Michel Kohanim

I already responded to your email. This is how the volume works: you have to be in play mode for the volume to be applied. Once the play is over, and you restart a new song, then volume goes back to 100%. We may improve this in future releases such that we store the volume and then apply it when the play starts. With kind regards, Michel

Volume control doesn't work for tts. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Gary, I suspect you have an older BT speaker that is not actually paired. Try unpair and pair again and make sure your BT speaker gives you an indication that it's paired. Some of these devices may hold on to the socket. If that fails, it may be holding on to the socket. With kind regards, MIchel

1. You can use your Alexa speaker as Bluetooth speaker (say Alexa Bluetooth on), scan, pair. 2. You can connect to your Alexa speaker using an aux cable from back of eisy to your Alexa. 3. Stereo and 4 channel Bluetooth speakers have long range. With kind regards, Michel

@deholt, Please submit a ticket with the log for the plugin. With kind regards, Michel

@lesliew, Please restart the plugin + the Admin Console. With kind regards, Michel

For those of you watching this thread, the problem was permissions on the directory. If you're in the same boat: sudo chown -r admin:pg3ns /storage/sounds sudo chmod -R 770 /storage/sounds With kind regards, Michel

Sent you a remote session link. With kind regards, Michel

Post the log please. With kind regards, Michel

@garybixler, I am glad to hear but, and unless that directory gives full write access, I don't think reboot was the root cause. With kind regards, Michel

@garybixler, The issue is this: we moved the temp directory to where the sound files are located. In your case, this is your /storage directory. Upon startup, the plugin tries to make a temp directory there. The plugin is running as its own user. So, I am 99.9% that your directory does not have write permissions for the node server user. For now, you can do: sudo chmod -R 666 path_to_your_sounds_directory This makes this directory accessible for everyone which is not safe. But for now, this is going to work. Once done, restart the plugin. With kind regards, Michel

@garybixler, Does it play anything else? With kind regards, Michel

Hi All, Version 1.3: https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/43270-version-130-professional-released/ With kind regards, Michel

Hi All, Version 1.3.0 is packed with fixes + very cool new features. Fixes - TTS (Text to Speech) files that are no longer playable can now be played using the old mechanism. All you have to do is to rename the files by adding _t at the end of the file name. e.g. hello_world.mp3 -> hello_world_t.mp3 In the majority of cases, this should work for both speaker + bluetooth. Enhancements - Direct TTS and translations using Google tts and Google Translate. This means that you can simply put the text in your plugin and leave the rest to the system: creating mp3 files, translating, and applying the correct logic for playback. To add your own TTS, simply add as many Custom Parameters as you wish. Please note that the format is pretty important: The Key is of the format: tts_<source language>_<destination language>_the name for your creation (it can include spaces). eg. tts_en_en_hello world (source and destination languages are the same = English) tts_en_fr_hello world in french (source language is English, destination language is French) For a list of language codes, please see here. The Value: Any arbitrary text Future: Yes, I know some of you don't like Google and cloud based solutions. Neither do we! So, we'll experiment with local TTS. With kind regards, Michel

@garybixler, Please send me a couple. Apart from having manual and ugly switch for TTS, it's just heuristics of figuring out which ones need VLC and which need direct stream manipulation. With kind regards, Michel

Hello everyone, Please try version 1.2. Basically, we try to detect where a file is TTS (based on low frame/bit rates) and then use the previous mechanism for those files. The problems with those files and this approach: 1. Some may not work on Bluetooth due to their very low frame rate 2. No volume control For other non-TTS files, everything will work as version 1.1. In addition to the aforementioned, now: 1. The drop down for the song does not change to None after playing. 2. Switching output during playback will automatically switch everything (i.e. you don't have to stop, pick, and click play). This is good for switching stations outputs while listening to a stream Another good news is that we added the plumbing for gtts. So, in the near future, you can simply provide the text (the audio quality is as good as those samples that were sent to me) and not have to upload mp3 files. Please let me know how things go. With kind regards, Michel

@garybixler, You need to install the Free version. With kind regards, Michel

Yes you can reinstall the old version. Did you add a space plus 4 underscores? With kind regards, Michel

Hello everyone, It seems that vlc eats mostly the last word. I have found this solution to work gtts: "hello this is a test ____": One space + 4 underscores after the last word. Please let me know how it goes. With kind regards, Michel

Hello everyone, Sincere apologies for the delay. This implementation is based on the same framework as Matter (unlike HomeBridge). The delay has been related to the continual changes by the alliance. This said, their last release was much more stable so we are back on track. With kind regards, Michel

@hart2hart, no need because you are booting directly from NVMe. This is needed for those are still use eMMC but have NVMe as storage. With kind regards, Michel

@garybixler, That makes sense. With regard to speaker vs. BT, switching the output does NOT unpair the speaker. In short, you can switch the output without any issues. Alternatively, you can install another copy of this plugin so that you can have both simultaneously: one playing music and one making announcements without interrupting the music (warning, I have not tested this yet). With kind regards, Michel

@apnar, Thank you so very much. I noticed that while trying to fix something else. Will do so. With kind regards, Michel

Thank you. It seems that the vlc library we use considers a pause as the end of the stream due to the encoding used. Will try to figure out what's going on. I am also thinking that we add a TTS directly in the plugin so that you don't have to create audio files. With kind regards, Michel

I think the issue is encoding. Do all of you with this issue use TTS (Text To Speech) to create the files? With kind regards, Michel