Posts by awiouy

Revision 111m fetches track information from Spotity

Revision 111m requires at least Kodi Alpha 1

Do no switch mode while Spotify is playing to avoid having to reboot your system.

For RPi2:

- Code: Commits · awiouy/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

- Addon: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wxuup4kd1boeuswvxdusztfu5camlclb

For Generic:

- Code: Commits · awiouy/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

- Addon: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1evpif7pgexduakyiy52iywp1joiokrwr

For CoreELEC

- Code: Commits · awiouy/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

- Addon: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v1--iqlejdshpfrmjtsexh7iomuhbcvx

If no major issues pop up, I will refine the settings, add translations and submit for release.

Happy testing!

Quote from havilson

Thanks for your answer but that will not solve my problem. I just want an easy way to enter text, my APIs in an addon configuration for example in addon on LE.

Then use a Kodi remote, eg Kodi Remote, Kore, Sybu, etc.

Quote from bylderup

I really do respect the efforts for the librespot addon.

If I have a device with a Kodi /*elec version not supporting the librespot addon correctly then i use a little app on my Android tablet/Smartphone called HiFy as a workaround. It enables Airplay/DLNA support in spotify connect.

So I do not get in trouble if I want to hear Spotify Music in Kodi and can patiently wait for a fix.

Another thing is that I can hear my Music again via Airplay or DLNA on my AVR Receiver. Spotify connect was disabled on it earlier this year.

Cool!

Snapcast and Spotify via Bluetooth do the same

Quote from ozarks

Thank you.

Selected that and it said no modules found.

Ah... You have a PC... You might not need Crazycat then

Try to configure Tvheadend Server

Quote from ozarks

Thanks.

The Tvheadend Server addon I can find but I can't see any mention anywhere of these Crazycat drivers.

Addons/Program Add-ons/LibreELEC Module Drivers

You also need to (in that order):

1. activate the Crazycat drivers

2. install the Tvheadend Server addon (from the service section)

3. Configure the Tvheadend Server via its UI at libreelec.local:9981

Quote from jonsolberg

To me, it seems the installation procedure is buggy as hell.

Ah! The infamous PEBKAC bug...

Got logs?

Quote from kaibenn

Sorry, than I confused the names. I meant the librespot process (in contrast to the library or your addon) running in the background. Does it provide the time information for you to intercept (hooks,events,...), also e.g. for the case someone starts a song somewhere in the middle (spotify app)?

If you get this information it should be possible to update the Kodi GUI.

The librespot deaemon provides a lot of information.

However, the current transmission mechanism (the librespot daemon sets shell variables and launches a script, the script writes the variables to a pipe, and the Librespot addon reads the variables from the pipe) is ill suited to transmit them all.

I would need help from a Rust programmer to change the librespot daemon to serialize the information, eg to json, and to pipe them directly to the Librespot addon. My skills in Rust are too limited to do it myself.

Anyways, I am unsure if it is possible to set/reset the current playing time of the Kodi player while the player is playing, ie with the xbmc.player.updateInfoTag() python method. I tried, it does not work. The Librespot addon uses xbmc.player.updateInfoTag() rather than xbmc.player.play() to avoid further gaps during playback.

Quote from kaibenn

Ah, installing from zip. I somehow overlooked this feature.

I do not think that the correct displayed time is important, I use librespot mainly with TV off. It would just make the integration more complete,

Does librespotd provide the time information so that you can update the GUI? If e.g. someone presses in the middle of a song?

Using librespot with the TV off was the original idea, but then some installations had issues with ALSA

librespotd is work in progess: readme.md

Quote from kaibenn

OK, now it works.

I uninstalled the addon, extract your archive under .kodi/addons, rebooted, activated, configured and Kodi mode works now.

I think now it is the same as gurabIi reported. I see artist, album title. The lyrics is also searched. The time seems to be incorrect.

Installing from zip would have been easier.

I expect that synchronizing playback time will be tricky, if not impossible, with librespot.

Nevertheless, I will have a look at what others do, eg Volumio.

Quote from kaibenn

I switched to Kodi and restarted then, so this should not be the problem.

Here is a log:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/d9sdjbhsdy/

There seems to be an exception in the python part of addon.

Something does not seem right: according to github, ls_v never was an addon setting.

Also, the controller receives title, artist and album, but the player does not receive the album.

Can I ask you to uninstall the addon and corresponding data, and to then reinstall it?

Quote from kaibenn

Thank you awiouy!

her my comments, after a short test.

I seems that the problem on CoreElec with TVHeadend and librespot is solved on my Wetek Play 2. At least I have switched several times between both, switching channels,... Looks good!

The ALSA mode works good now good as well.

The Kodi audio mode has worked in the past better than the ALSA mode, but currently it does not work for me The spotify app on my phone is playing, but I hear nothing, And also see no song info.

I have noticed that sometimes switching mode from ALSA to Kodi breaks Kodi playback and requires a reboot. This is on my todo list.

Quote from gurabli

Wow, so much thanks!

I will check revision 111j once I'm home and report back!

I can test the CoreELEC version on Odroid C2 now, I'm not using RPi atm (actually yes, but an official LibreElec build with Kodi v17, where librespot works fine with TVHeadend zapping).

kaibenn I believe he can test it on CoreElec on Wetek Play 2.

Here, I am able to continuously zap through my 100+ channels of my Odroid_C2.

The librespot addon was sending a systemctl stop command each time TVHeadend switched to a new channel, which killed the system.

Now, the librespot addon only sends a such command when the system.d service is active.

Revision 111j requires Kodi 18 alpha 1 or more recent.

In addition to the previously mentioned improvements, revision 111j solves issues with TVHeadend zapping and with settings changes and a big meh...

gurabli please confirm that this fixes your zapping issues.

For RPi2

- Addon: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h0gtkk2stk4vpkpxgnsvsrizy5knw6a5

- Code: Commits · awiouy/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

For Generic

- Addon: https://drive.google.com/open?id=17c2athb6qlvnwxmdbfsimpmg3iexpjnq

- Code: see RPi2

For CoreELEC

- Addon: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cswcla4tkitdpriepptnrvfnl23jo721

- Code: Commits · awiouy/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

Revision 11h requires Kodi 18 alpha 1 or more recent.

Revision 111h displays album, artist and title Kodi mode.

It also fixes the wizard

For RPi2
- Addon: drive.google.com/open?id=1ZssrJeXgi5rFbmf_IYas4pWsNrJPXGaY
- Code: github.com/awiouy/LibreELEC.tv/commits/alpha1-ls-next

For CoreELEC

- Addon: drive.google.com/open?id=1qiInzSyDL2XSZVuuwSOXdjdbXHQvFD4k

- Code: github.com/awiouy/LibreELEC.tv/commits/ce-ls-next

Let me know how it works for you

Quote from gurabli

awiouy Do you see something in the two logs that might help to resolve this long standing problem? Let me know if you need any further help from our side. Thanks.

I am not at home right now.

Excellent!

Thank you for documenting your solution.

A tip for next time: document the instructions you use for compiling in the first post, it helps diagnosing the issue

Quote from Hammett

Hi all,

I am unable to compile ffmpeg 4.0.2 with hevc optimizations on RPi stretch with the following error

Code

LD    ffmpeg_g
LD    ffplay_g
LD    ffprobe_g
/usr/bin/ld: libavcodec/libavcodec.a(rpi_qpu.o): undefined reference to symbol 'vcsm_vc_hdl_from_hdl'
//opt/vc/lib/libvcsm.so: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:107: recipe for target 'ffprobe_g' failed
make: *** [ffprobe_g] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/usr/bin/ld: libavcodec/libavcodec.a(rpi_qpu.o): undefined reference to symbol 'vcsm_vc_hdl_from_hdl'
//opt/vc/lib/libvcsm.so: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:107: recipe for target 'ffmpeg_g' failed
make: *** [ffmpeg_g] Error 1
/usr/bin/ld: libavcodec/libavcodec.a(rpi_qpu.o): undefined reference to symbol 'vcsm_vc_hdl_from_hdl'
//opt/vc/lib/libvcsm.so: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:107: recipe for target 'ffplay_g' failed
make: *** [ffplay_g] Error 1

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I have applied patch found here LibreELEC.tv/ffmpeg-99.1003-pfcd_hevc_optimisations.patch at master · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub without any errors.

I have an rpi 3B+ with Raspbian Stretch updated, along with rpi-firmware updated as of today.

Has anybody encountered the same error or know how to fix it?

Thanks!

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Woah!

You use a patch from LibreELEC, but you do not specify what you compile, let alone how.

LibreELEC has a build system of its own. To see how ffmpeg is built, see here: LibreELEC.tv/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg at master · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub