[Announce] Radio Paradise Lossless Streaming (Plugin v2)

[slartibartfast]

> v2.2.2 comes with minor changes which I hope will improve the behaviour
> on the announcements. They should hopefully no longer interrupt playback
> in the middle of a song. Please let me know about your experience. Enjoy
> the music!

Argh... it just happened again... But I got a new theory. Stay tuned!

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Michael

Does this happen on a Touch? I have never experienced it.

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[mherger]

> Does this happen on a Touch? I have never experienced it.

Transporter and Squeezeplay on Mac. I think it depends not only on the
player and its buffer size, but also on what kind of controllers you've
connected. I believe that eg. using a web UI could worsen the issue.

In general my code seems to be overly complicated, trying to be smart
about timings etc. when most of the hard facts actually is in the
metadata I receive from RP. I'm currently testing a much simplified
version of the track handling. I'm just not sure I'll get the listening
hours required to run into this issue over the weekend... I'll do as
much listening as I can and will release for testing shortly.

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Michael

[philsparks]

> Does this happen on a Touch? I have never experienced it.

Transporter and Squeezeplay on Mac. I think it depends not only on the
player and its buffer size, but also on what kind of controllers you've
connected. I believe that eg. using a web UI could worsen the issue.

In general my code seems to be overly complicated, trying to be smart
about timings etc. when most of the hard facts actually is in the
metadata I receive from RP. I'm currently testing a much simplified
version of the track handling. I'm just not sure I'll get the listening
hours required to run into this issue over the weekend... I'll do as
much listening as I can and will release for testing shortly.

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Michael

Hi Michael

If you want a few people to test your new version I'm quite happy to be one of the Guinea pigs - we tend to have RP running a lot of the evening most days so could definitely see if it's "jumping" behaviour is better. I suspect a few of the guys above who are particularly susceptible to this behaviour would do the same.
Cheers
Phil

[robanglin]

Hi Michael

If you want a few people to test your new version I'm quite happy to be one of the Guinea pigs - we tend to have RP running a lot of the evening most days so could definitely see if it's "jumping" behaviour is better. I suspect a few of the guys above who are particularly susceptible to this behaviour would do the same.
Cheers
Phil

Same here!

[mherger]

> If you want a few people to test your new version I'm quite happy to be
> one of the Guinea pigs - we tend to have RP running a lot of the evening
> most days so could definitely see if it's "jumping" behaviour is better.

Ahm... I hoped the latest had fixed this. What version are you running?

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Michael

[Redrum]

Ahm... I hoped the latest had fixed this. What version are you running?

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Michael

Michael, forgive me for asking, but, I can I assume that if the the setting->plugin page shows Radio Paradise v2.2.3 checked, and I have the "update plugins automatically" radio box at the bottom of the page checked, that I am running the latest? I didn't see any other way to access the plug in version number.

Jim

[mherger]

> Michael, forgive me for asking, but, I can I assume that if the the
> setting->plugin page shows Radio Paradise v2.2.3 checked, and I have the
> "update plugins automatically" radio box at the bottom of the page
> checked, that I am running the latest? I didn't see any other way to
> access the plug in version number.

Yes, 2.2.3 is the latest. And what exact problem are you still seeing?

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Michael

[Redrum]

Yes, 2.2.3 is the latest. And what exact problem are you still seeing?

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Michael

actually, it is running fine for me recently. Others had noticed frequent "skips" in the past, but I only had that happen once over days of running it. My previous "issues" were premature ending of songs or even hanging up (very occasional), but I can't say that anything improper has occurred in a while. But, it's never been a problem that would cause me to not use it.

I was just asking to make sure I was running the most recent, so if I do note something I can contribute.

Jim

[robanglin]

Hi Michael,

I didn't realize the plugin had been updated until today (over the last few weeks I've been playing the 320 stream). This evening I did some in-depth testing with the FLAC version (verified that I am on v. 2.2.3). Interruptions/skips as bad as ever. I turned RP logging up to debug, set all other logging to off, and started with a fresh log file; I am posting the log file at the link below. Here's my log of the actions I took.

Made sure that browser pages to the LMS were closed (since I understand this causes excess log entries). From a SB Touch that I unsynced from all other players, I selected the FLAC stream, and then watched the display and logged the following; all times are EST (UTC -5).

10:05 PM 12:32 Block starts to play
1st song: Ben Harper: How Dark is Gone --> Plays to completion
2nd song: Quicksilver Messenger Service: Fresh Air --> Interrupted by Bill announcement a couple of mins in

10:12 PM After interruption above, new 24:14 block starts
1st song: The War on Drugs: Pain --> Plays to completion
2nd song: Elbow: Charge --> Interrupted by Bill within seconds of starting

10:17 PM After interruption above, new 20:37 block starts
1st song: Thievery Corporation: Sweet Tides --> Plays to completion
2nd song: Blur: This is a Low --> Display changed to show song and cover art, but never actually started playing; Bill came on with another announcement

10:22 PM New 29:36 block started, 1st song: Bob Dylan: It's alright, Ma (I'm only bleeding)

After that, I aborted the effort. Server log file can be viewed at this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zc...BPMMn1xNTrZEyV

Let me know if there's any other info I can provide.

[mherger]

> After that, I aborted the effort. Server log file can be viewed at this
> link:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zc...BPMMn1xNTrZEyV
Crap... and after all the silence I got after the update I thought I had
finally nailed it :-(. I'll need a way to reproduce this. Thanks for the
log.

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Michael