Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread Yannzola
erland;229659 Wrote: > > > What did you mean with this, have I answered it or ? > > I think so... to summarize: You can create a dynamic playlist that selects only 4 and 5 star rated tracks and =name= it Top Rated by entering "Top Rated" in the playlist group field, but you can't actually e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread erland
Yannzola;229655 Wrote: > Erland, I don't quite understand what you mean by the "Playlist Group" > parameter? Honestly, the only Dynamic Playlists I use regularly are > three variations of Lastfm Similiar Artists (plain/top rated/not rated) > My SQL "skills" are limited to best-guess hacking of e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread Yannzola
erland;229654 Wrote: > I'm not sure I understand what you mean with this. > > You could already today structure your own playlists into groups like > "Top rated", by entering something in the "Playlist group" parameter > when creating a playlist with SQL Playlist plugin. So if this is what > you

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread erland
Yannzola;229652 Wrote: > In the future, might it be possible for users to define global > parameters like "Top Rated" themselves? Just curious. I'm not sure I understand what you mean with this. You could already today structure your own playlists into groups like "Top rated", by entering someth

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread Yannzola
erland;229649 Wrote: > > If the sound stops, this is a problem. Do you have the same problem > with the standard Random Mix plugin ? > > It works perfectly in my own setup, so I think the reason it appears > for you is related to the SlimServer hardware, the network performance, > library size

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread erland
Yannzola;229616 Wrote: > Thanks! > "Top Rated" should include both 4 and 5 rated items (correct?). What > I'm wondering is if it could pull randomly from =both= 4 and 5's > instead of only pulling from 5's. Make sense? > I wonder if it would be better if you created a playlist manually in SQL P

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread Yannzola
erland;229518 Wrote: > It's now available for download using the download links in the web > interface for SQL Playlist. > Thanks! erland;229518 Wrote: > Have you tried changing the options in the TrackStat user interface: > - "Number of songs/albums/artists to use in dynamic playlists" > I c

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] amp switch and power switch II compatible?

2007-09-24 Thread fcm4711
Hi Dom Sorry for the late answer, I was on vacation until today. You have three possibilties. 1) Build another AmpSwitch circuit and use the plugin you already use for both of them. 2) Use PowerSwitch II for the new SB3 in parallel with the existing AmpSwitch. (I have not tried to use both plu

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread Phil Meyer
>Is your roof still on or did the tornado get you earlier :) > It was a little windy this morning, but didn't notice anything abnormal. Someone lost their roof though! Phil ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
The main possibilities are 1. Mplayer has stopped 2. Slimserver has timed out waiting for the data. To get more info in case of 1. - delete the "-really-quiet" from the custom-convert.conf RTSP entries, restart and re-run If it is 2. - set the Internet radio timeout to 30 secs. - under Server

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread c-ellerby
bpa;229566 Wrote: > After unchecking the boxes - did you click the "change" button to save > the setting ? > > Also make sure the Wav->WAV (built-in) is checked. Yes, I clicked change. I didn't have WAV->WAV checked though, I took you for your word and unticked everything to make sure. Howeve

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread rlsx
bpa;229570 Wrote: > Slimserver creates the display and sends bitmaps to SB so it is not a > matter of changing Softsqueeze but also Slimserver. I didn't know the SB was such a lightweight client; I thought it interacted with the server at a higher level. Thanks for the info. -- rlsx --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
> > I just started learning about Jive, how far away is this gadget? > There are a lot of forum users currently beta testing the hardware but there are still a few h/w and s/w bugs as well as feature development. > > The author of Softsqueeze could surely modify it in a few days, if he > so

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
After unchecking the boxes - did you click the "change" button to save the setting ? Also make sure the Wav->WAV (built-in) is checked. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread Skittler
Sorry Phil, what I meant to say of course it that it's unlikely you'd use it as your main GUI, unless the purpose is to get used to using an SB3, for which it is of course the ideal option. Is your roof still on or did the tornado get you earlier :) Moo! -- Skittler Dave. SB3 --> Cyrus 8vs

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Custom Browse plugin

2007-09-24 Thread aeo12
erland;229260 Wrote: > In Custom Browse 1.26 you can use a space instead of : in the filename. Thanks, Erland. File naming working fine with version 1.26...aeo -- aeo12 aeo12's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread c-ellerby
bpa;229514 Wrote: > I think it is the issue. > > Please run the debug with d_source and d_plugins with only RTSP->WAV > checked. It would be best to get the log when run from a shell prompt > and not in the background as debug output from mplayer.sh will also be > logged. I've run the test ag

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread rlsx
erland;229508 Wrote: > I'm not sure the network protocol between SlimServer makes any more > information available than the 2 lines shown. Starting from a "Now playing" display, pressing Right-Arrow displays the TITLE Tag, and then Down-Arrow/Up-Arrow cycle through the other tags + some other inf

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread Phil Meyer
>You certainly wouldn't use SoftSqueeze as your main music source (if you >really wanted a standalone laptop system you'd use SlimServer with >Moose, SlimFX etc.), so there's no point adding any bells and whistles >is there? > Moose isn't a music player - it's a graphical UI application that replac

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] *frustration* am i too stupid? -> how to set up multi library

2007-09-24 Thread dcote
erland - thank you so much for your help. :-) i will do that asap. btw: your plugin has converted my finaceƩ 100% to the squeezebox cause as well. she loves being able to browse her albums as if she were flipping through her own CD collection! ;-) dom -- dcote ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Bottlerocket Plugin

2007-09-24 Thread peterw
This is fantastic news -- thank you! I'll try to roll out a new beta in the next few days that uses your Win32::Process::Create approach for Windows users. I'd love it if you could try the next beta before an official release. Again, many thanks for the fix and the education! Peter -- peterw

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread erland
Yannzola;229478 Wrote: > Erland, would it be possible to add the drop down paramter "Ignore songs > played recently" to the Random from Similiar Artists playlist? It's now available for download using the download links in the web interface for SQL Playlist. Yannzola;229478 Wrote: > Also... is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
I think it is the issue. Please run the debug with d_source and d_plugins with only RTSP->WAV checked. It would be best to get the log when run from a shell prompt and not in the background as debug output from mplayer.sh will also be logged. -- bpa --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread c-ellerby
bpa;229493 Wrote: > The Terastation probably won't have enough power to encode a Flac stream > - so make sure in Server Setting/Filetypes only RTSP->WAV is checked and > that RTSP->MP3 and RTSP->Flac are unchecked. Not a big issue as I don't have lame or FLAC installed so the MP3 and FLAC tick b

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread erland
rlsx;229455 Wrote: > I just found the *limited display* of the hardware SB3 so frustrating > that I started thinking along the lines of a "fat" client: small, > silent PC + 17" display on the wall + "improved" Softsqueeze. (Of > course, this won't help Logitech's sales, but I don't think this set

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Can't Change LastFM stations

2007-09-24 Thread Craig, James \(IT\)
The similar artists selection should still be there - where were you looking? As of the current version in SlimScrobbler CVS, the only issue I'm aware of is that it doesn't work properly on SB1/Slimp3 models. It will stop all audio output from working after the first song. I've really no idea why

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Can't Change LastFM stations

2007-09-24 Thread snarlydwarf
I had to fondle it a bit for Debian (which doesn't seem to like the Plugins directory at all...) but the only thing I see missing from the old version is the way "Similar Artists To" stations were created on the fly. (Ie, play a song from your library and a new station showed up in LastFM.) But

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Can't Change LastFM stations

2007-09-24 Thread lstepnio
Does LastFM work 100% on SS7? smc2911;229153 Wrote: > At the moment I've found a trick that's getting me by. If I fire up a > station on the last.fm player on my pc and then use the last.fm plugin > to play "default station" I get the one I had most recently tuned into. > It's a bit painful chan

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
The Terastation probably won't have enough power to encode a Flac stream - so make sure in Server Setting/Filetypes only RTSP->WAV is checked and that RTSP->MP3 and RTSP->Flac are unchecked. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://fo

[SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC on Terastation/SlimServer 6.5(5) - no sound

2007-09-24 Thread c-ellerby
Hi, I could do with some assistance getting AlienBBC working on a Terastation (Linux PPC), I'm all googled out now so have to resort to a forum query! I've run through a full install of AlienBBC according to http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17015. I've tested out MPlayer ok (I thin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread Yannzola
Just curious if I can adjust a setting to help alleviate this problem. When new songs are added dynamically to the end of a Dynamic Playlist, my player freezes momentarily (buffer underrun?). This only occurs while playing FLAC's... MP3's are no problem. Thanks! -- Yannzola ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Plugin for easy creation of dynamic playlists

2007-09-24 Thread Yannzola
Erland, would it be possible to add the drop down paramter "Ignore songs played recently" to the Random from Similiar Artists playlist? Also... is it possible to shuffle the results of Top Rated so that the generated playlist includes a mix of 4-5 rated songs from the start, instead of from 5 star

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 24/09/2007, rlsx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am a newcomer, I am not familiar with Moose or SlimFX. Can they run > as *clients* to a Slimserver running on another machine? That's a major > feature of Softsqueeze. Yes, they're front-ends which can utilise your PC's CPU rather than your serv

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: GoalRush (UK football scores screensaver)

2007-09-24 Thread mflint
Raptor;229465 Wrote: > I naively thought it would be a minor amendment but being a coder (not a > perler) and having looked at the before and after code it obviously > wasn't that straightforward. There wasn't a huge change needed - but it needed more tidying up anyway. Raptor;229465 Wrote: > S

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: GoalRush (UK football scores screensaver)

2007-09-24 Thread Raptor
Many thanks for the repair - all now working fine. I naively thought it would be a minor amendment but being a coder (not a perler) and having looked at the before and after code it obviously wasn't that straightforward. Still, GoalRush and LiveDepartures have inspired me to look into knocking u

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Another Problem with AlienBBC (Mac)

2007-09-24 Thread ballanad
ok thanks. Time for an upgrade then -- ballanad ballanad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13211 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38453

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread rlsx
Skittler;229445 Wrote: > Interesting idea, as long as the standard SoftSqueeze display is still > available and is the default. Of course, this would be just one more skin. > You certainly wouldn't use SoftSqueeze as your main music source (if you > really wanted a standalone laptop system you'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
In another thread - it has been stated that Slimdevices/Logitech development efforts will be put into Jive remote and Jive desktop and not Softsqueeze. Jive works with 7.0 onwards. This means any further Softsqueeze will have to be done by the community. Jive has more lines but not very wide -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread Skittler
Interesting idea, as long as the standard SoftSqueeze display is still available and is the default. SoftSqueeze is an invaluable tool for gently introducing people into the SlimServer world. They can rip some CDs, install SlimServer then play with SoftSqueeze to "get the idea" of how a squeezebo

[SlimDevices: Plugins] A better Softsqueeze?

2007-09-24 Thread rlsx
One of the most frustrating aspects of the SB is the size of the display (too short, not enough lines) Even the Transporter is lacking in this respect. Can one imagine a "skin" for Squeezesoft that would have a dozen long lines of display? This display could then be put to use either: - to dis

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Sirius Channels missing

2007-09-24 Thread alstein
GoCubs;229358 Wrote: > The plugin caches your login and will continue to use it until it > becomes invalidated. Invalidating only occurs when a new login occurs, > such as you logging in via a web browser. I've had logins last many > months with no problems. The SB will never log out on its ow

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC problem

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
I believe these are the steps to install AlienBBC in Ubuntu - is this how you installed AlienBBC ? Copy plugin to /usr/share/slimserver/Plugins so that itis an Alien folder in Plugins. Make sure mplayer.sh is in /usr/share/slimserver/Bin. Make sure mplayer.sh has execute permissions. Restart Sl

[SlimDevices: Plugins] AlienBBC problem

2007-09-24 Thread daminator
Hello all, I've installed AlienBBC on my Ubuntu system, but can't get it working on slim server or my Slim devices. I've got to the point that this works: mplayer -bandwidth 1000 -cache 128 -playlist http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/realplayer/media/fmg2.rpm but on my machine (ip address:9000),

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Bottlerocket Plugin

2007-09-24 Thread nadams
I hsould have mentioned, system returns with 2304 (I assume errno 9 * 256). I tried messing around with standard FDs a bit, no joy. I tried using Open3() instead of system(), no joy. I have changed the code to use Win32::Process::Create, and this seems to work. I've attached the changed proces

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] LazySearch with Slimserver Version 7

2007-09-24 Thread Quasarpod
Thanks Gentlemen, have now unzipped the file and copied everything into slimserver/server/plugins. Restarted slimserver and no joy I'm afraid. I made sure I downloaded LazySearch2.zip v3.ob3(beta), do you have any more suggestions? Best regards, Kris -- Quasarpod