Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
I'll try to go through and answer the questions from last days at the
end of this week. I've been a bit more busy than normal during last week
and my main computer is away to be repaired, sorry I haven't been more
responsive to all the posts.
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
PasTim wrote: > First use the trackstat menu to set the rating of a few pop tracks, then > retest your dynamic playlist menu. It should work (he said, > hopefully). > That worked. Thank you for all the patient support. I don't know how to give props or thumbs up in here but you get 'em. Think I need to go study up on tags, especially FLAC tags... Not appropriate for this thread I think. magee35's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
magee35 wrote: > I am starting to get worried that I wasted a lot of time applying > ratings to individual songs when I ripped my CDs. When you pop a CD in > with dbpoweramp running it looks at some online ratings and shows stars > (1-5) displayed near each song on the CD. I took these as a starting > point and went ahead and adjusted ratings up or down as I saw fit. When > I had done so to all the songs on the CD I went ahead and ripped to FLAC > files on a HD. I looked at the files with windows explorer and saw the > rating stars I had assigned were displayed by the songs so thought I was > good. I probably have ratings that are not in tags but elsewhere?? > > You may be right about Random Playlist plugin. I recollect an early > Erland plugin that jazzed up the standard Random Mix playlist generator. > Might be losing my mind too. My hair is sure going fast. > > I need to sulk awhile now. Might just give up and go back to listening > to internet radio. :( Don't give up! Take a look at your tracks (flacs?) using a tagging tool such as mp3tag (windows) or puddletag (linux) or foobar2000 (windows but will work under wine in linux). Is there a Rating tag or something similar? You may have to search for it, but if it is present all is not lost. If there is such a tag, Erland's custom scan can pick it up if you configure it to do so. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't use. PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
I am starting to get worried that I wasted a lot of time applying ratings to individual songs when I ripped my CDs. When you pop a CD in with dbpoweramp running it looks at some online ratings and shows stars (1-5) displayed near each song on the CD. I took these as a starting point and went ahead and adjusted ratings up or down as I saw fit. When I had done so to all the songs on the CD I went ahead and ripped to FLAC files on a HD. I looked at the files with windows explorer and saw the rating stars I had assigned were displayed by the songs so thought I was good. I probably have ratings that are not in tags but elsewhere?? You may be right about Random Playlist plugin. I recollect an early Erland plugin that jazzed up the standard Random Mix playlist generator. Might be losing my mind too. My hair is sure going fast. I need to sulk awhile now. Might just give up and go back to listening to internet radio. :( magee35's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: music visualizer for squeezelite
Description This package provides a number of visualizations for squeezelite (~20 different ones, some with multiple modes and/or presets (e.g. projectM includes ~280 presets)). It's based on libvisual and projectM. 172961729717298 More examples see 'here' (http://projectm.sourceforge.net/) Availability 'Sources' (https://extgui4lms.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/sqlvis/libvisual-master-0.5.sql.tar.xz) and a 'binary' (https://extgui4lms.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/sqlvis/sqlvis-bin-0.0.1.tar.gz) for Linux x86_64 are available 'here' (https://code.google.com/p/extgui4lms/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fsqlvis). Installation - download the sqlvis-bin-x.y.z.tar.bz2 file - untar to / (tar -C / -xzf sqlvis-bin-x.y.z.tar.gz ), which will create /opt/libvisual-0.5/... - edit /opt/libvisual-0.5/etc/se-mac.conf and adjust the MAC adress to the one squeezelite is bound to (check in the web interface, or start squeezelite with -v -d all=info) Running squeezelite must run on the same computer with visualization enabled (the -v flag). This package includes a program called lv-tool to display the visualizations. Execute /opt/libvisual-0.5/bin/lv-tool -h to see all option Execute /opt/libvisual-0.5/bin/lv-tool --plugin-help to see which visualizations are available. Example: /opt/libvisual-0.5/bin/lv-tool -i squeezelite -a projectM -D 1200x800 Hint: You can cycle through the different visualizers using the mouse wheel. ESC exits. Prerequisites The following packages have to be installed: libSDL 1.2 Open GL (Mesa) ALSA liborc (Oil Runtime Compiler. Part of gstreamer - see http://code.entropywave.com/projects/orc/) expat libpng 1.6 projectM (optional but recommended; should be installed in /usr), which will in turn depend on: freetype ftgl glew As these are fairly common packages, they should be available from your distribution package management. Building If you want to run this on an other platform than 64bit x86 Linux, you'll have to build it yourself Most likely, only *nix based OSes (Linux, BSD) will work. Windows certainly will not. If you know cmake, building is fairly straightforward - make sure you have all libraries, headers and build tools available - build and install the libvisual package into /opt/libvisual-0.5 - for the next step, pkg config needs to be configured to include the installed libvisual (adjust path if necessary): export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/libvisual/lib64/pkgconfig - build and install the libvisual-plugins package into /opt/libvisual-0.5 Stability This is an quick hack based on an unreleased version of an unstable library. That being said, it has run flawlessly on my setup for hours without crashing. Credits / technical background Basically, this is the current master branch of libvisual on github (pre 0.5, which hasn't been released). I wrote an input plugin for squeezeelite, and ported the projectM plugin to this version. +---+ |Filename: ss3_c.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17298| +---+ [ extGUI4LMS - an alternative web interface: 'forum' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98186-Announce-Alternative-Web-Interface-(beta)) / 'homepage' (http://code.google.com/p/extgui4lms/) ] Roland0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56808 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103073 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
magee35 wrote: > Huh, I didn't see that before. When I use the trackstat menu to view Top > Rated/Top Rated Songs it does indeed generate a list of 5 star rated > songs from several different genres. But when I start over and try > Songs/Songs rated 5 it returns No Matching Items Found. In fact using > Songs/Songs rated 1,2,3,4 or 5 all return No Matching Items Found. So > kinda looks like Trackstat does not see my song ratings?? > > > > > > I installed Trackstat and Custom Scan last week for a short while after > I could not get Random Playlist Plugin to work. I did not deliberately > use a backup utility in Trackstat, but I might have done so without > knowing it. > > I uninstalled all the Erland plugins a couple of days ago except for > License Mgr, then I reinstalled Dynamic Playlist and SQL Playlist. Then > after a few posts in here I reinstalled Trackstat this morning. > > Does Trackstat need to perform a scan of the music library? I'm lost. First use the trackstat menu to set the rating of a few pop tracks, then retest your dynamic playlist menu. It should work (he said, hopefully). Do your tracks have a 'rating' tag? If they do, then 'custom scan' can be used to read the rating tags (which is what I do) See http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/TrackStat_plugin and http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Custom_Scan_plugin#Rating_Tag. I never used the Random Playlist Plugin so have no idea where it got its ratings from (if it did - the description at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Random_Playlist_plugin doesn't indicate that it did). LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't use. PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
PasTim wrote: > Does trackstat see the ratings? Please take a look using the trackstat > menu. Huh, I didn't see that before. When I use the trackstat menu to view Top Rated/Top Rated Songs it does indeed generate a list of 5 star rated songs from several different genres. But when I start over and try Songs/Songs rated 5 it returns No Matching Items Found. In fact using Songs/Songs rated 1,2,3,4 or 5 all return No Matching Items Found. So kinda looks like Trackstat does not see my rating?? PasTim wrote: > > > Did you use trackstat in the past? If so, did you use the backup > facility? If you did, have you restored from a backup? > > Did you use Custom Scan in the past? I installed Trackstat and Custom Scan last week for a short while after I could not get Random Playlist Plugin to work. I did not deliberately use a backup utility in Trackstat, but I might have done so without knowing it. I uninstalled all the Erland plugins a couple of days ago except for License Mgr, then I reinstalled Dynamic Playlist and SQL Playlist. Then after a few posts in here I reinstalled Trackstat this morning. Does Trackstat need to perform a scan of the music library? I'm lost. magee35's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
magee35 wrote: > I have lots of 4 and 5 star rated pop songs in my library. The ratings > were assigned by dppoweramp when I ripped my CDs to my HD. Also assigned > genre at same time with dbpoweramp. The ratings and genres show up in > windows explorer... > > Years ago, when Erlans's pluging were free, I was able to play songs > based on genre and ratings. I think the plugin was Random Playlist > plugin, but can't recall for sure. Can't seem to get that plugin to show > up anywhere now though. > > Am hoping Erland will take a look in here. :) Does trackstat see the ratings? Please take a look using the trackstat menu. Did you use trackstat in the past? If so, did you use the backup facility? If you did, have you restored from a backup? Did you use Custom Scan in the past? LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't use. PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
PasTim wrote: > Do you have any ratings of that level on your songs? I'm not clear > where the ratings come from for trackstat unless you explicitly rate > songs with the trackstat plugin on specific tracks or albums. Having > just installed the plugin you may have none unless you restored from a > previous backup. Use the Trackstat menu to see what ratings you have > got. > > Another way of getting ratings is to use a Rating tag in your files and > scan with Custom Scan. I am a bit unclear on whether trackstat can work > without Custom Scan in that case. I suggest you ask Erland (the > author). I have lots of 4 and 5 star rated pop songs in my library. The ratings were assigned by dppoweramp when I ripped my CDs to my HD. Also assigned genre at same time with dbpoweramp. The ratings and genres show up in windows explorer... Years ago, when Erlans's pluging were free, I was able to play songs based on genre and ratings. I think the plugin was Random Playlist plugin, but can't recall for sure. Can't seem to get that plugin to show up anywhere now though. Am hoping Erland will take a look in here. :) magee35's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Convert RAW IR code to Distrete to use in the SBT
Hello, I recently bought a 2nd hand SBT with Linear PSU. I am really happy with it but as of now I can't use the IR Blaster Plugin to control my Bryston B60 SST Integrated Amplifier. I know that the SBT can only use discrete codes but all I could fine were Pronto codes that I managed to convert in LIRC codes as shown below. This gives me RAW codes that I know are not usable by the touch. Is there a way to get to the discrete codes? Would it work if I managed to get hold of a Bryston remote and run the IRDECODE program in LIRC? > Up: 006D 0012 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 > 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 0046 000A 0046 000A > 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0048 000D 0240 > Down: 006D 0012 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C > 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C > 0049 0048 000A 0048 000A 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0049 000C 0240 > Mute: 006D 0012 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D > 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 000D > 0047 000D 0047 000D 0047 0045 000A 0045 000A 000D 0047 000D 0240 > > begin remote > nameB60 > flags RAW_CODES > eps 30 > aeps100 > gap 15146 > begin raw_codes > > name Up > 342 1893 342 1893 342 1893 > 342 1893 342 1893 342 1893 > 342 1893 342 1893 342 1893 > 342 1893 1841 263 1841 263 > 342 1893 342 1893 342 1893 > 342 1893 342 1893 342 > > name Down > 316 1920 316 1920 316 1920 > 316 1920 316 1920 316 1920 > 316 1920 316 1920 316 1920 > 316 1920 316 1920 316 1920 > 1893 263 1893 263 316 1920 > 316 1920 316 1920 316 > > name Mute > 342 1867 342 1867 342 1867 > 342 1867 342 1867 342 1867 > 342 1867 342 1867 342 1867 > 342 1867 342 1867 342 1867 > 342 1867 342 1867 1814 263 > 1814 263 342 1867 342 > end raw_codes > end remote *Living Room:* Transporter - Gryphon Diablo Amplifier - AudioPhysic Avanti Speakers + SUB Rhea II *Kitchen:* SB3 - Bryston B 60 SST Amplifier - Acoustic Energy AE1 Mk III SE Speakers *Bathroom:* SB Radio *Control:* iPeng8 *Server:* LMS on WHS 2011 myhero's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38241 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103068 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
magee35 wrote: > Hi again. > > So rereading the Erland Wiki for setup smart playlists again and I see > that Trackstat Plugin is indeed *needed for rating based Playlists*. > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Setup_smart_playlists > > I added Trackstat to my plugins at the extension downloader. Then got > the licensing straight for it. > > Going back to that smart setup page in the Wiki I decided to use the > example to make a "*Top rated pop songs*" which "should play random that > have a rating of 4 and above and belong to the Pop genre." > > Open Extras/SQL Playlist in the web interface > Select Create new playlist > Select playlist type : Advanced with rating > Enter playlist parameters > > > > - Playlist name: Top rated pop songs - Minimum rating: - Include genres: Mark pop deselect everything else > > > > Click next > Change parameters > > > > - Filename: topratedpopsongs.sql.values > > > > Click save to store the changes > > So I went Dynamic Playlists and I found the new Top rated pop songs > playlist at the end of the list. > I highlighted this new playlist and clicked play - nothing happens. > The right panel continues to say "empty", no playlist is generated, > nothing happens. Tried this several times with same result. Tried Save > and play and still nothing happens. > > I don't know what the problem might be now. Any ideas?? Do you have any ratings of that level on your songs? I'm not clear where the ratings come from for trackstat unless you explicitly rate songs with the trackstat plugin on specific tracks or albums. Having just installed the plugin you may have none unless you restored from a previous backup. Use the Trackstat menu to see what ratings you have got. Another way of getting ratings is to use a Rating tag in your files and scan with Custom Scan. I am a bit unclear on whether trackstat can work without Custom Scan in that case. I suggest you ask Erland (the author). LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't use. PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New versions of erlands plugins
Hi again. So rereading the Erland Wiki for setup smart playlists again and I see that Trackstat Plugin is indeed *needed for rating based Playlists*. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Setup_smart_playlists I added Trackstat to my plugins at the extension downloader. Then got the licensing straight for it. Going back to that smart setup page in the Wiki I decided to use the example to make a "*Top rated pop songs*" which "should play random that have a rating of 4 and above and belong to the Pop genre." Open Extras/SQL Playlist in the web interface Select Create new playlist Select playlist type : Advanced with rating Enter playlist parameters - Playlist name: Top rated pop songs - Minimum rating: - Include genres: Mark pop deselect everything else Click next Change parameters - Filename: topratedpopsongs.sql.values Click save to store the changes So I went Dynamic Playlists and I found the new Top rated pop songs playlist at the end of the list. I highlighted this new playlist and clicked play - nothing happens. The right panel continues to say "empty", no playlist is generated, nothing happens. Tried this several times with same result. Tried Save and play and still nothing happens. I don't know what the problem might be now. Any ideas?? magee35's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
