Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] OSX Mountain Lion sleep issues
I posted elsewhere here that my upgrade to mountain lion now no longer allows continuous streaming. I also suspected it was a sleep issue and it seems to be confirmed here. I did not have any issues with Lion and I had no extraneous application running in the background. Glad to see I am not alone here. jdwek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95980 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify V2.2.7 not working on Qnap Arm 219P - won't' remember password
I can enter the username but for some reason the settings page won't remember the password. So when it tries to connect to Spotify as part of its test the log in fails. I get the message Unable to log in to Spotify: Password not set Dickie71's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56886 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96055 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on ARM based NAS
bpa wrote: I thik you need to contact the mplayer developers. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/mailing_lists.html All I did was port mplayer onto ARM for the purpose of only playing Audio which is a simple task. That was a simple compile and go task. Decoding and playing video needs mplayer not just to be ported but also to use the specialist video hardware on your system. This may require hardware knowledge of your system. Thank you very much for your answer. I will try to contact with mplayer developers. Just one question: After you compile mplayer for ARM, what was the total binary size? stulluk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56877 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34178 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on ARM based NAS
stulluk wrote: Just one question: After you compile mplayer for ARM, what was the total binary size? I can't remember as it was in 2007 but it would be irrelevant as it depends on what options you choose and whether you need to statically link libraries. For some NAS platforms with their own flavour of Linux, it was necessary to statically link libraries to mplayer which increased its size greatly but meant binaries could be distributed. Mplayer can support many different audio and video codecs and transport protocols. If you restrict the number of codecs - you can reduce size of binary as well. For video playback, alternatives you should also consider ffmpeg (which is v. close to mplayer in terms of code) or VLC as I think they may have a better build system. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34178 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on ARM based NAS
bpa wrote: I can't remember as it was in 2007 but it would be irrelevant as it depends on what options you choose and whether you need to statically link libraries. For some NAS platforms with their own flavour of Linux, it was necessary to statically link libraries to mplayer which increased its size greatly but meant binaries could be distributed. Mplayer can support many different audio and video codecs and transport protocols. If you restrict the number of codecs - you can reduce size of binary as well. For video playback, alternatives you should also consider ffmpeg (which is v. close to mplayer in terms of code) or VLC as I think they may have a better build system. Thank you soo much again. Here is what I am trying to do: I am trying to play mms or rtsp streams from internet on my STB. ( Such as this one: mms://85.111.3.55/ntv You can easily watch it by using VLC on your ubuntu :) ) In order to do that, I understand that I need two things: 1) Be able to get mms and rtsp streams a) ffmpeg seems does not support mms (am I wrong? ) b) mplayer seems to get stream, and can decode video and audio by ffmpeg ( libavcodec). But I feel the SPEED problem is not because of displaying; it is because of Transcoding ( Because when I play same stream with mplayer on my kubuntu, seems playing well, and Audio / Video frames are quite fast) Also, I tried with -vo null -ao null -nosound. This time, I feel that it is not transcoding, so speed looks very very nice ( I am checking frame speed from the bottom info on the console when I start mplayer) c) Cross-compiling VLC ( I really want to do this, but I couldn't figure out how to do it) 2) Display video play audio Celestial ( Cavium) has provided access to their DEMUX, VIDEO and AUDIO decoders as open source. With this way, we can play TS files ( 1920x1080 HP@HL) and all MP3 files without any problem. I am now thinking, should I do something like: Get the stream with ffmpeg, transcode to TS, and play with demux.. What do you think about this? Again, many thanks for your kindness... stulluk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56877 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34178 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: WaveInput for Linux
bpa wrote: If it is not a bandwidth issue then it could be a processor issues where the system is not powerful enough to do flac encoding in realtime. What is the spec of the server system ? Is it true ALSA or Alsa under Pulse ? You can choose the format to be sent to player by disabling formats you do not want (e.g. to send MP3 - disable the Wavin Flac and Wavin PCM formats). However if you have a CPU issues this might make matters worse. It's an Atom D 330 AT3IONT. I'd have thought this should be able to pass PCM through without issue since surely it doesn't need to transcode the signal just re route it. How can I check if it's true ALSA or Alsa under Pulse? Pulse audio is running. I tried disabling the FLAC and PCM formats by commenting them out but with no success, I'll to try this again. Is commenting them out sufficient in the conver.conf How does WavInput chose the format to send does it automatically use ECASOUND to transcode all three streams at once? if not how does it select which format to transcode to? atca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56880 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49584 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
bpa wrote: Where are you located, what station are your playing and in what format ? To illustrate the issue, non UK rates are usually 48k for WMA but 56k for AAC except for R3 during proms when it is 128K. I'm in the UK, and use Tunein on a variety of platforms (Blackberry, Ipad, PC) - until now not the Squeezebox though. You don't get a choice of feeds with the squeezebox tunein app - it seems to default to the lowest bitrate in the LMS left-hand app screen but then default to the best bitrate available when you actually tune into the station on the right hand LMS screen (now playing). properjob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: WaveInput for Linux
atca wrote: It's an Atom D 330 AT3IONT. I'd have thought this should be able to pass PCM through without issue since surely it doesn't need to transcode the signal just re route it. LMS will send Flac by default to a player unless there is appropriate Flac rule - so you will get encoding. How can I check if it's true ALSA or Alsa under Pulse? Pulse audio is running. If you are running Pulse then Alsa is being emulated this can have performance issues. I tried disabling the FLAC and PCM formats by commenting them out but with no success, I'll to try this again. Is commenting them out sufficient in the conver.conf You enable/disable formats by using the WebUI Setting/Asdvanced/Filetype menu not by editing conf files. How does WavInput chose the format to send does it automatically use ECASOUND to transcode all three streams at once? if not how does it select which format to transcode to? Wavinput doesn't choose the format - LMS does depending on the LMS setting, user options (e.g. bit rate limiting) and the player type. Waveinput just defines rules that can be used - LMS decides whcih rule to use. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49584 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: WaveInput for Linux
bpa wrote: LMS will send Flac by default to a player unless there is appropriate Flac rule - so you will get encoding. Is that because FLAC is the first of the filetypes listed? so setting it to disabled should use MP3, and setting MP3 to disabled should use PCM? bpa wrote: If you are running Pulse then Alsa is being emulated this can have performance issues. How does that affect LMS WaveInput? surely the stream goes Shairport Raw Pipe ECASOUND Encoder WaveInput. bpa wrote: You enable/disable formats by using the WebUI Setting/Asdvanced/Filetype menu not by editing conf files. Aha, is that documented anywhere it didn't seem very intuitive. bpa wrote: Wavinput doesn't choose the format - LMS does depending on the LMS setting, user options (e.g. bit rate limiting) and the player type. Waveinput just defines rules that can be used - LMS decides whcih rule to use. Ah where can I set these options? under the WaveInput plugin I have only 1 option related to pausing playback, it'd be great if I could set the bitrate. Thanks for your swift responses help. atca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56880 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49584 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: WaveInput for Linux
Okay disabling FLAC on LMS seems to have done the trick both MP3 and PCM are streaming fine albeit with a 30 second delay to the source. Moving to a 54g wireless network PCM drops out regularly which is to be expected, MP3 seems to be okay with the odd drop out. Oddly none of the processes seem to be using much CPU cycles according to TOP. I now have a working setup, thanks. Is there anyway to reduce the delay between the speakers and the source? I suspect this is somewhat related to the round trip time but any further ideas for tweaks are welcome. atca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56880 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49584 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
bpa wrote: There is a :Logitech BBC Radio App which only has live stations and there is also a BBC iPlayer Plugin (which needs a LMS) and a BBC iPlayer Applet which only works on Radio and Touch. To install Triode BBC iPlayer Applet (which works with mysb.com )- Go to App Gallery/3rd Party Apps and then you get a new menu, uncheck Recommended Applets Only and then Select BBC Radio. The iPlayeer Applet will be installed and Touch/Radio restarted and then you will have the iPlayer Applet BBC Radio menu under Radio - the Logitech BBC Radio app will appear under My Apps. Having done this, selected slideshow etc, I get the message - Problem: unable to play file type for BBC Radio insert station properjob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
properjob wrote: I'm in the UK, and use Tunein on a variety of platforms (Blackberry, Ipad, PC) - until now not the Squeezebox though. You don't get a choice of feeds with the squeezebox tunein app - it seems to default to the lowest bitrate in the LMS left-hand app screen but then default to the best bitrate available when you actually tune into the station on the right hand LMS screen (now playing). Tunein on LMS returns a playlist for all the formats that the player can pley - AAC and WMA. When the station is playing use the More Info to find out the formats and URL you are playing. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on ARM based NAS
1. mms rtsp mms is an old deprecated protocol (see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/82fb84a9-96f5-49dc-92d2-cf76c912aab8.aspx ) and not used (or even currently supported by Windows ) - often mms:// url is rolled over to http: or MS rtsp. Not sure if MS rtsp is supported in implemented in mplayer. There are 3 incompartible rtsp protocols all using rtsp:// - Apple, RealNetwork and MS. You must make sure you choose the right one when building mplayer. ffmpeg supports mms but it must be included in the build - IIRC it used to be default in Linux builds but not in Windows builds. Also it seems change url from mms:// to mmsh:// or mmst:// depending on the underlying transport protocol see http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#mmsh 2. Video I'm not familiar with video support so I cannot offer any opinion except that providing decoders in open source is only relevant if they are an API which can be used VLC, mpler, ffmped etc. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34178 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: WaveInput for Linux
atca wrote: Is there anyway to reduce the delay between the speakers and the source? I suspect this is somewhat related to the round trip time but any further ideas for tweaks are welcome. Usually a delay of 2-5 secs can be expected as a result of buffering and network transit etc.. Anyting more is due to extra buffering (e.g. LMS Radio Station buffer timeout set to 30) or delays in server audio processing (e.g. Pulse) or some other issue. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49584 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezeplay (Windows) - Audio Output Issues?
Hi Been trying out Squeezeplay recently for the first time. I'm running the latest build for Windows on both XP and Win 7 32-bit, and have tried various audio interfaces including onboard audio. I'm running Logitech Media Server on Windows. I expected the audio output from Squeezeplay into the Windows kernel mixer to simply be 24-bit, at the file sample rate, and with the volume control using simple truncation. This, I think, is similar to how the Squeezebox Touch operates, as well as various other software players eg Foobar - and it gives excellent technical results. But something strange is going on, even allowing for a different design. Merely loading up Squeezeplay (even when not connected to a server) sends out a signal and raises the noise floor (quite high frequency, so sounds like a hiss) - if you are going direct into a power amp and using the Squeezeplay volume control you can hear this easily, or alternatively if you have your following analogue volume control high up. And in addition, analyzing the audio output with test tones, the output has added distortion and artefacts that players like Foobar do not have - albeit low in level. Does anyone know if I'm doing something wrong? Or what the audio architecture/processing for Squeezeplay Windows is meant to be? Thanks flimflam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56891 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96063 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server and Inguz Audio plugin working together?
Inguz is working well with the latest version of LMS (7.7.2). It works with streaming and UPnP as well. It's very easy to set up on VortexBox but I'm not sure about other platforms. As mentioned you do need 32bit IE and Silverlight to use the GUI. But once you have both of these it works great. agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91427 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
