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

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:

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

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: >

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: 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

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

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

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

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

2022-10-17 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

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] 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

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)

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

[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

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...

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

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,

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: 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=1049126=1#post1049126 whitman's Profile:

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

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,

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

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?

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

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...

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] 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] 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 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

2022-02-16 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:

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
Jim, thanks for that. Quick glance at Amazon shows variable prices for what looks like different colours of the Audioquest Dragonfly90 quid for black, 200 for red, etc. I presume there are technical differences?

[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

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

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

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] Announce: Radio Now Playing plugin

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
Ah, now the same return with 5.30, it looks like. I think it was because I ran it with ./ originally and not :"perl" or "perl[version]". Trying StreamTitle='Program One: No track title';StreamUrl='https://somewhere.com/image1.jpg'; artist - No track title title - album - year - cover -

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
OK, I cd'd (changed directory) to the desktop, then ran perl5.18 testmatch.pl, and voila... Trying StreamTitle='Program One: No track title';StreamUrl='https://somewhere.com/image1.jpg'; artist - No track title title - album - year - cover - https://somewhere.com/image1.jpg progtitle -

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
Running without that returns Can't open perl script "testmatch.pl": No such file or directory Because it now doesn't see the file on the desktop? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
Running ./perl5.18 testmatch.pl returns zsh: no such file or directory: ./perl5.18 Running ./ perl5.18 testmatch.pl returns zsh: permission denied: ./ whitman's Profile:

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
So it goes soemwhere near the ./ maybe? But where? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
This is what I did... Make a plain text file called testmatch.pl consisting of Paul's code. Go into Terminal and... ... make it exectuable with chmod +x ... run it with ./ ... get output to show. I didn't tell it "perl" of any kind.

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
Thanks Michael. Is there a way to run Paul's test file on my Mac with the 5.18 perl that LMS uses rather than the default(?) 5.30 version? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
What I did was make a plain text file called testmatch.pl consisting of the code in your first box. I went into Terminal and... ... made it exectuable with chmod +x ... ran it with ./ ... got the output I showed.

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
I just re-read the message about perl version (5.30.2) returned at Terminal when I typed "perl -v". But the Information page at LMS on my browser says "Perl Version: 5.18.4 - darwin-thread-multi-2level" whitman's

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
No stray ', it opens immediately into my... Isn't this message referring to an errant ( whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-21 Thread whitman
Paul, I've had a go at this, tho it strained my Terminal skills (=googling) on my Mac, so I hope this is correct and/or useful. Perl version on the Mac hosting LMS is ... This is perl 5, version 30, subversion 2 (v5.30.2) built for darwin-thread-multi-2level (with 2 registered patches, see

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

2021-11-17 Thread whitman
This is terrific stuff, Paul. I am impressed that just about a week after I tentatively asked about the possibility of adding Swiss Radio and Jazz24 to your Radio Now Playing plugin, here we are, after some... shall we say 'challenges' for you? Here we are, then, with two superbly working

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

2021-11-17 Thread whitman
As I say, I thought the no-cover tracks were tracks from their own sessions–they do play such things–but I think there are too many for that to be the case, and looking also at the playlist, some of the non-cover tracks are indeed listed as being from specific albums I think a trade-off for no

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

2021-11-16 Thread whitman
Got the 15b beta, and yes, seeing album artwork. I guess you know this, but the "next" track info arrives ahead of its audio, and the artwork arrives a little after that. Note that the Jazz 24 logo appears instead of an album cover when it's one of the station's own sessions that's being

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

2021-11-16 Thread whitman
I just took a glance at the Listen link at their site... https://v7player.wostreaming.net/854 ...and The Nightcrawlers info changed to Harvey Mason info pretty much instantaneously with the audio. whitman's Profile:

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

2021-11-16 Thread whitman
Ah, I hadn't seen that. And yes, the info in that bottom-of-the-main-page slug is WELL ahead of the actual change of audio, as you say. I presume from you mentioning this that you have to derive info for your purposes from the slug and not the Listen page—even though the Listen page is where

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

2021-11-16 Thread whitman
Paul Webster wrote: > Question now is whether or not I can have cover art working for Jazz24 > before the next update … > > [image: > https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2026/6ea79c391f41fb45f5e3840df429bb37.jpg] That would be icing on an increasingly delicious cake.

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

2021-11-15 Thread whitman
Paul Webster wrote: > For Mother Earth - try the MP3 stream .. I was playing it recently on my > new old Logitech Air Speaker and is was working well. > > For JukeRadio - it looks like a problem on their side. > It appears to be stuck on Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The > Light >

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

2021-11-15 Thread whitman
Only had time this evening for a swift test of each station, and most seem to be doing the business very well. Juke Radio is there, but not playing for me. Ditto Mother Earth. No time now to check the circumstances of those two more thoroughly, but will do so tomorrow when I'll have more time.

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

2021-11-15 Thread whitman
Looks good: Radio Swiss is now in the list, and none of the others have disappeared, so I have 19 top-level names in total. I will test how it all plays later on and report back. whitman's Profile:

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

2021-11-15 Thread whitman
I'd be happy to try this too if it's any help, but I'm not on the beta inside-track. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
Is there something else I can try as a result of that? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
Hmm, odd indeed. Some comfort in not being alone, tho. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
OK, went ahead and tried it. Followed your instructions, but still no Swiss Radio in menu/ whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
I'm nervous about the "not a great change to make for a working system". Presumably I should keep a backup of the working json file for safety, then do the change you suggest, see if it generates the menu name, then revert to regular version?

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
This is the full entry in Info in case it helps... Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.1 - 1634705759 @ Wed Oct 20 07:11:04 CEST 2021 Hostname: Mac-mini.local Server IP Address: 192.168.1.104 Server HTTP Port Number: 9000 Operating system: macOS 11.6.1 - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: x86_64

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
Installed on MacOS 11.6.1. Information shows this for Perl... << Perl Version: 5.18.4 - darwin-thread-multi-2level >> whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
Am I right to still wonder if it could be Mac related, and to check that, is there anyone else using LMS on a Mac who is seeing/not seeing Swiss Radio in the menu? Just thinking what's different about my setup. whitman's

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
Also, the log does show no live stream for Klassic, for example, too, but that shows in my menu. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
I did see that and wondered. I already have 8.2.1, Oct 20 build. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201

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

2021-11-14 Thread whitman
** This is the last entry on the server log, so time seems OK. (There are lots of similar superdatetime entries earlier.) <<[21-11-14 08:09:31.2613] Plugins::SuperDateTime::Plugin::stuckMonitor (4712) Plugin appears to be stuck. Forcing refresh...>> ** With debug set on Radio Now Playing and

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
I did try that earlier, and also updated LMS to the latest 8.2 build. I've restarted countless times. I crossed all my fingers and toes. I think I'll sleep on it. whitman's Profile:

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Thanks for the positive reports, CJS and ericj. Hmmm. Anyone running LMS on a Mac and seeing Radio Swiss in the list? Can't think what else to query, really. (PS, it was a good spagbol.) whitman's Profile:

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
I'm off to make some spagbol now, but thanks for trying so far, Paul. More anon, maybe? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Played Swiss Classic from the browser, no cover art, and just from-start duration (I presume not individual track). whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Tried Firefox instead of Safari: same no-show. Tried a SB3, no-show in menu there. Hmmm. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Yes, in the 'Broadcasters to suppress", unchecked (as they all are). whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Not at the bottom of the list. Nothing in settings is checked, so no prob there. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
I've flushed various cashes, but still not seeing it. 36150 +---+ |Filename: Screenshot 2021-11-13 at 16.29.23.png| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36150|

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Are you sure? Never had to do that before. I definitely have 0.0.13. Is anyone else seeing/not seeing Radio Swiss in the list of 0.0.13? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Which cache? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201 ___ plugins mailing

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

2021-11-13 Thread whitman
Strange: updated to 0.0.13, but no sign of Radio Swiss in the list. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201

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

2021-11-10 Thread whitman
Looking forward to trying the non-beta when it's ready... whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115201

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

2021-11-09 Thread whitman
Paul, that's very good of you. I think these would make a good addition to the plugin. Thank you! whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

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

2021-11-09 Thread whitman
Jazz 24 ... https://www.jazz24.org ... shows album art on their site listen link, here... https://v7player.wostreaming.net/854 And so does Radio Swiss Classic ... https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en whitman's

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

2021-11-09 Thread whitman
Paul, a couple of stations that I listen to regularly on LMS do not show album art (at least not on the links I use, which I believe are the best quality available in each case). First is Jazz24, which for my taste is one of the better jazz stations. I have this link in my Favourites...

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-08-07 Thread whitman
OK, didn't realise I had to actually make a folder and file. And then put the code at post 7656 into the empty file? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-08-06 Thread whitman
whitman wrote: > Tfec, I've looked in all the obvious Squeezebox cache, prefs, and plugin > folders on my host Mac, and I can't see any Material Skin .css files. In > fact the only MS file I can see in those folders is one called > material-skin.prefs, which is a text fi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-08-03 Thread whitman
tfec wrote: > OK. cpd73 has made a way to inject personal CSS into his Material Skin: > > Please find or make the file > -prefs/plugin/material-skin.now-playing.css- and put the following lines > at the end of that file: > > Code: > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-08-02 Thread whitman
tfec wrote: > For which end device should the change be? > Do you have access to the "prefs/plugin" folder in the LMS install > location? > Are you using portrait- or landscape-mode? The end device is an iPad, I have access to the LMS install location, though I'm not sure what you mean by the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-08-02 Thread whitman
OK, cpd. I guess "css" is some sort of coding, and so I assume it's not going to happen if only one user wants it! whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-08-02 Thread whitman
Is there a way to omit cover art (or the cover art placeholder) in the Expanded Now Playing view? What I want is just the track-info text, bigger, ideally filling the space available. whitman's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: ShairTunes2W - Airtunes on LMS (forked version with Windows support)

2021-07-31 Thread whitman
Thanks Phillipe. Slippery slopes are not for me, either. Will give this scheme a try and report back. whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: ShairTunes2W - Airtunes on LMS (forked version with Windows support)

2021-07-28 Thread whitman
philippe_44 wrote: > I’m the maintainer of the plugin. Audio is encoded to 44/16, for every > test that I’ve ever logged and, I can check the code, but AFAIR, there > are places where 44/16 is hard coded. > > [edit]: confirmed, the capabilities are hardcoded at 44/16 Philippe, thanks, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: ShairTunes2W - Airtunes on LMS (forked version with Windows support)

2021-07-27 Thread whitman
slartibartfast wrote: > Sounds like no to me. Unless you consider 44/16 hi-res [emoji3] Seems like Apple are saying their lossless files are ALAC ranging from 44/16 to 48/24, so that lower 44/16 end would, at least in theory, be better than the regular Spotify files I'm hearing at present.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: ShairTunes2W - Airtunes on LMS (forked version with Windows support)

2021-07-27 Thread whitman
philippe_44 wrote: > Shairtunes2W uses AirPlay 1 which is 44/16 OK, so is that a yes for hi-res with this scheme? whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] announce: ShairTunes2W - Airtunes on LMS (forked version with Windows support)

2021-07-26 Thread whitman
I’ve been wondering about giving Apple Music a whirl, and I planned to use shairtunes to stream it via Airplay from my Mac laptop or my iPad to my DAC32. (I have my Mac mini running LMS on the same network.) But I’ve seen some debate online questioning if Airplay can deliver Apple Music’s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.6 - sorting option for Albums/Artists/Songs, replay gain fix

2021-07-15 Thread whitman
mherger wrote: > > So how do I make it play FLAC? > > Disable SPT -> PCM Ah, and ta too slarti, one of those "obvious when you say it" things. Right, set to play FLAC only, and all three of my players, SB3, Radio, and DAC32, playing now without stutters. Info reads the same for each: "Ogg

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