Furry wrote:
> Using 'original' Chromecast dongle, connected to TV HDMI.
>
> Installed and apparently working (after some oddities with LMS crashing,
> and not restarting until full server reboot), however doesn't actually
> play anything;
>
> It does cause the TV to display a blank artwork,
http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/10/google-fires-at-sonos-adds-multi-room-support-to-chromecast-audio/
Chromecast Audio also got support for a higher resolution audio stream:
it can now handle audio up to 96KHz/24bit lossless.
This is big and for the price is not a bad entry level solution.
pippin wrote:
Ni, SiriusXM is also mit available in Europe but I do have services that
still work with SC like Rhapsody
I have installed SC on a new android device and all seems well. This
problem could be just an issue with my phone..please disregard my
problem and thank you for your
pippin wrote:
Sorry, can't try Pandora anymore here in Europe, but does it work if you
play it through the context menu? Pandora menus have always been a bit
weird and maybe a change broke something or SC had a workaround that no
longer works after a change in 7.8
Hi! Thanks for the reply,
Hello,
I am having a strange issue after upgrading to LMS 7.8.0. I can no
longer play any of My Apps (Sirius, Pandora) channels. The app will
browse all that way to the channel that I want to hear showing the album
art/channel art/name, etc. but it never proceeds any further to actual
allow me
JohnSwenson wrote:
Are you talking about the dual row .1 inch headers sometimes seen on
Motherboards for connecting USB? I don't see why that would be better
over having a real USB connector on the board. Those headers are NOT
proper impedance, just cheap, putting a real connector on the
JohnSwenson wrote:
I thought I'd give you all another hardware update. I've been spending
the last three weeks trying to get a DAC chip test board with all the
parts the parts that will be used in the actual CSP1. This turned out to
be incredibly difficult. Some of the new chips come in tiny
JohnSwenson wrote:
I thought I'd give everyone an update on what is happening on the
hardware front. I've had a SWAMP05 put together for a couple weeks.
Unfortunately it had some major software issues, most of the peripherals
were turned off such as USB, S/PDIF, serial port etc. Then when
Awesome news John! Really looking forward to seeing the SWAMP and
testing v1.0!
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Here is a PDF of the SWAMP05 layout. If you print it 1:1 it will be the
actual size. With your favorite PDF reader you can zoom in and see the
detail.
John S.
Wow!!! John amazing work, this looks very nice. I am very exited for
SWAMP 1.0.
I would also agree
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JohnSwenson wrote:
The Gen05 board (named SWAMP05) is about 2/3 done, I had hoped to get it
done today, but some emergency stuff at work came up so it didn't get
done. Unfortunately next week is going to be a very busy week, so I
probably won't be able to get it done until next weekend. Then
garym wrote:
agree. And keep in mind that they were paid very, very well for their
previous passion.
I would venture to say that they are probably very proud that something
they created is being kept alive by the community that loves it. In my
eyes that is a true success.
guidof wrote:
Wow, John. This IS exciting indeed!
I'm sure there are many in the community that are as excited and are
eager for you and friends to succeed in this endeavor.
Best,
Guido F.
+1000
John, very very exciting.if the DAC implementation is what you are
expecting in
JackOfAll wrote:
John,
Give me a day or two. I'm currently digesting the Freescale manual and
looking at the driver code. So if the discussion about GPIO's, the MUX
clock switching and driver could wait until the weekend...
Triode,
Cool. You're already working on a GUI!
eLR!C,
JackOfAll wrote:
Someone is reading my mind! Yes, I have been in contact with Andrew
recently, not specifically about this, but I have made LMS RPM builds
for VB2.2 that I believe Andrew may be intending to leverage for the
next VB which will be based on F18. So yes, what I'm thinking is
John,
I know were also waiting for Digikey to receive stockit seems Future
Electronics is also selling the boards to the US for even cheaper than
Digikey (still not in stock yet).
simbo wrote:
Yeah probably.. I'll add it to the next round, along with Harmonic.
:) Thanks!
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JackOfAll wrote:
I have made an img for the dual model that I have.
'wandboard-squeezelite-20130219.img.gz'
(http://www.vacuumtube.org.uk/downloads/wandboard-squeezelite-20130219.img.gz)
Hopefully this will help others who wish to get involved at this early
stage, up and running quickly.
JohnSwenson wrote:
Since I'm going to start designing the Gen0.5 boards in couple days, I
wanted to go into a little detail on what I'm planning on doing and what
the specific goals are for this board. So if there are changes desired I
can get the concepts in before I get too far in the
simbo wrote:
OK I've had enough of this malarkey. I'm posting the shortlist as a poll
to see where it leads us. If we hate the name, we'll just end up calling
it GEN-x- anyway.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98148
I like the poll but feel that Harmonic should still be on the
A little bird told me a secret :)
For those of us in the USAyou can find the wandboard at the
following online distributor (although it will not be shipping for a
week or two):
Wandboard (both versions)
JohnSwenson wrote:
This looks doable, normally the I2S and S/PDIF signals are referenced to
an internal PLL, but there is a register that bypasses the PLL with a
clock from an external pin. There are two of these external clocks, one
of which connects to the EDM connecttor. On the wand
DITC101 wrote:
Schematics for the wandboard are online:
http://www.wandboard.org/images/downloads/wandboard-user-guide-20130208.pdf
Very niceThey came through!
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JohnSwenson wrote:
If the wandboard is viable for us, I'm thinking about doing a Gen0.5,
this is a quick and dirty carrier board with:
DAC chip
TOSLINK,
2 USB jacks (one for host only and one for OTG)
ethernet,
serial port
I will make just three of these by hand, keep one and send the
JohnSwenson wrote:
This wandboard sounds REALLY interesting. That core module looks like it
could be the guts of our project as is, IF they have the clock inputs
for the I2S and S/PDIF going over that EDM connector then I could do
everything I want to do on the carrier board. That would
JohnSwenson wrote:
On sample rates, DSD etc here are my thoughts, the design I'm looking at
will go up to 384 as is, hardware wise. Whether it will actually go that
fast is going to be purely a software issue. As to doing DSD, a DSD over
I2S implementation may not be too hard, but I can
JackOfAll wrote:
Already exists. Before anyone else starts working on this, I already am.
To the point where the files are imported to the library and then can be
transcoded to native PCM using 'dsd2pcm'
(https://code.google.com/p/dsd2pcm/).
Code:
dff flc
Gandhi wrote:
(First time poster, loong time lurker.)
My thanks to all involved for a great and very promising initiative!
I think the following premature detail would be useful for many of us
Squeeople: an output for a power on/off signal to control an amplifier,
perhaps just a +5V or
simbo wrote:
I have a sneaky suspicion half the people on here are developers. All
the marketing guys have Sonos.
LOL...I think you are right on this one. :)
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agillis wrote:
VAMP 0.3 image is now up! If you are running the old image you will need
to run these commands.
fw_setenv arcNumber
fw_setenv machid dd6
New features include
- Custom kernel
- Support for the LED on the front on the PogoPlug (now goes green when
unit is running and
Mnyb wrote:
Is hdmi in or out of the picture ?
Not for streaming movies but for multichannel audio , this would also
demand some small changes in the server to make it accept 5.1 and 7.1
FLAC and WAV (I mean 24bit lpcm over hdmi )
In many cases with a home cinema hdmi is all you need .
simbo wrote:
:-) The way I look at it, these kind of what shall we call it?
discussions are inevitable, and as long as they don't detract from the
more pressing discussions over architecture and design (which is why I
wanted to separate them out) then I see no harm... I think they're
As the names are added can we keep a running list on the first post? We
should also think about turning this into a poll as we will need to vote
at some point in time. :)
--Dustin
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simbo wrote:
OK done, but the list is getting a little long and I'm not sure every
idea is serious ;-)
Here's my suggestion; *names that get multiple votes (+1) will be
shortlisted, and from there we can have a poll.*
Such a shame that Vuvuzela vote got cancelled out
Nice
JohnSwenson wrote:
I'm in California, San Francisco Bay area in specific, the place I'm
having do the boards is in Canada, somewhere in Ontario. I would GREATLY
appreciate someone else taking charge of distribution of boards.
The other issue is money. Kickstarter might be a nice way to do
JohnSwenson wrote:
I have been looking into what processor to use, IF the BeagleBone tests
go well I would like to keep it with the TI processor line I have been
looking at, they have really good support systems behind it, much better
than many of the other manufacturers, which will make
John,
As a side note for the kickstarter site. I cannot create anything until
the following has been completed. So we maybe a little early for it
just yet. I may need to have a more formal discussion with you once
this is a little further along:
A functional prototype. Projects in the
What about just plain simple:
Harmonic
A harmonic is any of a set of sine waves by which a complex tone is
described.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music)
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JohnSwenson wrote:
Yep,
it looks like kickstarter will be much better for GEN2.
My own personal feeling is that we want to keep GEN1 to 25 at least for
a while. During the phase where linux distributions are being developed
etc it's going to be a VERY geeky thing, I don't want too many
epoch1970 wrote:
However the thread is aptly named Community *Funded* Squeezebox
Replacement. How about someone (John S. ?) pooling donations from the
community at large, to help financing the 1st batch of development
machines ?
Not a bad idea.but the question remains would the
JohnSwenson wrote:
There should be no soldering needed to make the board useful. The wifi
is a mini-PCIe form factor, it just pushes into the socket. You DO have
to plug in an antenna of some sort, its a standard UFL jack on the
module.
All the other connectors are on the board, putting
cparker wrote:
Hi Dustin,
I can help with 7) As a side job alongside plugin development and my
full time paid job, I also do ad-hoc web site development (HTML5) based
on PHP/mySQL.
Example of a recent bespoke site, fully database driven with full Paypal
functionality. (Also at the
simbo wrote:
A couple more to add...
8) Licensing (looking into feasibility of signing up subscriptions
services, radio services, etc.)
9) Localisation
Thanks!
1) Hardware design and implementation - John S.
2) Compiling OS/Building a bootable image/Writing automated scripts/Etc
(this will
(this will break out much further in the future) - Dustinsterk (Me),
eLR!C
3) Squeezelite Player - Triode
4) Case design - ? (Any designers out there with CAD abilities)
5) Distribution - ? (Depending if we need to ship to just one location
and then send out to buyers from there)
6) Marketing/Name of the new
mherger wrote:
9) Localisation - ?
How much localization do you expect there to be? Manuals? Web site?
I would say we are still too early to tell. This could range from
manuals/websites to UI on the player itself.
erland wrote:
The fact that it doesn't have a display doesn't mean that I don't want
people to see it, I want show what people in the Squeezebox community
has accomplished and then it needs to look nice. Maybe not important for
GEN1 but definitely for GEN2.
Maybe a transparent box so we
:
1) Hardware design and implementation - JohnSwenson
2) Compiling OS/Building a bootable image/Writing automated scripts/Etc
(this will break out much further in the future) - Dustinsterk (Me),
eLR!C
3) Squeezelite Player - Triode
4) Case design - ? (Any designers out there with CAD abilities)
5
norman12 wrote:
I don't post much, but I often pop in - this thread has to be the most
interesting for some time.
I'm happy to help with case design if needed.
I've a fair amount of engineering experience along with 3D CAD.
norm.
Norm,
That is greatwith John's design work I am sure
JohnSwenson wrote:
I do think we need a name for the project, so I can quick calling it
the box or that thing. In my own mind I have started calling it
OSB: Open Squeeze Box. That's the best I can come up for now.
John S.
Whenever I hear the name Squeezebox it has always reminded me of
JohnSwenson wrote:
What I am thinking about is one of the TI cortex A8 CPUs, armV7 based
with the VFPv3 floating point unit. The ones I'm looking at are in the
600-700MHz range. You can get faster ones but they cost more, and are
only available on the bigger chips which are much harder to
JohnSwenson wrote:
Hi guys,
I want in on this! I have been thinking a lot about it over the last few
months. I am well accomplished at the hardware design part of this. I'm
not sure most of you are aware of this but I do part time consulting for
high end hiFi companies wanting to get into
erland wrote:
Not sure how it works now, but initially I believe it required you to
install lame on the server.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97766-Announce-Local-Player-plugin-and-Squeezelite-for-Linux-Windows-OSXp=731954viewfull=1#post731954
Not sure how/if it would cause
TheLastMan wrote:
+1
Everybody who reads these forums is an enthusiast, but few are
geeks. Most of us could cope with buying a box and following some
step-by-step instructions to install a pre-packaged linux distro and
software player (similar to the Vortexbox project) but that would be
Triode wrote:
Anyone reading this thread should try Squeezelite on a CuBox or a
Rasberry Pi, Pogoplug
My original motivation for squeezelite is for a headless linux playback
engine which emulates as many features as possible of the Squeezebox
hardware so that it can integrate with
erland wrote:
It will work with stock LMS.
As previously discussed, I see a perfect marriage of this new device
with Vortexbox. It is a perfect LMS platform which I am a big fan of
and use everyday!
dustinsterk's
Triode wrote:
I'm not sure whether we can turn this into a community product, but my
personal view is that an effective Squeezebox replacement for the
community can be made from a small existing arm based device + an
external usb dac. This means all the audio engineering can be part of
the
Hello,
With all of the recent developments with Logitech and the end of the
squeezebox line I feel as this community has been unfairly ignored.
This community of audiophiles, software developers, engineers, DIY
builders, and lovers of music is very strong. Many of you have been
users of the
JJZolx wrote:
I just can't imagine anyone willing to volunteer that much time and
energy into building such a thing without realizing some monetary
compensation. You're talking about something _way_ above and beyond the
(albeit very impressive) software efforts put forth by third party
TiredLegs wrote:
This is the way to do it. I've lost count of how many portable backup
drives I got (5? 6?). At least one is always off site, and another one
(encrypted) is stashed in my car. I update a couple of them once a month
and rotate 'em around. At some point, I'll get a terabyte of
Just an FYI...there is a thread over at head-fi that another user is
trying the same thing.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/645884/simple-low-cost-hifi-network-music-streaming-device
Thanks!
Dustin
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year.
Lastly, just how many people besides diehard Squeezebox users would
need or use such an added function in the Revue? Much more TV users
then Squeezebox users.
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and finally offer the server backend as a physical device.
It would finally allow me to lower my home energy bill and power down
one of my home servers that is being used solely as the squeezebox
server. Logitech please reconsider this! :)
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