Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread paulster
Triode wrote: > AAC playback needs more cpu. It depends how the faad2 library is built > and if you have a floating point unit as to whether it will work at low > enough cpu. If you see this getting too high then I think you would be > betted allowing the server to decode assuming the server ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoPlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelite

2013-02-02 Thread castalla
bpa wrote: > Works OK on microcore as well as Linaro. > > HDMI on Linaro plays OK if output device is numeric e.g. "-o > hw:CARD=0,DEV=0" > > HDMI and headphone play OK on microcore although card number for HDMI > and headphone are difference between microcore and Linaro. > > For microcore I n

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoPlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelite

2013-02-02 Thread bpa
Works OK on microcore as well as Linaro. HDMI on Linaro plays OK if output device is numeric e.g. "-o hw:CARD=0,DEV=0" HDMI and headphone play OK on microcore although card number for HDMI and headphone are difference between microcore and Linaro. For microcore I need to import and then "tce-lo

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread Triode
paulster wrote: > I've been listening to 1.0rc1 for a few hours already this morning, > trying it with a range of different material/sources and it's been > flawless so far, so I'm looking forward to doing some extended testing > with it. > > I have noticed that my default installation on the Po

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread paulster
I've been listening to 1.0rc1 for a few hours already this morning, trying it with a range of different material/sources and it's been flawless so far, so I'm looking forward to doing some extended testing with it. I have noticed that my default installation on the PogoPlug using Andrew's VAMP im

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread ReValveiT
Downloaded Windows 0.9 beta 11 last night and have been playing with it today... I'd like to thank you for working so hard on this. Today I put my whole library an shuffle. After around 3 hours play I noticed one or two songs started to get some static type crackling, almost like an LP crackle, e

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread Triode
I've updated the binaries and changed the name to 1.0rc1 as I'd like to declare the first version of Squeezelite released soon. This version has the following changes since the last version which was available as binaries: - add support for server name rather than purely IP address - add ability

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoPlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelite

2013-02-02 Thread bpa
I eventually built an armv7/armhf version of squeezelite on Linaro (Ubuntu on Arm) and it seems to work on Linaro. It is built with Debian Wheezy libraries. Initial test - through HDMI sound is dreadful except at very low volumes - lots of white noise. Through the board headphone socket seems to

Re: Small CPU, Sox, squeezelite� favour latency or throughput ?

2013-02-02 Thread epoch1970
Ok, I thought I'd write a final message on specific points in my config now all has been working fine for some days now. The idea is to run the server and a software player on a small machine, and have that serve and sync with my SB3s. Hardware: - pc engines alix2d2 (Geode LX800) - hifimediy Sab

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread Triode
SBGK wrote: > for spdif out myself and many others find the Soundcheck Toolbox takes > the sound in the wrong direction - too strident and digital so prefer > using the tweaks in my blog > > http://touchsgotrythm.blogspot.co.uk/ > > As TT has tcp and kernel optimisations are you saying that EDO

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread SBGK
soundcheck wrote: > TXRX=hw:0,0 -- is just an alias. You can use simple Alsa soundcard > indexes (hw:0,0, plughw:1,0 etc. ) with squeezelite, even though they > are not shown with squeezlite -l. > > EDO I would use for USB interfaces. (I'm not sure though, if Triodes > kernel would enhance th

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread paul-
Raspi+MIPS wrote: > Hi Paul, > how do you figure out if a stream is playing? I'm also on a RasPi and > very satisfied with SqueezeLite on the internal as well as with external > DACs, so I spent some time to hook up a 433mhz transmitter to control rc > power sockets to switch my speakers with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread paul-
Triode wrote: > WMA support is possible via ffmpeg, but its quite a big library so I was > avoiding this for the moment. I was thinking this could be supported > via the server plugin - is this is critial ommission for you? I was having problems with WMA, I could not get the server side plug in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread Triode
mkkyah wrote: > Hi Triode, > Is there a chance to have WMA native support in near future? I know it > was not on your priority list, what's the situation? > Thanks so far, WMA support is possible via ffmpeg, but its quite a big library so I was avoiding this for the moment. I was thinking this

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread soundcheck
Triode wrote: > Best to install the EDO applet or the Kernel Updater applet for this. > The reason is that the kernel is not stored in the root filesytem, its > in a separate partition on the flash. Edo will automatically install > this for you... You can then logon and kill jive + change any

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2013-02-02 Thread mkkyah
Hi Triode, Is there a chance to have WMA native support in near future? I know it was not on your priority list, what's the situation? Thanks so far, mkkyah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58652 V