1.4.0 Beta 3

[agent_kith]

This is likely going to be the last beta for snakeoil high end before official release.

Please refer to the release notes here.

Download links:

• Noble arm64 (Raspberry Pi)
  
• Noble amd64 (Intel/AMD)
  

[Primare11]

Hi Kith
I have tried to install SnakeOil 1.4.0 beta 3 now and I have some issues with JRiver:

• Installing Ubuntu Server 24.04.1 LTS + SnakeOil 1.4.0 beta 3 + JRiver 32.058 = OK
  
• In SnakeOil I can see and activate JRiver MC 32, but the status is a red X (not a green tick).
  
• The log say:
  PHP Code:

  **** 2024-12-26T14:09:38
**** JRiver MC 32

Starting VNC Server
Start Player: cd /var/www;  /var/www/players/MediaCenter32/init /var/www/players/MediaCenter32 2>&1;/usr/bin/vncserver -localhost no 2>&1;

You will require a password to access your desktops.

getpassword error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Password: 

• I cannot connect to the VNC server, the login I use is this (I use Remmina):
  - Protocol: Remmina VNC plugin
  - Server: <IP>:1
  - Password: Password1
  This method is still correct, right?
  

Please advice or correct me I have missed something.

[agent_kith]

Hi Kith
I have tried to install SnakeOil 1.4.0 beta 3 now and I have some issues with JRiver:

• Installing Ubuntu Server 24.04.1 LTS + SnakeOil 1.4.0 beta 3 + JRiver 32.058 = OK
  
• In SnakeOil I can see and activate JRiver MC 32, but the status is a red X (not a green tick).
  
• The log say:
  PHP Code:

  **** 2024-12-26T14:09:38
**** JRiver MC 32

Starting VNC Server
Start Player: cd /var/www;  /var/www/players/MediaCenter32/init /var/www/players/MediaCenter32 2>&1;/usr/bin/vncserver -localhost no 2>&1;

You will require a password to access your desktops.

getpassword error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Password: 

• I cannot connect to the VNC server, the login I use is this (I use Remmina):
  - Protocol: Remmina VNC plugin
  - Server: <IP>:1
  - Password: Password1
  This method is still correct, right?
  

Please advice or correct me I have missed something.

Will look into this and find out what's wrong. Apologies.

[Primare11]

Hi Kith
I have tried to install SnakeOil 1.4.0 beta 3 now and I have some issues with JRiver:

• Installing Ubuntu Server 24.04.1 LTS + SnakeOil 1.4.0 beta 3 + JRiver 32.058 = OK
  
• In SnakeOil I can see and activate JRiver MC 32, but the status is a red X (not a green tick).
  
• The log say:
  PHP Code:

  **** 2024-12-26T14:09:38
**** JRiver MC 32

Starting VNC Server
Start Player: cd /var/www;  /var/www/players/MediaCenter32/init /var/www/players/MediaCenter32 2>&1;/usr/bin/vncserver -localhost no 2>&1;

You will require a password to access your desktops.

getpassword error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Password: 

• I cannot connect to the VNC server, the login I use is this (I use Remmina):
  - Protocol: Remmina VNC plugin
  - Server: <IP>:1
  - Password: Password1
  This method is still correct, right?
  

Please advice or correct me I have missed something.

Will look into this and find out what's wrong. Apologies.

Thanks  .

[vinaymoturi]

Mp3 files are not playing  in MPD 23.15. playing fine in LMS (Lyrion Media Server).

[agent_kith]

Mp3 files are not playing  in MPD 23.15. playing fine in LMS (Lyrion Media Server).

MP3 files will have to be looked at in another release. My MP3 files work just fine, and the decoders are there, perhaps it's some special mp3 files, or perhaps it's a bug somewhere, but unfortunately I have to focus as there's still some catch up to do. Here's the decoders supported by Snakeoil's mpd-v23 build. MP3 decoders include: mad, mpg123 and ffmpeg. 

So the codec is supported, but just unsure why it's not playing with your mp3 library just yet. 
 

Code:

 [mad] mp3 mp2
 [mpg123] mp3
 [oggflac] ogg oga
 [flac] flac
 [opus] opus ogg oga
 [audiofile] wav au aiff aif
 [dsdiff] dff
 [dsf] dsf
 [hybrid_dsd] m4a
 [faad] aac
 [mpcdec] mpc
 [wavpack] wv
 [wildmidi] mid
 [ffmpeg] 16sv 3g2 3gp 4xm 8svx aa3 aac ac3 adx afc aif aifc aiff al alaw amr anim apc ape asf atrac au aud avi avm2 avs bap bfi c93 cak cin cmv cpk daud dct divx dts dv dvd dxa eac3 film flac flc fli fll flx flv g726 gsm gxf iss m1v m2v m2t m2ts m4a m4b m4v mad mj2 mjpeg mjpg mka mkv mlp mm mmf mov mp+ mp1 mp2 mp3 mp4 mpc mpeg mpg mpga mpp mpu mve mvi mxf nc nsv nut nuv oga ogm ogv ogx oma ogg omg opus psp pva qcp qt r3d ra ram rl2 rm rmvb roq rpl rvc shn smk snd sol son spx str swf tak tgi tgq tgv thp ts tsp tta xa xvid uv uv2 vb vid vob voc vp6 vmd wav webm wma wmv wsaud wsvga wv wve rtp:// rtsp:// rtsps://
 [pcm]

[Snoopy8]

Intel NUC Element, Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS 1.4.0-beta-3.
SO installed with some issues (see below).  SO backup restored successfully, played music using Squeezelite (v2.0.0-1507).  Biggest problem is NFS partitions not remounted automatically after boot.  Have to remount them manually (a pain which I have forgotten a few times to check!).

CPUset running, with some install error messages.  HQPlayer NAA install errors.

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Install had a problem
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool...-3_all.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Did a sudo apt-get update, reran install and gave the following warning message
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/cs/snakeoil-1.4.0-beta-3-ubuntu_noble_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
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Hit:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Reading package lists...
Changing software configuration...
*** Name: cpuset Mode: Installing ***
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following additional packages will be installed:
  python3-cpuset
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cpuset python3-cpuset
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 66 not upgraded.
Need to get 98.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 395 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 python3-cpuset all 1.6.2-1 [26.3 kB]
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 cpuset all 1.6.2-1 [72.0 kB]
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin:
Fetched 98.3 kB in 0s (3,247 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package python3-cpuset.
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Preparing to unpack .../python3-cpuset_1.6.2-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-cpuset (1.6.2-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package cpuset.
Preparing to unpack .../cpuset_1.6.2-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking cpuset (1.6.2-1) ...
Setting up python3-cpuset (1.6.2-1) ...
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cpuset/cset.py:346: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\-'
  mo = re.search("[^0-9,\-]", cpuspec)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cpuset/cset.py:398: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\-'
  mo = re.search("[^0-9,\-]", memspec)
Setting up cpuset (1.6.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype



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*** Name: NAA Mode: Installing ***
/media/snakeoil_cache/networkaudiod_5.1.3-66_amd64.deb: No such file or directory

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
E: Unsupported file /media/snakeoil_cache/networkaudiod_5.1.3-66_amd64.deb given on commandline
Failed to disable unit: Unit file networkaudiod.service does not exist.
Failed to stop networkaudiod.service: Unit networkaudiod.service not loaded.

[Snoopy8]

On Pi5 Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, same issues, including requiring manual remount of NFS folders.  Using Squeezelite v2 (& LMS 9 on Intel NUC), able to play music.

I have been using the Pi5 to promote SnakeOil on SNA, even going as far as offering to post a microSD card preloaded with SO. The Pi5 is a far easier platform for newcomers to get into SO. Once the issue of LMS 9.0 is fixed, I will do another promotion.

[uglymusic]

On Pi5 Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, same issues, including requiring manual remount of NFS folders.  Using Squeezelite v2 (& LMS 9 on Intel NUC), able to play music.

I have been using the Pi5 to promote SnakeOil on SNA, even going as far as offering to post a microSD card preloaded with SO. The Pi5 is a far easier platform for newcomers to get into SO. Once the issue of LMS 9.0 is fixed, I will do another promotion.

I was just about to try 1.4 on my RPi 5. If LMS isn't working, I'll put that aside for the moment

[agent_kith]

CPUset running, with some install error messages.  HQPlayer NAA install errors.

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Install had a problem
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool...-3_all.deb  0  [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Did a sudo apt-get update, reran install and gave the following warning message

Will add a "apt update" before installing NAA. This should fix this problem

N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/cs/snakeoil-1.4.0-beta-3-ubuntu_noble_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

I'm getting this every time I install a deb package manually now for some reason. Hopefully once the deb packages are created in it's own apt repository this will go away. Technically this is a "Notice", as that's what that N: means. but still annoying to see this.

/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cpuset/cset.py:346: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\-'
  mo = re.search("[^0-9,\-]", cpuspec)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cpuset/cset.py:398: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\-'
  mo = re.search("[^0-9,\-]", memspec)
Setting up cpuset (1.6.2-1) ...

This is a warning. Something is weird with Ubuntu's cputset Unsure what is happening but I think (hope) cset will continue to work as this isn't an error.

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*** Name: NAA Mode: Installing ***
/media/snakeoil_cache/networkaudiod_5.1.3-66_amd64.deb: No such file or directory

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
E: Unsupported file /media/snakeoil_cache/networkaudiod_5.1.3-66_amd64.deb given on commandline
Failed to disable unit: Unit file networkaudiod.service does not exist.
Failed to stop networkaudiod.service: Unit networkaudiod.service not loaded.

This is strange. This should work. Can you manually remove /media/snakeoil_cache/networkaudiod_5.1.3-66_amd64.deb and try to install again? I
 
Thanks.