Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS and Apple M1 Mac

2020-12-21 Thread Michael Herger
Is there any plan to bring out LMS version that will run natively on M1 Big Sur ? What is the rough time schedule ? No plan so far. As Apple had announced the end of scripting on macOS a while back, I was actually surprised to see Perl was still there on these new machines... The pref pane pro

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS and Apple M1 Mac

2020-12-21 Thread DejanM
Is there any plan to bring out LMS version that will run natively on M1 Big Sur ? What is the rough time schedule ? I just got new M1 Mac Mini and now I have to figure out which version of LMS should I install ... I would prefer to wait for a stable LMS version which is natively running on M1 th

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0.0 Mac Crashes Frequently with macOS 11.0.1 Big Sur (Intel)

2020-12-21 Thread Michael Herger
OK. Let's see what happens. Oh, and please check server.log for any hints about the crash (see Settings/Information in LMS). -- Michael ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS 8.0.0 Mac Crashes Frequently with macOS 11.0.1 Big Sur (Intel)

2020-12-21 Thread bakerboy
Not using Tidal. Latest Nightly Build Installed. OK. Let's see what happens. bakerboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=24946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=11347

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd bug? Playlist display one behind on playing song (8.0.0)

2020-12-21 Thread gregklanderman
I've seen this on one of my booms a few times but not for at least a year. All local music on a fast HD and reasonably fast linux box running LMS. I was random playing a large playlist (few hundred songs) and it seemed to happen after browsing forward/backward through the Now Playing list. --

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread JulianH
PiCorePlayer+RPI4+LMS database / library running from HDD/SSD. (So safe away from SD card). Better than my Synology NAS better than my WHS2011 NAS! better than my Windows 10. Plays to around 8 headless units. Fab. Happy Christmas!

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread gordonb3
gstalnaker wrote: > > Also, which SD cards are considered best when they are the primary > "partition" for an operating system and a running server (like > piCorePlayer > and LMS)? > Can't really answer that because I don't run a Pi myself (or any other hardware running from some type of memor

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Plugins gone + no 'third party plugins' checkbox

2020-12-21 Thread SlimPvC
Hi. Today I managed to update the package to 8.0.1 on my DS218, but it did not solve all of the issues with the plugin: - the Spotty plugin works fine. - the Mixcloud plugin still says 'Redirection limit exceeded' when I try to play a file. - the Band's Campout plugin fails to load, after rest

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread afriend
Osamede wrote: > Been running LMS on a headless Mac Mini for many years, for compactness > and quietness. After many years of running LMS on Mac OS, I've found it > very difficult over the past year or more, with either the server not > visible, or the library showing empty because no access to

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How do I get VU meters

2020-12-21 Thread diode84
Hello I am running pCP on a Pi1 and using the internal Jivelite user interface driving a hdmi to vga interface and a vga monitor. Is it possible to add a small screen, say 3.5 inch, showing VU meters. Help appreciated. Thanks diode84

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread psketch
If you're running a Windows machine for other purposes, I'm sure you can likely make LMS run just fine. However, if you just want a simple LMS box, small, low power consumption, incredibly reliable, regularly community maintained etc., then I'm not why you'd look past running LMS on picoreplayer

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread Guy Stalnaker
gordonb3, I typically schedule a full rescan each night at 2am. Is this not advised? Also, which SD cards are considered best when they are the primary "partition" for an operating system and a running server (like piCorePlayer and LMS)? I haven't changed that SD card in a LONG time (since it had

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread slartibartfast
I thought there was an issue with the old perl version used on Windows. https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=988733 Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread w3wilkes
LMS runs just fine on win10. If you have a machine that's on all the time anyway why add something else to maintain. As to the windows updates, you can specify what time of day the machine will restart an you can set LMS to auto start either when the machine starts or initial logon (I prefer the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread gordonb3
bpa wrote: > If you haven't used Win10 before, I find the automatic updates which > reboots the PC at strange or inconvenient times may not be the best > chocie for a 24/7 LMS server. That, and of course the fact that a machine capable of running Windows 10 24/7 consumes more power than would be

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread gordonb3
gstalnaker wrote: > Osamede, > It is stable for months at a time (though there are times, like this > very > morning, where I have to delete LMS prefs/cache and rebuild the library > after unrecoverable LMS DB errors that no one on this Forum can help > with). > I don't know how often you do a

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread bpa
If you haven't used Win10 before, I find the automatic updates which reboots the PC at strange or inconvenient times may not be the best chocie for a 24/7 LMS server. A Pi4 based system gives good performance, easy to update and also easy to leave alone for months at a time until you have to upd

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.0.0 released!

2020-12-21 Thread AlecSp
carsten_h wrote: > I had the LMS folder on an USB stick and now I changed this stick. The > old one allowed only 100MB/s read and 30MB/s write and the new one > allowes 300 MB/s read and 100 MB/s write. The scan of the whole library > is much faster now and I have no slowing down any more. Also

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread garym
I had zero issues when I was running on a Win10 machine. It just worked. But I now prefer a rPi4B, with attached USB drive, running piCorePlayer. Entire setup is smaller than a paperback book, can be located next to your router, and run 24/7 with essentially zero intervention. I set one up for

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] New in 7.9.2: Presets editor

2020-12-21 Thread bigcookie
> > Kids will learn faster than you'd think ;-). I'm not saying they'll > learn faster how to mess with the settings, but how to use the Radio! > Thanks - you are right! though I'd prefer to block the presets - at least for a year. And even I accidently overwrote my presets by pressing too lo

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd bug? Playlist display one behind on playing song (8.0.0)

2020-12-21 Thread gordonb3
mherger wrote: > > Nothing online and the storage is also local to the server (SATA). > Guess > > it might qualify as a slow server though... > > Would the disk potentially spin down when listening to long tracks? > > -- > > Michael If you mean go to park, no. That has been deliberately disa

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Osamede, Check out using a Raspberry Pi and piCorePlayer (google both). I have two. One in my bedroom as a headless player (output via 1/8" jack to speaker) and a second in my living room that is both player (output via digital out to stereo, HiFiBerry Digi+ addon card, google HiFiBerry for that)

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread Shozzer
Osamede wrote: > Been running LMS on a headless Mac Mini for many years, for compactness > and quietness. After many years of running LMS on Mac OS, I've found it > very difficult over the past year or more, with either the server not > visible, or the library showing empty because no access to

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Throwing in towel on LMS on Mac OS. Does it run OK on Windows 10 or is Linux better?

2020-12-21 Thread Osamede
Been running LMS on a headless Mac Mini for many years, for compactness and quietness. After many years of running LMS on Mac OS, I've found it very difficult over the past year or more, with either the server not visible, or the library showing empty because no access to the files. LMS is the on

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd bug? Playlist display one behind on playing song (8.0.0)

2020-12-21 Thread Michael Herger
Nothing online and the storage is also local to the server (SATA). Guess it might qualify as a slow server though... Would the disk potentially spin down when listening to long tracks? -- Michael ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.sli

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd bug? Playlist display one behind on playing song (8.0.0)

2020-12-21 Thread gordonb3
Nothing online and the storage is also local to the server (SATA). Guess it might qualify as a slow server though... gordonb3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71050 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mac OS X and IO::Socket::SSL:

2020-12-21 Thread the_arm
You're right - in case anyone finds this thread later, now that I think about it I didn't have questions during "make install" either, it was during the perl commands as well. I do remember that there was one question that didn't have a default y/n, but now I'm not sure which way I answered it. I

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Updating LMS package on Synology to v 8.0? Is it safe?

2020-12-21 Thread SlimPvC
Since Synology, unfortunately, stopped their support for the Logitech Media Server on their NAS (like my DS218+), I'm considering to upgrade the package to the version found here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsupdate/files/DSM6.x/ But I'm hesitant to upload this package: how can I roll ba

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] mappings in docker container are all empty?

2020-12-21 Thread SlimPvC
I am currently trying to get the lms docker container running on my Synology DS218+, following the setup on https://hub.docker.com/r/lmscommunity/logitechmediaserver. There's one thing I cannot get to work: the mappings to the media files... (minor detail, duh.. :-) ) I need two mappings, one to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Media Server 7.9.2 not working on ReadyNAS Ultra

2020-12-21 Thread Michael Herger
_•_Nope,_we_didn't_fix_ReadyNAS._At_all._ Scared that the tweak that made it work on the previous version was taken out... The "fix" and above comment were only related to really old ReadyNAS devices, running Raidiator v4 or similar. They were still running Perl 5.8. If you're on something

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Media Server 7.9.2 not working on ReadyNAS Ultra

2020-12-21 Thread Lig�rien
mps wrote: > Hi Ligérien, > Just wondering if LMS 8 is continuing to work well on OS 6. > > Thanks, > Mike Hello Mike, Yes, it is working fine until now! I did not upgrade to the next proposed nightly 8.0.1 - 1607593012 because I was a bit scared by the Release Note _below_: 2020-12-04 • Fi

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mac OS X and IO::Socket::SSL:

2020-12-21 Thread Michael Herger
Well it worked :):) Excellent! -- Michael ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mac OS X and IO::Socket::SSL:

2020-12-21 Thread Man in a van
Well it worked :):) > Logitech Media Server Version: 8.1.0 - 1608459382 @ Sun Dec 20 11:33:23 > CET 2020 > > Hostname: ronnies-Mac-mini.local > > Server IP Address: 192.168.1.113 > Server HTTP Port Number: 9000 > >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd bug? Playlist display one behind on playing song (8.0.0)

2020-12-21 Thread Michael Herger
Odd bug, as I'm currently unable to reproduce it, but maybe it rings some bells with someone. It's something we've seen reported before. But I've never been able to reproduce. I think some assumptions were around either online music services (failed to load a track), or a disk which took too l

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.0.0 released!

2020-12-21 Thread carsten_h
mherger wrote: > What is confusing me the most is the > seemingly inconsistent behaviour. Once the time is spent reading the > files, once it's the FTS index creation. I had the LMS folder on an USB stick and now I changed this stick. The old one allowed only 100MB/s read and 30MB/s write and

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mac OS X and IO::Socket::SSL:

2020-12-21 Thread Man in a van
the_arm wrote: > Hi Man in a van - it turns out I just did this exact thing a few days > ago on my mac, which is currently running Mojave. I assume it's the > exact same process. Since I've been mooching off the expertise of others > in this forum for years now maybe I can actually help! > > Ho

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mac OS X and IO::Socket::SSL:

2020-12-21 Thread Man in a van
Thanks the_arm! As this is nothing I've done in more than a year, I'm happy to see somebody's fresh responses :-) -- -- Michael And so am I :), thanks to you also Michael ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://for

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Odd bug? Playlist display one behind on playing song (8.0.0)

2020-12-21 Thread gordonb3
Odd bug, as I'm currently unable to reproduce it, but maybe it rings some bells with someone. Last night I used the search function to locate Christmas songs (it's the season) in my library and hit `play`. Scanning the list of mostly pretty horrible songs I started adding more songs and then whe