Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Nominations for Recommended 3rd Party Plugins

2009-01-17 Thread erland
I like to nominate: - Kitchen Timer -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread bsc001
martin.rehfeld;386143 Wrote: > I can only suggest playing with the date/time related setup options. > Would there be enough space to display the time only? Unfortunately, the BOOM can't even display the time correctly. I have no idea how to find the pixel width, but I can tell you that when yo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spicefly SugarCube (Automatic MusicIP DJ)

2009-01-17 Thread erland
cparker;386023 Wrote: > Please note change of repository location; > > http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/spiceflyplugin/repo.xml > > Hopefully this wont change now for a while > > Cheers It doesn't work, it doesn't find the zip file which the xml specifies should be at: http://freefr

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Should custom skip work when shuffle by song is on?

2009-01-17 Thread erland
It works best through Dynamic Playlist because there the skipping happens before it even adds the songs to the playlist. When you use it without Dynamic Playlist, you will need to make sure the "Enable filtering on all playlists" option is enabled in the Custom Skip settings page. Skipping with n

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Should custom skip work when shuffle by song is on?

2009-01-17 Thread MeSue
I installed custom skip last night and set up a filter set to skip 3 artists whenever they come up. It was working fine last night with a dynamic playlist. Today I still have the filter active with a normal playlist and shuffle by song enabled, but it is not skipping the artists I specified. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2009-01-17 Thread gharris999
epoch1970;385984 Wrote: > (tell me if you're bored with me using the thread as a notepad...) No, no, not at all. I'm thinking that the next release of SrvrPowerCtrl will be the last beta and the one after that will be the official release. I'd like the release version to be installable via the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2009-01-17 Thread pippin
Davesre1;386081 Wrote: > > Has anyone tried connecting a Duet receiver without the Logitech > controller > I can't get Squeezecenter to recognize the receiver (it still blinks > red on the front) > > iPeng says it cannot connect to the server. > Thanks That's actually two different issues I th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Wave Input plugin v1.00

2009-01-17 Thread majtchus
Thanks a lot for the answer! -- majtchus majtchus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19797 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35718 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: NPR Radio plugin

2009-01-17 Thread bpa
> > 1. When you "play all items" for a show like Morning Edition the 2nd > story starts after the first story ends, so that issue is fixed, yea! > > 2. If you tap FWD on the remote you go to the next story - not sure if > this was working in 7.3.1, nice. > > 3. If you press and hold FWD on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 7.3 and XM radio

2009-01-17 Thread raglencross
Allan, you can install the "Wave Input" plug-in to stream any audio being played on your computer to your SB, including the XM web player. Not as convenient as having a working XM plug-in, but it will save you having to connect your PC to your stereo. -- raglencross

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread martin.rehfeld
opinsky;386134 Wrote: > Hi, > > thanks for this great plugin! Apparently the sb-boom screen is not as > wide as others sb. Therefore this plugin is cropped (the screen is > "cut" at the minutes). Is a fix for this something that is customizable > in the current version? Is this a bug or a featur

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread opinsky
Hi, thanks for this great plugin! Apparently the sb-boom screen is not as wide as others sb. Therefore this plugin is cropped (the screen is "cut" at the minutes). Is a fix for this something that is customizable in the current version? Is this a bug or a feature?! Cheers.. OP -- opinsky

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Plugins do not install

2009-01-17 Thread rat
Hi Erland - it worked like a charm ! If your crystal-clear instructions were added to the wiki, even ignoramuses like me wouldn't be able to go wrong! Thank you very much for your help and your patience. -- rat rat's Profi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread martin.rehfeld
Paden;386097 Wrote: > Great plugin! > If no "Fetch Interval" is specified is there a default time info is > retrieved automatically? > > Cheers, Paul Hi Paul. Glad you like it. The Fetch Interval dafaults to 3,600 seconds / once per hour. -- martin.rehfeld Cheers, Martin Rehfeld --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread Jimsngc
Hi Guys/Greg, Just upgraded to SC 7.3.1 and of course now SDT is not working. I picked up on the fact that SDT is now included in the integrated plugins method so have uninstalled the previous version and used the Extension Downloader to grab the latest version (5.8.2 I believe). I have been ba

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread Paden
Great plugin! If no "Fetch Interval" is specified is there a default time info is retrieved automatically? Cheers, Paul -- Paden Paden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21468 View this thread: htt

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2009-01-17 Thread MarlonBrando
Hello, I've just bought ipeng on the App store. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to create and save a playlist. Anybody can help me ? (yes I've checked the on-line manual) -- MarlonBrando MarlonBrando's Profile: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread w42
martin.rehfeld;386082 Wrote: > Ok, added that as well and bumped the version up to 2.2.1 -- should be > ready to be picked up by Extension Downloader Sure does and works perfectly, thanks. Upgrading through the Extension Downloader is sooo easy :-D -- w42 *sc 7.3 on debian etch/2.6.18-6-686*

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread martin.rehfeld
w42;386067 Wrote: > Yes that works :-D > > Installation (and deinstallation) work out OK thru the Extension > Downloader. Pretty Cool! > > > I only see PLUGIN_SCREENSAVER_WEATHERTIME_DESC as description in the > Extension Downloader after installation. > Not sure why, but ... If you just copy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] iPeng support thread

2009-01-17 Thread Davesre1
Hi there, Has anyone tried connecting a Duet receiver without the Logitech controller I can't get Squeezecenter to recognize the receiver (it still blinks red on the front) iPeng says it cannot connect to the server. Thanks -- Davesre1 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread w42
Yes that works :-D Installation (and deinstallation) work out OK thru the Extension Downloader. Pretty Cool! I only see PLUGIN_SCREENSAVER_WEATHERTIME_DESC as description in the Extension Downloader after installation. Not sure why, but ... If you just duplicate SETUP_GROUP_PLUGIN_WEATHERTIME_D

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread martin.rehfeld
w42;386054 Wrote: > Hi Martin, > > In the Extension Downloader following link to repo.xml should be > entered: http://weathertime.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/repo.xml > This gives the plain XML file :-) > > I've also made a mistake in above XML, plugin name="AppletName" should > of course be plugi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread w42
Hi Martin, In the Extension Downloader following link to repo.xml should be entered: http://weathertime.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/repo.xml This gives the plain XML file :-) I've also made a mistake in above XML, plugin name="AppletName" should of course be plugin name="WeatherTime". Sry about tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Small bug in ExecuteScript-plugin

2009-01-17 Thread peterw
Have you tried using system(@commandAndArgsSeparated) rather than system($commandLineToParse) ? http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=690790 -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KidsPlay KitchenTimer PlayLog

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: New WeatherTime Screensaver adds graphical forecasts

2009-01-17 Thread martin.rehfeld
Hi everybody, I just zipped up the newest version of WeatherTime including all the changes servies committed in the last days (mavit-patches, translation fixes, etc.). So we should now have a official verion with support for Squeezecenter 7.2/7.3. The ZIP is available for download at http://weat

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Album Catalog Creator 1.0

2009-01-17 Thread mkgolden1
SilverRS8;385844 Wrote: > Thx for the compliment. In general functionality that can be of use to > many may be added as an option because of the usefullness version time > investment. I think that adding disc numbers in the header is a useful > option which I've put on my to do list (BTW: ACC doe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] SlimNAS 1.1 for SqueezeCenter 7.1+

2009-01-17 Thread Govnah
Did you ever get this resolved? Thanks BodgeIT;385615 Wrote: > Hi Michael, as per title, I no longer have SqueezeCenter in my list of > extensions and my Slimp3 wont connect. > > Using the following: > 1.1.3 Slimnas, > 0.69 Kwisatz Haderach (revision 4267) FreeNAS embedded. > 7.4-24609 Squee

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] SlimNAS 1.1 for SqueezeCenter 7.1+

2009-01-17 Thread Govnah
Upgraded to the latest version of FreeNAS and tried to reinstall SlimNAS and keep getting the following error: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_filesize() (previously declared in /etc/inc/util.inc:1985) in /usr/local/www/ext/slimserver/functions.inc on line 252 Any ideas as I have never had an

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Small bug in ExecuteScript-plugin

2009-01-17 Thread kdf
riro wrote: > kdf;385856 Wrote: > >> That's not right. I've done some searching and it seems to be a >> common problem for win server 2003 and not enough support to admit >> it's stupid and to fix it. >> >> > > And you didnt find a workaround? :-\ > > > sadly not. Most posts are n

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread NMarshall
GoCubs;386001 Wrote: > Are you certain your format string is correct? They're now set at the > PLAYER level. Please check and confirm. > > -Greg Greg, I must be dim - where/what do you configure at the Player level [SC 7.3]? Neil -- NMarshall ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spicefly SugarCube (Automatic MusicIP DJ)

2009-01-17 Thread cparker
Please note change of repository location; http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/spiceflyplugin/repo.xml Hopefully this wont change now for a while Cheers -- cparker www.spicefly.com - Visit for an enhanced Interface for MusicIP and integration tips and tricks, Plugin coding tips, Spic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 7.3 and XM radio

2009-01-17 Thread Howard Passman
allanweinman;385987 Wrote: > Not much discussion about this. Anyone know if someone is working on > it? I used to use XMRadio all the time through my squeezebox. > > I have a separate connection from my computer to my stereo and now play > XMRadio directly and bypass the Squeezebox, which me

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
neilcoburn;385412 Wrote: > Thanks, rnlg, I'm glad I'm not alone! Does anyone else have any bright > ideas on how to fix this? As I mentioned before, I think this is since > SC 7.x. Sorry to hear you guys are experiencing this. I'm unable to reproduce so I'm not sure what to tell you. How good

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
rnlg;383742 Wrote: > Got some more clues to the "no forecast" problem. It's all to do with > the weather format setup. When I first downloaded sdt for the > extension intaller of 7.3, sdt didn't show any data as there were no > default formats (or they were all blank). I added in formats for e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
the cosmic gate;383456 Wrote: > i love this plugin but: it wont change from F to Celsius. > When i look at the display (when SB3 is off) it says its now (for > example)41 degrees (but it had to be F when i calculate it), and when i > set the setting in the plug in via the webinterface to Celsius

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
slimc;378964 Wrote: > I'm not sure what's different between par and normal zip files, but I've > had luck just updating the changed file in the par instead of recreating > the whole thing. Make sure to keep the relative path > lib/Plugins/SuperDateTime/ of the original file. > > While on the fea

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
Pascal Hibon;379347 Wrote: > It seems that I’m the only one experiencing this behaviour? > Can anyone help me with this issue? Are you certain your format string is correct? They're now set at the PLAYER level. Please check and confirm. -Greg -- GoCubs -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
jsnell;378947 Wrote: > Hey Greg, > > I love the plug-in. For a while I've been editing the plugin.pm file to > round off the temperature coming from Weather Underground to the nearest > degree. With the new PAR format I seem to not be able to edit the file > -- well, I can unzip the archive, mak

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
Chippy;378089 Wrote: > Hi Greg - > Firstly, a very Happy New Year to you! > > I've noticed a small bug running SDT 5.8.2 on SC 7.3.1 (using extension > downloader); Mac OS X 10.5.6 on both my Squeezebox3 (v121) and new Boom > (v41). > > SDT is set as my 'off' screen saver. If either SB has bee

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
I've gone ahead and posted 5.8.3 to www.gregbrown.net. Some minor updates: -Fixed NBA parsing issue (Thanks Steve B. and family) -Supports 7.4 for the the adventurous running nightly betas ** Please support the plugin by starting all your Amazon.com shopping via clicking through the Amazon.com l

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 7.3 and XM radio

2009-01-17 Thread allanweinman
Not much discussion about this. Anyone know if someone is working on it? I used to use XMRadio all the time through my squeezebox. I have a separate connection from my computer to my stereo and now play XMRadio directly and bypass the Squeezebox, which means I am using the squeezebox less and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread GoCubs
Chippy;385874 Wrote: > Strange issue with the Extension Downloader... this morning, I see that > there is an update available for SDT "5.8.2 to 5.8.3". Nothing on > Greg's site though. > > But when I upgrade to 5.8.3, the Extension Downloader tells me that > there is a new upgrade available: "5.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2009-01-17 Thread epoch1970
FYI, still not producing a single line of code, I am looking for ways to interact with the OS for power state changes. I think I have more or less cornered the OSX case, I looked into its equivalent in the linux/bsd world. I think now the way to go is using D-Bus. With D-bus you can subscribe to e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Wave Input plugin v1.00

2009-01-17 Thread bpa
First - the usual warning applies - there is no point having an 24bit/96KHz audio card if all your audio source is ripped from CDs. There is no improvement in quality. This is my understanding of Windows architecture - it has changed somewhat between XP and Vista but a lot is still valid. This

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Small bug in ExecuteScript-plugin

2009-01-17 Thread riro
kdf;385856 Wrote: > That's not right. I've done some searching and it seems to be a > common problem for win server 2003 and not enough support to admit > it's stupid and to fix it. > And you didnt find a workaround? :-\ -- riro --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] 7.3.1 Squeeze Center No AlienBBC Plugin

2009-01-17 Thread nkat
On the Extension Downloads page in SC 7.3.1. I followed the instructions, closed SC and removed, I believe, all traces of the previous Alien BBC from my computer. Then I restarted SC and found the greyed tickbox still there. Uninstalled SC and reinstalled it. Still there. Am now without Alien BB

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Wave Input plugin v1.00

2009-01-17 Thread majtchus
bpa;385867 Wrote: > WaveInput uses the PCM stream from the applications and so AFAICT the > audio hardware makes no difference. Ok, but doesn´t the PCM stream from the application differ depending on the device drivers? Are they not involved? I mean, if I use a 16bit or 24bit audio card doesn´t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

2009-01-17 Thread Chippy
Strange issue with the Extension Downloader... this morning, I see that there is an update available for SDT "5.8.2 to 5.8.3". Nothing on Greg's site though. But when I upgrade to 5.8.3, the Extension Downloader tells me that there is a new upgrade available: "5.8.3 to 5.8.2" Strange... Chippy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Wave Input plugin v1.00

2009-01-17 Thread bpa
WaveInput uses the PCM stream from the applications and so AFAICT the audio hardware makes no difference. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Wave Input plugin v1.00

2009-01-17 Thread majtchus
majtchus;384584 Wrote: > Does the audio card effect output to the Squeezebox? > (better audio card = better sound???) > > If only the driver is the relevant, is it possible to "fool" Windows to > use a better audio driver? (in other words: is it possible to fake a > better audio card?) Anyone

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Small bug in ExecuteScript-plugin

2009-01-17 Thread kdf
That's not right. I've done some searching and it seems to be a common problem for win server 2003 and not enough support to admit it's stupid and to fix it. It's absolutely stupid that a simple perl "system" call would prepend some path. That's idoiotic for what is supposed to be a cross-