Firstly, let me say thanks for providing this free plugin. I've had some issues with using it, which I can't say are related to other problems I've seen posted, so I;m posting them on the hope that we can discover the root cause, and stabilize the Plugin. Apologies in advance for the lengthy post - I just wanted to expose or get past any potential configuration errors with as few back and forth posts as possible.
I'm running your latest released plugin, 3.1.0.26 on Win7/64,HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.478, installed using HS installer, firewall off, MusicDB regularly sync'd
I have 3 Sonos Connects running the latest software/firmware.
What I'm describing is happening on a fresh install with newly updated SonosDB using BuildDB, and firewall off.
There are certain playlist-selection paths which cause the plugins to freeze or not update all but a few device status fields when I execute certain radiostations and podcasts. This happens whether or not I use the plugin GUI to select the item, or if I select it from the My Sonos page, or if I make the selection from the Sonos app on my iiPhone. The selected items will play through the speakers, and the Sonos App is updated appropriately, but the PI stops updating its status. Sometimes I can get it to recover by selecting a known radtiostation or playlist that I know the PI will respond well to.
Other things, such as Albums, playlists of songs, and Pandora radio stations appear to work reliably. Also, even on a frozen metadata screen, the control buttons still work. Another symptom is that it's slightly more likely to happen if I select an item from My Sonos page to play, vs if I select it by browsing and selecting from within the app for the exact same content (but that may be anecdotal information - I have not exhaustively confirmed that last piece of info)
At any rate, I attempted a complete reinstall (Plugin Disabled, fresh download/install using HS installer, HS3 shutdown, Delete Sonos.ini and MusicDB. Restart HS, Sonos systems rediscovered/ BuildDB executed). Even after doing this, I can reliably get the PI to freeze and stop updating it's status almost immedialtely upon attempting to play some selected podcasts.
BTW, these podcasts are derived from Google Music, if the source matters. your URI in the SonosDB starts with x-rincon-cpcontainer for all the podcasts.
A few caveats: I do sometimes change the names of some of the Songs, Playlists and Podcasts on the My Sonos page. I've verified that these changes are carried down to the SonosDB on Sync. If I make changes to the name of Pandora Radio stations (and sync the SonosDB) the system does work as it should, so I assume that such a name change should not pose a problem per say. I've verified that certain Podcasts cause the PI to freeze regardless of whether or not I've changed the name in My Sonos, or whether I select them from the My Sonos page or from within the Sonos App.
I tried looking for your latest beta but could not find it in the Beta section in the Installer.
Happy to provide any logs you would like if you feel like this is a PI issue. Just let me know what debug level you'd like me to set them to.
Thanks in advance!
I'm running your latest released plugin, 3.1.0.26 on Win7/64,HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.478, installed using HS installer, firewall off, MusicDB regularly sync'd
I have 3 Sonos Connects running the latest software/firmware.
What I'm describing is happening on a fresh install with newly updated SonosDB using BuildDB, and firewall off.
There are certain playlist-selection paths which cause the plugins to freeze or not update all but a few device status fields when I execute certain radiostations and podcasts. This happens whether or not I use the plugin GUI to select the item, or if I select it from the My Sonos page, or if I make the selection from the Sonos app on my iiPhone. The selected items will play through the speakers, and the Sonos App is updated appropriately, but the PI stops updating its status. Sometimes I can get it to recover by selecting a known radtiostation or playlist that I know the PI will respond well to.
Other things, such as Albums, playlists of songs, and Pandora radio stations appear to work reliably. Also, even on a frozen metadata screen, the control buttons still work. Another symptom is that it's slightly more likely to happen if I select an item from My Sonos page to play, vs if I select it by browsing and selecting from within the app for the exact same content (but that may be anecdotal information - I have not exhaustively confirmed that last piece of info)
At any rate, I attempted a complete reinstall (Plugin Disabled, fresh download/install using HS installer, HS3 shutdown, Delete Sonos.ini and MusicDB. Restart HS, Sonos systems rediscovered/ BuildDB executed). Even after doing this, I can reliably get the PI to freeze and stop updating it's status almost immedialtely upon attempting to play some selected podcasts.
BTW, these podcasts are derived from Google Music, if the source matters. your URI in the SonosDB starts with x-rincon-cpcontainer for all the podcasts.
A few caveats: I do sometimes change the names of some of the Songs, Playlists and Podcasts on the My Sonos page. I've verified that these changes are carried down to the SonosDB on Sync. If I make changes to the name of Pandora Radio stations (and sync the SonosDB) the system does work as it should, so I assume that such a name change should not pose a problem per say. I've verified that certain Podcasts cause the PI to freeze regardless of whether or not I've changed the name in My Sonos, or whether I select them from the My Sonos page or from within the Sonos App.
I tried looking for your latest beta but could not find it in the Beta section in the Installer.
Happy to provide any logs you would like if you feel like this is a PI issue. Just let me know what debug level you'd like me to set them to.
Thanks in advance!
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