Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Ejdzi
paul- wrote: > Are you configuring via the web interface, or doing all manually? The web interface Ejdzi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71074 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread carsten_h
paul- wrote: > remove, reboot and reinstall the filesystem extension. After a second reboot it is working again! Thank you very much! pi4 4gb picoreplayer with lms and squeezelite for usb inside an argon one case pi3b+ (7\" display, hifiberry dac+ pro) picoreplayer with squeezlite/jivelite

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Possibly something with that chipset is not cooperating.Can you try > running the daemon from a ssh session? > > > Code: > > > sudo pcp-btspeaker-daemon.py > > > > > Then post what happens when it crashes. Here goes:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread sesselmarder
paul- wrote: > What is the sample rate of the source file? Ive only tested > standard sample files. But I think dsd-128 is the max supported. It says the sample rate of the DSF file is 2822.4 kHz (I guess that's DSD64). So it is lower than the DSD128 standard. What I found out: When I

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread paul-
Possibly something with that chipset is not cooperating.Can you try running the daemon from a ssh session? Code: sudo pcp-btspeaker-daemon.py Then post what happens when it crashes. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread paul-
What is the sample rate of the source file? I’ve only tested standard sample files. But I think dsd-128 is the max supported. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread paul-
carsten_h wrote: > > But I still get the error that hfsplus is an unknown filesystem. There is an additional dependency in kernel 5.10 that I overlooked. remove, reboot and reinstall the filesystem extension. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread paul-
Ejdzi wrote: > Thanx for the update. I did an insitu update (Pi4 with 7.01 before) with > LMS and everything seems to be ok except one thing: Shutdown GPIO. > On 7.01 itwas ok > (dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown,gpio_pin=3,active_low=0,gpio_pull=down) but > after update shutdown fails (working like a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread sesselmarder
lordvader wrote: > You don't have any dsd transcoding going on (via c3po?) ? I found dsd > transcoding just made a whole lot of noise. > > Sent from my M2101K7AG using Tapatalk No dsd transcoding going on.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread lordvader
You don't have any dsd transcoding going on (via c3po?) ? I found dsd transcoding just made a whole lot of noise. Sent from my M2101K7AG using Tapatalk lordvader's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-07-12 Thread Jeff07971
cybtrash wrote: > Hi Jeff, > I found the setting, it is already set to that. But what button? I mean > if somebody presses that button on the top-left the touchscreen goes > black and I can't reactivate it anymore. It does not respond to touches > anymore. Only way to make it work again is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Advice for new player hardware

2021-07-12 Thread Apesbrain
On the DAC front, HiFiBerry and IQaudIO offer basic boards for well under $30 that snap onto the RPi. Current versions of pCP include drivers for both. https://www.pishop.us/product/hifiberry-dac-light/ https://www.pishop.us/product/iqaudio-dac/

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Advice for new player hardware

2021-07-12 Thread Greg Erskine
Here's my recommendation: "Components > 'Raspberry Pi' (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/components/raspberry_pi/)" The problem you describe about "low volume levels" doesn't sound normal. I haven't seen it, but your hardware may be different. :confused: Most DAC HATs have a 0dB or a 4dB boost

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Advice for new player hardware

2021-07-12 Thread RobbH
tastewar wrote: > On the Pi itself, is a 3B+ good enough, or do people think there's an > advantage to the 4? Based on comments from others, installing LMS on a Pi 4 results in much faster scanning of your music collection. This may not matter to you if your collection is not large or if you

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - Screen Brightness

2021-07-12 Thread tungmeister
Hi Gary, would you mind sharing the STL files for the screen - fancy having a go at this myself. tungmeister's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71933 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-07-12 Thread kidstypike
cybtrash wrote: > Hi Jeff, > I found the setting, it is already set to that. But what button? I mean > if somebody presses that button on the top-left the touchscreen goes > black and I can't reactivate it anymore. It does not respond to touches > anymore. Only way to make it work again is

[SlimDevices: Unix] Advice for new player hardware

2021-07-12 Thread tastewar
I have an LMS server running on an older distribution of PCP (5.0) with the built-in 7.9.2 version of LMS. I have 2 hardware players (an original SlimP3, and a Squeezebox Receiver, the player that's built into the server, and two more Pi's running various vintages of PCP. I want to put together

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-07-12 Thread cybtrash
Jeff07971 wrote: > Its an On/Off button > > You can set that the button still works when Jivelite is "Off" in the > settings menu > > Jeff Hi Jeff, I found the setting, it is already set to that. But what button? I mean if somebody presses that button on the top-left the touchscreen goes

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread sesselmarder
sbp wrote: > Hi. > > Could you press the “more>” link that is just right of the “squeezelite > command string” and copy the content here. > > That will show your actual use of squeezelite. I tried "0:dop" instead of ":dop", but this did not make any difference. Here is my command string:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread sbp
Hi. Could you press the “more>” link that is just right of the “squeezelite command string” and copy the content here. That will show your actual use of squeezelite. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: 'https://www.picoreplayer.org'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread slartibartfast
sesselmarder wrote: > Below are my Squeezelite settings. > I played around with the ALSA settings. With the current values, I get > NO sound at all (via RCA that is). > > 35212You can have a look here. https://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/p/the-rpi-audio-streaming-series-dsd.html?m=1 I wonder

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread sesselmarder
slartibartfast wrote: > Can you show a screenshot of your Squeezelite settings? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Below are my Squeezelite settings. I played around with the ALSA settings. With the current values, I get NO sound at all (via RCA that is). 35212

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Ejdzi
Thanx for the update. I did an insitu update (Pi4 with 7.01 before) with LMS and everything seams to be ok except one thing: Shutdown GPIO. On 7.01 was ok (dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown,gpio_pin=3,active_low=0,gpio_pull=down) but after update it fails (working like a stop button).

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
I've now been able to pair but not connect the headphones. Essentially, whenever I try to connect the headphones or to show the bluetooth log, the BT Speaker Daemon stops. Maybe I should say that this is a Pi1B - I was in error in an earlier post - with the Cirrus (Wolfson) DAC card which works

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Yes it should, can you post the logs? I just started the BT Speaker Daemon, and tried scanning for the BT device. Each time, the BT Speaker Daemon stops. I can see this in the log: Code: 07-12 16:03 BST INFO Starting pCP BT Speaker

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread carsten_h
Thank you very much that the controls of the bluetooth headphones are now working out of the box together with piCorePlayer. That is really great! pi4 4gb picoreplayer with lms and squeezelite for usb inside an argon one case pi3b+ (7\" display, hifiberry dac+ pro) picoreplayer with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread carsten_h
paul- wrote: > You will need the additional filesystems support too. Is this a fresh > install? No, it is an insitu update. The additional filesystems are installed with 7.01 and they are also installed now in 8.0: 35209 +---+

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread paul-
BigA507 wrote: > Just did a fresh install of 32 bit PiCorePlayer 8. All working ok EXCEPT > SAMBA 4 is broken. Doing an install from the web-based interface. SAMBA > installs perfectly with no errors. Except that it won't start. I have > done some investigating and discovered that the SAMBA4

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread paul-
carsten_h wrote: > Today I see that I really have a problem! Yesterday I tested only > radio. > I have my musik on an external SSD which has a GUID partition table and > a HFS+ filesystem. With 7.01 and before it was only necessary to install > "util-linux.tcz". I updated it but the drive is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread BigA507
Just did a fresh install of 32 bit PiCorePlayer 8. All working ok EXCEPT SAMBA 4 is broken. Doing an install from the web-based interface. SAMBA stalls perfectly with no errors. Except that it won't start. I have done some investigating and discovered that the SAMBA4 version is NOT all the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread paul-
Yes it should, can you post the logs? piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=U7JHY5WYHCNRU=GB_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if you

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread mcduman
Eyerex wrote: > Big thanks for the update did a clean install and everything is working > great on my setup, only one thing i noticed which could just be my ears > as have a budget setup with a Yamaha A-S500 and a set of JPW Sonata > speakers with my Picoreplayer running a Meridian Explorer 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Eyerex
Big thanks for the update did a clean install and everything is working great on my setup, only one thing i noticed which could just be my ears as have a budget setup with a Yamaha A-S500 and a set of JPW Sonata speakers with my Picoreplayer running a Meridian Explorer 2 USB DAC and i'm sure the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread slartibartfast
sesselmarder wrote: > Hi paul, > > thanks for your input. > The DSDPlay plugin for LMS was already installed. > When I make the recommended ALSA settings of "80 4 24 0 ", > Squeezelite does not start. > I get message [ ERROR ] Squeezelite not running. > > When I leave the "Output setting"

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Greg Erskine
It might be best to start this topic in its own thread. The pcm in pcm1794a is a clue. There is often a dsd twin. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread slartibartfast
Ahlis wrote: > Hi, yes I have a USB setup as well which works well:). > But imo the I2S sounds better:), so I would like to continue with i2s > but with another codec which is unlocking DSD capabilties and rates > above 192kbit.Someone on the Moode forum is using the IAN Canada board, maybe >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Ahlis
slartibartfast wrote: > You could use the USB input instead of HDMI. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Hi, yes I have a USB setup as well which works well:). But imo the I2S sounds better:), so I would like to continue with i2s but with another codec which is unlocking DSD capabilties

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem playing DSD audio files

2021-07-12 Thread sesselmarder
paul- wrote: > 1 - Make sure you have installed the DSDPlay plugin for LMS > 2 - On the squeezelite page. For Alsa Settings, Use "80 4 24 0 > " > Then in the DSD section enter ":dop" Hi paul, thanks for your input. The DSDPlay plugin for LMS was already installed. When I make the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Ahlis
Greg Erskine wrote: > I am a little confused about you talking about HDMI and i2s. HDMI has > limitations. Hi, the HDMIpi transmitter is a HAT board for sending i2s digital audio from the GPIO port as balanced LVDS format. And for this a HDMI port and cables is used.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Greg Erskine
I am a little confused about you talking about HDMI and i2s. HDMI has limitations. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread slartibartfast
Ahlis wrote: > Hi, I have a IAN Canada HDMIpi transmitter connected to a rpi4 using > picoreplayer, which is feeding a Denafrips Pontus II DAC. > > The issue with my current setup is sample rate limitations and lack of > DSD capability => no function for sampling rates above 192kHz and no >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Start/restart squeezelite when plug-in USB dac

2021-07-12 Thread Greg Erskine
hi carsten_h, I can't give you a definite answer but... here's a guess. I believe in pCP7 there was a problem getting the card name (from USB DAC) which caused errors restoring asound.state. The USB restart scripts worked around this. Maybe because we fixed a few ALSA things in pCP8.0.0 it

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-12 Thread Ahlis
Hi, I have a IAN Canada HDMIpi transmitter connected to a rpi4 using picoreplayer, which is feeding a Denafrips Pontus II DAC. The issue with my current setup is sample rate limitations and lack of DSD capability => no function for sampling rates above 192kHz and no native DSD output. Current