Re: [slim] Choppy playback on certain FLAC tracks to Squeezebox Classic (squeezebox2)
StewLG wrote: > I have no idea. I buy a lot of commercial rips, and as far as I know > there is no way to tell the compression level in a given FLAC file. > > > > I think you're right - it is! > > I converted a very problematic track to WAV and then back to FLAC > compression level 0, increasing a 27 mb file to 30 mb. The new, less > compressed file plays smoothly, while the original file stutters. And > now that I'm able to A-B the behavior of the two files, I strongly > believe the proc on the Squeezebox is heavily loaded with the more > compressed file. The visualizations - in my case, the two bar meter - > had a very low framerate with more compressed file, but were smooth with > the less compressed file. > > I think I would have tried this sooner, but there are many historical > posts in this forum insisting that FLAC decoding can't overload any of > the Squeezebox hardware, but my experience seems to run counter to that. > Perhaps the compressors available have gotten even more aggressive as > processors sped up, obsoleting what was once totally sound thinking. > > If anyone with Classic hardware wants to try to reproduce my findings, > let me know and I'll find a way to get you the two test files. > > > > Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 - 1627922070 @ Tue Aug 3 11:37:35 > CEST 2021 > > I'm looking at convert.conf and it looks like it can do whatever > transcoding I need. I actually think it might make sense to convert FLAC > -> Less compressed FLAC, and just use that setup for only my two > affected players. I'll have a look at it tomorrow and try to get it > configured. > > Thanks everyone for the nudges so far. Yes, I had exactly that problem with my boom and transporter and fixed it by just converting flac to flac for those devices, which uncompressed the files on the lms. I'm pretty sure that problem's fixed in current lms these days. I don't have a custom .conf file now, running 8.2.1. psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115583 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
azinck3 wrote: Very interesting work. How's the sync performance between these devices? How about sync with hardware SBs? Sync seems pretty decent with my Boom and Transporter :-) psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
Triode wrote: Unfortunately that method doesn't work with my dac - setting dwc_otg.speed=1 means it can't connect. For those dacs using less of the usb bus its probably a good step, but I'm hoping they can fully resolve the packet loss issue as without doing so its not really appropriate for hifi dacs (my target) Yes - the Pi -should- be a really good solution. Currently, I'm using HDMI output using the onboard sound card, and it doesn't have any of the poor sound quality issues of the onboard dac, but does seem to be limited to 48K max output. As Triode says, USB Dacs do seem to have some basic packet loss issues at the moment - hopefully they'll fix them. psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Andriod apps for controlling Logitech devices. (question)
Recoveryone wrote: Just in case any window phone users are reading this there is an app for us too. Squeezebox Control by VanZuylen For WP, there's also SqueezeRemote. Both are still being developed and I know the author of SqueezeRemote is also working on a Win8 port of the app. psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay for Windows with ASIO, DirectSound, WASAPI and WDMKS device support.
sbp wrote: Hi psketch If you read a few responses above (post no 4) in this tread, you will see that Ralphy already answered this question - and there is no plan at the moment for an ARM version of SqueezePlay. Doh - Sorry - don't know how I missed that - apologies for the dumb post. Shame though . psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay for Windows with ASIO, DirectSound, WASAPI and WDMKS device support.
Hi Ralphy Any chance of a build of Squeezeplay for RaspberryPi? I'm happily running your build of squeezeslave on the Pi - it's running great, but I'd love to give Squeezeplay a try. Ta pete S psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Simple cheap amplifier recommendation please?
I agree the second hand receiver route is certainly one way to go, but if you just want a basic, built like a tank, one input amp, I use one of these http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/amplifiers/products/a100 I use t as a zone amp, connected to an sb3. Cheap is relative of course, but $200 seems like good value. psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96358 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox without Logitech
bpa wrote: A raspberry Pi solution means a case, psu, wifi etc has to be sourced and so could be a lot of hassle and not for many end users. . Well, actually all of the places which sell the Pi, also sell them with cases,psu, sd card etc.. You just pay a few pounds more. I have a bare bones raspbian image with squeezeslave running automatically on startup. Anyone that wants it, just yell. You can have a Pi based player running with zero Linux knowledge for probably about £45. Not for everyone of course, particularly with no spoof at the moment, but good to have options. psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96282 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox without Logitech
Squeezemenicely wrote: Yes a raspberrry Pi would make a pretty good SB alternative, but as you wrote - there is no good analogue or SPDIF out - yet. Also from what I understand streaming services like Spotify would not work on the Pi, not even via the Spotify premium addon. But, maybe ther is a plugplayer out there that has the connections and Squeezeplug could also be transferred to that. At the moment the only fullfunctional alternative I see is an iPod running iPeng on a dock with SPDIF out. Adding the cost of the hardware it would still be cheaper than a Touch. But hopefully soon there will be more alternatives. Well, you're right that there's no spoof out, but there's nothing to stop you using a USB dac with the Pi. I've tried it with an old creative sound blaster 24 external when I was having hdmi problems, and it was fine. A quick search found a USB dac for £7 tonight http://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Sound-Card-Channel-Audio/dp/B003TO3KHY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_2 No idea if it has Alsa drivers of course, and USB will limit your Rez, but still a very cheap solution. Or, just connect directly to a processor via hdmi, which also works fine. Mines been running a week or so now with squeezeslave without a hiccup. Of course, as you say, no premium services, but for the money for local music, URL radio and triode's plugins, it's a great, cheap solution in my view. psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96282 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released
ralphy wrote: I'd checked the alsa mixer volume and the player volume in LMS. Thanks Ralphy - it was the alsamixer - for some reason default was to mute - no idea why. Un-muted and all seems to be working nicely now :-). I know the LMS side very well, but I'm a Windows guys, so the Linux world is a little new to me - help much appreciated. thanks pete S psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93607 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released
Hi Ralphy Slightly odd one - I've installed the raspberry build on the current raspbian OS (which seems to include ALSA), and after a little messing around, everything seems to install and run fine. I can see the client from the web control or from iPeng, turn it on and off, play tracks to it etc.. Everything seems just fine. Except, no sound. No errors that I can see - just not a peep out of it. The weird thing is that the AV processor does see the stream changing - i.e. it sees a PCM 44.1kHz stream when I hit play, and it sees the stream stop if I power down squeezeslave through iPeng. Everything seems to work - just silently.. Any ideas, or ideas where I could look? ta pete S psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93607 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Whitebear Media Server v2.2 Released
Hi I wondered if any progress had been made on xbox360 support with Whitebear and if anyone had it working? Most other clients seem to work nicely with Whitebear, but I can't get the xbox to see the server at all from its Music Player. I've been able to see other UPNP servers on the same server from the xbox, but I really like the Whitebear approach as LMS is my main server and my main devices are all SBs. When the xbox tries to discover the servers, in the logs I see 11:19:55.190 TUPnP_MulticastListener 138 bytes v2.4.0.2890 192.168.1.5:20385 Recv : M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1 Host: 239.255.255.250:1900 Man: ssdp:discover MX: 2 ST: urn:schemas-microsoft-com:service:MSContentDirectory:1 11:19:55.190 TUPnP_MulticastListener 131 bytes v2.4.0.2890 192.168.1.5:15943 Recv : M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1 Host: 239.255.255.250:1900 Man: ssdp:discover MX: 2 ST: urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:1 repeated 3 times then nothing. Any ideas? ta pete S psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90842 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Whitebear Media Server v2.2 Released
AndrewFG wrote:
Unfortunately I don't have an xbox so I cannot test it myself. However
perhaps, if you are willing to help me, we can jointly get it to
work...
Code:
11:19:55.190 TUPnP_MulticastListener 138 bytes v2.4.0.2890
192.168.1.5:20385 Recv : M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1
Host: 239.255.255.250:1900
Man: ssdp:discover
MX: 2
ST: urn:schemas-microsoft-com:service:MSContentDirectory:1
11:19:55.190 TUPnP_MulticastListener 131 bytes v2.4.0.2890
192.168.1.5:15943 Recv : M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1
Host: 239.255.255.250:1900
Man: ssdp:discover
MX: 2
ST: urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:1
repeated 3 times then nothing. Any ideas?
Did you turn on Whitebear's logging for M-SEARCH Responses? If not can
you please try this?
Whitebear does not support the Microsoft proprietary
urn:schemas-microsoft-com:service:MSContentDirectory:1 service, but
you should see it sending a response to the
urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:1 request...
Hi Andrew
Yes, happy to work with you on this. I'll enable that logging later and
come back to you - shall we switch this to PM for now?
pete S
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