Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Vortexbox - Forum down for weeks - gone ?

2017-02-09 Thread Wirrunna
Thank you Grumpy Bob, I should have searched a bit harder. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three things I hate in life : 1. Vandalism 2. Irony 3. Lists

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread drmatt
kidstypike wrote: > Depends what you change, I've just changed an album incorrectly tagged > k.d. Lang to k.d. lang and did a "look for new and changed" scan. > > Under new music I now have this album listed as being by "Various > Artists". If I click on k.d. Lang (the original incorrect name)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Vortexbox - Forum down for weeks - gone ?

2017-02-09 Thread Grumpy Bob
Wirrunna wrote: > The Vortexbox Forum has been down for a few weeks now, are they gone for > good ? (http://vortexbox.org/) > > Vortexbox is a Fedora based distro that lets a Linux newby build a > headless LMS server that just works. Some information at 'this thread'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
Thanks again! I overlooked the dropdown, no doubt due to battling the flu! merlinus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66548 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106755

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] DSD = Dirty Satan Diapers

2017-02-09 Thread atrocity
atrocity wrote: > Playing around with this some more, I only have "-e dsd" in my > SB_EXTRA_ARGS line and it works. But it's upsampling 88.2kHz material to > 96k and 176.4 to 192, even after Squeezelite restarts and entire > Wandboard reboots. I think the Wandboard in the past sent those sample

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread kidstypike
merlinus wrote: > The automatic tagging is better than nothing at all! I found the rescan > feature, but not clear. :confused: +---+ |Filename: Pic10.jpg| |Download:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
kidstypike wrote: > I don't think I'd trust my music files to an automatic tagger . . > however, once tagged you need to do a clear and rescan your music > library. The automatic tagging is better than nothing at all! I found the rescan feature, but not clear.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread kidstypike
drmatt wrote: > Easytag is not fully automatic, it gives you the ability to calculate > the cddb disc id from a directory full of files (assumed to be a single > album) then do a lookup. It's up to you to choose the right match and, > if necessary, map track titles to individual files. It's

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] DSD = Dirty Satan Diapers

2017-02-09 Thread atrocity
atrocity wrote: > I'm not sure what Squeezelite on a Wandboard Quad tells the server it > can do, but I was unable to get one of mine to work with DSD until I > used the -r parameter to specify acceptable sample rates. Even then, > with 176400 as one of the acceptable values it converted (or

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread jemhayward
jemhayward wrote: > I'm using PCP 3.10 as my LMS, and its working very well. I've built a > new NAS, and I want to use the NAS as the store for all my FLAC files. > I've copied all the files over to the NAS and I wanted to then move the > USB HDD attached to the Pi over to the NAS as well.

[SlimDevices: Unix] Vortexbox - Forum down for weeks - gone ?

2017-02-09 Thread Wirrunna
The Vortexbox Forum has been down for a few weeks now, are they gone for good ? (http://vortexbox.org/) Vortexbox is a Fedora based distro that lets a Linux newby build a headless LMS server that just works. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread drmatt
Easytag is not fully automatic, it gives you the ability to calculate the cddb disc id from a directory full of files (assumed to be a single album) then do a lookup. It's up to you to choose the right match. It's quite powerful and can fill tags from filenames or name files from tags etc. I use

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread kidstypike
merlinus wrote: > Thanks for the advice! I found EasyTAG. It works with linux, and seems > to do some automatic tagging. I don't think I'd trust my music files to an automatic tagger . . however, once tagged you need to do a clear and rescan your music library. LMS 7.9 on a Raspberry Pi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
cliver wrote: > Have to say I agree with Mnyb, getting your tags sorted out is the way > to go. It may be a pain to get it right but once done you won't regret > it. There are lots of forum posts in the subject of tagging. Personally > I use mp3tag and do it manually but there are "automatic"

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread jemhayward
I'm using PCP 3.10 as my LMS, and its working very well. I've built a new NAS, and I want to use the NAS as the store for all my FLAC files. I've copied all the files over to the NAS and I wanted to then move the USB HDD attached to the Pi over to the NAS as well. However, I see that I have a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
kidstypike wrote: > LMS > Settings > Player (tab) > "Additional Browse Modes" (dropdown) ? > > See picture above. Thanks hugely!!! Got it to work merlinus's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
kidstypike wrote: > Er, yes, it's in the picture above, just untick the entries you don't > want to see. There are no boxes to untick in my version of LMS. Only the categories are listed... merlinus's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread cliver
Mnyb wrote: > Tags are essentiall for a working LMS experience :/ > > Otherwise views like artist, album artist, album ,genre , year, song , > track no, composer etc becomes useless. > and no album cover pictures . > And the search functionality becomes crippled ? > > The other menus in LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread Mnyb
merlinus wrote: > Yes, it is exactly the same. The entries in Music Folder are the same > as on my hdd. > > Is there any way to edit the entries in My Music? I do not need most of > the categories. Tags are essentiall for a working LMS experience :/ Otherwise views like artist, album

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread kidstypike
merlinus wrote: > Yes, it is exactly the same. The entries in Music Folder are the same > as on my hdd. > > Is there any way to edit the entries in My Music? I do not need most of > the categories. Er, yes, it's in the picture above, just untick the entries you don't want to see. LMS 7.9

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
Yes, it is exactly the same. The entries in Music Folder are the same as on my hdd. Is there any way to edit the entries in My Music? I do not need most of the categories. merlinus's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread kidstypike
merlinus wrote: > Thanks! This works perfectly with LMS, but I will have to test it with > Squeeze Ctrl. > > I have not used tags for my music files. Perhaps it is time to > investigate their use! It should be exactly the same on Squeeze Ctrl.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
Thanks! This works perfectly with LMS, but I will have to test it with Squeeze Ctrl. I have not used tags for my music files. Perhaps it is time to investigate their use! merlinus's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread kidstypike
merlinus wrote: > I am using Squeeze Ctrl as a front-end to manage pCP, so do the > Squeezelite settings affect anything? > > Also, is there a way to organize my music library files in LMS (and > Sqeeze Ctrl) so they mirror the way I have them on my HDD? > (/music/composer/albums/) As it now

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread merlinus
I am using Squeeze Ctrl as a front-end to manage pCP, so do the Squeezelite settings affect anything? Also, is there a way to organize my music library files in LMS (and Sqeeze Ctrl) so they mirror the way I have them on my HDD? (/music/composer/albums/) As it now stands it is a total dog's

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] DSD = Dirty Satan Diapers

2017-02-09 Thread ralphy
chrissy wrote: > Hi Ralphy, > > thanks for the info. Is there an advantage over squeezelite doing the > job, execpt serverside conversion? > > Greets Chris Sorry, I don't know. I don't have DACs that support DSD. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *1*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-09 Thread pippin
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