not entirely sure why it was there in the first place. Anyway, I streamed a few things over the last few evenings, and it's holding up well. I'll keep testing and report back, just in case it's coincidence, but fingers crossed

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-05-11 Thread whitman
Well, looks like it was coincidence. Listening last night to a R2 Listen Again stream, and about an hour or so in, major rebuffering events. Ah well, back to square one. Any suggestions, anyone? whitman's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer rebuffering

2015-06-09 Thread whitman
Well here's a simple thing I hadn't thought of. I was convinced the rebuffering was limited to the two iPlayers, and then about a week ago I suffered a severe bout of rebuffering while listening to Radio Paradise: a first for me, as far as I recall. Sod this, I thought, I'm going to adopt the IT C

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 2.6.x - Spotify Connect for your Squeezebox

2020-10-12 Thread whitman
I'm using Spotty on my two Classics. I have several playlists in Spotify, and I want to play them in shuffle mode. I can't see a way to do that, either with my remote and a Classic, or with iPeng and a Classic. I suspect I'm missing something obvious, but I'd be grateful if someone can point me i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.4 - more personalised content

2020-10-12 Thread whitman
(I just posted this in the other Spotty thread and now I wonder if that may have been the wrong place—so I'm posting here, too.) ... I'm using Spotty on my two Classics. I have several playlists in Spotify, and I want to play them in shuffle mode. I can't see a way to do that, either with my remo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 2.6.x - Spotify Connect for your Squeezebox

2020-10-13 Thread whitman
whitman wrote: > I'm using Spotty on my two Classics. I have several playlists in > Spotify, and I want to play them in shuffle mode. I can't see a way to > do that, either with my remote and a Classic, or with iPeng and a > Classic. I suspect I'm missing something o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.4 - more personalised content

2020-10-13 Thread whitman
mherger wrote: > > (I just posted this in the other Spotty thread and now I wonder if > that > > may have been the wrong place—so I'm posting here, too.) ... I'm > using > > Spotty on my two Classics. I have several playlists in Spotify, and I > > want to play them in shuffle mode. I can't see

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2020-11-04 Thread whitman
This plugin is good, so thanks. However, I'm confused about which repository is the correct one to have. I have the beta repository and that seems to be triggering updates, but I've seen at least two others noted in various posts here. Can you clarify? --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2020-11-05 Thread whitman
expectingtofly wrote: > As Paul says, this plugin is now in the 3rd party plugins. It will > continue to get updates if installed from there (and you now remove the > beta repository). > > Only keep the beta repository if you explicitly would like to do some > beta testing. That's surprising

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2020-11-06 Thread whitman
Paul Webster wrote: > It has always been like that (well since LMS 7 I think). > Sometimes developers have not had their plugin included in the list or > have made a special repo to get beta versions. Interesting. I realise this is a bit off-topic here, but you have me wondering now about the

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

2020-12-22 Thread whitman
tw99 wrote: > What would be the advantage of moving to the latest firmware from a > user's point of view ? Currently both my Radio and Touch work well > enough, apart from the reboot-every-24?-days bug. > > Or is this more of a future-proofing thing at the moment ? I've got a Radio and so thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Radio Paradise Lossless Streaming (Plugin v2)

2019-05-29 Thread whitman
left channel wrote: > Just saw this posted on the RP forum. I believe these are the final > internet radio FLAC urls! > > "We've sorted out the issues on our FLAC stream encoder, and these URLs > should work fine now — bandwidth permitting, of course." > Main Mix: http://stream.radioparadise.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Radio Paradise Lossless Streaming (Plugin v2)

2019-05-30 Thread whitman
left channel wrote: > Yes that is expected. Apparently it's not possible to include metadata > with FLAC streams, but as I noted they're going to provide an API that > custom apps can use to grab that info. Given the problems we're > experiencing with the LMS plugin, maybe it's time to start ove

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Radio Paradise Lossless Streaming (Plugin v2)

2019-05-30 Thread whitman
left channel wrote: > The FLAC streams available via the LMS plugin have that info, as do the > low-res AAC and MP3 Internet Radio streams (as well as the Ogg Vorbis > streams, when they work). But this new FLAC Internet Radio stream does > not, and the previous test versions did not. From the '

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2019-07-15 Thread whitman
Bpa, I don't get 3.2.0 offered as an update in the web ui. Mac OS 10.14.5, LMS 7.9.1, BBC iPlayer 1.6.7, BBC iPlayer Extras 3.1.0, repo http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/betarelease-repo.xml. Anything not right? bpa wrote: > I have restores the "genres" and "A-Z" menu using s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2019-07-16 Thread whitman
OK, thanks, all fixed now. For future updates, would I be better switching to a github repo, if the sourceforge is dodgy? If yes, could you tell me what it is, please. bpa wrote: > Oops. > > Because of problems with sourceforge.net (e.g. timeouts on accessing > repo URL) I have been duplica

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2019-07-16 Thread whitman
bpa wrote: > There is no "better" - just an alternative if you have had problems. > > The repo URL is as below. Only really necessary if you find many > "Timeout" in your log file relating to this repo - often noticed by long > delays when booting/restarting LMS > > http://bpa-code.github.io/

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2019-09-25 Thread whitman
bpa wrote: > If it is on DAB it should appear in the feed which tells vendors what > BBC DAB stations are available. > http://radio-service-information.api.bbci.co.uk/radiodns/spi/3.1/SI.xml > > BBC have a near equivalent which details all the DASH/HLS/MP3 stations > (originally for imda) - po

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2019-09-25 Thread whitman
bpa wrote: > No idea and nothing in BBC vendor feeds show it. All the earlier info > indicated that it would be a DAB station so perhaps for broadcast rights > it may be UK only. Some of the info in the web pages seems to indicate > a station id called bbc_radio_two_beatles > > Until something

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Jazz Groove Support

2019-12-07 Thread whitman
bluetdi wrote: > There are 64k aac-Streams too. All dont seem to show album-covers and > station-icon at the moment. The 64k AAC streams are what I use ... http://east-aac-64.streamthejazzgroove.com/stream http://west-aac-64.streamthejazzgroove.com/stream ... and they sound pretty good to me

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2015-10-25 Thread whitman
I've come adrift from SDT (or is it the other way around?). I've just updated my Mac to Hello My Captain 10.11.1, and after a few updates and so on to bits of LMS, my SDT seems to have settled on 5.9.16. But I know late last year I updated to a tcutting new version from this forum, at least 5.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2015-10-25 Thread whitman
Actually, I think it may have been a Boomx2 version. Is there a new one of that around? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2015-10-25 Thread whitman
Actually, and before you say anything, I ought to open my (insert your favourite coarse adjective) eyes, as Boomx2's latest was a few posts above. Sorry! Installed that one and all fine. I'll shut up now. Time for a drink ... --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2015-10-25 Thread whitman
Again, thanks so much, Boomx2: as you'll see, I did get there (eventually) under my own steam, but I'm grateful for your all your work on SDT, and in this instance grateful for you taking the time to reply. whitman's Profil

[SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Music Jazz through iPlayer plugins?

2015-11-09 Thread whitman
BBC Radio will have a pop-up station around the London jazz festival, details here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3kbwC4LcFWkLLGMQS0SLDY3/bbc-music-launches-jazz-pop-up-digital-radio-station-in-collaboration-with-jazz-fm Will the programmes, November 12th to 15th, be listenable with e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Music Jazz through iPlayer plugins?

2015-11-10 Thread whitman
Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try when I'm back with my Squeezeboxes. I'm assuming these jazz shows will be listenable live only, or will they be Listenable Again? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Music Jazz through iPlayer plugins?

2015-11-13 Thread whitman
Bpa, where do I find that .opml file (on Mac OSX)? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104598 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC Music Jazz through iPlayer plugins?

2015-11-13 Thread whitman
Thanks bpa, that worked a treat. My misunderstanding: I was looking for something called "BBCiPlayerExtra menu.opml", but from your latest reply I realised I should be looking for "default.opml". I am now fully prepared to wig out.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Jazz FM changed again!

2016-03-08 Thread whitman
Frozzers, the Tunein Radio scheme is very useful. Like others here, I have the Tunein app but, er ... never really looked at it. I've been trying to find a way to get back into Jazz FM playback for ages. (I posted a few times earlier in this thread.) The only negative I can see for now with u

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Jazz FM changed again!

2016-03-15 Thread whitman
frozzers wrote: > If you click on a show it reveals the presenter and date. The catchup > list is in date order starting from most recent. To save clicking on > each show, just count back from one to seven days to find the Dinner > Jazz show you're looking for eg today's Wednesday so the fourth

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Jazz FM changed again!

2016-03-15 Thread whitman
Frozzers, thanks for showing the way. Thing is, to be honest I rarely use the web view, so I didn't go far enough. But as slim-maikel says, it's those extra steps that deter. Anyway, I'll be sticking with TuneIn Radio and iPeng for now, as that's easy and clear. -

[SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-27 Thread whitman
I'm still using the non-Dash version of bpa's BBC iPlayer Extras plugin. Nothing doing today: not a single show will play. Before I dig deeper, is anyone else having problems ... or is it just me? whitman's Profile: http://

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-28 Thread whitman
Bpa ... I get shows from today. Fail. Schedules fail, categories fail, A-Zs fail. The "On Demand Stream Preference" in the BBCiPlayer plugin reads HLS > MP3 > FlashAAC > Flash MP3. The only general change on my Mac recently has been that I've updated from OSX El Capitan 10.11.3 to 10.11.4. Pu

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-29 Thread whitman
Apologies, bpa, for not clarifying the problem. In all cases, I get to the list of shows, I click on a show, the display appears to show the usual connection, but no sound. I just tried to play a couple of R3 shows, and the log has this ... [16-03-29 21:44:03.0464] Slim::Formats::XML::gotErrorV

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-30 Thread whitman
BBCiPlayer plugin is v1.4.7 BBCiPlayerExtras plugin is v1.9.3 whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105389

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-30 Thread whitman
I am using non-Dash. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105389 ___ plugins m

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-30 Thread whitman
No problem. For example ... Click BBC iPlayer Extras List headed by "Latest by Station" appears. Click Radio 3 A-Z. List headed by "A programs" appears. Click J programs. List headed by "Jazz Library" appears. Click Jazz Record Requests. List headed by "Jazz Record Requests 26/03/2016" appears. C

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-30 Thread whitman
OK, thanks bpa: I changed the BBC iPlayer settings, On Demand Stream Preference, to HLS > DASH > MP3 > FlashAAC > FlashMP3, and all seems to be working now. Is that the best setting to use? I'm a bit baffled by the long list of formats there. Do I need them all? There are certainly shorter lists

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBC iPlayer Extras - problem?

2016-03-30 Thread whitman
Bpa, I changed the setting to DASH > HLS and (still) all is fine. Thank you. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105389 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alternatives to spotify / spotty?

2022-02-02 Thread whitman
Jaca wrote: > Only annoyance was I had to tweak playlists structure as had nested > folders on Spotify and only 1st level of folder is allowed on Tidal. > Which BTW isn't even visible on LMS or TV app.. Curious to know how you got nested folders anywhere in Spy. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alternatives to spotify / spotty?

2022-02-03 Thread whitman
Jaca wrote: > I mean in official Spotify you can create folder in playlists and then > another folder with this folder.. > This was reflected in spotty with token trick described on spotty > settings page > . > Weirdly I lost folder structure on my LMS.. > Maybe cos I have cancelled premium alre

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Alternatives to spotify / spotty?

2022-02-04 Thread whitman
Jaca, that's interesting. Now I see that I can indeed add folders to Spotify's Playlists! In the official Spotify app on my desktop Mac, if I right-click on an existing Playlist in the sidebar on the left, there's an option to Create Folder, which I'd completely missed. It's easy from there t

[SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng Playback + iPad + headphones

2022-02-16 Thread whitman
I'm thinking of getting some headphones to use for LMS, and I'm looking into iPeng's Playback facility to do this. (This is the iPeng add-on that effectively turns an iPhone or iPad into an LMS/Squeezebox player.) The iPad I'd use is a mini 4. I believe the out from iPeng through the headphone j

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

2022-02-16 Thread whitman
Jim, thanks for that. Quick glance at Amazon shows variable prices for what looks like different colours of the Audioquest Dragonfly—90 quid for black, 200 for red, etc. I presume there are technical differences? whitm

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

2022-02-16 Thread whitman
Jim, this is all intriguing stuff, and thanks so much for the advice. I have my thinking cap on now—it always takes me a while. But will report back. And yes, I'd much rather spend money with Richer than the dreaded Amazon.

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

2022-02-16 Thread whitman
And a thought... I have an unused SB3, so maybe I could hang a DAC like the Dragonfly off that to drive the cans? Would that work? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: h

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

2022-02-16 Thread whitman
Of course. I was excited there for a moment. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115978

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: h

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: http://forums.slim

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

2022-02-18 Thread whitman
Thanks Paul and Jim for further advice. Still thinking my way through, as for me this counts as a potentially big investment, so I want to consider as many alternatives as poss. So, I do have an M! MacBook Air (2020). I imagine using that would eliminate the need for the camera adapter for the i

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

2022-02-21 Thread whitman
Paul Webster wrote: > As a native LMS player using SlimProto ... I think iPeng 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 a

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

2022-02-21 Thread whitman
Paul Webster wrote: > My response was for the iPad idea - iOS/iPadOS. > > There has been recent discussion about running Unix Squeezebox stuff on > iOS via an emulation layer which might lead somewhere. I was comparing Squeezeplay to iPeng because my M1 MacOS laptop will run iOS apps, for exam

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

2022-02-22 Thread whitman
Grebg, thanks for this, very good to hear of your experience. Have you ever tried iPeng on MacOS? M1 Macs will run some iOS apps, and my laptop will run iPeng, though it seems to crash with some streams (but not others). Anyway, my iPhone SE (2016) seems OK on battery usage with iPeng, as does

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Radio Now Playing plugin

2022-02-22 Thread whitman
Klassik radio classical (at least) has a recorded message now directing you to retune through play.klassikradio.de—not sure how this affects RNP. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Radio Now Playing plugin

2022-02-23 Thread whitman
Paul Webster wrote: > I just tried a few of the Klassik radio stations via RNP and all played > without any special opening announcement. Interesting. I was sure I'd saved Klassic's classical "Live" channel as a favourite from RNP. This was the one that gave me the please-retune message... htt

iPeng and Playback on MacOS�stream problem

2022-02-27 Thread whitman
Anyone running iPeng on MacOS and using its Playback facility? M1 Macs will run some iOS apps, like iPeng, and iPeng's Playback option turns iPeng into an LMS player. Certainly iPeng runs on my MacBook Air M1 and delivers Playback, but I have a problem with it crashing when I try to play certain

Re: iPeng and Playback on MacOS�stream problem

2022-02-27 Thread whitman
I'm looking in iPeng at Settings/Player Settings/Audio, but I can't see a setting there for streaming method. All I have there is Crossfade, Volume Adjustment, Fixed Volume, and Equalizer. Is that where you meant to look?

Re: iPeng and Playback on MacOS�stream problem

2022-02-27 Thread whitman
OK, made that setting in LMS, but unfortunately no change. The behaviour seems to be that when I play one of those higher-kbps (not kHz!) streams, it will instantly jump to a point a minute or two into the stream, and start counting down as if playing, but with no audio. The controls in iPeng fo

Re: iPeng and Playback on MacOS�stream problem

2022-02-27 Thread whitman
Not designed for MscOS originally, but at the Apple App Store iPeng presents compatibility info that has "Mac: Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with the Apple M1 chip" at the top of a list of specs covering iPhone, iPad, iPad Touch, and Apple Watch. Thanks for your suggestions anyway, Jim,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2022-02-27 Thread whitman
I originally posted my query here… https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?116047-iPeng-and-Playback-on-MacOS%97stream-problem …but I suspect I should have asked here. So… I’m running iPeng on my MacBook Air M1 and using the Playback facility to make it a player. But I have a problem with i

Re: iPeng and Playback on MacOS�stream problem

2022-02-27 Thread whitman
I've posted my questions in refreshed form at the iPeng thread, here... https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?51929-iPeng-support-thread&p=1049126&viewfull=1#post1049126 whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2022-03-05 Thread whitman
whitman wrote: > > I’m running iPeng on my MacBook Air M1 and using the Playback facility > to make it a player. But I have a problem with it crashing when I try to > play certain radio streams. > > (I should add that I can play any and every one of these streams > perfe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2022-03-06 Thread whitman
mherger wrote: > > I contacted the developer, penguinlovesmusic, and they are > > investigating. Will report back when I hear more. In the meantime, is > > anyone here using iPeng with Playback on an M1 Mac? If so, any luck > > playing streams such as... > > > > > > D-dur Live classical, 48/OGG

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2022-03-07 Thread whitman
mherger wrote: > > Thanks, Michael. When you say they don't play, does the time count > move, > > but no audio? With me, the counter indicates it's jumped into the > > stream, and starts counting, as if playing—but with no audio. And > the > > controls in iPeng for pause etc will now be frozen;

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2022-03-07 Thread whitman
d6jg wrote: > It will be the player part of iPeng that has the issue Ah, so a player is not a player is not a player? In other words, the way they work varies? I wonder what it is that makes the iPeng Playback different from the Squeezeplay player? No word from penguinlovesmusic yet... --

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty and File Types

2022-03-22 Thread whitman
Not sure if Spotify is still a dirty word round these parts. But anyway, can anyone advise on the correct, or at least best settings in LMS's Advanced/File Types? I've always found these a bit baffling Spotify is delivered to my Spotty plugin as 705kbps CBR Ogg Vorbis according to Material Ski

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty and File Types

2022-03-22 Thread whitman
mherger wrote: > > But anyway, can anyone advise on the correct, or at least best > settings > > in LMS's Advanced/File Types? I've always found these a bit baffling > > Are you trying to solve a problem? If so, please describe the problem. > Otherwise just leave those settings alone. Most peop

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty and File Types

2022-03-22 Thread whitman
slartibartfast wrote: > Spotty file type settings are completely separate to those ones and have > their own section. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Ah, so they do! Thank you, Slarti. OK, so Spotty currently... FLAC (R) spotty/flac MP3 (R) Disabled (greyed out) Ogg Vorbis (R) Disab

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty and File Types

2022-03-22 Thread whitman
mherger wrote: > > FLAC (R) spotty/flac > > MP3 (R) Disabled (greyed out) > > Ogg Vorbis (R) Disabled > > PCM (R) Disabled > > > > Those all right? > > Of course they're all right. Unless you have a problem with them... I wanted to be sure these were the default settings, as I mentioned in po

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty and File Types

2022-03-22 Thread whitman
Thanks Michael and Slarti. And this is my point, really. I must have fiddled with the settings at some point. So to put them back to what they should be, a list of defaults will ensure no problems. Or am I misinterpreting your comments? --

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

2022-10-17 Thread whitman
I’m trying Qobuz for a free month. Previously only used Spotify for streaming. I’m primarily attracted by Qobuz’s hi-res content. I’m using it with the Qobuz plugin on LMS and Material Skin. Two questions: 1. How do I change the order that my Fvourited albums appear? They default to date-added o

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

2022-10-18 Thread whitman
d6jg wrote: > 1. Not currently implemented in LMS. > > 2. I don't think Qobuz has this feature. Its not available in either > their web or mobile interfaces. Thanks, Jim. 1. Does that mean it's possible in LMS but not yet done? Or just not possible, full stop? 2. No, can't see it in Qobuz's

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

2022-10-19 Thread whitman
d6jg wrote: > 2. There is a hybrid way. You can create LMS playlists that contain > Qobuz tracks. Downside is that if you do this and tpen such a playlist a > few weeks later you won’t immediately SEE the details of the Qobuz > tracks but when you hit play they will be picked up if that makes se

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

2022-10-19 Thread whitman
Doing a little research, it seems that Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music, at least, all have the facility to make playlist folders. So evidently there is a demand for something that, in Spotify, I find a very useful feature for organising what over time can become quite a bevy of playlists, and I'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] TIDAL performance

2022-10-20 Thread whitman
chicks wrote: > 'This little streamer' (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HC5GRKY) integrates > nicely into an LMS setup via UPnP, adding Tidal Connect, Spotify > Connect, Amazon Music, Alexa, Siri, and more, with bit-perfect clarity. Intrigued by your mention of this Wiim thingy. How does it benefi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Radio Now Playing plugin

2022-11-20 Thread whitman
I'm not seeing any title/artist info or art for the Jazzradio.fr stations. Is that expected? Also, while I'm on, in Material Skin (not checked anything else) I'm seeing RNP's top list of stations running in an initial chunk alphabetically (80s/90s to Zog), then four stragglers, then a second alp

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Radio Now Playing plugin

2022-11-20 Thread whitman
Paul Webster wrote: > You should see stuff on JazzRadio.fr > > [image: > https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221120/e1fda7a138eb1777fdd2668edf6b5a4f.jpg] > > Try a few different ones and for those with nothing … check their web > site to see what they are showing there. > > As for sort order -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: LMS Connect - streaming Tidal/Qobuz to LMS via native Android apps

2022-12-21 Thread whitman
RCST wrote: > Finally found a simulator to test the shortcut import process and fully > understood what you meant! Sorry for the confusion and this shortcut > function is still new to me. Now it should be fixed, please download it > again via this new link: > https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/bd4

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: LMS Connect - streaming Tidal/Qobuz to LMS via native Android apps

2022-12-21 Thread whitman
galgofa wrote: > Can you please help me to download latest version? The link above not > accessible for me. I had the same problem at first, because I copied and pasted the link. If you did that, try clicking on it in the actual forum post: that worked for me. I think the copy and paste just co

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: LMS Connect - streaming Tidal/Qobuz to LMS via native Android apps

2022-12-21 Thread whitman
slartibartfast wrote: > It works for me. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Slarti (may I call you that?), did you get it to work with the format I talked about in post 151 above? whitman's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: LMS Connect - streaming Tidal/Qobuz to LMS via native Android apps

2022-12-22 Thread whitman
RCST wrote: > The format should be http://192.168.X.X:9000/jsonrpc.js Ah, the all-important colon! Thanks so much, and now working. Brilliant piece of work. I wonder, RCST, if it's worth a new thread, given that this one is still headed with "...Android apps"? I'm sure a lot of ios/ipados fans

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2018-12-11 Thread whitman
Bpa, I saw in the dead "BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide" thread you said yesterday << V2.1.0 of the BBCIplayer plugin is the latest. Use this URL. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...lease-repo.xml >>. I'm still using 1.6.0, should I switch to 2.1.0? ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2018-12-11 Thread whitman
bpa wrote: > That is a dead thread - IIRC the poster wants to play an egptyian RTMP > stream using BBCipLayer -2.1 refers to BBCiPlayerExtra. I got mixed up > because it is old & history. > > Use 1.6.1 - it fixes some small problems. > > 2.1 as per the first post in this thread is the latest

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2018-12-11 Thread whitman
Thanks Slarti, I'll try that one. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support

2018-12-11 Thread whitman
Yep, that worked. Should I delete these repos? ... http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V154testrelease-repo.xml and http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/iheartradio-repo.xml whitman's Pro

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v2.0

2017-06-16 Thread whitman
For me, using Safari 10.1.1 on MacOS 10.12.5, it's still the case that if you right-click on a shortened url in this forum and choose the only relevant option, "Copy Link", and then paste it somewhere, you get just the shortened version. Do it in Chrome or Opera, and you're offered "Copy Link Addr

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce - Song info plugin for FIP radio

2017-06-20 Thread whitman
Paul, am I looking the right place? I don't see anything in 3rd Party Plugins for the new version. Or is it still waiting to get there? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this threa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce - Song info plugin for FIP radio

2017-06-20 Thread whitman
Active Plugins still showing v0.1.9, even after a restart. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106900 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce - Song info plugin for FIP radio

2017-06-20 Thread whitman
OK, no prob, I'll take a look later. Actually, should I have a repo.xml url for you in the Additional Repositories bit? I don't at present. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce - Song info plugin for FIP radio

2017-06-20 Thread whitman
Yep, got it now. Thanks for the continuing work! Or rather merci bien, I should say. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=1

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Guide to installing BBC iPlayer

2017-07-20 Thread whitman
bpa wrote: > Unless you want to really want to play DASH Flac streams (only for > duration of Proms) it is better to use this repo > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/betarelease-repo.xml > > The V154 repo will only ever stay on V1.5.4.* and is the "experimental" > repo with

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Guide to installing BBC iPlayer

2017-07-20 Thread whitman
bpa wrote: > If it works at the moment - leave it. Going back can sometimes has > problems with preferences. If you are not using Flac then any updates to > V1.5..4.* are unlilkely to affect you. > > 1.5.4.* is the version which has Flac implemented. An update (soon) to > 1.5.4.5 will also sup

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-08-29 Thread whitman
bpa wrote: > To avoid lots of repos URLs in use - I will delete the URL below on 1st > Sept > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V154ftestrelease-repo.xml > I'm currently using http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V154testrelease-repo.xml as my repo and have 1

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-08-29 Thread whitman
I see the forum software has squashed that repo URL (I think this has been a problem here). I've clipped off the http from the front which seems to reproduce it more or less in full ... downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V154ftestrelease-repo.xml -

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