Re: [slim] Using Transporter TOSLINK out for bluetooth adapter

2019-01-09 Thread RonM
Yes, you can use them wired but that kind of defeats the purpose. These could work, but I'd have to use the cable supplied by Bose as it uses the skinnier jack on the headphones. Depends on the quality of the DAC in the device; the Bose DAC is quite good, I understand, which is why I'm

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread d6jg
Redrum wrote: > I use media monkey for ripping, tagging and organization, adding > artwork, etc. Rip to FLAC using MM, make sure the artist tag matches the > others for the same artist (e.g you don't have "Beatles" and "The > Beatles" with some associated with each). Once it looks good and is in

Re: [slim] Using Transporter TOSLINK out for bluetooth adapter

2019-01-09 Thread d6jg
Ron Are the Bose cans wired as well as wireless? I recently made my wired B cans into Bluetooth enabled with one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-TaoTronics-Simultaneously-Black/dp/B016UF7J5C I have a pair of these devices one in TX mode into the headphone socket

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread garym
I do something very simple. I use "free file sync" (similar to synctoy) to keep the USB drive I attach to my rPi up to date with my main library. 1. remove USB drive from rPi (while all is off) 2. connect USB drive to my windows computer. 3. use freefilesync to mirror the contents of my main

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread d6jg
Not M: you have used that Not This PC but “Computer” instead VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* ->

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread d6jg
Just check First that when you use the PC to write a file to the Pi HD that LMS can subsequently scan and read it OK Linux uses users/groups and file permissions in a different way to Windows It will probably work but worth checking before you use synctoy to automate it Also have you checked

Re: [slim] Using Transporter TOSLINK out for bluetooth adapter

2019-01-09 Thread d6jg
I’m using them purely to listen to my records as I record them to FLAC so that I can move around a bit and so SWMBO can still watch TV while I’m doing it. It’s not a “serious use” case as once the LP is in FLAC format and if I want to listen on headphones I’m using the wired B into my iPhone (or

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread Redrum
yea, the wonders of forums ;), I found others with a similar issue, and I just had to cut/paste the address (\\PiCoreLMS\PiCoreLMSfiles\~) rather than use browse. Sync Toy browse doesn't like the drive maps. It now works. so, my plan (until I get a better plan) is to just use the PC as I always

Re: [slim] Another yesr

2019-01-09 Thread RonM
TomAmes wrote: > No, he can't. Only enablers hang out here ;) Sometimes the appropriate response to an addiction concern is to validate the addiction and therefore remove the anxiety. Sometimes. LMS on a dedicated server (FitPC3) Transporter (Ethernet) - main listening, Onkyo receiver,

[slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread Redrum
Hi; Now that I have put together my first Pi LMS (fun!), I am thinking through how to handle the library, and I thought I would ask some opinions from others that have done it. let me explain, see the picture... 26532 I originally was running LMS on a windows machine with the library on an

Re: [slim] Another yesr

2019-01-09 Thread slimhase
bobharp wrote: > +1 > > Many thanks to all who have kept this engine rolling. > There is no other audio product that encompasses the value and > versatility. I also wanted to say thanks to all the already mentioned people, who keep the system alive, improve it and also help people like me

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread Grumpy Bob
My piCorePlayer running LMS has a wired connection to the router. The files are held on a QNAP NAS which is also wired to the router. I have a 2 Tb WD Hard Drive connected to the NAS by USB and which backs up the files at midnight daily. I manually back up to another WD drive roughly monthly and

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread Redrum
Grumpy Bob wrote: > My piCorePlayer running LMS has a wired connection to the router. The > files are held on a QNAP NAS which is also wired to the router. > I have a 2 Tb WD Hard Drive connected to the NAS by USB and which backs > up the files at midnight daily. > I manually back up to another

Re: [slim] Original SLIMP3 repair

2019-01-09 Thread philippe_44
Edmund C wrote: > My original SLIMP3 died and I think it's the LAN controller because > there's a small brown mark on it and the SLIMP3 is failing to connect to > the LAN - no lights on the LAN switch. Has anyone tried replacing the > CS8900A-CQ chip? Are the board schematics available? Any

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread d6jg
Expose the USB drive attached to the Pi as a network share via Samba Map the drive on your Windows PC and point media monkey at it. Should all work but the issue is backup. A NAS makes the backup task easy as you’d just connect a USB drive and click a few boxes to schedule a backup.

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread Redrum
d6jg wrote: > Expose the USB drive attached to the Pi as a network share via Samba > Map the drive on your Windows PC and point media monkey at it. > Should all work but the issue is backup. > A NAS makes the backup task easy as you’d just connect a USB drive and > click a few boxes to

Re: [slim] Using Transporter TOSLINK out for bluetooth adapter

2019-01-09 Thread RonM
So, I got my Avantree Oasis Plus bluetooth device, and after an initial panic (I'd plugged the optical cable into the optical out of the Avantree, and of course it didn't work) it works fine. Some observations: Sadly, the Bose 35II headphones that I received for Christmas do not support the

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread d6jg
Redrum wrote: > Thanks. I posed the question as a "what are people doing?" so that I > don't adopt something foolish when there is something elegant available. > It appears the answer is NAS. But, the question of using media monkey > directly with the Pi HDD (performance, practical?) has been

Re: [slim] PiCore LMS - Thoughts on Library Location(s), Management, Backup?

2019-01-09 Thread Redrum
d6jg wrote: > What do you use Media Monkey for exactly? I’d expect it to work in any > event. > > I would not try backing up using the PC by reading the Pi USB HD. I’d > expect problems. > BUT if you DO try ensure you exclude network drives from any active AV > software that scans files as they