Atlantic wrote: > Thanks for a great system. This is useful for incorporating the newer > generations of amps and receivers, that have a network connection but > which is limited to DLNA only (eg, Yamaha), into an existing Squeezebox > system. > > I have a difficulty running the plug-in, and I wonder if anyone might > help put me right. > > I run SBS on Linux but have been unable to load the upnp program as a > 'plug-in' from the 'settings' menu. (I've pointed SBS to the > repository: > http://tenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/lms-to-upnp/dev/repo-sf.xml and > also tried the repos listed in the opening message: > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lms-to-upnp/dev/repo-sf.xml and > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lms-plugins-philippe44/repo-sf.xml. > The plug-in doesn't seem to show up in the list.) Nevertheless, I'm > not particularly bothered about that because I have managed to find and > download the plug-in zip file, unpacked it to a DLNA sub-directory in my > home, and can run: > > ~/DLNA $ ./squeeze2upnp-x86 > > But I have a problem with doing this, and that's what I could do with > some advice for. Running the system this way means that every time the > server is restarted for any reason (and during the winter, particularly, > we get many power outages of several hours at a time) the application > does not restart when SBS restarts. Also, if I ever close down the > terminal that I am running this from (usually an SSH connection from > another machine) the plug-in stops. Is there any way I can sort-of > force an 'install' of the plug-in, so that the plug-in starts everytime > SBS restarts. As a bonus, is there any way I can also run the config > settings so as to check and make sure that my configuration is optimal > for the Yamaha amps? > > Grateful for any advice, > > regards, Atlantic You should be able to load the plugin from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lms-to-upnp/dev/repo-sf.xml - that's where mine comes from. You can test it by just putting that in a browser as an address and see it download the xml file. It really should show up in the plugin list (near the bottom) provided you have allowed 3rd party repos (at least, that used to be the case), and (possibly) restarted LMS.
I used to run it stand-alone, but it's a wee bit of an exercise to get working automatically. I ended up using the "Server Power Control" plugin autoexec command facility to run a script to start the plugin. I found I had to make sure LMS had started before running the external program, and this plugin's command allowed me to do that. There are other ways of course. You can make sure that the LMS startup script creates some sort of variable that your UPnP service startup script depends on. I'm on ubuntu, and the service startup methods have gone through several iterations, which caused me to do quite a lot of research before getting a working solution. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 16.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (to A308CR amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Alternatively Minimserver & Upplay to same & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Squeezelite to Meridian USB Explorer DAC to PC speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 16.04 laptop firefox/upplay or Android 'phone with Squeeze-Commander/BubbleUPnP controls LMS/Minimserver. Also a Touch with EDO, plus spare, unused. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103728 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
