Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: UPnPBridge = integrate UPnP/DLNA players with LMS (squeeze2upnp)

2021-01-27 Thread rdmaidment
philippe_44 wrote: > I left an error for stream_length -2 handling (it is very rarely used) > which is corrected now. Also I don't think that will help, you might > want to try I have tried this but it didn't make any difference but thanks for thinking of it.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8

2021-01-27 Thread vco1
Successfully updated my SB Radio. Worth it for the bass drop out issue alone! Never thought this would get fixed. Thanks to everybody who made this possible. vco1's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Plugins] piCorePlayer + Jivelite + RPi 7" Screen - How to capture screen?

2021-01-27 Thread Greg Erskine
I am trying to do some Jivelite documentation. Does anyone know how to capture the screen image using software? frame buffer > image file? Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Dynamic Playlist plug-in - can't find it

2021-01-27 Thread erland
dbinder101 wrote: > I should have looked at the log, but I didn't. I'll install 8.2 again > and make sure to look at it if it crashes again. If it just hanged and didn’t crash it could be related to the refresh operation in TrackStat if you have TrackStat installed. It has been known to hang

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: UPnPBridge = integrate UPnP/DLNA players with LMS (squeeze2upnp)

2021-01-27 Thread philippe_44
rdmaidment wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to look at this and for your detailed > reply. Your clear explanation makes perfect sense to me. > > Unfortunately changing the to just wav didn't work. > > As you say sending FLAC from Roon completely resolves the problem and I > do

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
chill wrote: > Well indeed both of those details were worth investigating. > > 1) ngrok can be run as root by simply including the path to the yml > configuration file with the --config option, e.g.: > > Code: > > ngrok start mediaservertunnel

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
Well indeed both of those details were worth investigating. 1) ngrok can be run as root by simply including the path to the yml configuration file with the --config option, e.g.: Code: ngrok start mediaservertunnel --config=/home/tc/.ngrok2/ngrok.yml > /dev/null 2>&1

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-27 Thread jeroen2
Patricia P wrote: > I simply love this, I was reading the manual and realised that I can > save a browser link to the iPhone home page. It opens the perfectly > formatted material skin with access to the settings and music. Yes, love that too. Total control of your music from anywhere, from

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Deezer HiFi 3rd party

2021-01-27 Thread negas
Deezer HiFi is working since 8.1.0 and since the Deezer developers have switched on FLAC for LMS. >From the deezer site: "devs switched on HiFi streaming for the connection LMS ... through our API". I have subscribed to HiFi again.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-27 Thread Patricia P
I simply love this, I was reading the manual and realised that I can save a browser link to the iPhone home page. It opens the perfectly formatted material skin with access to the settings and music. Once again thank you for such beautiful rendering of my music. SB3, UE Radio, CA DacMagic,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
philchillbill wrote: > Great to hear. I’ll add pCP instructions to the website so that others > can benefit from your pioneering spirit [emoji41] Thanks again ! Thanks. There's a couple of details that I'd like to check in the script before it should be considered definitive. 1) There's a bit

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

2021-01-27 Thread TomS
rgdawson wrote: > Thanks for the note. When I tested just now (by resetting the server), > the icon turned back blue as expected, but the player had changed. > There may be some timing-related aspects. I'll take a closer look. > > [edit] I have fix for remembering what player was selected

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
chill wrote: > My Echo Dot arrived today, so I was able to subscribe to try out the > full set of commands. I was impressed that Alexa was able to find my > 'My Shazam tracks' playlist on Spotty. > > I moved the ngrok setup to another pCP device and it was very > straightforward - I just had

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: UPnPBridge = integrate UPnP/DLNA players with LMS (squeeze2upnp)

2021-01-27 Thread oneleveller
philippe_44 wrote: > It's difficult to say but definitively that player is "special". At this > point and unless you can take wireshark traces, it will be impossible to > debug. It fails on it's auto-renewal process, subscription to events and > then complains about what is a normal UPnP stop

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

2021-01-27 Thread rgdawson
TomS wrote: > (I thought I posted this already so sorry if it shows up 2x) > > I get the "minimize" vs "close" - as much as I would like the option for > minimize or close to go to the tray, I can train myself to use the close > (x) only! > > Two other small things: > > -when SLX loses

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Deezer app

2021-01-27 Thread negas
I'm gonna try deezer HiFi out! negas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109064

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
My Echo Dot arrived today, so I was able to subscribe to try out the full set of commands. I was impressed that Alexa was able to find my 'My Shazam tracks' playlist on Spotty. I moved the ngrok setup to another pCP device and it was very straightforward - I just had to copy over the ngrok

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Dynamic Playlist plug-in - can't find it

2021-01-27 Thread dbinder101
mherger wrote: > > The bad news: as you mentioned about the risk, LMS crashed and I was > not > > able to recover, so I had to go back to version 8.0. > > How did LMS "crash"? Any famous last words in server.log? I should have looked at the log, but I didn't. I'll install 8.2 again and make

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
I added the favorite functionality to LMS-lite a while back. It knows which skill to use because of the smart home discovery process. I changed nothing in the last 24 hours though so what worked yesterday should still work today. Somehow, your setup is confused about what player is what and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
I added the favorite functionality to LMS-lite a while back. It knows which skill to use because of the smart home discovery process. I changed nothing in the last 24 hours though so what worked yesterday should still work today. Somehow, your setup is confused about what player is what and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread slartibartfast
itm wrote: > I did wonder that myself, but it was working fine yesterday so I didn't > worry too much about it. What exactly -should- I say if I want to play > favourite #2 on the Kitchen player?Actually I think you are probably right. I > only use it to turn players on and off. I just tried

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
slartibartfast wrote: > OK. If you just say that how does it know which skill to use? > I did wonder that myself, but it was working fine yesterday so I didn't worry too much about it. What exactly -should- I say if I want to play favourite #2 on the Kitchen player?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread slartibartfast
itm wrote: > I'm using LMS-Lite. I just pressed the talk button in the Lenovo Alexa > app and said "Favourite 2 on Kitchen". This was actually working > yesterday !?!OK. If you just say that how does it know which skill to use? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
slartibartfast wrote: > You can ask Alexa for a list of favourites. > > What was the command you used. It should be something like > "Alexa ask mediaserver to play favourite 2 on Kitchen" > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk I'm using LMS-Lite. I just pressed the talk button in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread slartibartfast
itm wrote: > Ah it looks as if they were different - attached is a photo of my > Favourites. I've now re-ordered the list so that Random Songs is the 6th > item on it. > > Now when I try to access any favourites via Alexa (e.g. "Favourite 2 on > Kitchen") it just responds with "What setting?".

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-27 Thread cpd73
jasell wrote: > When using the SoundCloud app I assume you mean squeezecloud? This app is broken in Material, SqueezeCtrl, and Squeezer. Tried in default UI, if you click on one of the tracks (not to play) it shows you details of the first. And whatever tracks I add do not play. *Material

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-01-27 Thread jasell
Hi, When using the SoundCloud app with Material I get an odd error. When searching for a song and I get several hits, no matter which of the search results in the list I start playing LMS always play the first one. In LMS default GUI this plays the song you selected to play. It would be nice

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
slartibartfast wrote: > Are favourites the same as presets? > Ah it looks as if they were different - attached is a photo of my Favourites. I've now re-ordered the list so that Random Songs is the 6th item on it. Now when I try to access any favourites via Alexa (e.g. "Favourite 2 on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread kidstypike
slartibartfast wrote: > Are favourites the same as presets? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Just what I was thinking, you cant *play* a preset? But you can play the item that's assigned to the preset. :confused: *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP v7.0.0 - 74K

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: UPnPBridge = integrate UPnP/DLNA players with LMS (squeeze2upnp)

2021-01-27 Thread philippe_44
AndreyRus wrote: > 33115 That's the server log, not the upnpbridge.log. Look into setting of the *plugin*, you have a the "clean" and "view" links to the log I need to see. LMS 7.9 on Pi 3B+ & Odroid-C2 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread slartibartfast
itm wrote: > Absolutely sure - I have 6 set to Random Song mix. If I press the 6 > button on the Boom I get just that.Are favourites the same as presets? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
philchillbill wrote: > I've checked the logs and the correct command > ["favorites","playlist","play","item_id:5"] is being sent to the Boom > when you request favorite 6. So for some reason the Boom is not reacting > accordingly. You are sure that the Boom has a 6th preset defined? Absolutely

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
itm wrote: > "Pause" and "Resume" work OK. If the Boom is switched off then > "Favourite 6" turns it on, but doesn't select Preset 6 (it just > continues playing whatever it was playing before). "Preset 6 on Kitchen" > does the same. So it seems that the command is being recognised in some >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
didjean wrote: > Argh Feeling so close and so far at the same time :-). I have > dropped the ngrok arm file on the root on max2paly PI. have tried to run > the /ngrok authtokenexecute but doesn't work, I get a permission not > granted message. Did you chmod +x the ngrok.exe file?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread didjean
slartibartfast wrote: > Just follow the steps here. > https://mediaserver.smartskills.tech/mediaserverhelp.html#section-3-4 > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Argh Feeling so close and so far at the same time :-). I have dropped the ngrok arm file on the root on max2paly PI. have

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
chill wrote: > It was from the first part of your instructions 'II. ngrok'. I only > skimmed the following section, where the 'start' option is clear, > because I wasn't using systemd. Oh well, learned that lesson now. > > New problem. Your account linking page now tells me "Other

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
So as an interim update, until I find the next thing I've done wrong, here's my current ngrok_startup.sh Code: ##!/bin/sh # autostart and autoupdate ngrok for Media Server skill # enter your own details here TUNNELNAME="mediaservertunnel" # whatever you

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
Got there - I had to include the tunnel name in square brackets after the URL on your account linking page. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
philchillbill wrote: > I was curious why you had them in there but thought it might be a pCP > thing :cool: It was from the first part of your instructions 'II. ngrok'. I only skimmed the following section, where the 'start' option is clear, because I wasn't using systemd. Oh well, learned

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
chill wrote: > Which of course means the AUTH and SVR variables aren't needed in the > script. I was curious why you had them in there but thought it might be a pCP thing :cool: philchillbill's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
Which of course means the AUTH and SVR variables aren't needed in the script. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111016

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
D'Oh! Because the configuration is all in the yml file, the earlier ngrok command needs to be Code: $ngrok_exec http start $TUNNELNAME > /dev/null 2>&1 & instead of Code: $ngrok_exec http -auth $AUTH $SVR >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
Hmm. This works Code: wget http://localhost:4040/api/tunnels/ ...but this doesn't Code: wget http://localhost:4040/api/tunnels/mediaservertunnel I've checked and it's definitely called

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
philchillbill wrote: > One small thing I just noticed. You use both curl and wget (which is > valid sh for sure) but I thought curl was not installed on pCP (which is > why wget was used as fallback) ? > > In order to make the script more tolerant of the existence of other > ngrok tunnels

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
itm wrote: > "Pause" and "Resume" work OK. If the Boom is switched off then > "Favourite 6" turns it on, but doesn't select Preset 6 (it just > continues playing whatever it was playing before). "Preset 6 on Kitchen" > does the same. So it seems that the command is being recognised in some >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
philchillbill wrote: > Good to hear. Do other commands like "Alexa, resume kitchen" or "Alexa, > pause kitchen" work ok? If so then the skill is working and "favorite X" > should work too. As an alternative, you can say "Alexa, preset 6 on > kitchen". Alexa can be picky about certain words

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
One small thing I just noticed. You use both curl and wget (which is valid sh for sure) but I thought curl was not installed on pCP (which is why wget was used as fallback) ? In order to make the script more tolerant of the existence of other ngrok tunnels around your household, the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
itm wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. I managed to get it to pick up the new name > by removing it and re-discovering devices. So now it is playing on the > Boom, but I have another problem > I can get it to play Favourite #2 (Radio2) using "Favourite 2 on > Kitchen". I have Favourite #6

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
philchillbill wrote: > Amazon handles device discovery outside of the skill code and that is > quote buggy. Often, old devices remain even after you deleted them > (months ago!) and they can suddenly reappear too. It can take a few > hours for a renaming to take effect. > > Best way to force

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: UPnPBridge = integrate UPnP/DLNA players with LMS (squeeze2upnp)

2021-01-27 Thread AndreyRus
33115 +---+ |Filename: server.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33115| +---+

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Using an old iPhone (5) as a streamer to a Bluetooth device

2021-01-27 Thread bernt
A speaker with AirPlay and the AirPlay bridge plugin? No iThings needed. SB Touch optical to Hegel H90, Speakers Larsen 4.2 Spare SB3 AirPlay Bridge to Audio Pro A10 Squeezelite-x connected to home LMS with ZeroTier One. SB Radio ReadyNAS 202 iPeng

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread slartibartfast
itm wrote: > > If I go to the Smart Home...Devices section at alexa.amazon.co.uk > there's a Discover button there, but clicking on that doesn't seem to > pick up the new name of my Google Home Mini - it's still listed in > "Devices" as "Kitchen Speaker 3" - Castbridge connected via LMS. The >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
itm wrote: > No - when I link the skill to my account I get asked for the URL and > login details, but don't get offered any more options after that. > If I go to the Smart Home...Devices section at alexa.amazon.co.uk > there's a Discover button there, but clicking on that doesn't seem to >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
philchillbill wrote: > I have no idea if backticks are supported in pCP but your shell commands > are perfectly valid without them. No errors that I can see in the script > so good work ! Great stuff, thank you. chill's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
slartibartfast wrote: > I might have been wrong about that. It is quite a while since I set it > up. Isn't Discover Devices the final step when you link your account to > the skill? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk No - when I link the skill to my account I get asked for the URL and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
chill wrote: > Thanks for the explanations. Is it possible the backticks aren't > supported in pCP? > I have no idea if backticks are supported in pCP but your shell commands are perfectly valid without them. No errors that I can see in the script so good work !

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread slartibartfast
itm wrote: > Unfortunately I don't have that option in the Lenovo Alexa app on my > tablet. There are only 6 options in the Settings menu: > - Amazon account > - Display (toggle switch) > - Cue sound (toggle switch) > - Voice language > - Things to try > - Help. > > :0(I might have been wrong

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
philchillbill wrote: > Good to hear. If you run the script manually from the command line, it > should respond with OK 1 if the updating went well (the '1' means one > tunnel was updated). > > Regarding brackets: > > [] delimits an array or list. In this case the array only has one member >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Success: MusicIP and Spicefly Sugarcube running on Raspberry Pi

2021-01-27 Thread frankd
slartibartfast wrote: > Maybe you need to remove all traces of the other version of libc. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk I see two potential issues: 1) the older version caused an issue 2) something is wrong with your multiple architecture setups. For 2) can you check if

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Using an old iPhone (5) as a streamer to a Bluetooth device

2021-01-27 Thread Pieman1972
Thanks for the answers so far - iPeng is showing on the AppStore will do a bit more digging.Cheers! Will also look at the Pi side of things. Pieman1972's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread philchillbill
chill wrote: > I think I'm there now. Not sure what I was doing wrong before, but my > script now autostarts and autoupdates after I reboot the pCP. I'll tidy > it up a bit and post what I have, so as to get feedback on my scripting > misconceptions :) > > The skill is working well.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Use Squeezebox Boom as default media player for Google Home?

2021-01-27 Thread itm
slartibartfast wrote: > You would discover devices in the Alexa app. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Unfortunately I don't have that option in the Lenovo Alexa app on my tablet. There are only 6 options in the Settings menu: - Amazon account - Display (toggle switch) - Cue sound

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] 'MediaServer' *certified* Alexa skill for LMS

2021-01-27 Thread chill
chill wrote: > > Any chance you could put me out of my misery and show me an example of > that last wget command exactly as it should be issued? I think I'm there now. Not sure what I was doing wrong before, but my script now autostarts and autoupdates after I reboot the pCP. I'll tidy it up

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-01-27 Thread slurmsmckenzie
expectingtofly wrote: > If there are no BBC Sounds errors in the log, it is unlikely to be an > issue with the plugin. You could set the BBC sounds logging level to > "Warning" to try and get more information if it happens again (if it > isn't set to that level already). Already had BBC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce : BBC Sounds Plugin

2021-01-27 Thread expectingtofly
slurmsmckenzie wrote: > Hello, thought I'd mention this on the small off-chance it might be > related to the recent HTTPS changes (apologies if it is nowhere near > relevant!), and because searches for a similar error appeared to lead to > this message being caused by a plugin (typically

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: UPnPBridge = integrate UPnP/DLNA players with LMS (squeeze2upnp)

2021-01-27 Thread rdmaidment
philippe_44 wrote: > So I've looked at the log and here are a few comments: first, using the > bridge for Roon will always be a bit of a hit an miss because it's not > what I designed it for. Roon does not fully emulate a LMS server and so > I'm missing the metadata (at least Roon does not