Update to LMS 8.0

[garym]

How could I possibly go wrong?

It's hard to go wrong, as piCorePlayer is so simple to use. Glad it's working for you.

[atca]

where can I find about difference between v7.9.x and v8.x ?

Is there a summary of what v8 sets out to do / offer ?

[kidstypike]

where can I find about difference between v7.9.x and v8.x ?

Is there a summary of what v8 sets out to do / offer ?

Maybe here: http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https:...hangelog8.html

[atca]

Maybe here: http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https:...hangelog8.html

perfect. wheres the https://github.com/Logitech/slimserv...e/public/7.9.3 branch?? I only see 8.0 and 7.9.2. Would be good to see the 7.9.3 change log too.

found it http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https:...hangelog7.html

[svetter]

Upgrading from NetGear / ReadyNAS NV+ to run latest LMS

Really will appreciate some advice about the following:


I am running Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.1 - 1522157629 @ Fri Mar 30 12:30:30 CEST 2018.
on an old but so far reliable ReadyNAS NV+ (RAIDiator 4.1.16 [1.00a043]).

Serving 4 Logitech Touch devices (all are up-to-date with v7.8.0 r16754), plus SqueezeLite- X version 2.7.17 on my Dell XPS laptop, and Orange Squeeze v 2.5.2 (1500002574) with SqueezePlayer on my Samsung phone.

I have been living away from my home for a work project for the last two years - recently returned. While I was away I was running LMS on a new Dell XPS laptop and one Touch device on a temporary system. I have reverted to my home network and NAS, and am trying to catch up my network infrastructure & configuration. In any case, I do not want to keep running LMS on my laptop to serve my home system.

Also, since returning home I have found that the network does not seem to be as reliable as before, and I have been experiencing playback gaps or pauses.


I received today a notice "A new version of Logitech Media Server is available (8.1.1 - 0).". Clicking on the link in the message gives me a "404 Not found" message.

While I was trying to figure out the potential network issues that caused the LMS playback gaps/pauses, I thought I read a posting that LMS is not being supported on NetGear NV+ beyond version 9.x ...


I do not have the hands-on technical expertise (or time to dig...) to try migrating a potentially failing upgrade. And, my situation is further exacerbated in that my relatively new Dell XPS laptop is running Windows 10 Pro, and I have not figured out how to get access to my network devices from the laptop, compared to Windows 7 on my previous laptop. e.g. to do something that should be very straightforward such as catching up my NAS library with music that I added on my laptop while I was away ... (It was a most frustrating experience to have Microsoft "help" with an automatic migration to my laptop ...)


At this time, I believe my best way forward is to purchase and migrate to a new NAS - Windows Server based?

Appreciate recommendations on how I should move forward.

(Apologies if there was too much info above).


Thanks,
Stephen Vetter

[edwin2006]

Easiest way is to purchase a raspberry pi and install picoreplayer and than lms on that. Pretty good manual at picoreplayer.org

[Jaca]

Yeah if your old NAS is still reliable then keep music on it and get raspberry pi with piCorePlayer for LMS.

Alternatively update /upgrade NAS to smth capable of running docker.. (so with Intel CPU) and run docker version of LMS on new NAS

Edit..
There is also new device for LMS server called Core32 which is bit more expensive but apparently user friendly plug and play. At the moment on pre order.. Check other forum threads for more information

[svetter]

Upgrading from NetGear / ReadyNAS NV+ to piCorePlayer

To follow-on from my earlier message and the feedback suggestions received regarding Raspberry pi as a platform, with piCorePlayer LMS.

My ReadyNAS died shortly after my earlier e-mails, and for a while I was running on LMS on my laptop, but that was not very satisfactory from a general family usability perspective.


Many thanks for the suggestion to look at the Raspberry pi & piCorePlayer / LMS.

I have recently made the transition to a Raspberry pi.

A key note for other Raspberry pi newbies - my new pi 4 came with instructions on how to set everything up - starting with NOOBS (New Out Of Box System) loader, setting up Raspian, etc. and then trying to figure out how to get piCorePlayer & LMS to to install. After many hours of reading & re-reading the various documentation I realized that I need not have wasted my time on all the Rasbian stuff, and instead could have gone directly to loading piCorePlayer onto the memory card.

It should really be explained more clearly to new pi users that the whole Raspbian thing is an unnecessary detour ...


In any case, I have now got my music library loaded on a 500 GB USB flash drive inserted into the pi, and this is working well. The Raspberry runs sufficiently cool that the cooling fan never turns on, and the device is amazingly fast to scan & index my library, compared to the NetGear/ReadyNAS. As a dedicated standalone device - at probably 1/20th the size of my old 4-drive NetGear device - we gained a robust & reliable and high-performing system.

I have two open items to close - appreciate further feedback:
- I have a 1TB memory card and would like to partition this to load my music library on the memory card, so that I don't have an external USB stick poking out of the raspberry, vulnerable to being bumped, etc.
- I still maintain my master library on my laptop. I tried to set up SAMBA on the pi / piCorePlayer, so that I can directly propagate/sync my library updates directly to the pi (I used Allway Sync with the NetGear/ReadyNAS), but I have not been able to get this configured properly.

Expect I will burn up another Sunday to get these last two items cross off the list.


Again, many thanks for the suggestion to look at the Raspberry pi & piCorePlayre / LMS.

[Paul Webster]

I am sure that the team behind pCP would welcome suggested edits from first time users.
Writing documentation when it is something that you have done 100 times is not the necessarily the best for someone doing it for the first time.

https://docs.picoreplayer.org/getting-started/

[garym]

I assume you've seen this? I haven't done it myself (I have a 4TB USB drive connected to my rPi).

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

[svetter]

Migration NetGear/ReadyNAS to piCorePlayer/LMS 8.1.x

Paul, Gary - thanks for your follow-up notes.

I checked the link (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/how-to...ird_partition/) re. adding a partition to the memory card and noted the following at the top of the page... Looks like I will live with the USB stick in the pi. maybe get a short USB extender cable with 90 degree connector, so that connecting the USB stick is a little neater.
Warning
- It is recommended that you use an additional USB storage device rather than adding a third partition to the SD card.
- Adding a third partition on a SD card will prevent resizing the second partition in the future.
- There is a chance that future upgrades may clobber the third partiti[/INDENT]on.


On my future home tech-day catch-up Sunday I will review the piCorePlayer getting started link (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/getting-started/) & see what I can provide to make things a little easier for a newbie.

>>>> In any case, moving to the Raspberry pi was a great move for my needs. <<<<


Next step (not immediate will be to look at building a pi to create an additional end device / Squeezebook Touch replacement. Appreciate any recommendations on which of the several pi hats to consider, or whether to go to e.g. Dragonfly USB (I currently us a Dragonfly Red on my laptop), for the best quality output / future migrateability for playing eventual >92 kHz music sources to the analog outputs. (I tried and did not like the sound from the the Logitech Squeeze Toslink output.)


Paul - separately - I noticed that you are developer of the CBC Radio plugin. As a resident of Toronto I have been disappointed that this plug-in has not worked for a long time - I get "404 Not Found". Searching for CBC on this forum doesn't come up with any hits... Can we connect directly or via a forum thread to explore this. Many thanks,

[Paul Webster]

Paul - separately - I noticed that you are developer of the CBC Radio plugin. As a resident of Toronto I have been disappointed that this plug-in has not worked for a long time - I get "404 Not Found". Searching for CBC on this forum doesn't come up with any hits... Can we connect directly or via a forum thread to explore this. Many thanks,

I think "a CBC Radio plugin" is probably correct here. I suspect you were trying to use a different one.
Mine is only a year old - see https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...ench-services)

[pfcs49]

Spotty 101, I must have missed that class

I am running LMS V8.1.1 on an iMac 10.12.6

I put myself through hell getting Spotify back when they screwed us! But finally got it Spotty working.

Recently Spotify stopped working; Spotty was nowhere to be found in the Settings of LMS in active or inactive plugins. (and no Spotify either)
I have spent the last 6 hours in futile pursuit of the answer, including removing Spotty from the actual Spotify app thinking I could toggle it-it's GONE! (This happened pretty late in this tryst at perhaps the 4 hour mark)

I think if I could install Spotty in LMS AND enable it in Spotify, I'd be back in business, but I am out of patience and possibilities.
Could someone rescue this old digital dummie, pleas??!!!

Phil in NJ