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[Roland0]

or it's a scam

[Roland0]

The event is sent for any player, so depending on your set-up / use case the script run in response to that (which gets the player id as an argument) could implement some logic doing what you want.
Or as a work-around pair the real player with a virtual one (squeezelite -o null)

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[Roland0]

You could try the playlist open or newsong event. Not sure if this works if no player is connected.
But maybe you get a playlist cant_open event in this case, which would work as well....

[Roland0]

Yes. Exact behavior may depend on LMS spawning the external scanner or using the internal one.
Or use LimitNICE / capabilities...

[Roland0]

Not necessarily, as mentioned modifying the service unit / init script should fix this
systemd (not tested, as I don't use it):
- set LimitNICE (preferred)
- or set CAP_SYS_NICE capability (potential security implications)

non-systemd distros eg. Devuan:
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[Roland0]

This can't work, since the unprivileged user LMS runs as can only choose a lower priority
simple solution: set priority in service unit / init script
better solution: add CAP_SYS_NICE capability in service unit / init script (or set LimitNICE instead)