Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Problem configuring IR Blaster with SC 7.0
Thank you for the clarification. Once on the right page, it was extremely easy to set up via the learning wizard, and works perfectly. Thank you for a great plugin. -- dking513 dking513's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44099 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] X10 testers wanted (BottleRocket/PowerCenter support for X10 CM11A/CM12A controller)
tanguy, it's good you already had 'heyu' installed, as the build included in PowerCenter almost certainly would not work due to some hard-coded directories. I've been working on the C code tonight to allow the config file to override the directory defaults and hope to release a new alpha in the coming days with good Intel 32-bit binaries of heyu for Linux and Windows, and updated Perl code to add the new config file directives. -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver FuzzyTime PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43781 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?
Daedales;272954 Wrote: > Greg, > First off, I love this plugin. I have used it since the very beginning. > You rock! > Now to my problem. I recently updated SqueezeCenter to the latest > build ( as of 2/25/2008) and now i dont see the the Sirius plugin in > the SqueezeCenter webpage, under Internet Radio. I can still access > Sirus useing the remote, just not thru the webpage. Did I do something > wrong. > > Drew Never mind...I just removed the old plugin from the plugins folder, then copied in a new version. All is fine. Thanks anyways, Drew -- Daedales Daedales's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3841 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20621 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
Ok, just noticed it, "All Tracks" doesn't yet work wit CB. But my description was for "simple iPeng" anyway. I have to admit that I use CB only for the features iPeng doesn't have (i love "Decades", for example). -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC OK for a couple of days, then..
Hi, I'm running SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 17695 - on SUSE 10.1, mplayer v1rc2 After a couple or 3 days I can no longer play BBC streams. On the player it reports rebuffering 0% for a moment. No mplayer processes are running though. Restarting squeezecenter & everything works OK, for a couple of days or so. Troubleshooting advice please. When it's working I get this on a console which may give a clue: Streaming: Launching mplayer -really-quiet -vc null -vo null -bandwidth 1000 -cache 128 -af volume=0,resample=44100:0:1,channels=2 -ao pcm:nowaveheader:file=/dev/fd/3 rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio3/latejunction/latejunction_thu.ra?BBC-UID=6457093ff8edd87c24886044e0f0063c988a818060d0116464ff3851cf5ba655&SSO2-UID= mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: Permission denied regards Waldy -- waldy waldy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3714 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44131 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
pippin;274855 Wrote: > > I haven't taken too deep a look at custom browse, but my impression was > it works just as the standard screens? I've tried to implement the same behaviour as in the standard screens, but I think there are still a few things which works differently in Custom Browse. So when helping users that have Custom Browse installed it might be important to check if they are using a Custom Browse based menu or one of the standard menus. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
OK, you beat me on this one ;-) erland;274886 Wrote: > > pippin, would it be possible to detect and use the event when you hold > down the play button for a while in some way to make a single click > result in "add" but holding down the button a while result in "play", > or is the hold event limited to just showing the link tooltip ? > Even worse, you don't get an event at all, but Safari processes this itself, and then it does not even do it correctly, as you noticed on the tooltip before... I was thinking about being able to switch between the two default features, but then the "All Tracks" is always just a click away, and the descending pages typically also don't load very long. It's also just a matter of "Artist" and "Year" only, isn't it? When I deliver the plugin I will make the "switch to NowPlaying" feature configurable. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
Sune;274874 Wrote: > OK, being a "UI-is-something-you-use" guy, I haven't read the full > manual (but I have read bits and pieces). > I can see that ;-) But I understand. I never read a manual, too. Will call it "FAQ" in the next update > > Ok. This works. But I could have saved a bit of waiting time if it had > worked like it does as standard on my SB with my remote: > > - Select "Music Library -> Browse Artists" > - Type "E", then it jumps to first artist with E > - Scroll to I find Ella > - Press "play" > > That's it. 4 steps instead of 7... > Now it's 5: - Click "Artist" on the shortcut bar at the bottom of the screen - Click the "E", jumps to the first artist with "E" - Scroll to Ella - Click Ella (the row or text, not the "+") The first item is "All Tracks": - Click "All Tracks" (the row, not the "+") Bingo. No playlist clearing, no switching to "Now Playing" > > Also - I guess it would make a lot of sense to a lot of people to have > a play-button at the "The Current Playlist" shown in the top of all > windows > Would make sense to have at least 10 more buttons. However, space is pretty scarce. On the native app, NowPlaying will show up much faster. > > P.S. The playlist shown in the "now playing" window, when pressing the > list symbol in upper right corner...does it only contain 8 items, or > can I navigate up/down here, somehow? Well, if iPod came with a manual - well, you don't read that, but nobody seems to find that function (myself included, I only learned about it from the developer's docs): Two finger scrolling. I will add a disclaimer to iPeng before you can download about that... BTW, it's in MY manual, though. BTW, 2: There's at least one more feature on that screen you will not find without the manual ;-) -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
Sune;274843 Wrote: > > I also found the reason for this lacking in most iPeng menus: Clicking > the track title will make it play, hence no need for a play buttom. And > when browsing playlists / Random Mix'es, then there *is* a play buttom. > However. It should be there more places, I think: > > - I would like to have a "play buttom" for an artist, so I can play > everything from this artist (like it, as it works on my SB with the > remote - pressing play on an artist, replaces the playlist with all > tracks from the chosen artist...and it still remembers my "shuffle" > setting) > - I would like to have a "play buttom" for an album. Don't want to > browse to the album alway -Sometimes I just wanna play my latest U2 > album (with my standard "random mix for chosen songs setting...) > > IMHO it should be there all over the standard menus as well as all over > CustomBrowse. I can see that the "Play" is there when I browse > CustomBrowse menus with another web-interface (e.g. Default). > Just be careful before you wish something you don't want. Both "play" and "add" buttons everywhere would unfortunately also mean no "mix" button anywhere because the screen space is limited. Personally I think I would somehow like to switch between different modes. When I'm listening to the music alone I tend to use the "play" buttons always when changing what to play and this functionality is partly missing in iPeng as you've seen, although album cover click results in "play". On the other hand when I have other people listening I do not want to interrupt what is currently playing, the result is that I often tend to use "add" or even "insert" instead of "play". pippin, would it be possible to detect and use the event when you hold down the play button for a while in some way to make a single click result in "add" but holding down the button a while result in "play", or is the hold event limited to just showing the link tooltip ? Sune;274874 Wrote: > > P.S. The playlist shown in the "now playing" window, when pressing the > list symbol in upper right corner...does it only contain 8 items, or > can I navigate up/down here, somehow? Use "panning" by using two fingers when scrolling: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=50 -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Problems with alienBBC and SC 7.0
After you untarred AlienBBC - did you check that ownership and permissions of the AlienBBC files were correct ? Especially mplayer.sh must be executable. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44128 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] X10 testers wanted (BottleRocket/PowerCenter support for X10 CM11A/CM12A controller)
tanguy;274495 Wrote: > It's working when changing > the right on ttyS0 > > Many thanks , That's great to hear. Thanks for letting me know! -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver FuzzyTime PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43781 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
OK, being a "UI-is-something-you-use" guy, I haven't read the full manual (but I have read bits and pieces). Going for an artist, let me get the proper procedure for playing everything from that artist straight, starting from the following assumption: - I currently have a playlist with 30 tracks running (e.g. a Random Mix ;-) - I start from the "home" menu Then what I do is: - Touch "browse library -> Artists". - Touch the "x" symbol next to "The Current Playlist" to get me an empty playlist - Touch "E" as in Ella Fitzgerald. Then wait. - Scroll to I find Ella - Touch the "+" sign. Wait to I see "all songs have been added" - Check the playlist by clicking the "playslist " icon next to "untitled playlist" - Tap title of first song to play this playlist Ok. This works. But I could have saved a bit of waiting time if it had worked like it does as standard on my SB with my remote: - Select "Music Library -> Browse Artists" - Type "E", then it jumps to first artist with E - Scroll to I find Ella - Press "play" That's it. 4 steps instead of 7... Or did I miss something in the manual? (if so: Sorry!) Sune -- Sune Sune's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Problems with alienBBC and SC 7.0
Just upgraded to SC 7.0 on debian using the testing repository. Untar'ed AlienBBC 2 beta 5 in plugins and it shows up in the web interface. When trying to set it up nothing happens and the log outputs: [08-03-03 22:16:32.4544] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1241) Warning: [22:16:32.4532] Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Slim/Control/Queries.pm line 247. [08-03-03 22:16:56.7941] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1241) Warning: [22:16:56.7928] Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Template/Context.pm line 99. [08-03-03 22:16:56.7958] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1241) Warning: [22:16:56.7946] Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Template/Context.pm line 115. [08-03-03 22:16:56.7974] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1241) Warning: [22:16:56.7962] Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/squeezecenter/CPAN/Template/Context.pm line 167. [08-03-03 22:16:56.7991] Slim::Web::HTTP::_generateContentFromFile (2332) Error: file error - : not found Also, the AlienBBC menu on the squeezebox is empty. -- Thomsen Thomsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44128 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
Sune;274843 Wrote: > > - I would like to have a "play buttom" for an artist, so I can play > everything from this artist (like it, as it works on my SB with the > remote - pressing play on an artist, replaces the playlist with all > tracks from the chosen artist...and it still remembers my "shuffle" > setting) > Do you really need that? You can click on the artist and then select "all tracks", that will do that. > > - I would like to have a "play buttom" for an album. Don't want to > browse to the album alway -Sometimes I just wanna play my latest U2 > album (with my standard "random mix for chosen songs setting...) > It's there. Just click the cover. Maybe you should have a look at the manual, too ;-) > > IMHO it should be there all over the standard menus as well as all over > CustomBrowse. I can see that the "Play" is there when I browse > CustomBrowse menus with another web-interface (e.g. Default). > on the standard menus it's a maximum of one click away. > > The result is thus as I have described above: Currently the result is: > I simply don't know how to get anything from the CustomBrowse menues to > actually play except if I add them to the current playlist...and then > wait (I cannot find a way to remove stuff from the playlist except > when in the "now playing" mode, and then clicking on the "tracks" > buttom...if I go into the current playlist the "normal way" there > only...the "+" buttom!). I'll try modifying the XML files. However, > this is on the limit of what I can do. If a mod to the XML doesn't > work, I don't know how to troubleshoot it > I haven't taken too deep a look at custom browse, but my impression was it works just as the standard screens? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with TrackStat/iTunes Update and iTunes
A few quick answers: Setup: - Headless server: Mac Mini 1.42 GHz PPC, Mac OS X 10.5.2, 512 MB RAM (cannot be expanded easily), SC 7 beta "as of today". Headless, DJ'ing & iTunes: - Current setup is a bit clumsy: What I do is that I run all software on the SB server and then export a playlist with my 4 and 5 star ratings and then imports this on another system. It works ... but is slow and clumsy. So I only do it once in a while. But it makes my SB much more useful :-) Plugins disabling - Could try that. However, music is playing and my wife is happy. So no disturbances in the setup tonight :-) The ultimate goal is to make her a happy SB user as well (quite far from it right now... ). /S. P.S. One more challenge that I'm facing is the lack of an "Auto-OK/Cancel-to-dialogs" on Mac OS X. Any suggestions welcome, as dialog boxes seems to pop up once in a while from iTunes / MusicIP Mixer -- Sune Sune's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
It's great with this quick ping-pong. It makes it fun to give feedback in a forum - I almost feel like I participate in the development, although all I do is whine ;-) Anyway - one thing caught my eye here: There is no standard "play" buttom in the iPeng setup, you say? There definately should be, as this is the single-most important feature of my SB - that is, to PLAY the music! But I am a bit confused here. Everywhere else in the iPeng skin there's a "play button". It only seems to be in the CustomBrowse plug-in menus that it's missing...and only in the iPeng skin. I don't really know what this means (since I do neither side of the programming), but for sure it should be there all over CustomBrowse - I can see that the "Play" is there when I use CustomBrowse with another web-interface (e.g. Default). Anyway - currently the result is: I simply don't know how to get anything from the CustomBrowse menues to actually play except if I add them to the current playlist...and then wait I'll try modifying the XML files. However, this is on the limit of what I can do. If a mod to the XML doesn't work, I don't know how to troubleshoot it As always - keep up the excellent work. Sune -- Sune Sune's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
pippin;274828 Wrote: > How is this expected to work? The default mixers Custom Browse gives me > (e.g. Random Mix, I don't have MusicIP) do exactly what you expect. I > don't even have a "+" on the mixer screen. > You need to configure MusicIP and configure SqueezeCenter to perform scanning with MusicIP and perform a full rescan. A good way is to ensure that you have MM icons beside the artists/albums/tracks on the standard browse pages in one of the other skins. When you have MM icons in the standard skin and then launch the M icon in iPeng, you will get a MusicMagic entry in the mixer screen launched from Custom Browse. When you hit the MusicMagic entry you will get into the web interface of the MusicMagic plugin which shows tracks in the mix, I think this screen contains the standard browse controls which means it only contains a + on the iPeng skin. The page shown is based on this template: Slim/Plugin/MusicMagic/HTML/EN/plugins/MusicMagic/musicmagic_mix.html pippin;274828 Wrote: > I can confirm, that CustomBrowse is actually slower on long lists than > the "native" iPeng screens, even though I don't fully understand, why > that is, actually to me it looks like it's the bitmaps that are slow. > Are you sure you use the same format that SC is caching? My bitmap code is copied from an earlier version of the default skin, it might have changed since then. Should I change the bitmap size to the same as the one you used in the standard iPeng browse pages ? One reason Custom Browse is slower is because it runs more advanced SQL statements and also run several SQL statements on some of the browse pages. Custom Browse is currently primary optimized for flexibility, not for speed. But I'm sure there are optimizations possible which won't affect the flexibility, I just haven't focused on optimization yet. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
How is this expected to work? The default mixers Custom Browse gives me (e.g. Random Mix, I don't have MusicIP) do exactly what you expect. I don't even have a "+" on the mixer screen. I can confirm, that CustomBrowse is actually slower on long lists than the "native" iPeng screens, even though I don't fully understand, why that is, actually to me it looks like it's the bitmaps that are slow. Are you sure you use the same format that SC is caching? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
Sune;274745 Wrote:
>
> I'd like to shorten this procedure to "b" and then a "play" command
> that makes the new mix start playing, replacing whatever other playlist
> I had going (this is how MusicIP Mix'es works when activated directly
> from my SqueezeBox w/o the use of CustomBrowse).
>
I think it uses the same browse pages as the standard browse mechanism
in iPeng, so the result is that you don't have any play buttons just
add buttons.
In the Custom Browse/Mixer directory there is a number of XML files, I
think you should be able to change the mixurl element so you add
"&p0=playtracks" at the end. For example:
Code:
plugins/MusicMagic/musicmagic_mix.html?album={itemid}&p0=playtracks
If I've interpreted the code correctly this should play the mix
directly in step b in your description. However, I might be wrong since
I currently don't have a way to test this.
You will need to restart SqueezeCenter after you have saved the changed
XML file.
Sune;274745 Wrote:
>
> Note: Using CustomBrowse on iPeng seems a bit slow when donethrough
> iPeng instead of directly on the SqueezeBox, but I cannot tell if it's
> iPeng, CustomBrowse or the SqueezeCenter web-server that is causing the
> slowness...I do suspect it's the whole web interface for SC7 that's on
> the slow side...but that's a different story).
>From your description it sound like the setting "SqueezeCenter
Settings/Interface/Items per page" is set to high. I suspect this is
the major reason for the performance issues.
Besides this the Custom Browse menus is probably a bit slower than the
standard browse menus. The reason is that they do a bit more things to
give the flexibility they have, they also currently retrieve some
information that isn't even shown in the iPeng skin. Some of this will
improve in future versions of the Custom Browse plugin, some will
remain since I like to keep the flexibility.
The sorting options and artwork switch available in the other skins for
Custom Browse hasn't been added to the iPeng skin, this will allow you
to not show the artwork icons.
--
erland
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with TrackStat/iTunes Update and iTunes
Sune;274782 Wrote: > > Only thing that does not work is that the combination of iTunes Update > / CustomBrowse / TrackStat seems to be capable of slowing my server to > a grinding halt, resulting in jerking music from a server that is > connected directly to the SB via Ethernet. Not nice! > Would it be possible for you to try to use one of these plugins individually to check if they work alone ? It should be enough if you just disable the plugins you don't want to use in "Server Settings/Plugins" and then restart SlimServer and try if it works any better. I don't think Custom Browse + TrackStat should have any problems because that's a configuration I'm using myself together with a lot of other users. However, I haven't used iTunes Update together with TrackStat, so there could be some compatibility issues between them. Is the computer running slow all the time or is it related to that you do something in the SlimServer user interface or on the remote control ? If I remember correctly iTunes Update and TrackStat has a debug logging parameter in their sections under "Server Settings/Plugins", you could try to enable this to see if you see anything strange in the log. If you are using SqueezeCenter 7.0 the debug parameter is in "SqueezeCenter Settings/Logging" instead. Are you using SlimServer 6.5 or the SqueezeCenter 7.0 beta ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AudioReview and Biography for new remote controls ?
Michael Herger;274722 Wrote: > I guess AlbumReview might be enhanced in a very similar way (it's the > same approach there, but it's a bit simpler in general). > Yes, I suspect so. Unless you like to do it yourself I plan to provide a similar patch also for AlbumReview. However, I thought would be a good idea to wait until you have had the chance to look at the first patch. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43713 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with TrackStat/iTunes Update and iTunes
So you've got a headless computer with iTunes on it? Win or Mac? Do you export the iTunes database from there and import it on your MacBook? Or do you use a separate DAAP server on your headless system? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
iPeng is in general a bit slow, but I suspect the iPod Touch browser to be the issue here. However, where I really notice this is with CustomBrowse. Wonder why - perhaps it's the rendering of the long menus (some takes forever to scroll through). I have 1000+ albums and approx. as many artists...this generates VEEERY long menus with my current setup (perhaps I need to change something?). No matter what: It would undoubtly speed up iPeng, if I could turn off artwork during the "browse" mode, so I only had artwork on the Now Playing screen (I do not need it before, anyways). And now back to the matter: Anyone with input reg. MusicIP-CustomBrowse-iPeng-playback? Sune -- Sune Sune's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with TrackStat/iTunes Update and iTunes
Hi there, A small note here: There is an active mode for iTunes Update which sends the info back to iTunes. This seems to work fine. Only thing that does not work is that the combination of iTunes Update / CustomBrowse / TrackStat seems to be capable of slowing my server to a grinding halt, resulting in jerking music from a server that is connected directly to the SB via Ethernet. Not nice! However, I really do like that I can rate my music from my SB, since I am running on a headless server, and use my rated music for DJ'ing (so, when I hear a new cool track from one of my 10-box swing-music sets that I rip to my headless server and play back using my SB, then I'll rate it on the fly and I'll see this track as rated in iTunes and consider using it for DJ'ing at a swing-dance event, using iTunes on a MacBook). Sune -- Sune Sune's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with TrackStat/iTunes Update and iTunes
Sune;274748 Wrote: > > and it seems to work (have to experiment more to confirm that ratings > works two-way)...but it also seems that my system is slowed a lot by > this. > My experience says: that's iTunes Update (but my experience is PC only. And the reason there clearly is iTunes (as I can see from the CPU utilization). So if you don't need that... Will have to manually manage Artwork and have separate rating in iTunes and SC, though... That's what I do (easy to say: my DB is on a NAS and thus has no iTunes integration anyway, I only have that on my test system). -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
Sune;274745 Wrote: > Hi all, > Note: Using CustomBrowse on iPeng seems a bit slow when donethrough > iPeng instead of directly on the SqueezeBox, but I cannot tell if it's > iPeng, CustomBrowse or the SqueezeCenter web-server that is causing the > slowness...I do suspect it's the whole web interface for SC7 that's on > the slow side...but that's a different story). What exactly do you mean by "slow"? Slower than the "normal" iPeng browse screens? Or just slower than the IR remote? The web I/F in general is slower on the iPod/iPhone than on a PC since rendering on Mobile Safari is slower, especially JavaScript. Also loading Artwork takes it's time. If you want to get rid of that you will have to wait for a native app (in the making). Make sure you have a fast server and a fast WLAN connection, both helps a lot. I actually don't see a reason, why CustomBrowse should be much slower than the "native" iPeng screens, since AFAICS the code uses the same optimizations and is generally not more "heavy weight" (in fact it much more lightweight right now) than the "native" iPeng code so the same caching should apply. Erland uses a bit bigger Cover Art than I do (50x50 vs. 46x46) which on a slow server should improve performance and on a fast server hurts performance a little bit (the 50x50's are cached by SC but the 46x46's are smaller, I believe mainly due to the rendering algorithm rather than the size difference and I use a "fit-to-size" background image as an artwork placeholder that loads with the style sheet but all of these differences should not be in excess of 10, maybe 20%. If you are not sure, try iPeng from a PC or MAC browser (Safari preferred, or Firefox, IE doesn't work). It should be pretty fast there. If iPeng is actually slower than the Default skin, please report back, that should not be the case since it has reduced content (and much less JavaScript). -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Plugin for Large Clock
Thank you - I had never tried this. -- Jitterbug Jitterbug's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44089 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with TrackStat/iTunes Update and iTunes
getting trackstat to work with itunes on a mac has been a problematic situation. here's a thread that shows how to get it to work but it seems like more work than it's worth at the moment. perhaps down the road the integration will be simpler for osx. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30314&highlight=history+trackstat -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with TrackStat/iTunes Update and iTunes
Hi all, Could be that this is in the TrackStat documentation, but I am a bit confused, so better ask: I'd like to a) Rate my music from my SqueezeBox (e.g. through iPeng..or directly on the Box) b) Have these ratings added to my iTunes library automactically c) Have all ratings from my iTunes library displayed on the SqueezeBox / the iPeng skin. I've got this to work using TWO plugins: 1) TrackStat (for the iPeng integration) 2) iTunes Update (for the actual iTunes integration) and it seems to work (have to experiment more to confirm that ratings works two-way)...but it also seems that my system is slowed a lot by this. Can I do it using just the TrackStat plug-in? I like, but am not dying to have, the album cover integration provided by iTunes Update. Thanks for all input provided Sune - Mac OS X 10.5.2 on a Mac Mini PPC 1.42 GHz, 512 MB memory -- Sune Sune's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Help Needed with CustomBrowse and iPeng
Hi all, I know this may be hidden somewhere in the extensive documentation for the CustomBrowse plug-in...but I dare to ask anyways: When generating a new mix using MusicIP Mixer using the iPeng skin on my iPod Touch, everything works as expected. But...how do I get the generated mix to play in one easy step? Currently what I do is that I a) Clear the current play-list before starting the mixing b) Do the mixing c) Add this to the current playlist d) Panic, hunt around for some way to make that new playlist play using iPeng. Usually ends up on the "now playing screen" and press "play", but this seems very non-intuitivie I'd like to shorten this procedure to "b" and then a "play" command that makes the new mix start playing, replacing whatever other playlist I had going (this is how MusicIP Mix'es works when activated directly from my SqueezeBox w/o the use of CustomBrowse). Can I do that through iPeng? How? Kind regards Sune / Denmark Note: Using CustomBrowse on iPeng seems a bit slow when donethrough iPeng instead of directly on the SqueezeBox, but I cannot tell if it's iPeng, CustomBrowse or the SqueezeCenter web-server that is causing the slowness...I do suspect it's the whole web interface for SC7 that's on the slow side...but that's a different story). -- Sune Sune's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44112 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AudioReview and Biography for new remote controls ?
> Michael, I've made a first try to patch Biography for the above > mentioned functionality, the patch is attached. I've tried it in my own > setup and it seems to work, but I'm not sure I've completely understand > how the caching works so it might be some bugs in that part. Do you think I still remember? That part would need a bit of rework... But the patch does look good to me - I'll have to give it a try later today (or this week). I guess AlbumReview might be enhanced in a very similar way (it's the same approach there, but it's a bit simpler in general). > The functionality provided with the patch is that urls like this work: > http://localhost:9000/plugins/Biography/index.html?artist=45 > http://localhost:9000/plugins/Biography/index.html?track=168 The next version might support index.txt, too, for cases where you'd prefer text only display ;-). > Let me know how you would like to proceed with this, if you don't want > to merge the functionality provided in the patch into your versions I > like to know. It looks good to me. It's simple enough to be included! Thanks a lot! -- Michael ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AudioReview and Biography for new remote controls ?
I have tried out latest iPeng 0.38 with AudioReview and Biography plugin. It works great with my iPod Touch. Great works, Mike, Erland and Pippin. -- auronthas Auronthas Tajima Power Conditioner Squeezebox 3 / Cambridge Audio 540C V2 Van den Hul The Source Cambridge Audio 540A Van den Hul Goldwater / Ortofon SPK 200 Sonus Faber Concertino Domus Dell Inspiron 640m Window Vista SC 7.0: 14 Feb 2008 - 17538 Firmware: 86 Aztech DSL600EW iPod Touch 16GB fw 1.1.4 'Auronthas in Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/auronthas) 'Group I lead in Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/group/Easy+Listening+-+Jazz+-+Classical+-+New+Age) auronthas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43713 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Can I change long filename in Wiki Radio?
Someone has added a file to the 'WikiRadio list' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?WikiRadio) with a very long filename (alternative radio broadcasting from San Francisco.opml) that messes up the formatting of the web-page and (in firefox) is preventing edits to the wiki page as the "Save" button is covered. Would anyone (e.g. the creator of the file!) have any objections if I changed the name of the file to something shorter (e.g Alternative San Fran Radio)? -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44105 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] MyPicks - Export stations from SlimServer to SqueezeNetwork
A good way to do this, without the need to have your own website to host the opml file and assuming your are happy to share with the list with the community is to upload your opml file to the 'WikiRadio list' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?WikiRadio). This has the added advantage of making the list accessible via WikiRadio (in SC7 this is now in AlienBBC rather than a standalone plugin). -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40965 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AudioReview and Biography for new remote controls ?
Hey, this sounds great. I'm going to try it out tonight. Phil ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AudioReview and Biography for new remote controls ?
Nice to here i have similar to your's its work good for me. I also use travels speaker (minispeakers) when i'm out. It gives me perfect crystal voice sound. Its portable enough carry anywhere. If you want to know more about this...click this link. http://www.minispeakers.co.uk/shop/speakers.html -- AndrewHuff AndrewHuff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15817 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43713 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
