Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-05-18 Thread JadeMonkee
mo-seph wrote: > As a different workaround, I was wondering if there's an easy way to > work with the Material Skin instead of Jivelite? I guess it would be > some kind of kiosk mode browser, but I thought I'd see if anyone has > done anything similar? I looked into this, but ended up staying

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-05-06 Thread JadeMonkee
bluetdi wrote: > If you want I can mail you the Screen Switcher applet as zip-file. You > have to copy it in the applets-folder of jivelite. The applet not only > changes screens by time but also can switch of the display completely. That would be amazing, thanks. I'll DM you. Or as @huxmut

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-05-05 Thread JadeMonkee
hoping for a screensaver change as turning off the display... JadeMonkee wrote: > ...won't turn the display off if I'm still listening to music, and won't > be difficult to turn the display back on before the 7am cron runs. Thanks @bluetdi for the knowledge that a "saver

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2021-04-29 Thread JadeMonkee
Hi there, Currently using Jivelite + PcP on a RPi 7" touchscreen as a now playing screen and clock in my dining room. I currently have the "screensaver when off" as a clock, but I would like to turn the screen backlight off as per a schedule. The best way I can think is to set the "screensaver

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-07-18 Thread JadeMonkee
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi JadeMonkee, > > I occasionally get this error message as well. I have found if I just > reboot everything is OK. > > Worth a try. :) > > I was having a look yesterday and couldn't see a coding error so I > suspect a timing issue. &

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-07-17 Thread JadeMonkee
Just upgraded to piCorePLayer v5. I use my screen as a digital photo frame to display several thousand photos. So every time I upgrade pcp, I have to go in and edit Jivelite to allow >1000 photos in its screensaver/image viewer. I just tried doing my usual edits, but upon reboot I receive the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-04-13 Thread JadeMonkee
ralphy wrote: > Jivelite will fail to start if you use KEY_ names that are not defined. > Unfortunately, the list is created an compile time and can't be extended > without rebuilding jivelite. > > The mappings and action keys are defined in these jivelite files. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-04-13 Thread JadeMonkee
Does anyone have any experience/knowledge that can help me out in mapping inputs? Cheers. JadeMonkee wrote: > Ok I thought I'd have a go at it, but I haven't had much luck. > I started by doing the following (as per this post > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105117-lirc

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-04-10 Thread JadeMonkee
Ok I thought I'd have a go at it, but I haven't had much luck. I started by doing the following (as per this post https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105117-lirc-rpi-gpio-IR-support-for-picoreplayer=883651=1#post883651): Code: sudo mkdir

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-04-10 Thread JadeMonkee
Ok I'm trying it out now, but am a bit confused to how I know which value from evtest to put into InputToActionMap.lua evtest returned the following (my remote appears as two devices, so here it is for both event1 and event2): event1: Code: Event: time

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-04-10 Thread JadeMonkee
ralphy wrote: > That device likely emulates a usb keyboard. The link in your post is > broken. > I've updated the link now, thanks. ralphy wrote: > If that is the case then jivelite will read the keypresses from the > inputX device automatically. > Indeed, I can confirm that Jivelite

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-04-08 Thread JadeMonkee
I have a Raspberry Pi 3b+ RetroPi gaming box with a RetroFlag NESPi+ case that I use for retro gaming, and had the bright idea to set it up as a 'Now Playing' screen on my TV for a little bit of extra visual pizazz (and easy song identification from across the room) while I'm not using RetroPi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2019-04-08 Thread JadeMonkee
paul- wrote: > I dont think Hidraw work as an input device. But probably better > discussed in the jivelite thread. Shall do. Thanks. 2x squeezebox classics | 2x squeezebox booms | 2x squeezebox receivers | 1x raspberry pi 2 b w/ picoreplayer, 7\" touch screen (iqaudio dac+ now deprecated

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2019-04-08 Thread JadeMonkee
Ok, so now my next task is to get the buttons on my OSMC remote to work properly. I have this remote: https://osmc.tv/store/product/osmc-remote-control/ (sort of: I have the version with seek buttons down the bottom instead of volume) In Jivelite, the remote buttons work, but a lot of them

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2019-04-08 Thread JadeMonkee
JadeMonkee wrote: > The latching switch when depressed will power up the RPi inside the > case. It is additionally attached to GPIO 3. When released it doesn't > cut power, but sends some signal to GPIO 3. > The momentary reset switch is on GPIO 2. I BELIEVE I'VE FOUND IT. W

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2019-04-08 Thread JadeMonkee
paul- wrote: > Wow, Lots to follow there. No shutdown monitor doesn't modify GPIO > assignments, it is only loading gpio-shutdown and gpio-poweroff > overlays, according to > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2019-04-08 Thread JadeMonkee
paul- wrote: > Wow, Lots to follow there. No shutdown monitor doesn't modify GPIO > assignments, it is only loading gpio-shutdown and gpio-poweroff > overlays, according to > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2019-04-08 Thread JadeMonkee
Hi there, I have a Raspberry Pi 3b+ RetroPi gaming box with a RetroFlag NESPi+ case that I use for retro gaming, and had the bright idea to set it up as a 'Now Playing' screen on my TV for a little bit of extra visual pizazz (and easy song identification from across the room) while I'm not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2019-02-01 Thread JadeMonkee
I posted about this a while ago (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103330-Jivelite-for-piCorePlayer=850831=1#post850831) but didn't really receive a useful response, and am keen to try and fix it again. I group series of compilations together by tagging them as having an album

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-05-20 Thread JadeMonkee
paul- wrote: > The rpi display and Jivelite is only using a framebuffer. It does not > use GPU. Overclocking might help Excellent - just the info I was looking for. Thanks! 2x squeezebox classics | 2x squeezebox booms | 1x raspberry pi 2 b w/ picoreplayer, iqaudio dac+, 7\" touch screen |

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-05-19 Thread JadeMonkee
One more thing: the performance in Jivelite is a little laggy on the RPi Zero. I upped the gpumem in config.txt to 128, but do you think I might have been better off overclocking? Just looking for your informed opinion here on which of the two would yield me better results. Thanks again. 2x

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-05-19 Thread JadeMonkee
paul- wrote: > USB ethernet drivers included but not enabled by default, but you can > add them in by running this command from console. > > > Code: > > > echo net-usb-KERNEL.tcz >> /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/onboot.lst > > > > > Then reboot. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-05-19 Thread JadeMonkee
Hi there, I've been a long time PCP user with various RPi over the years. My primary player is a RPi2 with a 7" touch screen (running JiveLite) and an IQAudio DAC+. It's a tip-top setup. Today I thought of a good project for a spare RPi Zero (v1.2) that I have lying around: I thought I'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-05-11 Thread JadeMonkee
I upgraded to PCP 3.20 (audio version) today from 3.11, removing the SD, flashing it in my PC, and setting up from scratch again. I have a RPI2 with IQAudio DAC+ and a official 7" touch screen (original version without dimming). I have the screensaver set to 'Display off' when the player is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2016-05-11 Thread JadeMonkee
valnar wrote: > I saw that, but I couldn't tell if it supported any HAT's. Ah yes, of course. Maybe send 'em an email? FWIW, I bought an IQaudIO Pi-DAC+ (http://www.iqaudio.co.uk/home/8-pi-dac-0712411999650.html), a pimoroni Pibow audio

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2016-05-10 Thread JadeMonkee
valnar wrote: > Does anyone have a good shopping list cart for what will make a decent > Squeezebox Touch replacement? There are so many LCD panels out there, > and I haven't found a decent case yet that doesn't keep the Pi2 exposed > in the back. I also don't know what PiCorePlayer/Jivelite

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2016-05-10 Thread JadeMonkee
tcutting wrote: > You could try using CustomClock to create a custom Now Playing screen. > > Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk I didn't know that this was an option, thanks. I shall look into it. 2x squeezebox classics | 2x squeezebox booms | 1x raspberry pi 2 b w/ picoreplayer + 7\"

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2016-04-13 Thread JadeMonkee
huxmut wrote: > Hey JadeMonkey, not sure if this setting has any effect ? It defaults to > use two separate Album Artists and All Artists Lists. > I doubt this is it, just throwing it out there that I've seen it :) > > 20239 Thanks for the answer, but you're instinct was correct - not what I

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2016-04-05 Thread JadeMonkee
Hi all, I was wondering if it was possible to modify the Now Playing screen on the joggler skin to only show the current track's 'artist' field, rather than the 'artist' and 'album artist' field - on many albums of mine, and with the way my library is set up, it ends up showing redundant

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2016-02-15 Thread JadeMonkee
ralphy wrote: > Opps, looks like we copied the symbolic links. Add L to the copy > command. > > sudo cp -rL /opt/jivelite/share/jive/applets/ImageViewer > /home/tc/.jivelite/userpath/applets > > cd /home/tc/.jivelite/userpath/applets/ImageViewer > sudo vi ImageSourceLocalStorage.lua Ah, of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2016-02-12 Thread JadeMonkee
ralphy wrote: > Another way to make changes to a preinstalled jivelite applet is to copy > in to the user settings folder. ie. > > sudo cp -r /opt/jivelite/share/jive/applets/ImageViewer to > /home/tc/.jivelite/userpath/applets > > and update the lua file(s) in >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2016-02-11 Thread JadeMonkee
sbp wrote: > hi. As you might know piCorePlayer is almost impossible to break, this > is because after every reboot the original read-only packages are > installed again. It is one of its strengths, but it also means that it > is more difficult to make changes in the packages. > > you will have

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2016-02-10 Thread JadeMonkee
kolossos4730 wrote: > There is a 1000 image limit in ImageSourceLocalStorage.lua: > > > Code: > > > -- 1000 images should be enough... > if #self.imgFiles > 1000 then > break > end > > ... > > if #self.imgFiles > 1000 then > log:warn("we're not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2016-02-09 Thread JadeMonkee
mherger wrote: > > There is a 1000 image limit in ImageSourceLocalStorage.lua: > > If you have more than 1000 images then you should clean up your > collection - I bet they're not all worth it ;-). > > -- > > Michael Hah! I dunno, I crossed 17 countries across three months... Is it not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-08 Thread JadeMonkee
Jeff07971 wrote: > Not sure if its the "proper" way but I just tried it and it works. > > Put photos on USB, plugged usb in to pi. ssh'd in to pi. > > then :- > > Code: > > > tc@RPi2-2:/mnt$ fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 31.9 GB, 31914983424 bytes > 4

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-08 Thread JadeMonkee
Hello all, Probably a noob question, but I was hoping to use my RPi with 7" touchscreen as a digital photo frame while it's not playing music (i.e. enabling the image viewer screensaver in JiveLite while stopped). I have loaded my photos onto a USB drive (/photos/*.jpg) but can't figure out how

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2016-02-08 Thread JadeMonkee
Hello. I have loaded up a USB drive with just under 4000 images in a single folder, /mnt/sda1/photos and set them to run as a screen saver while my RPi (running PiCorePlayer w/ 7" touchscreen) is paused. These images document a recent three month trip I undertook, and I thought it would be a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-08 Thread JadeMonkee
Jeff07971 wrote: > Hi Jademonkey > > I think this is probably better moved to the "jivelite" subforum > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98156-Announce-JiveLite-cut-down-squeezebox-control-application=738445=1#post738445 Yes, of course. I have posted it there now:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-08 Thread JadeMonkee
Hello. Me again. Perhaps this isn't best asked here, but after getting the image viewer screen saver to work on JiveLite, I loaded up a USB drive with just under 4000 images in a single folder. These images document a recent three month trip I undertook, and I thought it would be a good way to

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

2015-12-17 Thread JadeMonkee
'ullo! I just picked up a Pi Zero with a Pimoroni pHAT DAC, and was wondering if picoreplayer runs on it? And, if so, which version do I choose? And if not, if there are any plans to get it working on it? Thanks so much.