chaug wrote: > I am also testing whether your (Erland's) plugins (especially Trackstat > and Dynamic Playlists) will work on 8.x because if they don't I won't > upgrade. They're just too important. > > I took the opportunity to also test the official docker image (while my > 7.9.3 LMS is still running on a virtual machine). I was able to install > the trackstat plugin (not dynamic playlists, and I think also some > others were missing (e.g Custom Browse, Multi-library, ...), but I'll > focus on those two here) but the problem is that the Trackstat doesn't > show up in the UI at all (except in the settings). Or let me rephrase > that: the ratings do show up, so the import of the backup seems to have > worked fine, but I am not getting the Trackstat menu item where I can > select, for example, "Top rated songs". I don't have the "Dynamic > playlists" menu item either, but that is not surprising given that the > plugin isn't even installed. If that plugin also responsible for the > "Trackstat" menu item, then that explains things, but I don't think so. > > What am I missing? > > And is it possible to somehow migrate those plugins? > > Edit: I just saw that related discussions are going on in in this > thread: > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113403-Installing-plugins-without-regard-to-max-version > and that the reason why I was able to install Trackstat but no other > unsupported plugin is that Michael "released" that one as a proof of > concent: > > > > So I guess I'll wait for that discussion to lead to a solution. > Generally people using my plugins on 8.* should be aware of that they are totally unsupported so unless someone else decides to maintain them and keep them updated with LMS changes they might break at any time in the future even if they might seem to work initially. See this post for a little more background to the situation: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?49483-Announce-New-versions-of-erlands-plugins&p=998836&viewfull=1#post998836
Having said that, Michael recently added more of my plugins to the unsupported repository so if you activate use of unsupported extensions in LMS 8.1 Settings/Plugins you should now be able to install the unsupported versions of: - Custom Browse - Custom Clock Helper - Custom Scan - Dynamic Playlist - SQL Playlist - TrackStat Another community member have also tested Multi Library in the following post so I guess Michael(mherger) will add that soon unless he or anybody else have seen some issues with it: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?49483-Announce-New-versions-of-erlands-plugins&p=998765&viewfull=1#post998765 As a side note, some people today using Multi Library plugin can get similar functionality with the built-in support for virtual libraries thats now available by default in LMS. People using Multi Library should probably consider possibility to migrate over to virtual libraries. Please note that unsupported extensions are disabled by default so you need to activate usage of unsupported extensions in LMS Settings/Plugins to see any unsupported plugins. Regarding TrackStat menu, its not related to any other plugin so i would expect it to show up and it sounds like it did for PasTim in the above post where he tested Multi Library and the other plugins. I think someone mentioned that TrackStat entry was missing in LMS Settings/Plugins if manually installed in 8.0 but I havent seen anyone indicating that the My Music/TrackStat menu were missing. Regarding Dynamic Playlist/SQL Playlist plugins there is currently a known bug that they dont include content from integrated streaming services in LMS 8.*. Its not known yet if the problem is in the plugins or in LMS code. There is also a new Ratings Light plugin being developed that might be able to replace TrackStat usage for people interested in ratings functionality: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113344-Announce-Ratings-Light There might be some work going on to increase possibility to use custom tags in a new plugin that potentially can be a replacement for some Custom Scan users: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113201-Genres-moods-themes-and-styles Ive currently got indications that a community member is interested to try to maintain Database Query plugin and TrackStat so these might appear again as officially supported plugins in the not too distant future. I wouldnt expect them to get new functionality, but maybe they can at least be updated to work with new LMS releases. My hope is that this community once again shows it strength by implementing new creative plugins instead of holding back by refusing to upgrade LMS or getting stuck by trying to keep old plugins alive with minimal effort instead of being creative and implementing new revolutionary functionality:-) Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info)) Developer of 'many plugins/applets' (https://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/User_Erland.html) *Starting with LMS 8.0 I no longer support my plugins/applets* ('see here for more information' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?49483-Announce-New-versions-of-erlands-plugins&p=998836&viewfull=1#post998836) ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113511
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