Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

[Triode]

Does anyone have an armv6 based NAS which has linux with glibc 2.4 or later? I have the helper app running on this with the new spotify library. I don't have a NAS so I am running it on a Squeezebox Touch!

If anyone with such a NAS and good knowledge of putting code on it could PM me with an email address, I will send them a file to test.

Unfortunately I can't get the armv5t version to work at present. I'm not sure quite what is wrong with it.

[trautigan]

What exact error messages do you get and what does the helper app log show at this time? There are too many people all claiming the same errors here - its most likely something slightly different each time, so if people provide more info it would help diagnose the cause...

Next time it happens I will capture the log and post it here.

As it seems to be fairly random, it may take a while.

By the way in the past I have tried changing the port number too and still got the problem.

[m_gardo@hotmail.com]

Thats a relief I thought it was a cruel wind up by their devs for a second there.

I don't know anything about ARM / Linux development but from a quick search it doesn't look like it's that easy to identify which NAS uses which version, but i'm sure the QNAP's would be the easiest to develop for / get out first ;-) (specifically the TS-X19 series)..., and I'm sure I read a few posts by readynas owners casting doubts over the quality of your code..

From previous posts it looks like their won't be an official server based plugin from logitech and they won't / can't enable their official plugin to work with the older receivers, so you literally are the last hope for thousands of music lovers out there, no pressure. Seriously though if you managed to work your magic and create a plugin for ARM Nas's you would make a lot of people very happy.

At last it's here!!! Now with a bit of Triode magic, maybe the all-in-one SB + Spotify dream can come true.

Based on the posts here, it seems as if most NASs are based on either ARMADA 300 (88F6282) or ARMADA 310 (88F6283) which are all ARMv5TE compliant. Applicable for TS-X19 and the new TS-X19P+ series.

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Qnap-TSx19P/
http://www.marvell.com/products/proc...armada_310.pdf


Thanks!
Martin

[madfuzzy]

Unfortunately I can't get the armv5t version to work at present. I'm not sure quite what is wrong with it.

Is glibc 2.4 likely to be a requirement for ARM platforms or will you be able to cross-compile against an earlier version (it seems this was possible recently for the standard Linux version)?

I checked my LinkStation setup last night and it looks like it's running glibc 2.3.6, so I think a lot of armv5 NAS owners may be in the same boat.

[JonWill]

Just to confirm another NAS - my Synology DS210J has a ARMv5TE core... very much looking forward to this working - when will there be something I can play with?

Thanks for all the work ...

[Mordillo]

Output from Qnap 419P (ARMv5)if its helpful.

[/lib] # ls -al libc*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1243580 Dec 4 2008 libc-2.5.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 11 Nov 9 07:41 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.5.so *
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 28261 Dec 4 2008 libcrypt-2.5.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 15 Nov 9 07:41 libcrypt.so -> libcrypt- 2.5.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 15 Nov 9 07:41 libcrypt.so.1 -> libcryp t-2.5.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 18 Nov 9 07:41 libcryptsetup.so -> libc ryptsetup.so.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 22 Nov 9 07:41 libcryptsetup.so.0 -> li bcryptsetup.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 52744 Nov 9 07:33 libcryptsetup.so.0.0.0

Mordillo

[Triode]

Is glibc 2.4 likely to be a requirement for ARM platforms or will you be able to cross-compile against an earlier version (it seems this was possible recently for the standard Linux version)?

I checked my LinkStation setup last night and it looks like it's running glibc 2.3.6, so I think a lot of armv5 NAS owners may be in the same boat.

Problem is that the spotify libraries have a dependancy on glibc 2.4. I think this is going to mean that they are not as useful as people are hoping for nas users...

[dwolter]

Actually everything in the plugin is handling slow right now. Just tried Whats New and Top 100 and it loading and timing out with "(Timed out waiting for data)".

Now I've tried installing Squeezebox Server from scratch on my Macbook Pro and installing your plugin. Same problem as yesterday. Everything loads for a while and then i get timeout.

Uploaded a new log from the new SB server;
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7474171/newlog.rtf

Help is strongly needed.

[madfuzzy]

Problem is that the spotify libraries have a dependancy on glibc 2.4. I think this is going to mean that they are not as useful as people are hoping for nas users...

It may be worth having a word with flipflip (the author of SSODS) as it looks like libc 2.6 may be included as part of that (in /opt/ssods4/lib).

In a worst case scenario, maybe you might be able to hang any potential NAS-specific armv5-based plugin off that framework for those who use it?

[m_gardo@hotmail.com]

Problem is that the spotify libraries have a dependancy on glibc 2.4. I think this is going to mean that they are not as useful as people are hoping for nas users...

I'm running QNAP TS-119P+ NAS which has glibc 2.5. Not too familiar with putting code on Linux but happy to help if possible.

/M
[/] # ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.5
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.