Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS debian unstable package fails to run with perl 5.20

2015-05-19 Thread drmatt
...and perl 5.20 is now the default with debian/stable.. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=perl And I'm stuffed.. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS debian unstable package fails to run with perl 5.20

2015-05-19 Thread drmatt
And... I'm up and running again. :) Lots of i386 folks will bump in to this now I suspect. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-25 Thread drmatt
Bah, try answering the question instead of telling the OP why he's asking the wrong question... ;) drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-25 Thread drmatt
You are working on the *bandwidth* of the volume button, not the *latency*.. ;) drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-25 Thread drmatt
When they are only +5% then yes, why not? drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105508

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-25 Thread drmatt
Yeah but if you find yourself set to 10% vol and want it nearer 75% you don't want it to take 15 seconds of pressing.. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-26 Thread drmatt
DJanGo wrote: > > the same under python and gpio lib (i'd use that combo) is imho faster > than pure bash. Python with gpio lib is pretty damn fast reading or writing to gpio pins. But it seems none of us managed to RTFM and therefore completely missed the answer smacking us in the face..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-26 Thread drmatt
DJanGo wrote: > maybe, but walking this way we get into another sinkhole - you press the > button until you think the volume is in the right state and then the > period updates add more volume :rolleyes: > > So "best" way is to test the complete chain to find a weak point. True. You would want

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-25 Thread drmatt
Either use a script that keeps the connection open and feeds commands when it needs to, or just background each command and let them complete in parallel. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Latency of the volume+ button, how to improve

2016-04-26 Thread drmatt
I have a couple of simple scripts that use NC to connect and send commands myself, and to be fair I find this step does indeed take around half a second or so to return. So my guess is that either TCP setup/teardown is too great an overhead and you'd be better using a permanent socket or, more

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] What are u using to rip & Tag under *ux?

2016-05-16 Thread drmatt
reverber wrote: > I started ripping with abcde many years ago, and have found little > reason to stop. I rip to single file flacs with embedded data (cuesheet, > tags, artwork, etc). > It is highly configurable, runs from the command line, and is still > under active development (I see that it

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-31 Thread drmatt
merlinus wrote: > Update: The RPi can connect only at 2.4G, but at least it is working! Nothing wrong with 2.4 GHz. Range is better than 5 GHz. It's just a bit crowded for some people. As others have said, also avoid chan 12/13, the pi wifi does not support it. Once configured it should be

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-02 Thread drmatt
It only checks on mount for journalled filesystems, and this is not a full check it's just a replay of the log. and many USB drives are formatted with FAT32 anyway, so no journal and no log to replay. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCore 3.10 linux - how to ignore cec

2017-02-08 Thread drmatt
Normally /boot/config.txt. I have a gaming console version of raspbian that trigger HDMI input switch every thirty seconds. Very, very annoying.. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-21 Thread drmatt
I don't remember ever filling in the box for my MySB account details in LMS. Works fine. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-21 Thread drmatt
I would suggest not using channels 12 and 13 at all. They are not widely supported. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-21 Thread drmatt
I don't think the chip supports ch 12/13. Mine dropped off the net and refused to even locate the SSID when the router had jumped to ch13. This was full raspbian with the latest mainstream kernel so there's no way PCP would be able to enable it if raspbian can't. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Can't connect to LMS after reboot

2017-01-24 Thread drmatt
(I believe LMS_safe is the parent script that kicks off the main daemons. It's what you might see in the process table if LMS main thread fails to start. I've seen this a few times when I was fighting Perl version mismatches.. :) ) -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-21 Thread drmatt
Jeff07971 wrote: > > sudo echo "OPTIONS=--nomysqueezebox" > /home/tc/.slimserver.cfg > I also get -sh: can't create /home/tc/.slimserver.cfg: Permission denied > That's because the 'sudo echo "stuff" ' bit runs in a subshell as root as you would expect, but the critical ' > /file ' output

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-20 Thread drmatt
Yeah that's a good plan. Nameservers should accept multiple IPs though, using whatever separator you prefer in the dialogue box as long as you set up resolve.conf correctly. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Can't connect to LMS after reboot

2017-01-24 Thread drmatt
Ok I think we are getting away from the point a little here. A couple of things: init.d still works, systemd is required to run non-compliant init.d scripts just like before. Unless someone has modified the LMS startup to deliberately bolt into systemd then its behaviour will still be dictated

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer with Jivelite on Pollin Touch TFT

2017-02-22 Thread drmatt
Iirc piCorePlayer has most of its filesystem in ram to save SD card wear, there are more procedures required to make file changes permanent. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread drmatt
Easytag is not fully automatic, it gives you the ability to calculate the cddb disc id from a directory full of files (assumed to be a single album) then do a lookup. It's up to you to choose the right match. It's quite powerful and can fill tags from filenames or name files from tags etc. I use

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-09 Thread drmatt
kidstypike wrote: > Depends what you change, I've just changed an album incorrectly tagged > k.d. Lang to k.d. lang and did a "look for new and changed" scan. > > Under new music I now have this album listed as being by "Various > Artists". If I click on k.d. Lang (the original incorrect name)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-18 Thread drmatt
Pi3 certainly needs a healthy 2A power supply just to support the basics. Add more if there are a lot of cards bolted on. That said audio glitches would require no response for extremely long periods of time, and you'd likely see that when using the user interfaces too. -- Hardware: 3x Touch,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-16 Thread drmatt
Greg Erskine wrote: > > I wonder why the "ifconfig" command has a broadcast address option? I > dunno! > Because it always did, this is old, old code, and you can set it manually if you wish. Arguably you don't need it because it should normally be inferred from the netmask and the IP, but

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PCP3.11 Pi Model B USB DAC Arcam IRDAC II issues

2017-02-26 Thread drmatt
The USB bus does also run all connectivity, ethernet included. Could be that. But I would say it would struggle to resample high bitrate media live. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-01 Thread drmatt
Frankly I don't have issues with pi3 WiFi, but acknowledge it's not the best for marginal reception. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Bluetooth source audio

2016-09-03 Thread drmatt
I have battled Bluetooth a bit myself too, I can imagine it's a bit of a nightmare. Thanks for the pointers. As it happens I realised I actually have a chromecast audio sitting around and an audio input on my LMS server, so it looks like I should be able to use waveinput as a feed. So, I, should

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Bluetooth source audio

2016-09-03 Thread drmatt
Alternative would be a software android cast client in LMS acting as an audio source. Cast my phone to it over WiFi, then be able to select that for playback on any squeezebox player. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Bluetooth source audio

2016-09-03 Thread drmatt
And fwiw I suppose since I have a good old fashioned audio input on the PC (unlike a Pi) I could set that up as an input stream to lms and connect an offboard Logitech BT-> audio connection. Somehow. Pointers appreciated!

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-25 Thread drmatt
Greg Erskine wrote: > Thanks. I have done this test myself with the same result, but it would > be good for tweak promoters to include the same type of test. > > regards > Greg Most people see every day the results of variable cpu loading on a digital playback system when watching blu ray rips

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-21 Thread drmatt
Was my post not patronising or self important enough? I've been practising too.. :) "Welcoming"? I don't think so. People can't share opinions without being beaten down or challenged to prove it with a double blind test every five seconds. Reality is most people don't care that much.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-21 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Yes, hifi really is a silly hobby that has no impact on what happens to > the world, but it is also not rocket science, so there is no reason to > entertain superstition and pseudoscience. Fair enough to state one time but there's no need to keep reiterating as it just goes

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-21 Thread drmatt
edwardthern wrote: > sudo chrt -f -p 99 $(pidof ksoftirqd/0) > sudo chrt -f -p 99 $(pidof ksoftirqd/1) > sudo chrt -f -p 99 $(pidof ksoftirqd/2) > sudo chrt -f -p 99 $(pidof ksoftirqd/3) I meant to add before that this increases the priority of all the interrupt processing on your system, not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-21 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Most people don't care about reality that much. Reality includes crap like Trump and Brexit. I'm quite happy with my own brand of insanity instead.. :) drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-20 Thread drmatt
mudlark wrote: > So tell me what the above code does to improve sound quality. Just to > educate this person and hopefully many others. just remember I have a > brain and I can read. These changes set the kernel up to prefer keeping things in memory and to flush data to disk sooner. This is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-21 Thread drmatt
I think what the honourable gentlemen are attempting to get across to you, in their usual patronising self important way, is that science does indeed show that people are very very bad at accurately and consistently judging sound. In all aspects of human senses there is an element of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-22 Thread drmatt
ps -leaf | grep sque If you can get to a shell. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106490

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-23 Thread drmatt
Do the install on the command line as described above and you will clearly see if the install fails for some reason. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-22 Thread drmatt
drmatt wrote: > It runs in the background, you need to open a web browser and type in > the URL bar: http://localhost:9000/ > > Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk Oops, I totally meant port 9090, not port

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-22 Thread drmatt
It runs in the background, you need to open a web browser and type in the URL bar: http://localhost:9000/ Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-25 Thread drmatt
Ubuntu is always ahead two versions from everyone else.. Debian might make you wait for features, but when debian ships a new version you are damn well ready for it..! :) drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-25 Thread drmatt
I am tempted to create a bare bones debian VM image with LMS pre installed for this purpose. Does such thing not already exist? drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-25 Thread drmatt
debian/testing. Yep, that's where I always used to have to sit. Where the amount of stuff that is broken is still less than most full on opensuse or fedora x.0 installs.. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Starting LMS on Lubuntu - help please!

2016-11-25 Thread drmatt
DJanGo wrote: > > Hmm > Is the TO asking for this kind of Service? > If you using the Wiki you should install lms in no time - if you pre > install VM Images with "nightly" builds - its pretty much soon older > than old. > If you not making vms for all possible hardware versions you didnt do >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Squeezeplay for Linux any thing available

2016-11-13 Thread drmatt
It's even in the debian repositories for direct install.. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] max usb current pi

2016-11-21 Thread drmatt
You can set it to log to an external drive or a USB stick, or to send syslog events to another Linux server elsewhere on your network. Just ask, it's all possible. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.02 tweaks

2016-10-21 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > (not that there are many newcomers these days). No, aggressive and persistently patronising remarks means they don't come round here no more, truth or otherwise. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Squeezebox players can't connect to media server

2016-12-09 Thread drmatt
Can you type "sudo iptables -L" and get the output? drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106599

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Squeezebox players can't connect to media server

2016-12-09 Thread drmatt
Good call. I wasn't sure if the ports were all TCP or not. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106599

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-09 Thread drmatt
Update packages should be able to dictate if config is maintained or not through any update. It does require extra work and testing on the part of the developer, however Be careful what you wish for.. :) -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - root / sudo access?

2017-01-12 Thread drmatt
drmatt wrote: > Fair enough. In that case "sudo /bin/sh" or whatever the shell is > called.. By the way, this is officially "naughty", and clearly only lazy admins do this.. Ahem. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - root / sudo access?

2017-01-12 Thread drmatt
"% sudo visudo" and grant yourself whatever rights you'd like.. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-15 Thread drmatt
el_rico wrote: > Hello, > > My kids are using pCP in their room, but wifi is not always on at home > (I've set the router for that). They listen to local music (USB) and > Spotify. I'm facing a couple of problems: > - it seems that the wifi must be present at boot time, otherwise the > network

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - root / sudo access?

2017-01-12 Thread drmatt
Fair enough. In that case "sudo /bin/sh" or whatever the shell is called.. or just get used to prefixing everything with sudo.. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] RPi2 freezes after update of Logitechmediaserver 7.9

2016-12-02 Thread drmatt
Which probably means it's attempting to access some resources that are temporarily unavailable. Such as network shares, or DNS, or something. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Choice of basic LInux OS for LMS

2016-12-30 Thread drmatt
Jeff07971 wrote: > Hi Michael > > Are you saying you RHEL/CentOS and Debian try to stay on the bleeding > edge or you would recommend them becuase they don't ? The latter. They are all known for being way behind the curve and seeking pure stability instead of the latest feature set. Ubuntu LTS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-08 Thread drmatt
Worked immediately for me just now on plusnet in the UK. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Choice of basic LInux OS for LMS

2016-12-30 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > Choice of basic LInux OS for LMS ? > > Any preference ? > > I want to avoid: > > Unsuported perl versions. > > Unsolved dependencies that needs me to install exotic stuff thats not in > any repo add symlinks compile stuff etc hunt down cpan and extra perl > thingys... > Bad

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer & gpio

2016-12-23 Thread drmatt
You have to explicitly export them before the device files show up, iirc. I.e. follow the instructions on the link you sent..! -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Pixel for PC and MAC

2016-12-28 Thread drmatt
I always used rawrite for CDs, probably works for USB too..? -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Two USB DAC initialisation problems

2017-03-09 Thread drmatt
I would agree with you, but I'd be guessing as to what the exact cause is. I've seen devices behave like this before, and it's very much device-specific. Unless you can show that Alsa is kicking off a stream and sending garbage I would definitely think it's the DAC driver. As a general comment I

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Two USB DAC initialisation problems

2017-03-09 Thread drmatt
Based on what OS, kernel, and software stack? The udev system should handle initialisation of the DAC if it's plugged in post boot. You should at least see a kernel log message when the DAC joins the USB bus, even if no driver subsequently loads to manage it. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Persistent network mount possible?

2017-07-29 Thread drmatt
edwin2006 wrote: > More than 4 day's working now. I've now added 1 boom playing internet > radio. So in total 1x pcp, 1x radio and 1x boom connected to LMS pi. No > network changes due to family veto this weekend.Sheesh do you have to submit > change requests to the family to work on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on ARM Goflex Home with Debian 9 Start Error

2017-08-04 Thread drmatt
It's also gonna be pretty slow I would say. But agree with the above guys, you need to build the full perl blob for your architecture. I've done it on x86 and it took half an hour or so; on there it might take days. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS stop/start/restart on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - how to do it without root password?

2017-07-11 Thread drmatt
Your user account would normally already be in sudoers file after an Ubuntu install so you should be able to do "sudo service LMS restart" and it will prompt for *your* password not root's. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Persistent network mount possible?

2017-07-23 Thread drmatt
Two things. What distro on the pi and how did you setup the cifs mount? Typically a cifs mount involves you storing the password in the fstab. If you do this it will always reconnect after any network glitch. If you don't do this, it will not reconnect after a reboot, but should still maintain

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Persistent network mount possible?

2017-07-23 Thread drmatt
Simple answer: mount the Nas to the windows box and you have a single point of storage.. :) -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Persistent network mount possible?

2017-07-23 Thread drmatt
But others can mount windows shares without drops.. I can. It's just a cifs mount in the Linux kernel, this is not rocket science. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Persistent network mount possible?

2017-07-24 Thread drmatt
Windows clients always transparently reconnect on bad links by the way, they hide the failure from view. I don't have any further experience at home, my servers are all Linux and I only have windows as client. In the past I've not had the issue you mention however. Random comment but is there

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Has anybody tried one of these yet ?

2017-07-05 Thread drmatt
O2 joggler are awful in my experience. Slow and unreliable. And fgs don't use its own audio output as it's really really bad. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Vortexbox suspending when laptop lid closed

2017-06-29 Thread drmatt
What desktop environment *is* running? There will be a power options thing for it. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Has anybody tried one of these yet ?

2017-07-05 Thread drmatt
I thought its audio was "good enough" for non-critical listening until I tried a genuine Logitech Squeezebox in the same system and I'd never go back. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] RPi Zero W Service running but no web interface

2017-06-08 Thread drmatt
I don't recall raspbian having a firewall enabled by default, but I would suspect the server has not successfully started. A) check the LMS log file (tail it) B) check the port: fuser 9000/tcp Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Transcoding requirements on a Pi?

2017-06-12 Thread drmatt
Codec support on the Pis depends on the software stack not hardware, and the SB3 is likely to be your limiting factor in terms of codec support anyway. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PCP3.2 - Need to inject sound from aplay while squeezelite runs

2017-06-19 Thread drmatt
jackd might be able to do that. Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Transcoding requirements on a Pi?

2017-06-13 Thread drmatt
Well that's on the assumption that all the Pi are wired. Maybe I missed that statement. The LMS server would be sending 9 times that stream out, which still isn't much in reality I agree, about 7 Mbit/s. Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Transcoding requirements on a Pi?

2017-06-13 Thread drmatt
Lame encoding a single stream for a single group of players will run fine on a Pi. If you want separate streams all separately encoded then you might run into trouble. I might suggest setting a bandwidth limit on the SB3 to force stepping down the bitrate when it joins the group. Then unsync that

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Transcoding requirements on a Pi?

2017-06-13 Thread drmatt
s2kiwi wrote: > I'm not sure I understand that comment on the software stack vs > hardware... > > Do you meant that (ignoring the SB3) running Squeezelite on the Pi's > means they will all appear to the server as being able to handle > basically anything... and the Pi will handle any codec

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Transcoding requirements on a Pi?

2017-06-13 Thread drmatt
I was looking forward to having a separate 5ghz WiFi at home, then I noticed it doesn't go through walls as well as 2.4ghz... and now I find i actually don't use it much.. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoreplayer Raspberry Pi 2 to 3

2017-06-18 Thread drmatt
Early pi2 kernels did not include support for Pi3 hardware (including the CPU itself!) but that was ages ago now, you shouldn't have issues. Good news is the one huge difference you will note is that the Pi3 is screamingly fast by comparison! :) Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Manual install of Squeezelite fails

2017-05-04 Thread drmatt
Sourceforge is usually sources not binaries.. (the clue is in the question...) Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Manual install of Squeezelite fails

2017-05-04 Thread drmatt
"file " at the shell prompt will tell you exactly what you downloaded. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Manual install of Squeezelite fails

2017-05-04 Thread drmatt
He's not wrong, the CPU is native 64 bit so you may as well use it that way. Virtual address spaces for badly written software can still take advantage even if you don't actually have more than 4GB physical ram plus swap. I suspect that you'd wind up supporting both for an extended period,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Manual install of Squeezelite fails

2017-05-04 Thread drmatt
I have had similar on a banana pi running binaries built for raspberry pi. The ARM abi has to match. You will probably have to grab sources and compile for yourself. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer without network

2017-09-18 Thread drmatt
It is normal for a UNIX system to require an operating 127.0.0.1 address and TCP/IP stack for normal running. Windows is the same, as are 90% of general use operating systems. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCodePlayer + piZero + justBoomAmp zero poor synch

2017-10-06 Thread drmatt
Let's not get hung up on the percentage value. This is what the people who write iwconfig have determined is the most meaningful way to report WiFi connection strength. There are other measures, but anything reporting 60% should be usable. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] A door chime system for Squeezebox players with PCP 3.22. Or something.

2017-10-06 Thread drmatt
Nice. How about sending a URL to a web server with a audio jingle file on it..? -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer + usb hd

2017-09-05 Thread drmatt
Everyone has their right price/performance compromise. As the price creeps up you're heading towards Intel NUC territory and genuine hardware x86 processors. Hell, you can pick up a Celeron based HP microserver with four 6gb sata 3.5" drive bays, two gig-e ports and a bunch of USB3 for £120. No

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] WiFi USB dongle

2017-09-06 Thread drmatt
Anything by a brand will do; it's on a USB 2 bus so anything over ~300Mbit is pointless. I have a pihut one and a edimax one. They've both proven stable and as fast as can be expected. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Running 2 different external DACs from the same Pi using piCorePlayer

2017-09-30 Thread drmatt
To play a different stream, we assume...? -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Running 2 different external DACs from the same Pi using piCorePlayer

2017-09-30 Thread drmatt
Well, doesn't matter really you could call it a separate stream and leave the two virtual players permanently synced anyway. From what I recall to add a second audio output from PcP you would need to make changes at the shell prompt, I'm not sure there's configuration for that in the UI.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Running 2 different external DACs from the same Pi using piCorePlayer

2017-10-01 Thread drmatt
muggo wrote: > > I'll give it a try using the current USB feed from Pi to DAC #1 into DAC > #2. I can mess around with settings in UI if required. If that works, > I'll try both together. If that fails, I'll have to get another Pi, > unless I can get advice on how & what to do at the shell

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Running 2 different external DACs from the same Pi using piCorePlayer

2017-10-01 Thread drmatt
Well I had assumed the DACs were self powered, but that's true if they are bus powered you will need a powered hub. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS stop/start/restart on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - how to do it without root password?

2017-09-01 Thread drmatt
Systemd uses logind to create a cgroup for the whole shebang, so it keeps track of all the process and child processes that get spawned by the start script. The stop/start actions will still work as they are invoked blind by running /etc/init.d/logitechmediaserver as normal. -Transcoded from

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS stop/start/restart on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - how to do it without root password?

2017-09-01 Thread drmatt
It's a fair question. Quite often the PID of a Daemon is tracked in /var/run/thingy and changing the PID of the process without using the official start/stop scripts means they lose track of which process to kill or check the status of. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Using Jivelite standalone and mixed Success using USB devices with 3.11

2017-08-29 Thread drmatt
vfat is the name of the Microsoft FAT filesystem driver in Linux kernel that supports non-8.3 filenames. Sounds like your USB devices have multiple filesystems on them. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer + usb hd

2017-09-03 Thread drmatt
Except .. most USB HDD go to sleep pretty aggressively so the latency on spin up (particularly for high platter count drives) can be in the region of 6-8 seconds. Would bet the qnap will manage this better than a USB HDD firmware does. Network latency should add relatively little to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer + usb hd

2017-09-03 Thread drmatt
I would stick to a proper NAS, for use as a NAS. A raspberry pi will cope as an LMS node. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k

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