Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] BBC changing mid 2023

2022-12-03 Thread markiii
thats a copout, even stuff still in production the manufacturer will have no clue PiCorePlayer 8.2 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with Hifiberry Digi+ Material running on PI for control (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with pi official touchscreen and Hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen)

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS on a Raspberry Pi (DietPi): Setup help

2022-04-12 Thread markiii
unless your wed to DietPi, i think LMS on Picoreplayer would be far easier PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with hifiberry Dig+ Material running on PI for control (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Radio turns on randomly in middle of night

2022-04-11 Thread markiii
mine used to it went away when i connected with Ethernet rather than wifi. I summised the wifi was dropping out and when it re-established it starting playing whatever was on last PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with hifiberry Dig+ Material running on PI

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Turn Off All Players

2022-03-25 Thread markiii
great isn't it PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with hifiberry Dig+ Material running on PI for control (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with Allo BOSS DAC (Bedroom)

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Turn Off All Players

2022-03-25 Thread markiii
Material lets you group players into multiple groups, I simply have one called "Master Power". I use to turn everything off with one press PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with hifiberry Dig+ Material running on PI for control (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it time to get rid of the Video & Photos scanner?

2022-02-23 Thread markiii
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Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Is it time to get rid of the Video & Photos scanner?

2022-02-22 Thread markiii
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Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Best linux distro to install Logitech Media Server?

2022-02-19 Thread markiii
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Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Software Updates - time to revisit?

2021-05-03 Thread markiii
If you run material there is PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Speaker for garden. Bluetooth?

2021-04-13 Thread markiii
i put some ceiling speakers in the soffit boards and then have a PCP install with hifiberry amp driving them works well PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Best way to tag album & album set titles in multidisc sets?

2021-03-30 Thread markiii
yes that the way i'd do it PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 7.1 with pi official

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Now Playing RSS

2021-03-02 Thread markiii
Thanks Michael Alas that's a bit beyond my capabilities PiCorePlayer 6..1on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 7 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 6.1

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Now Playing RSS

2021-03-02 Thread markiii
having searched i found a few threads that touched on this but nothing that really answered what I'm after. Basically I'd like to output a now playing RSS feed for each player on the network that I can then consume in an RSS client on my android tablet. Is this currently possible? Any

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Hi-Res Audio Icon on Covers

2021-02-19 Thread markiii
i agree having detail on the art would be good, but in the interim, if you tag those albums with an additional genre tag you could at least easily browse them PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office)

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS or Picoreplayer for restricting sample rate

2021-01-07 Thread markiii
fabulous cheers fella PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS or Picoreplayer for restricting sample rate

2021-01-07 Thread markiii
Not really sure on the best place to post this but let me explain. In my office rig I have a Picoreplayer 6 instance running with a Hifiberry Digi+ Hat it connects to an Arcam AV9 processor whose DAC is limited to 96khz. I have a limited quantity of 192khz stuff and it plays in my lounge

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] The sound quality of different LMS versions differ !

2020-12-27 Thread markiii
indeed theres a trade off in many respects, at the time i felt that taking the load of the touch cpu and getting the server to decode from flac to pcm was an improvement. I've not bothered since I moved to Picoreplayer throughout. when i finish rejigging my main system I might have another

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] The sound quality of different LMS versions differ !

2020-12-27 Thread markiii
default is send flac, from memory you can turn off flac native in the server settings and make sure transcode to PCM is the only one left ticked. however that affects all players If all your players support PCM directly thats fine, if not you are messing with one of the config files directly

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] The sound quality of different LMS versions differ !

2020-12-24 Thread markiii
i have not played with this for several years but back when i had my touch I did find that having LMS decode FLAC and send to the touch as PCM sounded better that having the Touch decode the Flac PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] LMS Config backup/restore

2020-12-24 Thread markiii
yes this would be great for all the reasons stated PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 6.1