Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-03-29 Thread Michael Herger
Excuse me for my ignorance , but what exactly does the "helper" do in regards to the spotty plugin? It does eg. handle authentication. Or playback. Quite important features ;-) ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-03-29 Thread sfraser
Excuse me for my ignorance , but what exactly does the "helper" do in regards to the spotty plugin? HOME OFFICE SB2->Benchmark DAC-1-> Bryston P-25, preamp -> Carver M1.0t Amp->PMC TB2 HOME THEATER SYSTEM#1 SB2->Anthem AVM60->Bryston 9B ST -> PSB Stratus Goldi /HOME THEATER SYSTEM #2/

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-03-22 Thread Michael Herger
[22-03-22 10:52:29.5264] Plugins::Spotty::Helper::get (51) Didn't find Spotty helper application! Spotty doesn't have helpers for *BSD built in. You'd have to either try to use the Spotty BSD plugin somebody is providing. But that's an outdated version of the spotty helper. Or you try to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-03-22 Thread sfraser
So I upgraded my spotty plugin and noticed my scan is failing during the spotty portion of the scan? It appears as if the there is now an issue with the Spotty Helper application? the helper does appear to be there in the plugin section. Would you have any ideas? I may try

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-02-08 Thread Simonef
sfraser wrote: > Well I stand corrected. I checked it again today and it is indeed > running 8.3. It's been a few days since I did the upgrade, but I have > upgraded some plugins since then which required me to start/start the > LMS. Would it be possible the manual LMS start/stop did

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-02-07 Thread sfraser
Well I stand corrected. I checked it again today and it is indeed running 8.3. It's been a few days since I did the upgrade, but I have upgraded some plugins since then which required me to start/start the LMS. Would it be possible the manual LMS start/stop did something? Thanks sfraser

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-02-02 Thread Simonef
sfraser wrote: > Hmmm, ran the lms-installer, from what i could tell it updated the > installer package. I then ran it again and it updated LMS to 8.2.1 ? I > was expecting 8.3? TrueNAS is @ 12.0-U2 if that helps? > > I should mention everything has been rock solid with both a large > library

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-02-02 Thread sfraser
Hmmm, ran the lms-installer, from what i could tell it updated the installer package. I then ran it again and it updated LMS to 8.2.1 ? I was expecting 8.3? TrueNAS is @ 12.0-U2 if that helps? I should mention everything has been rock solid with both a large library < 90K songs and 8 players.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2022-01-30 Thread Simonef
New update to version 8.3. Report back if you encounter any bugs Website https://audiodigitale.eu Contact me at: i...@audiodigitale.eu Simonef's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67438 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-09-07 Thread alfcnx
Simonef wrote: > It seems that the plugin does not support the latest version of Perl. > The last commit was to add perl support up to 5.32. You should ask > @philippe_44 to add support for perl 5.34 Thanks, I will do so.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-09-07 Thread Simonef
alfcnx wrote: > Hi, > thank you very much for this installation helper. I have just installed > the latest update smoothly in Truenas. > However, I am having problems with the Airplay bridge plugin. I can not > make it pair with AppleTV. > I get (server log): > > Code: >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-09-06 Thread kappclark
Nice thread ... using TrueNas, but just for the music library. The LMS running on a VM. TrueNas is such a great platform. -- Bill Clark, Windham, VT Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 - 1627922070 @ Tue Aug 3 11:37:35 CEST 2021 Hostname:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-09-06 Thread alfcnx
Simonef wrote: > New update to 8.2.1 released. Please if you encounter any bug report > them immediatly. Thanks Hi, thank you very much for this installation helper. I have just installed the latest update smoothly in Truenas. However, I am having problems with the Airplay bridge plugin. I can

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-09-02 Thread Simonef
New update which includes: - Perl updated to 5.34 - Updated CPAN modules Website https://audiodigitale.eu Contact me at: i...@audiodigitale.eu Simonef's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67438 View

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-20 Thread Simonef
New update to 8.2.1 released. Please if you encounter any bug report them immediatly. Thanks https://audiodigitale.eu Simonef's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67438 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-16 Thread sfraser
Yep, that seemed to work, I have scanned twice now and the playlists have remained intact. Once again thank you! Scott HOME OFFICE SB2->Benchmark DAC-1-> Bryston P-25, preamp -> Carver M1.0t Amp->PMC TB2 HOME THEATER SYSTEM#1 SB2-> Emotiva PrePro->Bryston 9B ST -> PSB Stratus Goldi /HOME

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-13 Thread Simonef
sfraser wrote: > I have noticed an issue with the file scanning, when I perform the > "look for new and changed media files" it appears to clear the playlists > , but does not rescan the playlists, therefore the playlists are left > empty . If I recall this particular function used to scan

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-13 Thread sfraser
I have noticed an issue with the file scanning, when I perform the "look for new and changed media files" it appears to clear the playlists , but does not rescan the playlists, therefore the playlists are left empty . If I recall this particular function used to scan the playlists as well? I

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-13 Thread ralphy
wcattey wrote: > Ralph: Is there a developer thread where discussions about decisions > like,"forked faad vs. stand-alone ALAC tool" are discussed? Not that I remember and since bugs.slimdevices.com has been retired, it makes finding those kinds of answers difficult. The alac_decoder sources

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-13 Thread Simonef
Simonef wrote: > About the points 1 and 2. I’ll do that. it’s reasonable. > > About the last sentence I’ve already tried with the following result: > https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver-vendor/pull/83 Guide updated with a disclaimer with more info ;) https://audiodigitale.eu

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread Simonef
wcattey wrote: > How about the following clarifications that will help others understand > what to do: > > 1. State that the build presented is an example, and that followers of > the instructions to get the current stable release that can be found at > ... > 2. Clarify which tools and CPAN

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread wcattey
How about the following clarifications that will help others understand what to do: 1. State that the build presented is an example, and that followers of the instructions to get the current stable release that can be found at ... 2. Clarify the tools and CPAN libraries should come from a fork.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread Simonef
wcattey wrote: > Cool! Thank you. > > Are you going to update your instructions at > https://audiodigitale.eu/?p=87 ? That's unlikely to happen because it would mean that for every new release of every dependencies I should update all the link every time, the guide is still a valid example.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread wcattey
Cool! Thank you. Are you going to update your instructions at https://audiodigitale.eu/?p=87 ? LMS 7.9 - 2xSB2, 2xBoom, 2xKodi, Ocean Digital WR2300S, Denon AVR-X6200W, SHIELD Android TV wcattey's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread Simonef
wcattey wrote: > Ah! I get it. The richer parsing of faad, together with the STDOUT > patch enables richer seek functionality. BTW, I've just released the update with ALAC transcoding fixed. You can update from lms_installer. Thanks for reporting this problem :D https://audiodigitale.eu

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread wcattey
Ah! I get it. The richer parsing of faad, together with the STDOUT patch enables richer seek functionality. LMS 7.9 - 2xSB2, 2xBoom, 2xKodi, Ocean Digital WR2300S, Denon AVR-X6200W, SHIELD Android TV wcattey's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread Simonef
wcattey wrote: > Thank you Ralph, and Simone for the additional information. > > Simone: Re: changes to conver.conf: > > Instead of using faad, use the tool bound to "[alac]". > > What tool is that exactly? Is it the alac_decoder tool that, in the > reply from Ralphy, he says is not used?

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread wcattey
Thank you Ralph, and Simone for the additional information. Simone: Re: changes to conver.conf: Instead of using faad, use the tool bound to "[alac]". What tool is that exactly? Is it the alac_decoder tool that, in the reply from Ralphy, he says is not used? If so, maybe we should review

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread Simonef
> > You need to bring in the CPAN subdirectory from > https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver-vendor instead of using generic > Perl packages because there are dependencies that will make > logitechmediaserver quit working if you update Perl. > You need to bring in, compile, and statically link

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-12 Thread ralphy
wcattey wrote: > Indeed, as I'm composing this reply and requesting a sanity check I see > that https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver-vendor contains > alac_decoder, shine, and sox in addition to the trees you call for in > your instructions. > > Do we still need the forked versions of shine

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-11 Thread wcattey
Hello Simone, Thank you for the additional clarification. I am going to reach out to titou386, and see if I can get him to produce a better plug-in package for TrueNAS. I totally agree that it should not fall to you to create such a one-off. I had originally believed that titou386 had been

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-10 Thread Simonef
wcattey wrote: > Hello Simone, > > I learned from my husband what exactly was done to install LMS. He used > the pre-packaged plugin with the TrueNAS 12.2 Release. > > I found the dev tree at the ix-plugin-hub on github. The checkin to > 'Add Logitech Media Server to 12.2-RELEASE' >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-09 Thread wcattey
Hello Simone, I learned from my husband what exactly was done to install LMS. He used the pre-packaged plugin with the TrueNAS 12.2 Release. I found the dev tree at the ix-plugin-hub on github. The checkin to 'Add Logitech Media Server to 12.2-RELEASE'

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-09 Thread Simonef
wcattey wrote: > Hello Simone, > > Thank you very much for your helpful Wiki page, 'Logitech Media Server > and FreeBSD/FreeNAS' (https://audiodigitale.eu/?p=87). > > It enabled my husband and me to get LMS up and happy on our spanking new > TrueNAS server under FreeBSD 12. > > Everything

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-08-09 Thread wcattey
Hello Simone, Thank you very much for your helpful Wiki page, 'Logitech Media Server and FreeBSD/FreeNAS' (https://audiodigitale.eu/?p=87). It enabled my husband and me to get LMS up and happy on our spanking new TrueNAS server under FreeBSD 12. Everything worked so well, I was surprised when

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-02-10 Thread Simonef
sfraser wrote: > Been trying to get this working on FreeNAS/FreeBSD for years. Got it > working today thanks to you . In the late great words of Gord Downie of > the Tragically Hip: "I looked up to the Lord above and said hey man! > Thanks!" I perfectly know how much a pain could be to make it

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-02-10 Thread sfraser
Simonef wrote: > Hi! > > A while ago I've written a guide to compile and install LMS on *BSD > based systems ('here' (https://audiodigitale.eu/?p=87)). > But compiling everything for every update is quite tedious, the port of > LMS in FreeBSD is broken and not updated and there is no package >

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] [FreeBSD/XigmaNAS/TrueNAS] LogitechMediaServer Installation

2021-02-10 Thread Simonef
Hi! A while ago I've written a guide to compile and install LMS on *BSD based systems ('here' (https://audiodigitale.eu/?p=87)). But compiling everything for every update is quite tedious, the port of LMS in FreeBSD is broken and not updated and there is no package available to install. So I