Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] My definition of a nice Player setup

2015-11-23 Thread d6jg
DJanGo wrote: > I dont think that this is a good Idea > > 1st: > > Thats for CAT4 max data rate of 16 Mbit/s and performance of up to 20 > MHz! > > Cat5e cables must be a least 45 cm long otherwise you have massive drop > outs and other nice failures! > We checked that with some High End

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2016-03-04 Thread d6jg
Pascal Hibon wrote: > That would be great indeed. > But question is: at what quality levels are we recording? If I > understood things correctly, the stream generated by the application on > the pi is mp3. It is mp3 whereas the Windows software streamwhatyourhear.com produces a PCM/WAV stream.

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Android TV Box as a SB Player?

2016-11-14 Thread d6jg
jdunham wrote: > These boxes seem to offer a lot of processing power and functionality > for the money compared to using a Raspberry PI as a player, and wondered > if anyone has tried one? There seem to be thousands of the on eBay! In > the UK varying from £18 - £25 complete (i.e. case, power

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] A bit of fun with javascript and the Spotify webplayer

2017-08-02 Thread d6jg
Fun Presumably not limited to Spotify but could be modified to anything that exposes a playable URI *Pi3 with piCoreplayer music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets/Jogglers *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s *Office* - Pi -> Sony TA FE320 ->

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Picoreplayer and Jarvis

2017-07-19 Thread d6jg
MrNonoss wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm looking for help. > I'm renewing my own "multiroom" system (how original here ^^). > > I use several raspberry pi zero 0 with hifiberry miniamp and > squeezelite. > I combine each raspberry pi with an AI called Jarvis (to give vocal > instructions to my

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Windows App to run Squeezelite and LMS Web interface from Tray Icon

2017-07-03 Thread d6jg
You can also download a suitable .ico file from within LMS to use for the shortcut - I can't recall its location at present but if anyone wants one I can upload it somewhere *Vortexbox LMS 7.9 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] change webroot

2017-05-19 Thread d6jg
Can we ask - why? Knowing why might illicit an alternative method of doing what you want. An obvious one being forget the reverse proxy just switch off Apache and run LMS on port 80. *Vortexbox LMS 7.9 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - >

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Windows App to run Squeezelite and LMS Web interface from Tray Icon

2017-10-10 Thread d6jg
rgdawson wrote: > I use -C 60. > > I always used C90's - one album per side :) *Pi3 with piCoreplayer music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets/Jogglers *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s *Office* - Pi -> Sony TA FE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi &

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Joe's Jetsons Music Box

2017-09-04 Thread d6jg
Lovely What do the 4 buttons do ? *Pi3 with piCoreplayer music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets/Jogglers *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s *Office* - Pi -> Sony TA FE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN 755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Windows App to run Squeezelite and LMS Web interface from Tray Icon

2017-11-03 Thread d6jg
Wirrunna wrote: > Been away for a bit, flicking down the forum index to the Linux section > and see "bobertuk" posting in the DIY. > What's Bob up to now I wonder. Read his post, can't understand what he's > on about so go to the first post in the thread. > Wow, this looks interesting and the

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2019-03-19 Thread d6jg
bpa wrote: > Start lag is mainly controlled by Radio Station Buffer setting - however > it is a global setting will affect all Radio stationplaying. > > In case of confusion by "buffering" I don't mean the message > "buffering". Buffering of data happens at all steps but if it is tuned >

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2019-03-19 Thread d6jg
bpa wrote: > Ignoring sampling rate& width, the lag is mainly due to > 1. Compression/Decompression - compression needs to build up data > before compression can begin. Compression/ Decompression takles time - > dependent on processing power > 2. Network transmission - speed & number of hops

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Connecting a touch screen to a Squeezebox 3?

2019-07-16 Thread d6jg
Or you could do what I do. I run the SB3 with screen always off and control it / have now playing on an adjacent o2 Joggle flashed the SqueezeOS - https://birdslikewires.net/squeezeplay (NB the SSL cert on this site is broken but it is OK) VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room*

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Remote "NowPlaying" Display

2019-11-11 Thread d6jg
That's great Material also now includes an option to launch its expanded now playing view via http://yourlmsipaddress:9000/Material/now-playing 28509 +---+ |Filename: 2019-11-11 09_13_21-Window.jpg |

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] A Pi-based whole house system

2019-11-13 Thread d6jg
I can't help thinking that this would be a lot easier with a traditional amp with multiple switchable inputs than with HiFiBerry Amp. Yes you could get WAVIN working if you added a USB ADC/DAC to the Pi but the lag from a TV would be unworkable (unbearable). I would use a Pi to integrate with

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] A Pi-based whole house system

2019-11-18 Thread d6jg
tannaroo wrote: > Thanks d6jg. I've seen that there is a Wolfson Audio Card that accepts > line in, so just wondering if a Wolfson Audio Card on a separate Pi can > be used which can be switched through LMS whether its music (HifiBerry) > or TV (Wolfson Audio)? Technically yes b

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2020-09-14 Thread d6jg
Marsupial wrote: > Thanks. > > That works great. > Is there a way to do the same when it is saved as playlist (m3u)? If you have it saved as a favourite with an image as above and THEN add that to a playlist and save it you should get the image. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS)

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2020-09-04 Thread d6jg
Marsupial wrote: > Anyone knows how to add a logo to the darkice/icecast2 feed? I'm stuck > with the basic antenna logo in my players and I find it plain ugly... Yes. You need to add the url as a favourite and then shut down LMS, edit favourites.opml to point at a suitable image file. Its

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2020-09-03 Thread d6jg
Heuer wrote: > This is a great all in one solution with phono stage, pre amp, line in, > line out, headphone and ADC: > https://musichallaudio.com/product/pa2-2-phono-amplifier/ > > [image: https://i.imgur.com/SOSOy4q.jpg] Now that is nice! How much is it? I can't find a UK supplier.

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2020-08-26 Thread d6jg
Marsupial wrote: > I am currently giving a test run with icecast/darkice and one of the > cheap usb soundcard mentioned earlier, only to notice the audio out of > the stream is much less loud than anything else you can tune to. > > Even if I crank the Capture level in alsamixer, it is still

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2020-07-28 Thread d6jg
Jeff07971 wrote: > I don't think there is a reason to "correct in software" ? > > Both channels will be the same if you use a 1-2 cable anyway > > Jeff I said OR correct in software. Meaning if he chose to use L to L only (or R to R) then it would be fine if you tell alsa accordingly but a

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2020-07-27 Thread d6jg
Marsupial wrote: > I have a raspberry pi that I would pair with the changer, and access to > ethernet not too far. > > What I'm missing is audio input to the pi. > > I've seen I2C ADC for next to nothing on eBay but doubt this will be > good enough..? Behringer UCA 202 - I have 2 and they

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Streaming vinyl wirelessly to squeezebox receivers

2020-07-28 Thread d6jg
Marsupial wrote: > I realistically need only one input (mono) to usb... Aren't there other > vendors than Behringer? Yes there are other vendors but I doubt you will find a mono version. Get a two into one cable or correct in software. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* -

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] HiFiBerry for Wired Whole Home Audio via LMS

2021-07-06 Thread d6jg
If you are going for as professional as possible install then you might want to consider using a wall mounted tablet and the Material apk instead of Pi / Jivelite screens. This has the advantage of being able to undertake other tasks as well as controlling LMS VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P

Re: [SlimDevices: DIY] Touch-Clone using Pi - Speakers?

2021-03-15 Thread d6jg
TheCoyote wrote: > Hello Rainer, > > thanks for the input. The Zipp speaker appears to be a Bluetooth > speaker, doesn't it? So that appears to resemble my option 3. > > May I ask how your speaker as alarm clock works in combination with the > "headless" LMS? To be more exact: how do you turn