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castalla
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January 31, 2019
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Remove Update Notification

  • January 31, 2019
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I guess I already know the answer - no. In fact I want to remove the 'Update Now' icon - I don't want an update and don't need to be reminded everytime I use the desktop app.
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    Best answer by Keith N
    castalla: You cannot remove the notification for a new update. In order to dismiss this notification, you need to update. If you do not want to receive updates (and in turn, the notifications) in the future, you would need to go to the More tab > Settings > System Updates and switch off Automatic Updates. This setting cannot be changed on the desktop controller.

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    jgatie
    jgatie
    February 4, 2019
    No scarring experience at all. And I've read enough of the Squeezebox support forums to know know "flexible and long lasting" is more like "unreliable and unstable", or was I imagining the "load the latest beta to get rid of that bug, but add these bugs" pattern of advice.
    castallaAuthor
    Local Superstar
    February 4, 2019
    Imagination, I think! I've had the so-called beta nightly LMS installed on a raspi for about 5 years 24/7 - I can count the number of times it has failed on the fingers of one hand - usually a network router issue rather than the software itself. I admit some of the earlier plugins are flaky and outdated!
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    February 5, 2019
    Well since I haven't looked at the Squeeze forum since the product failed miserably and became totally irrelevant, I admit my experience is years old. 😃
    castallaAuthor
    Local Superstar
    February 5, 2019
    Well, maybe you should give it another go - you might be surprised! Heck, you could even try it out with your Sonos as players.

    I suppose it all hangs on which services you want, as many of the 'esoteric' ones that Sonos offers aren't available. Two notable omissions are Google Play music and Amazon. But the BBC iplayer makes up for that in my book.

    A plus is that it's not an either/or choice - you can have both Sonos and LMS together
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    February 5, 2019
    No thanks. I like my products to be an actual product I can buy, with silly things like warranties and support.
    pwt
    pwt
    Virtuoso
    February 5, 2019
    But the BBC iplayer makes up for that in my book.
    If one is enough of a hobbyist to set up LMS, it is fairly simple to enable Sonos to use BBC iPlayer, as I have done.
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    castallaAuthor
    Local Superstar
    February 5, 2019
    @pwt

    Any clues?
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    castallaAuthor
    Local Superstar
    February 5, 2019
    @jgatie

    Buy???!!! LMS is free. Squeezeplay (software player) is free. 24/7 support on the community forum (by and from experts, )not employees pushing the company line) and nobody will tell you to take a hike!
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    February 5, 2019
    @jgatie

    Buy???!!! LMS is free. Squeezeplay (software player) is free. 24/7 support on the community forum (by and from experts, )not employees pushing the company line) and nobody will tell you to take a hike!

    I said "buy" meaning I can actually buy the product, with all the warranties and support that go with it. I find that when you get something "free", most often you get just what you paid for. Even when I get shareware, I buy a supported version, ala Red Hat. I don't feel secure relying on amateurs in their basement for my software, especially when it is released with no formal QA. I develop, maintain, and support software at work, I'll be damned if I'm going to do it in my leisure time.
      castallaAuthor
      Local Superstar
      February 5, 2019
      I agree in most part with what you say ... but amazingly I've found that squeezebox bucks the trend. Many years on after Logitech gave up on media streaming they kept their online site going and provide facilities for the forum to continue. About 95% of the plugins are free.
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