Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > It only seems to affect ALAC files. FLAC files are fine. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk I have patched the Audio::Scan library and confirm it works then LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread rmbzz
That worked. Thanks. rmbzz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=256 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114928 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Bad sorting in LMS 8.1.1 and artistas

2021-08-06 Thread jotap_66
slartibartfast wrote: > I think if the album has multiple track artists and no album artist LMS > assumes it is a compilation. Can you give an example of an album with > the issue and how it is tagged? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes. I am going to look for one example

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Bad sorting in LMS 8.1.1 and artistas

2021-08-06 Thread jotap_66
garym wrote: > If even one track has an artist tag that is not identical to all other > tracks on album, LMS will treat this as a compilation. To avoid this, > also use a single ALBUM ARTIST for every track on the album. I think you are right. But it is a strange behaviour. Your idea could be

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Bad sorting in LMS 8.1.1 and artistas

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
jotap_66 wrote: > Hi a again: > > All of you solved my problems with the ARTISTSORT tag. > > I am now having problems with the compilation tag. LMS, tells me that > some discs are compilation. But the compilation tag in YATE (I am using > this software) is unchecked). > > What is

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Bad sorting in LMS 8.1.1 and artistas

2021-08-06 Thread garym
jotap_66 wrote: > Hi a again: > > All of you solved my problems with the ARTISTSORT tag. > > I am now having problems with the compilation tag. LMS, tells me that > some discs are compilation. But the compilation tag in YATE (I am using > this software) is unchecked). > > What is

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Bad sorting in LMS 8.1.1 and artistas

2021-08-06 Thread jotap_66
Hi a again: All of you solved my problems with the artistsort tag. I am having problems with the compilation tag. LMS, tells me that some discs are compilation. But the compilation tag in YATE (I am using this software is unchecked). What is happening? Could you help me? Regards JP

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > So, the issue is that the Audio::Scan returns an incorrect byte offset > when it calculates it from the time offset. It is a C extension written > by Andy many years ago and there might be an issue (like an overflow) > with 24/96. > > For example, that file you sent is

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > When I skip forward from the start of a track by 3 minutes the track > actually skips forward by around 1 minute. If I skip forward by 3 > minutes to a few seconds from the end of a track it actually appears to > skip back a few seconds as the track played for 3 minutes

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
When I skip forward from the start of a track by 3 minutes the track actually skips forward by around 1 minute. If I skip forward by 3 minutes to a few seconds from the end of a track it actually appears to skip back a few seconds as the track played for 3 minutes 9 seconds after skipping to a

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
rmbzz wrote: > I installed version 8.2.0 via the .deb that was automatically downloaded > (logitechmediaserver_8.2.0_amd64.deb). > After installation, several of my squeezeboxes (a version 2 and > piCorePlayer on a Raspberry Pi) worked fine. > However, two slimp3s quit working. > > On

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > I tried a bit more and I got it to work by cleaning cache.db. Not > investigated whyNow I can play ALAC files there is definitely something > strange happening when skipping forward in 24/96 ALAC files. I skipped forward to around 48 seconds from the end of a track with

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > I tried a bit more and I got it to work by cleaning cache.db. Not > investigated whyI moved the files to my scanned music folder and now they > play as "apple lossless" without transcoding. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
rmbzz wrote: > I installed version 8.2.0 via the .deb that was automatically downloaded > (logitechmediaserver_8.2.0_amd64.deb). > After installation, several of my squeezeboxes (a version 2 and > piCorePlayer on a Raspberry Pi) worked fine. > However, two slimp3s quit working. > > On

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
mafyou wrote: > Interested to check out the improved Podcasts (uninstalled this long > ago), would use for some music ones. Does it have resuming?... or maybe > it would work well in conjunction with Bookmarks plugin? > > Thank you, Michael! It has resuming. I also have added an extension, if

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > ok, that's an issue because it's a "volatile" file. I assume you're > dragging & dropping in the UI? Can you try to include it it your library > *or* simply put in a directory and access through the directory > browsing, but not dropping it in the UI I was playing from

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread rmbzz
I installed version 8.2.0 via the .deb that was automatically downloaded (logitechmediaserver_8.2.0_amd64.deb). After installation, several of my squeezeboxes (a version 2 and piCorePlayer on a Raspberry Pi) worked fine. However, two slimp3s quit working. On downgrading to 8.1.2

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread mafyou
Interested to check out the improved Podcasts (uninstalled this long ago), would use for some music ones. Does it have resuming?... or maybe it would work well in conjunction with Bookmarks plugin? Thank you, Michael!

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Possible to ignore back.jpg from coverart?

2021-08-06 Thread bpa
d6jg wrote: > I don’t think it’s anything to do with MAI > > IIRC the default cover art rules are as follows > > If there is embedded cover art in first track of album use it > Otherwise use cover.jpg or folder.jpg or as defined in LMS settings > Then look for other jpg in album folder > >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Possible to ignore back.jpg from coverart?

2021-08-06 Thread d6jg
I don’t think it’s anything to do with MAI IIRC the default cover art rules are as follows If there is embedded cover art in first track of album use it Otherwise use cover.jpg or folder.jpg or as defined in LMS settings Then look for other jpg in album folder Pretty much all music software

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > If these "Apple lossless" files are MPEG-4/AAC then when is the file > type named Apple Lossless used in LMS? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk ok, that's an issue because it's a "volatile" file. I assume you're dragging & dropping in the UI? Can you try to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > If these "Apple lossless" files are MPEG-4/AAC then when is the file > type named Apple Lossless used in LMS? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk ah... mp4 is a container in which you can put various codecs/formats, including alac and aac. There is, in LMS like in

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > That's "sort of" comforting :)If these "Apple lossless" files are MPEG-4/AAC > then when is the file type named Apple Lossless used in LMS? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > here is one of them > https://www.dropbox.com/s/xqijv8fs2vkvb2s/03%20Blood%20Count.m4a?dl=0 > i tried an old LMS 8.1.1 from January on Windows and they wouldn't play > on that either. That's "sort of" comforting :) LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > But it's not ALAC, it's MPEG-4/AAC Ah OK, Disabling MPEG/AAC works. slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > Not with ALAC in particular, but I did a fair bit of mods. Do you have > these files? here is one of them https://www.dropbox.com/s/xqijv8fs2vkvb2s/03%20Blood%20Count.m4a?dl=0 i tried an old LMS 8.1.1 from January on Windows and they wouldn't play on that either.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > I get the same playback failure if I disable Apple Lossless. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk But it's not ALAC, it's MPEG-4/AAC LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, Foobar2000,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > aac is still enable here, LMS tries to send that to the player and > decoding fails thereI get the same playback failure if I disable Apple > Lossless. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > I tried on a Windows 10 server as well as a Pi with no luck. I have > attached the server log from the Pi. aac is still enable here, LMS tries to send that to the player and decoding fails there LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread philippe_44
slartibartfast wrote: > The files I downloaded from the forum were definitely playable back in > January but not any more. Has anything changed with ALAC handling? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Not with ALAC in particular, but I did a fair bit of mods. Do you have these files?

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > It sounds like the old issues of files not streamable because index and > metadata are at end of the file. When files are created using one pass > - this index is placed at the end of file. They can be played locally as > application can seek to end to get index and then back to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > It sounds like the old issues of files not streamable because index and > metadata are at end of the file. When files are created using one pass > - this index is placed at the end of file. They can be played locally as > application can seek to end to get index and then back to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > It sounds like the old issues of files not streamable because index and > metadata are at end of the file. When files are created using one pass > - this index is placed at the end of file. They can be played locally as > application can seek to end to get index and then back to

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I used foobar 2000 resulting in m4a files. I also found some m4a files > downloaded from the forum which I think were from iTunes and they don't > play either. It sounds like the old issues of files not streamable because index and metadata are at end of the file. When

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
bpa wrote: > Some file formats have an index with a table of time and byte offset > such as MPEG4 container but not MP3. The file with an index are better > are seeking to an time positions. > > IIRC That error used to happen when the file was converted where the > index was end the end of

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > I tried to test this by converting an album to 24/96 apple lossless and > I can't play the tracks at all to a Touch or piCorePlayer. The server > log says > "Decoder does not support file format, code 0" Some file formats have an index with a table of time and byte

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
philippe_44 wrote: > For many formats, it is not possible to have a precise "jump to > position" because the bitrate is not constant or the seektable is not > granular enough. In addition, the time reported by LMS on the UI is not > perfect. It is the estimation that LMS does, added to the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] QLogitechMediaServer for Qnap with QTS 4.2 or higher and x86_64/I686/X86 support !

2021-08-06 Thread mherger
@digimaster - can the users of your package select which LMS build they want to use? I'm seeing a surprisingly high number of QLMS users among the early adaptors of LMS 8.3. While this doesn't hurt at this point (there's no difference between 8.3.0 and 8.2.0), there could be times of less

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS and Wavpack-ed DSFs Tag Issue

2021-08-06 Thread deadushka
I got loads of DSD DSF files and it would have save me tonnes of space (roughly 40%) if they were packed with wavpack. But there is an issue. Tags of Wavpacked DSF files are displayed incorrectly. Basically the tags of *.wv files are ignored by LMS. REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN tag which is essential

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread lemppari
mherger wrote: > > Thank you! :) Back to "normal" random mix for me. How is the new > > algorithm choosing tracks? It seems to always start with pretty much > the > > same artists. > > It's based on this idea: > https://engineering.atspotify.com/2014/02/28/how-to-shuffle-songs/ Thanks!

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread jotap_66
mherger wrote: > > I checked the Docker LMS tag and I have “latest” in my Docker > LMS > > package. I think if I download and restart the package, as you tell > me, > > I will have 8.2, but do I have to do all the config process again ? > or > > this is not necessary > > If correctly set

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread slartibartfast
lemppari wrote: > Thank you! :) Back to "normal" random mix for me. How is the new > algorithm choosing tracks? It seems to always start with pretty much the > same artists.This thread should explain things. https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=1021166 Sent from my Pixel 3a using

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread Michael Herger
Thank you! :) Back to "normal" random mix for me. How is the new algorithm choosing tracks? It seems to always start with pretty much the same artists. It's based on this idea: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2014/02/28/how-to-shuffle-songs/ ___

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread Michael Herger
I checked the Docker LMS tag and I have “latest” in my Docker LMS package. I think if I download and restart the package, as you tell me, I will have 8.2, but do I have to do all the config process again ? or this is not necessary If correctly set up (mappings to folders outside the container

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread jotap_66
mherger wrote: > > I installed some monts ago the 8.1.1 using docker (Synology does not > > maintain this package yet) and lmmscommunity-logitechmediaserver in > a > > Synology NAS. Is there any way to do the update automatic ? (I dont > want > > to uninstall and install the new version). I am

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread cshin1213
Well, "moving the time slider to within a few seconds of the end of a track" is only the condition that I found problem occurs. LMS is an awesome software and I found it seems to have problem of playback synchronization, like Spotify Connect, hires music files playback... Hope it will be better

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Logitech Media Server 8.2.0 released

2021-08-06 Thread lemppari
mherger wrote: > > artists in my music library. Could choosing the algorithm be an > option? > > It is: Settings/Advanced/Performance Thank you! :) Back to "normal" random mix for me. How is the new algorithm choosing tracks? It seems to always start with pretty much the same artists.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread cshin1213
Thanks philippe_44 for detailed explanation the LMS! I learn so much from your reply. I am surprised that there is a difficulty for LMS to determine the accurate position of music file. I am not familiar with music streaming, so I could not give an useful technical suggestion. I describe more

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS playback time problem

2021-08-06 Thread kidstypike
philippe_44 wrote: > > > This explain why playback counter it often not very precise, it's just > an indication sometimes and especially jumping 10s before the end of a > track is unlikely to display things properly. Agree. I also can't see the point in moving the time slider to within a