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

2014-04-18 Thread Greg Erskine
hi sbp, I've been using your piCorePlayer for a couple of weeks and it is a perfect fit for me (DIY audio). I have been very impressed considering I am using a very cheap USB DAC (using SPDIF out) that I bought only to experiment with. Surprisingly this basic and cheap piece of hardware produces

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

2014-05-13 Thread Greg Erskine
Hi Steen, On your news page you describe version 1.15e but say try 1.15c. May 7 2014 Hi Now I think we have nailed the problem with the latest USB-development. In piCorePlayer*1.15e* the USB audio is now as good as with piCorePlayer1.15c and the I2S-audio cards problems and the analog

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

2014-05-20 Thread Greg Erskine
hi schreijr, When you run top you should see something like the following near the top of the list. /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/squeezelite-armv6hf -n YourpiCorePlayerName regards Greg Erskine's Profile:

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

2014-05-21 Thread Greg Erskine
schreijr wrote: With your help and a bit more trouble shooting I may have found the issue. When looking at the top command I would see what you described and it would go away right after I switched to the I2S-audio Digi (HifiBerry I2S Digi) option. Well as it turns out...I don't have that

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

2014-05-26 Thread Greg Erskine
garrettwp wrote: I do not see this option in my configs. NAME=Office OUTPUT=hw:CARD=MicroII,DEV=0 ALSA_PARAMS=80:4:: BUFFER_SIZE= CODEC= PRIORITY= MAX_RATE= UPSAMPLE= MAC_ADDRESS=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX SERVER_IP=XXX.XXX.XXX LOGLEVEL= LOGFILE= DSDOUT= VISULIZER= OTHER= AUDIO=USB

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

2014-06-14 Thread Greg Erskine
nr002541 wrote: Seems i spoke too soon. Does anyone else have any ideas why one of my players wont show up/ i have tried changing mac adress in the settings hi nr002541, I can't give you an answer, but I have multi piCorePlayers running OK. I just create a fresh SD card, change Output (press

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

2014-06-14 Thread Greg Erskine
werewolf_fr wrote: Hello all No help to my little problem !? I would just know how to set a default also mixer volume, much more high (100%) than the current one... Everytime i start the picoreplayer I need to go to SSH and set alsa mixer volume... I would just need to make it permanent.

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

2014-06-15 Thread Greg Erskine
CyberDannen wrote: very good project, helps a lot. But I had a feature request. Is it possible to use a radio transmitter on autostart directly from the start playback? I use squeezy, but can not be installed in the PicoPlayer unfortunately. https://code.google.com/p/squeezy/ Hi

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

2014-06-16 Thread Greg Erskine
Hi all, I was wondering if there was a way to determine which LMS server Squeezelite has connected to when it has used autodiscovery. I couldn't see an option in the help and I checked for an environment variable. I am using telnet to control Squeezelite and it would be nice if I could

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

2014-06-21 Thread Greg Erskine
hi rederikus, Have you tried setting the MAC address on the Squeezelite Settings page (second tab)? Squeezelite Settings - Change Squeezelite settings - MAC address. Press the [Submit] button to update your configuration. Restart Squeezelite from the Main page. You can use the command ps -ed

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

2014-06-22 Thread Greg Erskine
rederikus wrote: Hi Greg, Thanks for your help. That worked perfectly. I had been using PuTTY to set the MAC address and could not make it work. Once I tried using the web interface IP:8077/ I was able to cut and paste the MAC address with no problem. As you suggested, a quick reboot

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

2014-06-22 Thread Greg Erskine
steffen wrote: Now with the version 1.16 i checked again my Sony Playstation Pulse Headset (Wireless Headset with USB-Dac) and now it works fine. Seems that there are new Drivers. *hrray* I have a small issue and a question. 1. i have to launch squeezelite manually in the browser

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

2014-06-25 Thread Greg Erskine
When you do a ./squeezelite -? you get this: Code: -c codec1,codec2 Restrict codecs to those specified, otherwise load all available codecs; known codecs: flac,pcm,mp3,ogg,aac,wma,alac,dsd (mad,mpg for specific mp3 codec) Refer

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

2014-06-25 Thread Greg Erskine
spedinfargo wrote: One other quick question: if I added an IR Receiver to my RPI board would I be able to get Squeezelite to respond to it? I've done some custom IR stuff through LMS before - mainly looking at quick access to presets, volume, next track, etc. Hi spedinfargo, This may be

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Raspberry Pi, Pi-DAC, Squeezelite and IR

2014-07-04 Thread Greg Erskine
hi MillmoorRon, I did this last week. Here's a snippet of code. $LMSIP is the IP address of your LMS server. You need to preface each command with the player MAC address if you have multiple Squeeze devices. Code: # $LMSIP, the LMS server ip address, needs to be

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

2014-07-07 Thread Greg Erskine
. In an ideal world, there would be a way to send commands to squeezelite -- which already knows all this information -- and have it send the appropriate protocol messages to LMS. Has anyone else tackled this? Any suggestions on how to proceed? Good question. I am doing the same thing. Greg

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

2014-07-08 Thread Greg Erskine
larsks wrote: I have uploaded some patches to squeezelite here: https://code.google.com/r/larsks-squeezelite/source/list?name=feature%2Fwrite-metadata These changes introduce a new -D filename option which, when specified, will cause squeezelite to write out information to the named

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

2014-07-19 Thread Greg Erskine
alnames wrote: This is my first time and I'm having difficulty installing piCorePlayer 1.6. During the start up it hangs on Starting Squeezelite right after Starting OliWeb and won't proceed any further. I've also tried v1.6a with the same results. I am attempting to install this on a RPi

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

2014-07-19 Thread Greg Erskine
alnames wrote: Update: I got piCorePlayer working on a RPi B+ by following Greg's example. Thanks for the help. Good news. Thanks for letting us know. This should give Steen a good lead to get things going on the Raspberry Pi B+.

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

2014-07-29 Thread Greg Erskine
hi tfec, That is a really neat solution.:D It is recommended that the i2s cables be as short as possible but I think it will make little difference. If you get the urge to do a little rewiring I'd be interested in your impressions. regards

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

2014-07-31 Thread Greg Erskine
JackOfAll wrote: Yes, does seem to be more to it. I updated a 1.16 image to 1.16a and moved it to a B+. Didn't boot. Was going to take a look, plugged 3 wire serial to USB into the header, expecting a serial console as a starting point. Damn, no serial console! No time to look at this

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

2014-08-04 Thread Greg Erskine
alnames wrote: Well, the exact chain of events was to reboot on the 'B' (on ethernet) while connected to a TV via HDMI and making sure the info on the TV showed Starting Squeezelite without errors. Then I would verify I could stream music to it from LMS (with output via HDMI). Then I

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

2014-08-04 Thread Greg Erskine
JackOfAll wrote: Just a heads-up, on the kernel side... You might want to make sure you have this patch for the DIY I2S junkies to have working I2S output from GPIO 18-21 on the B+ main header. 'Configure GPIOs for I2S based on revision/card settings'

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

2014-08-04 Thread Greg Erskine
sbp wrote: Hi Greg We (bmarkus or me) compile our own kernel from the raspberry github, and as far as I understand it the B+ model needs the newest kernel in order for the USB and LAN to function, but actually I think that these changes have been in the kernel for a long time, and

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

2014-08-05 Thread Greg Erskine
Chluz wrote: Hi, I've had picoreplayer working flawlessly on a raspberry pi with TL-WN725N v2 wifi adapter, 4GB SD card from kingston and 1200mA power adapter. I then bought a new raspberry pi, with all the same hardware (the sd card came from a twin pack with the old). I'm having

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

2014-08-05 Thread Greg Erskine
Chluz wrote: Ok, after testing with all my power adapters, both branded and unbranded, the best I could get was 4.80V (with the power adapter I had bought specifically for the pi and which works fine on the other pi as well) With that power adapter I still get wifi dropouts. Using a USB

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

2014-08-05 Thread Greg Erskine
JackOfAll wrote: Interestingly, the B+ does seem to have resolved the USB hotplug crashes. And an external (but powered by USB bus) USB drive is now possible. Used to have to use a powered hub for that before..) Hi JackOfAll, Yes, I have stopped using a hub on the model B+ and the PSU that

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

2014-08-14 Thread Greg Erskine
ballin wrote: First off fantastic product, I love it, but one question I want to install motion alongside so I can use this player as a security camera. I cannot find how to do this though, and it doesn't show up when I use tce. Is it possible? Hi ballin, I think this is a Tiny

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

2014-08-17 Thread Greg Erskine
Steve Agnew wrote: After struggling to get wireless working on my network using a Comfast WU715N USB adaptor, I finally got it to work by using the s: syntax for my WEP password thanks to an earlier poster. Steen do you think it is worth mentioning the s:Password prefix on the Wireless

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

2014-08-17 Thread Greg Erskine
Xarfay wrote: Hi again, is it possible to let the picoplayer auto-start the playback (maybe a pre-defined playlist or stream) directly after the boot process? I'm not familiar with the whole tinycore architecture. But I guess I can modify a startup script somewhere? Cheers hi Xarfay, I

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

2014-08-18 Thread Greg Erskine
minscof wrote: Hi, I use picoreplayer v1.16a (but it displays v1.16 only) and I have trouble to get stereo sound with the *analog audio* output I don't understand why it is not stereo (I confirm that audio is only mono on the right channel) , can you help me ? Thanks Minscof Hi

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

2014-08-25 Thread Greg Erskine
Wirrunna wrote: Thank you Steen Greg for the update. Works fine. Thanks Wirrunna for the report. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread:

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

2014-08-25 Thread Greg Erskine
hi Howardyiu, Can I just confirm that you are new to LMS and the Squeezeboxs in general? Have you used LMS with other devices? Is it working? regards Greg Erskine's Profile:

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

2014-08-25 Thread Greg Erskine
Howardyiu wrote: hi steen! i m fine with controlling via the web-gui, confi and everything, also i hv updated to 1.17a, but also showing 1.17 only.. i may try to re-burn the 1.17a image again and report if there is any problem. and i m using MAC OS then can't use the putty... if i

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

2014-08-25 Thread Greg Erskine
alnames wrote: Update to my earlier post. I was able to enter the LMS IP:Port on each Pi (one at a time) and retain basic functionality. However, once the Pi was rebooted it was no longer recognized by the LMS. I could still access each Pi's Web Server and was able to restore each Pi back to

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

2014-08-26 Thread Greg Erskine
SamS wrote: Steen, just FYI, I can never do the web upgrade. Even after a complete reformat/re-image. What could be causing this? I get all the correct prompts through the interface, files download and it says success. I get all the way to Reboot and you will have 1.17a. When I reboot,

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

2014-08-27 Thread Greg Erskine
nietgiftig wrote: Witch partition is to small, the FAT32 or the rootfs ? The piCore image makes a 20 mB fat32 partion and an ext3 partition on the card, the rootfs partition can be expanded to sd card size. If the file is downloaded to the linux partion of the card, then you must expand

Re: piCorePlayer �2 LCD

2014-08-28 Thread Greg Erskine
Murphyprecht wrote: I have a feeling my linux nobbishness is the thing holding me back. I've sudo vi bootlocal.sh and used 'o' to insert the line then ':x' to save it. I've then sudo filetool.sh b and it still disappears. I feel I'm so close guys what am I doing wrong? hi Murphyprecht,

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

2014-08-29 Thread Greg Erskine
coacharnold wrote: First, let me just say how awesome I think this little OS is AMAIZING! Ive got everything working perfect except the WEB GUI. I'm missing something stupid I know, Ive searched for the answer in the forum, I didn't see it.. Ive got the most recent build

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

2014-08-31 Thread Greg Erskine
MikeDaPsych wrote: Steen, Greg, Running an in-situ upgrade from 1.17 to 1.17a today, I noticed a couple of issues: 1) All config was lost, forcing me to re-enter all my settings from scratch :( This wasn't the case when performing an in-situ upgrade from 1.16 to 1.17. 2) Whilst

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

2014-09-02 Thread Greg Erskine
coacharnold wrote: DOes Pi-core have the right stuff to output info from squeeze light to small LCD via the GPO??? sorry if this is an old topic ... I didn't see it anywhere. T Hi coacharnold, This thread might shed some light.

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

2014-09-04 Thread Greg Erskine
CommanderROR wrote: Exactly. I wonder why the functionaly broke and was never fixed... Hi CommanderROR, What piCorePlayer version worked for you? piCorePlayer just starts Squeezelite during the boot process. As far as I know there was no special code in piCorePlayer to make Squeezelite work

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

2014-09-04 Thread Greg Erskine
Linvincible wrote: Hello, I added an IR card capable of starting and cutting the power to the pi. it's from http://www.msldigital.com/ and they provide sh scripts for other releases here http://www.msldigital.com/pages/more-information/ , that I tried I get the error: can't open

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

2014-09-05 Thread Greg Erskine
Hi CommanderROR, I have been testing this for most day, very exciting!!! I had the LMS web interface viewing what was streaming. Results with the latest (beta) piCorePlayer. 1. If you pull plug and reconnect within a couple of minutes the playlist resumes at the beginning of track. 2. If you

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

2014-09-05 Thread Greg Erskine
Hi Linvincible, Linvincible wrote: Hi Greg thanks for your answer, I can save the scripts in tc's home directory they'll be saved when I use the Backup utility, I tested that ;o) piCorePlayer overwrites mydata.tgz during an unpgrade so backup your scripts somewhere as well. Then I can

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

2014-09-05 Thread Greg Erskine
CommanderROR wrote: @Greg Erskine Thanks for your research. So LMS is cutting off the playlist after a while then. Hmmm... Maybe we should ask Michael for help? Possibly. It's probably been discussed before I just couldn't narrow down a search to find the answer. :confused

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

2014-09-05 Thread Greg Erskine
mcdudeabides wrote: Man in a van wrote: I think it may be possible to start something from the command line once the PiCP powers up. If the following snippet could be introduced in the startup logic after squeezelite is alive: Code: { echo

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

2014-09-05 Thread Greg Erskine
alephnull wrote: mcdudeabides wrote: I see what that does, but I'd rather not have to enable telnet I hoping the thread will get someone to put a simple fix in - especially if this fuctionailty was there orginally. hi alephnull, We are already using telnet so it

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

2014-09-05 Thread Greg Erskine
Linvincible wrote: back at it I scripted what''s necessary I think, I have a permission problem Even if I place the script in tc home directory and give exec rights on the script (irswith below) I can''t execute tc@piCorePlayer:~$ ls -l total 28 -rwxrwxrwx1 tc staff

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

2014-09-06 Thread Greg Erskine
Linvincible wrote: Hi, yes I did change the first line to #!/bin/sh I thought the error message came from rights on the script itself but they didn't : it was the rights on files accessed inside that mattered. Weired, usually it says error at line x in these cases... Anyway I changed the

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

2014-09-06 Thread Greg Erskine
themystical wrote: Steen When you get piCorePlayer working with I2S on the B+, can you please also advise the pins for I2S on the B+? My understanding is: Pin 12 - BCK Pin 35 - LRCK Pin 39 - GND Pin 40 - DATA but I am not sure. Hey Steen I forgot to ask if you are using the right

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

2014-09-10 Thread Greg Erskine
AndyBeevers wrote: I have purchased the new Pi along with PIDAC+ from hifiberry. Loaded picoreplayer onto a 4GB card but as soon as I select the HiFiBerry card the system stops working. I can't even telnet into it. I haven't connected up a screen yet to see if there are any messages yet. Do

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

2014-09-10 Thread Greg Erskine
Hammer wrote: Hi, I just assembled my first piCorePlayer using the B+ hardware and I am unable to access the web setup page using port 8077. I can putty into the player and see the command line options and so it appears to be working. Any thoughts? Listing the alsa devices I see my USB

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

2014-09-15 Thread Greg Erskine
Linvincible wrote: hello, I installed the latest 7.9 LMS build for readynas and my squeezebox Touch and transporter are recognized, but PiCorePlayer isn't any more! how can I debug this? PCplayer status: piCorePlayer v1.17a | piCore v5.3 | Squeezelite v1.6.4 LMS build:

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

2014-09-16 Thread Greg Erskine
AndyBeevers wrote: Going back to the hifiberry dac+ please could you let me know when kernel 3.16 version will becoming out. Or could someone let me know how I could upgrade it ? Thanks Hi AndyBeevers, Steen has been working on it :) , so it will probably be easier for you to wait just a

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

2014-09-21 Thread Greg Erskine
jimzak wrote: Thank you. I guess the website needs an update :) https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home/how-to-1 J Oooops. Sorry for the inconvenience. Hi jimzak, Steen did put a notice in the News section https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home/news and it has been

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

2014-09-21 Thread Greg Erskine
mudlark wrote: If problems occur due to issues with how-tos/FAQs, i would suggest a gentle request for an update. Trying to get going with some of these devices is often a bit of a minefield, but remember many of the developers work on their projects part time and often have several bugs

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

2014-09-23 Thread Greg Erskine
Everglase wrote: Hi guys, I just loaded picoreplayer 1.17a on my Raspberry Pi B and I can not for the life of me get the analogue 3.5 audio out to work. According to the picoreplayer website it should work out of the box. I can get the audio over hdmi to work but I would really like the

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

2014-09-28 Thread Greg Erskine
Everglase wrote: So after a bit more playing around I figure out that even though I select the 3.5m outlet it won't output through it while the HDMI is plugged in on my original Pi B but works fine on the B+. Not too sure what was going on there but thanks for the help :) Jeff Thanks

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

2014-09-28 Thread Greg Erskine
SamS wrote: Ya, the built-in audio is junk, and I plan to get a HiFiBerry Digi+ or DAC+ soon enough. But I would still like to know understand what exactly is causing this, and if it can be fixed. Hi SamS, I often used Analogue out (into a set of ear buds) while I'm working on piCorePlayer.

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

2014-09-28 Thread Greg Erskine
libelah wrote: Thanks for your reply. The ssid consists of regular alphanumeric Chars only - like 'mySsid'. No Umlauts or any other special characters. The PSK currently has a ! and a $ in it. The rest consists of alphanumeric chars, again no (german) Umlauts or accents. Like

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

2014-09-28 Thread Greg Erskine
nietgiftig wrote: I had to change my pw because of the special chars. Reading this thread back there were problems, some probably in the web interface, which did not cope well with some special chars. I eventually gave up (a pity because i use a long password, and have lots of devices

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

2014-09-30 Thread Greg Erskine
magicteddy wrote: Hi, Many thanks for your great work and especial for that point above ;) My Cubi with the LMS once sends a command as soon as the player in the bathroom is connected after a disconnect: Code: echo Bad favorites playlist play item_id:10 |

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

2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
CommanderROR wrote: Hi CommanderROR, I thought we added this autostart option because LMS forgets what the previous stream was after about 5 minutes. regards Greg Greg Erskine's Profile:

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

2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
CommanderROR wrote: @Greg Erskine Not really. It remembers, but forgets to start the stream when the Player comes online again. At least that's the way I see it. Ot forgets it's state, playing or paused and always resumes the players as paused Hi CommanderROR, If that is the case

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

2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
CommanderROR wrote: Hmmm... I tried it with play in the lms autostart section under tweaks but it doesn't seem to work. I'll keep trying... magicteddy wrote: Hi Greg, Many thanks for testing, the playlist is set but does not start :mad: -andreas Hi guys, Have you set Squeezelite server

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

2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
CommanderROR wrote: OK, I entered the Server IP, and now I get options to start, stop, volume and so on. However, they don't actually do anything. I'll try to find some logs. The start, stop, volume and so on buttons will only work if there is an active playlist. Did you have an active

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

2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
sbp wrote: Sorry, I can't get it to work either - maybe Greg has an idea. But is definitely something we need to look into. Also I gave you wrong info, in order for the simple controls to work, I needed to remove the port number again. Steen My advice to everyone is NOT to use port

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

2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
Hi All, I just did another Auto start LMS test using production piCorePlayer1.18 Initial conditions: playing random playlist Expected reboot conditions: streaming radio station ABC Ok Typed 192.168.1.101 into Squeezelite server IP (no port number, do not type quotes) Clicked [Submit] Cut

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

2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
johtem wrote: Hi Greg, It also works for me! :) Yeah team! :D Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803

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2014-10-01 Thread Greg Erskine
w1ntermute wrote: Just tried pcp 1.18 and it's working out of the box with the above pinout. best o/ Good news. Thanks for letting us know. :o Greg Erskine's Profile:

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2014-10-02 Thread Greg Erskine
w1ntermute wrote: I am using a homebrew hat for the B+ containing an I2S DAC (5102-based, hifiberry compatible), IR-transceiver and a Mono poweramp (class-D) which can be switched on/off via GPIO. It all is working fine using the latest Raspian image, but not yet (of course) on picore. To

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2014-10-06 Thread Greg Erskine
probedb wrote: Yeah, ideally I want to set a static IP on the player. Getting an address assigned by DHCP and telling it to keep it isn't the same. It's just I like the keep certain address ranges for certain component/device types on my network. Hi probedb, I'm a bit old school as well

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2014-10-06 Thread Greg Erskine
SamS wrote: Confirmed, I had the same issue. Removing the spaces did fix. +1 I have found where the problem is but it's not a simple fix. You can use underscores _ instead of spaces for the time being. They seem to work properly. regards Greg

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2014-10-06 Thread Greg Erskine
johtem wrote: While my orginal squeezeboxes can play perfect in sync, my picoreplayer with hifiberry DAC is always slightly out of sync. It's really a fraction of a second, but noticeable . Is somebody else experiencing this? Is there a way to fix it? LMS 7.7.3, Picoreplayer 1.18,

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2014-10-07 Thread Greg Erskine
ralphy wrote: Perhaps it would be better to use -N /path/to/file/with/player/name instead of -n playername for squeezelite? Doing so would fix the problem with spaces and using -N allows server defined name changes to be shared between servers which is not supported with -n. Hi ralphy,

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2014-10-14 Thread Greg Erskine
johtem wrote: After an overnight shutdown of my NAS the picoreplayer will not automatically reconnect to LMS. Only when i peform a restart of squeezelite or a reboot of my Picoreplayer it is recognized again. Is this normal? Is there a way to solve this? Hi johtem, I just rebooted my

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2014-10-14 Thread Greg Erskine
probedb wrote: So very easy to get going!! Thanks to everyone for doing this project. I'll donate when I've been paid :) My only comment as yet is more to do with the analogue out of the RPi vs a SB3 in that the SB3 output is louder at Fixed Volume. However I'm going to get a HifiBerry

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2014-10-14 Thread Greg Erskine
muggo wrote: I'm having trouble getting my new external DAC to work reliably. When it does work, it won't stream 192kb files. I think the issue is to do with PiCorePlayer configuration. I've been advised to post my thread here. Perhaps my query has already been covered, but with 188 pages

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2014-10-21 Thread Greg Erskine
w1ntermute wrote: .. (BTW, Greg: scp did not work out of the box on latest pcp because dbclient was not found in the expected path. Linking it fixed the problem, at least until the next reboot.) Hi w1ntermute, This looks like an issue with dropbear or the dropbear extension. dbclient

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

2014-10-21 Thread Greg Erskine
bitflusher wrote: While I am still setting up my system (just moved and new house needed gadgets) I already love Picoreplayer. There are currently three PI B+ boards hovering around my house. Some with better speakers than others. Now I am experimenting with multiple instances on one pi.

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2014-10-22 Thread Greg Erskine
w1ntermute wrote: ...Greg: are the sources available? Hi w1ntermute, piCore source (Tinycore Linux for the pi) is available via .. couldn't find it. :confused: sorry Greg Greg Erskine's Profile:

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2014-10-22 Thread Greg Erskine
mudlark wrote: Hi, sadly I have to report that my set up will only play up to 24/48 on both 24/96 and 24/192 files. There are no clicks Reverted to 1.16 and 24/192 works fine. Very odd. The player is fine on wired ethernet, but not on wi-fi. Any ideas chaps? Bummer mudlark.

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2014-10-25 Thread Greg Erskine
ebivan wrote: Hey Guys, I just started using LMS in my house. I successfully set up LMS on a computer, installed XSqueeze on my HTPC running XBMC. So far everything works fine between these two. Audio and Meta information play instantly on my HTPC. Next thing I did was to write an SD

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

2014-10-25 Thread Greg Erskine
bitflusher wrote: What i am doing is running two squeezelite instances on one pi. This is indeed to be able to controll two music streams. a low quality bathroom player does not have to run all the time but only when people are in it. It might be a synced stream or something different (a

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2014-10-25 Thread Greg Erskine
ebivan wrote: Hey thanks for the advice. After doing that, the controls in the top bar of the webgui diappear, so i guess it needs the server adress to find my server..? And of course, still only noise... Hi ebivan, A completely clean rebuild should work. No settings are required to be set

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2014-10-28 Thread Greg Erskine
lomdar67 wrote: Anyone else having problems with m4a files and version 1.18/1.18a? Tried a completeley new installation with 1.18a and after that with 1.18. both won't play any m4a files. A fresh installation with 1.17 plays the same files without any problems! Michael Hi lomdar67, Only

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2014-11-03 Thread Greg Erskine
probedb wrote: Sorry for taking so long to get back about this. What commands do I need to use once SSHed into piCorePlayer to check the volume? Edit: Using alsamixer it says the volume is at 86% for PCM even though LMS says it's at 100%. Edit: ...again, I used the up/down cursor keys

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2014-11-06 Thread Greg Erskine
probedb wrote: Indeed :) What is the difference with something like the HifiBerry that is I2S and a USB DAC? Is I2S a different bus in the RPi? The RPi has 4 audio options: 1. Analog thru headphone jack 2. HDMI (I think I2S may be available thru HDMI) 3. USB 4. I2S thru GPIOs All (well

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

2014-11-07 Thread Greg Erskine
JackOfAll wrote: Greg, forgive me for being pedantic, but I2S is 3 wire, master (MCLK) isn't part of the spec. ;) :o You are correct, but MCLK is reasonably important and is often the 4th connection with the 3 I2S connections between Receiver chip and DAC chip.

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2014-11-07 Thread Greg Erskine
ctbarker32 wrote: At the risk of angering the powers that be, I was wondering if anyone could postulate if the Wolfson DAC Pi add-on board will ever be directly supported by Picoreplayer? This is about my third request for a response on this subject. Thank you so much. hi ctbarker32,

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

2014-11-08 Thread Greg Erskine
SamS wrote: If you're using I2S, then getting a coax/optical SPDIF output via something like a HiFiBerry Digi/+ I would say that is the exception to the rule. Most of the pi I2S boards have a DAC chip on them. I2S straight into the DAC chip then analog out. Yes, if you have an external

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2014-11-08 Thread Greg Erskine
JackOfAll wrote: Greg, I wasn't aware of that thread. And having read it, on another subject, having looked in the modules tar ball for the tiny core 3.17.2 kernel build mentioned in that thread *Big, fat, hairy warning.* Use the upstream rtl8192 driver at your peril! Patch back in

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2014-11-08 Thread Greg Erskine
TrophyJem wrote: I am struggling to change the hostname I have used the Tweaks page but the name reverts to PiCorePlayer I have also changed the hostname in /opt/bootsync.sh but after reboot it changes back. Any ideas what I am doing wrong please? Hi TrophyJem, Do you see the message

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

2014-11-09 Thread Greg Erskine
probedb wrote: Well it does. It doesn't say that it affects it in anyway. But it does have to go through a couple of extra steps before it gets to the DAC. That's all. Nowhere does it say this is bad and detrimental to the sound. There are no specs on that DAC so there could be anything

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

2014-11-09 Thread Greg Erskine
Netzwerkplayer wrote: Hello, I have a RPi B with the latest software 1.18b of the Picore-Player. Sometimes it works without any problem, but sometimes after reboot, the Logitech Media Server does not regognize the piCore-player. After 2 or 3 reboot trials, sometimes it works and sometimes

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

2014-11-09 Thread Greg Erskine
c64emulator wrote: Hi Ralphy, I'm looking for a picoplayer with a small gui (like this: http://www.crazy-audio.com/2014/11/a-squeezebox-replacement-based-on-the-hifiberry-dac-and-the-raspberry-pi/) I have seen that you have made all possible Squeezebox client builds available. How about

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

2014-11-10 Thread Greg Erskine
dafiend wrote: By 'design' work, you mean software design?? No hardware. I design my own circuits and PCBs for amps, power supplies and soon DACs. Again, I may be wrong here, but shouldn't a class-compliant USB DAC actually be less work? For many class-compliant USB DACs, you got

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

2014-11-10 Thread Greg Erskine
chicamaxi wrote: Hello, I'm a very happy user of picoreplayer on my raspberry pi's. I'm using currently 3 pi's in combination with 2 squeezebox radios (were smart ue before, but reverted to squeezebox [emoji4] ). I wonder if I can use the squeezebox in the same room as my pi's: -audio

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

2014-11-11 Thread Greg Erskine
RoBra81 wrote: Hello, first of all: great work and I'm happy that the HifiBerry amp is supported now! I have two things/wishes: 1. I want to use google TTS with piCorePlayer but that doesn't work (at least with the HifiBerry AMP) - is there anything I could do? 2. Would it be possible

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