Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify general transient error AGAIN!

2017-04-26 Thread Michael Herger
BTW, Michael, does MySB now offset that for devices other than Radio and Touch, too? I certainly am able to use it on any device I have. But tbh I'm not sure how it works in a purely non-Touch/Radio environment. IMHO it should work, yes. As I've not had many complaints from all the commercial

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify general transient error AGAIN!

2017-04-26 Thread Michael Herger
Actually, it's kind of the other way around for me. I had enabled SPH and the regular Spotify and disabled Triode Spotify and the Regular Spotify would populate the Queue just fine, but it would not play at all. It would Cue up a track and show it playing for a few seconds and then skip to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread Owen Smith
bpa wrote: > No - I was hoping BBC might announce a new API when shutting the old > ones down but you can see BBC have removed a lot of that functionality > from their web pages - no more A-Z of programs and have no internal use > for the old APIs. They are embracing "responsive" web stuff which

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > I presume the 32 bits is as reported on the Codec tab ? Yes, it shows the Codec Tab shows 48,000Hz, 32 Bits per sample. bpa wrote: > What does the messages window show when level is set to 2 I'm a relative VLC newbie so I'm not sure what you mean by setting the level to 2. It

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v1.0

2017-04-26 Thread BobSammers
bpa wrote: > There are already libraries for JSON to Perl and I use them for other > data such as the realtime metadata - so no need for any extra work. I realise that, but earlier you said: > JSON also has some quirks compared to XML so it is never just a quick > change of library call from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread philipbergman
bpa wrote: > Having looked atthe screen capture and ignoreig any discussuion about > Flac as it is not normal/ > > If your OS is Windows - don't make HLS first pref. > If you are in the UK - I believe DASH has higher bit rate (i.e. better > quality) for on-demand > There is no longer any

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
philipbergman wrote: > Thank you so much, that works perfectly! > > I have 2 questions: > 1. Are the iPlayer settings in the attached screen capture optimal? > > 2. Will it be possible to stream the Proms on Radio 3 in FLAC (lossless) > as announced by the Beeb? > > 22598 Having looked

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify general transient error AGAIN!

2017-04-26 Thread Cut-Throat
mherger wrote: > > I am also a little confused on what exactly SPH does ? I had > > thought that it was for support of other devices than the Touch or > > Raspberry Pi > > Any device other than Touch or Radio. Only these two can play Spotify > out of the box. Others need support,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
I presume the 32 bits is as reported on the Codec tab ? What does the messages window show when level is set to 2 bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v1.0

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
BobSammers wrote: > If it was going to be useful, I had it in mind to look at the > feasibility of building a tool that would translate the JSON responses > into a data structure that was compatible with that produced by the > current XML parser, so it could provide a drop-in replacement. I

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

2017-04-26 Thread Matz
tcutting wrote: > Have you considered a server to run LMS which doesn't shut down? > Raspberry Pi solutions exist which are low cost and low power. Plus you > can use LMS any time without having to wait for your PC to boot up. > > Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Thanks for your idea.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayerExtra v1.0

2017-04-26 Thread BobSammers
bpa wrote: > > If JSON feeds are only going to work for a short time - is it worth the > effort ? It would be better to spend time on a more durable solution. There is now a date: 'May 1st 2018' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mdjyb.xml). An extra year with JSON and the "promise" (however

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > They don't do a build for Ubuntu 14.04 And the 'master' vlc 3.0.0 build for ubuntu 17.04 didn't install when I tried it a few days ago. LMS 7.9.1 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 17.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. Touch & EDO. 2nd Touch standard. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

2017-04-26 Thread stephanvdplas
Cut-Throat wrote: > I went back to the Version on the mysqueezebox.com site which is back to > 7.7.5 and the regular Spotify is now working. > > Triode Spotify still won't search. I'm on the latest 7.9 build (windows 8.1). Search doesn't work in the Triode/RichieZed SpotifyFamily plugins.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
JohnB wrote: > Version 3.0.0. It isn't the current official release but 3.0.0 is > available on the VLC nightly build webpage: > https://nightlies.videolan.org/index.html > > Select the operating system then scroll down to all the 3.0.0 nightlies. They don't do a build for Ubuntu 14.04

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > What version of VLC plays Dash/Flac ? Version 3.0.0. It isn't the current official release but is available on the VLC nightly build webpage: https://nightlies.videolan.org/index.html Select the operating system then scroll down to all the 3.0.0 nightlies. Touch, Meridian G92,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
JohnB wrote: > Apologies if I am talking nonsense ( not exactly unknown) but I > thought that the Live Stream Preference should be set to -DashFlac > > DASH- for the Radio 3 FLAC stream. > > The user did specify scenario or timeframe - I reckoned that was optimal > for next week when dashflac

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
philipbergman wrote: > Thanks. I am experiencing one (small?) problem; 'Listen Again' streams > sometimes stops and goes back to 0:00 after playing for a few seconds. > Is this a known issue? It's not a problem that has been reported. It sounds like a network connection issue. Any messages in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread philipbergman
bpa wrote: > At the moment - none of the settings affect Flac audio quality. > If stream plays without gaps and no startup delay - then it is probably > good enough for your setup. > > > I hope so but I expect BBc will change something between now and then > but it won;'t be clear until the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread JohnB
bpa wrote: > At the moment - none of the settings affect Flac audio quality. > If stream plays without gaps and no startup delay - then it is probably > good enough for your setup. > > > I hope so but I expect BBc will change something between now and then > but it won;'t be clear until the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify general transient error AGAIN!

2017-04-26 Thread pippin
And then the Spotify App needs to be enabled on MySqueezebox.com. BTW, Michael, does MySB now offset that for devices other than Radio and Touch, too? --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-04-26 Thread meep
For all the thread watchers, we moved to Alpha last week and quickly went through 5x point versions as new testers came on board and found various issues on various LMS versions. The more testing we do, the more inclined I am to support newer LMS versions only but final decision on that remains

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify general transient error AGAIN!

2017-04-26 Thread Michael Herger
I am also a little confused on what exactly SPH does ? I had thought that it was for support of other devices than the Touch or Raspberry Pi Any device other than Touch or Radio. Only these two can play Spotify out of the box. Others need support, eg. by SPH. -- Michael

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Synology 7.9.1 packages

2017-04-26 Thread pinkdot
Unfortunately I'm unable to detect why LmsRepack fails to transcode. (I've no problem when updating LmsUpdate to 7.9.1) I will upload the specific changes to github this evening (and will post a link here). Please take a look if you can find what I'm missing. Thanks in advance. Greetings, Martin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
philipbergman wrote: > 1. Are the iPlayer settings in the attached screen capture optimal? At the moment - none of the settings affect Flac audio quality. If stream plays without gaps and no startup delay - then it is probably good enough for your setup. > Will it be possible to stream the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread philipbergman
Thank you so much, that works perfectly! I have 2 questions: 1. Are the iPlayer settings in the attached screen capture optimal? 2. Will it be possible to stream the Proms on Radio 3 in FLAC (lossless) as announced by the Beeb? 22598 bpa wrote: > Add the following repo to the LMS Pugins tab

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
majones wrote: > Is there any way of maintaining access to archives such as In Our Time? There is no way to do it on the fly as API has changed. The only way to do is to generate an file of the archive up to say 1-april-2017 and keep the file http accessible online somewhere.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2017-04-26 Thread haddock17
mherger wrote: > Moode isn't running any of the SB emulators, is it? Does it show up in > LMS at all? Sorry for the imprecision : the client for LMS is Squeezelite which is integrated in moode-audio. But until last week, this combination worked like a charm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread majones
bpa wrote: > No - I was hoping BBC might announce a new API when shutting the old > ones down but you can see BBC have removed a lot of that functionality > from their web pages - no more A-Z of programs and have no internal use > for the old APIs. They are embracing "responsive" web stuff which

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
majones wrote: > That's a real shame. So does Extras have any functionality now? No - I was hoping BBC might announce a new API when shutting the old ones down but you can see BBC have removed a lot of that functionality from their web pages - no more A-Z of programs and have no internal use

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread majones
bpa wrote: > BBC have killed Extras today. Only playing program info via BBCiPlayer > menu will access On-Demand programs. That's a real shame. So does Extras have any functionality now? majones's Profile:

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

2017-04-26 Thread tcutting
Matz wrote: > I'm new here because I want to switch from Weather Applet (stopps > working) to SDT. > SDT is working fine while LMS is running. But after shotdown PC with LMS > the weather update will stopp immediately. Is it a normal behavior? > :confused: When so, is there any posibility to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2017-04-26 Thread mherger
haddock17 wrote: > It is moode-audio on Raspberry Pi and it works with LMS radio or LMS > local music. Moode isn't running any of the SB emulators, is it? Does it show up in LMS at all? Michael http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins - MusicArtistInfo, MusicInfoSCR

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
Owen Smith wrote: > See this for the BBC announcement on removing the feeds that > iPlayerExtras uses: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mdjyb.xml At least they have updated it and again promising new APIs- the previous message was there for about 12 months wirth a few extension of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify general transient error AGAIN!

2017-04-26 Thread Cut-Throat
mherger wrote: > > My suggested solution is the official app with the Spotify Protocol > Handler plugin. Remove Triode's when installing the latter. SPH is a > stripped down version of Triode's, which only covers the playback, but > not the menus and metadata handling. > > > -- > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread Owen Smith
See this for the BBC announcement on removing the feeds that iPlayerExtras uses: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mdjyb.xml Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread adagio
bpa wrote: > > 1.5.2 had other issues a while back and was updated to 1.5.3. 1.5.4 has > some addtional but best to use it for your needs. > > Use 1.5.4 from here > *http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bpaplugins/V154testrelease-repo.xml* Magic! Thank you so much.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Qobuz.com streaming plugin

2017-04-26 Thread haddock17
mherger wrote: > > After a break of 10 days, I don't see Qobuz plugin on the Web UI. > Qobuz > > alone works well on the same computer. > > Did you restart LMS? Force-reload the web UI? What about the players or > > controller apps? Is it missing there, too? > > > [17-04-25 19:30:02.]

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
adagio wrote: > LMS 7.7.5 on Windows XP > > > BBC iPlayer (v 1.5.2) which has been working fine since forever - now > will play Live but Listen Again get "Error no items found in play list" > Installed BBC iPlayer Extra (v 1.9.5) no change > > Do get error message on Plugins page "Bad

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread adagio
LMS 7.7.5 on Windows XP BBC iPlayer (v 1.5.2) which has been working fine since forever - now will play Live but Listen Again get "Error no items found in play list" Installed BBC iPlayer Extra (v 1.9.5) no change Do get error message on Plugins page "Bad repository

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > Working fine again now, thanks as ever. Never knew about Systemline > before your link, and definitely well above my budget. Strange that > there's absolutely no mention of Logitech or LMS on their site - do they > have any sort of formal relationship with Logitech? Is Adrian

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I've done a quick update to plugin. Uninstall and reinstall and I hope > it is OK. > > BBC have blocked the addresses beginning > http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/aps/programmes/b08mdlpx/segments.json > > it seems they prefer us to use this type now > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
bpa wrote: > I've done a quick update to plugin. Uninstall and reinstall and I hope > it is OK. Working fine again now, thanks as ever. Never knew about Systemline before your link, and definitely well above my budget. Strange that there's absolutely no mention of Logitech or LMS on their site

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
I don't this recent problem was a specific reaction to the new feature - many of the Extras feeds have also gone down. This is similar to what happened a few weeks ago. I think BBC now make changes mid week instead of weekend so they have time to react and fix problem during week days

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > Except that now it's not! They're obviously locking things down pretty > heavily this morning as within the last ten minutes those links, working > earlier, now resolve to a "Maintenance Mode" page. I'd like to believe > that the real target of this lockdown is get_iplayer etc.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
I've done a quick update to plugin. Uninstall and reinstall and I hope it is OK. BBC have blocked the addresses beginning http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/aps/programmes/b08mdlpx/segments.json it seems they prefer us to use this type now http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mdjky/segments.json I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
florca wrote: > FWIW the current (updated) metadata for last night's Late Junction as > at: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n46f2.xml > with the detailed Segment info in the "Version PID" at: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n463g.xml Except that now it's not! They're obviously

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > This is not under developement but another BBC feature which could die > after May 2017 - BBC are withdraeing support for JSON and so this and > many Extras API are on DNR. > > Problems are more likely my end trying to rush things as other work has > backed up due to Flac and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
PasTim wrote: > I suspect that this feature may be 'under development' at the Beeb. > Maybe it's not worth spending too much effort on it right now? They've had versions of this data for several years now, at least for the Radio 3 programmes above, although the format and tags have changed a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
florca wrote: > I think the BBC have changed something overnight! The same Radio 3 > programmes which were showing a full, detailed Segment List yesterday > night (Late Junction, World on 3, Jazz Now) are only showing the > 10-minute interval list this morning :( . All a bit annoying of them, as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > I suspect that this feature may be 'under development' at the Beeb. > Maybe it's not worth spending too much effort on it right now? This is not under developement but another BBC feature which could die after May 2017 - BBC are withdraeing support for JSON and so this and many

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Max2Play's Very Own Multiroom Setup in Bath and Bedroom

2017-04-26 Thread Max2Play
Hi guys, I wanted share with you a blog article our head developer recently published wherein he shared his very won implementation of Max2Play's Squeezebox solution in bathroom and bedroom. These two places are often overlooked when outfitting a home with sound. Thus, we thought these ideas

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
I suspect that this feature may be 'under development' at the Beeb. Maybe it's not worth spending too much effort on it right now? LMS 7.9.1 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 17.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. Touch & EDO. 2nd Touch standard. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread florca
bpa wrote: > > I've noticed on a few programs the segment list is a bit odd (and don't > work) as they use a format that I hadn't noticed before - I'll come back > to this issue later. I think the BBC have changed something overnight! The same Radio 3 programmes which were showing a full,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > I've updated the 1.5.4.3 Plugin so anyboy who has this problem just need > to re-install the plugin. > > I've noticed on a few programs the segment list is a bit odd (and don't > work) as they use a format that I hadn't noticed before - I'll come back > to this issue later. On

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
ajs6000 wrote: > I only have one problem, that the on air text just displays "2 mins > delay" is this normal for the FLAC stream? Yes. It is an estimate based oin the timecode of the segment last sent by BBC sent to player against real time. So it is a combination of BBC anbd plyer buffer.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread ajs6000
Hi, I've been using the BBC Radio 3 FLAC stream for the past week and its worked perfectly. Many thanks for providing this option during this testing phase. I only have one problem, that the on air text just displays "2 mins delay" is this normal for the FLAC stream?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotify general transient error AGAIN!

2017-04-26 Thread karlek
Meanwhile there is a stable 7.9.0: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v7.9.0/ karlek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64321 View this thread:

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

2017-04-26 Thread karlek
Matz wrote: > Bad :( > > Does anyone know the reason why the weather screensafer of bluegaspode > stopped working? 'Klick' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?73827-Announce-Weather-Screensafer-for-Radio-Touch-Controller=881131=1#post881131)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
I've updated the 1.5.4.3 Plugin so anyboy who has this problem just need to re-install the plugin. I've noticed on a few programs the segment list is a bit odd (and don't work) as they use a format that I hadn't noticed before - I'll come back to this issue later.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > I thought I was dreaming for a while there :) Thanks again for all > your work. I've updated the 1.5.4.3 Plugin so anyboy who has this problem just need to re-install the plugin. However, the problem with doing more testing - is that more problem show up. I just noticed

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > You're right. > > I reviewed the code changes this morning. Yesterday was a bit hectic and > I rushed to get this set of changes out and off my desk.. > > I put in an additional check in 1.5.4.3 for the Extras situation which > broke under 7.9 - this also explain my feeling that I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer V1.5.2 beta test

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
ian_heys wrote: > Recent Tracks looks good. > > Struggling to find Segment Times on most programmes and where I do find > them there is only one segment. Probably my misunderstanding of the > purpose of this feature. > > Edit: Still can't find a "More" menu. Can you give an example of where a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread bpa
PasTim wrote: > All I can say is what I think I saw - the menu showed in the 7.9 browser > on 1.5.4.2, and not in 1.5.4.3. You're right. I reviewed the code changes this morning. Yesterday was a bit hectic and I rushed to get this set of changes out and off my desk.. I put in an additional

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread ian_heys
Works for me now (see other thread). Very useful feature for me. Thanks as usual LMS: 7.9.0 - 1488878280 @ Tue Mar 7 09:28:02 UTC 2017 on Raspberry Pi 3B piCorePlayer v3.20 Server/ARCAM rPAC DAC, 2.5 inch HD (pi powered) HOMEPLUG LAN PLAYERS: Squeezelite on Windows 10 PC Raspberry Pi 2B

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer with DASH support - test version

2017-04-26 Thread PasTim
bpa wrote: > No real difference between 1.5.4.2 and 1.5.4.3 except Segment Timesitesm > became playable - menu appearance was the same. > The issues only happens with a browser interface. All I can say is what I think I saw - the menu showed in the 7.9 browser on 1.5.4.2, and not in 1.5.4.3.