Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware
Thanks but still do not understand, what is the effect of both channels mono in contrast to both channels stereo? Thanks bengaldave's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4605 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111663 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Sound and performance quality of SB Radio compared to SB Boom
Thank you both for the responses. From your experiences I think I'll get one. Replacing/repairing/etc. is well beyond my abilities or interest - either something works adequately and I can use it, or if it no longer does, it gets tossed. Just one question, Jim mentions a Wifi issue. Can you give me a bit more info about the Wifi problem please? The Wifi feature died on my Boom a good number of years ago - I bought an Iogear ethernet to wifi adaptor and it's been working well. I presume I could configure a Radio for ethernet and then similarly use an Iogear device if I have a problem? Thanks again. Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117319 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)
rojikewl wrote: > At some point in the past two years, my three Squeezebox Radios suddenly > lost their ability to stay connected to Wi-Fi. To get them reconnected I > would have to reboot them, but they would always lose their connection > again in as little as five minutes. They would almost never stay > connected for more than 40 minutes at a time. I was using a common > Linksys router, and nothing in my setup had changed. The Radios > basically became glorified clocks displayed in my home. My two > Squeezebox Touch units were unaffected, but the loss of the Radios > caused me to use the Touches less as well. > > A few days ago I finally installed POMdev's wlanpoke on each Radio. This > fix has breathed new life into them--they now stay connected without the > need for frequent reboots. POMdev, I'm gratefulthank you very much. > > In preparation to install the fix, I noticed that about six months ago, > in his (?) first (and so far only) post on this forum, mankan requested > that someone write "instructions for dummies" for wlanpoke. Having > recently struggled through the user manual as a non-technical user, I > agree that such instructions are necessary, so I am taking a stab at > writing them by describing, step by step, how I installed wlanpoke on my > three Squeezebox Radios. If anyone notices any problems with my > instructions, please let us know. I'm afraid that most non-technical > users may have given up on their Radios by now, but I hope these > instructions help someone. > > Please note that these instructions are for installing the fix without > enabling the logging (extensively documented in the user manual) that it > provides for troubleshooting purposes. I chose to disable the logging in > the hope that the fix would simply work. Since it does, I don't > anticipate having to enable logging. > > Now for the instructions. I used a Windows computer on the same Wi-Fi > network as my Squeezebox Radios to do the following: > > 1. Download wlanpoke: Go to https://github.com/PomDev2/wlanpoke , click > on the green button labeled Code and then click on Download ZIP. Save > the file wlanpoke-main.zip to your computer. > > 2. Open Windows Explorer and locate the downloaded file > wlanpoke-main.zip. Right-click on the file, and select "Extract All". > This will extract the contents of the compressed file to a folder named > wlanpoke-main. > > 3. Enable the Radio's SSH server by navigating as follows: > Home | Settings | Advanced | Remote Login > and selecting Enable SSH. When you do this, make a note of the Radio's > IP address, which is displayed on the screen in the following message: > "The root password for this device is 1234 and you can connect to it on > address [IP address]" > > 4. Back on your computer, download WinSCP from the page > https://winscp.net/eng/download.php and install it. > > 5. Launch WinSCP. A login window should open (if you need to open a > login window manually, click on the "New Session" tab toward the top > left). Under Session, for the file protocol, choose SCP. For the host > name, enter the IP address you saved in step 2. Leave the port number > unchanged. For user name, enter "root". For password, enter "1234". > Click on "Login". You will see one or two warnings asking if you want to > proceed. Answer Yes. If you get an error message that says "Error > getting name of current remote directory," dismiss it by clicking OK. > > 6. The WinSCP window now displays your computer's files and folders on > the left and your Squeezebox Radio's files on the right. On the > Squeezebox Radio side, navigate to the root directory (the folder at the > very top of the hierarchy). You can do this by clicking on the root > directory button that is shown above the list of files, to the left of > the home button. Now, navigate to the folder named "etc" by > double-clicking on it. Now click on the New button, which is just below > and to the right of the root directory button. Choose "Directory", and > for "New folder name", type "wlanpoke". Once the wlanpoke folder has > been created, double-click on it to display the contents of the folder, > i.e. nothing as of yet. > > 7. In your computer files (displayed on the left-hand side of WinSCP), > navigate to the contents of the folder wlanpoke-main, created in step 2. > Select all 11 files and drag them to the opposite side of the WinSCP > window to copy them into the wlanpoke folder. (Answer yes and/or OK to > any scary-sounding confirmations.) > > 8. The purpose of this step is to change permissions for the shell > scripts to "executable". In the menu bar at the top of the WinSCP > window, click on Commands, and then click on Open Terminal. Then, for > each of the following two lines of text, copy the entire string of text, > paste it into the field labeled "Enter Command" in the console, and > click on the Execute button: > chmod 755 /etc/wlanpoke/*.sh > chmod 755 /etc/wlanpoke/rcS.local.example > > 9. Click on Close to
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Sound and performance quality of SB Radio compared to SB Boom
I agree with the boom sound quality over the radio. I had never had a desire or a need for a radio...until I bought one. Then I bought more. I bought them for others. I love my radios. As you mention they are cheap (here in US $50 for a $300MSRP product). I find it well engineered and a great sound for a little box. Then add the portability with a $20 battery, with battery life lasting 6+ hours. The portability is huge. Use them when working outside, and when you move to another area, just take it with you. They are great for casual listening - I will be working outside, or in a certain room, and the sound is just fine for non critical listening. Of course the boom is "fuller" The radio is mixed stereo, but you can get 2 :) and use them as L and R. Regarding the boom power jack/plug, I have experienced this as well, but often it can be fixed with a little deoxit or similar - spray, insert, twist, pull out, repeat, maybe a q-tip. A couple of other advantages/disadvantages (while I am at it) - The boom display starts to fail, but they can be replaced. The boom has more areas (like faceplate) that gets sticky, where the radio it's typically the knobs and buttons The radio has the wifi6 issue. I have setup a couple non technical friends with a radio, headphone out to RCA input into their stereo, radio on fixed volume. It's not audiophile, but sounds good. I find the UI of the radio (color screen with buttons and knobs) to be very non squeezebox people friendly. You can get radios in 3 colorscollect them all!...I have :) Happy New Year Jim Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117319 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
Mine does also report 48% on the radio, while the top output is 50%, so I guess that would go together. But then the device only shows the memory usage from the jive process and not the complete memory. I run my radio on mains too, sometimes on battery when I move it round. icebreaker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
slartibartfast wrote: > Does that agree with the memory used reported on the Radio under > Settings/Advanced/Diagnostics/General Info? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk just as a data point, my radio (which runs fine) shows 48% memory useage at the above location. It is synched to a Touch and streaming when I'm checking. Running latest community firmware and plugged in (not running on battery). *Home:* Pi4B-8GB/pCP8.2.x/4TB>LMS 8.3.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* rPi4B-4GB/pCP8.2.x/4TB>LMS 8.3.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win11(64)>foobar2000 *The Wild: *rPi3B+/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone14Pro & iPadAir5 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) *Files:* -Ripping-: dBpoweramp > FLAC; -Post-rip-: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; -Streaming:- Spotify garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
icebreaker wrote: > I have stopped the sync and did a reboot. When it came back online, no > stream was running and the jive process uses about 42% memory. Another > 12% goes to the jive_alsa process. > So half the memory is used even when it's in "standby / ready" mode.Does that > agree with the memory used reported on the Radio under Settings/Advanced/Diagnostics/General Info? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
I have stopped the sync and did a reboot. When it came back online, no stream was running and the jive process uses about 42% memory. Another 12% goes to the jive_alsa process. So half the memory is used even when it's in "standby / ready" mode. icebreaker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
icebreaker wrote: > And I guess it's not simple to remove that. I just wonder what happens > when does url are not available anymore. I mean I have seen it now, but > that would make it not fun anymore to use it. > I don't think mine reboots so often, but now I will keep an eye on that > uptime. > > > > Just after a reboot, when it comes back on and starts playing again, I > have seen up to 20% free memory left. But I need to say, that my players > are all synced. Not sure that makes a difference. > > Also I thought, that everything would come from the server, which is not > true as I figured out now. After disable the firewall rule, the artwork > is back on the screen. That would tell me, it comes from the internet > direct and not from the server.Only 20% free doesn't sound right. I have 62% > free after a reboot. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
ralphy wrote: > The radio, touch and controller reset/reboot/crash every 24 days. It's > a know issue and discussed at length in various threads on the forum, > unfortunately there's no simple fix. > > Calling home is baked into the firmware it's not something that was > added to the community firmware. And I guess it's not simple to remove that. I just wonder what happens when does url are not available anymore. I mean I have seen it now, but that would make it not fun anymore to use it. I don't think mine reboots so often, but now I will keep an eye on that uptime. slartibartfast wrote: > Hmm how much memory is free after a reboot of your radio? I just checked > one of mine and memory used was 50%. After a reboot it was 38%. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Just after a reboot, when it comes back on and starts playing again, I have seen up to 20% free memory left. But I need to say, that my players are all synced. Not sure that makes a difference. Also I thought, that everything would come from the server, which is not true as I figured out now. After disable the firewall rule, the artwork is back on the screen. That would tell me, it comes from the internet direct and not from the server. icebreaker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
icebreaker wrote: > This was my own fault, as I had my firewall settings really strong. I > have changed it now and those messages are gone. Hopefully that will > help it. At least, the free memory is around 15% now, instead of being > at 5%. > Do you know, why it's important to connect "home"? Because I think I had > that blocking rule in a long time and maybe had a crash one a month or > so.Hmm how much memory is free after a reboot of your radio? I just checked one of mine and memory used was 50%. After a reboot it was 38%. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio reboots often, Out of Memory
icebreaker wrote: > This was my own fault, as I had my firewall settings really strong. I > have changed it now and those messages are gone. Hopefully that will > help it. At least, the free memory is around 15% now, instead of being > at 5%. > Do you know, why it's important to connect "home"? Because I think I had > that blocking rule in a long time and maybe had a crash one a month or > so. The radio, touch and controller reset/reboot/crash every 24 days. It's a know issue and discussed at length in various threads on the forum, unfortunately there's no simple fix. Calling home is baked into the firmware it's not something that was added to the community firmware. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *2*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/) 'donations' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=LL5P6365KQEXN=CA_name=Squeezebox%20client%20builds_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted) always appreciated. ralphy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3484 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
