Tracking the status of migrating plugins for Volumio 3.
– Some categories where changed, so plugins might be found else where.
– Some plugins will work with some node_modules rebuilding (mostly all GPIO stuff)
– Other plugins that involve audio playback will need rework for AAMP
This will probably break your system - and IS NOT RECOMMENDED for normal users.
This is only for people who are willing to debug and help plugin devs migrate.
# Find your plugin zip package from the old repo
# For Example say "RADIO 357"
p_name="Radio 357"
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/volumio/volumio-plugins/gh-pages/plugins/volumio/armhf/plugins.json | grep "$p_name" -B 5
# {
# "prettyName": "RADIO 357",
# "icon": "fa-lightbulb-o",
# "name": "rad357pl",
# "version": "1.0.1",
# "url": "http://volumio.github.io/volumio-plugins/plugins/volumio/armhf/music_service/rad357pl/rad357pl.zip",
# "license": "ISC",
# "description": "Radio 357",
# "details": "",
# "author": "DJack",
# "screenshots": [
# {
# "image": "",
# "thumb": ""
# }
# ],
# "updated": "7-1-2021"
# },
# We need the `name`, `category` and the `url` for sanity
plugin_name="rad357pl"
plugin_cat="music_service"
wget "https://volumio.github.io/volumio-plugins/plugins/volumio/armhf/${plugin_cat}/${plugin_name}/${plugin_name}.zip"
mkdir ./${plugin_name}
miniunzip ${plugin_name}.zip -d ./${plugin_name}
cd ${plugin_name}
npm install
volumio plugin install
Wow. Installed new V3 and… Dissapointed.
We cant use it. I have just realized, that there is no IR Remote Control plugin. This is really crazy project. Why do you release a new version, based on an old RPi OS, with less functions than the previous version?
Changelog of V3 is referring to old V2. Do I need to google all the forum to find what is working and what not?
I need to roll back and reinstall the old version. Where can I download the old, 2.x? I cant find a link…
This project looks like Alfa-Romeo for me. Looks great, but has a loooot of bugs.
Please take this as a constructive critics. I hope the project will get better and better over a time.
I understand your frustration - but please don’t shoot the messenger! I was just trying to making more information available in a single place to help others…
Fair point! Was pointed out to the core team by some other mods – @volumio Perhaps it would be good to start a thread to collect peoples constructive criticism for the release?
This overview is only for plugins that were previously available “officially” in Volumio 2.
I don’t believe MPD_OLED or PeppyMeter was released via the old repo?
They are welcome to submit to the new store
You left out Mixcloud, Soundcloud, Youtube2 and YouTube Cast Receiver - all ported.
Oddly, for Youtube2, you can find it in the plugin store (all versions are marked beta), but the PR for it has never been merged and I have updated it several times since I first submitted it.
Btw thanks for making this list~ It’s really useful during this migration phase.
Ah - they weren’t added to the volumio/volumio-plugins repo right? That was what I used to populate the available plugins - I guess these weren’t “officially” available?
Guess you could cross post to the other thread about the new store? What you mention is exactly what was meant to be avoided – a published plugin with missing source of what was actually published.
So, Squeezelite and Logitech media server are not ported yet? Those are the only ones I use.
Or Volumio 3 has a better handling of music and can create random playlist or shuffle your library? Without creating a whole library playlist, which was very slow? And can Volumio 3 send music to Chromecast speakers? That’s why I use those plugins.
I love having an overview of what I’m listening to and it’s a pity I can’t get the data for this from Volumio anymore (other than through convoluted manual scrobbling steps)
Rotary Encoder 2 is now working, as confirmed by several people.
I also submitted and made a PR. Hope I did it correctly - informations about the new method are a bit confusing.
- all ported.