Announce: CastBridge = integrate Chromecast players with LMS (squeeze2cast)

[mbartelt]

Can you check if there is transcoding made by LMS when sending such flac to the CC ( you can see in the bridge log the format sent to it). The, I think you need to instruct the bridge to only use pcm codec and wav as the raw format, and don't truncate 24 bits samples. With that, you should have 24 bits sent to the DAC

Forget to answer, that I made some changes and After that ist worked. Thank you very much.

[philippe_44]

PPC version update

My first attempt was with the static library, but that did not work. So I tried with various permutation and combinations of configurations to see if something gives, but I couldn't understand the failure, till I peaked at the source code. Unfortunately, last time I worked in C was some 10 years ago, so wasn't sure what to make of the error other then connection issue.

I am trying to understand where does the SSL connection originate from? From what I can see from the log files:
The first connection is from the castbridge to the LMS server (192.168.10.5:3483), I assume that is to publish the presence of a player
The second connection seems to be originating from the CastSocketThread, where the ping seems to fail with SSL error code 5. I do not understand what does error code 5 indicate? But looking at the code, it seems to be an socket connection, and I don't see anywhere SSL connection being specified.
Another connection I see is of streaming URL, i.e from :9002/stream.mp3 and a callback URL http://192.168.10.5:49152/LMS2CAST/c...d-01-idx-1.mp3
Both of these seem to be to the LMS and they seem to be on HTTP.

What am I missing?

I made some changes and the PPC version now its likely to work, at least the connection with the CC should be stable. Anybody can give me a feedback?

[kulaworld]

Unable to install this plugin

I installed both repos provided in the opening post but the CastBridge plugin does not appear in the development or stable version. All I can see is AirPlay Bridge and Pluzz. Is this plugin offline? Thanks in advance

[PasTim]

I installed both repos provided in the opening post but the CastBridge plugin does not appear in the development or stable version. All I can see is AirPlay Bridge and Pluzz. Is this plugin offline? Thanks in advance

Have you checked in the general list of third party plugins (as opposed to the list devoted to Philippe's)?

[kulaworld]

Have you checked in the general list of third party plugins (as opposed to the list devoted to Philippe's)?

Yes, checked everywhere and double-checked again to make sure I am not missing something. I also searched the plugins using the following keywords 'cast' & 'Philippe'. The CastBridge plugin is definitely not listed anywhere. I have also rebooted a number of times etc.

My VortexBox is:

SW Version: 2.3
Linux OS Version: Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)

[kulaworld]

The following screenshot might help

[PasTim]

The following screenshot might help

Which version of LMS are you on? You need to be on at least 7.7

Edit: I've looked at the repo xml files (you can just open the repo xml file, look at versions, see the zip file and download it if you want) and they all say a minimum of LMS 7.7, so it's something else. Maybe something to do with Vortexbox and/or fedora? I really don't know - sorry.

[Man in a van]

should be here on v.7.9. in 3rd party





ronnie

[kulaworld]

Which version of LMS are you on? You need to be on at least 7.7

Thanks for your help Ronnie, much appreciated
I'm on LMS 7.9. The full reading is as follows

Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 0.75.20150411git1428327734 @ Sat 11 Apr 09:48:39 BST 2015

Also, thanks for your screenshot. The plugin is definitely not installed despite me using the repos provided.
I'll look into and report back - calls for a bit of trial and error :-)

[Man in a van]

Thanks for your help Ronnie, much appreciated
I'm on LMS 7.9. The full reading is as follows

Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 0.75.20150411git1428327734 @ Sat 11 Apr 09:48:39 BST 2015

Also, thanks for your screenshot. The plugin is definitely not installed despite me using the repos provided.
I'll look into and report back - calls for a bit of trial and error :-)

I'd update the LMS first trial

[PasTim]

Thanks for your help Ronnie, much appreciated
I'm on LMS 7.9. The full reading is as follows

Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 0.75.20150411git1428327734 @ Sat 11 Apr 09:48:39 BST 2015

Also, thanks for your screenshot. The plugin is definitely not installed despite me using the repos provided.
I'll look into and report back - calls for a bit of trial and error :-)

Are there any error messages at the top of the plugins page? If a repo fails there sometimes is one.

Have you restarted LMS? (sorry, obvious, but you never know)

Could you try viewing the repo xml file? Just put the repo URL into a browser on the same server if possible and see if you can view it (or download it).

[kulaworld]

Are there any error messages at the top of the plugins page? If a repo fails there sometimes is one.

Have you restarted LMS? (sorry, obvious, but you never know)

Could you try viewing the repo xml file? Just put the repo URL into a browser on the same server if possible and see if you can view it (or download it).

Thanks for this. Yes, there was an error message appearing at the top of the plugin page. That got me thinking. I uninstalled all the plugins, rebooted, installed only the CastBridge and it worked!!

I've hit another hurdle though. Despite trying numerous times I cannot generate a config file. After a bit of reading I downloaded CastBridge-0.2.2.1 from Philippe's Sourceforge site, ran 'squeeze2cast-win.exe' and LMS automatically detected my ChromeCast; however, when I closed 'squeeze2cast-win.exe' LMS stopped playing the music? Can someone shed light on this? My firewall was disabled during testing


@philippe_44 - haven't had a chance yet to say, but thanks for making and releasing this excellent plugin - it's class !!

[PasTim]

Thanks for this. Yes, there was an error message appearing at the top of the plugin page. That got me thinking. I uninstalled all the plugins, rebooted, installed only the CastBridge and it worked!!

I've hit another hurdle though. Despite trying numerous times I cannot generate a config file. After a bit of reading I downloaded CastBridge-0.2.2.1 from Philippe's Sourceforge site, ran 'squeeze2cast-win.exe' and LMS automatically detected my ChromeCast; however, when I closed 'squeeze2cast-win.exe' LMS stopped playing the music? Can someone shed light on this? My firewall was disabled during testing


@philippe_44 - haven't had a chance yet to say, but thanks for making and releasing this excellent plugin - it's class !!

My guess would be a permissions problem on the directory containing the config file (probably ..squeezeboxserver/prefs), but as I don't actually use this plugin at present, and don't know which platform you are on, I can't be more specific.

[castalla]

however, when I closed 'squeeze2cast-win.exe' LMS stopped playing the music? Can someone shed light on this? My firewall was disabled during testing


@philippe_44 - haven't had a chance yet to say, but thanks for making and releasing this excellent plugin - it's class !!

The connection will only work while the .exe is running.

[philippe_44]

Thanks for this. Yes, there was an error message appearing at the top of the plugin page. That got me thinking. I uninstalled all the plugins, rebooted, installed only the CastBridge and it worked!!

I've hit another hurdle though. Despite trying numerous times I cannot generate a config file. After a bit of reading I downloaded CastBridge-0.2.2.1 from Philippe's Sourceforge site, ran 'squeeze2cast-win.exe' and LMS automatically detected my ChromeCast; however, when I closed 'squeeze2cast-win.exe' LMS stopped playing the music? Can someone shed light on this? My firewall was disabled during testing


@philippe_44 - haven't had a chance yet to say, but thanks for making and releasing this excellent plugin - it's class !!

WHat happens precisely? Have you selected a version of the binary/executable (x8-, x86-64, static) ? Can you grab the log and post it here? BTW, you don't need to generate manually the config file, it's optional. Just let the plugin run and it will be created automatically after 30s