Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Operating system requirements

2017-03-11 Thread Howard Passman
Many thanks Paul! Howard Passman wrote: > Sorry if this is somewhere, but I could not find it. Would someone tell > me the last version of LMS that worked with Windows XP, please. > > Thanks in advance... > > Howard

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Operating system requirements

2017-03-11 Thread Howard Passman
I haven't checked the forum to see how 7.9 is doing, but after loading fine it did have some issues with placement of text, missing controls, etc.. I loaded 7.8.1 and that works fine. I'll check back on 7.9 at a later date. I really liked the new features that I saw when I loaded it on a

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Operating system requirements

2017-03-12 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks Michael! That did it. I've been running everything on 7.71 forever and have been very happy. I do keep my pi's updated and when the latest picoreplayer software had the ability to use an SB remote I had to try it. That went so well I thought I'd try to add the LMS to it and that's when I

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Where is Music Information Screen config stored in the LMS?

2017-07-08 Thread Howard Passman
Can someone tell me where my configuration for the Music Information Screen is stored? I had it set up exactly like I like it, but my hard drive died. I loaded my backup, but the configuration for the MIS didn't load back. Thanks, Howard Can I go home now?

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Where is Music Information Screen config stored in the LMS?

2017-07-08 Thread Howard Passman
I am so sorry. I certainly wasn't thinking. I am running XP, but your info got me there. Thanks and I'll kick myself all evening :-) kidstypike wrote: > You don't give your OS, but one of these may help? > > 23067 > > 23068 Can I go home now?

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help in moving Playlists from Foobar to Squeezebox

2018-01-07 Thread Howard Passman
My issue is, I would like to copy my Foobar Playlists to my LMS. It get a little complicated. My LMS is on a Raspberry Pi using PiCorePlayer. The playlists are in Foobar on a Windows machine. However, the Foobar software pulls it's music files over the network from the LMS. Originally these

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help in moving Playlists from Foobar to Squeezebox

2018-01-08 Thread Howard Passman
OMG, I forgot to capitalize the "M" in "Music" in the path. I apologize and thanks for everyone's help. Howard Howard Passman wrote: > Thanks and it is clear. I'll give it a shot in a little while and report > back. > > Not looking for an answer, but am

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help in moving Playlists from Foobar to Squeezebox

2018-01-08 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks and it is clear. I'll give it a shot in a little while and report back. Not looking for an answer, but am curious about all the extraneous lines in my SBS created playlists. Thanks kidstypike wrote: > Yes. > > I made a four track playlist in Foobar (Windows 10). This is what it >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help in moving Playlists from Foobar to Squeezebox

2018-01-08 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks for all the info. It's pretty much what I've tried with the exception that I only tried one file. Cautious at my age :-) Here's an example of from each playlist type. The use of the % instead of / is one of a couple of things that just seems to make this worse than normal. Here's a Foobar

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Multiples of many albums showing up after the last few nightly updates.

2018-01-30 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks Toby, that got me started. Apparently the problem came up when I moved playlists from one server to another. Some of the paths in the play lists were /mnt/Music and some were //mnt/Music. Thank goodness I only had about twenty playlists to go through. Thanks again and have a great day.

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Multiples of many albums showing up after the last few nightly updates.

2018-01-29 Thread Howard Passman
That pretty much says it all. I am on 7.9.1 - 1516947667 and I would say I started seeing this in the past several nightly updates. I'm running LMS on PicorePlayer/RaspberryPi3. I don't know if I should check in with them or start here. Any suggestions would be appreciated. My library really

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you display more than one album cover

2018-07-26 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks very much... Howard mherger wrote: > > When using Advanced/Formatting/Artwork to enter a different name for > an > > album cover, what is the result supposed to be. Is it supposed to > > display more than one cover for an album. For example, I use > Folder.jpg > > to identify my album

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you display more than one album cover

2018-07-25 Thread Howard Passman
When using Advanced/Formatting/Artwork to enter a different name for an album cover, what is the result supposed to be. Is it supposed to display more than one cover for an album. For example, I use Folder.jpg to identify my album covers in the LMS, but I may have additional covers in the music

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS web interface keeps becoming unresponsive on Debian 10

2019-07-30 Thread Howard Passman
I'm on Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.2 - 1564003588 and LMS is dog slow in responding. Unfortunately I upgraded to an RPI4, piCorePlayer 6.01 and the new LMS all in one fell swoop. Not sure which or if it is a combo that is the culprit. I use almost no Plugins and of course everything

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS web interface keeps becoming unresponsive on Debian 10

2019-08-01 Thread Howard Passman
After a little messing with this, my problem seems to be related to pcP 6.0 and players on my network that are running older versions of pcP. Something that will probably get worked out in later versions I suspect. Howard Howard Passman wrote: > I'm on Logitech Media Server Version: 7.

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Another issue with duplicate albums.....

2019-09-24 Thread Howard Passman
I just installed pCP 6.0 on a RPI 4. I took a hard drive that I had a copy of all my music on and am using that with it. The only files on the drive are the music folder/files. After scanning LMS shows about 25% more songs than it should. I found some issues with playlists and fixed them.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Another issue with duplicate albums.....

2019-09-24 Thread Howard Passman
the issue, but I'm good to go. Howard Passman wrote: > Yup, clear the entire library each time. If I clear the cache won't that > clear all of my setting also? > > Thanks, > > Howard Howard Passm

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Another issue with duplicate albums.....

2019-09-24 Thread Howard Passman
Yup, clear the entire library each time. If I clear the cache won't that clear all of my setting also? Thanks, Howard Apesbrain wrote: > After taking the Playlists folder out, did you do a "Clear library" > rescan? > > You might try stopping the LMS service and emptying its cache. Cache >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-14 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks Paul. I'll try the keyboard idea, but the remote I have is HID. As I mentioned, it does work, to an extent, on my pi with the screen attached. That's pretty much the only difference between the one in my car. Well that and the one in my car runs LMS. The remote works on the one with the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-18 Thread Howard Passman
LOL Absolute Greek to me. I'm just a humble user who loves the old SB products and the RPI stuff. The OSMC RF remote seems to work out well for the HiFiBerry software and Kodi. Bests, Howard philchillbill wrote: > This sounds like a nice project for an ESP 32 to send JSON api commands >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-13 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks Paul. I'm still trying to find something to control the server in my car. IR won't work and the Duet doesn't stay charged long enough, so I would love to use wireless OSMC remote like they are using in the HiFi Berry software. Someday... Paul Webster wrote: > Infrared: > Any SB

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-13 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks. It would need to be something besides IR remote or a phone app. d6jg wrote: > What is the player in the car? If itÂ’s a Pi there are plenty of options Howard Passman's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-13 Thread Howard Passman
Paul, Triggerhappy the camera remote? I looked at the link. So much of this is beyond me, but I will reread it and see if any of it makes sense. Thanks, Howard Paul Webster wrote: > See recent Squeezelite Github discussion about using TriggerHappy to > react to remote HID commands > >

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-13 Thread Howard Passman
I can control LMS with the Duet remote. Is it possible to control LMS with other wireless radio remotes? Howard Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-13 Thread Howard Passman
I'm using a RPI3 running piCoreplayer and LMS. All the latest software versions. The OSMC with dongle doesn't control it at all, however it does control the one I have downstairs with the 7" touch screen to a certain degree. I just don't know enough about anything to figure out why or how to get

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it possible to control LMS with a radio remote

2020-06-13 Thread Howard Passman
P.S. I'm not using a USB DAC and I haven't found any support for the Allo Boss DAC I am using. Howard Howard Passman wrote: > Paul, > > Triggerhappy the camera remote? I looked at the link. So much of this is > beyond me, but I will reread it and see if any of it makes sense.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you show artist picture under artists

2021-01-03 Thread Howard Passman
Thank you slartibartfast and Michael. It would be cool, Michael, if your plugin could read it. I feel like I'm asking for way more than I should. Cheers, Howard mherger wrote: > > slartibartfast wrote: > >> i used exiftool to look at a file and this is the result. You can > see > >> the two

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you show artist picture under artists

2021-01-02 Thread Howard Passman
I use Foobar to add the images to the tag. Bests, Howard slartibartfast wrote: > Not sure how to use images from tags, I didn't know you could store > artist images in tags. You can put your own images in a folder defined > in the plugin settings. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you show artist picture under artists

2021-01-02 Thread Howard Passman
Is there a way to have the artists picture (assuming you have it) next to the artists name under the 'Artists' listing. Similar to the way 'Albums' does in LMS. Or show the folder image file... Thanks, Howard Howard

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you show artist picture under artists

2021-01-02 Thread Howard Passman
I've already tagged a lot of them. I'm looking for something that would read the Artist image in the tag. Thanks, Howard kidstypike wrote: > You just define a folder to store the artists images, you can use your > own if you wish. What's not to like? > > > 32795 > > 32796

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you show artist picture under artists

2021-01-02 Thread Howard Passman
Ah, thanks very much. That's pretty cool, but I'd rather pull the images from my tags if there is a way. Howard slartibartfast wrote: > Yes, use the Music and Artist Information plugin. > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=755540 > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you show artist picture under artists

2021-01-02 Thread Howard Passman
It doesn't show up in track details and I'm not sure where Foobar puts it. If you look at Properties for a song in Foobar there's a metadata, details, replay gain and artwork tabs. All of my songs have the album cover in the artwork tab under Front Cover no matter where the image came from. I've

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Can you show artist picture under artists

2021-01-02 Thread Howard Passman
Foobar Voodoo., no doubt. Have a great day! slartibartfast wrote: > I just tried adding an Artist image in Foobar. It shows up in mp3tag as > an Artist image but I have no idea how it is stored. I have no idea > where embedded album art is stored either. There is no tag for either > artwork.

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Any way to create a 'Decades' playlist.

2021-09-04 Thread Howard Passman
Is there a way to create something like a 60's random playlist similar to "Years" in LMS? Thanks, Howard Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Any way to create a 'Decades' playlist.

2021-09-04 Thread Howard Passman
Aw, well, heck. I didn't even realize the "Advanced" was a separate link. Once again, thanks for your help and have a great weekend. Howard kidstypike wrote: > Use Advanced Search > criteria = Year / Range / 1960:1969 > press the > *search* button > on the next page select *Play* > save as

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is there a way in LMS to link two songs together

2022-10-16 Thread Howard Passman
An example would be The Beatles Abbey Road Polythene Pam and She Came In Through The Bathroom Window are played back to back on the album with no gap. When using shuffle to play songs, I would like those two songs to play like they do on the album. I know I can link them in many ways, but I'd

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is there a way in LMS to link two songs together

2022-10-18 Thread Howard Passman
Boy, there would be a good survey. How many folks use random play. I use it especially when we're outside or if it's just background music while doing other stuff. Back in the day I had two Sony 100 disc players that you could program to shuffle random by playing a song on one player and then

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is there a way in LMS to link two songs together

2022-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Hi Jim, Looked around a little and you may try experimenting with deleting lines 2518-2528 JogglerSkinApplet.lua if you're using the Joggler skin. Cheers, Howard d6jg wrote: > No way of doing this except by physically amalgamating the files but you > know that. You can however *exclude*

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is there a way in LMS to link two songs together

2022-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
LOL. At 70 you'd think I'd be 'Old School'. Other than a few of my favorites, I prefer to mix it up. Thanks for all you do and have done for LMS and the community. Squeezeboxes and now pCP have been a major source enjoyment in my life for the past 15-16 years. The music is important and the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is there a way in LMS to link two songs together

2022-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Hi Jim, Not shuffling, to me, would be like eating all the orange M's first and so on. lol I bet you could find that pesky shuffle button in pcp-jivelite.tcz and delete it. :-) No ideas if you're using LMS though. Bests, Howard d6jg wrote: > No way of doing this except by physically

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.3.0 released

2022-11-10 Thread Howard Passman
Loaded 8.3 and all is well except Super Date Time no longer works. Well, it works, but the default weather.com Identifier can't be changed. When I change it and hit apply it looks good, but when I refresh the page the default comes back. I tired uninstalling SDT and reloading it. Didn't help. I