Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Client Cleanup v1.0

2019-02-07 Thread Michael Herger
I apologize for the negativity. I've just wanted to know that the server runs and will always run without any connection with mysb.com. That was my motivation, too. I'm positive it will. I actually almost regret having introuduced the --nomysqueezebox parameter Why is that? I don't

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Best way to use Tidal service on Squeezebox

2019-02-07 Thread Michael Herger
What's the best format/bitrate you can get out of Tidal just using mysqueezebox.com to control your player? FLAC should be possible, though using LMS' proxied streaming could help with network reliability. Do you have to install LMS to get lossless FLAC? AFAIK not yet. Once they switch to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Best way to use Tidal service on Squeezebox

2019-02-07 Thread DanSmedra
After years of paying the TIDAL premium subscription and having no problems with other music sources, the chronic streaming interruptions have beat me down. I canceled my subscription. :( *Source*: TIDAL HiFi, Pandora One > MySqueezebox.com using iPeng 9.6 app on iPhone6s/iPad *Great Room*:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Best way to use Tidal service on Squeezebox

2019-02-07 Thread dmcdayton
What's the best format/bitrate you can get out of Tidal just using mysqueezebox.com to control your player? Do you have to install LMS to get lossless FLAC? dmcdayton's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Client Cleanup v1.0

2019-02-07 Thread JJZolx
mherger wrote: > Don't be so negative. I apologize for the negativity. I've just wanted to know that the server runs and will always run without any connection with mysb.com. > I actually almost regret having introuduced the --nomysqueezebox > parameter Why is that? I don't understand. I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread bpa
Manul wrote: > Thanks for the explanation. I would also consider that metadata, but I > guess that's a matter of semantics and personal taste. ;)> > > > > Metadata can be removed and the file will play. Without this index the > > file is unplayable - it is essential part of the MPEG4

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
Thanks for the explanation. I would also consider that metadata, but I guess that's a matter of semantics and personal taste. ;) Thank you also for the pointer to the faststart option, researching that I found that ffmpeg also comes with a tool "qt-faststart" which does just that, so the files

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread bpa
Manul wrote: > Thank you, @bpa, seems like that was indeed the solution. I wasn't even > aware it was possible to have the metadata (at least that's my > interpretation of "index to the audio") at the end of the file. Sounds > like an...interesting design decision. At least I can't think of any

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
Thank you, @bpa, seems like that was indeed the solution. I wasn't even aware it was possible to have the metadata (at least that's my interpretation of "index to the audio") at the end of the file. Sounds like an...interesting design decision. At least I can't think of any use case where it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Radio Paradise Lossless Streaming (Plugin v2)

2019-02-07 Thread philsparks
I just changed my players to "proxy" rather than "direct". I -think -it's a bit better, but not really sorted. Been listening for approx. 30mins and had two skips. The first one was mid song and it jumped to a short Rebecca "your listening to radio paradise" announcement. The second time,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Squeezelite-X

2019-02-07 Thread rgdawson
left channel wrote: > Greg it is very niche, but that's what this forum is all about! :-) If > you do decide to support this, in my opinion you would save yourself a > lot of grief by explaining what it is at the top of that tab, writing > something like "This option is for users with multiple

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite bluetooth audio output on ubuntu

2019-02-07 Thread paul-
We do it with piCorePlayer, using bluezalsa piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=U7JHY5WYHCNRU=GB_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread bpa
Manul wrote: > Thank you very much for your help! > > Unfortunately, I think the linked thread doesn't help me much as it's > mainly concerned with conversion settings. I think, however, that > squeezelite should be able to play both files natively. Not if the index to the audio is at the end

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite bluetooth audio output on ubuntu

2019-02-07 Thread Nomen Nescio
Is it possible to play audio through bluetooth on ubuntu using squeezelite? Audio over speakers is working but I get no sound on paired bluetooth headset. LMS (latest nightly) on Windows 10 (1803) as a Server (and Raspberry PiCoreplayer as backup LMS) Squeexebox Touch Squeezebox Boom

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Radio Paradise Lossless Streaming (Plugin v2)

2019-02-07 Thread earthbased
mherger wrote: > ok, ok, got a new theory on the skipping issue. Bill's and rebecca's > announcements are no longer part of a larger segment of audio, but > sometimes come as their own short sound snippet. I've seen one as short > > as 4 seconds. And i have some fuzzy logic built in which

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
Thank you very much for your help! Unfortunately, I think the linked thread doesn't help me much as it's mainly concerned with conversion settings. I think, however, that squeezelite should be able to play both files natively. Interestingly, the 'faad' binary on the same machine is able to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Squeezelite-X

2019-02-07 Thread Peter Galbavy
I have no use for it *today* but it's cool enough a feature that I could probably think of one ;-) Peter Galbavy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32718 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Squeezelite-X

2019-02-07 Thread left channel
Greg it is very niche, but that's what this forum is all about! :-) If you do decide to support this, in my opinion you would save yourself a lot of grief by explaining what it is at the top of that tab, writing something like "This option is for users with multiple sound cards in one PC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Client Cleanup v1.0

2019-02-07 Thread DJanGo
mherger wrote: > I actually almost regret having introuduced the > --nomysqueezebox parameter: OT Just changed my /etc/default/logitechmediaserver :) /OT DJanGo's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Client Cleanup v1.0

2019-02-07 Thread d6jg
chill wrote: > Ooh - tricky question. I don't think I'd know where to start! I see a > lot of devices being sold on on eBay, but I'd guess that most end up > connecting again with their new owners. So the total number of hardware > devices probably isn't going down very fast. On the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Squeezelite-X

2019-02-07 Thread rgdawson
I have a working prototype version of Squeezelite-X that supports having up to 5 Additional Players. The use case for this is someone that has multiple sound cards in one PC supporting a multi-room setup. It works as follows: Additional Players are ignored if the Primary Player is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Man in a van
So I did a search for Code: squeezebox mp41/isom and found this https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?108370-MPEG-4-AAC-France-Musique-Podcasts I'm not saying that this is the answer (or even the problem) but yer man is a bit busy at

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
I'm running LMS 7.9.2 on a Linux server and squeezelite on a number of Linux clients (Raspberries and Intel). I see the phenomenon that some of my m4a files play without problem while others don't. Here's the mediainfo for a file that works: Code: General Complete

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Radio Paradise Lossless Streaming (Plugin v2)

2019-02-07 Thread Heuer
mherger wrote: > > Boom and SB3 here. > and you're facing issues with interruptions through Bill's > announcements, too? If so, how bad is it? And what RP channel are you > listening to? > > -- > > Michael Main FLAC stream. Song stops followed by a pause and then a Bill announcement.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Client Cleanup v1.0

2019-02-07 Thread chill
Ooh - tricky question. I don't think I'd know where to start! I see a lot of devices being sold on on eBay, but I'd guess that most end up connecting again with their new owners. So the total number of hardware devices probably isn't going down very fast. On the contrary, probably the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Client Cleanup v1.0

2019-02-07 Thread Michael Herger
And trust me, people are amazed over and over again when they see how many SB users there still are! Out of interest, are you allowed to give us a ballpark figure? I'm pretty positive I'm not. And if I tried to get an answer to this question I'd probably never get a response. What would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Client Cleanup v1.0

2019-02-07 Thread chill
mherger wrote: > And trust me, people are amazed over and over > again when they see how many SB users there still are! Out of interest, are you allowed to give us a ballpark figure? chill's Profile: