Scrolling problems in 7.6

[JJZolx]

I'm still seeing major problems with Now Playing screens and scrolling
on ip3k players. I'm not certain, but it may only happen on sync'd
players. At any given I see one or more of the following problems:

- not bringing up the Now Playing screen at all

- Now Playing appearing 30 seconds or more after a track starts

- track info not being updated when a new track starts playing

- no scrolling in the Now Playing screen

[Michael Herger]

Post by JJZolx
I'm still seeing major problems with Now Playing screens and scrolling
on ip3k players. I'm not certain, but it may only happen on sync'd

I saw something similar when connecting a 7.6 firmware boom to mysb.com today. What exact firmware version are you using? And are you sure you're connecting to the latest code SBS? My issue was resolved by connecting to a 7.5.x server (downgrading the firmware) first.

[JJZolx]

Yes, latest SBS 7.6 from SVN. I've only been using the 7.6 server for
day-to-day lately. Squeezebox2 is running fw 135, Transporter running
fw 85.

Testing last week (I thought I mentioned it in another thread) the
scrolling problems only appeared on the ip3k device that was synced
_to_ another, but not on the main SB in the sync group. Also, the
problem was not seen on SP based players.

[Triode]

Post by JJZolx

Post by JJZolx
I'm still seeing major problems with Now Playing screens and

scrolling

Post by JJZolx
on ip3k players. I'm not certain, but it may only happen on sync'd

I saw something similar when connecting a 7.6 firmware boom to mysb.com
today. What exact firmware version are you using? And are you sure
you're connecting to the latest code SBS? My issue was resolved by
connecting to a 7.5.x server (downgrading the firmware) first.

I tend to think firmware versions should have consitent version numbers
across server versions... This may mean skipping version numbers but it
will be better to make sure the automatic firmware version update
process at least knowns when a version is not up to date.

(at present a 7.6 firmware version which does not support player based
scrolling will treated by a 7.5 server as if it does and be sent
display messages which it will not understand)

[JJZolx]

Which was the last SB2/3 firmware that only does server-side scrolling?

[JJZolx]

Same question for Transporter firmware.

I reverted to SB2/3 firmware 130 and scrolling once again works
correctly. Could have been just a problem during sync, but I quickly
tired of having no NP information.

[Triode]

Post by JJZolx
Which was the last SB2/3 firmware that only does server-side scrolling?

Well if you hack the server then current firmware can do server side
scrolling... Look for the method $client->hasScrolling in the player
classes and set to always return false!

For 7.5, the first firmware used for firmare based scrolling is:
SB2/Classic: 131
Transporter: 81
Boom: 51