[Announce] Spotty 2.7.x - Spotify Connect for your Squeezebox

[mherger]

> Just tried and the Perl error is gone The result when running it with
> no arguments is a plain 'Done.', not sure if I should expect anything
> more verbose. Then I run with the IP:PORT for the LMS server running
> Spotty. I then got no output, no 'Done.' I mean.

Hmm... try this one?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw79k0u17a...Files.zip?dl=0

You said you installed Perl. Would you be able to install missing
modules (there should be the Perl Package Manager or similar in the
Windows menu) and run the following file manually from the command line?:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mi...FolderFiles.pl

if it's complaining about a missing module (eg. File::Slurp, or
File::Next), install it using PPM.

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Michael

[mykee]

> Just tried and the Perl error is gone The result when running it with
> no arguments is a plain 'Done.', not sure if I should expect anything
> more verbose. Then I run with the IP:PORT for the LMS server running
> Spotty. I then got no output, no 'Done.' I mean.

Hmm... try this one?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw79k0u17a...Files.zip?dl=0

You said you installed Perl. Would you be able to install missing
modules (there should be the Perl Package Manager or similar in the
Windows menu) and run the following file manually from the command line?:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mi...FolderFiles.pl

if it's complaining about a missing module (eg. File::Slurp, or
File::Next), install it using PPM.

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Michael

Thanks again Michael. Tried what you suggested and it did complain about File::Slurp. But through ppm I could not install File::Slurp, it does not seem to be an available package to install. There was a File::Slurp::Tiny, but installing that did not help, it still complained about missing File::Slurp. I am then running ActivePerl 5.28, from the activestate website. Should I try to go back to an earlier version possibly? Or switch to any other Perl distribution?

[mherger]

Can you try the latest binary I posted?

> Am 06.10.2019 um 12:00 schrieb mykee <mykee.97hotz (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>:
>
> 
> mherger wrote:
>>> Just tried and the Perl error is gone The result when running it
>> with
>>> no arguments is a plain 'Done.', not sure if I should expect anything
>>> more verbose. Then I run with the IP:PORT for the LMS server running
>>> Spotty. I then got no output, no 'Done.' I mean.
>>
>> Hmm... try this one?
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw79k0u17a...Files.zip?dl=0
>>
>> You said you installed Perl. Would you be able to install missing
>> modules (there should be the Perl Package Manager or similar in the
>> Windows menu) and run the following file manually from the command
>> line?:
>>
>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mi...FolderFiles.pl
>>
>> if it's complaining about a missing module (eg. File::Slurp, or
>> File::Next), install it using PPM.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael
>
> Thanks again Michael. Tried what you suggested and it did complain about
> File::Slurp. But through ppm I could not install File::Slurp, it does
> not seem to be an available package to install. There was a
> File::Slurp::Tiny, but installing that did not help, it still complained
> about missing File::Slurp. I am then running ActivePerl 5.28, from the
> activestate website. Should I try to go back to an earlier version
> possibly? Or switch to any other Perl distribution?
>
>
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[mykee]

Can you try the latest binary I posted?

>

The result was the same. Meaning 'Done' as output when running without any arguments. When providing IP:HOST for the server it returned nothing. Found no trace in the server log. Nothing new to go on I'm afraid.

/Micke

[mherger]

>> Can you try the latest binary I posted?
>
> The result was the same. Meaning 'Done' as output when running without
> any arguments.

Hmm... please fire up the Spotify app on your desktop. Go to Settings.
At the bottom there's a button to get "Advanced Settings" or similar. In
there you'd find some preference for "Offline Storage" (or similar -
mine is in German). Please open that path in your Explorer. Then drill
down its sub-folders. Would there be any *.file files (with the
extension .file)? How large are those files?

Michael

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Michael

[mykee]

Hmm... please fire up the Spotify app on your desktop. Go to Settings.
At the bottom there's a button to get "Advanced Settings" or similar. In
there you'd find some preference for "Offline Storage" (or similar -
mine is in German). Please open that path in your Explorer. Then drill
down its sub-folders. Would there be any *.file files (with the
extension .file)? How large are those files?

Michael

There are 501 files with the extensions .file all store in subfolders in the 'offlinestorage' folder. They are from 1 kB up to 1000 kB approx. Although most of them are between 5 and 30 kB I would say. In the root of the 'offline storage' folder there is a file called index.dat that is 59 kB.

/Micke

[mherger]

> There are 501 files with the extensions .file all store in subfolders in
> the 'offlinestorage' folder. They are from 1 kB up to 1000 kB approx.

Ok, here's another build:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw79k0u17a...Files.zip?dl=0

That would log the folder it's looking for that information in as the
first line of output. Would that be the same as the one in Spotify?

Could you please post the full output?


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Michael

[mykee]

> There are 501 files with the extensions .file all store in subfolders in
> the 'offlinestorage' folder. They are from 1 kB up to 1000 kB approx.

Ok, here's another build:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw79k0u17a...Files.zip?dl=0

That would log the folder it's looking for that information in as the
first line of output. Would that be the same as the one in Spotify?

Could you please post the full output?


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Michael

It seems you nailed it!! First ran it without args and it listed files preceeded with Candidate: and completed with Done.

Second attempt I provided server ip and port. You will see the output from the program below as well as the output on in the server log in the attached files.

Playlist structure is now appearing nicely when browsing the playlists BIG thanks for your engagement to resolve the problem!

/Micke

[mherger]

> It seems you nailed it!! First ran it without args and it listed files
> preceeded with Candidate: and completed with Done.

Well... I'm confused: this version wasn't supposed to change anything
but the output. But none of the actual featur set.

Also there's still no "Found..." line which should tell you what file it
considered a match.

> Second attempt I provided server ip and port. You will see the output
> from the program below as well as the output on in the server log in the
> attached files.

The server log file seems to be truncated. Was
dd1cc5e211ef376ff97f36e94451ca9dd2df8828.file the only file it uploaded,
or did it uploae more than that one?

Would you mind zipping C:\Users\micke\AppData\Local\Spotify\Storage\ and
uploading it to https://www.dropbox.com/request/T3RctyzGgNg0oFDubq6a? I
still don't understand why the script didn't work in the beginning.

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Michael

[mykee]

>
Would you mind zipping C:\Users\micke\AppData\Local\Spotify\Storage\ and
uploading it to https://www.dropbox.com/request/T3RctyzGgNg0oFDubq6a? I
still don't understand why the script didn't work in the beginning.

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Michael

The storage directory is now zipped and uploaded Michael. /Micke