Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Rpi4 + PCP 8 vs Audiophile Streamer

2022-12-26 Thread jophill
garym wrote: > if your new streamer will feed the same DAC, the odds of any difference > in audio is virtually zero. Different DACs can have different sound, > because of the analog side of the DAC design.Yes. To my way of enjoying home > audio, if a streaming system delivers a digital audio

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Rpi4 + PCP 8 vs Audiophile Streamer

2022-12-24 Thread jophill
sdiesel77 wrote: > Hum not sure to understand. What's the advantage? > So you use the Rpi4 to access your music library? > > My Rpi4 is connected to my NAS to access the library@garym has described my > arrangement perfectly. I have only a small music library on a memory stick attached to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Rpi4 + PCP 8 vs Audiophile Streamer

2022-12-24 Thread jophill
sdiesel77 wrote: > Why do you use 2 RPI by the way?So that the RPi3A+/squeezelite box can be > safely powered on and off with the audio kit, leaving the RPi4B/LMS permanently powered as required for its database function, adjacent to my network router.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Rpi4 + PCP 8 vs Audiophile Streamer

2022-12-24 Thread jophill
sdiesel77 wrote: > Hi All, > I've been using a Rpi4 with touch screen and Picoreplayer 8 on it for > many years and I'm quite happy with it. > > However, for a while, I keep asking myself, would there be a difference > of sound quality with a standalone "audiophile" streamer? (ie: Chord, >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer Samba Password-Mapping network Drive

2022-11-21 Thread jophill
Viragored wrote: > I've got the same problem. I've just rebuilt my Pi 3B with LMS and > external powered hard drive mounted at /mnt/LMSfiles. All done over the > pCP GUI from my Windows 10 PC. > I've set up Samba shares for the music files and the LMS server data, > exactly matching what I had

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer Samba Password-Mapping network Drive

2022-10-12 Thread jophill
jfo wrote: > I'm setting up a piCorePlayer server with LMS for a friend. After some > initial problems, his Windows 11 PC has discovered the pi on his network > but I can't get past the Network Credentials sign in when trying to map > it as a network drive. I assume I should use tc as user name

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Documentation

2021-02-22 Thread jophill
carsten_h wrote: > I used it too, but after the Release of "Raspberry Pi Imager" I don't > know why to use another tool. There you can directly choose the standard > Raspberry OS or a few others like LibreELEC and so on or you can choose > an image. I don't need any other tool on the Mac for

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2021-02-11 Thread jophill
paul- wrote: > Only if you want to create/check/format an exfat filesystem.Many thanks. I > wondered if I was doing something silly by not using a piCorePlayer specific version of exfat-utils. jophill's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2021-02-11 Thread jophill
On a new installation of piCorePlayer 7.0.0 (32-bit) on a R.Pi4 server with some of the music files on a USB flash drive I noted that both *exfat-utils.tcz* and *pcp-exfat-utils.tcz* are available. I loaded exfat-utils.tcz to mount the drive, as the LMS tab helpfully points out. This works

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer 7 + RPi4B. USB DAC output problems

2021-02-09 Thread jophill
bigq wrote: > In squeezelite settings USB output is selected with > "front:CARD=v12,DEV=0" specified. > Somehow after reboot Headphone becomes as default.:confused:A fix might be to > disable the on-board audio (Squeezelite Settings -> Card Control), assuming that is what the Headphones card