Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Standalone reliable LMS config recommendations?

2018-07-05 Thread d6jg
I'd get an old (but quiet) PC with i3 or above, 4Gb Ram+ and a single decent sized HD and stick Vortexbox 2.4 on it. If it fails (craps out) it should only require the box to be rebooted, whereas a Pi + Storage of some kind may require some fiddling. I would give it a fixed IP and might upgrade L

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing on a NAS

2018-07-11 Thread d6jg
I concur that running LMS directly on a NAS is not the best approach these days. I used to run on a QNAP but like others found that firmware updates caused serious issues which although I could always fix simply took up too much time. I initially moved LMS to a different Linux server but have al

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing on a NAS

2018-07-12 Thread d6jg
pinkdot wrote: > If you are buying a nas just to run LMS than I agree with you @d6jg. > If you need a NAS anyway, why not install LMS on if a software package > is available. Synology might be worth looking at. NAS these days are > powerful enough to gave a responsive LMS ex

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-19 Thread d6jg
I am a bit OCD it has to be said but I file all my vinyl albums alphabetically by artist and then by album release date As an example FAIRPORT CONVENTION Fairport Convention (1968) What we did on our holidays (1969) Unhalfbricking (1969) Liege & lief (1969) Full House (1970) etc etc I can't fi

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-19 Thread d6jg
cdmackay wrote: > Where are you looking? At the bottom-left of the Albums page, in the LMS > web interface, there's a clicker where you can select various sorts, > including Artist, Year, Album Exactly. Its Artist, Year, Album - which gives me the example above. I'm looking to sort the albums b

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-19 Thread d6jg
cdmackay wrote: > Ah, sorry, I wasn't paying close enough attention. > > I've done this for some artists that often released more than one album > a year, e.g. Van Morrison, by storing the date tag as -MM, or > similar, so that an Artist-Year sort will give you what you want. Are you saying

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-20 Thread d6jg
cdmackay wrote: > Ah, sorry, I wasn't paying close enough attention. > > I've done this for some artists that often released more than one album > a year, e.g. Van Morrison, by storing the date tag as -MM, or > similar, so that an Artist-Year sort will give you what you want. Just tried th

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-22 Thread d6jg
dolodobendan wrote: > It works with just the year tag. You have to add the month (and the day, > if necessary) without any separator: 201807 instead of 2018-07 > > But you have to change every date to this format, otherwise sorting will > be out of whack (197512 > 1976). Thanks but I don’t thin

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-24 Thread d6jg
emalvick wrote: > I would second the suggestion for using the CUstom Scan/Browse plugins. > What I've done is create a custom tag (all my files are FLAC, so this > may not work for other file formats) that essentially creates a DATE tag > (or Rlease Date) and have that be the full date in -

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-25 Thread d6jg
musictappy wrote: > I am just as OCD as you about this. I use the albumsort tag to > accomplish this type of sort. The trick is to NOT put the name of the > album into the albumsort tag, but instead the name of the artist, in the > way you want it sorted. Then after the artist use the date fo

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-25 Thread d6jg
musictappy wrote: > Yes, you would just enter First Last and the date in the Albumsort tag. > For example, David Bowie 1972a, would sort under D for David. > > I use iPeng daily and it does obey the same rules. > > The only issue you will run into is if you acquire another album of the > sa

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Fine grained album sorting - ideas anyone?

2018-07-26 Thread d6jg
musictappy wrote: > That I am not sure about, as I began tagging my files this way from the > beginning. I have all of my files tagged the same way for consistency > (and to make sure it all works the way I expect it to!) > > Pat Umm. Nearly 3 tracks here. I’ll experiment and thanks a lot

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How does LMS cope with sudden powercut / harddrive disconnection ?

2018-08-13 Thread d6jg
Get a UPS ! VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Rad

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS and SSL Encryption (Valid Certificate)

2018-08-24 Thread d6jg
Jeff07971 wrote: > Try using Firefox to access LMS web gui via fqdn > > Its Https redirect is becoming a pain in the (_._) > > Jeff I suggest a Chrome web app instead. Oh wait .. :) VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F2

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing on a NAS

2018-09-14 Thread d6jg
dhallag wrote: > I have LMS running on a 10 year old QNAP NAS, the TS-219P+. It's an ARM > based processor NAS. There is a grace in running LMS on your NAS. I > would say if you want to go this route, definitely get an x86 processer > NAS and not an ARM based. This will allow you to install L

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Installing on a NAS

2018-09-19 Thread d6jg
dhallag wrote: > yea you'll have to run two LMS's. since you have to run two LMS at two > different locations, I would just be sure they are on the same processor > ARM or x86 and operating system, this way you can just set up one, then > save the setup file and install that setup file to the ot

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Streaming Line Audio

2018-09-23 Thread d6jg
An alternative approach which doesn’t require LMS on the Pi (or the wavin input plugin) is to use a Pi with a Liquidsoap script & Icecast 2. I built one which takes any std output from an amp passed it through a Behringer UCA202 into the Pi and then streams it as FLAC which LMS can play. This all

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Latest Windows 10 update seems to have partially broken LMS GUI on Edge

2018-10-03 Thread d6jg
Someone else posted about this issue. Use Chrome or better use Chrome in app mode in its own dedicated window which can be separate to a normal instance of Chrome Create a shortcut to Chrome and add —app=“http://iPaddress:9000” to the command that’s 2 x - at beginning VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP T

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Which ports / protocol is lms/pcp/spotty using?

2018-10-16 Thread d6jg
Can’t you VPN? A lot simpler VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (up

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What OS to host LMS on a HP N40? (it would replace Ubuntu 14.04)

2018-10-21 Thread d6jg
I also run Vortexbox 2.4 on an HPN40 with SSD Unfortunately the version of Fedora it is based on is now end of life but it looks like a new release of Vortexbox is imminent VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sree

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Local 'ogg flac' stream no longer plays after update to latest 7.9.2 nightly.

2018-10-21 Thread d6jg
gegen wrote: > I'm running piCorePlayer 4.0 on pi 3b+ with iqaudio dac setup as player > and lms server. > This also plays to a Touch, 5 squeezebox radios and a hifiberry dac > squeezelite instance, > all working great for local music (flacs and some mp3s) on usb > thumbdrives plugged into the p

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What OS to host LMS on a HP N40? (it would replace Ubuntu 14.04)

2018-10-22 Thread d6jg
bakker_be wrote: > Using the procedure in > https://www.vortexbox.org/forum/main-forum/1415-fedora-security-updates-only-on-newer-releases?p=1433#post1433 > I've successfully upgraded to Vortexbox 2.5.1, running on Fedora 25 ... I had seen that but as you will know its from Jan and I thought it

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS on AWS?

2018-10-23 Thread d6jg
If it’s that sort of thing that worries you then get a decent NAS (2 disk in Raid 1). Put your music on it and point your local LMS at it but also set it up to backup to one of the many relatively cheap cloud storage services on an overnight basis. You’ll only have to pay to download it if you nee

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Local 'ogg flac' stream no longer plays after update to latest 7.9.2 nightly.

2018-10-23 Thread d6jg
gegen wrote: > Hi d6jg > > I use 'Squeezeplay' on my windows laptop to play the stream and then > record with 'Cool Edit Pro' (a very old bit of software now) but I think > you could use 'Audacity' to record. > > If the recorded file has a nu

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Local 'ogg flac' stream no longer plays after update to latest 7.9.2 nightly.

2018-10-24 Thread d6jg
gegen wrote: > Hi d6jg, > > Sorry I misunderstood, the only recording I've done was not to the pi > but to my laptop as I mentioned. I don't have any experience of using > the pi in the way you suggest but wish you luck in your quest. No problem. It would be an e

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Customize Web Remote Control

2018-10-26 Thread d6jg
Yes if you don’t use the Control Panel. You can create a Chrome shortcut that will open LMS in app mode and then click Settings if you need to VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is there a FreeNAS plug-in?

2018-10-26 Thread d6jg
Use FreeNAS for storage and a Pi to run LMS? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Tagging issues?!

2018-10-31 Thread d6jg
marflao wrote: > OK, > > in addition to the issue i described 'here' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109671-Additional-Browse-Modes-Only-flacs-are-shown) > I have something else for which I don´t find a solution. > > I have some albums (with various artists) which I tagged wit

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Strange Problem - can't find my Players through the (old) iOS Logitech App anymore

2018-11-04 Thread d6jg
I can’t connect to my network with my W95 pc! The reason for that is it’s out of date and obsolete. So is the Logitech app. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Browser-based player

2018-11-05 Thread d6jg
There isn't one to my knowledge but you could run a background Squeezelite on the PC and control it from the standard web gui (or the new material skin) which achieves the same aim VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* -

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Strange Problem - can't find my Players through the (old) iOS Logitech App anymore

2018-11-05 Thread d6jg
slimhase wrote: > ? This is not helpful. > > As I stated, it still works with an Arm-based LMS setup within the same > network, but not on an Atom based LMS setup. > And about a couple of weeks ago, it still worked with the Atom based > system as well > > Do you throw your SBes out, because th

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Browser-based player

2018-11-05 Thread d6jg
bpa wrote: > I think the use case is for a system where is no Squeezelite executable > immediately available or where the user is not allowed or cannot install > an executable (e.g. Chromebook) I hadn't appreciated that from the original post. If that is the case then my solution would be a po

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] uPNP for a complete novice

2018-11-05 Thread d6jg
What sort of amp is it - make & model no? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] uPNP for a complete novice

2018-11-05 Thread d6jg
I see it’s Airplay enabled. If your music collection is MP3 or FLAC upto 16/44 then you may well find that Phillipe’s Airplay plugin will give you a much better user experience than upnp/dlna. Upnp is a very poor protocol with little real standards applied. If you really want to try it then you

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] uPNP for a complete novice

2018-11-05 Thread d6jg
liffy99 wrote: > Thanks. > Music library is FLAC but with a handful of 24/48 and 24/96 files (I > dont see any point in better than CD standard really). > How do I ‘enable’ those options ? I can only see one entry in the > Plugins section for Andy Gruddman’s interface. Nothing about Phillipes. >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] uPNP for a complete novice

2018-11-05 Thread d6jg
Is the amp wired or wireless. If latter is the router set to hide wireless devices from one another? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> W

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Tips for frequent Connection / Disconnection NAS Synology LMS and Duet

2018-11-07 Thread d6jg
That sounds like a WiFi issue. Start with a router reboot If iPad is Still disconnecting then try different locations in the house Try a different WiFi channel VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAF

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How do I set up uPNP ?

2018-11-08 Thread d6jg
To OP You already asked this question didn't you? Your amp has Airplay - try the AirPlay Bridge plugin first BEFORE the upnp one - AirPlay is easy to set up uPNP one isn't. https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105198-ANNOUNCE-AirPlay-Bridge-integrate-AirPlay-devices-with-LMS-(squeeze2

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Shuffled playlist and don't stop the music

2018-11-12 Thread d6jg
If DSTM switched shuffle off when it kicks in that would resolve the issue wouldn’t it? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modu

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How to add another Picoreplayer to LMS?

2018-11-13 Thread d6jg
Valky wrote: > Thanks everyone! > > The second Picoreplayer has appeared when I've connected to another > cable to router. Multiroom here we come! VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> C

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-22 Thread d6jg
Sounds like he’s rug the Pi as a router between LAN and WiFi. As others have said LMS will bind to one address. The use case isn’t described so almost impossible to answer except one point. It’s easy to set a static or reserved ip on the LAN side. You can reserve via whatever is running dhcp Y

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
This is where using the Pi as a router and a mobile as the gateway falls down. You would find that what you are trying to achieve will work perfectly if you used a proper 4g router but I appreciate that means swapping SIM cards around. It is as you have surmised all to do with the lack of gateway

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
I’ll add to that by saying that I have used a Pi as a router / vpn server at one remote location where there is a public WiFi only and I need a small secured LAN and access back to HO. We used a router specific image for the Pi - can’t recall which. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Livin

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
pavowren wrote: > naturally i want to keep things simple; i.e., neither 4g router nor pi > as a router. > consider this: > i boot the pi without wifi, only eth0 (without gateway), and using > desktop browser over lan, all works as expected. > so browser is really a functional equivalent to squeez

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
And it’s not a networking issue in Raspbian more a lack of routing software in Raspbian What you are trying to do is in effect make the Pi act as a router. The default Raspbian doesn’t allow for that. It’s ability to work with 2 network interfaces is similar to having a LAN and WiFi on a laptop.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
DJanGo wrote: > the design. > Rasbian has proper (but limited) routing capabilities on board . > But -without- a active target aka WLAN0 or whatever the NIC is named - > there is no way "or target" for a route. I know what you are saying but I slightly disagree. Forgetting LMS entirely if the Pi

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
When you control squeezelite via web browser which interface do you connect to? Look in LMS settings / information. Are there two instances of your Pi there as players? I’d say that Jivelite is somehow trying to control squeezelite on the wrong interface? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS)

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
Actually I think I have seen this before now I think about it. I was building a piCorePlayer player which was initially wired. After build I switched to wireless and I recall I had to uninstall and reinstall Jivelite to get it to recognise that I was now using a different interface. Since you wa

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
Probably but I don’t know. Seek out a post by Ralphy and pm him I don’t now think this is a networking or squeezelite issue as you have demonstrated that both work it’s solely Jivelite (You do have a bridge in play though) VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-24 Thread d6jg
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Connecting_remotely Ports explained VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dini

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-25 Thread d6jg
BosseJ wrote: > Perhaps you could ask Ralphy in the JiveLite thread in these forums, > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98156-Announce-JiveLite-cut-down-squeezebox-control-application > if there is any way to force JiveLite to always use the eth0 > 192.168.1.23 IP as the LMS server

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] IP addr assigned to LMS

2018-11-25 Thread d6jg
If you really want to continue to use the phone as the connection to the internet then what I would do is. I’d get a wireless Ethernet router. That’s a router with Ethernet connection Wan side and normal lan / WiFi onnthe private side. Then I’d plug a Wireless Access Point configured in client mo

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Squeezebox classic with Foobar

2018-11-26 Thread d6jg
The short answer is No. The longer answer may be possibly if Foobar2000 can control upnp renderers and you have Andy Grundman’s plugin installed which will show SBs as upnp devices but it rarely works as you’d hope. I use foobar2000 but only as a means of adding replay gain tags to vinyl rips. I k

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Secure Remote Streaming to Mobile Player

2018-12-06 Thread d6jg
VPN is the only safe way to do this. Decent router that incorporates a VPN server or build your own with a Pi etc. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onk

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Stream LMS music to Ipeng mobile phone when outside wifi coverage?

2018-12-13 Thread d6jg
pippin wrote: > Sure. But besides Fritz!Box... most routers you'd buy yourself today > have VPN-functionality. OK, granted, some of the cheapo-devices ISPs > give away don't have it, but if you are really interested in such a > feature, it might be a worthwhile investment. > Besides that, NAS ar

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Google Music Plugin - not authenticating

2018-12-14 Thread d6jg
Hex VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bed

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Stream LMS music to Ipeng mobile phone when outside wifi coverage?

2018-12-16 Thread d6jg
The big point is that LMS was always and remains a slightly geeky product ie you have always needed a bit above normal IT skills to install, set up and run. Given that is the case the geekyness required to run LMS is more than enough to setup a simple VPN and that works really well. To make LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-18 Thread d6jg
DJanGo wrote: > i dont know the reason why you want to do this > but if your using /25 subnet instead of /24 you only lost two ip > Adresses and you end up in two networks with two seperate broadcast > adresses. I don’t think that will completely block the players from being visible. I have anoth

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
baggins wrote: > Will give that a try tomorrow. VLANs may work but there are reports of UDP traffic jumping across them - I think it is hardware vendor specific as to whether it blocks or not. However what should work would be segregated routers i.e. 1. Router 1 that connects to Internet and

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
baggins wrote: > I'm afraid having two routers with double NAT is not an option due to > constraints from my ISP... > > In the mean time I did the following test which leaves me somewhat > confused: > > I disabled port 3483 both tcp and udp on the second server that runs > LMS-B and restarted

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
This is what I am suggesting 26297 It requires the cabling to LMS2 and Clients to be entirely separate from network 1 +---+ |Filename: 2routerconfig.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
bpa wrote: > Which UPNP plugin ? > There are two plugin which deal with UPNP - Logitech's and Philppe's - > are both disabled ? After disable LMS will need to be restarted to take > effect. The Logitech one is actually listed as being Andy Grussman's VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
I have to say I am confused @baggins You suggested you might use VLAN which requires segregated cabling yet you then say that your cabling won’t support the 2 x Router idea? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sre

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
DJanGo wrote: > Vlans means you need a single switch (or more) where all cables are > plugged into ths device but this device does "virtual" seperate some of > these into one or another (or more) LANs. > Thats one more step > But if you use two different Networks like 10.0.0.0/25 (subnetmask > 25

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd new behvior w new Windows 10 PC

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
Did you ensure that you ran the installer as Administrator? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Assign a player to a specific server

2018-12-19 Thread d6jg
DJanGo wrote: > @d6jg; dont mix Multicast with udp ! > since all stupid AllinoneIPdevices aka "router" uses native vlan [vlan > 1] that "udp cut off" would never be possible even with seperate > "routers"... > And that is not the case. I am not.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS could not reestablish any USB connection after USB Dac is disconnected

2018-12-28 Thread d6jg
It’s very common for Linux systems to not see the same USB device when it is disconnected / reconnected frequently. Sometimes it’s just a question of waiting for the device to unregister correctly before attempting a reconnect. In other cases a reboot is the only fix. I say this because we use US

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Media Server keeps stopping

2019-01-05 Thread d6jg
7.7.6 is ancient Install 7.9.x but make sure you install it as an Administrator VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Media Server keeps stopping

2019-01-06 Thread d6jg
Run the installer as Administrator VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Ra

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Buffering issues on a wireless SB Classic LMS 7.9.2 - 1545144292

2019-01-06 Thread d6jg
Have you rebooted the router? Checked that there is no new WiFi from a neighbour that is using the same channel? Have you added any other equipment to your network eg TV etc? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sr

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Don't Stop the Music not working

2019-01-07 Thread d6jg
I thought DSTM has been built into LMS since 7.9.x ie no plugin required. What version of LMS are you running? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo C

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] A "how do I...."/feature request - hide players from LMS

2019-01-14 Thread d6jg
I don’t know of a way to hide a player. I have a couple of Jogglers that I use in the same way as you. I have named them “Living Room Control” etc and connected them to an unused aux in so that they are always muted and turned off sound affects just in case but I really have no issue. VB2.4[/

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS vs SSD

2019-01-14 Thread d6jg
I run LMS on an SSD but files are on a NAS. Makes the GUI nice and quick as the database is on SSD. If it went tits I guess it would take an hour or so to rebuild. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] A "how do I...."/feature request - hide players from LMS

2019-01-15 Thread d6jg
I have Jogglers and a pcp with touch screen. The Joggler is much more aesthetically pleasing and also more stable. It’s easy to knock the pcp over but not so the Joggler. I use the Joggler more as a now playing display with an SB3 with it’s screen off and generally control via iPeng VB2.4[/B]

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] ALAC files converted from FLAC won't play

2019-01-22 Thread d6jg
Try reconverting them with something like dbPoweramp Just convert from ALAC to ALAC - illogical but often works VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Looking for a NAS compatible with Logitech Media Server

2019-01-24 Thread d6jg
If you want to run LMS on a NAS then currently you can choose QNAP or Synology. Both have unofficial but up to date LMS apps. Alternatively you can buy any NAS and a Raspberry Pi. Install piCorePlayer and LMS on the Pi and point it at the music files on the NAS. Works very well and is very well

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

2019-01-26 Thread d6jg
chill wrote: > Just for completeness, to recall a preset on a pCP, using button > presses, the command configuration for the sbpd tool is of the form: > > Code: > > PRE1=["button","preset_1.single"] > > > > Then assign 'PRE1' to a GPIO button press

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Not all Music in available in Database

2019-01-27 Thread d6jg
Permissions VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Rad

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Release date of 7.9.2 beta

2019-01-28 Thread d6jg
audiomike wrote: > I've spent many hours messing around with different distributions > (piMusicBox, Volumio, Max2Play, ... come to mind as distributions I've > tried). In the end I found DietPi was the least painful one to > configure, works well with my Allo sound card, and I finally have samba

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Looking for a NAS compatible with Logitech Media Server

2019-01-29 Thread d6jg
Charlton wrote: > Wow - thanks for all the replies! > > I ended up buying a Synology DS216j from a friend of mine for cheap as > he was building his own NAS, stuck some 4TB drives in it and it's > working great. After looking into it a little more, I think I'll be > going the Raspberry Pi/piCor

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help for UPnP mobile player

2019-02-05 Thread d6jg
mauri_va wrote: > Hi! > I need someone that can help me to play music from an android smartphone > accessing to LMS in my local network. > I got LMS 7.9.2 on a local server at home. > With some app (for example Foobar mobile) I can see LMS in the UPnP/DLNA > server list of the app. > I can brows

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How to create a play list ?

2019-02-06 Thread d6jg
Awazleon wrote: > Ciao, > > I searched through the forum how to create a play list but I didn't find > any suitable answer. > I found a way to do it by adding manually my Squeezbox screen each > tittle in a new play list but that's really a pain. > > Going through the LMS interface, I can retri

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How to create a play list ?

2019-02-06 Thread d6jg
kidstypike wrote: > Install the "Playlist Manager" plugin by Phil Meyer and use the > "Material" LMS skin. You can add tracks to existing or new playlists. > Android apps "Orange Squeeze" and "Squeeze Ctrl" allow you to do this. I > suppose iPeng on IOS does too. That what I said!! A second or t

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Album grouping buckets

2019-02-06 Thread d6jg
I have a similar issue with Artists where I have extra A and extra O type characters (can’t type them on iOS easily). They appear in LMS default skin and in Material where extra buckets get dressed but not in ipeng where the listing is pure EN alphabetical. Clearly iPeng uses a different method of

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Album grouping buckets

2019-02-06 Thread d6jg
MrC wrote: > Here's the issue in screenie form: > > 26697 Can’t screen shot but it’s exactly the same in my Artist listing. The first item in A (with character) - B is Azzido de Bass then an artist called “B” VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Album grouping buckets

2019-02-06 Thread d6jg
mherger wrote: > Wow... now that I see this I wonder how this could possible have gone > unseen... or how this changed recently... > > The problem is that while we do use a SQLite collation for the language > > specific sorting, extracting the first character does not apply the same > > logic

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Album grouping buckets

2019-02-07 Thread d6jg
mherger wrote: > > Not my area of skills at all ... but ... could LMS define its own > > collation then, I assume, it would know what to expect when it comes > > back from queries. > > We are using collations. Alas, they only seem to be used in the sorting > > order, but not the grouping. I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Album grouping buckets

2019-02-07 Thread d6jg
mherger wrote: > > Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.34_01 (sqlite 3.7.7.1) > > Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.58 (sqlite 3.22.0) > > I mentioned a few postings up that 7.9.1 was behaving differently. 7.9.1 > > is using DBD::SQLite 1.34_01, like your "working" version. What I mean > by this is

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How to create a play list ?

2019-02-07 Thread d6jg
Using Material skin Select a track to add to an existing playlist - click the 3 dots 26717 Now click More then Add to 26718 Select the Playlist 26719 That is it. If you can't see then see the track in the Playlist correctly then your Playlist folder isn't writable - that's a different iss

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Album grouping buckets

2019-02-08 Thread d6jg
MrC wrote: > Thanks for your time and perseverance, whatever the outcome. +1 Its just an annoyance not a show stopper. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Music panel on LMS no longer shows the music

2019-02-08 Thread d6jg
lyteroptes wrote: > Hi. > > The left hand panel is blank, the right hand player panel is fine. I > can access settings and running a scan looks fine in that finds plenty. > I can't edit playlists without access to the music panel though. I've > tried a reboot. > > Suggestions most welcome.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How to create a play list ?

2019-02-08 Thread d6jg
http://yourlmsip:9000/Material VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How to create a play list ?

2019-02-08 Thread d6jg
In your case http://yourlmsip:9002/Material VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen*

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Radio streams stopping after a bit

2019-02-10 Thread d6jg
Can you temporarily wire your SB3 and see if the issue persists? WiFi is often the cause of these sorts of issues VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onky

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Clicking throughout music

2019-02-14 Thread d6jg
How are You outputting from the Pi? HDMI, analog, Dac etc? It’s usually the sound card chip, You could schedule an overnight reboot VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Clicking throughout music

2019-02-14 Thread d6jg
ryangodammit wrote: > It’s a hifiberry amp+ In which case the only thing you can really do is schedule a reboot. It is under Tweaks in Beta mode on piCorePlayer 26758 +---+ |Filename: 2019-02-14 16_54_59-Window.jpg

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Clicking throughout music

2019-02-14 Thread d6jg
ryangodammit wrote: > Is there something specific causing it? Yes but unfortunately it is most likely the DAC chip on the Pi or AMP+ getting its knickers in a twist. I have had it on a Pi3 with a USB DAC. A reboot clears it. An audio electronics expert will give you a fuller answer. VB2.4[/

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Server / Chromecast / I'm confused

2019-02-15 Thread d6jg
You need an LMS server on your network and it is then listed therein as an installable plugin. You cannot use this without an LMS server. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Server / Chromecast / I'm confused

2019-02-15 Thread d6jg
kidstypike wrote: > Open a web browser, type *IPaddressofLMSserver*:9000/Material. > > Or purchase the iPeng app. You will need to install the Material plugin. IPeng (iOS app) is still better but Material is catching up fast. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler &

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] I CAN NOT figure out why LMS sees this as two albums

2019-02-19 Thread d6jg
dolodobendan wrote: > I use that, too. But there are cases were this does not work. > > > > An option like "use old timestamp but add another second" would help > here. I think it was even suggested in the mp3tag forum. Look for Bulk File Changer. It will do that. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP

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