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

2021-10-20 Thread staresy
expectingtofly wrote: > Ah right, I can see I should be calling setCurrentTitle, the plugin > doesn't do that. > I'll make a change and I'll set it to whatever is set to be displayed in > line 1 in the BBC Sounds settings preferences. Which I presume would be > what is wanted?So, if it i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Ifi Zen Dac V2 no DSD with Squeezelite?

2021-10-20 Thread Obiit
FMatos wrote: > Hi Obiit > > Do you still have problems with Yours Zen Dac V2 playing Dsf files ? In the end i converted my Dsf files to Flac and play them that way. ifi still haven't released a firmware that allows greater flexibility with squeezlite. I do still keep looking though! Cheers

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

2021-10-20 Thread philchillbill
expectingtofly wrote: > Ah right, I can see I should be calling setCurrentTitle, the plugin > doesn't do that. > I'll make a change and I'll set it to whatever is set to be displayed in > line 1 in the BBC Sounds settings preferences. Which I presume would be > what is wanted?So, if it is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread marco.mosca
afriend wrote: > Have you tried '*this*' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?115073-Announce-Dynamic-Playlists-3-(mod)&p=1034901&viewfull=1#post1034901)? Yes, but unfortunately this is still not working as should be and was previously. Custom Skip is a great feature for running lar

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

2021-10-20 Thread mherger
v2.4.10 comes with a minor tweak to the "Works" handling: works now are on the upper level, with an additional link to the full list of album tracks. Plus there's an updated French translation - thanks Franck! Michael "It doesn't work - what shall I do?" - "Please check your server.log and/o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread afriend
nyindieguy wrote: > This is a screenshot of one of the playlists that I use. I plays > everything in my collection randomly, excluding the genres marked, and > uses the Custom Skip filter to exclude any songs that are in a playlist > called "Skip." With v3.2.1 you have 2 options to achieve this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread marco.mosca
afriend wrote: > With v3.2.1 you have 2 options to achieve this: > > - I've added a dynamic playlist that plays random songs but ignores all > tracks from a selected playlist. You'd have to choose the genres to > exclude on the botton of DPL's settings page. That should work. Only > downside:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread afriend
marco.mosca wrote: > I really appreciate your effort, however this is still far from the > previous features. In addition consider that I'm not using genres at all > as well as custom playlist, but instead using multi library to segregate > different kind of music based on disk/folder position.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread castalla
An update on my quest to find a user accessible way to play audiobooks: The suggestion to use voice commands to control Echo playback certainly works for the able-voiced. It's much less successful for someone suffering from voice defects. So my search continued... On certain versions of the a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread d6jg
castalla wrote: > An update on my quest to find a user accessible way to play audiobooks: > > The suggestion to use voice commands to control Echo playback certainly > works for the able-voiced. It's much less successful for someone > suffering from voice defects. So my search continued... >

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

2021-10-20 Thread expectingtofly
Release 2.21.0 contains : - Station Schedule for today is now additionally available from the "More" info menu when a live radio station is playing. - There is now tighter precision/audio accuracy for presenting Now playing track data both on live radio and AOD. - "Current_Title" is now

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread castalla
d6jg wrote: > Have I got this right? > Is it correct that Audible allows mp3 download? > The LMS Podcast feature allows bookmarked start/stop but needs an RSS > feed? > > Why not create your own RSS feed. You would need some web space locally > to store the mp3's and then a simple XML file that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread nyindieguy
afriend wrote: > With v3.2.1 you have 2 options to achieve this: > > - I've added a dynamic playlist that plays random songs but ignores all > tracks from a selected playlist. You'd have to choose the genres to > exclude on the botton of DPL's settings page. That should work. Only > downside:

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

2021-10-20 Thread staresy
expectingtofly wrote: > Release 2.21.0 contains : > > "Current_Title" is now explicitly set with whatever is in the line 1 > (title) meta data to assist with Alexa plugin compatibility. > Thanks, seems to do the trick, Alexa now reports the programme name rather than the station name. loc

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread marco.mosca
afriend wrote: > Dude, the message you're quoting was *not* directed at *you*. Like *at > all*. Ok? If you'd taken a single look at the github page before > accusing me of negligence you'd know there's a paragraph on how to > revert to v2. Auto-updating to v3 happened for a lot of people because

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

2021-10-20 Thread expectingtofly
staresy wrote: > Thanks, seems to do the trick, Alexa now reports the programme name > rather than the station name. Thanks for the confirmation, the track title should also be reported when appropriate. Stuart McLean EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS : - *BBC Sounds* : https://github.com/e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for someone willing to update Inguz EQ/DRC settings page

2021-10-20 Thread JonSqueeze
Apesbrain wrote: > On your server PC, like this: > > [image: https://i.imgur.com/jXIN7xP.jpg] > > Press [ENTER]. Thanks, I've found the preset settings. Now sometimes they load into EQ but lately they don't. What could be causing this? --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-10-20 Thread Apesbrain
Android 12 update appeared on my Pixel phone today. Material seems to have come through it fine. There is a small change in behavior of "Material as screensaver", though. When woken up, rather than waking direct to Material there is a very slight delay as Material sweeps in from the right. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread afriend
nyindieguy wrote: > Thanks for this. I guess some of this is over my head as I really don't > understand the relationship between DPL and SQL Playlist. Just think of DPL as some kind of random play with lots of options for fine-tuning the selection of the tracks you want to listen to. DPL uses s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread shinedou
Would there be a way (in the current or a future version) to create a DPL where the user is prompted for an artist to random play BUT instead of choosing one artist the user *can select multiple artist*. This would create a dynamic mix using all the selected artist's songs. I understand I can bui

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for someone willing to update Inguz EQ/DRC settings page

2021-10-20 Thread Apesbrain
JonSqueeze wrote: > Thanks, I've found the preset settings. Now sometimes they load into EQ > but lately they don't. What could be causing this? Not working for me at this point, either. I thought I had success with this in the past, but I may have not thoroughly tested my work. In any case, i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Ifi Zen Dac V2 no DSD with Squeezelite?

2021-10-20 Thread FMatos
Obiit wrote: > In the end i converted my Dsf files to Flac and play them that way. ifi > still haven't released a firmware that allows greater flexibility with > squeezlite. I do still keep looking though! > > Cheers :) Hi I have a pCP running on a Raspberry PI4 connected to a ZEN DAC V2, a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread afriend
shinedou wrote: > Would there be a way (in the current or a future version) to create a > DPL where the user is prompted for an artist to random play BUT instead > of choosing one artist the user *can select multiple artist*. This would > create a dynamic mix using all the selected artist's song

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Synology Docker LMS Step by Step

2021-10-20 Thread Jaca
Just learned from Michael even easier method of updating Docker LMS container on Synology. 1. Download new image from same tag as existing one 2. Stop existing container 3. Action => Reset 4. Re- Start container That's it. You are now running updated version of tag of your choice. (As long a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Dynamic Playlists 3 (mod)

2021-10-20 Thread shinedou
afriend wrote: > I like the idea. I guess that would require some non-trivial code > changes. Not sure how much fun scrolling a list with >1000 artists would > be though. I think Random Play has something like this for genres. > My problem is time. Some changes in my life mean that going forward

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-10-20 Thread shinedou
cpd73 wrote: > I -think- the replacement of "$ID" only works for the fist occurance - > will fix for next release. For now, however, you could just use a > variable. e.g. (untested): > > > Code: > > > { > "title":"Artist Radio", > "script":"let artistRadioId=$ID

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.6 - sorting option for Albums/Artists/Songs, replay gain fix

2021-10-20 Thread schillerx
mherger wrote: > > In the next picture you can see the same title playing with the > Android > > app spotify (CPU load near 100%): > > Are these two threads of the same process, or two processes? > > Could you try disabling the local announcements ("...nicht im lokalen > Netzwerk bekannt gebe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread Shozzer
How about picking up a Chromecast Music off ebay? castalla wrote: > Possibly worth a look... But audible files have to be 'processed' to get > an mp3 version. Adds another complication into what should be easy. > > A further pricey option would be to get an apple ipad and just airplay > to Ph

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for someone willing to update Inguz EQ/DRC settings page

2021-10-20 Thread JonSqueeze
Apesbrain wrote: > IIRC, you're primarily listening to this player via headphones. I'd use > another "real-time" EQ app to get things sounding the way you want, then > duplicate those settings in Inguz. foobar2000 has a good 31-band EQ > "Graphic Equalizer" plugin that uses the exact same cent

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread Man in a van
Shozzer wrote: > How about picking up a Chromecast Music off ebay? https://www.viwizard.com/audiobook-tips/cast-audible-audiobooks-on-chromecast.html Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce - Programme info plugin for RTE Ireland

2021-10-20 Thread Paul Webster
Some months ago RTE removed the API that I was using to collect the programme data. I've found another one to use - although it lacks the programme description (for now at least). So I've moved the functionality of this plugin over to my Radio Now Playing plugin - in beta 0.0.12a Therefore, if

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Radio Now Playing plugin

2021-10-20 Thread Paul Webster
Beta 0.0.12a adds RTE (Ireland) to the list of stations. This is a migration from my old RTE plugin that was not working since RTE removed an API that it was using. It shows programme name, duration and image. Unfortunately they do not have song information. There is an issue that I still have

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread castalla
Thanks for the suggestion. Essentially, because my wife is experiencing significant sensory/vocal problems, I'm looking for the most basic control interface. Here's what car mode looks like in android audible This would be perfect if only Amazon/Audible got their act together to play to Echos

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread slartibartfast
castalla wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Essentially, because my wife is experiencing significant sensory/vocal > problems, I'm looking for the most basic control interface. > > Here's what car mode looks like in android audible > > This would be perfect if only Amazon/Audible got the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread castalla
Material with large fonts gets close to the above car mode. The big problem with using lms and mp3 files is there isn't an intuitive/easy way to bookmark. She tried with the bookmark plugin but it quickly descended into chaos and frustration. I'd like to thank you all for your suggestions. (

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread castalla
slartibartfast wrote: > Can't you you play to an Echo from the Alexa app? > https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-play-audible-on-alexa?r=US&IR=T > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Just tried this... Looks promising interface-wise but so far nothing actually plays. Need to investigate

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread d6jg
castalla wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Essentially, because my wife is experiencing significant sensory/vocal > problems, I'm looking for the most basic control interface. > > Here's what car mode looks like in android audible > > This would be perfect if only Amazon/Audible got the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for someone willing to update Inguz EQ/DRC settings page

2021-10-20 Thread JonSqueeze
Looks to be working. I just need to stop and restart server with every change I make to an EQ file. JonSqueeze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

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

2021-10-20 Thread d6jg
mherger wrote: > v2.4.10 comes with a minor tweak to the "Works" handling: works now are > on the upper level, with an additional link to the full list of album > tracks. > > Plus there's an updated French translation - thanks Franck! Michael. Just to let you know none of my LMS installs is se

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.6.1 kills LMS 8.1.1 (container)

2021-10-20 Thread amagalla
mherger wrote: > > Slim::Formats::Playlists::Base::playlistEntryIsValid (125) Warning: > > file:///music/spotify:/track:34Tq4vFc9aiShjelMTEfdO found in > playlist: > > file:///config/prefs/clientplaylist_00042007361b.m3u doesn't exist > on > > Are you modifying these playlists outside LMS?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread castalla
d6jg wrote: > I think you can make virtually any recent Android tablet work in car > mode. If you can then you could just use it conjunction with any BT > speaker. > > What gear do you have at your disposal? It has to be a Huawei M5 lite. Phones are just too fiddly for her to use.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] An appeal - and a short story about Audible

2021-10-20 Thread d6jg
castalla wrote: > It has to be a Huawei M5 lite. Phones are just too fiddly for her to > use. Google “aptoide” it is supposed to be able to make an Android tablet work in Android Auto mode but the Huawei is a little esoteric and I see won’t upgrade beyond Android 8. Good luck Jim https://juk

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

2021-10-20 Thread SamY
rgdawson wrote: > Sam, > > I was secretly hoping one of the Denon AVP/AVR Control developers might > reply. That is a very cool plugin. I tried it a long time ago, then > again a couple weeks ago, but I did not notice the additional stuff in > the screen shot. I was just using the Material Sk

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

2021-10-20 Thread Michael Herger
Michael. Just to let you know none of my LMS installs is seeing 2.4.10 as an available update Thanks for the heads up! An inaccessible repository for another plugin blocked the automatic merging process. Should be good now. ___ plugins mailing list p

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Spotty 4.6.1 kills LMS 8.1.1 (container)

2021-10-20 Thread Michael Herger
These files were created by LMS by doing a search for a Genre or a type of play list on either the LMS web interface or the Squeezer (the Can you give step by step instructions what you're doing here? ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty 4.6 - sorting option for Albums/Artists/Songs, replay gain fix

2021-10-20 Thread Michael Herger
Could you try disabling the local announcements ("...nicht im lokalen Netzwerk bekannt geben")? I have tried to activate this but it didnt solve the issue. When I activate the option: "disabling the local announcements..." I cannot see the player anymore in the Spotify app. Are you using multi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Synology Docker LMS Step by Step

2021-10-20 Thread Tom Sea
Thanks for the information. (I still can't get it to work, though.) Tom Sea's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72196 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115220 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Material Skin

2021-10-20 Thread cpd73
shinedou wrote: > I tried using a variable as you suggested above but it did not work. It > gave many json errors in the dev terminal but I didn't have time to go > through them. I will try to get you an example of the errors later. > Either way for the moment luckily using $ID and then $NAME is