Whatever happened to TheSynchronizer plugin??

[sherington]

Hi everyone - I have been using TheSynchronizer plugin ever since it first appeared & really had zero issues .. BUT having done a really rare re-set of my preferences etc etc, I now cannot find it in the plugin list. Is it still available?? Can anyone point me in the right direction, please . this link no longer works http://www.koldware.com/SlimStuff ..

Thank you

Andrew

[RobbH]

Hi everyone - I have been using TheSynchronizer plugin ever since it first appeared & really had zero issues .. BUT having done a really rare re-set of my preferences etc etc, I now cannot find it in the plugin list. Is it still available?? Can anyone point me in the right direction, please . this link no longer works http://www.koldware.com/SlimStuff ..

Thank you

Andrew

I am not familiar with that plugin, so I can't offer a definitive answer. It is possible that the site is down temporarily, but I suspect that plugin is simply no longer available, and may not work with recent versions of LMS.

Perhaps someone in these forums would be able to share a copy of the plugin with you, assuming its license allows that. My suggestion is that you investigate the Group Players plugin, which I think serves the same purpose.

Oh, and if your reset did not include upgrading to a current version of LMS, it would probably be wise to go ahead and do that!

[Paul Webster]

See https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...l=1#post979329

[sherington]

Thank you both ..

Thank you both for responding .. how would I install the plugin if I had to do it manually, so to speak??

[RobbH]

Thank you both for responding .. how would I install the plugin if I had to do it manually, so to speak??

I think this should work:

First, download the zip file from GitHub:

https://github.com/koldinger/Synchronizer/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

Next, check the LMS Settings page in the default web interface. Near the bottom of the page, you should see "Plugin Folders," followed by a list of paths to folders. One of them, probably the first will be in Installed Plugins, in the server's cache folder. On my Linux system it looks like this: /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins. DO NOT USE THIS FOLDER! Use one of the other folders. On my system, manually installed plugins go here: /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/Plugins.

Unzip the plugin zip file in this directory, maintaining the zip's directory structure. When finished your plugin directory should contain a subdirectory named Synchronizer-master. Inside that subdirectory you should find two more subdirectories, HTML and lib, as well as three files: install.xml, README, and strings.txt.

Restart LMS.

Just to be safe, hold off a few hours before doing this, to see if anybody corrects obvious mistakes in my directions!

[Paul Webster]

Easy first step .. try the Groups plugin from the plugin list.
Easy to install and active support.

[RobbH]

Easy first step .. try the Groups plugin from the plugin list.
Easy to install and active support.

+1 to Paul's suggestion!

I can say from my own experience that the Group Players plugin works very well. I think it's likely to be more satisfactory than a plugin that's had no active development in the past 13 years.