I never knew about that /classic switch, awesome tip! I never knew
there were supposed to be play buttons next to each track! And I always
hated not having an option to play a specific song in the playlist and
always just skipped! Is there any way to bring those play buttons to
any of the
PasTim wrote:
I've been using the Default interface on the desktop for some time. It
has the option for Additional Playlist Buttons in the Interface
settings. I couldn't do without them.
I have that clicked and still don't see those buttons and never have!
Any other suggestions? Though
Wait, yes you're right. I forgot to hover my mouse! It works now,
thank you.
Why doesn't DefaultCB display those buttons, Erland?
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I accidentally posted the below in the Linux forum. :\
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97046-Announce-Squeezelite-a-small-headless-squeezeplay-emulator-for-linux-(alsa-only)p=742775viewfull=1#post742775
Triode wrote:
You probably want to try with -o option and one of the output devices
listed from the output of -l. This looks like squeezelite is unable to
open the default output device.
Thanks, that worked but out of all these, the only one that worked is
option 2, Microsoft Sound Mapper
It does work indeed. Thanks again. :)
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Thanks for another great plugin, mherger. Am I correct in assuming that
if I install the new Music and Artist Information plugin, I can
uninstall the Album Review and Biography plugins?
Thanks.
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Thanks for this great plugin, Roland. I seem to have an issue with
displaying some characters such as #304; #351; #287; ç etc. LMS
itself displays these just fine so I'm thinking it's just an issue with
your specific plugin. Is there any way to remedy this?
Thanks.
OK, my mistake. It shows those special characters OK but what I don't
understand is in the screenshot below. If you notice only in the
Playlists tab does the problem exhibit itself. The strange thing is
that that playlist doesn't even exist in the actual folder of the album!
Any ideas where
Oooo, is that right? I never knew! If they weren't necessary to
recreate the original CD, I would delete all the .cue files. Is there
any way around this?
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That's a good point, Mnyb. I'm not really sure when it would be
necessary to recreate the original CD but I read somewhere it was a good
idea to always keep the log/cue files just in case. Do you disagree?
PS. I don't have any albums with a single FLAC/WAV file. Maybe it's
best I just
Thanks for all the tips, gents. I just changed the Playlists Folder
setting to an empty folder in LMS. It seems to be OK now. :)
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erland wrote:
This is not directed to you personally but community members in general.
I really think people need to start to think about software the same way
as other purchases. It's not like most people ask to taste the food on a
restaurant before they buy a 7 EUR meal, if they are hungry
I asked for this in the past but since there's a new version out, I
thought I'd give it another shot:
Can you please implement half-star ratings? I know you had said in the
past that it needed to be an elegant implementation but I think the
press it once it's a full star and press it a second
Morbeas wrote:
I asked for this in the past but since there's a new version out, I
thought I'd give it another shot:
Can you please implement half-star ratings? I know you had said that it
needed to be an elegant implementation but I think the press it once
it's a full star and press
Owen Smith wrote:
Surely the problem is that SqueezeBox / LMS doesn't support half star
ratings?
I got so fed up of the LMS scanner complaining that star ratings were
invalid (usually half star ratings ie. 2.5, 3.5, 4.5) that I changed my
CD ripping software setup to automatically strip
My ratings come from TrackStat.
And thanks for looking into it. :)
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It's not about others, it's about himself remembering what he thinks
about the music.
Usually, the main motivation is to use it with automatic playlist
creation where you want to skip music that sucks.
But I never actually understood why you need more than a three stage
I like the flexibility that a 1-10 scale (thanks TrackStat!) affords me.
I have playlists that play songs rated 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 and I have
playlists that play anything above a 6, for example. I know this may
seem like minutiae to some of you but this is my system and it works
well for me.
erland wrote:
To me personally it has never made any sense to differ between 1-2, if
it sucks I'm not going to listen to it, it doesn't mater if it really
sucks or just sucks. Life is to short to spend the time listening to
music that sucks.
I totally agree that it doesn't make much sense
prabbit wrote:
There's already a way to use half star ratings in iPeng if you have
TrackStat, and you do. It's not as slick as perhaps you'd like it, but
it's possible and I have been using half stars for years. Here's how:
1. You must be using a 1-10 scale in LMS Settings Advanced
For some reason the new Ipeng doesn't seem to support scrolling lyrics
like its predecessor did. Any idea why?
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Ipad running iOS7. It seems to happen for all tracks. Can't test right
now as I'm not home.
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Hmmm, trying to remember one...
I think Breathe by Pink Floyd was one.
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Ok I'm not sure wtf is goin' on but it seems to be working now. Though
today I seem to be getting a lot more No lyrics available messages.
It can't find the lyrics to Breathe (In The Air) by Pink Floyd for
example.
Actually, if you give it some time it eventually displays the lyrics.
Anyway, I see that it's not an issue with Ipeng, thanks.
Were you able to give the half-star ratings issue any thought? :)
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Any progress with the 1 thru 10 rating system? Please give this system
another thought: Default star state = blank, first press = full star,
second press = half star and a third press would change it back to a
blank state.
Thanks again.
I'm following up because he said he'd think about it. I'm not really
sure why this upsets you. /shrug
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My 3-tap suggestion was just that; a suggestion. Whatever your
implementation (if ever), it'll suit me just fine as long as I can rate
from 1-10.
I'll check back again in another month or two (sorry, Mr. Smith). ;)
Thanks as always.
I'm still not sure why my post bothers you guys. I'm just trying to
have a conversation with the developer of an app I use. Pippin's a big
boy, he certainly can decide which requests he'll consider without you
chiming in.
Speaking of ratings...have you given my suggestions any further thought
by any chance? :)
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I'm not sure this thread is still monitored by the developer so here's
hoping:
I'm running LMS 7.7.1 on a Synology DS1511+ NAS. I setup MusicIP
(headless) just as in your tutorials. I had my music analyzed but the
status never changes from Identified (by name only), though it is
green. I
Also, looking at the log.txt file, it's full of these:
Tue May 08 21:46:52 2012
[0:00] Fingerprint failed (mis-execution): M:\Music\The Goo Goo Dolls -
Dizzy Up The Girl\08 - All Eyes On Me.flac which explains why none of
them change status to analyzed. It looks like the fingerprinting
portion
I had replied to the older thread and in hopes of finding a solution,
I'm pasting it here as well.
I'm not sure this thread is still monitored by the developer so here's
hoping:
I'm running LMS 7.7.1 on a Synology DS1511+ NAS. I setup MusicIP
(headless) just as in your tutorials. I had my music
Ok, here's my setup in detail: LMS 7.7.1-001 running on a Synology
DS1511+ NAS. I have MusicIP (headless as well as the GUI version - is
there a simple way tu run headless on the Synology?) running on a
seperate PC running Windows 7 x64. I do NOT have the MIP plugin
installed for LMS.
I
Ok, I'm confused. How do I get the headless client to run on my NAS?
Also in your site it says that I do NOT need to install the MIP plugin
but now you're saying that I do? Here's a direct quote from your FAQ:
Do I need the MusicIP plugin for SB?
No, you do not need to install setup or
LOL, sorry about that. I never bothered to look at your name. :)
Ok so my first question remains: how do I run headless on my NAS?
As for the music folder setting matching LMS and MIP is my primary
problem. The MIP GUI will not let me enter the UNC for my location.
(See my post above with
Ugh, I was afraid of this. I have no clue what I'm doing when it comes
to Linux. :(
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So it's true that headless HAS to run on the same machine as the one
running LMS, correct? And there's no way around this?
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cparker wrote:
Nope, you can set where SugarCube should look for the headless api,
default is http://localhost:10002/ (ie same machine) but you can change
this under the plugin settings. But the path for the music must be the
same and you need to manually keep the m3lib file in sync as
Ok so I installed LMS on the same PC that's also running MIP but for
some damn reason, I have no music in any of my players! Everything is
setup identical as my NAS but even though my players connect to the new
LMS server just fine, I see ZERO songs! What can possibly be wrong? I
did a rescan
Ok so here's a new problem. I installed LMS on the same PC running MIP.
I set the directory path in LMS using UNC but now I'm getting the
following error in the log file:
[12-05-10 22:15:43.3670] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1304) Warning:
[22:15:43.3667] Could not open
I fixed it and here's what I've learned:
If you have LMS set to Automatically run at system start, it will NOT
work if your music is on a network share that uses different
credentials. You MUST have it set to Automatically run at login.
This might be some sort of bug but I ran across this
Here's a new problem. I'm having a problem with MusicIP telling me a
lot of the songs I have are unanalyzable and when I look at the log, I
see lots of these: Fingerprint failed (mis-execution).
Any suggestions?
I have this same exact issue. Looking at the log file, there are lots
of these: Fingerprint failed (mis-execution).
Any ideas?
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Got it, will give that a try tonight. If this works, you just got
yourself a lifetime customer, Cparker. :)
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Hi cparker, I just bought a lifetime license for Sugarcube as a way of
saying thank you! :)
How do I access your forums?
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Also, how can I update to 4.2.5? I have auto-update enabled, restarted
server and didn't get it. How can I manually force an update?
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Something's seriously wrong ever since I upgraded to 4.25. No matter
what seed song I select, Sugarcube always selects the same artists and
songs. I select a Metallica song as a seed and it'll pick Aretha
Franklin next. I tried messing with some of the settings for the player
I'm using but
cparker wrote:
See here for Troubleshooting tips;
http://www.spicefly.com/spicefly-sugarcube/troubleshooting.html
Cheers
Thanks for the link but you still didn't tell me how I gain access to
your private forums. This is the fourth time I'm asking...
Unless you sent it just this second, I do not have anything in my
e-mail. I also checked my junk folder.
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As for the troubleshooting link:
1 - I went to http://localhost:10002/api/mix? to check the MusicIP
installation and it checked out. It spat out the 55 songs I have
specified in the settings.
2 - I checked Sugarcube history and it shows 0 songs like the above
poster. Though that is probably
Here you go. You'll notice that just within a few songs, I went from my
seed song, which is by King Diamond, to Aretha Franklin.
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I'm confused, how can it be picking Aretha Franklin 2 songs after King
Diamond and be considered queueing up songs as expected? Especially
since I have the Mix Style set at its strictest (200). If that's how
it's really supposed to work, then I could've saved myself $33 and just
listen to songs
Nope, does not work. I picked Overkill as a seed and within a few
songs, I was listening to Aretha Franklin again. Picture speaks a
thousand words:
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Cparker???
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Where is cparker?! This simply is NOT working and if this is the kind
of support I'm going to receive for a product I've paid good money for,
then I demand a refund! At least show the courtesy of responding to our
questions!
cparker wrote:
Hope you feel better for it...
Morbeas' issue has been taken offline, the installation is based on a
QNAP NAS so should be an interesting challenge to fix...
Thanks for reading have a good weekend :)
Errr, what? My installation is on a Win 7 x64 PC. I've never even
No sir, I'm not going to re-write everything I've posted here just so
you don't have to go back a page and see what I've been complaining
about. I have done everything you have asked me to and it just does not
work. I'm the guy with the Aretha Franklin issue. I am a lifetime
subscriber and you
What are you running it on, bakker_be? Windows or your NAS or ... ?
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Here are some screenshots. Notice how it went from Anthrax to Beastie
Boys in 2 songs. I'm also posting my settings for this particular
player:
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Here are two more screenshots of MIP GUI and headless (they're running
on the same Win 7 x64 PC):
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Wirrunna wrote:
I suspect that your weighting functions combined with a relatively small
library is the cause. The SugarCube Live View will show the tracks
returned by MIP and the reason they were rejected, have a look at it.
Also try setting Artist Repeating for X tracks to 2 , and Album
Ok, here are some Live View shots:
First (seed) song is Becoming by Pantera, which, if you're a metal fan
you'll know that it's a very heavy thrash metal song. So here's a play
by play of the few songs picked by SC right after it:
So within 3 songs, we went from Pantera to Audioslave, which is barely
hard rock. What am I supposed to be looking at in the Live View window
exactly? In the first screenshot, all the recommended songs by MIP seem
to be OK but for some reason Sugarcube goes in a totally different
direction. To
erland wrote:
Have you tried if the standard M icon in the web interface and the
MusicIP Mix link found behind it generate good mixes or if the problem
is also shown there ?
I'm just asking because if you see the same issue there, it might be
related to MusicIP application and not
Also, my Smartgain setting doesn't seem to effect the volume properly.
Some songs are still louder/quieter than others. And yes, all my songs
have both album gain and track gain values.
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I'm really confused now because on the Sugarcube page FAQ, it states
that there's no need to turn on MusicIP in the LMS Plugins, so I have it
unchecked. So to answer your question, when I click the M icon in LMS
next to an artist/album/track, I do not see a MusicIP mix option.
Here's a
Is the Sugarcube FAQ wrong? Do I need to enable MusicIP from within the
LMS plugins page?
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Also, mixes created directly from within the MusicIP app seem perfectly
fine (the first song listed in each screenshot below are the seed songs
I've selected):
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There's not a doubt in my mind that Sugarcube prefers certain artists
for some unknown reason. Aretha Franklin, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains
and pretty much every other artist in this screenshot come up over and
over and over again.
Can't see your screenshot, bakker_be.
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Ok so your mix seems ok but why? That is the million dollar question
for me. :(
Would you be kind enough to post all your settings please?
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erland wrote:
You don't need it for SugarCube to work, I was just mentioning it
because it's a way to detect if the issue is related to SugarCube or
MusicIP. If you get the correct mixes when creating a mix from the same
track in MusicIP (or through MusicIP Mix link), the issue is likely
erland wrote:
Just one more desperate question from me.
What's the full path to the music files ?
I'm asking because I know some MusicIP versions have had issues with
path's containing non US ascii characters, is there any accented
character or other uncommon character in the music file
Thank you very much, bakker_be. I don't see anything that stands out.
:(
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Well, seeing his complete lack of replies to my posts on this thread,
cparker is proving to be a take the money and run kind of developer.
I'm so incredibly pissed off about this whole ordeal and his attitude
towards this issue.
:(
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Before I do all that, what you said before got me thinking. I'm now
looking with MP3Tag at my files and am noticing that I'm missing quite a
few FLAC Fingerprint tags, though as I said before, I do have all the
FLAC Analysis tags. Could this be my problem?
Ok, I'm going to try your suggestions and will report back my results.
Thank you guys both very much for trying to help me figure this mess
out. Very much appreciated! :)
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Ok, when I make a change in MIP GUI, I do indeed see the Reload Cache
button in Headless server so they're indeed using the same db.
As for Spyglass, I actually have it but never really used it. Can you
be so kind as to give me a rundown on the proper steps to use it
please?
Thanks very
bakker_be, I love you man. That's all! :)
Erland, thank you very much as well my friend. :)
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Ok everything was going perfect! I'm going to lose it, I swear! I did
everything bakker_be said and it seemed to work! I've been using it all
day and it's been picking great songs. So I picked Ride The Lightning
just now so I can take a screenshot to thank you guys and this is what
it came up
I would completely agree except that this progression of (not
necessarily in this order) Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Blind Melon,
Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, Badlands, Billy Joel always comes up in all
mixes within the first 5 songs. I mean I do agree and enjoy a slight
variation (which is why I
LOL, I think this thing just hates Metallica!
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Ok actually that was a great idea. Here are mixes done directly on the
MIP GUI. You be the judge:
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Not a single Blind Melon or Aerosmith or Aretha Franklin or Billy Joel
track in 53 selections!
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The problem isn't Aretha Franklin being selected in a mix where the seed
song is Blind Melon though. It's Aretha Franklin appearing in a mix
where Metallica is the seed. I think that's quite clear by now.
And I've contacted cparker, let's see how that goes...
I understand that but going from Metallica to Aretha Franklin in just a
few tracks?! Why is only my installation doing this and not bakker_be's
for example?
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That's great! I've seen Metallica many times over the years and I must
say their shows are still among the best. As a matter of fact, this is
where I'll be next weekend: http://www.orionmusicandmore.com/
Ride the Lightning in its entirety Saturday night! :)
PS. If you wouldn't mind, I'd
I don't know what to say anymore. :( It's now back to picking decent
songs, just like the other day when I was typing you guys a thank you
note:
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Ok, I'm happy to report that things have been going great and I have no
idea why. Anyway, this is a new problem that just cropped up yesterday.
I just added this album (Rising by Rainbow) and it's perfectly tagged
and analyzed just like every other file in my library but for some
reason, SC
I just got the update on my wife's iPhone but what about my iPad? No
new version for the iPad?:(
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I understand. Thank you very much for such an awesome app! I use it
every single day and absolutely love it. :)
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While I have your ear, I wanted to ask you something:
When a song is playing (this is on my iPad, btw), I long-press it and go
to rate it. I then rate the song and all is well. The issue is when
the track changes, I have to do it all over again. Even though the page
with the rating scale
The rating stars on the bottom are based on 1 through 5 whereas I use 1
through 10 (Trackstat). Is there any way to change the bottom left
stars' scale?
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That's unfortunate. :(
Thanks again for your time.
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