Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeeze on Arch - developer version

Flashed a new SD card and tried the Install again. This time after manually cold-rebooting the Wandboard, the second phase came up and is now executing. I'll report back as I get time over a busy weekend. Lestrad's

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

Just an experience I want to share for those that run into the same: My hardware: RPI 2, HifiBerry AMP+, EDIMAX EW-7811UN Wifi. For the first several days it played without any hickup but I had it on wired ethernet. A few days later I removed the network cable and let it play over Wifi for

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

Greg Erskine wrote: Hi Linvincible, Thanks for the information but still not understanding. If it was really I2S all you need is 3 or 4 wires and maybe a few resistors. regards Greg Using the GD-Audio board to convert the single ended ttl signal to a differential signaling (LVDS) makes

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

petar wrote: Hi all, I posted this on the Tiny Core forums, but thought I'd include it here too as it's based around piCorePlayer. I just managed to get ShairPort installed on my piCorePlayer installation. By configuring ALSA to use the dmix (direct mixing) plugin, I now have both

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

hsmeets wrote: Just an experience I want to share for those that run into the same: My hardware: RPI 2, HifiBerry AMP+, EDIMAX EW-7811UN Wifi. For the first several days it played without any hickup but I had it on wired ethernet. A few days later I removed the network cable and let it

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

Greg Erskine wrote: Hi Linvincible, Congratulations, it's great when you hack things and they work! :D Can you give me more details why you needed the extra HDMI connection? regards Greg I wanted an I2S output, to feed my external DAC through its I2S input It's a PS Audio and they

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

hsmeets wrote: Using the GD-Audio board to convert the single ended ttl signal to a differential signaling (LVDS) makes the transport of I2S over long distance (more than a few cm/inches) much more robust. HDMI connector and cables are good choices for LVDS transport. Hi hsmeets, So is the

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

Hi all, I posted this on the Tiny Core forums, but thought I'd include it here too as it's based around piCorePlayer. I just managed to get ShairPort installed on my piCorePlayer installation. By configuring ALSA to use the dmix (direct mixing) plugin, I now have both apps working without

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeeze on Arch - developer version

steve-g wrote: I got a Wandboard Quad yesterday and LMS up and running in about an hour - took rather longer to work out how to mount the network drive on my readynas to get at my music but all up and running now. I'm very impressed by the smooth way it worked so I would like to say

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

Linvincible wrote: I wanted an I2S output, to feed my external DAC through its I2S input It's a PS Audio and they use hdmi connectors for this, but the signal is not hdmi it's I2S. So now I have my DAC connected straight to the HAT connector, just like any piggy-back DAC. Charles Hi

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

petar wrote: Hi all, I posted this on the Tiny Core forums, but thought I'd include it here too as it's based around piCorePlayer. I just managed to get ShairPort installed on my piCorePlayer installation. snipped Cheers, Pete Well done Pete! If Steen/Greg would consider to

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

Greg Erskine wrote: Hello again :D I had the same experience years ago with my Transporter. After many years of faultless operation it suddenly got the dreaded stuttering. After many painful months, I setup a laptop to monitor the nearby wireless networks and discovered, like you,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeeze on Arch - developer version

I got a Wandboard Quad yesterday and LMS up and running in about an hour - took rather longer to work out how to mount the network drive on my readynas to get at my music but all up and running now. I'm very impressed by the smooth way it worked so I would like to say thanks for ALL those

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

Greg Erskine wrote: Hi hsmeets, So is the HDMI output of the GD-Audio board different from the HDMI output of the RPi? By definition, if they are both HDMI, they should be the same. regards Greg They are (ver) different. They just use the same connector and cable but any similarity

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

thanks hsmeets, You make some good points. regards Greg Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803

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

I am trying to add some normaly open push buttons to my piCorePlayer to control play, pause, skip track and so on. When I push the button for pause I want to send the pause LMS command using the controls.cgi script: track_next) pcp_lms_next ;; track_prev) pcp_lms_prev ;; play) pcp_lms_play ;;