Squeezeelite Problem?

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Hello everyone, here’s my setup:

•	Volumio (latest version) on a Pi 4 with a Hifiberry DAC HAT
•	11.9” Waveshare HDMI touch display
•	Lyron Music Server on a Synology running in Docker
•	Squeezeelite plugin activated on Volumio
•	I can control Volumio on the display (e.g., Radio Paradise)
•	I can also control music from my iPad that I start on the LMS via the Material Skin.

However, the display does not show the music that I start on the LMS—only the music that is played directly through Volumio.

I hope you understand what I mean.
Can anyone help me?

Many thanks and best regards,

C.

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We’re missing some basic info.

  • Which version of Volumio are you running, and don’t say the latest. Give us the exact version.
  • Are you running the Squeezelite MC plugin or…?

With the plugin on Volumio BW, It shows track, cover iinfo without any issues.

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Sorry, here is the information:

It is version 3.912 and I have the Squeezelite MC plugin 1.0.4 installed.

4

Then upgrade to Volumio V4 (Bookworm)
V3 (Buster) plugin for Squeezelite is no longer maintained.

5

No updates available

The version in use is up to date

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6

You need to perform a clean install.
You can’t upgrade form V3 to V4.

7

Ok, can I just use the old config.txt to get the 11.9-inch display working? It wasn’t easy to get it running—I’m just a user, not a programmer, and had to hunt everything down bit by bit. :wink:

8

You’re lucky.

There is a plugin called Pi Screen Setup. Which will do the hard work for you. Don’t copy files over as it will prob. break it. There are mayor differences between Buster and Bookworm.

I’ve tested it with the 7.9Inch HDMI screen.

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Ok, sounds good. I’ll give it a try tomorrow. Best, C.

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Hello,

I have now reinstalled everything. The system is now running Volumio version 4.103, and I was also able to properly install my 11.9-inch display using the Pi Screen Setup plugin.

However, I still have the same problem. Everything that I start directly on Volumio (for example Radio Paradise) is displayed on the screen. But the content that I start via Squeezelite on the LMS (Material Skin) is not shown on the display.

This has been working for years, and suddenly it no longer works. I’m completely at a loss.

Here is a video of it. You can see that when I start Radio Paradise on Volumio , it is displayed on the screen. But when I start Radio Paradise on the LMS , nothing is shown on the display.

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I think you need to sort this at the LMS side, as shown in my screenshots it’s working.

  • Make sure to run the latest version of LMS
  • Installed the UPnP plugins on LMS
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So, I solved the problem in a different way. When I installed the large display three years ago, I only switched to Volumio because it didn’t work with PiCorePlayer. In the meantime, that has changed and I can now use pCP with the 11.9-inch display as well. It actually runs much better. Sometimes it takes a problem to lead you back to the good stuff :wink:

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