Hi;
I may have found a potential bug in LMS or the Web UI, and I wanted to
post my thoughts and see if I am on to something (or just a user
error).
I haven't posted alot, but I am not new to squeezebox land, I have been
enjoying my devices and reading the great info in this forum for years.
sorry, out of touch a couple days...
Win 7, 64 bit, Chrome...
No, the problem in Feb, I was not able to recover from. I was running
LMS on an old machine and it was simply toast, so I just moved it to a
new machine, and gave up on the old. In fact, the old machine (also
win7) is stuck in one of
cfuttrup wrote:
> I think it's normal for us that use LMS to rip CD's and I wonder, if
> anybody is aware of an alternative to freedb.org ?
>
> /Claus
I use media monkey for ripping and tagging, and it uses musicbrainz,
which is similar to freedb. I don't know alot about it. my experience is
Grumpy Bob wrote:
> You don't say what sort of external drive you are using, but Raspberry
> PIs don't seem to deliver enough power via USB for some USB powered hard
> drives, but there are no doubt workarounds.
>
> Robert
+1 for the PI. I am running PiCore on a Pi 3B+ as a server in two
I am not running LMS on windows anymore, so I don't have a control panel
to look at, but reading both your posts, I have a couple thoughts.
It seems that maybe their is a "number of file paths" limitation that is
different between the control panel and web UI, perhaps causing one or
more of the
optimxr wrote:
> Hi Jim, so what I have been able to do now is make all my folder changes
> in the Web UI, rescan for new file changes and click apply,close and the
> folders that I either added or deleted are changed.
> When I check my SB, all these new folder changes are in place and
>
optimxr wrote:
>
> Someone suggested removing all the folders and trying just the one
> folder of interest but that seems a bit extreme since I have over 30
> folders in the Library currently that are working.
>
This is a stab in the dark, but you could try this as a test (If I am
Michael, Tony, Paul;
Thanks for the info and the clarifications. I have enough info to
experiment with. I have an extra Pi that I use to play around with, I'll
try some backup scenarios and install on a fresh LMS on the extra Pi,
comepare it to a server LMS and see what works best for me.
mherger wrote:
>
> No, absolutely not. I migrated server only a week or two ago. I copied
> over _all_ prefs files, but
>
> - removed file paths from them
> - remove server_uuid (or similar) from server.prefs
>
> That latter identifies a player, and having two identical IDs can cause
>
>
I have wondered this for a while
I am running LMS two seperate pcp systems, with the pcp configured as a
server only, USB HDD's contain the library. Players are the usual touch,
boom, radio, receivers...The two systems are located 250 miles apart,
one at home, one in a cabin. I want to make
Harani wrote:
> I'm running Pi core player. ( Squeezelite and LMS on the same Raspberry
> Pi)
>
> When I visit the web interface the player window on the right is blank
> until I drop down the player selection menu and select Pi core player
> from there.
>
> normally you only have to drop
kidstypike wrote:
> Sorry, I can't help, but just to say you're not on your own with this
> problem.
>
> Recently (months), if I stop or pause my study player
> (pCP/squeezelite/ethernet, player only) within a minute or two it drops
> from the list of available players and another player is
staresy wrote:
> If you use the material skin rather than the default web ui, there is a
> very useful podcast search feature included, that's how I do it.
+1, this is how I do it as well.
One tip though, At times I have not found a podcast with a complete
search term, then abbreviated it,
sorry for such a noob question from a long time member, maybe I have
just forgotten or it's that I am new to PiCore...
What is the best way to update LMS on a PiCore? I use the PcP UI
->LMS->Nightly update and I get a "Bad Address 'A' Exiting..." message,
I tried the same via ssh as per the
Man in a van wrote:
> Have you tries to change the repository used for the update ?
>
> Bottom right hand corner of the pCP web gui (also use beta mode)
>
> ronnie
yes, tried both repos, same error in the end of the script:
[1;32mDownloading update from A new version of Logitech Media
This thread triggered my memory of a question I have been meaning to
ask. I currently am running PcP 6.1 with external HDD, and have always
"moved prefs and cache" to HDD because the how-to's told me to.
We have frequent power failures. When I was running PcP 4.1 (switched to
6.1 only
stephanvdplas wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> once again thanks for your reply. In my case, I am facing the issue with
> ALL receivers and I have a spare receiver having the same issue. Also
> the Boom has the same issue. Wether connected by Wi-Fi or cabled, a
> receiver disconnects and freezes AT THE
philippe_44 wrote:
> Also, if you set player.source log at at least info, you should see a
> log saying "Stopping remote stream upon full buffer when paused". It
> means that the player has been stopped and 1/the stream is seekable
> 2/the position was known.
>
> BTW, is this a Group (from my
you might want to follow along as this new thread develops, 6 radios
which freeze and need power cycles.
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113696-Remotely-reboot-Squeezebox-Radio
As d6jg says, it can be wifi induced even if it doesn't appear to be so.
I have had exactly as you
stephanvdplas wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Thanks for all your replies.
>
> I understand your concerns about Wi-Fi. I know it strength doesn't say
> it all. But I am sure that Wi-Fi is not the issue I am facing now. As
> said I once in a while have short disconnects, but most of the times,
> this
philippe_44 wrote:
> How long do you keep player in "pause"? I think there is something there
> that no matter what, and for understandable reasons, the HTTP connection
> will drop after a while (even with Reliable). I don't think (I'd have to
> look at the code) that LMS, upon resumes, does a
philippe_44 wrote:
> Is it random or is it the same podcast episode that sometimes resumes
> sometimes not?
If I understand your question right, it's all podcasts. Reliable (thank
you) has fixed issues with podcasts suddenly halting, but, I have this
problem with pausing and resuming.
vco1 wrote:
> It's the fact that the Radio should show a menu when resuming a podcast
> episode.
my radio does. If I select a podcast that has been started, it options
play from last position or beginning. If I select beginning it does. If
I select play from last position, sometimes (maybe
philippe_44 wrote:
> I was wrong, there is everything in place to resume to the paused
> position, if the stream is seekable which should be the case, so there
> is likely a bug somewhere. Could you set "(player.streaming.remote) -
> Player Remote Streaming Logging" to debug and capture a case
vco1 wrote:
> I'm using the podcast plugin too. In (Server) Settings > Podcasts one
> can add feeds.
>
> The podcasts are Mac Power Users and Appstories. But those are just
> examples. It basically goes wrong with any podcast episode which has
> been played before.
(I started to reply to this
vco1 wrote:
> Not sure if it's related to what is mentioned at the top of this thread,
> but since I upgraded from 7.9.4 to 8.1.0 (dockerized, everything fresh)
> I encountered some strange behaviour with podcasts on my SB Radio.
> Basically I can't play podcasts anymore.
>
> What happens is
vco1 wrote:
> Thanks for the help. Based on your advise I installed the Reliable
> plugin. Unfortunately that didn't fix the issues. The problem is that
> the behaviour is very inconsistent. However, I'd say it fails in some
> way 99% of the time.
>
> A couple of podcasts that show this
l wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have some kind of issue when I'm listening to web radio while I Work
> sound starts to sound like echoinh I guess some kind of syncing problem.
> What could I do to troubleshoot?
>
> Radio station for instance the Swedish Rockklassiker 128kbit/s CBR,
> Radio. When
l wrote:
> Hi thanks for your advice, but I'm only using one player at a time even
> if players would hav been in sync tthe dopple effect would make it out
> of syn into my ears. So the problem is just with one player at a time
> but on all my players and setup.
I have never experienced
P Nelson wrote:
> I use a Pi to run LMS with an attached hard drive. The PCp player
> includes Samba which will allow window 10 system to connect to the pi.
> I also use my windows system to add music and also use the hard drive
> attached to the pi as a on-site backup.
>
> I am not a Linux
Here is one, specifically the nice summary from @kidstypike (post #19)
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114408-Setting-Up-LMS-On-A-Raspberry-Pi-4B
This will get you from install of pCP as a LMS server, through mounting
a drive.
Here's a lng thread with some useful info in it
I have been using the podcast capability of LMS allot more recently.
Once you are up and running, I recommend two things that may improve
your experience:
1) Install Philippe's "reliable" plugin. It completely solved my problem
where podcasts would drop in the middle, and I would have to
diode84 wrote:
> Thanks toby10. I don't get shoutcast as it does seem to be subscription
> only. Interesting though that there are two streams.
I have shoutcast, I think it's only an email and password signup, no
subscription @mysb.com (but it has been years since I signed up). I
searched SC
diode84 wrote:
> Any way to get station logo
I don't know how to, perhaps others might. I got this stream as a bit of
a hack. I saw that radio.net stream wouldn't play. I searched and call
up a web page that will play the stream (in this case streema), viewed
the source, and searched around a
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I also found that this stream plays (here in the US):
http://strm112.1.fm/baroque_mobile_mp3
I extracted it from page source for streema.
but the stream on radio.net doesn't play (while otto's classical and
opera do):
https://strmreg.1.fm/baroque_mobile_mp3
It fails on a connection timeout.
when I go to the radio.net website, it encounters "playing error" with
the message "the stream seems to be unavailable at this time"
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just a total shot in the dark here - could it be that your power supply
(or power jack) is failing, and what is actually happening is you are
losing power, then regaining it (lights up), only to lose it again? The
jacks on the boom and radio (don't have a sb3) can be wonky. The power
supplies
jezbo wrote:
> So this is still a mystery.
you asking or telling? :D
I only have booms, and have not seen it.
If it bothers you, perhaps you could try a couple things -
1) Do you have the latest version of LMS?
2) Don't know what you are running LMS on, but do you have another
machine (PC,
hoverdonkey wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> would prefer the easy life for this project if poss. // Any other
> suggestions welcome.
A SB Radio with a battery? I use mine all of the time outside, get a
full afternoon and more on a charge, and the sound is quite good for a
little box.
Jim
hoverdonkey wrote:
> Ah, brilliant, thank you, that opens up my options a lot (as there are
> not too many SB Radios on Ebay).
There are allot of radios on the US ebay and many offer overseas
shipping (not sure where you are located). All you have to do is swap
out the adaptor.
I check in on
bpa wrote:
> Just add the URL as a Favorite.
l, in case you aren't familiar with how to edit/add your favorites,
there are a few ways. One, through the LMS UI:
go to favorites and click on the pencil (edit)
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Then you will see the option to add a new one, or you can select an
I am a little confused on how to use the 8.2 podcast functions, both
with default and material skin. Please forgive me if I am missing
something obvious (to everyone except me)
I have an existing list of subscribed feeds. I use podcast search, fund
a new podcast, and the only option (unless I
stevebaggs wrote:
> This works for me:-
>
> 1. Search for and find podcast
>
> 2. Click on the three dots to the right of the podcast title
>
> 3. Click on "More"
>
> 4. Click on "Subscribe".
>
> It might be more intuitive if the "Subscribe" option were at the top
> level of the menu
this is an interesting question that has been addressed a few times, and
I am not 100% clear myself. I have had to do exactly what you are doing,
plus, I have two systems at different locations that I wanted to be
identical. And who hasn't had windows brick? :). Part of the reason I
now run
sorry I don't have a solution. I looked at the hide menus plugin but it
seems its only for main menus.
But as an idea, could you rename the players so that they aren't use?
Something like "DoNotSelect" or "NothingToSeeHere". Even "###" Not
trying to be a wise guy, just an option
Jim
I have been thinking of doing something similar, so I bought a Amazon
Fire 8" tablet I didn't need on Black Friday for, I think about $60USD
(currently about 90). You can currently get the 7" one for about $50.
The Fire tablets are inexpensive in part because Amazon is selling you
an Amazon
philippe_44 wrote:
> . So you end up with crappy SW created by monkeys (and there a lot of
> these in sw, they are just randomly typing on keyboards hoping for
> something to happen).
Thanks for the laugh out loud! I once worked with a person who felt if
her code (written in 'C') compiled,
this was discussed here:
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?115402-Podcasts-in-order
with Material, what I have been doing is selecting and adding a set of
episodes to the queue (say a season), then a quick drag and drop to
reorder, then save if needed.
quick, easy, not really
happy to help!
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Many of us have "been there". In the past I have looked under artist -
various, and unknown. Last resort, scan and note track count, remove
files in question. Rescan. If track count changes you know the added
tracks are going somewhere! :rolleyes:
Jim
KeBul wrote:
> "My Music or Home > New Music" in LMS Web GUI is your friend in these
> circumstances.
>
> Kev
+1! Ah yes, the easiest method I had forgotten all about!
Jim
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streifenleopard wrote:
> This is a good idea but I don't think my RPI2 is able hardwarewise to
> run LMS. Up to now I was unaware of the fact that PiCorePlayer is indeed
> also a device you can run LMS on. I only have an RPI2 and run the
> 1.21b_RPi2 version. It seems I would simply have to get
streifenleopard wrote:
> Hi,
> ...LMS on my NAS does not seem to be eligible for updates.
I don't have a NAS, and have no experience with them, but I do remember
reading something about LMS on a Synology NAS not being supported past a
certain version. You can do a forum searchI'll look
Apesbrain wrote:
> Check out this thread:
> https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114775-Simplified-instructions-for-Squeezebox-Radio-Wi-Fi-fix-(wlanpoke)
also this one:
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109953-WiFi-connection-unstable-lost-on-three-Radios
there are allot
mibigo wrote:
> Thank you Jim and Philippe for the plugin, with the network streaming
> option set to « persistent » i have no longer had breaks when playing
> podcasts. Thats great
> However just out of curiosity i didnt find any thread post about the «
> reliable » plugin that could have
Prior to LMS 8.2, I (and others) had the same problem. Philippe
developed the plugin "reliable" which cured it for me, and I assume
others.
"Reliable" was integrated into LMS for 8.2.
In LMS UI, Go to settings->advanced->network (pull down) -> streaming
method for https -- select "persistent".
muggo wrote:
> Thanks Jim. I just have the one radio & it's in a bathroom so I really
> need wifi. I'll have a go at upgrading the radio s/w.
when I suggested trying it on internet, I meant temporarily, to let you
know if your issue is specifically wifi related. I get it needing wifi
for a
Man in a van wrote:
> Leave it out!!!
>
> ronnie :p:)
wow, this might be the first time I have ever seen a video posted. Think
of the possibilities! Members with problems filming and posting their
futility, rather than describing it in print and pictures:p
Jim
muggo wrote:
> It all now appears to be working.
Happy to hear Paul. I was about to mention an option that I have used
before - get a new SD card and start over :). Sometimes when something
gets messed along the way, you don't make the same mistake the second
time, and learn something along
Andy, I'll send you a pm to address some other items in your post, so as
not to distract from the discussion. Look for it. I say that because I
sent you a pm before, not sure if you got it :) "Notifications" right
next to "welcome "
Jim
mherger wrote:
>
> What exactly are you missing?
I'm not exactly sure either. Andy's first post reported an issue, where
mysb.com/LMS no longer synced favorites on desktop with LMS (i.e. you
could favorite a tune in station on your desktop/phone, and it would
show up in LMS). I did not know
maybe I can offer an alternative approach to using the ip address in
explorer. I have always followed the instructions here to mount the
drive, configure samba, and create a windows network location (note the
how toos might be a bit outdated):
https://docs.picoreplayer.org/how-to/add_usb_hdd/
muggo wrote:
> Thanks guys
> I've mounted the USB drive as per the instructions from Redrum (thanks
> Jim)
> I'm now forced to rescan the whole library which will take an hour or
> more so I'll report back later.
> ;)
progress!
It may have been mentioned before, and
kidstypike wrote:
> What kind of disc is this? Sounds like there's not enough power to spin
> it up. Can you power it from a powered hub?
Im probably wrong, but I am reading it differently. To me it seems like
LMS doesn't start because it can't find it's prefs or cache. By default
it's on the
here is what I am thinking, here's a shot of my setup regarding setting
the location where LM looks for it's data (cache and prefs)
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before you mount your HDD you should have one location, the pCP boot
disk. This entry should have the black selection thingie. When you mount
your HDD then
muggo wrote:
> when I take the configure LMS or LMS web page options, it refuses to
> connect.
>
directly above those two options does it say "LMS is (or is not)
Running"? I'm betting no.
Jim
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musicalrower wrote:
> Players were definitely connected to network - could see them in
> mysqueezebox .
Just to be clear, players show up in mysb.com if they have ever been
connected, even via different network, etc. Even if they are gone. They
just stay there until they are deleted. I have
I read your post earlier and since I didn't have a definitive answer, I
thought I would just let one of the heavy hitters (the ones who know)
chime in...:)
You should not need to use remote libraries. You also really should not
need to have the mysb.com integration working to use lms.
Really,
musicalrower wrote:
> Thanks for the detail. LMS was definitely running - I can see the UI on
> port 9001 of my NAS. But autodiscovery just isn't happening for some
> reason.
> The manual step of connecting to remote library and giving it my NAS ip
> address is doing the trick though. In doing
In rereading the first post, I don't see any indication that you
confirmed that LMS is running? @bpa, is there a way to do that other
than the UI or a player? Maybe find the ip address and add :9000/? and
see if the UI pops up?
Jim
just for grins, I changed the podcast index to gpodder and it also
worked. I noticed that it is a https url, maybe that's it if the LMS
version is quite old?
OP, what version of LMS are you on?
Jim
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maybe djringjr is trying to manually add the url through the standard
LMS->settings->podcast interface rather than a material skin search.
However, I just tried it and was successful:
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Does my feed provider make a difference?
Jim
troffasky wrote:
> Well I am trying to reproduce the issue I thought I had and of course, I
> can't. I am testing by pausing playback, suspending my machine, resuming
> it. It looks in the web interface like like it has forgotten, but then
> about 30s later it resumes from where it was [without
muggo wrote:
> .
> Please can you advise me exactly what to buy? Pi4? Version? Operating
> environment?
> Many thanks
> Paul
Hey Paul;
You are in good hands with Ronnie. He will answer how you could add LMS
to one of your pi's running squeezelite. I can tell you how to do it if
you were
muggo wrote:
> Thanks Jim,
> Yes, I had noticed that due to the worldwide chip shortage I might
> struggle to get the lastest Pi.
> Until this is all over, I might have to stick with rebooting my Odroid
> server as at least it works most of the time.
> I imagine Picoreplayer is my optimum
I'm not sure the OP is really taking the time to understand and try the
advice he is given. Regardless, I read back through and @Gordonb3's post
#19, second paragraph, could possibly be what is going on, why the OP
feels files are missing, needed files are being removed.
It might be worth a try
Annie Body wrote:
> .Installing 7.9.0 and 8.2.0 on their own do not work due to missing
> files!..
Nobody else seems to be having a problem installing 8.2. That's why Robb
asked his question and I asked, where are you getting 8.2 from? Can we
start there?
Jim
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troffasky wrote:
> Yes, time offline does make a difference. This morning the one that was
> fine when I tested it is now back at 0:00. "Resume - 14 minutes left"
> works as expected.
> So I guess after some time LMS gives up on the client and forgets where
> it was. Simply suspending and
Just thought of something...
Are you using the power save plugin?
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I really don't understand the details of what "power" means, as there is
no hard power off other than press and hold or unplug. But maybe this
"power" causes the queue position to be discarded?
Note that the settings are
@troffasky - Did you ever confirm that you are seeing this on your local
library? My referencing to timeout/disconnect was really just to mention
what reliable/persistent addresses with podcast streams, which I think
it irrelevant for local (LMS->player) streaming (as mentioned
previously)
Jim
andybflo wrote:
> I am signed in to both; I just changed and updated my PW on My
> Squeezebox/TuneIn. Just in case in the past nearing 20 years since I
> jumped into Squeezeboxes I might have changed it.
>
> In LMS, I only seem to have an entry for UID under Advanced/TuneIn Radio
> (correct?),
andybflo wrote:
>
> Plus, Redrum, I think we might be neighbors-ish. I'm just north of
> Buffalo, in E Amherst... :)
>
Wheatfield here, close to Amherst border (NF Blvd). We can meet at
Elmo's for wings! :)
There are far better members here for deciphering logs. I also never
kn
@Annie Body (great screen name btw!)
How about we start with where you are getting the LMS 8.2 download from.
Can you supply a link?
Jim
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I don't mean to distract the conversation, but it seems like you are
indicating it happens on more than BBC sounds?
If this is the case, I had something similar with playing podcasts. I
would go halfway through the podcast, and either stopped or paused. If I
did not resume within a reasonable
.. and I realize I missed pages of posts, and my last post seems so out
of touch with the discussion :confused: Is this the twilight zone
thread? What happened to email notifications?...oh, never mind, carry
on
Paul, buy a pie, install pcp with LMS, it will make you happy as it has
so many
I can't give you the definitive answer, but can tell you what I know.
Everything is in the slimserver->cache and ->prefs folder where your LMS
data is stored
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For example, in the prefs, favorites.opml contains the favorites, and
this file is portable (i.e. I copy it to other machines, no
TheCoyote wrote:
> Thanks @Redrum, that's giving me some pointers. :) As for the plugins,
> I'll probably just write down which ones I use and the necessary
> configurations.
I have done a screen shot of the setting->plugins page t
This one has me scratching my head a bit...
Can you tell me, restart is required for which of these, or all? - FLAC,
FLAC Interactive, 320kbps, and all of the flavors (main, rock,
mellow...)
I am the guy that had issues with power failures. My symptoms were
this:
Flac Interactive would not
I have never used it, and don't know if it's still viable, or current
LMS supports it, or all players (basically, I don't know
anything)...but.
There is a 3rd party plugin called "allQuiet", here's some info
https://tuxreborn.netlify.app/slim/allquiet
Jim
epoch1970 wrote:
> In the preferences for each player, sync section, you can find:
I also thought of that, but he said he wants to turn off all players
regardless of if they are grouped/synced or not. He wants an "all of"
(or so it seems).
Jim
GeekDragon wrote:
> .I'm recently retired so have the time to work with it.
>
Congratulations! Welcome to bliss! :cool::D
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GeekDragon wrote:
> Mark, that's genius! Totally went over my head to do this. I've set this
> up and tested it with great success and now I can automate this action
> with a Zigbee button attached to the frig so my GF can simply shut
> everything down.
>
> Thank you again and if you have any
dileo65 wrote:
> Well, since the mouning process was succesfully within in pcp, it stuck
> within LMS, so it could be a LMS problem also.
How about a clarification? When you say that within LMS the device
cannot me mounted or scanned, do you mean in setting->basic settings,
you cannot browse
RobbH wrote:
> Lots of references to Radio Paradise streams in that log, but that's to
> be expected, if you were trying to reload them. The log begins with a
> reboot at 12:39 pm on March 28.
>
> I don't know enough to say if the errors in the log tell us anything
> useful.
That's what I saw
Just thought I would post an update, if even just to document for my
purposes. Please feel free to see this post is from me, roll your eyes
and move on. Even I am skeptical of what I am experiencing :confused:
Up to this point: something happened while switching between multiple
radio stations
RobbH wrote:
> Jim, have you cleared the playlist/queue on EVERY player in your system,
> including any group players? If not, that might be worth a try. (Not
> that I'm holding out a lot of hope...)
yes, thanks, tried it again, no go, but I ran into another oddity
:confused:
I went through
@RobbH
Thanks for the thoughts, I'll give them some consideration. BTW, my log
file is attached to an earlier post. Im not a great log file
interpreter. :o
My LMS is running fine, I just cannot queue radio stations, no big deal.
I also don't mind rebuilding a test system on a pi3B+ that I have
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