[Beta Announce] Revised Inguz DSP plugin

[Zombie]

Noticed now that the replay gain function is gone. Uninstall EQ and it is back.
Didn't notice that earlier today.

[Apesbrain]

About presets...will the server restart with the latest used preset before shutdown?

InguzEQ remembers its last settings on server shutdown/restart.

If so, is it possible to make it player-based instead?

Each player has its own InguzEQ settings file. When you select that player in the LMS UI, its InguzEQ profile is loaded. Changes are saved only for that player. For this reason, I save presets with something in the name to indicate which player it applies to, e.g. "[Guest Room] 4K Dip, Width -3".

Noticed now that the replay gain function is gone.

Not sure about this one; on my server RG works just fine with InguzEQ. What do you mean by "the replay gain function is gone"?

The one "volume"-related issue I found with InguzEQ regards mono files: they play at a lower level. The solution is to make them 2-channel mono using an app like foobar2000.

[Zombie]

What do you mean by "the replay gain function is gone"?

While playing tracks from my NAS yesterday there was some 10 dB difference between some tracks. I uninstalled EQ and the difference was gone.

[Apesbrain]

While playing tracks from my NAS yesterday there was some 10 dB difference between some tracks. I uninstalled EQ and the difference was gone.

I'm pretty sure RG works for me. InguzEQ changes the audio data in every sample, but tags are left untouched and RG is a tag. It should work.

In your system, where is LMS running?

[Zombie]

In your system, where is LMS running?

On a NAS in the next room. The only difference was that I changed the sensitivity from -16 to -18 and -17, but can't see it would matter.

Btw, what would "Write fault 32: Broken pipe" mean?
Some tracks have it, some not.

[pjc8151]

Hi - Judging from what you have said, I assume you are running on windows.
Given that you have all the files created, it looks as though the plugin is actually running
What front end are you using, is it Material skin? If it is - you will need to go into settings and activate extras menu . Then go home (i.e. the default screen for LMS) select Extras -> EQ.
On the default skin, Extras is available by default on the home screen and EQ is a sub-menu off that.

I hope that is all it is

Oh and just to be sure, it is a good idea to restart the server and make sure a player is running.

I'm afraid a classic case of PICNIC , all working well now!

[foxesden]

I am trying to get the plugin aligned to LMS plugin standards. This has meant that I have changed the file name of the plugin from plug.xml to repo.xml. Therefore the file that you need to point to is now

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Foxenfurter/SqueezeBoxEQ/main/repo.xml

If you have any issues with the plugin please change the linked repository accordingly

I will post an update if/when the plugin becomes official as at this point you won't need to use my repository reference at all.

[foxesden]

Noticed now that the replay gain function is gone. Uninstall EQ and it is back.
Didn't notice that earlier today.

Inguz isn't touching the replay gain. Where I have had problems with replay gain it has been one of these things that have caused it.

1 - source file which has not been scanned through replay gain
2 - source that is not replay gain compatible
3 - player that does not have replay gain enabled.

I have had problems with .wma files. I will probably encode them to flac and apply replaygain, if I ever get round to it.

[Zombie]

It is a change from plugin.xml to repo.xml?

[foxesden]

It is a change from plugin.xml to repo.xml?

Correct. There are some conventions around how the xml files; their versions an the zip files are named. I was unaware of this as I had been building off very old code. There is no new functionality here, it is purely in order to get the installer compliant, so hopefully this can go into the list of standard plugins.

[Paul Webster]

The new XML file looks OK to me.

One thing to note ...
if you put in a <changes> section then LMS will list the contents when offering to upgrade - which can be a good way to highlight things to users who are about to upgrade.
It is not visible from the LMS web interfaces after the update is installed.

[foxesden]

The new XML file looks OK to me.

One thing to note ...
if you put in a <changes> section then LMS will list the contents when offering to upgrade - which can be a good way to highlight things to users who are about to upgrade.
It is not visible from the LMS web interfaces after the update is installed.

Noted, I will remember that. Thanks

[foxesden]

Paul I have added a changes section to repo.xml

[Paul Webster]

The "changes" section in the XML need a </changes> to close it.

FYI regarding the checksum - if you are working on Windows then there is (was?) a Microsoft tool called fciv (File Checksum Integrity Verifier - downloadable from their site)
fciv -sha1 filename

Also - I sometimes use a Windows Explorer plugin from Z-Zip
Right click on a file in Windows Explorer and you get a menu item "CRC SHA"
choose SHA 1 - double click on the result and you can ^c copy it.

Also - make sure that your checksum is all lowercase.
It matters for LMS prior to 8.3

[foxesden]

The "changes" section in the XML need a </changes> to close it.

FYI regarding the checksum - if you are working on Windows then there is (was?) a Microsoft tool called fciv (File Checksum Integrity Verifier - downloadable from their site)
fciv -sha1 filename

Also - I sometimes use a Windows Explorer plugin from Z-Zip
Right click on a file in Windows Explorer and you get a menu item "CRC SHA"
choose SHA 1 - double click on the result and you can ^c copy it.

Also - make sure that your checksum is all lowercase.
It matters for LMS prior to 8.3

Manual XML editing - missed the / part on the changes.

Will make a note about checksum being lower case