To integrate with a Galaxy watch you can open Material in the watch web
browser - the result is small but can be resized and is actually quite
usable - even with my fat fingers! It does, however, take a few seconds
to load into the browser. Failing that, if you have SqueezeControl then
that
Ha! I forget things at the best of times!
I was pleased to see your edit. I use both SB Player and SqueezePlayer,
and under your original suggestion this would have meant that both would
start automatically. I didn't think it fair to start suggesting
additional menu options. Since, however, you
Hi Craig
Thanks again for your constant development of Material Skin. With regard
to the APK have you given any thought to re-introducing the ability to
start SB Player within Material as opposed to having to come out and
start it separately? It would be greatly appreciated if this were
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audiomuze wrote:
> Thanks, which is the Browse button, it the <-- button?
+---+
|Filename: SmartSelect_20221218_210538_LMS.jpg |
|Download:
Actually you are only one click away from search no matter how deep you
have searched. Just long press the Browse button.
Steve
audiomuze wrote:
> Having recently returned to LMS I installed Material Skin and I have to
> say it gives LMS much needed UI lift and I generally find that LMS with
If you are using a PC I would be inclined to install Squeezelight-X from
the MS Store (free download) as you can switch easily between the
standard skin and Material skin (if you have the latter installed). If
you have removed Material I would try installing it again to see if that
cures the
Before you proceed with the nuclear option and remove the skin (I really
can't recommend it highly enough), can you post a picture of the screen
you are seeing?
Steve
bayard1music wrote:
> How do I remove this 'material skin'. I don't seem to have the menu
> option to remove. I think this
Thanks for your reply. I have also had the you have no works by
message as well. So I shouldn't waste time in tweaking my Artist / Album
Artist tags then but focusing on the album names?
What is the correct response to I need the name of the artist?
Steve
philchillbill wrote:
> The issue
and am practicing both playing and
streaming with pretty good results. I think there are definite
possibilities for Mrs Shozzer who hasn't really engaged with LMS
although she will need some coaching. I am considering purchasing an
Echo Show for Christmas.
I have a fair amount of classical music
Hi Craig
Just curious, what was the rationale for removing the launch player
option? For me it was frequently used.
:(
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VPN to your home network and player software on your phone (e.g. on
Android, SB Player).
firedog wrote:
> Hi-
> Sorry if this is covered, but I did several searches and couldn't find
> an answer.
> Is there a way to stream music from my LMS server to my phone when I'm
> away from home - i.e.
Hi Craig
I have come across an issue with Multi Disc Albums. If I try to play a
track using the option 'Play disc starting at track' then all is fine -
the disc gets added to the playlist and then playback commences from the
selected track. If, however, I play a track using the option 'Play
Issue resolved, thanks for your input Paul. I had omitted to install the
USB power connector. Once installed the drive was detected immediately
and the system is just finishing scanning.
I am very pleased with the result.
Steve
I installed a SATA SSD. I will need to take another look inside.
Purchasing this was a means to an end - Pi's were increasingly harder to
find!
paul- wrote:
> Are you sure your M.2 board is SATA?
>
> Did you connect the USB "U" shaped adapter?
>
> Otherwise, this is nothing special.
Hi Paul
Thanks. There are details on Github:
https://github.com/DeskPi-Team/deskpi
Steve
paul- wrote:
> There is not a USB drive being detected.I wonder if there is a power
> issue. Do you have a link to the product?
I have done a bit more digging. I have zero experience with Linux so I
rely very much on instructions from others! I have found the following
on the DeskPi Pro Github site:
Why is it normal when I start the Raspberry Pi with a TF card, but the
SATA SSD hard disk cannot appear on the desktop?
Here is an excerpt from the fille - if you need any additional
information please let me know:
[3.148635] zram0: detected capacity change from 0 to 3990952
[3.151292] random: mkswap: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes
read)
[3.155451] Adding 1995472k swap on /dev/zram0.
Hi
I have a DeskPi Pro which incorporates a pi 4b with 8GB ram. I am on
piCorePlayer version: 8.2.0, piCore version: 13.2.
Up until now I have used an attached USB storage device for my own
library but decided to use the SSD socket in the DeskPi and install a
2TB SSD instead. When a USB device
Agreed. The only way it can work presently is by making sure that all
artist tags match the way they are presented in All Music.
d6jg wrote:
> Sorry.
> I still think its going to be massively difficult for Classical due to
> the numerous ways things can be described. Composer names is an
The reason you have a problem with Spotty and MAI is that Spotty groups
all the artists together which doesn't correspond with All Music. Albums
are hard to identify as many have the same names.
Steve
The Groundsman wrote:
> I listen to a fair amount of classical music but my circumstances
The problem with the suggestion, as I see is, is that if the Composer
field were used for MAI then the biography material for the actual
performers would presumably not be seen. I have to include the Composer
as part of the artist info so that I can see all.
Unfortunately tagging classical
This gets my vote.
ChrisNY wrote:
> I'd recommend installing Squeezelite-X from the Windows app store. You
> just need to go into the settings and make sure Squeezelite Player is
> toggled as active. You give it a name in this same section and then it
> will be available to select as a
If you use Material Skin then there is an option to include this. Select
Interface under Settings and scroll Down to Home Screen Settings and
click the cog icon. You can then select / deselect various options
including Music Folder and Diss and Folders.
MAK.cz wrote:
> Hi, is any chance, to
Swipe left / right does not change tracks for me but rather changes the
view.
edwardthern wrote:
> 37171
>
>
>
> Update 2.9.0
>
> 7. Add swipe left/right on cover to change track.
>
>
> Interesting, I thought swipe left/right changes view. My
> misunderstanding I guess.
Very helpful comments, thanks. I have unticked automatic downloads and
will add the material Github repository to the plugins page.
d6jg wrote:
> Absolutely.
> For those using Material auto updates are a no no
Thanks for that. I have ticked the automatic update box but nothing has
come through yet. I will try and be patient a bit longer!
Steve
garym wrote:
> it works just like Windows LMS. In your LMS running on rPi you've
> either set auto updates or not. And if not, in LMS you'll see that you
Newbie question here. During the last week I have switched to
piCorePlayer on a R4 having previously run LMS only on Windows. Will the
update to this plugin automatically come through to my new server or is
there a manual step I need to take?
Steve
cpd73 wrote:
> Feature, changes:
>
> > >
That sounds excellent, thanks Craig.
Steve
cpd73 wrote:
> Been thinking about this, andI think what I can do is; for multi-disc
> albums show only disc titles, when clicking on a title then show track
> list for that disc, etc. Now the question is: do I add a config item to
> toggle this
Ok, thanks. It seems that the Description tag overrides the Comment tag
but I can work around this by using the lyrics tag instead. This then
has the advantage of displaying with Show current track information
rather than having to dig deeper into the tags.
You have lost me a bit with the
Hi Craig
Can you clarify something for me please? Ii understood that the Comment
tag could be used to name discs in multi disc sets. It seems that
Material is pulling in information from the Description tag. This
overrides the Comment tag and for me causes a problem as the Description
tag is
Do you mean that bookmarks are being generated automatically for genres
no specified, or the ability to manually create a bookmark for any
track?
bobcoupee wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have started to use this plugin. I edited the settings and set the
> "List of genres for automatic bookmarks" to
Thanks for raising this Dan. I was having the same issue but thought it
was probably me!
Steve
sota748 wrote:
> Thanks ;-)
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Hi Greg
I do want to express my appreciation for this great product. I use it
constantly on a daily basis. I like the new Full Screen mode but would
like to request that when in Full Screen the app shows the button to
return to normal window size. Is that possible.
May thanks.
Steve
I understand - it just would be helpful with multi disc sets to access
material more easily.
cpd73 wrote:
> Well it would be possible, but inconsistent with the rest of the UI.
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Hi Craig,
I like the disc naming feature for multiple disc sets very much. Would
it be possible to make the discs collapsible so that only the disc
titles are displayed, and then expanded if clicked on? Apologies for my
lack of knowledge here. I wasn't sure if an LMS restriction would
prevent
How about picking up a Chromecast Music off ebay?
castalla wrote:
> Possibly worth a look... But audible files have to be 'processed' to get
> an mp3 version. Adds another complication into what should be easy.
>
> A further pricey option would be to get an apple ipad and just airplay
> to
Interesting plugin, thank you. Could you add a button to return from the
main plugin screen to the LMS menu?
Thanks.
Steve
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That would be high up my list too. It would be great to pick up from
where I stopped listening on another device.
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Thanks for that. I will have to have a play around with the plugin. The
only thing is that I use the comments section a lot in connection with
classical music - album notes etc.
Steve
afriend wrote:
> Custom title formats can be used for many things and in many ways I
> guess, just like
Ah ok, thanks.
Steve
d6jg wrote:
> It is supposed to go Full Screen - does on mine - but I suspect ts being
> constrained by the Squeezelite-X container.
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Hi
When I click on Show Image three symbols appear in the top right of the
screen (when using Squeezelite-X). Two are self-explanatory. One
increases/decreases the image size and the other closes the image. I
cannot work out the middle image which changes shape when it is clicked
but does
Looks interesting. Can you define what is meant by 'define and display
custom title formats'?
Steve
afriend wrote:
> This plugin uses (key)words in your music files' comment tags to:
>
> > > >
- add extra information to the song details page
- define and display custom title
You can configure the back and forward buttons for all audio using hard
press. You need to go to Interface Settings and scroll down to the Now
Playing section. You can select either 5, 10, 15 or 30 seconds
intervals.
Steve
castalla wrote:
> I have a query about the now playing display.
>
>
Thanks for the update. I have downloaded the latest version and
appreciate the changes. I love Squeezelite-X with Material!
On aspect that doesn't seem to be working (at least, for me) is the
Tooltip player name - no actual players are named, just 'Player: '
It is not a huge issue for me
Thanks Craig. I guess you make a rod for your own back when the plugin
is feature-rich - so many variables...
Steve
cpd73 wrote:
> Ah! Was about to say "works for me" - but then recreated the issue. Only
> appears if -also- using coloured toolbars. Will fix, sorry.
>
> [Edit] ...and only on
Hi Craig
I tend to cycle through dark/light displays as the mood takes me. I am
currently in 'light display' mode which works fine for me with the
exception of the way that information is displayed under Album in 'Show
current track information' - see attached. Can the text be darkened for
Ah, pity. Never mind, thanks for the update.
Steve
expectingtofly wrote:
> Alas, it seems that I would need to know their secret algorithm for
> generating the "hdauth" key. This appears to be based on combining a
> sign in key (which I can get) and a number representing current time
>
Enjoying using this plugin for Classic FM, thank you! I was just curious
if you have made any headway with accessing higher bit rates?
expectingtofly wrote:
> The bit rates of much of the content is disappointing. Their mobile
> app does make higher bit rates available with a sign-in.
jotap_66 wrote:
> Thank you very much for your fast answer
>
> Artist Info? Are you talking about LMS?. "Browse on Spotify" is a
> feature of LMS when using Michael Herger's Spotty, that it works very
> well, because it joins LMS (local Albums) with Spotify Albums. I would
> like to use
jotap_66 wrote:
> By the way. What is the MAI plug-in?
MAI plug-in - Music and Artist Information Plugin. Provides information
about the album being played and the artist.
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jotap_66 wrote:
> First of All. Thank you very much Shozzer and The Groundsman.
>
> I am little confused. Then, the problem that I am having, is not
> produced due to the Artist Name tag (in my local music) and Spotify are
> not the same?
>
> Does Michael obtain
The Groundsman wrote:
> I believe it comes from Allmusic.com rather than lastfm. Not that it
> makes much difference
>
> I agree that for classical music nothing gets returned at the moment. I
> think it would be tricky to find anywhere where you could get reliable
> review data for classical
jotap_66 wrote:
> Hi Michael:
>
> I am using Spotty 4.49 with a dockerized 8.1.1 version of LMS in my
> Synology NAS. Mixing Spotify content and local content is an impressive
> feature.
>
> All works ok. But when using the feature Browse on Spotify inside an
> Artist on my local Artist
In fairness, it's easy to miss Audio Settings because you have to scroll
up to see it - Basic Settings is the default selection. I was unaware it
was there for some time as I assumed that Basic Settings was the first
in the list.
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d6jg wrote:
> I do have some classical music shozzer and yes I want to understand a
> bit about why the Classical brigade seem to have tagging issues and
> often come up with their own schemas which makes life difficult for the
> developers.
> I dont want to get into a d
d6jg wrote:
> Slightly off topic but if any of the Classical brigade could point me at
> an idiots guide to Classical music Id be grateful. I dont want to
> listen to any but Id like to understand the convoluted terminology.
I would encourage you to try some - you might be pleasantly
Am I imagining things or did Material have a feature at one time where
if a conductor was also an artist then the name wouldn't be duplicated
on the Now Playing page?
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Shozzer's
Blackfiction wrote:
> I might be interested. Can you please explain what did you tweak?
It involves creating a css file as per Craig's GitHub site:
https://github.com/CDrummond/lms-material/wiki/Detailed-Information
Thanks to Craig's help I have created a couple of files: mobile.css and
Hi All
I don't know if this is of interest to anyone but I've been having fun
tweaking the CSS in Material. I find it especially useful with classical
music where the Album is actually a single Work, as in this example:
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kidstypike wrote:
> Yes, thanks, I know all this, it's just the "control Material apk from
> my headphones" bit that had me puzzled. Strange way of putting it, but .
> . .
Communication is a wonderful thing...
Shozzer's
kidstypike wrote:
> How do you control Material apk from your headphones?
In order to control Bluetooth headphones on Android you need a player (I
use either SBplayer or Squeeze Player), and then a controller such as
SqueezeCtrl or Orange Squeeze. The latter enable the Bluetooth control.
Then,
slartibartfast wrote:
> Is the player SBplayer?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
I use both SBplayer and Squeeze Player but usually SBplayer as it ties
in with Material.
Steve
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ButC wrote:
> Do you mean that you control Material apk, or Material in the browser?
Material APK
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> It works OK if it doesn't bother you that the full metadata isn't always
> visible. It is also no longer supported.[image:
> https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210309/25c6bd216bb6a0370a15074a28f66965.jpg]
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
For Bluetooth I open
How is the JSON call made? Is this by the album name or by a specific
all music identifier? The latter would be particularly useful for
classical music as often albums are divided up by work and MAI often
can't identify them.
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Within the Settings there is an option for turning Draw Background on
and off.
Steve
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Thanks. I will review the documentation.
Steve
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Hi, can someone please advise where the plugin is available to download
from. Thanks.
Steve
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Shozzer wrote:
> That's really helpful, thanks Craig. I presume that I then place this in
> the material-skin folder as per the advanced settings on your web page?
>
> Steve
One very happy camper... Thanks Craig. This is what I have been wanting
to see for a long
cpd73 wrote:
> Where? Queue? Browse? Were the durations of the individual 4 items
> valid? Did they all have a duration?
>
> [Edit] I've updated the code, for 2.3.4, to check that each individual
> duration is valid when calculating selection duration. If a duration is
> invalid, it is assumed
rlem wrote:
> I've made the cover full-width and the album title in italic with this
> code in material-skin > css > mobile.css
>
> >
Code:
> > .np-image {padding: 0!important;}
>
> div.np-portrait-song-info div p:nth-child(3) {
> font-style:italic;
> }
Hi Craig
Thanks very much for adding this feature. Sorry to be a pain but
unfortunately there seems to be a bug - the selection works some of the
time but then breaks: an example of what has occurred is: 4 Selected
Items (NaN:NaN)
Regards,
Steve
Hi Craig
I have been having a play around with the CSS with mixed results. There
is an incredible amount of code to Material Skin!
I wonder if you would mind giving a couple of pointers please. The Now
Playing screen shows the Track, the Artists and the Album. What names
are allocated to these
Shozzer wrote:
> What size library do you have? Just curious as mine takes about 30
> minutes on Windows.
Sorry, I take that back. The last nightly full rescan took 12 minutes.
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AlecSp wrote:
> If you're asking which to use (it wasn't clear), while the 3B is
> perfectly serviceable, just get a 4. I moved from a 3B to a 4 last year
> and full library scans went down from 20 mins to under 1 min, and the
> interface was noticeably faster - much improved processor, 2 USB
cpd73 wrote:
> See https://github.com/CDrummond/lms-material/wiki/Detailed-Information
> for info about loading custom CSS.
Thanks Craig. I will have a play.
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Hi Craig
If I wanted to change the CSS for the Now Playing screen what file(s)
should I be looking at?
Thanks.
Steve
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staresy wrote:
> I've tried this on a windows server, placing the actions.json file in:
>
> C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\prefs\material-skin\
>
> ...and can't get it to work. I've verified the json code at the duckduck
> verifier, all good, refreshed browser/cleared cache etc but no joy.
>
> Am
cpd73 wrote:
> Might need to refresh your browser's cache (hard reload?). Also, ensure
> the file is 100% valid JSON - check via
> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=json+parser=h_=answer
All good now, thanks.
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cpd73 wrote:
> If you create actions.json with the following, then you will get 'Server
> settings' in the main menu:
>
> >
Code:
> >
> {
> "system":[
> {
> "title":"Server settings",
> "script":"bus.$emit('dlg.open', 'iframe',
Hi All
I am hoping someone can help me with a little query. I have conducted a
search and saved the result as a Library View. Using Material Skin I
have pinned TrackStat to the main menu based on the Library View. When I
use TrackStat, however, there is no obvious difference than using it
with
philchillbill wrote:
> How much less sugar does it have than the regular non-diet version ?
> [emoji23]
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I'm not sure that sugar enters into it. More like steroids. When
TrackStat was enabled for LMS 8.* I immediately installed it, only to
uninstall it
mherger wrote:
> > I am running LMS 8.1.1 on Windows 10. How do I ascertain if I am
> using
> > MySQL or SQLite? There are folders for both within Squeezebox\server.
>
> If you don't know what you're using, you're using SQLite :-)
>
> MySQL really only is there for legacy reason. There might
Hi
> Only SQLite is supported, don't install this if your LMS uses MySQL.
I am running LMS 8.1.1 on Windows 10. How do I ascertain if I am using
MySQL or SQLite? There are folders for both within Squeezebox\server.
Thanks.
Steve
Interesting development this morning... I added an album in Spotty by
Enya some time ago. In the New Music list this album always seems to
swim to the top despite others being added after it. I added another
album this morning (not Enya!) and went into New Music only to find that
there are an
stevebaggs wrote:
> ...but then I discovered that you can get to the settings for both the
> server and any player using the Information item on the top level menu.
I wasn't aware of that until I read your post. Cool feature!
Steve
Shozzer wrote:
> I just downloaded the APK from GitHub, no compiling. I will see about
> downloading from f-droid. I suspect that will be better in the long run
> as I guess that it will make updating more convenient when new releases
> are made.
Ok, just downloaded from f-droid an
cpd73 wrote:
> Did you download an apk, or compile your own? I've just reinstalled
> material from f-droid, and that version works fine. I was using a dev
> version when I was seeing errors.
I just downloaded the APK from GitHub, no compiling. I will see about
downloading from f-droid. I
cpd73 wrote:
> Hmmm... Are you using the APK from f-droid?
No, it is the one downloaded directly from your GitHub site.
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> Weird. I can close any menu by clicking outside it using webview Version
> 88.0.4324.181
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
Mine is exactly the same yet I have an issue with the menus. As I said
before, it is not a deal breaker but a slight irritation if the
cpd73 wrote:
> As in change volume by using mouse scroll wheel, or the list is
> scrollable? The list should be scrollable as of the current release.
>
>
>
> Is this with the APK? As I'm currently experiencing this, but *only* in
> the APK - with Chrome its fine. Not sure what is going on,
TomS wrote:
> +1
>
> Liked the player/server settings in the first dropdown, but as a
> consolation moving them to the -top- of the settings page would be
> helpful.
I have got used to seeing the settings in the first dropdown and would
prefer them to be there if possible, otherwise at the
mherger wrote:
> > Thanks for the update. Unfortunately Spotty seems to be only still
> > bringing across 50 tracks. Should it bring all across automatically
> or
> > is there a setting I have missed?
>
> Did you re-run a scan/import?
Ah, that seems to have done the trick. Thanks!
Steve
mherger wrote:
> >> Spotify would indeed only return 50 tracks. I'll add another
> query(ies)
> >> to grab more if there are more. Thanks for the heads up! I actually
> had
> >> such an album in my collection and didn't notice...
> >
> > I know that you are a busy chap! Is it likely that this
mherger wrote:
> >> Spotify would indeed only return 50 tracks. I'll add another
> query(ies)
> >> to grab more if there are more. Thanks for the heads up! I actually
> had
> >> such an album in my collection and didn't notice...
> >
> > I know that you are a busy chap! Is it likely that this
mherger wrote:
> > I think I've stumbled upon a funny bug or limitation: if I add a
> rather
> > large Spotify album (with 50+ songs) to my LMS Library, then only the
> > first 50 songs of that album are shown or "imported".
> > So it seems that a maximum is hardcoded or is it maybe a
Hi
Can someone please advise where Album Reviews take their text from and
if this is an online source, is it possible to replace this with local
text? I am looking for information at Album Level.
Thanks.
Steve
cpd73 wrote:
> For 2.3.0 I'm re-writing Material's 'Advanced search' code to use a
> Material dialog, and not using an embedded iframe to access the Classic
> skin version. I have most of this working, but have not implemented the
> code to save, load, and delete, previous searches. Does anyone
mamema wrote:
> Thats my problem, i'm also using subsonic server.
> But it is more a problem of my tagging workflow, which includes several
> different tagging tools. LMS wasn't in the mix until i recently
> discovered the upnp bridge plugin.
It's easily checked. Experiment with one album
mamema wrote:
> Do you have to change the separator \\ in logitech media server also, or
> is this a automatic thing there
It is automatic. However, you need to determine what is the best use
scenario for you. If you are just using LMS then that should be fine,
but different systems will
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