Possibility to downgrade LMS to 8.2.1 on RPi piCorePlayer ?

[sc1pzb]

I hope that someone may be able to assist me here.

I made the update to LMS 8.3.0 and then found out that I had inadvertently removed one of the features that I used 50% of the time, the "Photos & Videos scanning options" for DLNA use by Smart TV's. (I'm now at 8.4.0, as I was hoping it might have been a bug with 8.3.0)

I received some excellent assistance on the LMS pages of the forum, with the recommendation that I enquire here to see what process could be used to downgrade my LMS to 8.2.1 which I believe is the last LMS version to support Photos & Videos scanning.

https://forums.slimdevices.com/forum...es-videos-gone

I am very familiar with the automated LMS updating scripts. Very easy to use and the method by which I've made all upgrades before.

https://docs.picoreplayer.org/how-to/upgrade_lms/

I cannot find any help pages to explain how LMS can be downgraded on my existing RPi pCP build, or how you could only install LMS up to 8.2.1 on a new build. I'm very happy to make a new RPi build on a new SD Card if this would be easier, up to the point where LMS is installed/updated. I guess I should not use the automated script at that point, otherwise I will create the same problem again.

Sorry, my Linux skills are not that advanced, but I'm good at following instructions. I would really appreciate the assistance to restore my RPi pCP LMS to it's prior functionality.

Another learning coming from this experience is the backing up of the SD card used to run pCP from. If I had done that, I could have used the backup to return to where I was! Is there a simple utility program to backup/clone SD cards that would be helpful in the future.

Veru much appreciate all of the friendly help. Many thanks.

[kidstypike]

pCP has a built-in backup utility.

Main page > Additional Functions.

[sc1pzb]

Many thanks for the tip on the SD Card Image. Really appreciate it. Hopefully I can find my way back to LMS 8.2.1 and then use this feature.

[paul-]

Interesting predicament, I don't keep many old versions of the extension either. This is the link to the release version. http://downloads-origin.slimdevices....2.0-noCPAN.tgz Note that my lms-update script uses these files and then adds stuff to the extension from our github repo. https://github.com/piCorePlayer/lms-update-script

Not sure if the nightly 8.2.1 was kept http://downloads-origin.slimdevices....htly/index.php

It can always be re-constructed from github, if you know how to package. Let me poke around on my build system and see if I have something still packaged up nicely.

[CJS]

Not sure if the nightly 8.2.1 was kept http://downloads-origin.slimdevices....htly/index.php

On http://downloads-origin.slimdevices.com, the folder for latest 8.2.0 is there, but the 8.2.1 folder seems to be missing.

EDIT 2023-02-16: mherger has now made installation packages of the final LMS 8.2.1 nightly available for download here:
http://downloads-origin.slimdevices....2.1_unreleased.

Let me poke around on my build system and see if I have something still packaged up nicely.

That would be nice for sc1pzb.

Btw, I found this thread piCoreplayer - specify LMS build to install?, that talks about using the lms-update-script with a --mm switch to install a specific LMS version on pCP. With the present script version the --mm switch seems to depreciated, but is this switch still working? If so, that would enable sc1pzb to install LMS 8.2.0 (or 8.2.1, if the package for this version can be retrieved).

[KeBul]

I'm sure paul- will get this sorted,

But as a backup, I have two late versions of 8.2.1 running, one on pCP V8.2 64 bit and the other on pCP V7 32 bit, I can clean up either setup to back to defaults and take an image of it and put it on my FTP server for the OP to download.

Kev

[sc1pzb]

Hello Paul, CJS, KeBul, I very much appreciate your support on this subject. I have a RPi 4 with 4GB. I think this hardware is OK for 64bit software. Please let me know if any other information is required.

[d6jg]

8.2 versions are here

http://downloads-origin.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v8.2.0/

I think it is the debian one that is required

[CJS]

8.2 versions are here
http://downloads-origin.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v8.2.0/
I think it is the debian one that is required

Yes, version 8.2.0 is there, but 8.2.1 version seems to be missing. According to paul- (see his post in this thread above) the lms-update-script uses the -noCPAN.tgz package.

[Man in a van]

I think that sc1pzb is best to take up Kev's KeBul kind offer

I just popped a Bullseye 64 Bit Lite RPI OS on rpi4b and used the link provide by Jim d6jg to inslall LMS v8.2.0

I does not start, viz

login as: pi
[email protected]'s password:
Access denied
[email protected]'s password:
Linux bullseye 5.15.84-v8+ #1613 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 5 12:03:08 GMT 2023 aarch64

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Tue Jan 31 12:31:30 2023 from 192.168.1.3
pi@bullseye:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/logitechmediaserver status
● logitechmediaserver.service - Logitech Media Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/logitechmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2023-01-31 12:34:54 GMT; 1min 50s ago
    Process: 637 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/squeezeboxserver --prefsdir $PREFSDIR --logdir $LOGDIR --cachedir $CACHEDIR --charset $CHARSET $SLIMOPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 637 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 252ms

Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: If you're running some unsupported Linux/Unix platform, please use the buildme.sh
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: script located here:
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver-vendor/tree/public/8.2/CPAN
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: If 8.2 is outdated by the time you read this, Replace "8.2" with the major version
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: You should never need to do this if you're on Windows or Mac OSX. If the installers
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: don't work for you, ask for help and/or report a bug.
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: *******
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]:
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: Exiting..
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye systemd[1]: logitechmediaserver.service: Succeeded.
pi@bullseye:~ $

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ronnie

[KeBul]

Hello Paul, CJS, KeBul, I very much appreciate your support on this subject. I have a RPi 4 with 4GB. I think this hardware is OK for 64bit software. Please let me know if any other information is required.

OK I'll go ahead and sort out a cleaned up image of my pCP V8.2 with LMS 8.2.1 on it.

What computer type and operating system do you use? So I can sort out instructions for downloading the image I prepare.

Kev

[d6jg]

I think that sc1pzb is best to take up Kev's KeBul kind offer

ronnie

I agree

[paul-]

If you have 8.2.1, all you need to send him is

slimserver.tcz and slimserver.tcz.md5.txt

These files are contained in /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/optional

[KeBul]

If you have 8.2.1, all you need to send him is

slimserver.tcz and slimserver.tcz.md5.txt

These files are contained in /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/optional

OK thanks paul-, found them

How does he install from those files?

Slimserver-CPAN and a whole bunch of perl files also have the same date and time stamp as slimserver.tzc - would he not need those as well? *****Edit: Sorry ignore - they have a totally different date/time, screen to eye to brain issue

Cheers

Kev

[Man in a van]

I think that sc1pzb is best to take up Kev's KeBul kind offer

I just popped a Bullseye 64 Bit Lite RPI OS on rpi4b and used the link provide by Jim d6jg to inslall LMS v8.2.0

I does not start, viz

login as: pi
[email protected]'s password:
Access denied
[email protected]'s password:
Linux bullseye 5.15.84-v8+ #1613 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 5 12:03:08 GMT 2023 aarch64

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Tue Jan 31 12:31:30 2023 from 192.168.1.3
pi@bullseye:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/logitechmediaserver status
● logitechmediaserver.service - Logitech Media Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/logitechmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2023-01-31 12:34:54 GMT; 1min 50s ago
Process: 637 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/squeezeboxserver --prefsdir $PREFSDIR --logdir $LOGDIR --cachedir $CACHEDIR --charset $CHARSET $SLIMOPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 637 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 252ms

Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: If you're running some unsupported Linux/Unix platform, please use the buildme.sh
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: script located here:
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver-vendor/tree/public/8.2/CPAN
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: If 8.2 is outdated by the time you read this, Replace "8.2" with the major version
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: You should never need to do this if you're on Windows or Mac OSX. If the installers
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: don't work for you, ask for help and/or report a bug.
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: *******
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]:
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye squeezeboxserver[637]: Exiting..
Jan 31 12:34:54 bullseye systemd[1]: logitechmediaserver.service: Succeeded.
pi@bullseye:~ $

​

ronnie

Just a follow up; I built the binaries, and voila!

Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 - 1627922070 @ Tue Aug 3 11:37:35 CEST 2021

Hostname: bullseye

Server IP Address: 192.168.1.22

Server HTTP Port Number: 9000

Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8

Platform Architecture: aarch64-linux

Perl Version: 5.32.1 - aarch64-linux-gnu-thread-multi

Audio::Scan: 1.06

IO::Socket::SSL: 2.069

Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.58 (sqlite 3.22.0)

Total Players Recognized: 1

No sign of v 8.2.1

ronnie