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

2023-01-02 Thread bpa
Videopac wrote: > > > Code: > > squeezelite -o sysdefault:CARD=ODROIDHIFI2 -n C4HIFISHIELD2 -s 127.0.0.1 > > > seems to take forever / no response. > Any ideas how to resolve this? > TIA. Try the real IP address of the LMS server and not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] [piCorePlayer] Turn off USB output when turning off player?

2022-11-09 Thread bpa
Normally Squeezelite keeps the device open while it is running. Have you tried the "-C " option which closes the output device after a timeout when not playing. It will be reopened if squeezelite gets a request to play,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Radio stations url source/radio-browser project

2022-10-17 Thread bpa
Honey wrote: > Which of course leaves the problem that no one has developed a way to > use it in LMS, as you say. Plugin developer usually have in vested interest - they want specific functionality added to LMS and/or accessible from LMS and the developer will use the plugin themselves

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Radio stations url source/radio-browser project

2022-10-16 Thread bpa
The radio station search provided by default within LMS is proided by Tune-in (www.tunein.com). It is a commercial service. Many stations are listed by aggregators which have a commercial arrangement with the stations. There are a number of 3rd party plugins which, when installed, provides

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

2022-04-18 Thread bpa
Chestroled wrote: > Hello, you're probably right, but have to found what have change or > cause this trouble. > > So, when I play some sound on LMS and got "alsa_open:533 unable to set > hw params: Broken pipe" , the audio device seems "frozen" : > > > Code: > >

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

2022-04-17 Thread bpa
Chestroled wrote: > What I don't understand is that system have worked for a long time with > this structure If squeezelite setup completeed worked OK and all devices worked as you expected and you are doing nothign new (i.e. exact same command line) but now has broken look at what has

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

2022-04-16 Thread bpa
Apesbrain wrote: > Went to update squeezelite and just noticing the "ffmpeg" versions. I > assume these will play files that the standard version will not? Any > reason not to use the ffmpeg version? Thanks. IIRC ffmpeg was used for WMA format. If player cannot handle WMA natively, then

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

2022-04-16 Thread bpa
Learned something new. Not quite clear but with ALSA it seems "plug:" is a prefix before pseudo device. (e.g. "plug:iec958" or "plug:surround21") so -o plug:USB1 is the same as -o USB1 - so new test did nothing different to first. Another reason to try "hw:" or "plughw:"

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

2022-04-16 Thread bpa
Chestroled wrote: > > > thanks for feedback. > > This code was from a friend and related to alsa equaliser . So i've > tried : > The usual choices are hw:USB2 or plughw:USB2 These are known to work with squeezelite. It's not clear what ALSA setup (and unknown settings/behaviour) would

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

2022-04-16 Thread bpa
Chestroled wrote: > Hello, anyone have an idea to found what's wrong? This is just a comment based on what has been displayed. I don't know what "plug:" means in ALSA. Usual prefixes are "hw:" and "plughw:" You are using device designation like "plug:USB1" Extracting from the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cdplayer plugin in picoreplayer player for RPi3

2022-04-13 Thread bpa
papaiannis wrote: > I know someone uses NBD to share CD drives. Share a CD drive with a CD-ROM disc or a CD-Audio disc ? A CD-ROM with WAV files is not the same as a CD AUDIO format with audio tracks. As metadata is derived from matching the profile of the layout of CD audio on the disk

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cdplayer plugin in picoreplayer player for RPi3

2022-04-12 Thread bpa
papaiannis wrote: > Is there a way to share the CD drive on the raspberry so that it can be > accessed by the Cdplayer plugin on the remote server? The CDplayer plugin relies on cdda2wav which can only deal with a CD drive on the same system. cdda2wav "talks" to hardware device /dev/cdrom with

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

2022-03-27 Thread bpa
Taking Ralphy's advice - my suggested command line would be now Code: squeezelite -n AES -a ::24:1 -u E -Z 38400 -r 48000-48000 -d all=debug -o hw:CARD=RAVENNA If choppiness continue try increasing ALSA buffer size such as Code:

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

2022-03-26 Thread bpa
ralphy wrote: > You need to add -u E to the squeezelite command line to have it resample > streams that are not 48K. I always thought that LMS will take into account player capabilities when resampling. (e.g. player only supporting 44.1kHz and 48kHz - LMS will re-sample if a 96kHz stream is

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

2022-03-25 Thread bpa
s25a wrote: > Both create issues (Packets missing) on my Audio DSP. Yes, you seem to be playing a 44.1kHz MPEG4 file but for some reason LMS is not resampling and even though squeezelite is setup to be 48000 only - squeezelite then reopens the ALSA device at 44100 - this is not right and

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

2022-03-25 Thread bpa
s25a wrote: > the developer of the RAVENNA Driver supported me and suggested not to > use the Ravenna card directly but to use it via ALSA plugin. > > So I created this configuration file in /etc/asound.conf As squeezelite is still opened with 44100 and S32_LE - this is not doing what is

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

2022-03-23 Thread bpa
s25a wrote: > AES67 in general can do more than 48000 Hz. It's depending on the sink > which is in my case limited to 48000 HZ. I guess the reason why it shows > all options is because there are other devices (sinks) that can do much > more. This is true of many devices but the ALSA driver

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

2022-03-23 Thread bpa
Taking your message in reverse. s25a wrote: > > Code: > > > a@audioserver:~$ aplay --dump-hw-params -D hw:RAVENNA -r 48000 -c 2 -f S24_3LE test48.wav > Wiedergabe: WAVE 'test48.wav' : Signed 24 bit Little Endian in 3bytes, Rate: 48000 Hz, stereo > HW Params of

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

2022-03-22 Thread bpa
s25a wrote: > With regards to your question of sample rate. AES67 is restricted to > 48000Hzz in my case (My Audio DSP is only capable to process this rate) > The AES67 virtual Sound-card I installed only publish the Audio Data to > the DSP. I don't think there is a sync of capabilities between

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

2022-03-22 Thread bpa
s25a wrote: > Hi, > > thank you very much for help. I followed your recommendations and it did > something: > > Changed to: > > > Code: > > sudo ./squeezelite -R -u vME:::28 -r 48000-48000 -d all=debug -o hw:CARD=RAVENNA > > > and now it

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

2022-03-22 Thread bpa
s25a wrote: > Hi, > > could you please help me to start the auqeezelite player with the > correct params. It must be opened with 48000Hz and Format S16_LE > otherwise there will be an error with the soundcard. Using plughw rather than hw means ALSA can do lots of software conversion so why

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

2022-03-21 Thread bpa
th2j wrote: > For me it is a proof that Squeezelite is doing something different than > just transmit to alsa. Squeezelite manages volume - (i.e. LMS volume control of player & also Gain tags) that is all - look at the source code. aplay does not do anything with volume. So I think difference

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-18 Thread bpa
lozcspi wrote: > LMS log I don't knwo PCP that well - are you using 64bit version for Zero ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-18 Thread bpa
lozcspi wrote: > ran a scan with a reduced library - LMS crashed and scan not completed. > > Guess the Pi2ZeroW isn't up to the task. > > No issues at all with the 4 Odd though that it terminated differently (not optimisation) with a reduced library. I would have expected it to fail in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-16 Thread bpa
lozcspi wrote: > yep... > > an update - I've built RPi4 and completed a scan first time with same > USB drive (albeit without the convertor cable) so presume library not > the issue. > Assuming there are no 3rd party plugins (e.g. Trackstat) which are causing extra delays. LMS is single

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-16 Thread bpa
lozcspi wrote: > yes, also completely rebuilt a few times from scratch So Cache is on the SD card and only albums,tracks and playlist are on the USB drive ? bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-16 Thread bpa
Have you tried the nuclear option - stop LMS and delete all *.db files in the Cache directory. Then start LMS and do a scan. It would means there should be nothing left over from previous problems (e.g. image issue)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-16 Thread bpa
What is your Database memory Config setting ? (WebUI Setting/Advanced/Performance ) - for a Zero with less than 1Gb - I think it should be "normal" bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-03-12 Thread bpa
Norfolk wrote: > I just installed an fresh image of pCP 8.1.0 on my RPi3B+ with > 7"-touchdisplay and Hifiberry DAC2 Pro - and it was almost too easy, i > felt like i'd have to extra-check everything in order to give me the > feeling I actually had to do something while installing it. > > Only

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Turning on stereo from piCorePlayer

2022-02-27 Thread bpa
andrewhess wrote: > I've updated to picoreplayer 8.1 64 bit and I reinstalled the > remotecontrol plugin by bpa. But now I get a notice that "Plugin is > incompatible with this version of Logitech Media Server. Please > update." > > Is there an updated version? No,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-09 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > Attached is an edited version of dmesg. It logs > > 1. System boot from power up startup. Edited to start from "Starting > piCorePlayer v8.1.0 startup." > 2. dmesg shows stick was unmounted incorrectly - yet pcp was shutdown > using "pcp sd"

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-09 Thread bpa
paul- wrote: > There is no mount logic in the LMS start/stop routines. I wonder why > the OS would remount the drive. Is there anything in dmesg? Attached is an edited version of dmesg. It logs 1. System boot from power up startup. Edited to start from "Starting piCorePlayer v8.1.0

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-09 Thread bpa
I'm tracking down a problem with CDplayer in Pcp 8.0 and I found a strange behaviour. Clean install of PCP and a single USB vfat stick (i.e. /mnt/stick ) with two folder Albums (/mnt/stick/albums) and Playlists (/mnt/stick/playlists) Using LMS WebGUI - LMS settings set Music to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-06 Thread bpa
ralphy wrote: > I would recommend using *-o hw:CARD=A,DEV=0* for the output device, this > way squeezelite knows the "true" capabilities of the device. ie. only > supports 48Khz Although in this case the iec958 seems to have the same h/w capabilities, I think it is better practice to use "hw"

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-06 Thread bpa
Man in a van wrote: > And these are the other commands :) Full marks for diligence. The output shows there is *no* difference in capabilties between the hw:CARD=A and the iec958:CARD=A. If you tried with plughw:CARD=A not usually worthwhile, as it should show all possible capabilities as

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-06 Thread bpa
Man in a van wrote: > > > Code: > > > Card 2, ID `A', name `USB-C to 3.5mm Headphone Jack A' > Device 0, ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available) > 2 channels, sampling rate 48000..48000 Hz > Sample formats: S16_LE, S24_3LE > Buffer size

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-06 Thread bpa
Use the tool "alsacap" to check the difference in playback capabilities between the "iec958:CARD=A,DEV=0" device and the "hw:CARD=A,DEV=0" Rate issues are usually because Squeezelite reports back to LMS that device is native capable of the playing various output rates - it would be good to see

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer on pi zero 2 - possible touch improvements?

2022-01-25 Thread bpa
Capacitive screen rely on moisture in the skin. Some screens have difficulty with people with dry/cold skin also often older people. Check if this the problem by using as stylus (or gloves with special tips), wetting your finger, use moisturising cream, get hands warm etc.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS doesn`t detect Sqeezelite on a RPI4

2022-01-11 Thread bpa
d6jg wrote: > The server port is wrongly declared. > 3483 is for discovery but the server runs on 9000 unless it discovers > something else there in which case 9001 etc For completeness. Port 3483 TCP is used for all slimproto (i.e. player control).

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-10 Thread bpa
Labarum wrote: > And it has just occurred to me that I have an Apple in-line DAC which is > extreme well reviewed and costs £9 > > https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MU7E2ZM/A/usb-c-to-35mm-headphone-jack-adapter > Are you sure it is a DAC ? I got a similar adapter for a Samsung tablet

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS doesn`t detect Sqeezelite on a RPI4

2022-01-10 Thread bpa
drerd wrote: > I tried to install also Local Player from the LMS plugins , still no > music is heard . LocalPlayer just tell squeezelite to play directly from a file and not streamed form LMS. All player control is done via network. I know nothing about Docket etc. but your issues is probably

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] VU Meter Not Working

2021-12-27 Thread bpa
Instead of amixer - IIRC the ALSA control can be accessed using the -V and -U option on the squeezelite command line bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

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

2021-12-15 Thread bpa
MartinS0815 wrote: > Hi, i´m trying to get Squeezelite running on a pulseaudio system, but it > fails. > > PA is running, squeezelite on direct HW was also running. > But if I use -o pulse, it does not start > A good utility to help with managing pulseaudio and how it is configured is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Raspberry pi 4 with PiCorePlayer HDMI Hi-Res Noise

2021-12-06 Thread bpa
I'm not familiar with PCP or audio over HDMI on Pi but a duplicated Raspbian thread from MAr 2021 seems to indicate that Pi4 default 16 bit output to HDMI not 24 bit. If this is so on PCP as well, could this may be the origin of hiss. https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/4204

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Squeezelite with USB DAC plays max at 48k

2021-12-03 Thread bpa
hafnpin wrote: > Yeah it's a headless server, no desktop installed. I installed SL the > same way you described in my user account with "sudo install > squeezelite" if you run "ps aux | grep squeeze" you should see it > running as root. > > Trying "hw:CARD=PT100,DEV=0" gives me the same issue.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Squeezelite with USB DAC plays max at 48k

2021-12-03 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > Have you checked that this message is not important? > > Code: > > > [19:44:09.074788] alsa_open:530 unable to set hw params: No space left on device > > > > > Has the filesystem run out of free space? The preceding

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Squeezelite with USB DAC plays max at 48k

2021-12-03 Thread bpa
hafnpin wrote: > So I'm still stuck but maybe the error "ALSA snd_pcm_hw_hw_params:386 > SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HW_PARAMS failed (-28)" will resonate with someone here? plughw - uses software to provide greater capabilities. The raw capabiltiies of your DAC as seen by ALSA is show by

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Squeezelite with USB DAC plays max at 48k

2021-12-03 Thread bpa
what is the output of alsa-capabilities for the devices which use for squeezlite output ? What data rates are shown ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New HiFiBerry DAC+ ADC with analogue input

2021-11-02 Thread bpa
off112 wrote: > * In the Tweaks menu, Streamer for Audio Input: > hw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry,DEV=0 > * I have installed WaveInput I don't know PCP in detail but AFAIK these are two DIFFERENT input streaming solutions - not to be used in parallel. Waveinput is a LMS plugin to stream from an ALSA

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problem with adding subscribed music streaming

2021-10-06 Thread bpa
MidGe wrote: > Thank you for your prompt reply. > > I have installed the plugin and restarted the system, but, > unfortunately, that does not seem to fix the problem I have. In the > playlist the name of the stream is still overridden by the song title. > > Perhaps instead of using a playlist

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer: soundcard Audioinjector stereo not working RPi 3a

2021-09-11 Thread bpa
cassio299 wrote: > However the sound became flat so I will only use this in an emergency. Are still using dmix ? This is a mixer and so another source (e.g. system sounds) can be merged and possibly affecting the audio . Try with plughw.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer: soundcard Audioinjector stereo not working RPi 3a

2021-09-11 Thread bpa
cassio299 wrote: > I can't see any problems in the dmesg file maybe because I don't know > what to look fore. I think these lines may be the issue in dmesg Code: . . [ 10.001058] wm8731 1-001a: supply DBVDD not found, using dummy regulator [ 10.002405]

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

2021-08-07 Thread bpa
lordvader wrote: > > Code: > > Rates: 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000, 705600, 768000, 1411200, 1536000 > > > >From a quick look at the code (I only know a little bit about it) - squeezelite has a max rate of

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

2021-08-07 Thread bpa
lordvader wrote: > DSD1024 isn't generally available, but anything I can do to help debug, > would love to have a crack at it. The error message is shown when squeezelite has determined that the sample rate of the stream is too high for the "supported sample rates" - not sure where that comes

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-04 Thread bpa
In this 2006 post Sean Adams says this feature is only for SB1 - it should nto be needed for BS2 or Sb3. seanadams wrote: > Right, however this is ONLY needed with Squeezebox1. SB2 and SB3 do not > drop the s/pdif signal, so there is no resyncing invovled. If sync is > lost during silence,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-04 Thread bpa
The way to see who needs it is to look for post with "start chopped" or "truncated" The feature was introduced around 10-May-2004 nightlies of 5.1.6 - and still didn't solve user problem.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-04 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > Couldn't those lines in the code be tracked back when they were > introduced or changed in order to understand what the reason for > introducing this feature was? I'm sure somebody could spend time and look back at Slimserver 5.* & 6.* but does it help ? It won't really

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-04 Thread bpa
mherger wrote: > > The fact it only applies to MP3 is inconsistent but nobody cared too > > much - however it only works for 44.1k - play non 44.1k and you get > slow > > playback or chipmunks. > > Does that apply to formats other than mp3, too? Would they fail to play? OP has said they have

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-03 Thread bpa
slartibartfast wrote: > From the description it only applies to mp3 The fact it only applies to MP3 is inconsistent but nobody cared too much - however it only works for 44.1k - play non 44.1k and you get slow playback or chipmunks.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-03 Thread bpa
mherger wrote: > I'm wondering whether this is something SliMP3 and/or SB1 needed. Would > recent players or Squeezelite work without those files? I'd rather > disable this for recent players than add new files. This issue has been noticed before 2020

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
philippe_44 wrote: > Yes, we could have 3 files, for 32, 44.1 and 48 but ... see below > > I would tend to agree with you, and I think it's a legacy thing at the > time mp3 was the only game in town for SB. But I'm speculating here and > probably Michael has a better opinion. I'm pretty sure

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > If it applies only to MP3 anyway, one could do an "extended lazyman" > version with two different silence files for 44.1 and 48 kHz. Other > sampling rates for MP3 should be really unusual. Other sampling rates are all lower. 32kHz is the only stream I've "seen" on same

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > The setting is really a server based solution because of h/w based > players. > > With s/w based players like squeezelite with a lot more > control/knowledge of the output stream , it would make more sense to > have a command line option - it is a compromise

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
The setting is really a server based solution because of h/w based players. With s/w based players like squeezelite with a lot more control/knowledge of the output stream , it would make more sense to have a command line option - it is a compromise but since not many people have the problem,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > You are my hero! > > It was the silence. I had entered it because sometimes my Marantz was a > little late in starting. *I set it to zero - and everything is playing > ok. > * > So it seems that we have tracked down the problem. I think it could be > reproduced now with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > Maybe, LMS - before that - does strange things with the data and > corrupts them somehow - see post #43. The log looks OK to me - except for > > [21-08-02 14:07:49.5340] Slim::Player::Source::_readNextChunk (314) > Sending 12246 bytes of silence. > This is odd because

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > Have a look at post #36. I think that may be "Normal". MP3 audio data is made up of many frames. Each frame has a header (indicated by a unique byte sequence - 0xFF, 0xF? I think) which have details of the stream and then the audio data. MP3 Files will always start with a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > Yeah, the log shows that it does not find the sample rate and maybe > guesses it from the first data to save time - can you which post/log this is shown. MP3 frame are invalid without sample rate and cannot be decoded. It cannot be guessed. > The thing I am really

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-02 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > You can verify with the radio stream: > https://streams.br.de/br-klassik_3.m3u > > But I think is a very typical one. And it happens only with the HDMI > audio out system Could be a performance or timing problem?? The strange thing is that within the MP3 audio frame

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-01 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > I tried -r 44100, but then only 44.1 kHz streams are played. LMS just > does not play the other ones (I press play, then it shortly checks the > stream and control goes back to stopped after 1-2s without having played > anything). Since this fails and -r 44100,48000 works it

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-01 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > Hm... all 44.1 play well, the 48 ones don't. And any FLAC is working > well, no matter whether 44.1 or 48. Sorry I wrote it down backwards. What model Marantz is your receiver ? > Anyway, what could be the correct squeezelite parameters? Normally the supported rates are

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer: Radio is streamed with wrong frequency

2021-08-01 Thread bpa
schup011 wrote: > I suspect this has to do with the Marantz HDMI and seems to be connected > with 48kHz, mp3. The 44.1 kHz mp3 streams from my music collection work > flawlessly, also the 48 kHz flacs. Is it possible to transcode such mp3 > 48 kHz? > > EDIT: Just discovered that also 48 kHz

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] poCorePlayer - DAB+ discussion

2021-07-27 Thread bpa
stevemartins wrote: > Switching on mobile hotspot every time I get in the car, or buying a GSM > modem and separate sim card account don't seem like great options to me > (or maybe I just like a challenge...). I was thinking more about remote SIMs where the car "borrows" the phone SIM (i.e. no

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] poCorePlayer - DAB+ discussion

2021-07-26 Thread bpa
stevemartins wrote: > I'm building a piCorePlayer based in car entertainment platform, DAB > radio would seem to be the right choice for in car, but happy to be > corrected. I don't want to rely purely on a mobile wifi hotspot/on board > music for my radio while driving. > > I can see the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] poCorePlayer - DAB+ discussion

2021-07-26 Thread bpa
A few years ago, I did a plugin for RadioShark (an AM/FM dongle) and it had no metadata. A USB device may enumerate but does it provides access to the device controls. For DAB+ support - you'll need access to an interface that provides (i) controls to tune (and maybe scan) (ii) audio and (iii)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob

2021-07-22 Thread bpa
Muele wrote: > Yesterday I got piCorePlayer up and running on the pi. Impressive how > easy that was. But it doesn't seem to be able to serve all of my needs. What are your needs that are missing with picoreplayer ? It will help provide a baseline for answers.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2021-04-14 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > Resolved - see post from today ... it was ffmpeg on pCP cannot handle > https because it was not built with the libraries - so ffmpeg did not > even get as far as trying to play it. OK. But if you see any MPEG-4 stream that LMS cannot handle - please post the URL so at

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2021-04-14 Thread bpa
Paul Webster wrote: > I have seen that some MP4 streams were not playing - LMS 8.1.2 to > variety of players. Can you give examples. There are lots of options/aternatives within MP4 and the more that are documented - the more that canbe made playable.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Transition to Linux from Windows Mostly Complete, but Issues with WMA files

2021-03-26 Thread bpa
The Duet (i.e. Receiver) should be able to play WMA natively UNLESS the WMA fire are really WMAL (i.e. lossless). What is the full WMA format (e.g. 7,8,9,10, Lossless, Pro etc.) of the file ? bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-03-17 Thread bpa
mvordeme wrote: > I had found two different types of files, one of which had been > identified somewhere above in the discussion. So far, I have not been > able to actually see it happen. Every time I observe the system, all new > file handles are closed again after a few minutes. I have been

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-03-17 Thread bpa
mvordeme wrote: > Now it is finally dead and does not play anything any more. The file > handle count is up to 1024 and memory consumption is above 1 G. If the files are the issue (or possibly a side effect of the issue - objects not being garbage collected), then I think you have to find out

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help -know when song is almost over because there comes a little garble, some bump

2021-03-15 Thread bpa
NoobNR7 wrote: > Hi bpa, > I only have deezer account. > I will make free account at Tidal? > To find out what happens... > > I will report back. Not sure if I can make it back tonight... > Would surely like to see this issue resolved though > So definitely coming

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help -know when song is almost over because there comes a little garble, some bump

2021-03-15 Thread bpa
NoobNR7 wrote: > Hi bpa, > If I put some MP3 files (on my NAS) in a playlist. It does not seem to > give me problems at the end of a song. > So that is working better than my songs from Deezer... The issue might relate to similar multitrack streaming services such as Spotify and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Simple Linux OS for Jivelite, LMS on PC

2021-03-15 Thread bpa
You were down this path before see https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?71-I-need-a-very-small-linux-to-run-LMS-on-PC I suspect same suggestion may be made that you have already explored. It might help if you could explain why for example LMS would not run under puppy Linux - was

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] help -know when song is almost over because there comes a little garble, some bump

2021-03-14 Thread bpa
NoobNR7 wrote: > This happens listening to playlists from Deezer. Only with Deezer or does it happen with other playlist ? or haven't tested. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] [BBB] Squeezelite working only when manually started from command line

2021-03-14 Thread bpa
I think the issue is sharing of audio. Some application using ALSA ( on say desktop ) can hog an audio device and so the squeezelite service would fail. Pulseaudio is for sharing audio devices. bpa's Profile:

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

2021-02-20 Thread bpa
Man in a van wrote: > Nothing to lose yes but in case it gets into folk culture the "-a :::0" is to do with mmap parameter which in the Pi4 problem seems to be specific to Pi and the memory mapping of the BCM2835 SoC and so shouldn't affect an x64 type processor

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-08 Thread bpa
Simonef wrote: > Big News. > Starting LMS with LC_ALL=C instead of LC_ALL=en_US=UTF-8 solves the > bug. > > My first reaction was "How the f a locale setting can cause a memory > leak of 12GB in an OS used by servers (Netflix included as an > example)??" Because this seems to be a bug of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-08 Thread bpa
philippe_44 wrote: > The 'pipeline_pending_bytes' are not released either when being shrunk > or re-assigned to the substr() of $pendingBytes. In any case, > unfortunately, it looks like an obscure BSD+Perl issue that will be > quasi-impossible to track w/o a full system and my FreeBSD VM is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-07 Thread bpa
Simonef wrote: > As already stated before: > 4 local flacs (random) > No plugin involved. > With every kind of audio processing, sox, FLAC, lame. > This does not happen only if there Is no transcoding involved. If this issue happens with any use of pipelining then I think there would be many

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-07 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > This looks like MPEG4 header - I recognise the udta and mdat > > IIRC LMS reads the start (e.g. x number of bytes)of the files/stream > (maybe into a temp file) before it can tell a player to stream. In Slim::Utils::Scanner:Remote.pm - the routine streamAudioData

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-07 Thread bpa
mvordeme wrote: > But 450? And all of them are still open in LMS. > > Files containing binary data only seem to end like this:> Code: > > TsgpdrollsbgprollEbudtaZmeta!hdlrmdirappl-ilst%toodataLavf58.20.10freeZMmdat > > This looks like

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-07 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: > As a sanity check, you can check whether number of handles increases > after playing a pipeline process started/finished with something like > lsof -p | wc -l As a reference,I did a quick test playing a file to a player and it is the only activity on LMS. File hand

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-07 Thread bpa
Simonef wrote: > . While the transcoding software used (sox, flac lame or whatever) > is always correctly closed, the size of slimserver.pl grows A LOT and > the ram usage of slimserver.pl never goes down. > So I'm pretty sure that it's leaving some handles/objects around open. > And there

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-07 Thread bpa
Simonef wrote: > The memory leak is present on *BSD. And it seems also of linux arm > platforms (as said by another user) > I've NOT experienced this bug in debian x64 A long time ago, on some Linux distros, there was a problem with pipelining when the transcoding process would not shut down

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Memory Leak in Perl Engine on piCorePlayer?

2021-02-07 Thread bpa
Simonef wrote: > No, the bug has to do with the pipelining. I have passed the witness to > philippe44 to analyze the code. I got a little lost on platforms being used. Your initial report was on a FreeNAS. Then you later said bug does not happen in Debian 64bit. Can you clarify the problem

[SlimDevices: Unix] SMB share: LMS keeps last played file locked

2021-02-04 Thread bpa
Are you using Local PLayer plugin ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113851

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Network dropout with pCP 7.0.0

2021-01-15 Thread bpa
pputzer wrote: > BTW it's not a routing dropout, the wireless radio seems to get > disabled. Is this a Pi4 ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Redirect from ip1:9000 to newip:80

2021-01-09 Thread bpa
Have you looked at this thread https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113093-server-on-port-80 bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Turning on stereo from piCorePlayer

2020-12-31 Thread bpa
Marsupial wrote: > Is your plugin flexible enough to send http commands upon pressing a > menu entry, without stopping playback (not expecting to play something > in return like we'd do with a favourite)? > Can this http command be customized? The plugin is generic but it is just a proof of

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