DJanGo wrote: > yapp IMHO fake something like a mac address is fake / in harder words > bullsh1t if there is only a single squeezelitesession on a hardware > involved. Strong words, friend ;)
The issue is a little confusing, I have to admit: 1 - There are people who need multiple instances 2 - There are people want to force the player to a specific identity, a good reason for that would be to retain player preferences when swapping hardware. (I've used active/backup wifi+ether bonding on a Pi player once or twice, it's funnier than useful, but it also makes a strong case for using option "-m") 3 - There is a very specific condition that can happen in squeezelite: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107352-Announce-piCorePlayer-3-20&p=890873&viewfull=1#post890873 (you can backtrack to the beginning of the conversation, it is short.) In my case, I use Pi 3s as pCP players. Wifi is disabled. I use a single instance of Squeezelite. Ok, my tc archive "is a little large" but really I don't think it has anything to do with the issue. The MAC address of the network interface is never a problem, my players always get a DHCP lease. But this takes a few seconds (10 secs?) So I get this problem: Squeezelite has started before networking has settled, it doesn't know what player ID to report, so it reports a nil ID. And "-m" solves it. (-m is a good option. I got a bad rap when people started "recycling" slimdevices MACs to software players and put unwarranted load over mysb.com, but it does have legitimate uses.) 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108327
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