Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-27 Thread agbagb
agbagb wrote: > I'll reboot anyway and see if it helps - it's true that I don't so often > reboot the laptop that LMS sits on when I'm in Paris ... > > Anyone know of a non-reboot way to force local system time to be > "perfect"? > > But thanks f

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-27 Thread agbagb
expectingtofly wrote: > Actually, I might have changed my mind on this! It may be a particular > problem on the 9600 non UK streams that means that the calculation is > slightly wrong. This may be a bug. I'll reboot anyway and see if it helps - it's true that I don't so often reboot the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-26 Thread agbagb
expectingtofly wrote: > Yes, BBC Sounds logs an awful lot when debug level is on. That should > be plenty for me to look at now, thanks, so its fine to put it back to > 'warn' level before it brings your server to a halt! > > Thanks There would be a thing - how to debug the debug option

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-25 Thread agbagb
agbagb wrote: > I've uploaded to Stuart's Dropbox about 10 mins of Debug Internet Radio > Log for Sounds from today - stream is R4x either side of 1400hr Paris > time. > > The audible "glitch" was 14.00.04 to 14.00.09 - but I'm not sure my > timing (from my smart

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-25 Thread agbagb
I've uploaded to Stuart's Dropbox about 10 mins of Debug Internet Radio Log for Sounds from today - stream is R4x eitherside of 1400hr Paris time. The audible "glitch" was 14.00.04 to 14.00.09 - but I'm not sure my timing (from my smartwatch taking its system time from the laptop running

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-25 Thread agbagb
expectingtofly wrote: > Have you truncated the log by any chance? unfortunately that log is > only about 20 seconds worth and doesn't cover the period we are > interested in. > > Please can you have a go at uploading the same log again up into this > drop box folder

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-24 Thread agbagb
I'm afraid that the time stamps have me a tad baffled - but within this Debug Log is a very distinct "glitch". It's a cpature of about 4 minutes - in "my" time (here in Paris, on my LMS) it seemed to "jump" about 7 seconds after the hour.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
expectingtofly wrote: > What would be most useful is if you could turn on debug logging for the > BBC Sounds plugin just for 2 or 3 minutes covering the time just before > programme ends and the next programme starts. Then I should be able to > see where the delay is in the streaming when the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
expectingtofly wrote: > Ok, Thanks for checking. I'll have a look to see if I can try and > recreate the problem and see if I can do anything to address it. Thanks Stuart! I may tomorrow to be able to do a live audio capture of the "effect" too, which may help in pinning it down.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
expectingtofly wrote: > Yes, that does sound like the the stream ending and restarting for the > next programme (its usually a few seconds before the actual audio ends > for the programme.) It should be seamless, but there sometimes can be > a delay. As mentioned, I've noticed it a couple of

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
I've just taken a look at the Internet Radio Log, and see something that looks odd to me (though the timings look even odder..). What's this telling us? [22-02-19 07:55:40.1618] Plugins::BBCSounds::ProtocolHandler::new (196) Live stream to old after pause, stopping the continuation.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
It's surprisingly tricky to explain clearly! Let's say I'm listening to a 45min R3 live music stream, and that stream is due to end at 7.30 BBC time, with a switch to the continuity chap introducing the next concert. Now, for whatever reason, there *is* some delay in the system, at one end or

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
And, just to be clear, I'm getting something like: "And so I, Hercule Poirot, declare that the murderer i [slight gap] s Colonel Grey!" So, there's no missing audio, just a strange pause (and no, it's not the acting!). LMS 8.2.1 - 1639114554 Win11 Control: Web GUI; MaterialSkin on

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > Buffering would make no difference as chunks are 6 secs long(or maybe 3 > can;t rememeber), so the issues "feels" like it is a problem to do last > chunk (probably less than 6 secs long), not being noted as being played > (somehow end of song is a factor) and so it is being

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-02-23 Thread agbagb
Hope I can describe this well enough - and I don't see anything specifically about it in the github page So, I usually listen to the Beeb live rather then on demand. And I listen to a lot of the longer programs - plays on R4 and R4x, and music on R3. What I'm finding is that, at the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Starting multiple players simultaneously

2022-02-09 Thread agbagb
Redrum wrote: > because you like hearing "will you please turn that down!"? :eek: I'm sure I've told this story, here, before. A good few years ago, we moved into our wickedly costly, elaborate, restored second home in a little French southern village. What with one thing and another I

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Starting multiple players simultaneously

2022-02-09 Thread agbagb
slartibartfast wrote: > I even tried using an IR remote in the hope of triggering all players > at the same time [emoji1787]. Hmmm - why wouldn't that work? Cue up, say 4 Radios - more or less alongside each other - ready to start 4 separate streams, one for each CD. Point remote. Hit

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-01-31 Thread agbagb
expectingtofly wrote: > Hopefully the BBC Sounds wiki will be of use here. I've documented how > you can navigate around live programmes on BBC sounds using the LMS > controls : > https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin/wiki#live-radio Oh - extremely clear and useful! In the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-01-31 Thread agbagb
Incidentally, if I do hit Pause (rather then Mute) but then want the stream to pick up in real time rather than at the paused time, what's the button tactic to do that? Easy from LMS, but from the remote? Is it Play, rather then (Un)Pause? Or hit the (pre-programmed) numbered preset

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-01-31 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > And that is the main reason why you paused the stream. People don't > usually pause the mid morning chat program. snip I of course always try to make a disciplined choice (!) between Pause and Mute when I need to quiet the audio for some reason or another. Others in the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-01-31 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > I don't know what happens with Live stream with current BBC Sounds > interface but you're thinking the wrong way. > In practice, since the program has ended, it is available in Listen > Again (new BBC API means no big delay between live finishing and > availability in "Play

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-01-31 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > It was available in BBCiPlayer plugin for a few years years before > Sounds. > > The stream is not actually buffered. With HLS/DASH live stream - the > chunks are time stamped. > When you paused the stream, the plugin remembered the time code of the > chunk at pause and then at

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-01-31 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > I think you have benefited from the DASH streaming tech. > > Chunked HTTP send audio in lots of small (e.g.6 secs) - there are two > main standard HLS and DASH. > > Using BBC Sounds, all program are played using DASH. > With Live programs BBC holds typically about 3 hours

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Good Buffering!

2022-01-31 Thread agbagb
Buffering as a topic is usually problems / issues. This is the opposite - great buffering! Maybe it's always been like this, but not, I think! - in my experience Listening yesterday to the BBC R3 Sunday Drama stream - Shakespeare's Othello - via LMS / BBC Sounds plug-in Live Stream,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Has Stopped Working. Cannot Get It Working Again.

2022-01-27 Thread agbagb
gordonb3 wrote: > snip > > Also worth noting that if Windows prompts you that you have to reboot to > finish an uninstall then you need to do so before running a new install > because what the prompt means is that Windows has marked some files to > be deleted at boot time and will continue to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Has Stopped Working. Cannot Get It Working Again.

2022-01-26 Thread agbagb
d6jg wrote: > As someone posted above the issue is most likely Windows UAC. Microsoft > introduced a new level inside W10 at some point and it’s not at all > clear to the average Joe how it works. > However if you install by right clicking the installer and choosing “Run > as Administrator” then

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Has Stopped Working. Cannot Get It Working Again.

2022-01-26 Thread agbagb
Mind you, I've had the blue-screen-of-death on Madame's Mac twice last year! And her iPhone's power management is presently a pain in the a** That LMS taskbar icon thing in Windows is a puzzle to me - and not just LMS. Mostly it's "just there" - but sometimes (especially after a Win

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Has Stopped Working. Cannot Get It Working Again.

2022-01-26 Thread agbagb
As a dedicated Windows user, I don't have much to add to what's already been said as to trying a completely clean install of the latest LMS version. But I would add this - I've used LMS and Squeezeboxes of one sort or another for *decades* on Windows (currently 11) with hardly any problems

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server Versie: 8.3.0 - 1641835163

2022-01-11 Thread agbagb
cb4kda wrote: > When i look add the section information, i saw this by the radio: > > Model van muziekspeler: Squeezebox Radio > Type muziekspeler: baby > Firmware: 8.0.1-r16867 > IP-adres van muziekspeler: 192.168.1.3 > MAC-adres van muziekspeler: 00:04:20:2b:38:84 > > where is the signal

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Anyone running LMS on Windows 11?

2022-01-07 Thread agbagb
CloudAtlas wrote: > Yes, I've had LMS on my Windows 11 PC for some months now with no > problems. > > It does however say this in Settings/Information > > Operating system: Windows 10 - EN - cp1252 Same for me - when I upgraded to Win 11 a few months ago, I noticed no changes whatsoever in

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2021-12-17 Thread agbagb
Staying with Logitech, but slightly changing the subject by way of illustration of variety of user experience - the Harmony all-in-one remotes. I **loved** them, and had them "perfectly" set up - and I was the only person who ever picked them up (well, more than once.). Different folks /

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2021-12-17 Thread agbagb
Paul Webster wrote: > Persuading the family to use "2" for R4 shows that they can accept the > radical! > > Here > 1 France Inter > 2 FIP > 3 Radio Paradise > 4 BBC R4 > 5 FIP Monde > 6 BBC 6Music Damn - I never thought of that... But, let's just say that, not being R1 or R2 folks (nor

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2021-12-17 Thread agbagb
s, pinned. Madame AGBAGB on the other hand.. LMS 8.2.1 - 1628023316 Win10 Control: Web GUI; sometimes OrangeSqueeze on Android phones / pads Machines / devices are in France, in two locations. a) Livebox 4 Internal HDD (FLAC music; mp3 voice), LAN Desktop 3 x Touch - 1 wireless, 2 LAN. (8.0.1-r1

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2021-12-17 Thread agbagb
kidstypike wrote: > I agree, Squeeze Ctrl shows a maximum of 7 presets, there ain't no way > in this world I could remember what I've assigned to a preset, > especially if all players differed. :confused: > > Since Material, I'm afraid Squeeze Ctrl, doesn't get much of an airing. Just to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2021-12-17 Thread agbagb
myself found the need. However, having got Madame AGBAGB to put an LMS app on her phone, she did enquire why she could not simply continue to do the thing she best understands - 1 for BBC R3, 2 for R4, 3 for 4Ex and 4 for France Culture. She has a point (as ever) . I love the precise cont

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2021-12-17 Thread agbagb
kidstypike wrote: > The only Phone app that I know of that can do this is Squeeze Ctrl on > Android. > > 36480 Ahh - thanks! I've never used SqueezeCtrl, but I'll give it a try. In a perfect world I'd find a iPhone app that does the same - me, I'm an Android and PC chap through and through,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2021-12-17 Thread agbagb
'Morning All, I have Presets on all my Radios (via the hardware buttons) and on my Touches (via the numeric keypad on the remotes). Is there a way of selecting a Player within the LMS GUI (or, eg, MaterialSkin on a phone / pad) and then selecting one of the Presets to play? I use the Default

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Question (again)

2021-12-02 Thread agbagb
Just to somewhat reply to myself - I simply can't find anyway of firing the Sleep function for a given Player from the Default LMS Interface. Oddly, I've got the old Peter Watkins SleepFade plugin running - but nowhere can I find the Sleep options themselves. LMS 8.2.1 - 1628023316

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Question (again)

2021-12-02 Thread agbagb
Well, well, well ... I use the Default LMS Interface, and I don't believe the Sleep function is anywhere available in that. But I now see that using the Material Skin smartphone app (well, I actually use the Core32 version of that), I see that Sleep is there available. And of course

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Question (again)

2021-12-02 Thread agbagb
We've been discussing various replacement kit for Radio and Boom ( https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?115478-Recommendations-for-kitchen ) and come up with some interesting ideas, oddities and limitations A feature I use a lot on all my SB devices is the SLEEP option (though this

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Volume synchronization of synchronized players

2021-11-14 Thread agbagb
Yes you're right - the Touch is (temporarily) not doing audio at all. And of course, I could simply set it to control the SqueezeAmp without any sync - I'd totally forgotten that! It's amazing how much the SB world can do, and how little of it most of us use from day to day. I won't

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Volume synchronization of synchronized players

2021-11-14 Thread agbagb
For assorted temporary speaker setup reasons I've synched a SqueezeAmp (for audio) with a Touch (for screen, remote and control). Works fine, once I'd discovered here what I'd forgotten, or never knew: that you have (in LMS Settings) to tell them to both Sych AND Sync Volume, separately. Quick

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS > HOME > FAVORITES Issue

2021-09-18 Thread agbagb
So, the second mySB.com favorites appeared at the foot of the list on a full system re-boot. The original, at the top, was indeed http etc etc; the newer one is indeed https etc etc (identical apart from the "s"). Both seemed to get through to the actual mySB saved favorites, but following

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS > HOME > FAVORITES Issue

2021-09-17 Thread agbagb
mherger wrote: > > Any ideas as to why, and how to stop it? Hardly a big deal, but > > annoying. Never seen it happening before this last week. > > Hmm... would one of them be http and the other https? If you deleted > both, would both come back or only one? > > Make sure the one you have

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS > HOME > FAVORITES Issue

2021-09-17 Thread agbagb
LMS > HOME > FAVORITES (Default Skin) So, under my Favorites list, the first item is (and clicking on that gives me that particular saved favorites menu). After that are some Favorites local to this particular instance of LMS. Every now and then I get a final entry , a dublicate of the first

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Stream from PC Audio to LMS

2021-09-07 Thread agbagb
CJS wrote: > Thanks for the update. I think that this was the suggestion from last > year in the forum => 'stream what you hear' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?112766-Music-Source-PlugIn=985269=1#post985269) > Nice program, indeed very handy. Since you found the cause of your

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Stream from PC Audio to LMS

2021-09-07 Thread agbagb
Thanks to one and all. Turns out that the suggestion from way back in the Forum was to use Stream What You Hear, and to copy and paste the streaming URL as an LMS favorite. That URL is http://***.***.*.**:5901/stream/swyh.mp3I did have that backed up in my system, but the problem turned

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Stream from PC Audio to LMS

2021-09-06 Thread agbagb
A while back, one of the Clever Coves here in the forums suggested a simple way of streaming the actual audio playing on a PC to LMS, and thence to players. It involved simply saving as a favorite an appropriate: . Has worked fine for me: run the local PC audio, and hit the saved "PC Stream"

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

2021-08-18 Thread agbagb
Also, almost always a "new computer" is substantially faster - processor, ssd etc etc - than your old one, even if getting a faster machine has not per se been an objective of the upgrade. When I installed LMS on this new machine, and plugged in a 1tb external ssd packed full of FLAC stuff, I

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] BBC Sounds

2021-07-05 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > I think another user had a vaguely similar issue > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113045-Announce-BBC-Sounds-Plugin=1024338=1#post1024338 > > It may be best to add your issues in the BBC Sounds thread - perhaps > they are related. That was me - and I'm pretty sure

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] BBC rejig streaming

2021-03-05 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > A BBC comment on the above BBC Blog entry > > > > Speculation is this is aimed mainly at Reciva device such as Roberts. > This will affect any Squeezebox users playing BBC via mysqueezebox.com These days I only use mySB.com when my local server is, for one reason or another,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0 repository problem

2020-09-17 Thread agbagb
slartibartfast wrote: > You would buy a Raspberry Pi and then wonder why you didn't do it years > ago [emoji1787] > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Ha! Fair enough; and indeed I might investigate the Pi route, life still being Covid-quiet here. Though I think that, for me, it's really

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0 repository problem

2020-09-17 Thread agbagb
Heavens - this has sent a small chill through my Win10 heart! I can perhaps add that, over the years, I've "evangelised" the Squeezebox world to many friends, and been their (very simple) tech support. Almost all Win, a few Mac. I think that now, without exception, they have moved to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 7.9.2 stopping

2020-08-23 Thread agbagb
There's also a Sticky right at the head of the LMS section of the forums that always has links to all current versions of LMS: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98711-Logitech-Media-Server-Versions LMS 7.9.3 (1596893334) Win10 Control: Web GUI; sometimes OrangeSqueeze on Android

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server Version 7.9 - stopped scanning files

2020-08-23 Thread agbagb
Not sure if this is related. Since installing 7.9.3, my ScanLog has literally thousands of entries, all somewhat like this: Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (2596) Invalid ReplayGain tag found in D:\MEDIA\1 - INSTRUMENTAL\BACH, J.S\BAROQUE SELECTIONS\Baroque 2 - Masters of Baroque

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 7.9.2 stopping

2020-08-22 Thread agbagb
Plus, the most current release of 7.9.3 (7.9.3 - 1597753178) has a couple of small fixes to address the puzzling repository errors that are still persisting, while our genius volunteer coders are wrestling the issue to the ground ... I installed it this morning over my previous 7.9.3, with

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Praise

2020-08-19 Thread agbagb
dagb wrote: > I just fired up LMS 8 after I fell off the Squeezebox train a couple of > years ago. (There were perfectly good reasons for it at the time.) > > I have not kicked the tires really hard yet, but my goodness You > guys are definitely not just keeping this thing alive! It works

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logging Has Lost Its Date / Time Stamp - Solutions?

2020-08-18 Thread agbagb
mherger wrote: > > Odd. Any ideas on how to fix? > > Go to Settings/Information to see where your prefs are stored. Remove > log.conf and restart LMS. > > -- > > Michael Thanks Michael - that did it. Quick (and truncated) extract from new server log:

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logging Has Lost Its Date / Time Stamp - Solutions?

2020-08-18 Thread agbagb
I though I'd open a new thread on this, so as not to clutter the substantive discussions in other thread on the current LMS / Inaccessible Repository / Hangs / Crashes threads... In posting my assorted Server Logs in those threads, member bpa noticed that at a certain point my logs had lost

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0 repository problem

2020-08-18 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > Second note > > Later in log - suddenly there are no date/time stamp on the log entries > after a restart. This indicates that LMS log configuration has been > corrupted in some way and IIRC it needs to be deleted to restore the > time stamps/. > > > Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0 repository problem

2020-08-18 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > I can only explain the BBCiPlayer related error which indicate "long > chunk time". BBC radio streams use DASH or HLS protocol which means > audio stream is made up of 3.2 sec audio chunks each one is a HTTP > request. Normally each request will be fetched within about 80-100ms.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0 repository problem

2020-08-17 Thread agbagb
I was the OP in another of the "repository errors stopping 7.9.2 running" threads. I "fixed" this by installing 7.9.3. And, so far as I can tell, my whole system is working perfectly, both from its stored music and from BBC radio streams. However, the Server Log looks like a total mess to me

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0 repository problem

2020-08-17 Thread agbagb
mherger wrote: > >> It's basically the same cause but for what ever reason it caused LMS > >> 7.9.x to actually crash, fail to start. > > I've seen take a very long time to load the plugins page or restart > (minutes), but not crash. > > FWIW: my hosting service just confirmed that they did

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2020-08-17 Thread agbagb
Only just seen this thread, and this great little Presets Editor - most useful! Saves wandering from room to room, device to device when updating stuff. Gary LMS 7.9.3 (1596893334) Win10 Control: Web GUI; sometimes OrangeSqueeze on Android phones / pads Machines / devices are in

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Accessing Plugin tab in settings (web interface) crashes LMS. How to debug?

2020-08-17 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > The https / XML / timeout below is appearing on many different threads. > They seem to be mainly from 7.9.2 Windows users. My suspicon is > something https related - perhaps something like a minimum level TLS > support has been changed or an "old" LMS HTTPS issue/bug is

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Accessing Plugin tab in settings (web interface) crashes LMS. How to debug?

2020-08-17 Thread agbagb
mherger wrote: > > Also LMS8 on Debian. I'm also seeing this error for the > squeezecommunity > > url, but not for Michael's test repository. The Plugins tab loads > > without crashing and displays this error at the top of the page: > > Is this an ongoing issue? Your remark is particularly

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Accessing Plugin tab in settings (web interface) crashes LMS. How to debug?

2020-08-17 Thread agbagb
Manchester Martin wrote: > I'm using Windows 10 Home and LMS 7.9.2 (Version: 7.9.2 - 1578996832 @ > Tue Jan 14 12:09:46 WEST 2020 IO::Socket::SSL: 2.024) > I have also started getting the error in the last few days: > [20-08-17 09:59:11.3210] Slim::Networking::Repositories::__ANON__ (146) >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-16 Thread agbagb
cathcam wrote: > After the update and server restart I still get these errors, yeah I > have to update mysqueezebox.com userid/password. > > > > I too had to re-enter the MySB.com details - but I thought that was > because I'd tried clearing my cache before I decided to do the update to >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-16 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > I think following may work - I use to change a post title. > 1. go to first post > 2. Selected "Edit post" > 3. Select "Go Advanced" > 4. Change text in title box. > > Not sure if this just changes post title or thread title as well. Just post title.. LMS 7.9.1

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS running but can't be contacted on Port 9000

2020-08-16 Thread agbagb
john greenwood wrote: > Problem resolved when I installed 7.9.3. I see there's another thread > where other people had the same problem today. And yet another thread about clicking on Settings>PlugIns crashing pre-7.9.3 LMS I had that oddity, as well as several others, all solved by

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Accessing Plugin tab in settings (web interface) crashes LMS. How to debug?

2020-08-16 Thread agbagb
gorman wrote: > Yesterday, after my machine completely crashed after a game had a bad > RAM leak, I met with a strange behavior from LMS. I mention the crash as > I am not sure that the two things are linked but it happened so... worth > mentioning it, I guess. > > > > BUT, when

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-16 Thread agbagb
As Thread Starter, is it possible for me to edit the Thread Title to add "Port 9000 Unavailable" to it: there are now multiple threads addressing the same curious phenomenon, seemingly solved by installing 7.9.3. I'm sure I've done a Tread Title edit before, but now don't see how to do it.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
dwc wrote: > regarding downloading 7.9.3 - I'm only seeing nightlies. > > Just grab the 7.9.3 here? >> > http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.9 > > thanks I think this is where Michael Herger posts the latest download links (in a Sticky, at the top of the LMS Forum page):

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > Without warning, stations and associated services (e.g. Akamai, Tune-in, > Radio.net etc) can change to a different level of TLS which used in in > https and so "problems" can occur overnight. Issues might be related to > CA certificates being renewed which are also part of the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
So, clearing prefs etc and updating to 7.9.3 seems to have worked. But, given that the fault developed "out of the blue", we shall see over the course of the day... BTW, I have Auto Install of updates enabled. So I guess I went from the manual, fresh install of 7.9.1 to 7.9.2 without

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > Why did you upgrade to 7.9.2 and not 7.9.3 ? Missing out on very many > bug fixes - especially https ones. > > 7.9.2 - 2020 is just the build date - no significant code changes for > over 12 months. 7.9.3 has only had some bugs fixes in last 12 months. > 8.* is where development

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
This is the Server Log since the restart mentioned above (BTW, I can access those 2 "unavailable" repository directories direct in F'fox): [20-08-15 11:27:25.8217] main::init (387) Starting Logitech Media Server (v7.9.2, 1578996832, Tue Jan 14 12:09:46 WEST 2020) perl 5.014001 -

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > It "feels" like LMS is not running. Control Panel is separate from LMS- > I don;t know how it checks that LMS is running. > > Can you kill the slimserver.exe using Task manager ? Yes. So my Win10 notification area now shows the LMS icon greyed out, and reading (on a hover) "LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
Just an additional thing Looking at LMS Control Panel>Diagnostics, I see this: "Logitech Media Server is running but can't be contacted on port 9000." and in the LMS panel of that page I see: LMS - Running IP - (correct) Port 3483 (slimproto) - Failed Port 9000 (HTTP) - (blank) Port 9090

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > A lot of services now require https support - https support in 7.9.1 > was not great. I think old https support is the issues causing "error > fetching RadioPlayer BBC data while playing so try fetching again" > > There was a bug in Windows LMS 7.9.1 ( IIRC pre- July 2018, your

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Frozen, Crashing...

2020-08-15 Thread agbagb
Last night I ran a BBC radio stream on a Radio via LMS 7.9.1, no problems. But this morning, while the radio stream was still running, my browser (F'fox) won't connect to LMS, and no other player will connect to LMS. Tried a few re-boots, but no joy. Windows tells me LMS is running, but if I

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd display of artist and album names

2020-08-01 Thread agbagb
Here's an oddity that I've been worrying at over the last couple of days - not sure how / whether precisely related to this thread so far, but it involves accented letters I had a whole folder of mp3 off-air recordings of the John Le Carré oeuvre, 12 sub-folders in all. But no matter what I

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Removing a player from the drop down list?

2020-07-31 Thread agbagb
I had a similar thing when I installed the AirPlay Bridge PlugIn - successful and trouble free for a new Airplay speaker, but the Drop Down Player List on the LMS GUI now showed my Apple TV and my Cable Box as Players. Turns out that right at the bottom of the AirPlay Bridge PlugIns setting

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Home Menu Order in LMS GUI

2020-06-16 Thread agbagb
kidstypike wrote: > Yes, I do know that. :) > > I don't think it's ever been possible to re-order the menu items under > "My Music" in the LMS web GUI. Though, as someone pointed out in response to my initial post, the Material Skin plug-in does allow that. Once all my assorted new installs

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Home Menu Order in LMS GUI

2020-06-16 Thread agbagb
kidstypike wrote: > You can choose which menu items you wish to see under My Music using the > LMS web UI, but you can't re-order them there. You need to do this on > the player (Touch, Radio, Squeezeplay). > > Example - move "Albums" to top of My Music. > > Though that re-orders them only

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Home Menu Order in LMS GUI

2020-06-16 Thread agbagb
slartibartfast wrote: > I have never ordered MyMusic on the player, didn't even know you could. > I do it in the player settings on LMS > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Actually, this is all very odd.. I've just looked in SETTINGS>PLAYER and there's now an ADDITIONAL BROWSE MODES

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Home Menu Order in LMS GUI

2020-06-16 Thread agbagb
slartibartfast wrote: > Just install it over the top. > http://downloads.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v7.9.1/ > It might be worth considering 7.9.2 or 7.9.3 to be more up to date. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Thanks for that - all is now well! I'm sticking to 7.9.1 for

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Home Menu Order in LMS GUI

2020-06-16 Thread agbagb
Here's an oddity. My Sig shows 7.9.1 as my LMS. That's correct on my old machine. But my new install on the new machine is 7.7.6. No idea why - I just went to the LMS mainpage and took the available "current" download. Although the new set up seems to be working fine, maybe that's my

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Home Menu Order in LMS GUI

2020-06-15 Thread agbagb
d6jg wrote: > If you use Material skin you can re-order the Home page as you wish Hmmm - I'm not seeing that as an option anywhere even though the author's github page says it's now an official 3rd party add on. I tried adding his repo URL too, but still no sigh of Materail Skin being

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Home Menu Order in LMS GUI

2020-06-15 Thread agbagb
I'm sure |I sked this recently, and got a good answer. But I'm damed if I can now find it I'm a dab hand with re-ordering Menus on various players. But, how do I customize the Home Menus in the LMS web GUI itself? I use the DEFAULT interface. I've just installed LMS on a new machine -

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] library rescan seems to start at random times

2019-11-18 Thread agbagb
I had a RESCAN oddity recently that I was going to raise in the Forum, but which I managed eventually to solve on my own. My LMS is set to RESCAN when it detects additions or changes. I hadn't done either recently, but LMS was suddenly endlessly rescanning, and freezing up in assorted annoying

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Stream Switching to Disco at the Same Time Every Morning

2019-03-08 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > > > > I think the alarm sounds you are talking about are catgeory within sound > loop ones such as ambulance, rooster, falling rain , crashing waves etc. > These have to have a connection the LMS/mysqueezebox.com to work - they > are not stored in the Radio/Touch. > > Odd.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Stream Switching to Disco at the Same Time Every Morning

2019-03-05 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > You have checked that the alt-CDN station plays OK under normal control > - it's not a valid test unless you know that. It's playing on the Radio as I write! So tomorrow, _on verra_ (as we say here in France). AGB Logitech Media Server Version: 7.7.6 - 1521467459 @ Thu

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Stream Switching to Disco at the Same Time Every Morning

2019-03-05 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > Definitely try the alternate CDN for your evening listening - it is no > effort to choose the different menu and if the errors goes away then you > know it is BBC/CDN issues and you can use it for your alarm. > > From time to time, other users show the same "delay" log entries

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Stream Switching to Disco at the Same Time Every Morning

2019-03-05 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > The time restrictions are generated whenever you start the pls. > So you have a couple of things to try as afavorite > 1. Use the BBC pls file > 2. Use the raw URL no paramters - > http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_q > 3. Create a playlist file like BBC one

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Stream Switching to Disco at the Same Time Every Morning

2019-03-05 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > IIRC BBC put start & end validity time parameters on the URLs in a pls - > the "s=" and the "e=" with Linux epochtime - this restricts the > validity of the URL which measn the specifc URL cannot be restarted > after the "e=" time. > > Code: > > >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Stream Switching to Disco at the Same Time Every Morning

2019-03-05 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > Problem are due to not using the sort of URL the Alarm expects - Alarm > code was written abour 10 years before streaming tech changes (chunked > http, http 1.0 vs 1.1) and also before playing restrictions were added > by BBC and other stations. > > 1. You cannot really use

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm Stream Switching to Disco at the Same Time Every Morning

2019-03-04 Thread agbagb
I know ALARM can be a quirky function; and I know using a radio stream as the alarm adds to that quirkiness. However: Attached is a log of what is odd behavior on a Radio every morning for the past few days. Essentially, I go to sleep with a BBC R3 stream from LMS until SLEEP cuts it out

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Alarm didn't go off!

2019-03-03 Thread agbagb
bpa wrote: > Never rely on just playing an internet stream for an alarm - there are > too many variables that can go wrong. I'm going through a phase of my Radio not picked up my preferred alarm (a BBC radio internet stream.) and launching loud disco music. So far as I can tell - browsing

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Cannot Set Sleep Timer from LMS for a Player?

2019-01-10 Thread agbagb
Jeff07971 wrote: > Powersave is not a sleep timer its for turning off player after a set > period of inactivity. > > Its (mainly) for people who have power amps controlled by the player. > > Maybe ask mherger if sleep timer can be addded to LMS GUI ? PowerSave has 3 options (as well as 5 or

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