[SlimDevices: Unix] Original Wifi dongle on PCP3.10 and pi3 not working

2017-01-26 Thread M-H
Hi All I have just tried the original Raspberry Pi WIFI dongle on a new PCP 3.10 as replacement of the onboard Wifi. So PCP was working on Wifi, Internal adapter was disabled and PCP was restarted with the external dongle. Unfortunately the device is not recognised as network adapter. (

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Original Wifi dongle on PCP3.10 and pi3 not working

2017-01-29 Thread M-H
Not disabling the internal one does not give us 2 working wlan interfaces, it seems to recognise the internal one only. If both were recognised we might have had a chance to only configure the external one. For me the reason for using this external one was twofold: to avoid the damping of my

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-13 Thread M-H
Greg Erskine wrote: > > piCorePlayer really only support the Official RPF 7" screen. > There are so many screens available that supporting them all would be > difficult. > Thanks Greg, Makes sense that if the HW support isn't in PCP due to the size of code and only needed for particular

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-13 Thread M-H
Greg Erskine wrote: > What resolution is the 5 inch screen? > > I had never thought about a touch screen working through HDMI. > :confused: Greg the screens come in various sizes and resolutions , but the 5 inch screens seem to be 800x480. The touch functionality comes through unspecified GPIO

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-13 Thread M-H
huxmut wrote: > > there is a thread here about "slimmer" it uses pCP with buttons and a > 16x2 LCD. > now i have no idea on the how to bits, but if slimmer can use buttons > and flirc replicates buttons, what your looking for must be easily > doable ?? Thanks for the tip on slimmer. 16x2 is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-12 Thread M-H
I have recently upgraded my Raspberry 7 inch screen with a Rasptouch casing, so rendering my experiment environment into living room production. And with the ( almost ) perfect support though PCP I am setting my goal to have something similar as bedside set. I have no knowledge jet on what Video

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-14 Thread M-H
tcutting wrote: > Mine doesn't have touch capability - I use LIRC instead. I think the > HDMI-based displays with touch capability provide the touch input via > USB, right? Does it simply act like a mouse? Hi tcutting , Using LIRC as replacement for the touch could be a perfect and simple

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-14 Thread M-H
It seems Mouse support is not working out of the box. The HW is recognized ( dmesg snippet : ) [2.368984] usb 1-1.3: new low-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg [2.480413] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0566, idProduct=4006 [2.480429] usb 1-1.3: New USB device

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Original Wifi dongle on PCP3.10 and pi3 not working

2017-02-10 Thread M-H
Greg Erskine wrote: > > Anecdotally, I have found the cheaper generic wifi adaptor work better. > I seem to have more issues with expensive named brand wifi adaptors. > > The problem recommending wifi adaptors is the manufacturers/suppliers > change their chipset without notice. On ebay they

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-15 Thread M-H
ralphy wrote: > The mouse pointer is hidden for jivelite in picoreplayer, if you have > the rpi 7" touch screen connected, but mouse support is included. Hi Raphy, Not sure what you mean to say. Hidden pointer but support included = Not visible but jet a working mouse ? Or The mouse is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-15 Thread M-H
Greg Erskine wrote: > > I use this USB IR remote with jivelite. > Here's LIRC development thread, in case you missed it. > Hi Greg, Funny thing, I have exact the same USB IR keyboard/mouse emulator. But could not get it working properly on my pi yesterday. And yes the pi is under powered and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-27 Thread M-H
Greg Erskine wrote: > > > I think this was edwardthern's original intention, give it a go. It is > simple to do, only takes a few minutes and there is no $$$ cost. > > Indeed There is no $$$ cost but the cost on system performance an or stability made me decide to abandon it. And to be

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Anyone find a case for the 7" touch screen for the picoreplayer?

2016-10-27 Thread M-H
just to make you aware of 2 even more expensive options: http://www.audiophonics.fr/en/boitiers-diy-boitiers-divers/rasptouch-chassis-and-accessories-kit-diy-p-11249.html and https://knowhowtec.de/index.php?_route_=en/sonopi-touch.html I am tempted by the first design, but with all alu kit would

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorelayer + Jivelite - 1920x1024 resolutionnot working?

2016-10-29 Thread M-H
I've noted the same on pcp 3.02, but dit not investigate any further. I just needed a quick demo to show the 7 inch display interface. It happened on a few other resolutions too. M-H's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Play files from attached USB drive

2016-10-29 Thread M-H
GuitarExtended wrote: > Hi, > I'm completely new to piCorePlayer and I have never used a Squeezebox in > my life, so pardon me if this is a stupid question. > I'm trying to use piCorePlayer to play files from a USB drive attached > to my Raspberry Pi. I only want to control it remotely, not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Avahi / Zeroconf / bonjour on piCorePlayer ?

2016-10-29 Thread M-H
GuitarExtended wrote: > > To get to the server's interface I need to know the IP of the Raspberry > Pi, *which is dynamic due *to my router's configuration. > ? As an alternative when used with wired ethernet, you could set it static from the PCP Webinterface Beta mode - main page - static IP

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-10-29 Thread M-H
bolony wrote: > Thanks,OK point taken and particularly about the portability > > Where can I find the MAC address of my pi3 then ?..ignore that ill just > google it, doh Bottom line of pcp web interface, that is when you have a working network connection already.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-10-29 Thread M-H
mafyou wrote: > Has anyone run a Bluetooth dongle for receiving audio? Would be a > separate thing from Squeezelite. Want to do this for when I'm in hanging > out in one area and would like to play something from my phone that I > can't play via Squeezelite. Look into a airplay player or

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-10-29 Thread M-H
What options are available to have a line-in on a pi? This will consist of Hardware and software working together. As far as I know only the Wolfson and Cirrus Logic cards have audio in and *are not* supported by PCP ( or any other default kernel ) It would be used to output TV audio with low

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-28 Thread M-H
Greg Erskine wrote: > > [Main Page] in [Beta] mode > [Extras] > [Asound] > WARNING: This page is beta because it could cause pCP to stop playing > and you may have to start again and reinstall pCP. > Greg Thanks , this is what I needed. I will play with it and remember where this tool page is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer LMS auto-scan

2016-11-06 Thread M-H
efthk23 wrote: > Hi all I am using PicorePlayer 3.02 with raspberry pi3 and I was > wondering if i could make a startup command in order for LMS to do a > library scan every time raspberry powers on. I tried by typing "rescan" > in "Auto start LMS" field, but without any luck. Is there any

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-11-04 Thread M-H
ian_heys wrote: > > http://www.tpdz.net/en/products/vx2/index.htm > It has USB DAC for PCP output, Optical and Digital SPDIF for TV and Blu > Ray player and of course T Amp for speakers. > Indeed this is an option I never thought of. But the external amp needs the walk-up method of source

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-23 Thread M-H
Julf wrote: > . to warn newcomers (not that there are many newcomers these > days). Hi All, this excellent thread made me decide to to sign up, and perhaps offer a bit of counterweight to people leaving to the less techie parts of of the discussion/internet. It was fun to read, with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-11-13 Thread M-H
Wallman wrote: > I can't figure out where playlists are being saved using piCore as a LMS > server. I have version 3.02 up and running with no problems. > > But when I try to save playlists, I can't figure out where they are > being saved > I believe this is a LMS function and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-10-30 Thread M-H
Greg Erskine wrote: > > We took the MAC address off the footer recently. :( > Hi Greg, Damned ! , verified my post on the only pi still running 206. So; 'My bad', Thank you for correcting the wrong info :-) Good reason to pull them all to 302. post #433 gives me the option to do that without

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x

2017-04-14 Thread M-H
Further reading on the other bootmodes of the pi 3, made me aware on USB boot options. It seems the USB boot from a regular msd is possible, and this should also be possible for small tf card readers. So for embedded systems that have exposed USB / ethernet ports of a rpi3 , there is a < 1 Euro

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x

2017-04-14 Thread M-H
huxmut wrote: > , would this allow me a 'no easy access' build eg. the Pi could be > buried in an amplifier, where access to the SD card is time > consuming/PITA. Hi Humax. The TF card swap in systems with embedded raspberries indeed does hinder upgrades. When I bought a deluxe casing

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-17 Thread M-H
sbp wrote: > Yes I think we could try. > But as we don't have a wolfson card we need info from you. > > Can you ssh into the latest piCorePlayer3.20 beta 7 > > > - Mount mmcblk0p1 (by using the command: m1) - Edit mnt/mmcblk0p1/config.txt - here you add > dtoverlay=rpi-cirrus-wm5102 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-17 Thread M-H
Hi Greg, Greg Erskine wrote: > Thanks for your feedback M-H, > I think Beta 7 is recently available. > Greg OK I will reload the TF cards with the latest and start over. ( getting experienced with that ) and I can try the the insitu upgrade , as it is within the 3.20 release ? lets

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-17 Thread M-H
sbp wrote: > Yes I think we could try. > But as we don't have a wolfson card we need info from you. > > Can you ssh into the latest piCorePlayer3.20 beta 7 > > > - Mount mmcblk0p1 (by using the command: m1) - Edit mnt/mmcblk0p1/config.txt - here you add > dtoverlay=rpi-cirrus-wm5102 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-20 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > Can you give me the output of lsmod, and look at dmesg to see what is > logged related to the card. Hi paul- I am in the same situation as petar: Aplay -l and squeezelite -l do not show the cirrus driver/card entries like raspbian jessie does Here some exact data:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-15 Thread M-H
To help you all with the great efforts, I have upgraded my pcp domain to 3.20B5 Sofar I have found nothing I could not fix with the common sense and previously posted solutions to known problems. 2 issue's areas however I would like to mention: 1) when using an odd 128MB ( ! no typo !) tf

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x

2017-04-15 Thread M-H
Hi Huxmut, Indeed the case you linked is the one that allowed me to have a pi in the living room, and does use the sd-extender. On the subject of netbooting ; it would be awesome to have an empty pi to learn all configuration over the network. Firmware, OS, configuration and executables all

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-17 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > Definitely seems like the card wants something else. Do you have the > card working on a different system? > Getting a module list from a working and then the pCP system would help > (lsmod) No I do not have a working setup anymore, but I will get a copy of raspbian and see if

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-17 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > Just make sure you are using stock raspbian. In the past the Wolfson > support was a out of tree driver, the support has only recently been > added to the rpi kernel. Let us know what you can. Also, which > card are you using, the old Wolfson card, or the element 14 cirrus

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-19 Thread M-H
htctyo wrote: > 3.2beta7 > cannot connect Wifi > My devvice is RiP3b Hi htctyo , I hope you had a typo ( RIP3b vs RPi3b ) else the cause is known. Some constructive feedback : My pi-zero with Original raspberry pi foundation WiFi Dongle is working , and to my knowledge it is the same

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-18 Thread M-H
dongle give us a working PCP setup. Congratulations ! ( I know no dac, no standard analogue, but free HDMI ) Regards M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http

[SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-04-25 Thread M-H
ver available at first start, be prepared to check and restart it . If al starts and there is no sound, verify the use the usescripts provided by Hias, and the volume. Regards M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-04-25 Thread M-H
horus.com/~hias/cirrus-driver.html. I will be posting more on my findings , with the hope Cirrus support can be incorporated in PCP scripts and menu choices. Perhaps wise to start a new thread, as pcp320beta has ended too. Regards M-H ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-05-02 Thread M-H
htctyo wrote: > I use auto in channel but still fail . what section I need to set I in > my rounter I work fine in 3.11 thanks Please fix your router to use channel 1 and retry. Just to eliminate; sometimes the high channels do clash with the WIFI drivers. Also verify you did not disable the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer option like shairport but for google cast?

2017-05-03 Thread M-H
. But I might be proven wrong with BT4.x . Myself I stopped streaming from my phone, It drains too much battery, and I simply transferred all music to the LMS inside my pi. But your mileage may vary , and it might suit your needs. Regards M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-05-20 Thread M-H
t edit this post later ) Be sure to follow Hias his setup first to load the correct drivers and then tweak the *arizona_spi* to complete the initialisation of the modules till you get a 2nd soundcard ( #1) in your* aplay -l* output. It is definitely

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] pCP as LMS-Server with Samba

2017-05-26 Thread M-H
hardware. Regards M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106812 ___ unix mailing

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCoreplayer+Jivelite Sound Issue

2017-06-02 Thread M-H
Perhaps you can try a bit more buffering in the squeezelite output. I had similar output issues in the past , before using i2s soundcards and pcp. So change ALSA_PARAMS="80:4::1:" to ALSA_PARAMS="160:4::1:" and see if

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Slimmer

2017-06-03 Thread M-H
on, if there are options. BTW Tibali, Great work ! I will order some missing parts and experiment with your Slimmer setup. Probably adding a second rotary controller for dedicated volume-up -down and pause/play. Regards M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCoreplayer+Jivelite Sound Issue

2017-06-04 Thread M-H
g from Network or USB memory does need reads from usb and writes to usb devices, hence double USB transport. It might support my hypotheses, and give us more insight. And you could eliminate the LCD , and test jivelite over HDMI or Composite Video. Gree

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Portable PiCorePlayer option?

2017-06-04 Thread M-H
hat they use in the poco. Greetz M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107454 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] info on file in "now playing"

2017-06-18 Thread M-H
hread.php?103330-Jivelite-for-piCorePlayer on how to create one, or Ralply can help to show how this must be done. I assume your feature request is not unique, I myself would like that too, but decided not to give it my time now. Regards M-H ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-05-07 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > The lack of Softdep support sounds like the main problem, I've never > heard of softdep before now. The only way around it would be to > include the full version of modprobe in the initrd.. > > Here is a reference link to rebuild your initrd > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-05-01 Thread M-H
able to emulate that event, and if really needed load the squeezelite instance with a delay or from a test loop, the setup could work without human intervention to set to a working state. I will start to see how busybox modprobe does work , and find ways to perhaps make it more persistent to load

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.20 Beta

2017-05-01 Thread M-H
CloudAtlas wrote: > Quick question: what is the difference between the 3.2 version of > picoreplayer on the sourceforge website and the 3.2beta5 version on the > google website. The implication is that the sourceforge version is > later and the final released version. Is this the case? > .

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-05-19 Thread M-H
a Cirrus Logic Audio Card Or Wolfson card working in PiCorePlayer try to trace my steps so far, wait for a write-up I will make later, or ask for hints. ( my set = pi B+ , CLAC, powered via barrel connector , speakers-out to reasonable big HIFI speakers, wifi dongle ) Re

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2017-10-23 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > Interesting, as I thought this card was not working. That is why we > never included a conf for it. > > There is a README in the directory, but it's probably easier to just > copy another and edit to suit your needs. The card is working, I use it in 2 systems. Hias did some

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2017-10-23 Thread M-H
rds does confirm my card is one of the most rare exotic ones. But I assume it can be created now there is a system to recognise and configure them. Have you got any tips or templates to build support for this obvious omission ;-) ? Regards

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-11-02 Thread M-H
Paul , Can I help testing this at this moment ? Currently I have no working option to modprobe -r and modprobe from an auto starting script in pcp 322. Manually starting the script from the cli does work. greetz M-H M

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] has anyone tried piCorePlayer with a MAX98357A?

2017-12-05 Thread M-H
to be expected from that ? Regards , M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107700

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Experimental: Bluetooth Speaker support in piCorePlayer 3.22

2017-10-28 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > > When I noticed the bluez-alsa project was re-implementing the support > for alsa that was dropped from Bluez 5.x. I figured I would see how > squeezelite and bluetooth would work. It worked better than I > expected. > Paul, Would this also allow us to add BT-input ? It

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-10-28 Thread M-H
? AND CAN I MAKE CHANGES THAT ARE RETAINED OVER REBOOTS ? I rather not just rewrite /etc/asound.conf but delay parts till my driver is installed with a manual tweak. The real solution would be to get the driver started correctly. Till then I have to work on the workarounds. Greetz M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer with touchscreen and jivelite

2017-10-28 Thread M-H
KleinKipje wrote: > Startup in the "now playing" screen. > ? I use jivelite settings screen screensavers to get now playing and the clock in the display, just choose a reasonable short timeout. Greets M-H --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-10-25 Thread M-H
help is needed too Looking at the post, it seems like a mini project, where I welcome volunteers to chip in and where I have to learn a bit more on the inner workings of PCP. So who can help and advise ? Greetz M-H M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2017-10-25 Thread M-H
menus However I :-) might need some support and I do not want to hijack this thread for this card only. Let me ask the questions in the thread "Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20" Greetz M-H M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Two instances of Picoreplayer each on a RPI Zero W as left and right speakers

2017-10-24 Thread M-H
peakers. Be aware that the RPI3 and Zero-W onboard Wifi isn't the most stable solution in PCP. Add a 3 Euro well supported USB device and wait till the driver issue is resolved over the next years. Greetz M-H M-H's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2017-10-24 Thread M-H
I've got a partially working .conf file for the Cirrus Logic Audio Card I need to complete and test. For this moment it shows up in the gui dropdown list, and after choosing the new option and rebooting the set it comes up with a working setup. However, adding the alsa equal breaks it and shows

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-10-30 Thread M-H
we can test PCP as If the driver would have started normally. Most of the issues seem to be caused by missing stuff at start up. BTW starting the stuff manually does give me a working setup, both with and without Alsa equal, and with and without disabled Rpi analogue sou

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-10-31 Thread M-H
to check in that part of the process. Regards M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107329

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-10-30 Thread M-H
Based on my own search I presume /opt/bootsync.sh is the best place to add system stuff before PCP script is started from /opt/bootlocal.sh However the modprobe even if called through /sbin/modprobe is not working. Any hints ? grtz M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2017-10-31 Thread M-H
ade, while /opt/bootsync.sh is more for the system , like my driver reload issue . As my attempts failed anyway, I will retry in /opt/bootlocal.sh/ in a few days. Greetz M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] HELP request from pCP-Team

2018-05-25 Thread M-H
nced somewhere, IIRC. Howtos would need to match any such changes, so should be kept up to date And , perhaps, as most of us are always connected to the internet, help and howto pages could be linked from the actual gui pages. Keep up the good work , M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powere

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] 3D printable box for piCorePlayer based on official 7' screen and Hifiberry DAC+

2018-06-03 Thread M-H
touch are not in line with the shaved design; IR receiver, IR transmitter, Rotary controller ( volume ), external WIFI antenna. A printed version might have room for those parts, and a disk, and an amp, and Regards M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Slimmer

2018-06-04 Thread M-H
r a first test. Regards M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other tests... M-H's Prof

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2018-06-02 Thread M-H
info on that in the coming month. Regards M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other tests

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2018-06-01 Thread M-H
to NORMAL and above from the main page and retry. During final tests we did not encounter any issues, and even the original wolfson card was tested with success. Let us know what your results are, and if you do not strike success right away, report and et some help here. Regards M-H Pi based m

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Slimmer

2018-06-02 Thread M-H
at the same time is likely to create a conflict. Has anyone already used both ? And what pitfalls do I need to avoid ? The obvious one is double pin assignment/usage, and should not be too difficult to keep separated. And I will read the whole thread again to be up to speed on this . Regards M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.5.0

2018-07-02 Thread M-H
Man in a van wrote: > I think that the standard version of pCP is generally considered to be > best for a LMS and Player combination. > Indeed, avoid the problems with the real time kernel, and use the regular PCP first. Upgrade too the Audio Enthusiast version later when you know what you

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.5.0

2018-04-29 Thread M-H
is listing will help others to avoid the chipset, or at least limit wasted time on the MAC and throughput limitations. Thanks for your support. Regards M-H Greg Erskine wrote: > hi M-H, > > You need to actually load the extension. By default, it is on the SD > card image but not loaded

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.5.0

2018-04-29 Thread M-H
missing here? Or did I stumble on a missing part in the repository ? Could it be the ARMv6 set I need for this zero v.s. the more used ARMv7 set ? ( unfortunately I can't test this device on a different Pi, no usb adapter ) Any pointers are appreciated. Regards M-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2017-10-22 Thread M-H
ally lost it ;-) So what am I missing ? BTW the GUI field Squeezelite ; Output setting : "equal" is no longer editable, suggesting work done to prevent editing the needed settings for alsa equal after enabling. Greetz M-H --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] pcp 3.22 which 5" touchscreen for jivelite is working best?

2018-01-16 Thread M-H
touch. It will give a high quality finished set. The only tinkering you need is at the back panel to match your outputs with the holes Greetz M-H M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Playing Bluetooth audio via piCorePlayer

2018-01-16 Thread M-H
e for Airplay and BT Audio input, I use DLNA. Samsung phones have the cast build into the player. the older ones at least. Other phones need one of the free DLNA apps. Give it a go, If you can reach your set through wifi, you do not need much more. Greetz M-H ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] has anyone tried piCorePlayer with a MAX98357A?

2017-12-26 Thread M-H
queezelite settings page 3) enjoy. To minimise soldering look here https://pinout.xyz/pinout/phat_beat Solder at least 1 ground pin. Remember the buttons and leds are not supported in stock PCP , but we will find a way to do so.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] questions for a most basic portable squeezebox using PiCorePlayer and Pi Zero W

2017-12-26 Thread M-H
cater for that, however the same solution from my laptop does. I have not really used a LMS implementation on the zero, but a 64 Gig SD is affordable these days, and can provide some local storage. I should try that on my next holiday. Greetz M-H --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2018-11-18 Thread M-H
is somewhat contaminated. A full start-over is probably less work. Regards M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2018-11-20 Thread M-H
let us see we can get it of too. Thanks! M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other tests... --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2018-11-19 Thread M-H
is wrong, and needs a bit of attention ? Regards M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few ot

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2018-11-17 Thread M-H
: 00e04c01 The Realtek is working OKE, The Product: USB 2.0 10/100M Ethernet Adaptor is not found in "ifconfig" What step did I forget, or is there a written recipe I can double check ? Or has something changed in 4.0 that prevents me to use wired with a zero. Regards

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2018-11-17 Thread M-H
Hi Greg, Indeed it is 'mounted' in loop8 Code: tc@piCorePlayerZero:~$ df FilesystemSize Used Available Use% Mounted on tmpfs 432.9M 11.9M421.1M 3% / tmpfs 240.5M 0240.5M 0% /dev/shm

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 4.0.0

2018-11-17 Thread M-H
Unfortunately the USB nics aren't the same, I've only got 1 with a hub, I need to add the Realtec to connect to the CLI. Perhaps I should revert the newest one back to pristine 4.0 and just add net-usb-4.14.56-pcpCore More later, Regard M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 4.0.0, full network configuration

2018-09-17 Thread M-H
://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/213737/how-do-i-set-systemwide-connection-over-a-proxy-server for a few quick first steps on your trial. Please leave a post if you manage to get it running. Although your specific setup is rare, you are never the only one. Regards M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCoreplayer WAP standalone or shift wifi access on the fly

2018-09-17 Thread M-H
Hi Jesperlykke , Hi Greg, not trying to steal the thread; But what about multiple WiFi nics? Would it be possible to use 2 or more WiFi nics to setup a Wireless AP regardless of the connection to a wifi network? This might help me too with my portable PCP4 boombox. Regards M-H Pi based

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-07-14 Thread M-H
ver response. Anyhow, it is not a complaint :-) just feedback. Thank you for the quick start on the pi4 development. M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other te

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-07-14 Thread M-H
that manually it continues to warn about it. Is this an error in the software of is the error between the screen and chair ? Anyone got it up and running on this beta and a pi4 ? M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-07-14 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > I'm not good enough with alsaconf to direct audio through 2 different > plugins. I will investigate in the coming week, and see how such could be done. M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 64bit

2019-07-14 Thread M-H
overal performance. YMMV but this is a real upgrade. M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-07-14 Thread M-H
nstall the equalizer , reboot, set analogue, reboot, test output, and then move on with another output. M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-07-14 Thread M-H
have prevented the diskspace to run out , and come up with some alternative like a reasonable message. M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-07-30 Thread M-H
s at boot time, rather than dynamically. This I did not understand , and as I did not need it, I can't trial and error to it. It is not a cli command but do these go into one of the 3 user commands at the bottom of the tweaks tab ? Regards M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCor

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2019-07-23 Thread M-H
wired nic. I remembered to get net-usb installed to recognise the hardware but on this 6.00.B1 attempt it did not work. Perhaps the repository version isn't matching this build? Can anyone remind me on the correct way to install USB nic support? TIA M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-02-13 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > I don't think a new image will fit. Default images are 64MB boot, 64MB > user. And that is real MB, and the card is probably 128 MegaBits. Indeed, the card is just a bit less than 128MB. I will try and fiddle with partition sizes, and see if it can fit a basic player s

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer DAC/amp basics question

2020-02-25 Thread M-H
th a dac, sound quality at low levels is noticeably beter than the software dac in the pi. This enables you to reduce volume of the pi, and do not need to grab a remote IR controller for that. Good luck, M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Ra

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCore Player and gpio-poweroff / gpio-shutdown overlays

2020-02-25 Thread M-H
to make a short connection. M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other tests... M-H'

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