Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer Plugins - an alternative quick fix guide

2015-05-17 Thread mphearn
PasTim wrote: > With the recent changes to the BBC Internet Radio streams, two sets of > solutions for LMS users have been developed by the amazing people here > on the LMS forum. Note that users of the "BBC Radio" applet (not using > LMS) on Logitech Radios and Touch devices should instead look

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer Plugins - an alternative quick fix guide

2015-05-17 Thread mphearn
PasTim wrote: > The iPlayer Extras plugin should still be providing that, assuming the > BBC stop mucking around with the index! So it does!! Sorry to be so unobservant! mphearn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] BBCiPlayer Plugins - an alternative quick fix guide

2015-05-17 Thread mphearn
Owen Smith wrote: > It is generally good practice to trim what you are quoting. Not so > necessary for short postings in the first place, but quoting the entire > of the first posting in this thread seems a bit excessive. NB . It is > possible to go back and edit your posting to shorten it. I ag

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-01 Thread mphearn
My LMS v7.7.2 is located on a QNAP NAS with access via a Windows 7 PC. Earlier this year I installed plugins for BBC iPlayer v1.3.1(alpha3) from Triode and BBC iPlayer Extras v1.8 from bpa and, until last week, BBC iPlayer has worked fine. Now, since the latest BBC changes, live radio is ok but th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-01 Thread mphearn
bpa wrote: > Where exactly did you replace the file full direcotry path ? > What are the file details of the BBCXMLParser.pm file now BBCiPlayer > plugin directory ? > Did you restart LMS ? > Are there any errors in the log file ? Sorry to be to ignorant but I don't know how to access the BBCiP

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-01 Thread mphearn
bpa wrote: > Just to clarify as it may help other users who are making similar > mistakes. How did you update the BBCXMLParser.pm file without knowing > where the plugin was located ? I didn't update the file, I downloaded the new file it from a link in an earlier uttg post. -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-01 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > mp, you will need to use (windows computer) WnSCP to access the file on > the nas. > > First start the LMS on the nas and go to the Settings page and click on > the Information tab. > > You will see the IP address of the LMS install on the Nas (copy and save > that somewhe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-02 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > mp, you will need to use (windows computer) WnSCP to access the file on > the nas. > > First start the LMS on the nas and go to the Settings page and click on > the Information tab. > > You will see the IP address of the LMS install on the Nas (copy and save > that somewhe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-02 Thread mphearn
castalla wrote: > It's not a plugin! It's two replacement files for the existing iplayer > plugin. Thank you, now I understand! mphearn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1764 View this thread: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-03 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > Malcolm, just a little aside. > > You might want to consider running LMS on a rpi B2 or Odroid C1+ or > another small form computer. > > You could still use the nas to hold your music files (and leave LMS on > as a backup if you wish). > > The raspberry could be left to r

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-03 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > Oh, OK, which Qnap nas do you have? Ronnie, I have a QNAP TS-220 equipped wit two WD 2TB drives. Seems to be an excellent piece of kit! I'm somewhat confused with the WinSCP setup. Is the host name the NAS host name? Are the user name and password my NAS user name and passw

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-04 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > Malcolm > > here is an expanded guide... > > (snip) > > Ronnie, > Thank you for the amazingly detailed tutorial which, I'm sure, will > result in my ultimate success! > Having read through it before breakfast this morning I decided to start > on the task immediately after

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-06 Thread mphearn
d6jg wrote: > > After you have put the new file onto the Qnap change the owner & group > to match the other files in the folder. You can only do this after you > have it the file onto the QNAP. Check the owner and group of an > existing file. Man in a van wrote: > > here is an expanded guide

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-06 Thread mphearn
d6jg wrote: > If you think the Logitech SB app works well on an iPhone do yourself a > BIG favour and try iPeng. Well worth the few £. It makes everything sing > and is IMHO the best app on my iPhone by a mile and a lot. It makes the > Logitech thing look like what it is - old and slow. Taking y

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-06 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > and how's the luffa? > > [/IMG] If you mean the shower pump, it's fixed thanks! mphearn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1764 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-07 Thread mphearn
utgg wrote: > It would be straightforward enough for me, or several people here for > that matter, to provide a new version of the plugin including all the > patches here - and hopefully maintain that as the BBC continues to > change things. Triode has used the GPLv2 license for all his plugins,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-11 Thread mphearn
d6jg wrote: > Please post back in a couple of weeks with your views. Pippin - the > developer - is very helpful if you have issues. See the iPeng support > thread. I have now had a few days of using iPeng and yes, I agree, it is a fantastic piece of software. Your description "it makes everythin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-14 Thread mphearn
d6jg wrote: > Have you tried the in-app purchase which turns your iPhone install of > iPeng into a Squeezebox in its own right? Excellent with a decent pair > of headphones as a play anywhere in the house Squeezebox. The DAC in the > iPhone 5 and upward is very capable of handling even 24/96 FLAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-11-14 Thread mphearn
kidstypike wrote: > At the top of the page > Forum Actions (dropdown) > Edit Profile > Edit > Signature. PasTim wrote: > Some of us have a 'signature' which includes the equipment we use. Go > to 'Settings', and 'Edit Signature' (on the left) Thank you! (Simple when you know how!!)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-06 Thread mphearn
mkkyah wrote: > I can confirm that bbciplayer now plays aac streams instead of wma of > same shows. This also kind of solved my unsynced wma problem as a > workaround. > > @Triode, do you think that this unsynced wma problem can occur when > compiling squeezelite for different platforms? I curr

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-10 Thread mphearn
majones wrote: > For me iPlayer now fails to find any of the BBC live streams as AAC, and > lands on the WMA url's with the "no longer provides" voice message. Any > news from Triode as to practicalities and timescale of finding the new > HLS/HDS AAC streams? I am a regular and frequent listener

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-10 Thread mphearn
cathcam wrote: > Which specific streams/stations can't you get? > > It's interesting, I'm sat here in Austin Texas, and I can get BBC R2, > R4, London, 6 Music no problem. I tried just now. I have a Touch, Radio, > Boom and two Squeezeplay systems playing (on Windows 7) in my house now. I am lo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-11 Thread mphearn
Owen Smith wrote: > Listen Again still seems to be working, even for things broadcast just a > couple of hours ago. Radio 3 in 320kbps AAC and Radio 2 in 128kbps AAC. > > Given the huge fuss about this I assumed Listen Again was broken also. > If I want to listen live I have the options of FM, D

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-11 Thread mphearn
majones wrote: > Start counting the minutes until is. And there won't be MP3 options. Presumably an new BBC iPlayer plugin for LMS to provide all the previous functionality could be created? Triode? bpa?? anybody else???

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-11 Thread mphearn
majones wrote: > It looks like the ingredients are there for a solution, and hopefully > one of our community can provide the plugin. Fingers crossed. One thing > that comes through to me in all this is that having LMS at the core of > the Squeezebox concept, with it's capability to process prett

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: BBCiPlayer Plugin (UK only)

2015-02-12 Thread mphearn
W92Neriah wrote: > Another multi Squeezebox user seriously upset by another BBC blunder :( > > @Triode: Hoping you can save 'us' from more tech pain. If you want to > put a 'PayPal donation' link on your profile page I'd happily donate > towards your costs for updating the BBC iPlayer plugin for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-14 Thread mphearn
mherger wrote: > I'm happy to announce Spotty, my next generation Spotify implementation > for Squeezebox. Spotty has no dependency on mysqueezebox.com, nor player > firmware, and supports all types of players. It is using the open-source > librespot library (https://github.com/plietar/librespot)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-14 Thread mphearn
WAD62 wrote: > ...where is your LMS server running, on the laptop or QNAP? Both LMS and music library are running 24/7 on the QNAP Presumably the IO::Socket::SSL module must also reside on the QNAP? Where can I get info to find out how to do this? Malcolm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-14 Thread mphearn
mherger wrote: > > Presumably the IO::Socket::SSL module must also reside on the QNAP? > > Where can I get info to find out how to do this? > > Only up about 100 postings in this thread :-) > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107615-Announce-Spotty-v1-1-0&p=888314#post888314 > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-14 Thread mphearn
mherger wrote: > > mherger wrote: > >>> Presumably the IO::Socket::SSL module must also reside on the QNAP? > >>> Where can I get info to find out how to do this? > >> > >> Only up about 100 postings in this thread :-) > >> > >> > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107615-Announce-Spott

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-15 Thread mphearn
WAD62 wrote: > QNAP don't offer any support beyond LMS 7.7.2, in order to future proof > yourself try running 7.9 on a Rpi3, and leave your music collection on > the QNAP... Thank you Wills and d6jg for your excellent advice - which I intend to follow! I have been a Squeezebox enthusiast for ma

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-17 Thread mphearn
WAD62 wrote: > The piCorePlayer page should tell you all you need to know... > > https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home > > ...either a pi2 or 3 will be fine, obviously a pi 3 will be faster, > worth the £30 investment > > I use a pi3 for LMS duties, and pi2s for players, I like to s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-18 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > More info here > > http://picoreplayer.sourceforge.net/main_getting_started.shtml > > > Open the pCP web page and select beta tab from the bottom of the page. > > at the top of the page select Main Page tab and expand the sd card > (resize FS) > > > 23142 > > > then

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-18 Thread mphearn
Man in a van wrote: > On the radio: > go to Home>My Music>scroll down to Switch Libraries>select pCP Thank you, that has changed the server to pCP but now I have no music. How do I link the server to my music store in the QNAP? --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-19 Thread mphearn
kidstypike wrote: > On the pCP/LMS page you need to fill in the boxes. > > Then you need to go to LMS > Settings > and enter the path to your music > files on the Qnap, and then scan. > > /QUOTE] > > Thank you, WAD62, D6jg and others for advice already given. > > I have been a Squeezebox fan

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-24 Thread mphearn
The setup with piCorePlayer is just a case of installing the extra file system tools and then mounting the appropriate share on the NAS via NFS or CIFS/SMB from within the LMS tab on the piCorePlayer. The only caveat is that you need the NAS to be fully up and operational before you boot or reb

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-24 Thread mphearn
kidstypike wrote: > At the bottom of the piCorePlayer page there are tabs for Advanced and > Beta, select one of these, doesn't matter which. On the main page you > first need to "Resize the file system". > > Then, at the top of the page you should see an LMS tab, where you can > install LMS. >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-24 Thread mphearn
kidstypike wrote: > Spotty works fine on LMS, that's what the plugin is for :) > > Put a checkmark in the box next to Spotty, press "apply" bottom right, > restart LMS. Go to LMS > Settings > Advanced > in the dropdown box > (usually says Formatting) select Spotty, follow instructions. > > Spot

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] Spotty v1.1.0

2017-07-24 Thread mphearn
kidstypike wrote: > I don't think you *need* 7.9.1 for Spotty ?/QUOTE] > > But I DO need Spotty! mphearn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1764 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/show