Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out
Interesting thread. I nearly asked about Spotify use patterns in the audiophile forum. Is it sacrilege? :-) I am what many would call an "audiophile", yet I *adore* Spotify. Their collection is amazing, audio quality is great (shut up you "I could only listen to the mouse fart in a corner of the studio in the 192/24 HD re-issue" people), and convenient as hell. I have a huge collection of music, and Spotify these days probably covers 80% of it. Awesome. It means I basically wasted over $25k on stuff I could get for $10 a month. Do the math. I love my 1TB music collection but if I was starting off... it'd be Spotify playlists. There are only about 5 albums where I can or care to tell a difference between MP3 and uncompressed. Spotify is not selling out. It's just about embracing a convenient way when it comes to enjoying a huge choice of quality music. Which is why we embraced CDs initially, no vinyl temperamental stuff (which some people embrace and love now again, not me, ever again; but to each their own). I'll keep buying music, but Spotify or whatever follows is there to stay in my arsenal for sheer convenience. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Workstation 14 Pro) running Ubuntu 16.04 + LMS 7.9 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108382 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out
bakker_be wrote: > I'll take you up on that offer, thanks a lot! Hope you enjoy my John Peel tape! If you're amused by his attempts to pronounce "bransle" (an early-baroque dance), here's how it should be done: http://www.pronunciationguide.info/sounds/bransle.mp3 ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108382 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out
ftlight wrote: > When I worked at BBC Bush House (1968-71) we had clean feeds of Radio 1, > 2, 3 & 4, plus audio channels for BBC 1 and BBC 2 TV. Enterprising > staff in the Central Tape Room would record Top of the Pops, Pick of the > Pops, Top Gear, and other music shows every week at 15ips on 10.5" reels > and stash them on a special shelf. Then on the night shift you could > find a few tape ends, splice them together into a full reel, make a > high-speed copy of anything you were interested in, and take it home. As > long as it didn't get out of hand, management turned a blind eye - > things were a lot more casual at the BBC then. > > So around June 1970 I made copies of a couple of John Peel shows and > spliced up a compilation of tracks I liked, complete with his intros. I > still have the tape, about 80 minutes, and digitized it some years ago. > For anyone interested, the 130MB MP3 file can be downloaded from my > server: > http://ftldesign.com/images/Top-Gear-Compilation-1970-BB.mp3 > > Bill I'll take you up on that offer, thanks a lot! Main System: Touch; Marantz SR-5004 + TMA Premium 905 + TMA Premium 901 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 + BK Monolith+ FF + Lenovo T460 + Kodi + Pioneer PDP-LX5090H Workshop: iPad 32GB Wifi + Squeezepad (local playback activated) Wherever needed: Acer Iconia Tab A700 + Squeezeplayer Kitchen: iPhone 5s + Squeezepad (local playback activated) + NAD 312 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 Headphone (cozy corner): Lenovo T550 + Squeezelite-X + Aune X7S + Focal Elear Car: TBC ... bakker_be's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108382 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Qobuz streaming service: Qobuz Sublime +
davidovada wrote: > Qobuz has been rebuffering for the last 5 days..I've tried everything. > Still not working. BTW, I'm in Italia Seems to be better today but have only listened 3 minutes. Did you contact their support? I have sent a tweet yesterday but they didn't answer. Touch + Cambridge Audio 651R & DAC Magic + Q Acoustics Concept 40 --- Touch + Onkyo TX-SR309 + Morel Applause MKII --- SB2, SB3, and Duet --- 2 Boom --- 7 Radios --- Ipeng --- LMS 7.9.0 - 1470912157 / Max2Play IQAudio on RaspberryPi3 didjean's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2900 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107243 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LMS with Google Home, Chromecast and IFTTT (maybe)?
meep wrote: > Hi there > Check out the hab-tunes videos to get an idea of how LMS voice control > works on Alexa. I'm hoping to migrate this to Google Home once released > (early new year) > As Castalla says, there's no direct selection of music yet (working on > favourites and playlists right now). It will always be for control of > LMS and squeezeboxes - I've tried direct streaming music to the Echo > device itself but it's hampered by very significant lag so playback of > local files through an echo of google home is unlikely - you'll always > need to play back via a SB device. > Stay tuned to Alexa developments to get an idea of what might be coming > to a Google Home near you. Hi Meep. Well that looks great. Using Google Home to control a Squeezbox would be dead useful for me so I'll keep my eye on your work. One thing... I didn't quite understand your use of the word 'skill'. Is this an Elexa specific word or maybe a programming word? Do you have a mailing list or something? I'd like to know when you've cracked the ability to choose music or playlist. One last thing... once you've developed the app to work with Alex, is it much work to port it to Google Home? Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LMS with Google Home, Chromecast and IFTTT (maybe)?
meep wrote: > Hi there > > Check out the hab-tunes videos to get an idea of how LMS voice control > works on Alexa. I'm hoping to migrate this to Google Home once released > (early new year) > > As Castalla says, there's no direct selection of music yet (working on > favourites and playlists right now). It will always be for control of > LMS and squeezeboxes - I've tried direct streaming music to the Echo > device itself but it's hampered by very significant lag so playback of > local files through an echo of google home is unlikely - you'll always > need to play back via a SB device. > > Stay tuned to Alexa developments to get an idea of what might be coming > to a Google Home near you. OOOHHH! a possible Xmas gift?! followed by a New Year gift : ) Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers; Rocki - Sony SRS-BTM8 speaker; Pioneer WX-SMA1 speaker; - PURE One Flow internet radio: PURE Jongo S3x ; Jongo T2; Libratone Zipp Castbridge - Chromecast 1 + Chromecast Audio AirplayBridge - Loewe Airspeaker SB Player - Fire TV castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Qobuz streaming service: Qobuz Sublime +
Qobuz has been rebuffering for the last 5 days..I've tried everything. Still not working. BTW, I'm in Italia davidovada's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107243 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LMS with Google Home, Chromecast and IFTTT (maybe)?
Hi there Check out the hab-tunes videos to get an idea of how LMS voice control works on Alexa. I'm hoping to migrate this to Google Home once released (early new year) As Castalla says, there's no direct selection of music yet (working on favourites and playlists right now). It will always be for control of LMS and squeezeboxes - I've tried direct streaming music to the Echo device itself but it's hampered by very significant lag so playback of local files through an echo of google home is unlikely - you'll always need to play back via a SB device. Stay tuned to Alexa developments to get an idea of what might be coming to a Google Home near you. ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com | Twitter: '#habtunes' (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23habtunes=typd=en) Personal HA BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Duet meep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12744 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 common faults over time?
Thank you so much everyone involved in this thread - The left channel on my ageing SB3 went the other day and I was distraught :( Then I found this thread and I just replaced the two capacitors as described which cost me 59p :) The left channel is now working perfectly again :) Brilliant!!! MrJohn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103213 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Jivelite for Mac OSX
mherger wrote: > > I believe Platypus will just create a "container" around a shell > script > > (probably like Automator?). But, as things stand, the original > > executable and auxiliary files remain in /opt/jivelite/... > > You can bundle those files inside the container, and write a small > wrapper script to run the binary. That said: I have little to no > experience using it. In the quick test I run the application would not > really quit even when jivelite was closed. > > -- > > Michael I've created a jivelite MacOS disk image package for 10.7+ similiar to the one for squeezeplay which should be installed in /Applications If you created an automator script for the /opt/jivelite tarball you need to delete it, removing if from the trash and reboot your Mac BEFORE installing the dmg. Until I did that, trying to run jivelite from Applications failed and you'll find errors in the console log similiar to these. Code: 2017-12-12 2:41:21.759 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.automator.Jivelite.248992[94879]) Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 2: No such file or directory: /Applications/Jivelite.app/Contents/MacOS/Application Stub 2017-12-12 2:41:21.759 PM Finder[391]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=111 label=com.apple.automator.Jivelite.248992 path=/Applications/Jivelite.app/Contents/MacOS/Application Stub flags=1 : LaunchApplicationClient.cp #1136 LaunchApplicationViaLaunchDJobLabel() q=com.apple.root.default-qos The jivelite disk image is available for download 'here' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/jivelite/osx/). Once you've installed the new package you can delete the old jivelite install from a Terminal session. cd /opt sudo rm -rf jivelite An automator script can then be recreated if you need to set any environment variables. The new path to the jivelite executable is /Applications/Jivelite.app/Contents/MacOS/Jivelite Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *1*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/) 'donations' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=LL5P6365KQEXN=CA_name=Squeezebox%20client%20builds_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted) always appreciated. ralphy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3484 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LMS with Google Home, Chromecast and IFTTT (maybe)?
ModelCitizen wrote: > Hello all. > > I run a large Flac library via Windows based LMS to a number of Squeeze > and Chromecast enable devices. Control is mostly by Orange Squeeze on > Android devices. > > I am getting a Google Home device for Christmas and am trying to figure > out if I can use it to voice control my Squeeze devices to play my flac > library (preferably via LMS but think that's probably not likely). I've > been pointed towards an app called IFTTT (IFTTT.com) but can't see how > it can help (not being a developer). Has anyone any experience of Google > Home and flac based local libraries? Any suggestions would be very > welcome. > > Waffle: am quite excited by this device. It seems i will be able to use > it to (at least) partially to voice control my Chromecast enabled TVs, > and Spotify via my Chromecast enabled audio devices. LMS control - not available. Meep has an alexa plugin (alpha) which works (but not to choose from music library). Accessing local music via GH or Alexa is essentially impossible - you are stuck with what the devices offer (eg. Spotify, Google Play Music). You can upload your files to Google Play Music BUT there are many complaints that accessing them via the Home devices is very buggy. Spotify is good, but again accessing local files is badly implemented. The UK version of Home has a very restricted set of services compared to the US. Google support is very poor - no feedback on issues you might raise. Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers; Rocki - Sony SRS-BTM8 speaker; Pioneer WX-SMA1 speaker; - PURE One Flow internet radio: PURE Jongo S3x ; Jongo T2; Libratone Zipp Castbridge - Chromecast 1 + Chromecast Audio AirplayBridge - Loewe Airspeaker SB Player - Fire TV castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] LMS with Google Home, Chromecast and IFTTT?
Hello all. I run a large Flac library via Windows based LMS to a number of Squeeze and Chromecast enable devices. Control is mostly by Orange Squeeze on Android devices. I am getting a Google Home device for Christmas and am trying to figure out if I can use it to control my Squeeze devices to play my flac library (preferably via LMS but think that's probably not likely). I've been pointed towards an app called IFTTT (IFTTT.com) but can't see how it can help (not being a developer). Has anyone any experience of Google Home and flac based local libraries? Any suggestions would be very welcome. Waffle: am quite excited by this device. It seems i will be able to use it to (at least) partially to voice control my Chromecast enabled TVs, and Spotify via my Chromecast enabled audio devices. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
