slartibartfast wrote:
> Try Kiwi browser.
Why is a browser ("-Kiwi Browser-") named after an iconic _New_Zealand_
bird & symbol when it comes from Estonia I thought "-Kiwi Nugget-"
being from Australia was bad...
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slartibartfast wrote:
> I used to use MediaMonkey purely for lyrics tagging but now I am happy
> to leave it to MAI. One less step in the ripping process. I also found
> some of the tags from MediaMonkey didn't work anyway as they appeared to
> be links to a web page. All I saw in my lyrics tag
d6jg wrote:
> Lyrics are provided via MAI now and can optionally be saved to disk
Thanks @d6jg - yes had seen that - I've traditionally tagged them at
time of ripping (via MediaMonkey mainly, occasionally manually) so they
are in the file itself - but found the auto tag of lyrics has become
err
mherger wrote:
> Yes, that's correct. I definitely recommend using a custom folder to
> store the downloaded images. Not only does it accelerate scans, but it
> also allows you to easily replace images with some of your choice.
Roger that! Thanks Michael...
*Hi-Fi 1*: QNAP HS-453DX NAS+QLM
TheLastMan wrote:
> I am presuming here that you have already installed Foobar 2000 and know
> the basics. Also a lot of this is dependent on how accurate your tags
> are. It uses the Artist and Track name tags so you will get errors if
> these are not correct. If you are rather anal about thes
mherger wrote:
> Artist pictures are either stored as artist.jpg/png in an album folder,
> or as "artist name.jpg/png" in the configurable one for all artists
> images folder.
Michael - quick question - if MAI is not putting an artist picture file
in the album directories, and I have no configu
rgdawson wrote:
> ...I now have some test code working where SLX will substitute the
> discovered IP address directly in the URL it feeds the browser and
> telnet client rather than server name. SLX would only substitute the Ip
> Address if it discovers it, otherwise will go with user-entered h
rgdawson wrote:
> Discovery uses a protocol that will discover LMS servers on your local
> network, but that does not necessarily mean the browser will be able to
> resolve the server name's IP address. Sometimes issues on the local
> network prevent that from happening. I once experienced thi
Jeff07971 wrote:
> If its not and you want a client for the LMS on your PC I'd recommend
> Squeezelite-X (A Free download from the Microsoft Store)
Been playing with Squeezelite-X last couple of days - perfect.
- *Hi-Fi 1*: VortexBox LMS/SOtM tX-USB; Oppo Cirrus ESS Sabre32 DAC
(BDP-105D),
rgdawson wrote:
> Squeezelite-X is available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10
Many Thanks - I've just implemented Squeezelite-X this week in my Win10
PC to provide a third player in the house. Nice, especially in
conjunction with the material Skin. Great work @rgdawson (and @cpd73 for
cont
cpd73 wrote:
> And if you cared to read earlier postings you would know why.
>
> Anyhow, in the next release (1.3.0) a long-press on the server settings
> button in the information dialog will show all server settings pages -
> including the interface page. Likewise for player settings.
All go
Mycenius wrote:
> When in Material Skin mode the settings page seems to be lacking ability
> to change back to SqBx Default skin...
P.S. I am certain I can easily replicate this if needed - to verify.
- *Hi-Fi 1*: VortexBox LMS/SOtM tX-USB; Oppo Cirrus ESS Sabre32 DAC
(BDP-105D),
d6jg wrote:
> What is the issue?
Hi @d6jg - see my post above and Marcus's earlier original post...
quoted below :)
Mycenius wrote:
> FWIW I had the exact same issue on my Windows 10 PC the other day - I
> was playing around with Material Skin to see how it looked, found
kidstypike wrote:
> Or, if you're on Win10 and use Squeezelite-X, changing between
> Material/Default skins is dead easy.
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d6jg wrote:
> What I do and probably a lot of others too is to NOT set Material as the
> preferred skin but instead I use explicit URLs
>
> http://yourlmsip:9000/material
> For almost all things and I run this in app mode
>
> http://yourlmsip:9000/settings/index.html
> For the odd occasion I n
godIsInTheRadio wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> just tried the material skin, but want to revert back to standard.
> Unfortunately, in settings I can no longer find an entry to switch
> layout. If deleting material plugin, the system comes back with a
> somewhat strange layout, but with the layout setti
Jeff07971 wrote:
> I think the first step in the troubleshooting is :- Is the localplayer
> plugin what you think it is ?
>
> Your post is a little confusing do you want an audio output directly
> from the NAS or from the PC ?
>
> The localplayer plugin provides a player on the LMS server hard
Morning All - I've just installed this plugin last night to try out,
first time I've used it (as usually haven't listened to music while at
my computer desk); and I am having an issue where it won't actually
start, despite restarting LMS and rebooting the host NAS. I have LMS
running on a QNAP HS
d6jg wrote:
> There is a nice iOS app called Mocha WOL which you could run a few
> seconds before opening iPeng - also useful for switching on PCs when not
> in the same room.
:cool: Thanks @d6jg - definitely look into that (could be quite useful
to have in general).
- *Hi-Fi 1*: VortexBox L
pippin wrote:
> Most of the menu in iPeng is server-provided.
> Think of iPeng's main menu a bit like a web site in a browser.
Thanks again for the prompt response Pippin. All good - and as I
suspected, so no worries - just wanted to verify its expected behaviour
in my environment - I can l
Morning Pippin,
Another recent observation - and possibly an idiosyncrasy of my iPhone
and/or Network/LMS Environment - but I have noticed a strange lag many
of the times I open iPeng that affects the quick access bar along the
bottom. I have this customised, so mine reads: *New Music | Artists
pippin wrote:
> You can see it in the context menu but you cant display it permanently,
> except through special tagging.
OK - Thanks Pippin.
- *Hi-Fi 1*: VortexBox LMS/SOtM tX-USB; Oppo Cirrus ESS Sabre32 DAC
(BDP-105D), Yamaha Aventage CX-A5000; Focal SM9s.
- *+ HT*: Sony 55" 4K KD-55X85
Pippin - another quickie: is there any way to show album year on the now
playing screen? Im assuming it cant be added through the track naming
format on the LMS interface settings page?
- *Hi-Fi 1*: VortexBox LMS/SOtM tX-USB; Oppo Cirrus ESS Sabre32 DAC
(BDP-105D), Yamaha Aventage CX-A5000;
pippin wrote:
> I prefer to invest a little extra and re-do the whole App instead :)
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pippin wrote:
> I dont have a donate button or so but theres a PayPal account behind
> the coolio att penguinlovesmusic dott com email address.
Cheers! I will still flick you something today... :)
One last small query - does iPeng work directly with the iOS font size
settings (i.e. the abilit
pippin wrote:
> iPeng has it's own logic for that which predates DTTP, it's through the
> "play-mode" toggle at the top right. See "Help->Quick Tutorials->Albums
> and Playlists" in the App.
Yes - thanks Pippin - I had updated my post above to say I had realised
I had been causing the DTTP issu
Hi Pippin & All,
Quick question on defeating DTTP in iPeng - sorry if it's been covered
recently (I just spent ½ hour running searches trying to find anything
recent on it) - how do you enable this in iPeng now? I'm sure there used
to be an option to inhibit touch to play for albums & tracks (i.e
pippin wrote:
> When it's closed, it's closed. It can't do anything when it's not
> running. After an update you'd at least have to start it once, even if
> you use "preserve connection"
OK Cool - that kills my theory above then... Oh, well will have to be
one of life's mysteries then... :) ;)
pippin wrote:
> iPeng permanently looks for servers while you use it.
So when it's closed it won't look at all? Even after a software update?
_Hi-Fi_: 'VortexBox' (vortexbox.org) with 'SOtM tX-USB'
(sonore.us/SOtM.html); 'Perreaux Audiant DP32 DAC/Preamp'
(perreaux.com/products/audiant/dp32_-
pippin wrote:
> Yes, it does indeed show that both of your devices are connected.
> Interesting that the discovery didn't work with data enabled, that's
> weird.
Yep - but I did have it on auto-update so maybe it updated at a time I
was just leaving home and dropped off my home wi-fi as it was f
pippin wrote:
> Please sind me a diagnostics mail from both devices. Just tap the mail
> link under "Help"
Hi Pippin - further to garym above I did try disabling mobile data (even
though I was connected to Wi-Fi okay) - as soon as I did that it found
the LMS server okay. I re-enabled mobile data
garym wrote:
> Are you sure your phone is on wifi connected to local network and not
> 3G. I can't tell you how many times this has tripped me up. And I know
> better!
Yeah, definitely on wi-fi mate - well onto that one! ;)
_Hi-Fi_: 'VortexBox' (vortexbox.org) with 'SOtM tX-USB'
(sonore.us/SO
Hi Pippin,
Did the iPeng 8 update on an iPhone 5s - can't seem to see the LMS
server - have done an iPad Mini as well on same network and it's fine -
done full restarts and such but doesn't seem to want to see the server -
is there any way to test/fix easily or should I just try a delete and
rein
pippin wrote:
> That's never been an iPeng functionality, it's provided by the
> PlaylistManager plugin.
> If you still have the plugin installed, it should also be available in
> iPeng 7, at the top of the context menu for any playable item.
Oh, OK - Thanks Pippin - Sorry - I must have installe
Hi Pippin,
iPeng 7 is looking great but I noticed something it seems to lack from
the prior iPeng - the ability to add songs to new playlists (and create
those playlists on the fly) without adding them to the actual active
playlist? Am I just blind and it's hidden somewhere - or has this
function
Hi Otto - I had near identical issue a few days ago - it's probably
admin rights - did you install everything as administrator (including
was LMS running with Admin rights when you added the local player) and
are you running LMS as administrator (i.e. with admin rights)...
_Hi-Fi_: 'VortexBox'
Of course - that was a blonde moment! Cheers. All fixed and working
good!
_Hi-Fi_: 'VortexBox' (vortexbox.org) with 'SOtM tX-USB'
(sonore.us/SOtM.html); 'Perreaux Audiant DP32 DAC/Preamp'
(perreaux.com/products/audiant/dp32_-_usb_dac_preamplifier/); 'Focal
SM9s' (www.focal.com).
_AV_5.1_: 'Oppo
Just an update to say I got LMS & Squeezelite working all good with the
Devialet 170 (soon to be the 200) from a Windows PC via USB. Above
solved it and only other issue was the admin rights being the same for
install & run of LMS AND the network shares for the music library.
One last question -
PasTim wrote:
> The plugin is called 'local player'. You may need to add
> http://triodeplugins.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/repo.xml to the list of
> 'Additional repositories' at the bottom of the plugin page.
Great Thanks - I will check in the morning and advise if successful -
appreciate the hel
Mnyb wrote:
> Did you install it as a plugin from the plugins tab in LMS itself ? are
> LMS and Squeezelite on the same PC .
Hello again Mynb! Yes they are on the same PC - no couldn't install as a
plugin as it wasn't showing - even when I allowed all third party
plugins - I downloaded the Windo
Hi,
Is there any issue with SqueezeLite on a Windows x64 PC? I have a PC
with a Devialet 170 connected via USB, and I have installed LMS and am
trying to get SqueezeLite to run as the player using the Devialet
(Windows USB Drivers are installed and Windows Media Player will play to
it okay).
How
pippin wrote:
> Most others, of my experience, use the default which is "5 stars". OK,
> maybe it's 95% instead of 99%, maybe even just 90%, but's it's
> definitely in the "overwhelming majority" range.
Yep! :)
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Hey Pippin, thanks for the reply, understand totally and good to get a
view from the other side... Keep up the great work as iPeng &
iPengHD really are a great product!
Cheers!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - Pleezz x-use thhh bed spellng!
Hi Pippin - quick question - I showed iPengHD on my iPads to a friend a
couple of weeks ago when he visited for a listening session (he uses
Squeeze Commander, etc, on an Android Phone for his own set-up) and he
was very impressed by iPengHD's layout and operation, but isn't a fan of
Apple hardwar
vagskal wrote:
> One workaround would be to copy the data in your Artist field to a
> custom field, Artists perhaps, and then replace all ; with , in the
> Artist field. You can do this with MP3Tag and even use reg ex to replace
> the last ; with & for nicer display. The new field with your
>
pippin wrote:
> ...but it does show what it does because that's all the information it
> gets from the server through the "official" and documented API it uses
> (CLI).
Ahhh - right I'm with you now - I had misunderstood an earlier post
elsewhere by yourself that I thought implied iPeng can only
Hi Pippin,
I see you have been getting a bit bombarded of late! :) But I was
wondering of you had a moment to comment on the issue in iPeng with Now
Playing not displaying multiple artist names (when present), I've had a
bit of a browse/search but can't see if what I'm thinking has been
raised pr
Mnyb wrote:
> There is a lyric plugin it works with iPeng and also the biography
> plugin for some reading on the artist , but bio is currently broken (
> fix on it's way ).
Mynb - would you mind posting the names of both the above if you are
able? Many TIA...
Sent from my iPhone using Tapat
pippin wrote:
> The playback thing is one of the player sending feedback about the
> elapsed time and samples played back to the server on a continuous
> basis.
> I can imagine what's going wrong there it's not so easy to keep these
> things in sync when using a large input buffer.
Thanks Pippin
pippin wrote:
> The player probably reports a wrong timestamp.
>
> The usual progress in iPeng is not being sent from the server, iPeng
> just counts seconds and just re-syncs itself whenever there's a change
> or otherwise periodically. That's why you only see the "jumping" at
> certain times.
garym wrote:
> I'm not seeing any timing issues with my setup (similar eqpt but I don't
> use vb player). Are you using vb player in vb itself or SB players.
> Recall some posts on similar issue at vb forums but seemed to be related
> to the vb player not SB or ipeng. Might have been your posts I
pippin wrote:
> It's a scanner issue. I can't tell whether it's Linux related, my server
> is running on Linux, too (Ubuntu), and sometimes has the problem, too.
>
> A "clear & rescan" usually helps.
Hi Pippin - Thanks - I'm guessing you are referring to my timing issue
comment right? I'll
Mycenius wrote:
> FWIW: I've also noticed a strange issue with the time tracking (for each
> track) that displays in iPeng is all out of whack, which has also
> started recently same as the above. BUT I'm assuming this is an LMS
> related issue too and/or is due to my rece
pippin wrote:
> I don't know, I'm seeing the issue with recent versions of LMS, too.
> It's completely unrelated to iPeng, though, you will see the same
> behavior in all other interfaces, it's the server.
>
> A "look for new and changed music" _should_ be enough but cleaning up
> the library do
Mnyb wrote:
> There is a lyric plugin it works with iPeng...
iPengHD does of course support & display lyrics if they are tagged
into the file's lyric tag... :) I just tag all my 27,000 and growing
files with the lyrics as I add/rip/buy them and use iPengHD to display
the lyrics on my iPads... (
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