Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-29 Thread expectingtofly
Release 2.2.3 increases the number of days catch-up available to 7. Stuart McLean expectingtofly plugins : 'bbc sounds' (https://github.com/expectingtofly/lms_bbc_sounds_plugin),' global player (uk)' (https://github.com/expectingtofly/lms_globalplayer_plugin), 'times radio' (https://github

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-08 Thread expectingtofly
Release 2.2.1 is a maintenance release that removes some dependencies with some minor tweaks to parsing. You shouldn't see any difference, but will fix an issue some users were seeing running the Radio Now Playing plugin alongside this plugin. It's available now from the beta repository and wil

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-08 Thread expectingtofly
Paul Webster wrote: > I think LMS loads plugins in alphabetic order. > So perhaps when Perl tries to find Treebuilder for RNP and fails (on > standard paths) it remembers that it is not present … so shortcuts > loading for Virgin and does not bother looking in local path Who knows. Its all bit

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-08 Thread Paul Webster
I think LMS loads plugins in alphabetic order. So perhaps when Perl tries to find Treebuilder for RNP and fails (on standard paths) it remembers that it is not present … so shortcuts loading for Virgin and does not bother looking in local path Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins cove

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-08 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Is this issue only on particular platforms? I don't see any problem on a > Pi with Raspberry OS. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Interesting, i recreated the problem on a picoreplayer installation. Stuart McLean expectingtofly plugins : 'bbc sounds' (htt

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-08 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Indeed,. It's a bit odd and I haven't investigated fully, but the > loading of the RadioNowPlaying plugin seems to cause compile order > problems with the Virgin plugin. Anyway, I'm going to avoid the problem > altogether and remove the dependency. So there will be a ne

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-08 Thread expectingtofly
marzipan71 wrote: > Thanks for following up on this. If its any help, after reading the > discussion I disactivated RadioNowPlaying and the Virgin plugin is now > working just fine for me - so looks like it was a conflict issue rather > than the old Perl version? > Indeed,. It's a bit odd and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-08 Thread marzipan71
expectingtofly wrote: > To be honest, the xpath module I put in is a legacy thing really, left > over from when the plugin had to do a lot of web scraping. It only has > to do a very small amount now to get to some embedded JSON from a web > page, so I think I'll just remove it and find a diffe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread expectingtofly
Paul Webster wrote: > The message from RNP of > "Plugins::RadioNowPlaying::Plugin::initPlugin (3671) Stations (for > example RadioBlues Flac) might require the Perl module HTML::TreeBuilder > to fetch some of the song information. If you see no song information > then please use your operating s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread Paul Webster
The message from RNP of "Plugins::RadioNowPlaying::Plugin::initPlugin (3671) Stations (for example RadioBlues Flac) might require the Perl module HTML::TreeBuilder to fetch some of the song information. If you see no song information then please use your operating system's package manager to inst

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread expectingtofly
Paul Webster wrote: > The only “external” Perl module that I bundle with RNP is for CBOR and > should not drag in treebuilder etc. > At plugin load time I check to see if Treebuilder is available and > include it if it is otherwise I put out the warning that appeared in the > logs. > I did this b

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread Paul Webster
The only “external” Perl module that I bundle with RNP is for CBOR and should not drag in treebuilder etc. At plugin load time I check to see if Treebuilder is available and include it if it is otherwise I put out the warning that appeared in the logs. I did this because when I first included usin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread expectingtofly
marzipan71 wrote: > Hi - thanks ever so much for the reply - below is the log. I'm one of > those odd folks who is still using my Synology NAS with an outdated > version of Perl - could that be the issue? I'm intending to migrate to > PiCorePlayer once the Pi 4's become available again - honest!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread marzipan71
Paul Webster wrote: > The missing Perl module leads to a reduction in capability for > RadioNowPlaying but I presume complete failure for Virgin plugin. OK that's probably it - thanks Paul! marzipan71's Profile: http://f

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread Paul Webster
The missing Perl module leads to a reduction in capability for RadioNowPlaying but I presume complete failure for Virgin plugin. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread marzipan71
expectingtofly wrote: > Are they any errors in LMS server log following a restart? That should > help point to the problem. Hi - thanks ever so much for the reply - below is the log. I'm one of those odd folks who is still using my Synology NAS with an outdated version of Perl - could that be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread expectingtofly
marzipan71 wrote: > Hi - I'm getting a 'plugin failed to load' error message for the Virgin > plugin - is the problem just with me? I've restarted several times but > no joy. > Are they any errors in LMS server log following a restart? That should help point to the problem. Stuart McLean

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-11-07 Thread marzipan71
Hi - I'm getting a 'plugin failed to load' error message for the Virgin plugin - is the problem just with me? I've restarted several times but no joy. 39042 +---+ |Filename: virgin.JPG

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-10-14 Thread ews2k
I am enjoying Virgin Radios 80s, great station! slartibartfast wrote: > Is it just me or is the Chris Evans Breakfast Show much better when > Chris Evans is away [emoji2] > > Most definitely, like Simon Mayo on GHR he suffers badly from Verbal Diarrhea and a hugely inflated ego. When he is o

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-10-07 Thread vinnielo
Awesome! Thanks! *RadioFeeds UK & Ireland..* an up-to-date radio directory for your Squeezebox/Transporter/UE Smart Radio.. available from the mysqueezebox.com App Gallery. Bonus: our RadioFeeds LMS plugin also lists AAC *and the BBC's high-quality HLS streams* on top of what's available in ou

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-10-05 Thread expectingtofly
Release 2.2.0 includes : - Added Virgin Radio 80s PLUS live - Removed Virgin Radio Groove It's available now from the beta repository, it will be available from the main repository at the next refresh. Stuart McLean expectingtofly plugins : 'bbc sounds' (https://github.com/expect

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-10-05 Thread expectingtofly
vinnielo wrote: > Can we please have an update to this plugin to replace Virgin Radio > Groove with Virgin Radio 80s PLUS. > Thanks! Ah yes, its changed, I'll get an update out. Stuart McLean expectingtofly plugins : 'bbc sounds' (https://github.com/expectingtofly/lms_bbc_sounds_plugin)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-10-04 Thread vinnielo
Can we please have an update to this plugin to replace Virgin Radio Groove with Virgin Radio 80s PLUS. Thanks! *RadioFeeds UK & Ireland..* an up-to-date radio directory for your Squeezebox/Transporter/UE Smart Radio.. available from the mysqueezebox.com App Gallery. Bonus: our RadioFeeds LMS p

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-06 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Haha, actually, I think that bloke is on instead of Chris Evans this > morning. They've obviously lost their Chris Evans picture!He is but > unfortunately Chris Evans is back next week. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-06 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > The image is back this morning, and it isn't Chris Evans [emoji2] > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Haha, actually, I think that bloke is on instead of Chris Evans this morning. They've obviously lost their Chris Evans picture! Stuart McLean EXPECTINGTOFL

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-06 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Unfortunately, its a problem at the Virgin end. The API I'm using is not > returning and image at the moment. I'll make a change at some point to > show a default image when one is not provided. > > https://virginradio.co.uk/api/get-station-data?station=virginradiouk&ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-05 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Station image for Chris Evans is missing again [emoji2]. There is an > image in the Virgin app. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Unfortunately, its a problem at the Virgin end. The API I'm using is not returning and image at the moment. I'll make a change at so

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-04 Thread slartibartfast
Station image for Chris Evans is missing again [emoji2]. There is an image in the Virgin app. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-03 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > It's working ok for me at the moment. I presume it was a glitch at the > Virgin end?Working for me now as well. Maybe it was intentional to remove > Chris Evans [emoji1787] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-03 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > I just noticed that the artwork has disappeared for the main Virgin > stream. The other three still have artwork. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk It's working ok for me at the moment. I presume it was a glitch at the Virgin end? Stuart McLean EXPECTINGT

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2022-01-03 Thread slartibartfast
I just noticed that the artwork has disappeared for the main Virgin stream. The other three still have artwork. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Yes, it could possibly do with some sort of delay ( there is no natural > tie to synch it to the audio). I'll have a look at adding a user > configurable delay in the next release.I should say I wasn't actually > listening, I was just comparing it to the Virgin app. Se

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > It has been playing for more than an hour with no missing tracks. One > thing I noticed is that the track info sometimes changes back to the > programme name before the end of a track (at least while the Virgin app > is still showing the previous track. When this happens

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Release 2.01 Includes : > > > > > - Improvements to now playing track info retrieval. You should > find it is more accurate and consistent on the live radio streams. > > > > > > It's available now from the beta repository, it will be available from > th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread expectingtofly
Release 2.01 Includes : - Improvements to now playing track info retrieval. You should find it is more accurate and consistent on the live radio streams. It's available now from the beta repository, it will be available from the main repository at the next refresh. Stuart McLe

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Is it just me or is track info a little flaky at the moment? It works > but there are big gaps. Some tracks are missing that showed info in the > Virgin Radio phone app. > > I see you have mentioned gaps before. Is that an issue at Virgin's end > or ours? > > expectin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Is it just me or is track info a little flaky at the moment? It works > but there are big gaps. Some tracks are missing that showed info in the > Virgin Radio phone app. > > I see you have mentioned gaps before. Is that an issue at Virgin's end > or ours? > [image: > htt

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread slartibartfast
The Virgin app also has issues [emoji1787][image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211122/ebf01d68f41b1034b56aa9eabb7911fb.jpg] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-11-22 Thread slartibartfast
Is it just me or is track info a little flaky at the moment? It works but there are big gaps. Some tracks are missing that showed info in the Virgin Radio phone app.[image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211122/4011a38522fbe03a87c1b819fff347db.jpg] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-21 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Yes it works, but there are problems. > For the plugin to display the track info, it calls that api, if the time > now is between the most recent track's start and end time it will > display the track info. > The two problems are : > 1. The start and end times of the tra

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-21 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > So are you seeing any track info at all? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes it works, but there are problems. For the plugin to display the track info, it calls that api, if the time now is between the most recent track's start and end time it will display the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-21 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Yeah, the track info comes from here : > https://virginradio.co.uk/api/get-station-data?station=virginradiouk&withSongs=1&hasPrograms=1 > > Which provides the last 99 (!) tracks played. > > It appears to be erratically updated and inaccurate.I have seen it > workin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-21 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > I don't seem to see any track info. Also would you expect the Virgin > logo to be shown if there is no programme image? I noticed on Jayne > Middlemiss earlier today there was no image at all. > > Edit. I see the programme name on both lines of the Radio display with > t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-21 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > I've had to rewrite this. They made various changes that broke both the > live meta/track data and the catchup radio. > > The good news there are new sources for both. So normal service is now > resumed. > In some ways it is better, the catchup radio is now much simple

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-18 Thread expectingtofly
I've had to rewrite this. They made various changes that broke both the live meta/track data and the catchup radio. The good news there are new sources for both. So normal service is now resumed. In some ways it is better, the catchup radio is now much simpler for the plugin to deal with (I ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-15 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Is it just me or has artwork and track info disappeared? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes indeed, it looks like they have made loads of changes. The plugin can be considered broken. I'll see what can be done . Stuart McLean EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGIN

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-15 Thread slartibartfast
Is it just me or has artwork and track info disappeared? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-08-14 Thread expectingtofly
I was just mentioning in an email conversation that the Virgin Radio Plugin catchup part is vulnerable to breaking as there is no publicly available api (it uses screen scraping) and, lo and behold, I checked it, and it is broken! So, this is just to let you know I am aware, and am looking to se

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-04-01 Thread hestbank
expectingtofly wrote: > yes, no reason why not. Try removing it and adding it again from the > plugin. Of course that worked now! I'm sure I have tried that before :-) Now to research how to do the same for Greatest Hits radio. Thanks as ever. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-04-01 Thread expectingtofly
hestbank wrote: > When Virgin Radio is selected as a Favourite should the Virgin Radio > icon be displayed? > > 34039 > > Thanks. yes, no reason why not. Try removing it and adding it again from the plugin. Stuart McLean EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS : - *BBC Sounds* : https://github.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-04-01 Thread hestbank
When Virgin Radio is selected as a Favourite should the Virgin Radio icon be displayed? 34039 Thanks. +---+ |Filename: Clipboard Image (1).jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-27 Thread slartibartfast
I tried playing an on demand program for the first time and noticed that the stream info is reported as 0,MP3. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread Tight Git
expectingtofly wrote: > That's odd, a perl module that comes with your LMS is not compiling. I'm > flummoxed. > It may be the way I'm including it is not very forgiving on some systems > (but I use picoreplayer!) I'll try something on the next version. Yes - loaded perfectly from the standard

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread expectingtofly
humax99 wrote: > Thank you! All installed and working fine now. :cool: Good news, thanks for the update EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS : - *BBC Sounds* : https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin - *BBC Sounds Wiki* : https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin/w

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread humax99
expectingtofly wrote: > RELEASE 1.04 > > This includes : > > > > - Compatability with an upcoming Material Skin change allowing a > plugin to supply it's own themable icon. This was a Pull Request > contribution from Craig Drummond, Thank you. - Bugfix - included perl modules th

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread expectingtofly
RELEASE 1.04 This includes : - Compatability with an upcoming Material Skin change allowing a plugin to supply it's own themable icon. This was a Pull Request contribution from Craig Drummond, Thank you. - Bugfix - included perl modules that aren't guaranteed to be on some installa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > No, unfortunately, its the inaccuracy of their now playing meta data. > Some times its accurate sometimes it isn't. The more robotic the DJ the > more accurate the meta data, I have found!I emailed Virgin Radio about the > out of sync metadata. Maybe they will take not

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread humax99
humax99 wrote: > I also get the same error "Plugin failed to load" on a VortexBox that is > still running Fedora release 23. And here is the LMS Server log: [21-02-22 09:43:17.7207] Slim::bootstrap::tryModuleLoad (286) Warning: Module [Plugins::VirginRadio::Plugin] failed to load: Can't locate

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread humax99
expectingtofly wrote: > That's odd, a perl module that comes with your LMS is not compiling. I'm > flummoxed. > It may be the way I'm including it is not very forgiving on some systems > (but I use picoreplayer!) I'll try something on the next version. I also get the same error "Plugin failed

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread expectingtofly
Tight Git wrote: > Hi - when I try to load the Virgin plugin all I get is the message - > 'Plugin failed to load'. > > Hopefully the log will help? Running on Picoreplayer on a Raspberry Pi. > > Appreciate the work you do - many thanks That's odd, a perl module that comes with your LMS is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-22 Thread slartibartfast
d6jg wrote: > Graham Norton talking a lot!? Surely not.Chris Evans is back with his F#@&ing > podcast pushing not Rich Roll this time but Sam Harris [emoji35]. Not to mention kidney stones. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-21 Thread Tight Git
Hi - when I try to load the Virgin plugin all I get is the message - 'Plugin failed to load'. Hopefully the log will help? Appreciate the work you do - many thanks +---+ |Filename: server.txt

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-21 Thread gegen
expectingtofly wrote: > Yes, its the same reason, I will be releasing an update. Thanks very much. :D gegen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41137 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-21 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Yes, its the same reason, I will be releasing an update.Why does this only > affect some users? Is there a difference in LMS settings? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Prof

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-21 Thread expectingtofly
gegen wrote: > Might this issue also be the reason why I don't see meta data or artwork > in the Times Radio plugin? > Yes, its the same reason, I will be releasing an update. EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS : - *BBC Sounds* : https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin - *BBC S

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread gegen
expectingtofly wrote: > Thank you for the log. As suspected, it is direct streaming to your > player, not going via your server, where the plugin is providing the > meta data hooks. > I must admit, I can't replicate this at all. But maybe something has > changed in LMS 8.20 . I've made a ch

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread d6jg
slartibartfast wrote: > Listening to Graham Norton at the moment the metadata changed to a Del > Amitri track before the end of an Alanis Morrisette track and persisted > while he was talking a lot before finally being replaced by his photo. > Eventually the Del Amitri track played with no track

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread gegen
expectingtofly wrote: > Thank you for the log. As suspected, it is direct streaming to your > player, not going via your server, where the plugin is providing the > meta data hooks. > I must admit, I can't replicate this at all. But maybe something has > changed in LMS 8.20 . I've made a ch

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Hehe, I estimate that is true for everybody :D:DIt is the present day > equivalent of Terry Pratchett's line from Good Omens that any cassette left in a car for more than a fortnight metamorphoses into Queen's Greatest Hits [emoji1787] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread expectingtofly
chill wrote: > Haha - when I first tried the plugin, that was the second track that > played! Hehe, I estimate that is true for everybody :D:D EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS : - *BBC Sounds* : https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin - *BBC Sounds Wiki* : https://github.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread chill
Haha - when I first tried the plugin, that was the second track that played! chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113974 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Yeah just noticed their own Android app says Rock the Casbah has already > been played [emoji3] > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Also, while writing the plugin, I have noticed you are never more than 10 minutes away from "Chasing Cars" by "Snow Patrol" on Virgin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > No, unfortunately, its the inaccuracy of their now playing meta data. > Some times its accurate sometimes it isn't. The more robotic the DJ the > more accurate the meta data, I have found!Yeah just noticed their own Android > app says Rock the Casbah has already been p

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Listening to Graham Norton at the moment the metadata changed to a Del > Amitri track before the end of an Alanis Morrisette track and persisted > while he was talking a lot before finally being replaced by his photo. > Eventually the Del Amitri track played with no track

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > On thing I have noticed is that metadata for the next track appears > quite a while before the end of the current track. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using TapatalkListening to Graham Norton at the moment > the metadata changed to a Del Amitri track before the end of an Al

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread slartibartfast
On thing I have noticed is that metadata for the next track appears quite a while before the end of the current track. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread expectingtofly
Paul Webster wrote: > Just a thought ... but it can still be possible for a metadata provider > plugin to work with direct streaming by having a background timer > running in the plugin. > I do it by polling every 30 seconds or so (and more precisely if I have > a known end time for a track comi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread Paul Webster
Just a thought ... but it can still be possible for a metadata provider plugin to work with direct streaming by having a background timer running in the plugin. I do it by polling every 30 seconds or so (and more precisely if I have a known end time for a track coming up soon). Paul Webster ht

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Thank you for the log. As suspected, it is direct streaming to your > player, not going via your server, where the plugin is providing the > meta data hooks. > I must admit, I can't replicate this at all. But maybe something has > changed in LMS 8.20 . I've made a ch

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-20 Thread expectingtofly
gegen wrote: > Hope I got this right, server log attached, thanks for spending the time > to have a look :) Thank you for the log. As suspected, it is direct streaming to your player, not going via your server, where the plugin is providing the meta data hooks. I must admit, I can't replicate

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread gegen
expectingtofly wrote: > That's odd, it looks like it is not remote streaming from server but > direct to your player. Would you mind setting the logging level to for > plugin.virginradio to debug and starting a live virgin radio stream and > send me the log please. Hope I got this right, serve

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
gegen wrote: > On my piCorePlayer 7.0, LMS 8.2, RPI 4 install I'm not seeing any meta > data or artwork in either the Virgin Radio (UK) plugin or the Times > Radio Plugin LIVE feeds. > > (I do get meta data and artwork on Times Radio listen again but not on > Virgin Radio listen again). BBC So

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread gegen
expectingtofly wrote: > Ok, thanks. > > I've tweaked that, and its available from the beta repository ( > http://plugins.expectingtofly.co.uk/betarepo.xml ) > Would you mind confirming that is now working for you. On my piCorePlayer 7.0, LMS 8.2, RPI 4 install I'm not seeing any meta data or

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Interesting. When that BST experiment took place they gave us school > kids a fluorescent sash to wear when walking to school in the mornings > [emoji3]. So if you had produced this plugin a couple of months later we > wouldn't have found the issue until the clocks went b

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > > Edit. That last bit probably isn't true. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes, alas, it was always going to be an hour out on you raspbian os EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS : - *BBC Sounds* : https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin - *BBC S

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > It's a bit of a convoluted answer to that. This has caught me out a > couple of times. > I get the duration of a track as a minutes in text e.g "00:04:00" from > the Virgin API. I use a simple convenient trick to convert that into > seconds using perl function that will

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > It works OK on my Windows 10 laptop. Why would Raspbian be different if > the timezone is set correctly? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk It's a bit of a convoluted answer to that. This has caught me out a couple of times. I get the duration of a track as a min

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Ok, thanks. > > I've tweaked that, and its available from the beta repository ( > http://plugins.expectingtofly.co.uk/betarepo.xml ) > Would you mind confirming that is now working for you.Working now [emoji106]. > Minor quibble, does Virgin Radio need to appear twice

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Thanks for that, that's interesting its a timezone problem ! When > working out when the track should play, it is an hour out. > > It's odd how some operating systems do that differently. Ok, I'll fix > that.As a matter of interest, what os are you running your LM

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Raspbian Buster > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Ok, thanks. I've tweaked that, and its available from the beta repository ( http://plugins.expectingtofly.co.uk/betarepo.xml ) Would you mind confirming that is now working for you. EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS :

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > Thanks for that, that's interesting its a timezone problem ! When > working out when the track should play, it is an hour out. > > It's odd how some operating systems do that differently. Ok, I'll fix > that.As a matter of interest, what os are you running your LM

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > Here is a new server log Thanks for that, that's interesting its a timezone problem ! When working out when the track should play, it is an hour out. It's odd how some operating systems do that differently. Ok, I'll fix that.As a matter of interest, what os are y

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > I've released a new version, 1.0.1 it mainly has cosmetic changes. > > It does include further debug logging to assist in diagnosing the > reported meta data issues. Here is a new server log +---+ |Filena

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
I've released a new version, 1.0.1 it mainly has cosmetic changes. It does include further debug logging to assist in diagnosing the reported meta data issues. EXPECTINGTOFLY PLUGINS : - *BBC Sounds* : https://github.com/expectingtofly/LMS_BBC_Sounds_Plugin - *BBC Sounds Wiki* : ht

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > The URL I was using for Virgin displayed more technical info about the > stream i.e. 128kbps CBR MP3. The app only displays 0 MP3, is that > expected? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes, it doesn't populate that info, it probably should... EXPECTINGTOFLY PL

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-19 Thread slartibartfast
The URL I was using for Virgin displayed more technical info about the stream i.e. 128kbps CBR MP3. The app only displays 0 MP3, is that expected? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-18 Thread local.bin
Excellent, thanks for the work :) Absolute Radio :) local.bin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113974 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-18 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > > expectingtofly wrote: > > > > > > Yes I am just seeing requests for metadata in the server log with debug > > logging. > > > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk> > > > Yes,. That's correct,. The plugin logs those requests when debug > logging is on. EXPECTIN

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-18 Thread slartibartfast
expectingtofly wrote: > > slartibartfast wrote: > > > > In what sense? Do you mean it's being asked for it? You probably have > > material still open but the stream stopped. It keeps on asking for it > > every few seconds. The plugin doesn't try and get new meta data when > > the stream is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] [Announce] : Virgin Radio (UK) Plugin

2021-02-18 Thread expectingtofly
slartibartfast wrote: > > expectingtofly wrote: > > It is still trying to get metadata long after I paused the stream. > > > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk> > > In what sense? Do you mean it's being asked for it? You probably > have material still open but the stream stopped. It kee

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