Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-04-02 Thread castalla
MDE wrote: Thanks a million! It all works fine and not a single ffmpeg! Never mind the wasted hours, at least I learnt some Linux on the way. Good to hear that! Bear in mind the Beeb can break it at any time! Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-04-02 Thread MDE
I'm new to Linux, having just acquired a raspberry pi 2. Generally very pleased and am picking up the Linux stuff. It has max2play/squeezeplug installed. I discovered the multiple ffmpeg problem when I realised something was eating bandwidth - 5 ffmpeg processes open! I've tried all the solutions

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-04-02 Thread castalla
MDE wrote: I'm new to Linux, having just acquired a raspberry pi 2. Generally very pleased and am picking up the Linux stuff. It has max2play/squeezeplug installed. I discovered the multiple ffmpeg problem when I realised something was eating bandwidth - 5 ffmpeg processes open! I've tried

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-04-02 Thread MDE
castalla wrote: Give up and install the latest iplayer plugin? Doesn't require ffmpeg: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103435-BBCiPlayer-Plugins-an-alternative-quick-fix-guide Thanks a million! It all works fine and not a single ffmpeg! Never mind the wasted hours, at least I

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-17 Thread JohnB
The other option is to download the 32bit or 64 bit (depending on your system) static build of ffmpeg from: http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ (I downloaded build 2.5.4.) The downloaded file needs to be unzipped (twice) using, say, 7-zip. The ffmpeg file can then be copied to the -/usr/bin/-

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-17 Thread castalla
gian wrote: may I ask which one? maybe I can learn something. Thanks! -G See here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?53229-Announce-BBCiPlayer-Plugin-(UK-only)p=807463viewfull=1#post807463 Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-17 Thread gian
castalla wrote: Thanks - took another route! may I ask which one? maybe I can learn something. Thanks! -G town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio, Ubuntu 12.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5, Infinity Renaissance 90,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-16 Thread gallafent
Hi All, Just a quick note: the standard version of ffmpeg available in raspbian does suffer from this non-termination problem. The version in the package name is “6:0.8.16-1+rpi1” fwiw. Building the current version of ffmpeg on the pi, as per post 13 in this thread, takes a while, but produces

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread gian
thanks, bpa. I'll look to find a way to update it. ciao, -Gian town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio, Ubuntu 12.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5, Infinity Renaissance 90, Musical Fidelity A120, Sonus Faber Concertino,

[SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread gian
hello All, here is my situation: Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 1418370781 @ Sat Dec 13 04:05:00 UTC 2014 Operating system: Ubuntu 12.04 server 64bit, Debian - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: x86_64-linux Perl Version: 5.14.2 - x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi Audio::Scan: 0.93 Database

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread gian
gian@lascala:~$ ffmpeg avconv version 0.8.16-4:0.8.16-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the Libav developers built on Sep 16 2014 18:33:49 with gcc 4.6.3 Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder usage: avconv [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}... Use -h to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread bpa
That version is too old - can you find a version about 1.0 or later. ? Otherwise there is a a workaoround but I'll haven't got the details on hand. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread castalla
gian wrote: this is the updated ffmpeg, using Jon Severinsson's ppa: gian@lascala:~$ ffmpeg ffmpeg version 0.10.12-7:0.10.12-1~precise1 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Apr 26 2014 09:49:36 with gcc 4.6.3 When I pause the BBC stream, now the ffmpeg process is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread Man in a van
gian wrote: Castalla, here is it. My LMS is based on Ubuntu 12.04 server, 64bit. You can find the ppa at: https://launchpad.net/~jon-severinsson/+archive/ubuntu/ffmpeg First, read About Installing. This requires you to enter the command: $ sudo add-apt-repository

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread castalla
Man in a van wrote: Tried this on the Joggler, Looks like i have to pester roobarb, hey ho! http://'[image: http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz140/Maninavan1/joggler%20ffmpeg_zpsrty0exet.jpg]' (http://s821.photobucket.com/user/Maninavan1/media/joggler%20ffmpeg_zpsrty0exet.jpg.html)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread castalla
gian wrote: Castalla, here is it. My LMS is based on Ubuntu 12.04 server, 64bit. You can find the ppa at: https://launchpad.net/~jon-severinsson/+archive/ubuntu/ffmpeg First, read About Installing. This requires you to enter the command: $ sudo add-apt-repository

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread gian
this is the updated ffmpeg, using Jon Severinsson's ppa: gian@lascala:~$ ffmpeg ffmpeg version 0.10.12-7:0.10.12-1~precise1 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Apr 26 2014 09:49:36 with gcc 4.6.3 When I pause the BBC stream, now the ffmpeg process is killed. Thanks, bpa.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread gian
Castalla, here is it. My LMS is based on Ubuntu 12.04 server, 64bit. You can find the ppa at: https://launchpad.net/~jon-severinsson/+archive/ubuntu/ffmpeg First, read About Installing. This requires you to enter the command: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg If the command

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread bpa
This is a known issue and it relates to ffmpeg. What version of ffmpeg are yiou using ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] multiple ffmpeg instances

2015-02-15 Thread dsdreamer
This worked rather easily for me... Code: wget http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-2.5.4.tar.bz2 tar xvf ffmpeg-2.5.4.tar.bz2 cd ffmpeg-2.5.4 ./configure make -j4 # occasionally, having a quad core pays off! apt-get remove ffmpeg sudo make install