I've just posted new versions of my iTunes Update & Party Shuffle
plugins for SqueezeCenter 7.0 at my home page
http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer
iTunes Update is a plugin for keeping your iTunes library up-to-date
with SC listening. It synchronizes play & skipped counts and dates and
rating
>iTunes Update is a plugin for keeping your iTunes library up-to-date
>with SC listening.
>
Is there still a limitation that this doesn't work if SC is running as a window
service?
Phil
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Phil Meyer;233650 Wrote:
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> Is there still a limitation that this doesn't work if SC is running as
> a window service?
> Phil
The basics work, but it's not as nice. It seems that services just
can't do what the plugin needs.
There's very little reason to run SC as a service, and it's so easy
Which brings up a minor point - why does SC installation default to "run
as a service"? It shouldn't for two reasons:
1) As SqueezeBoxen get more prevalent, iTunes integration will become
far more common than standalone boxes and,
b) It's difficult for most users to understand that "Run at Windo
>There's very little reason to run SC as a service, and it's so easy to
>change now. Only reason is if you want it to run with no-one logged
>into your Windows box I think?
>
That's right - my PC is used by several people, but I always want to be able to
use my SB's. I don't want music to stop st
I've just posted a new version of iTunesUpdate for SqueezeCenter 7.0 at
http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer
In this version I have enhanced the artwork feature to load artwork
from iTunes as tracks are added to the playlist, not just when they're
played.
I've also forced the strings file to U
works great!
do you need to make the same unix string changes for
lastfm/squeezescrobbler? It seems to have the same problem on my mac
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I'm really interested in this, but do the files need to be the same in
itunes and SC? What i mean is that i have a seperate library for my SB3
(FLAC) and my iPods (MP3). Will this still work given that the
ARTIST/ALBUM/TRACK tags still match up but files and location are
different?
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No, sorry, it probably won't work - SlimServer and iTunes need to be
using the same set of files.
I do a check that the file matches because otherwise it's very hard to
be sure both systems are referring to the same file using only the
tags.
The only exception is if you have mirror copies of all
I've posted version 2.4.0 of iTunesUpdate for SqueezeCenter 7.0 on my
website http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer
New in this version is Jive support, plus bug fixes for the artwork
loader and a fix for the 'ignore filetype' option on the Mac.
James
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[08:17:07.6808] Slim::Utils::Strings::loadStrings (157) Loading string
file: /Users/Test/Library/SlimDevices/Plugins/iTunesUpdate/strings.txt
[08:17:17.7669] Slim::bootstrap::tryModuleLoad (266) Warning: Module
[Plugins::iTunesUpdate::Plugin] failed to load:
Can't locate Plugins/iTunesUpdate/Plugi
ss 7.0a
os x 10.4
itunes update latest version is no longer showing up in the list of
plugins when the server is started. any ideas, james?
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I don't actually see anything wrong with the version I last posted.
I've reinstalled my own version and it seems OK.
Do you have a Plugins-iTunesUpdate-Plugin.par file in iTunesUpdate/lib
?
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can the itunes update plugin work if i am not running itunes on the same
machine as squeezecenter?
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Craig, James \(IT\);242749 Wrote:
> Some features will work, but not in the 'direct update' mode.
> You'll need to run a script periodically to apply the saved updates to
> iTunes.
well, that explains why it isn't working on the machine i'm testing
squeezecenter on. thanks
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I've just posted v2.4.3 of iTunesUpdate at
http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer
This version is *required* for SlimServer 7.0 as of 19th December 2007,
due to changes in the Jive menu handling.
If you have an older version installed but a new build of
SqueezeCentre, you'll find that iTunes Upd
James;241007 Wrote:
> I don't actually see anything wrong with the version I last posted.
> I've reinstalled my own version and it seems OK.
> Do you have a Plugins-iTunesUpdate-Plugin.par file in iTunesUpdate/lib
> ?
>
> James
Hi James,
I'm seeing the exact same problem that Scott was see
I'm having trouble as well (but of a different type), I can see the
plugin in Squeezecenter and I can configure it, but it doesn't appear
to run at all. It doesn't note what is currently playing and it doesn't
update when a file has played or been skipped.
I did note that even when I force instal
It says, under Now Playing, "Nothing being played!" and it says that
even when something is being played.
adam
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Hi James,
Do you have any idea why my install of iTunes Update isn't working? Is
there anything I can try?
Thanks...
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skillsrhodes;257663 Wrote:
> It says, under Now Playing, "Nothing being played!" and it says that
> even when something is being played.
>
> adam
That's strange.
I think you need to check the log file for any errors/information...
James
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Cruzan;257785 Wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Do you have any idea why my install of iTunes Update isn't working? Is
> there anything I can try?
>
> Thanks...
Well, Scott's error message was from OSX, and I now think it looks like
the plugin was installed in the wrong place.
The Mac users are saying
So, I've tried running with direct update on and direct update off,
doesn't seem to have much of an effect. Also, iTunes is yet to open,
when I was running on Windows I recall it would open when it was
closed, don't know if that's different on the Mac version. I miss your
plugin terribly, I hope y
There's not much there!
Can you change the plugin.itunesupdate log level to debug and try
playing some music?
James
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I'm not sure, but I think it already is.
In log.conf - log4perl.logger.plugin.itunesupdate = DEBUG
And in iTunesUpdate.pl - my $ITUNES_DEBUG = 1;
Is there someplace else?
Adam
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Sorry James, I didn't realize there was an entire log that I wasn't
seeing... There's a lot of information in here that wasn't in my prior
post
adam
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James;257873 Wrote:
> Well, Scott's error message was from OSX, and I now think it looks like
> the plugin was installed in the wrong place.
> The Mac users are saying these are the correct install locations for
> 7.0:
> ~user/Library/Application Support/Squeeze Center/Plugins (if SC7 is
> insta
skillsrhodes;258347 Wrote:
> Sorry James, I didn't realize there was an entire log that I wasn't
> seeing... There's a lot of information in here that wasn't in my prior
> post
>
> adam
Ah yes, it seems your applescript::glue is not installed. I'm kind of
surprised the plugin shows up at al
Yeah, that's kind of what I thought. Any hints? I'm not sure why it
didn't work even when I force installed it. I'll give it another whirl
though
adam
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In case anyone else runs into this same problem: It appears that you
need to install the XCode developer tools in order to properly install
the applescript::glue library.
adam
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I've posted a new version of iTunesUpdate for SqueezeCentre 7.0 on my
website: http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer
In this version
* Fixed on-screen displays
* working Controller interface
* new icon for Default web interface
James
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Hi James,
Is your plugin iTunesupdate supposed to work with SC 7.0.1 ?
In the settings window for the plugin there are four tick-boxes in a
coloumn, but no text describing what they are for. Can you explain?
I am running SC 7.0.1 with the latest version of your plugin
(downloaded today) on windo
Hi James,
I'm in the office now but will check when I get back home. I do
remember that when extracting the zip file tehre was ceated a folder
called "itunesupdate 2.xxx" where the 2.xxx is the version number
(don't rememebr it now). Inside that folder there was a fodler called
"iTunesupdate" wh
Hi James,
I moved iTunesupdate folder one level up as you suggested and checked
that the strings.txt file is present.
However, when I try to open settings for the plugin I get the following
error message:
404 Not Found: settings/plugins/iTunesUpdate/settings/basic.html
I checked the file stru
Thanks. I assume that when you refer to cache, you are thinking of the
Temporary Internet files folder? Is that right? Or is there any other
cache?
Svein-Helge
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Hi James,
Thanks for all help so far. This is great. Now all my iTunes covers
nicely shows up on my controller!
See my previous post. Should there have been any controls/options on
the controller?
I have selected Dynamic update and Use album art, and I notice that
iTunes is tarted when I start
So far there isn't a menu in the EXTRA. Or wasn't last night. I will try
to restart the controller today and see if that works.
Is it special options of iTunesUpdate that requires iTunes running or
will it be started anyway, even if I de-select Dynamic update and album
art?
Thanks anyway.
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So I take it that I want to have Direct Update activated and iTunes
running.
The controller menu is now working fine.
thanks again!
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I just upgraded my computer running OS X 10.4.x to 10.5.3, which also
meant an upgrade from SlimServer 6.5.x to SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 and and
update to iTunesUpdate plugin v2.4.4.
Whew! A lot of updates today.
Anyway, everything seemed ok, until I tried to play a sing by the
German band Die Ärzte.
Hi
I installed the itunes update plugin but can't get it to work. When I
play songs via squeezecentre, no song seems to get updated in itunes.
Itunes update is listed between the pluggins, but when trying to reach
the settings I get an error page (a 404). Do you have any idea how to
troubleshoot
There was a syntax error in the latest version of the plugin.
I've just posted a new version which fixes this, hopefully that will
solve the problem!
James
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James, the iTunes Update plugin will have to be changed a bit to work
with latest 7.1 nightly. It's the logTrackToSlimServer function that is
affected and you will need to change this part:
Code:
eval {
$trackHandle->set('rating' => $rating);
$tr
James;316780 Wrote:
> There was a syntax error in the latest version of the plugin.
> I've just posted a new version which fixes this, hopefully that will
> solve the problem!
>
> James
Thanks, this helps !
By the way, the link on your web page is still the 2.5.0 plugin, but by
modifying the li
Hi,
I have disabled direct update and would now like to process the
iTunesUpdate_hist.txt use file. But I guess I do need to install perl
first before running the script. I'm totally ignorant about perl, could
someone give me a hunt how to get started. Which perl to install? How to
run?
thanks!
Ok, downloaded activeperl from http://www.activestate.com and figured
out how to... really simple.
And it works really nice. Thanks for this plugin !
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Craig, James \(IT\);308006 Wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> This has been reported a couple of times. There seems to be some
> inconsistency in iTunes when storing accented characters on OSX.
> As I don't have a Mac it isn't for me to do anything about this.
> Patches & suggestions welcome...
>
Hi James,
I
I've never used iTunes Update before, but am having problems on OS X and
iTunes 7.7. The 1753 error code seems to have been up before (found a
thread from 2006), but I don't know what to do about it. Any ideas?
(Btw, it took a while to figure out that I needed Apple's developer
tools in order to i
morberg;319532 Wrote:
> I've never used iTunes Update before, but am having problems on OS X and
> iTunes 7.7. The 1753 error code seems to have been up before (found a
> thread from 2006), but I don't know what to do about it.
Turns out the 1753 is a generic script error code. In my case, the
au
morberg;319718 Wrote:
> *For some reason the last played date is four months off. The year, day
> and time is correct, but the month is set to March, when it should be
> July. Any idea on what the reason for this might be?
Is the clock on the computer running SqueezeCenter correct?
I know it is
allanimal;319939 Wrote:
> Is the clock on the computer running SqueezeCenter correct?
Yes, it is. And SqueezeCenter is seeing the correct time at other
places - I verified by looking at the date stamps in the log.
> I know it is a silly question, but that's the only thing I can think
> of
Not
morberg;319947 Wrote:
> I'll try a couple of reboots and swinging dead cats over my head to see
> if the problem goes away, but for now I don't really know what to do.
The mere threat of offing small animals seems to have done the trick.
Its working fine now (but all songs played yesterday of cou
Craig, James \(IT\);308006 Wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> This has been reported a couple of times. There seems to be some
> inconsistency in iTunes when storing accented characters on OSX.
> As I don't have a Mac it isn't for me to do anything about this.
> Patches & suggestions welcome...
>
> James
For
Is anybody working on iPeng support for iTunes Update?
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Craig, James \(IT\);320497 Wrote:
> > Is anybody working on iPeng support for iTunes Update?
>
> I'm not - does it not work?
Not at the moment, no. Nothing is broken either, it's just that the UI
isn't there.
> I vaguely remember pippin saying plugin developers had to provide iPeng
> specific sk
morberg;320506 Wrote:
> See this screenshot with Trackstat and iPeng:
>
> http://penguinlovesmusic.de/wp-content/uploads/080116_nowplaying_trackstat.png
>
> The stars in the UI are provided by TrackStat, and the rest comes from
> iPeng regular.
Those TrackStat stars are provided by iPeng itsel
erland;321395 Wrote:
> Those TrackStat stars are provided by iPeng itself and is hard coded to
> TrackStat.
My bad. I just assumed they came from TrackStat since I've never seen
them.
> As a side note, if you are just interested in setting rating in iTunes,
> they will probably be set through the
morberg;321428 Wrote:
> Deciding on a ratings database makes my head spin. After having read
> http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Setup_support_for_ratings, and in
> particular:
>
> I decided against TrackStat, but perhaps that was premature? I need
> some sort of synchronization between iTun
Hugin;320364 Wrote:
> For me it seems to work just fine to comment out the following line in
> the function _searchiTunesMac:
> >
Code:
> > #OSX iTunes seems to store some accented characters as 2 characters
> #this function should recombine them
> $fileLocation = Sl
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