Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin
expectingtofly wrote: > If your sign-in token has expired (it lasts 2 years) it appears at the > moment you need to sign-out and sign-in again. It looks like that is > something that needs fixing in the plugin. Yes, I went through signout/signin, and normal service was resumed. Thank you everyone. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113045 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin
For me, I have 2 favourites that work, but attempts to access anything from the BBC Sounds root all get the API not found error. ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113045 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin
Nojelc wrote: > My Sounds has stopped working. I am getting the message "Unable to > contact the BBC API please check your internet settings" > > Everything else connecting and playing OK. I updated to 2.26.1 expecting > that to fix the problem ( it normally does), but I am still getting the > error message. > > Anyone know what the problem is? Same issue here. Which log?/var/log/squeezeboxserver/server.log is full of stuff from Spotty, e.g. [22-12-04 15:10:34.1979] Plugins::Spotty::Connect::DaemonManager::checkAPIConnectPlayers (210) Connect daemon is running, but not connected - shutting down to force restart: 00:04:20:16:1e:3b Shed [22-12-04 15:10:34.2026] Plugins::Spotty::Connect::DaemonManager::checkAPIConnectPlayers (210) Connect daemon is running, but not connected - shutting down to force restart: 00:04:20:16:25:55 Living Room [22-12-04 17:56:35.1853] Plugins::Spotty::API::__ANON__ (1442) API call: me/player/devices [22-12-04 17:56:35.1860] Plugins::Spotty::API::__ANON__ (1446) error: 503 Service Unavailable But nothing from BBC sounds. ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113045 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox
mherger wrote: > > I was wondering, when you use the 'Transfer Playback' feature, what > > routing is taking place? I can think of 2 possibilities: > > I try to get from Spotify what currently is playing. Then I try to start > > the same on a SB. > > That feature is really old, pre-dates the Connect feature in Spotty. And > > it's, well, spotty at best. Because not all content played on Spotify > would give me enough information to really play back the same thing on > SB. > > -- > > Michael That was quick! Do you mean the Connect to a computer/some other device feature in Spotify, rather than Spotty? Which, in my experience is pretty flaky too! Alternatively, I've missed something in Spotty (which, along with Triode's BBC iPlayer) is probably the most used app I have... Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111217 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 3.x - Spotify Podcasts on your Squeezebox
Hi Michael, Firstly, thanks for your work - it is tremendous! I was wondering, when you use the 'Transfer Playback' feature, what routing is taking place? I can think of 2 possibilities: - The device you are transferring from remains the Spotify 'streaming download' end point, and it then forwards the packets to the LMS. It must need to maintain its connection to Spotify for that to work - Some piece of voodoo magic persuades Spotify that the streaming download target is now the LMS; As long as the LMS has connectivity to Spotify, all is good Alternatively, something else entirely happens! So... which is it? Best regards, Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111217 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
bpa wrote: > Have you tried the Network Test facility of the Boom ? No, but only because the network test of the Duet Receivers has never seemd very reliable/usable/easy to interpret. Is it better on the Boom? bpa wrote: > It's a bit worrying you don't know the topology of your own network. It's not so much that I don't know the topology of my network; more that devices seem to happily associate themselves with not necessarily the strongest or nearest network segment. Particularly if a device like an extender (or the main router) reboots or is down for a few minutes: devices associate themselves with a different segment. The control console for the Virgin router/hub isn't brilliant - sometimes it just doesn't show things that I can *see* are online, and things that are wirelessly connected to WiFi extenders are classed as being on a wired interface from the point of view of the Virgin hub, presumably because the extenders *are* wired, sort of. (Virgin Router->Cat5->wall connected master extender->household wiring->slave extender->WiFi->Connected Device. Looking at that, its a wonder anything works...) bpa wrote: > LMS does does not multicast even when players are synced. LMS sends an > exact copy of each packet (in the lowest common format so if Boom is > synced with Joggler - it will be Flac transcoded stream) to each player. > So if each player is getting Flac - then your network has to be able to > support 700kbps per player. When players are synced - then the packets > are sent at the same time so big bursts of data which will stress a > network. If your wireless extenders are the sort that halve bandwidth > and similarly with Powerline with a shared medium - all these weakpoints > will be shown up by playing synced Flac streams. This might be something to delve into. Although the Wireless LAN is *supposed* to give 155Mbps, I am very aware that represents a total bandwidth, that needs to accommodate signalling protocols as well as usable packets. Even so, if it was being halved by extenders, or quartered because there are 2 (would that happen? I'm not daisy chaining extenders), that *ought* to give a fair chunk of usable low latency bandwidth. Can you recommend a good Windoze or Android network analysis tool? :-) Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
bpa wrote: > With LMS the ID number is Epoch time of last change - the date string is > the build date - so your 7.9.1 LMS version had last change made on 27 > Mar 2018 but the (nightly?) build that was installed was created on 30 > Mar2018. > > So does this mean the BBCiPlayer stream are a bit better with LMS 7.9.2 > ? > The logged long packet delay are due to the BBC side and are not huge so > wouldn't cause rebuffering. > > Joggler may be able to play AAC natively so network load will be lighter > than transcoded (320kbps vs 700kbps) and so more reliable. > A SB Radio can play AAC natively - I don't know what you mean by a Duet > Radio not a "normal" name - the Duet Receiver cannot play AAC natively > > If Soma streams (or even BBC R3 320kbps http/AAC > http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-aac-lc-a/format/pls/proto/http/transferformat/hls/vpid/bbc_radio_three.pls > ) still rebuffer - you should chase down the issue. If the wireless > extended can "see" each other and are all on 2.4GHz (but various > channels) - I think extenders may be reducing your wireless network > bandwidth severely. Thanks again. I'll see if I can get some LAN metrics out of the extenders. The 7.9.2 is a great deal better, but not totally perfect. You're right, I should have been referring to Duet Receivers, of which there are several. They *might* all be on different segments, I'll see! When devices are synced, does SBS multicast? I'm wondering if there are problems in there... One of the changes I have made is to unsync devices. If I feel suitably motivated I'll build a little matrix of the various config options and see if I can reliably recreate the problem. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
bpa wrote: > If the rebuffering also happens with Somafm streams which is a simple > AAC stream - it means your local LMS and/or LAN is not up playing AAC > trancoded into Flac streams (i.e. Boom, Receiver) > > I think the BBCIPlayer problem is an additional problem > I notice you are on LMS 7.9.1 1522157629 (= 27March 2018). This is not > a full 7.9.1.release but it is a beta before 7.9.1 release. There was a > patch to LMS in July 2018 which is needed for BBCiPlayer 1.6.2 (Dec > 2018) and later - if you run without this patch on 7.9.1 (i.e. a beta > version) there are strange effects. The BBCiPlayer plugin detects if > LMS version is 7.9.0 or earlier and avoids this issue. > > Since you are running LMS 7.9.1 pre JUly 2018 - I think this is > exacerbating the rebuffering for streams through BBCiPlayer. > > Can you upgrade a 7.9.1 release or at least after Jul 2018 ? I went to the Max2Play console and prodded the 'update Squeezebox server' button. The log has the same ID number (1522157629) but a date/time of Fri Mar 30 12:27:11 CEST 2018. Assuming that wasn't going to be much better, I did a bit of digging, acquired and downloaded the latest nightly build, which gives us the log attached. Currently, all sounding stable on the Joggler connected to the WiFi router via Cat-5, (as is the SBS host). Bet this doesn't last! And in case I forget... a huge thank you for your attention! +---+ |Filename: server.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27483| +---+ ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
Thanks again bpa. Acting on a suspicion, I persuaded the Boom to join a WiFi segment directly running from the WiFi access point (i.e. not offered by an extender) and buffering problems went away. Directly before I did that, on the extender's segment, it was dropping and buffering, so I think I *might* have found the issue. I reconnected to the dodgy segment and buffering restarted. However, if you are still interested (and I admit to being intrigued nonetheless) please find attached the server log and the answers to your questions... Server log: 2019-06-03 13:21:56 squeezeboxserver_safe started. [19-06-03 13:22:00.4872] main::init (387) Starting Logitech Media Server (v7.9.1, 1522157629, Fri Mar 30 12:27:11 CEST 2018) perl 5.020002 - arm-linux-gnueabihf-thread-multi-64int [19-06-03 13:22:38.6702] Plugins::Spotty::API::_gotTokenResponse (179) Failed to get Spotify access token: malformed JSON string, neither array, object, number, string or atom, at character offset 0 (before "getToken timed out") at /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/Spotty/API.pm line 176. getToken timed out [19-06-03 13:22:38.6708] Plugins::Spotty::API::_gotTokenResponse (194) Failed to get Spotify access token Other questions: *How do I connect? * Either via a favourite stored on the Boom (if I'm near it) or via the menu on the iPlayer plugin accessed through the Android SqueezeCtrl app. Weirdly, SqueezeCtrl appears to think this is something to do with Spotify however if I use the web front end I get the following highly friendly URL: iplayer://live/?hls=http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_fourfm.m3u8=http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/dash/uk/dash_full/ak/bbc_radio_fourfm.mpd=http://radio-service-information.api.bbci.co.uk/logos/bbc_radio_four/600x600.png=fm/ce1/c204/09320=bbc_radio_fourfm *How long does rebuffering take?* Typically about 5 seconds to refill the buffer, but its a little variable. *Live or play again only?* Both *Does it happen with SomFM?* Yes, instant buffering occurred. +---+ |Filename: server.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27481| +---+ ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
slartibartfast wrote: > Have you tried rebooting the Virginmedia router? Rebooting my Hub3 often > resolves issues. > > Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk *Many* times! :-) However, as I type I am using a Duet radio on a separate network segment than the Boom, and its smooth as silk - not a buffering to be heard. Maybe I should attack the WiFi extender that feeds the Boom. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
Hi bpa, I stopped the Squeezebox server (SBS) process, emptied the logs and restarted, followed by a connection to the R4 feed via the BBC iPlayer app. Dropouts continue, but there is nothing relevant being recorded in the SBS' error log. There's a warning about a missing Spotify token, but I don't think that is a concern. I'd post a copy, but there really isn't anything to see. Are there any flags I can set anywhere that could temporarily turn up the logging on the SBS? My WAN supply is Virgin media broadband, which is supposed to be a swift and wide pipe. The LAN is the Virgin box providing wireless in some part of the house, augmented by powerline extenders. I know the Raspberry Pi 3 that hosts SBS is directly attached to the wireless router via Cat-5. It's not always easy to tell, but I'm pretty sure the Boom is on a wireless extended segment, as are two other Duet radios. The Joggler is also wired directly onto the wireless router, a further Duet is on a second wireless extender segment. As far as the various slim protocols are concerned, is the network assumed to be present and irrelevant (i.e. devices are expected to be able to reach the SBS process, and it doesn't try any network management tricks itself? Yesterday, for a short period, Spotty/Spotify was playing up with dropouts, but that seems to have stopped. I'm listening to Spotify right now, and its find. If I swap back to Radio 4, I'm back in a world of buffering. Any ideas on turning up the wick on network monitoring, or other investigations I can carry out? Best regards, Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
Hello, BPA and all, the buffering issue I had last week is back, and (if anything) worse. In a spirit of troubleshooting, I SSH-ed onto the pi that runs my squeezeboxserver and set up a ping to open.live.bbc.co.uk, on the assumption that that is where the data streams from. During the time I was doing this, the average round trip ping was of the order of 36msec, the worst offender was 107ms. The squeezebox log has some evidence of the "Long chunk fetch time" message from earlier today, but as I type... it is dropping out and buffering the results of a ping looks like as follows: "64 bytes from bbc-vip096.lbh.bbc.co.uk (212.58.249.158): icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=34.7 ms" There are no recent 'long chunk fetch time' errors in the log, but the buffering remains a 'feature' I realise I'm not providing absolutely everything you might want, but I was hoping that someone with a knowledge of the architecture of the plugin (the smart money is on bpa ) would have a view on whether the problem could lie on my LAN? Best regards, Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
Hello, I finally got the logs, I've attached the most recent ~150 lines as a file. I think the key message is of the form "[19-05-22 12:15:17.1362] Plugins::BBCiPlayer::HLS::__ANON__ (310) Chunk fetch status 200 Long chunk fetch time 1683". Which is probably to do with the WAN? Cheers, Mike +---+ |Filename: server.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27443| +---+ ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
bpa wrote: > You should be getting any buffering with that setup unless it is maybe a > pi v1. > > I think the problem is not with the BBC or thge plugin. > > Iam not in the UK. I have a lousy internet connection running on a Pi > with weird Wifi/Powerline setup because of poor signal distribution and > have no rebuffering - more info (e.g. logs reports) may help point the > real cause and how to fix. > > I'm assuming LMS is also running on Pi > What sort of Pi ? > What sort of players are playing BBC ? > What else is running on the Pi at the same time ? > Are players all synced ? > What are your plugin Settings ? > What version of LMS and plugin ? > > Any "delay" message from plugin in LMS server.log ? I had password 'issues' with the forum. TLDR; It's now working, I didn't do anything. The pi only runs the LMS, it does nothing else. A 'top' command shows it to be doing nothing, most of the time. Its a mark 3, I think Variously I use three Duets, a Boom, an O2 Joggler running Birds Like Wire's SqueezeOS Pi is very lightly loaded Not all players are synced Plugin settings are (now) what was screenshotted earlier Everything is up to date, all components are set to autoupdate . I'll be waiting to see if the problem recurs now. It has been an intermittent 'feature' for months, currently all is good! Thanks, Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.6 (and higher) & BBCiPlayerExtra 2.0 (and higher) Support
Hello all, I'm a UK resident, Virgin fibre broadband, Max2play-on-pi powered, listening on Booms, Duets, and an O2 Joggler lover of Radio 4 being driven mad by intermittent buffering on BBC streams. What is the optimal stream selection priority I should be using, and/or buffering options? I know BPA is pretty good at responding, but if anyone else out there has/had similar issues, I'm all ears! Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fix to BBC Radio Applet Listen Again
Thanks again. It would appear BBC have a fairly cavalier approach to APIs, then? I suppose they are coming at it from the "we've got them, you want them and we aren't under any SLA or obligation to maintain them to an agreed description" point of view. Which I can sort of understand but obviously makes your life harder than it needs to be... Thanks again... ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fix to BBC Radio Applet Listen Again
bpa wrote: > Did you just migrate from an older version of plugin ? > > The program doesn't play in HLS but plays OK in DASH so please change > the BBCiPlayer setting to > DASH > HLS > MP3 > FlashAAC > > > I can't maintain the HLS stuff as I don't have any Apple gear and I > don't know whether the problem is a BBC one or a plugin one. And we have a winner! Thanks! Depends what you mean by recently! I had an issue with LA about 2 or 3 months ago, and you recommended then that I should upgrade to 1.6, which I did. I have no knowledge or understanding of the various CODEC preferences, and therefore didn't even know there was some form of Apple weirdness in there. ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fix to BBC Radio Applet Listen Again
bpa wrote: > What player ?Either Duet players, or a Boom. Neither works. > Are you pretending to be in UK using a VPN ? No, I'm a totally legal, > licence-fee paying upstanding member of the public > Exactly what menu sequence (e.g. Home->Radio->BBC iPlayer->BBC Radio 4 > FM ->15 Minute Drama-> xyxyx Episode 3 ) did you use ? (so I can > replicate) Home/My Apps/BBC iPlayer/BBC Radio 4 FM/Friday 12-Oct/18:30 > The News Quiz: Series 97: Episode 7/ - which shows me a URI of > " > iplayer://aod?hls=http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/vpid/mpf7/mediaset/audio-syndication/proto/http=http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-syndication-dash/proto/http/vpid/mpf7=1800=http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x288/p06nn93v.jpg=The%20Ne; > in the web browser > What are your LMS BBCiPlayer Settings ? Is it worth saying that I usually control things with SqueezeControl from an Android phone? But for the purposes of elimination, I'm driving everything from the LMS web GUI.25807 +---+ |Filename: iPlayerSettings.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25807| +---+ ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fix to BBC Radio Applet Listen Again
I am running 1.6, and also have the repo registered. I just set the 'automatically update plugins' check box and restarted LMS. The web interface shows me 'playing' a LA track, but there is silence. Any ideas? :-) Also, thanks so much for the work you do here. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Fix to BBC Radio Applet Listen Again
Hi, my Max2play-powered installation has also stopped working on iPlayer Listen Again, with the same symptoms as halasz. All used to be fine, but the zip file referenced above https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109446-BBCiplayer-play-it-again-list-shows-404=921098=1#post921098 seems to predate this latest bust, and I think it is already installed. Am I missing something obvious? Thx. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103293 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
Hello, I have just started getting 404 errors from the iPlayer plug in when choosing stations from the main menu.. The one with 'Listen Live' at the top. I can drill into the lower levels OK, but the main stations (4FM in particular!) don't resolve. In the spirit of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" I haven't changed anything for ages. Can anyone help? Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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] Installing Max2Play and Spotty on a SD card for the technically challenged
Thank you, wonderful SB community. After a week without Spotify, 15 minutes with a new Raspberry Pi and the instructions in the first post and I was back up and running! I have *no idea* what the other components running on the Pi that *aren't* squeezebox/LMS related, but I don't care. Once again I can stagger drunkenly around my house with synchronised music popping out of the woodwork. Again, thanks. I'm now off to Michael Herger's page to give a swift donation... Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107743 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0
mherger wrote: > >> 1. Am I screwed due to old hardware? > > Unfortunately, yes. As I was. My NAS is using the same CPU as your > plug. > > > Bump... Just want to know if I am going to have to throw money at the > > problem and buy a Raspberry Pi. Bit irritating if I do, because my > > SheevaPlug is a simple system on a chip that has done me proud up > until > > now. > > Trust me: the improved performance of a Pi vs. that device is worth the > > money. > > -- > > Michael Thank you Michael. AS I said, a bit irritating, but at least I know what I need to do, and can take steps. I probably won't notice any performance difference, though... I never had a problem with the little SheevaPlug. So... attention rest of the community! What is the Raspberry Pi of my dreams to do this? Does anyone do a kit (PSU/box/board), or is it literally as simple as buying the individual bits and booting a Max2Play image from an SD card? Thanks, all... Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107615 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0
ChaoticMike wrote: > Hello all, I have read *most* of this thread but don't think my > particular problem has been described. > First, I take note of the warnings about flavours of ARM chip. My > kernel is "Linux 2.6.38.8-squeezeplug armv5tel" - I am running the > infamous SqueezePlug distribution, it has worked very well up until now. > I have also upgraded LMS to the latest overnight, and the OS for the > kernel is up to date (I think...!) > > I successfully handled the IO library problem-before I even read the > thread!- but am now stuck with a couple of error messages, -viz.- > > > * When I access the Spotty app from the LMS 'My Apps' path, I get: > "Spotify Credentials missing. Please check Settings/Advanced/Spotty > Spotify for Squeezebox in the web interface" > > * When I go to that settings area, I get : > _ > "There has been a problem running the Spotty helper application. Most > likely your operating system and/or platform is not supported. Please > report the following details to me: > > Operating system: Debian / armv7l-linux > > Helper Applications Folder: > /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/Bin/arm-linux > /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/Bin > /usr/local/sbin > /usr/local/bin > /sbin > /bin > /usr/sbin > /usr/bin > /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/PlayHLS/Bin > /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/PlayWMA/Bin > /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/Spotty/Bin/arm-linux > /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/Spotty/Bin > ldd (Debian EGLIBC 2.13-38+deb7u12) 2.13" > > ___ > > The 'Add Account' button doesn't work - it can be clicked, but nothing > happens. So I can't specify a username/password combo. I have removed > dodgy characters from my Spotify password, it's now old-fashioned text > and numbers. > > 2 questions, then: > 1. Am I screwed due to old hardware? > 2. If I'm not, what do I need to do? > > The community has yet to let me down, and I'm sure it isn't going to > this time, either. I will be contributing to Michael's fund just as > soon as I re-find the donation link! > > Mike Bump... Just want to know if I am going to have to throw money at the problem and buy a Raspberry Pi. Bit irritating if I do, because my SheevaPlug is a simple system on a chip that has done me proud up until now. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107615 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0
Hello all, I have read *most* of this thread but don't think my particular problem has been described. First, I take note of the warnings about flavours of ARM chip. My kernel is "Linux 2.6.38.8-squeezeplug armv5tel" - I am running the infamous SqueezePlug distribution, it has worked very well up until now. I have also upgraded LMS to the latest overnight, and the OS for the kernel is up to date (I think...!) I successfully handled the IO library problem-before I even read the thread!- but am now stuck with a couple of error messages, -viz.- * When I access the Spotty app from the LMS 'My Apps' path, I get: "Spotify Credentials missing. Please check Settings/Advanced/Spotty Spotify for Squeezebox in the web interface" * When I go to that settings area, I get : _ "There has been a problem running the Spotty helper application. Most likely your operating system and/or platform is not supported. Please report the following details to me: Operating system: Debian / armv7l-linux Helper Applications Folder: /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/Bin/arm-linux /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/Bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/PlayHLS/Bin /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/PlayWMA/Bin /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/Spotty/Bin/arm-linux /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/Spotty/Bin ldd (Debian EGLIBC 2.13-38+deb7u12) 2.13" ___ The 'Add Account' button doesn't work - it can be clicked, but nothing happens. So I can't specify a username/password combo. I have removed dodgy characters from my Spotify password, it's now old-fashioned text and numbers. 2 questions, then: 1. Am I screwed due to old hardware? 2. If I'm not, what do I need to do? The community has yet to let me down, and I'm sure it isn't going to this time, either. I will be contributing to Michael's fund just as soon as I re-find the donation link! Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107615 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
tallpaul wrote: > Aha, I was just looking at that file. How do I clear it? 'rm' and > 'touch'? Just delete it (rm). It is automatically rebuilt when LMS starts up. I can't recall if you need to have stopped LMS before deleting, i.e. whether there is a lock on it. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
Hi All, I tried utgg's patch, but I continue to get a message "Error: No items found in playlist for [...]" where [...] is what I want to listen to. Hmmph. Anyone know what I am doing wrong? I deleted cache.db and got a whole new bunch of nice pictures representing the items in Listen Again, just no actual listening... Mike PS - It doesn't help that I can't always remember the arcane paths under Linux to find things, but I got there in the end! ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
bpa wrote: > More details. > Platform ? > What version of plugin did you have installed ? > Have you kept up to date with patches ? > > In the Listen Agin list of program - did you get a list of programs ? > Are they up to date (e.g. can you see the shipping forecast for > 1/11/15)? Are they playable (i.e.do they have play icons on RHS) ? Squeezeplug platform, so it is running on Ubuntu Wheezy Plugin is v1.2.14 Patching I don't actively pursue, as I subscribe to the 'If it ain't broke...' school of software engineering (I sort of do large systems integrations for a living. Everything is fragile, these days) In LA, I have the Shipping Forecast for 05:20 today I use SqueezeControl on Android for my main GUI, on the RHS I see either a circle with a cross in, or nothing. I think that icon represents 'playability'; blank entries take you into a choice of episodes, which then have that same icon. Looking forward to suggestions! ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
You need to download the utgg modified BBCXMLParser.pm script. It is referenced on this thread at about page 407. When downloaded, you copy the thread to the Plug-ins folder relevant to your installation - if you are UNIX based it'll likely be something like /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/BBCiPlayer. You will know if you have the right place because there will already be a BBCXMLParser.pm in there. Knocking out cache.db from the like /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache directory might also help. HTH, Mike (Giving something back...!) ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love this community! Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
It has been said before, but if there was a way to donate money to Triode, I would happily do so. Or the charity of his choice? ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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] BBCiPlayer plugin - a guick fix guide
Brilliant! Couldn't get it to work yesterday futzing around inside files, but a swift replace using your instructions did the trick. Thanks for the clarity. Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103312 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
robjordan wrote: Chaoticmike, you don't need to know where to install ffmpeg if you are installing it with apt-get. It will be placed in /usr/bin and made executable. Hi all, I eventually got things going smoothly, via a combination of a kernel upgrade, moving from Debian Squeeze to Wheezy, updating to the latest LMS, acquiring an ARM-specific ffmpeg and a bit of help and encouragement from mrw. Clincher for me was knocking out a startup script that was invoking a hangover instance of squeeeboxserver; my poor Sheevaplug was actually running two LMS instances simultaneously until I spotted the issue via the classic 'ps -ef | grep squeezeboxserver' command. It is quite strange relearning old skills and using half remembered commands from 20 years ago, and I am now experiencing the heady joys of nano (hurts a lot less than vi!), and rediscovering run levels, symbolic links and the rcN.d directories. I still reserve my spleen and vitriol for the BBC and the poorly handled changeover. Finally, am I going to be disenfranchised from Listen Again in the near future, using my combination of LMS, Triode's plug-in and bpa's plug-in? I can't work out if I am now future-proofed, or if some further arcane machination of the BBC's that you all understand but I don't is going to snatch Listen Again away from me... Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
bpa wrote:
Any experimentalists ?
If you assume the HLS stream is always going to be AAC. Then adding the
following to PlayHLS custom-convert.conf file will avoid LMS doing the
transcoding if player can play AAC natively.
Code:
hls aac * *
# RB:{BITRATE=-B %B}T:{START=-ss %s}
[ffmpeg] -loglevel quiet -i $FILE$ -acodec copy -f s16le -
Hi BPA, tried this, doesn't work for me. Does it still depend on ffmpeg
being installed, and working correctly? I ask because (a) there is a
reference to ffmpeg in there, and (b) I am pretty sure that my
installation of ffmpeg is broke. If I run it from a Telnet session
interactively, I get the helpful message 'incorrect instruction'. I
copied the version that was posted earlier in the thread, but thinking
back that might have been compiled for a different platform.
And now I can't get any ffmpeg for Debian on Marvel/Arm. apt-get tells
me the most up to date version is already installed, which I don't think
it is because I deleted the version copied in from the version
referenced earlier in the thread.
All this activity happening up and down the country because the BBC
botched their 'plan'. Grrr. etc.
Mike
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)
castalla wrote: You need a distro specific ffmpeg - and a later version to boot. But how? This is where it falls apart for me! I successfully removed the faulty ffmpeg (apt-get remove ffmpeg...D'oh!) and reinstalled, again using apt-get. I have SVN-r0.5.10-4:0.5.10-1, compiled in 2013. This at least runs interactively (at least, it doesn't crash and burn when I run it via TelNet... that's how I got the version) but are there other places I should look for a repository with a more up to date compilation? How is an innocent bystander supposed to know? Anyway, I think I now have a distro specific image; the Joggler (running SqueezeOS) is now giving the message 'Unable to play file type for: Radio 2 HD (Radio 2 HD is the name I have associated with the favourite I have set up). The irritation is that I am getting tantalisingly close, but not successful. To recap, for anyone out there, this particular configuration is a Debian-based LMS running on Squeezeplug, itself running on ARM-based Sheevaplug hardware; playback is on a Joggler running a recent SqueezeOS. Waah. ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
Firstly, I am amazed by the support and helpfulness of this community. It shows me two things: 1. There are genuinely selfless helpful people in the world 2. Things are tricky when you move away from the world of the appliance, e.g. the dedicated FM radio set! My set up is probably not a whole lot different to many others here, -viz:- * a local LMS running on an ARM-based Sheezaplug, with the Squeezeplug image running on it. This is based on a Debian fork of Linux * a couple of Duet receivers * a Joggler running SqueezeOS, also, I think, Debian under the bonnet I have tried to follow the bpa/triode instructions to install the helper plugin and ffmpeg, but things aren't working for me. I feel the problems mainly lie in knowing exactly where to stash things like ffmpeg, and whether or not I have done enough to enable it. Bear in mind I'm not clueless, but at the same time I'm no expert, particularly at Linux, and I really don't *want* to be, although I'm picking stuff up as I go along. I used 'apt-get install ffmpeg' to get a binary downloaded, it appears to be quite a small file but regardless, I don't know where to put it so that the plugin works, nor do I know if it needs a chmod or similar to make it work from the context of the LMS process. I had a good old tootle around the Internet... Nowhere could I find where a Squeezeplug installation stashes its executables. I have the bpa plugin installed (I think). It *looks* like I do when examining the LMS web interface. I suppose what I am asking for is a simple list of places to go to put things. If there were also a handy guide to tell me where I could go to look at logs or similar to see if the various components are 'registered' (or whatever the Linux equivalent is), that would be dead helpful. I am now going to bed, and hoping that someone will have mercy on me and have an idiot's guide, possibly with a Sticky, by the morning! Best regard, Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
Hi Castalla, The Shivaplug is set to run from internal memory, i.e. when I installed (it was a few years ago now!) I had to go through a bunch of voodoo magic involving a bootloader, Telnet sessions from a direct attached PC, and lots of other stuff that I didn't really want to understand! The Shivaplug is man enough to run a transcoded in the fly that converts WMA ( I have a lot of those) into a format that my Joggler can handle. (it might be called WMAPlayer) That was a different world of pain that once again the community helped me through! I am hoping that if it can do that, it can also handle the transcoding of BBC streams that I have yet to get right... You wouldn't know anything about chmods and relevant file locations, would you...?! Off to bed... Mike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
bpa;655991 Wrote: By network problem - I meant somewhere between your router and the BBC. However since you are not using a Touch or Radio - AAC will be transcoded into Flac which needs about 750kbps. Use the SBS Network test to determine max throughput between receiver and SBS. You may be getting bursts of interference (e.g. DECT phone, noisy fluorescent lamp, microwave) rather than constant degradation. It seems to be stable at 1000kbs. It doesn't go any higher, but I don't suppose it needs to! Mike -- ChaoticMike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
But strangely, if I connect to MySB.com and use the BBC feed there, everything is OK. I just tested it this morning (06/09/2011, 08:00 BST) and the dropout problem remains when using the plugin. Very PO'd with all things Squeezebox at the moment. I just installed a SheevaPlug with a local Squeezeserver to get around the stupidity and lack of customer assistance I have experienced from a combination of MP3Tunes.com and Logitech, and now the BBC plugin starts to fail. I realise this isn't Triode's fault, and I apologise for the rant, but I work in technology for the world's largest IT company and I don't see things getting any better there, either! If I hadn't sold all my CDs after ripping them to disk I would be seriously considering going back to a traditional HiFi plus an FM radio... Aarrgh. Mike -- ChaoticMike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
bpa;655827 Wrote: To help others, you should states which feeds and player you are using so that problems can be correlated. In the UK you have 3 choices. 1. WMA - normally played from mysb.com - only choice for non Radio/Touch player on mysb.com. 2. Live /AAC (aka http/AAC) 3. Flash / AAC - played using BBCiPlayer plugin When you have a BBC problem try also to check by using BBC web page player which normally uses Flash/AAC. There is a further complication between UK and non UK streams as IIRC UK users using mysb.com will get a non UK stream ! If you are in the UK and play a WMA stream thro SBS - it will play at 128kbps. If you use mysb.com I think you will get the 48kb/sec stream. Thanks for your interest. At the risk of my sounding stupid, how do I find out the information you're asking for? My topology is a local SBS (v7.6.1) running on a SheevaPlug, communicating with a pair of Duet receivers. Currently for test purposes I'm using: * either the iPlayer plugin from Triode when I connect using my local SBS * or a 'different' link on my Duet controller when I connect to mysb.com. There is nothing obvious in terms of a URL that i can quote back being displayed on the GUI of the Duet controller, or Squeezepad on my iPad, or mysb.com on a Windows laptop (whoever said you could have too many devices in your life?) when using either of these modes of access. I think my local network is OK. I get dropouts on either Duet receiver. One has a fairly poor wireless signal, but the other is in the same room as the router and gets about 78% signal strength (I'm surprised it isn't more, but that's irrelevant, I think). I am very happy to report useful information but I need to know how to locate it! This is in no way a snipe at anybody. Thanks for your interest. Mike -- ChaoticMike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
Thanks for that. The iPlayer plugin operating from my local SBS format: AAC Bitrate: no rate listed url http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_aaclca?pls?livetxt=pubsub.livetext.radio4 If I go through mysb.com, the information is format: Windows Media Bitrate 48kbps CBR url http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx Currently, the iPlayer plugin seems to have settled down. Go figure. Thanks for your assistance so far. Mike -- ChaoticMike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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)
My suspicion is that it is a BBC source issue, because when I stream music down from the local SBS, I think the local bandwidth used is a lot more than 128kbps, but the system performs flawlessly. How do you find out the bandwidth between the SBS and a receiver? I know the track's sample rate - does it just use that? Cheers, Mike -- ChaoticMike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 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 continual rebuffering
Upgrading didn't work. Instead, I installed the iPlayer plugin, which works beautifully. Thanks for your help, though. Mike -- ChaoticMike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60192 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC continual rebuffering
Hello everybody. I'll bet I'm not the first person to have this problem, but I couldn't find anything obvious about it, so here goes... I use SqueezeCenter 7.3.2 on Ubuntu 8.0.4 (both kept patched automatically), with 1 controller and two receivers. Ever since I upgraded to 7.3 (which I think is when the new 'improved' approach to Alien BBC was introduced) my BBC service has been awful. The characteristics are continual silences and the message 'buffering... ' on the controller, and occasionally a garbled effect a bit like a faulty CD. This is not good. Does anybody out there have any idea what's going on? I'm reasonably computer literate but don't go in for vast perl scripts or Linux command shell extravaganzas, although at least I understand the need for their existence! Therefore, I can probably follow instructions competently... Over to the great and the good... All help gratefully received. Regards, Mike -- ChaoticMike ChaoticMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60192 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
