{"id":3559,"date":"2017-06-07T08:06:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T08:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2018-04-24T06:06:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:06:55","slug":"fixing-logitech-media-server-for-microsoft-edge-and-playing-dsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/3559-fixing-logitech-media-server-for-microsoft-edge-and-playing-dsd.html","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Logitech Media Server for Microsoft Edge \u2013 and playing DSD"},"content":{"rendered":"

I run Logitech Media Server (LMS) on a Synology NAS. It works very well, better than when I used a Windows VM.<\/p>\n

There is an annoyance though. Synology has been slow to keep its LMS package up to date and the official release is still 7.7.6. There are a few issues with this release, but I lived with it, until I discovered that LMS 9.x can play DSD files, using a DSDPlayer plugin that adds DoP (DSD over PCM) support. This means you can output native DSD provided you have a DSD DAC (and some DSD files to play). DSD is the format used by SACD and some audiophiles swear it sounds better than PCM.<\/p>\n

I then discovered that Synology is showing signs of updating LMS and has a beta release of LMS 9.0. You enable beta versions in the Package Center and it will offer to update.<\/p>\n

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I installed, then added DSDPlayer and, hmm, I could see the DSD files but they did not play.<\/p>\n

I found a fix for the DSD issue. A user has updated the plugin, and if you add the following plugin repository:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/server.pinkdot.nl\/dsdplayer\/repo.xml<\/p>\n

you can update DSDPlayer and it works.  <\/p>\n

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Now I can play native DSF files through Squeezebox Touch (you also need the EDO modification) and a Teac DSD DAC. Great.<\/p>\n

However, I then discovered that the LMS 9.0 UI does not work in Microsoft Edge, if you have the Creators Update. The links are not clickable.<\/p>\n

There is a fix described here<\/a>. I found the commit on GitHub here<\/a>. However this does not update the Synology package. I logged into the Synology over SSH and made the change manually in @appstore\/SqueezeCenter\/HTML\/Default\/slimserver.css.<\/p>\n

It works. I\u2019m glad because I have LMS on the Edge favourites bar, and the alternative (opening LMS in IE or another browser) is less convenient.<\/p>\n

And yes, I use Edge, in part to keep in touch with what it is like, in part because I\u2019m resistant to a Google Chrome monoculture, and in part because it\u2019s pretty good now (the initial Edge release was hardly usable).<\/p>\n

There is still a problem though. The LMS Settings page does not work in Edge. I can live with that (open in Internet Explorer) but would like to find a fix.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: I fixed the settings issue by installing the latest LMS 9.0 with this patch<\/a>. Many thanks to LMS user pinkdot on the LMS forums. However I still needed the manual fix for slimserver.css.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I run Logitech Media Server (LMS) on a Synology NAS. It works very well, better than when I used a Windows VM. There is an annoyance though. Synology has been slow to keep its LMS package up to date and the official release is still 7.7.6. There are a few issues with this release, but … Continue reading Fixing Logitech Media Server for Microsoft Edge \u2013 and playing DSD<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1064,58],"tags":[1238,359,863],"class_list":["post-3559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-multimedia","tag-dsd","tag-edge","tag-squeezebox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10596,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559\/revisions\/10596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}