Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Player doesn't reconnect after restarting LMS

2019-09-18 Thread AudioCharlie
Hey Dean, Glad you got it sorted! I’m sure there’s a neater solution to the delay and still a slight issue with ufw in Mint on initial connection but, yeah, hope this exchange will be beneficial to someone. Many thanks for your gracious message and no apology required! :) All the best, Charlie

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Player doesn't reconnect after restarting LMS

2019-09-18 Thread dbinfl
AudioCharlie wrote: > > c Hello Charlie, Thank you for all the comments and great suggestions. However, to make a long story short, I gave up on Linux Mint (I had problems other than sound, some of which cause me to restore from snapshots, more than once), and I am on Manaro 18.1 KDE now.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread bpa
ScottAM wrote: > ...accurately tells the true story - near the song beginning it gets as > high as 0.6 or so, and then slowly drifts down. When it reports 0.0 I > hear stuttering. If I pause the music and let a bunch of sends happen, > and then unpause, the ratio is over .9 - and stays there

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread Paul Webster
Can you watch it with Wireshark or similar? Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP etc) plugin Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread ScottAM
bpa wrote: > Buffer fuillness is reported in nearly all STMx so you can tell if > server is slow to replenish but STMu is actual underrun - do you get any > STMu's ? ... . There are no STMu's. Not even at the end of the song, which according to the comments in my code is expected to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-09-18 Thread Howard Passman
Unless there is a reason not to mount a small fan on your case it certainly helped my RPI4. I use a FLIRC case and the case/fan combo drops the temp to 38C. Howard Franck@ wrote: > Thank you for the info. I thought the DAC card would also be inside the > case.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread bpa
ScottAM wrote: > I hadn't remembered that the response to STMx commands report buffer > fullness. What I'd expect, based on behaviour, is that the buffer is > generally starving, but it would be interesting to have the classic's > word on that. Buffer fuillness is reported in nearly all STMx

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread ScottAM
Paul Webster wrote: > FYI bpa ... no LMS ... this is a homegrown alternative > > > A quirk of different frame sizes? > > Risk firmware update on one Classic and see if it still works with > homegrown server and if yes ... maybe it will play without stuttering This is likely where I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > FYI bpa ... no LMS ... this is a homegrown alternative Audio format of source is still important - if say original file is AAC and is transcoded into WAV - it will be a bigger load and smaller time in buffer. What does the Classic say in its STMx responses about buffer

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread Paul Webster
FYI bpa ... no LMS ... this is a homegrown alternative A quirk of different frame sizes? Risk firmware update on one Classic and see if it still works with homegrown server and if yes ... maybe it will play without stuttering Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread SpiderJon
ScottAM wrote: > ... when I ran my server on a raspberry pi, there were no stutters, in > about 10 years of use. Bit confused, as the raspberry pi is only 7.5 years old. SpiderJon's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread bpa
ScottAM wrote: > Basic problem: stuttering; and it's worse with some -songs- than others. > Only the actual SB Classics stutter - I just set up squeezelite on a > piCorePlayer and it doesn't stutter. On the Classics, the stutter is > worse on some units than others. Donn't prejudge the problem:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2019-09-18 Thread soundcheck
Hi there. JustFYI. I brought up the linear volume control issue some time back. I completely rewrote (for myself) the linear volume control for external audio devices, replacing the old stuff from squeezelite. I'm running it for a couple of months now. The VC now follows a simple logarithmic

[SlimDevices: Unix] help me unravel deep networking problem with classic squeezebox

2019-09-18 Thread ScottAM
Bear with me, this is messy and weird. Basic problem: stuttering; and it's worse with some songs than others. Only the actual SB classics stutter - I just set up squeezelite on a piCorePlayer and it doesn't stutter. On the Classics, the stutter is worse on some units than others. Donn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latest version of Squeezeplay for Linux ?

2019-09-18 Thread Lestrad
ralphy wrote: > Clicking the mouse button with the pointer on the Now Playing screen > cycles to the next one or pressing the [ key on the keyboard. Thanks! On my (French) keyboard I get "saving preset #9" when I hit the "5/(/[" key. I can't switch keyboard mappings easily or I'd try with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latest version of Squeezeplay for Linux ?

2019-09-18 Thread ralphy
Lestrad wrote: > The only problems I see is that the button at the upper right, which > normally switches between Playlist and Now Playing, seems to work only > intermittently, and that there's no choice of Now Playing displays (on > the hardware Touch, touching the screen once cycles through