Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Moving LMS to a new computer

2021-08-17 Thread Michael Herger
Can I move my LMS to a new computer without having to scan my library again? It depends... but a new system would certainly need to be able to scan your library, wouldn't it? Why try to skip it initially? ___ Squeezecenter mailing list

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing LMS on my new DS420+

2021-08-17 Thread Michael Herger
1. not all docker images are the same. I have played around quite a number of different images. The size of these images varies greatly from image to images. the official LMS community build is only 200 some Mbs. some others are as big as 900's mbs. What causes this differences in size? Various

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-17 Thread Michael Herger
I have logged the memory usage during the rescan under 8.2.1. The result is roughly the same as in 7.9.3. Start at about 48%, up to 58%, then to about 68% at the end and then it stops. The fact that the usage is 3-5 % points higher may only have to do with the running performance monitor or other

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-17 Thread Michael Herger
I just moved all my playlists out of the playlist-folder and then the rescan completed without any error. So there must have changed something concerning the handling of playlists? Some of them have many thousand titles. Thanks! I'll see whether I can find something. Would you mind sharing

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New LMS version notification shows commits vs changelog

2021-08-17 Thread Michael Herger
The "all changes" and "More" links both link to the Commits timeline list which TBH I find quite hard to read. I'm sure these new version notifications used to display or link to the changelog which I found to give a much better idea of new features/bugfixes etc. and much easier to read - I

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Moving LMS to a new computer

2021-08-17 Thread RadioClash
Can I move my LMS to a new computer without having to scan my library again? RadioClash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2839 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing LMS on my new DS420+

2021-08-17 Thread tigs
mherger wrote: > > * on my DS420 running the latest OS , docker is the preferred option > > Correct. > > > * on my old friend DS508 .. could someone summarize the various > options > > & paths if that's not too much to ask :) > > Run LMS on a Raspberry Pi. Don't waste time trying to get it

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help request: LMS not starting up after reboot

2021-08-17 Thread Man in a van
"Automatically start server when system boots" has been broken for a long time, boot from login works :) Ther are lots of post in the forum about Mac problems, this is a recent one https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114995-LMS-8-2-0-and-Mavericks-(Mac-OS-10-9-5) also, have a read

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help request: LMS not starting up after reboot

2021-08-17 Thread janpeeters
Hi all, already for a long time I have the problem that my Logitech Media Server (often) doesn't startup after reboot. It is set to: "Automatically start server when system boots" I've tried it at "Automatically start server at login" with no different results. I'm running LMS 8.2 on a

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS is now scanning my desktop in addtion to my specified music folder

2021-08-17 Thread Apesbrain
bongo23 wrote: > Turns out there was a shortcut buried deep in the folder structure of > one of my music folders. Glad you found it. You might consider updating to latest LMS release 8.2.0: https://www.mysqueezebox.com/download Just install over your current version. 'Changelog'

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Disconnecting players

2021-08-17 Thread stephanvdplas
After a lot of investigating and cross-testing, the issues are pinpointed as follows: - The root couse of the issue can be: * network issue * restart of the squeezeserver service. This is of course not strange. A network issue or a restart of the service leads to a disconnect. BUT imho the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS is now scanning my desktop in addtion to my specified music folder

2021-08-17 Thread bongo23
Apesbrain wrote: > Is there a shortcut to your Desktop in your designated music folder(s)? Turns out there was a shortcut buried deep in the folder structure of one of my music folders. bongo23's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-17 Thread Bronx
d6jg wrote: > I think what Michael was inferring was that a Linux server on like for > like hardware is likely to be considerably faster than running under > Windows. A lot of us run our LMS on Linux but also have a Windows or Mac > PC to do the music file editing exposing the files on the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing LMS on my new DS420+

2021-08-17 Thread ray_78
[QUOTE=ray_78;1030822]Hi to all, Thank for your assistance. I'm back again, trying to get this to work. I sense from this forum the best path appears to be a Raspberry PI with picoplayer or equivalent . the dockerized option being described as too heavy and not the best use of a NAS seen as

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-17 Thread d6jg
Bronx wrote: > I have never tried Linux. I use various music editing programs, for > which so far I have not found an equivalent replacement under Linux. In > addition, I always use the previous notebook for the server, which I > have replaced by a current more powerful, so Windows is on it

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-17 Thread Bronx
Bronx wrote: > I have never tried Linux. I use various music editing programs, for > which so far I have not found an equivalent replacement under Linux. In > addition, I always use the previous notebook for the server, which I > have replaced by a current more powerful, so Windows is on it

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New LMS version notification shows commits vs changelog

2021-08-17 Thread mr-b
Hi On LMS 8.1 I see a notice "A new version of Logitech Media Server is available. (Click here) " Then clicking the link gives: "An updated version of Logitech Media Server is available and ready to install. A new version of Logitech Media Server is available (8.2.0 - ). Click here for further

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing LMS on my new DS420+

2021-08-17 Thread ray_78
Hi to all, Thank for your assistance. I'm back again, trying to get this to work. I sense from this forum the best path appears to be a Raspberry PI with picoplayer or equivalent . the dockerized option being described as too heavy and not the best use of a NAS seen as file server But for

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS is now scanning my desktop in addtion to my specified music folder

2021-08-17 Thread slartibartfast
bongo23 wrote: > Thank you! Why I always forget the sub-menu on "settings", I don't know. > But, the answer was in the debug logs. At some point a shortcut/link to > the desktop got added to one of my music folders, and so, it ended up > crawling the whole desktop. > > Thanks again. Much