Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New sd-card image backup feature in pCP 7.0.1

2021-04-23 Thread P Nelson
I did the minor update from PCP 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 to use the backup SD Card feature. (Thanks to GaryM on another thread.) The first time I saved the file it took (what I thought, more about that later) a half hour to write the file. I saw the note about pigz.tcz, so I installed that extension,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6 and watchdog timer?

2021-04-23 Thread peterw
mr-b wrote: > After 26d of working fine, my time display has just locked up. > > Cron has this: > > 30 2 5,21 * * pkill -x /opt/jivelite/bin/jivelite > > Any suggestions for diagnosis/remedy before I reboot it? FWIW, the cron job restarting jivelite has also proved insufficient for me --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread cpd73
Greg Erskine wrote: > Python is a optional extra that will be installed when required. Its on my pCP7 - but I'm guessing that is due to the bluetooth support. Greg Erskine wrote: > I am not sure if pip is installed as a dependency of Python. It's not. I installed it, and setuptools.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New sd-card image backup feature in pCP 7.0.1

2021-04-23 Thread Paul Webster
P Nelson wrote: > > How did I end up with seven files? I have not tried it but perhaps it is a multi-file archive. Each file making a portion of the entire archive. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New sd-card image backup feature in pCP 7.0.1

2021-04-23 Thread P Nelson
Paul Webster wrote: > I have not tried it but perhaps it is a multi-file archive. > Each file making a portion of the entire archive. Six of the files were the same file size (1,951,244,422 bytes). If it was a multi-file archive, then would they be the same size? The seventh, and after I

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New sd-card image backup feature in pCP 7.0.1

2021-04-23 Thread Paul Webster
I just had a look at the command line it uses - and it should not result in multi-file archive. So must have been something else going on. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New sd-card image backup feature in pCP 7.0.1

2021-04-23 Thread Paul Webster
The issue is that he had 7 files produced as the result of 2 backup attempts. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, supla finland, abc australia,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New sd-card image backup feature in pCP 7.0.1

2021-04-23 Thread paul-
Its a gzipped disk image. One part. The file size change is somewhat expected. gzip is single threaded process, whereas pigz is multithreaded. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread paul-
Well it compiles fine in the upcoming pCP 8 :) That's all I have handy to me here at work. I'll check it out. I have a handful of bluetooth devices, I'll do some tests too. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread paul-
Those issues are really fun to track down. Pretty sure that is a gcc10 compatibility issue with the code. I'll take a look this weekend to see if I can help you out. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread cpd73
paul- wrote: > I looked at your python code too. Do you know how consistent those > buttons are across devices. To be honest, I have no idea. But, they seem reasonable to me. I stumbled upon them when looking for AVRCP support. paul- wrote: > I already have urllib3 package built, and I

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

2021-04-23 Thread palatin8
Sorry to dig this old thread out, havent't found a follow up. Are there any news to HiFiBerry DAC+ADC two years later with pCP 7 and LMS 8? Are players in sync streaming analogue input via WaveIn? palatin8's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New sd-card image backup feature in pCP 7.0.1

2021-04-23 Thread paul-
My ipad does not go blank, is shows the screen data as it's being written (An I have done backups that take 30 minutes). The web page never finishes loading before the script finishes, so the page load would have had to been manually stopped. The backup script will still run in the background

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2021-04-23 Thread Patricia P
I have Touch with EDO installed. My dac is SMSL Sanskrit mkII and the USB digital interface uses the advanced XMOS asynchronous processing module.It supports both native DSD and Dop, Supporting up to 32Bit/768kHz and DSD256 decoding. EDO on the Touch doesn't support DSD natively to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread Wirrunna
cpd73 wrote: > I have a script I use on a Pi4 to connect BT speakers to LMS. I've just > (today!) updated this to handle prev/next and play/pause buttons on the > speakers - pressing the buttons sends the relevant JSONRPC command to > LMS. I'd like to add this change to pCP's implementation,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread cpd73
I have a script I use on a Pi4 to connect BT speakers to LMS. I've just (today!) updated this to handle prev/next and play/pause buttons on the speakers - pressing the buttons sends the relevant JSONRPC command to LMS. I'd like to add this change to pCP's implementation, but I use the 'evdev'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread cpd73
carsten_h wrote: > That is interesting! > > My LMS Server is on a Pi with piCorePlayer installation and the > Bluetooth headphone will be connected to another Pi with piCorePlayer > Installation and Jivelite on a 7" Display. > Will this also work or does the speaker/headphone has to be

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread Greg Erskine
Most pCP installs will not have Python loaded. Loading Python would add 20% or 30% to the size of pCP. By default, pCP does have microPython loaded but with very few modules. Python is a optional extra that will be installed when required. I am not sure if pip is installed as a dependency of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Documentation

2021-04-23 Thread Greg Erskine
Added "'Creating a piCore extension' (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/information/picore_extensions/)". Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer/squeezelite and Bluetooth media control?

2021-04-23 Thread carsten_h
cpd73 wrote: > I have a script I use on a Pi4 to connect BT speakers to LMS. That is interesting! My LMS Server is on a Pi with piCorePlayer installation and the Bluetooth headphone will be connected to another Pi with piCorePlayer Installation and Jivelite on a 7" Display. Will this also