Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
Just in case you see this in time to save you the effort-- Inguz a non-starter with Triode Spotify plugin, per below http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?79706-Announce-Spotify-Premium-Plugin-(Beta)&p=584805&viewfull=1#post584805 Many thanks again for your help though blscorp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
Pity about that - but it was a bit of a long shot. I'll convert a FLAC file to ogg and then see whether Inguz (as is) works on ogg files (rather than Spotify streaming ogg). Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
An intelligent and observant approach, but unfortunately it did not work. Neither deleting the -w entry nor changing it to -v had any effect, which may confirm your theory that it's a non-functioning parameter. Regardless, thanks for digging deep enough for the suggestion, if anything else occurs please let me know. And if I get a solution elsewhere I'll pass it on just to satisfy your curiosity. blscorp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
I'm glad that you have got Inguz working for ALAC files. As far as Spotify's ogg files are concerned this is a bit like the blind leading the blind, but as nobody else has taken this up: I've been looking at the ogg entry in the Inguz custom-convert.conf. It uses sox.exe to convert the data to wave format but there is a "-w" parameter which the LMS convert.conf doesn't use, which doesn't seem to be included in the sox help, which I can't find any documentation for and which (when I try to test it) sox doesn't like. One possibility is that the "-w" is a typo and it should be "-v" which, when used with resampling, indicates "very high" (quality). I am not a premium Spotify subscriber, so can't test things, but one thing you could try is to delete the "-w" from the ogg sections of the Inguz custom-convert.conf file. Once again making sure that you take a backup of the file before trying this. If that worked you could try replacing the "-w" with "-v". (Again taking a backup.) I should mention that the Inguz custom-convert.conf file is generated from the data in the Inguz Plugin.pm file, so once you get things working satisfactorily it would make sense to amend the Plugin.pm file (after taking a backup of course) - but first things first. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
JohnB, your edit worked for ALAC files, marvelous! Thank you very much for that. I was not able successfully to bypass one of the players: deleting the section for the player's mac address caused squeezebox to generate a new section for that player in the custom convert file. And adding # in front of each line didn't seem to make a difference. But that is really a minor hurdle-- being able to process ALAC has made the plugin usable for me for the first time, which is a major benefit. What do you think about the Spotify streaming? The stream identifies as OGG Vorbis, and there are Inguz DSP entries in file types for OGG Vorbis converting to FLAC, but Squeezebox doesn't seem to be transcoding it. For whatever reason the DSP doesn't process the stream. If you have a theory let me know, but otherwise thanks again for the help. blscorp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
blscorp wrote: > Running a Duet setup with two players (sync'd), LMS 7.7.5 and have Inguz > successfully installed. Need EQ only, not DRC. I've scoured these > boards pretty thoroughly for info but some big issues remain and am > trying to get some firm current answers in one place. > > - File types: My library is made up of mp3 and ALAC files, and I stream > Spotify. So far I've got the DSP working only on the mp3s. Anyone got > ALACs working (have to use custom conf files)? Spotify (even possible)? >From memory, the custom-convert.conf that Inguz installs contains an error regarding the ALAC files. Some years ago LMS went over to using a tweaked faad.exe to transcode ALAC files but the Inguz custom-convert.conf was never amended to reflect that change. I am assuming that the change happened before 7.7.5 as that would explain your ALAC problem. I don't use ALAC files myself but once helped another forum member out over this issue - but it was many years ago and I can't find the post or the necessary edit. However, you could try the following. I use LMS 7.9 and Windows 7 64 bit. In this setup the Inguz custom-convert.conf is in folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Squeezebox\server\Plugins\InguzEQ. Before trying out any edits I strongly suggest you make a backup of the Inguz custom-convert.conf file. If you open the file in Notepad you should see a section something like this: Code: alc flc * 00:04:20:23:9b:46 # F [alac] $FILE$ | [InguzDSP] -id "00:04:20:23:9b:46" -wav -wavo -d 24 | [flac] -cs -5 --totally-silent - Where 00:04:20:23:9b:46 is the MAC address of the player. You could try editing this to: Code: alc flc * 00:04:20:23:9b:46 # F [faad] -q -w -f 1 $FILE$ | [InguzDSP] -id "00:04:20:23:9b:46" -wav -wavo -d 24 | [flac] -cs -5 --totally-silent - (The changes are shown in red.) You will need to do this for each player in the custom-convert.conf file. As I said, I don't use ALAC files so I can't test this - so it is very much suck it and see. (And do make sure you make a backup copy of the original file before doing any edits.) Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
If you can't get Inguz to target one player another option is SoX: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104868-Using-SoX-to-equalize-one-player&highlight=equalize Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
Running a Duet setup with two players (sync'd), LMS 7.7.5 and have Inguz successfully installed. Need EQ only, not DRC. I've scoured these boards pretty thoroughly for info but some big issues remain and am trying to get some firm current answers in one place. - File types: My library is made up of mp3 and ALAC files, and I stream Spotify. So far I've got the DSP working only on the mp3s. Anyone got ALACs working (have to use custom conf files)? Spotify (even possible)? - Strange boosting behavior when cutting frequencies: On the mp3s where the DSP is usable, I noticed that cutting frequencies seems to result in a compensating BOOST in the rest of the spectrum, as if there were a normalizing or compression effect on the signal. As a test I created a preset in which I cut every band 12db (did a 3-band version and a 9-band version). The result is LOUDER than a flat setting, rather than dramatically softer. WTF? Thought replay tags/Track Gain might have something to do with it but I've set the players to "No Volume Adjustment" and the issue persists. Very strange, and kind of a dealbreaker unless I can resolve, as precise or subtle adjustments become impossible if pulling one lever in effect moves all the others in a way not shown or acknowledged by the UI. - Player isolation: The inguz website info is pretty unequivocal that customizing different players/rooms is impossible-- the plugin is applied in the server and streamed identically to all players. But some (not so recent) posts I've read seem to indicate that you can edit custom conf files in such a way as to apply the eq to one player and bypass the processing on another. This would suit me beautifully, assuming that both the affected and unaffected players could still stream in sync and share crossfade and replaygain volume settings. Any wisdom there? Thanks in advance for any advice! blscorp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
