Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread chill
M-H wrote: > > So set the usercommand in the tweaks and rebooted . > And it worked right away. > Grumpy Bob wrote: > I've added this to my install - works well, and everything's working > sweetly. > Great - thanks to both of you for letting me know. Looks like we're there in principle.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
Hello! Today I found an interesting case for a Pi zero W with a display and buttons included (German): https://www.berrybase.de/raspberry-pi-co/raspberry-pi-zero/gehaeuse/gpi-case-handheld-gaming-geh-228-use-f-252-r-raspberry-pi-zero Here is the link to the creators website (English):

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > Will this be robust? > > (code snipped) > > In testing this I noticed that I will often get that 'initMboxBlock: > init mbox zaps failed' error if I kill pigpiod with just 'sudo kill -9 > '. It seems to leave something behind. But if I instead use 'sudo > killall pigpiod',

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
Hello! I am using an installation on a Pi 4 of piCorePlayer only for the LMS part. So I disabled Squeezelite for it which is working at normal system start without any problems. But when I am starting an Update/Full Update on the main page Squeezelite will be started afterwards. It's not a real

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread mcduman
a new beta/final version seems near as I have seen 4.19.97 modules in the repo. can't wait. mcduman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66702 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-28 Thread paul-
Most using HDMI want bitperfect. If you change from 0db, then the stream is no longer bitperfect. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-28 Thread stereoptic
Quick question about the output level settings for HDMI output - what are the benefits/deficits from setting the output to 100% (4db) or 96% (0db)? stereoptic's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-28 Thread paul-
Should be able to set the DSD option to :dop 29201 +---+ |Filename: 2020-01-28_20-08.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=29201|

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-28 Thread firedog
Hi- I have DSDPlayer installed n my LMS server, and in it's settings for pCP it says I can play DSD back natively. That's good, but I actually want to convert DSD to PCM so I can also apply room correctiion to DSD files. My present settings don't give me that option. How can I setup the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
Maybe it has a little bit more or less sectors. carsten_h's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69113 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110727

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread Supertramp
FWIW: I used a WD Elements 10TB before this HDD which did not introduce 16MB of something. I just checked and that one is GPT partitioned too. Supertramp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30362

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread Supertramp
Thanks. It's GPT. Supertramp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30362 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110727 ___ unix

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread Jeff07971
Supertramp wrote: > I just connected the drive to my PC and Disk Management shows this: > > 29200 > > Not sure where I can find any info regarding GPT or MBR? Right Click on "Disk 9" then properties then volumes tab Jeff *Players:* SliMP3,Squeezebox3

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
Supertramp wrote: > Just one partition which uses the complete available space. Which partitionformat did you used? GPT or MBR? Maybe the other one is using the 16MB. :-) carsten_h's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread Supertramp
Thanks. Yes, it is initiated, partitioned and formatted. Just one partition which uses the complete available space. Supertramp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30362 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
Supertramp wrote: > I recently bought a WD Red 10TB HDD Did you partitioned the drive when you got it (you should always do it with new drives, because you don't know what is installed)? Maybe it is the rest of the drive that can not used for the partition with the ntfs filesystem because it

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread Supertramp
Hi, I recently bought a WD Red 10TB HDD which I use in a Raidsonic Icy Box enclosure. When mounting this USB HDD to pCP 6.0.0, the drive gets mounted as well as a 16MB "something else". 29197 Although all works very well, I am just wondering what this "something else" could be? The Icy Box

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread M-H
chill wrote: > Will this be robust? > Thanks Chill. I quickly grabbed my pi-zero and replaced the start of sbpd-script.sh, and fired it up as superuser. Succes first time ! So set the usercommand in the tweaks and rebooted . And it worked right away. So instead of going over the 'full

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread Paul Webster
M-H wrote: > I had seen those too, and wondered why they would need so much wires? > SPI + power = > I haven't read up on the documentation, so I can't really tell. > VCC Power (3.3V input) GND Ground DIN SPI data input CLK SPI clock input CS Chip selection, low active DC

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread M-H
chill wrote: > I have one of 'these' (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07MH93747) > arriving today. No buttons or audio, I had seen those too, and wondered why they would need so much wires? SPI + power = I haven't read up on the documentation, so I can't really tell. And I found

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread chill
By the way, when I copied the Pirate Audio configuration into the modprobe commands, the change from speed=3200 to speed=1600 was a mistake - the menu 'slides' in Jivelite have some noticeable tearing with the slower speed. 3200 is good, and 6400 may be even better, but barely

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread chill
paul- wrote: > pigpiod is a forking daemon, not sure how long it takes to initialize > internally. Rather than a a set sleep timer, it would probably be best > to query the daemon to make sure it's started. Will this be robust? Code: #!/bin/sh # start pigpiod

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-28 Thread JaMo
JaMo wrote: > Will do. > > I have ordered another RaspberryPi 4B and will do it in a more > structured way with that one. Today was loan-pi and alot of trial and > errors. I will document it down and post. > /Jan This is not so easy. I got the Pi4B+ 2GB today. Flashed on pCP 6.0.0-b7. Chosed

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-28 Thread paul-
castalla wrote: > I have installed pcp 5.0 . What's the best method to make a copy of > the image ? Preferably using linux. dd is the easiest. Just make sure you use the correct devices. Just google it, there is tons of how-to out there. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread paul-
pigpiod is a forking daemon, not sure how long it takes to initialize internally. Rather than a a set sleep timer, it would probably be best to query the daemon to make sure it's started. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread ralphy
M-H wrote: > > The buttons are next on my tasklist, as I stil have some errors: > > Code: > > tc@pi-rate:~$ sudo /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh & > tc@pi-rate:~$ 2020-01-27 22:02:36 initMboxBlock: init mbox zaps failed > Can't initialise pigpio library> > > > I get the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Using Argon One case with fan and powerbutton together with piCorePlayer?

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
Paul Webster wrote: > You probably have to install rpi-vc.tcz Yes, I found it two minutes ago. This package was under uninstalled packages, but I don't know why? When I first tried the script it has been working, so something has uninstalled it. The only thing I changed was the gpio-handler

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Using Argon One case with fan and powerbutton together with piCorePlayer?

2020-01-28 Thread Paul Webster
You probably have to install rpi-vc.tcz PCP web interface/Main/Extensions/Available install it and then reboot Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP etc) plugin Paul Webster's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Using Argon One case with fan and powerbutton together with piCorePlayer?

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
Aldoszx wrote: > Have you tried to chmod 775 the argononed.py script? Yes, I did this when creating it. I tried vcgencmd on the shell and also with sudo and I always get "not found". So there must be something missing. I will search which part includes vcgencmd.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Using Argon One case with fan and powerbutton together with piCorePlayer?

2020-01-28 Thread Aldoszx
carsten_h wrote: > I changed the second user script to "sudo python3 > /home/tc/argononed.py", but I am still getting the message that vcgencmd > is not found. > Should I change the call: > > Code: > > temp = os.popen("vcgencmd measure_temp").readline()

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Using Argon One case with fan and powerbutton together with piCorePlayer?

2020-01-28 Thread carsten_h
paul- wrote: > The script has to run with root permissions, as it make a call to > vcgencmd, which requires it. I changed the second user script to "sudo python3 /home/tc/argononed.py", but I am still getting the message that vcgencmd is not found. Should I change the call: Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-28 Thread castalla
I have installed pcp 5.0 . What's the best method to make a copy of the image ? Preferably using linux. LMS server: Pi Zero Amp: Denon PMA-50 Players/Speakers: Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam, Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google