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

2012-11-18 Thread psketch
Hi Triode Interesting news to see an alternative to squeezeslave, which I'm using with hf on Pi. One of the options I use on SS is the retry option - i.e. if the server isn't there, keep trying to connect every X seconds. This is very useful since the Pi runs the whole time with SS as a

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

2012-11-24 Thread psketch
Hi I just rebuilt my Pi with the current firmware and tried the .4 HF version, but I get this pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo ./squeezelite 192.168.1.10 [21:27:56.641750] load_faad:194 dlerror: libfaad.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Any ideas? pete S

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

2012-11-25 Thread psketch
Hi It all seems to be working really nicely this evening, but I had a question on HD audio. I'm streaming a flac which is 96KHz/24bit. If I do a tvservice on my Pi, I see pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tvservice -a PCM supported: Max channels: 8, Max samplerate: 192kHz, Max samplesize 24 bits. AC3

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

2012-11-26 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: Sorry not used the hdmi output of my pi yet so can't really comment. You could try ./squeezelite -d output=debug -o output device and see what max sample rate squeezelite is seeing? Hi Triode Thanks. OK - gave that a try Interestingly, it looks like squeezelite thinks

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

2012-11-28 Thread psketch
stuart1882 wrote: Ok, after a long night I got it to all work as I wanted it to, great. One simple question. How does one shutdown the Rpi without having to ssh in to it? Is it safe to just power off? On the Squuzebox Android app, when your on the player there is a little power icon. What

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

2012-12-12 Thread psketch
garrettwp wrote: I wanted to post an update to my Emotiva XDA-2 issues with squeezelite and the raspberry pi. It all comes down to the issue being with the Emotiva XDA-2 dac. The XDA-2 uses the CM-6631 chipset for usb and it has been known for awhile that it has issues with alsa and

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

2012-12-13 Thread psketch
Hi John Yes - completely agree that HDMI is a completely different option than the built in audio. Built in is functional but really basic, but the HDMI output is really clean and works very well. I don't get any pops, cracks etc.. Interesting what you say about no sound after it being unused

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

2012-12-14 Thread psketch
garrettwp wrote: I wish I can say my experience with the pi and my one dac which is a 24/192 bit dac using the c-media 6631 chip. No matter what I do I can not get clean sound out of the unit. The same goes with hdmi, the output has blips and clicks in the audio. My other dac which is a usb

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

2012-12-23 Thread psketch
I'm finding that, although I have HD sources and squeezelite shows under its debug that it's sending 96Khz, by the time it gets to the av processor via HDMI, it always shows a PCM 48Khz PCM 2.0. I was trying to understand this today and then clocked that it's 48, not 44.1. So, I'm thinking that

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

2012-12-23 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: Can't comment in detail on the pi hdmi output as I've not used it. However you can see what squeezelite is opening the devices as, if you start it with -d output=sdebug You won't want to run like this as it produces lots of information, but at the top of it it will show how

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

2012-12-23 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: I believe squeezelite will see 192k if you are going through a resampling layer in alsa. What happens if you use -o hw:CARD= to defined the output device to use the hardware directly? I thought if that, but when I do a -l, the only card listed is ALSA - I only see null,

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

2012-12-23 Thread psketch
psketch wrote: I thought of that, but when I do a -l, the only card listed is ALSA - I only see null, pulse and ALSA. Any ideas on where I would look to see the correct CARD name? btw - if it do a - o hw:CARD=0, I get ... [21:43:27.376736] alsa_open:227 unable to open audio device with any

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

2012-12-23 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: squeezelite does support S24_LE in mmap mode, but in writei mode it only supports S32_LE. Suggest you get it working with aplay first and then we understand what the implications on squeezelite are... Yep - agree. I'll try and learn some more about asound.conf - ALSA

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

2013-01-01 Thread psketch
Raspi+MIPS wrote: Hi there, been using Squeezelite for the last couple weeks fine (3 RasPis). But I still get the stalling squeezelite processes 1 - 2 times a day. As I seem to be mostly alone this, I think it might have something to do with a flaky wifi connection to the farest located

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

2013-01-05 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: Getting somewhere That version will only play as pcm. I need to update to support flac (I missed an option) What happens when you start with -d all=debug Edit - the files on googlecode should now support flac too. Seems to work fine on Win 8 64 bit. Didn't need to

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

2013-01-05 Thread psketch
Hi Triode The process on the Pi has disappeared again - was running earlier and now just went to it and it's not running - ps -ax shows it's not there anymore. Between it being there last time I went to it and not being there now, I hadn't used the Pi at all. However, I had been using a Boom,

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

2013-01-05 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: Any messages of interest in the log (if you had one running?) No - didn't have one running. The problem is that it might run for days without any problems so the log would get very large. Is there a minimal log option that might provide useful to leave running?

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

2013-01-05 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: May as well set a log file but not turn on any logging - if there are real errors then they should get recorded. so - just a -f logfile and leave it at that? psketch's Profile:

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

2013-01-06 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: That shouldn't cause it to fail. Could you try the latest version as I changed something around that area, but not sure it will help. OK - Beta 4 is installed - will keep you informed. psketch's Profile:

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

2013-01-12 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: That shouldn't cause it to fail. Could you try the latest version as I changed something around that area, but not sure it will help. Hi Triode Keeping on the good news subject, my occasional stopping of the squeezelite process on the Pi seems to have been resolved by the

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

2013-01-16 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: Could a few people using the armv6hf version test the binary I've added to the download page: Squeezelite 0.9beta8test armv6hf This has a couple of bug fixes in it but I would like to get some positive tests of it before I release it for all supported platforms. Hi Triode

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

2013-02-15 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: I'm pleased to announce the release 1.0 of Squeezelite. Binaries are available at the usual location: http://code.google.com/p/squeezelite/downloads/list Thanks for everyone testing to get us to this point. This version is same code as 1.0rc4, but I'm now declaring

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

2013-03-29 Thread psketch
Hi Steen Many thanks for the image - seems to work really well :) I've been using the hard float wheezy image with Squeezelite for quite a while, but have suffered corruption a few times so since I only use the Pi for squeezelite, thought I'd give your image a try - worked first time. A quick

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

2013-04-03 Thread psketch
Hi Steen All looks good thanks. One other thing - any chance of integrating JiveLite into the build. It would be really nice just to have it as a what's playing now app, as well as occasional control. I'm guessing not as it looks like it's X11 as maybe it'll have too many and too large

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

2013-04-05 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi Pete. Thanks for suggestion, if there are no negative consequences by adding an empty asound.conf file then i will add it. Steen hi steen I don't think a blank file causes issues, but it would probably make sense to put just a comment line in it anyway. pete S

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

2013-04-06 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: Thanks for testing. When playing squeezelite sends an update message once a second so it can detect if the other end is not there. What this change does is detect LMS has gone when it is not playing. It takes slightly longer to do this as I decided not to create any new

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

2013-05-24 Thread psketch
Nerdwebber wrote: Hi. In proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/ i see the file hw_params. But size is 0 and there's no information in it. I don't see a file hw_paramsCheck just do cat cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params They're not real files per se, so don't worry about the file size.

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

2013-08-04 Thread psketch
Now that Steen ha got hdmi working so well, I wondered if anyone had had a crack at getting Jivelite working in picoreplayer. It sold be great to have it running just on the Now Playing screensaver, bum Linux knowledge is slim to say the least. Pete s

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2013-08-04 Thread psketch
Just to continue the NP discussion, I wondered if it would be possible to do a version of Jivelite which just showed the NP screen. No other options, but just something to show what's playing over hdmi. Keep it as small as possible and no risk of it getting stuck in the wrong place.

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

2013-09-19 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: JiveLite should run on the framebuffer of the PI - I've used it a bit doing this. Scrolling text uses up much of the cpu, but you should be able to get jivelite + squeezelite running on a PI. Note though that the HD skin is optimised for 1080p and so you would need to set the

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

2013-10-04 Thread psketch
Hi Could you let me know which config file contains the hostname string - I've just added a second Pi and wanted to specify a hostname, rather than the default box. Ta pete S psketch's Profile:

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

2013-10-05 Thread psketch
I've been testing a USB DAC this evening - HifiMeDiy Sabre USB DAC. Digital to Audio Converter 96khz/24bit. It's working, but really crackly. I've tried -a 80:4 and also -o plughw:CARD=DAC,DEV=0 n piCorePlayer -a 80:4:24_3:1 as suggested on the homepage. Anyone got any ideas - anyone got this

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

2013-10-08 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi pete. On the previous page there is a how-to: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCoPlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelitep=757946viewfull=1#post757946 Steen Cool - thanks pete S

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

2013-10-19 Thread psketch
psketch wrote: I've been testing a USB DAC this evening - HifiMeDiy Sabre USB DAC. Digital to Audio Converter 96khz/24bit. It's working, but really crackly. I've tried -a 80:4 and also -o plughw:CARD=DAC,DEV=0 -n piCorePlayer -a 80:4:24_3:1 as suggested on the homepage. Anyone got any

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

2013-11-29 Thread psketch
Hi Steen Could I suggest that, now you have the HDMI option in the setup, it would be a good idea to add amixer cset numid=3 2 to the startup when you've selected HDMI. This forces alsa to output to HDMI. I find that without this, most of the time my Pi will output audio over the headphone,

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

2014-01-05 Thread psketch
hi Steen If you were making changes to the HDMI startup as mentioned for 1.10, could I also suggest you add ... amixer cset numid=3 2 to the settings for HDMI and then amixer cset numid=3 0 for headphone socket - to force ALSA to use HDMI. I find that without this when I resume the player

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

2014-01-13 Thread psketch
arkadi58 wrote: I changed the overclock settings in 1.10 back to 800Mhz as it was in 1.06; now it seems to run fine, but I still don't get any audio through HDMI. I've done all the config steps as in earlier versions, but no sound (video display is fine). Back to 1.06. Roman One thing

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

2014-01-13 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi, could you please help me with this. 1. What should we use if we go from hdmi output to analog output. 2. When we go from hdmi to usb output. 3. When we go from hdmi to i2s output. Should these commands be passed everytime squeezelite restart or are they remembered until

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

2014-01-13 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Thanks Pete. So if you are using HDMI, you would need to have a script that after each reboot would give: amixer cset numid=3 2 (and that is from the command promt - and not in the config.txt - Am I right?) And if you are not using HDMI the script shouldn't use any amixer

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

2014-01-14 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi Pete. Did you get my personal message? Steen Hi Steen Sorry - I'd missed it. I've just replied. pete S psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread:

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

2014-01-16 Thread psketch
psketch wrote: Hi Steen Sorry - I'd missed it. I've just replied. pete S Hi Steen Not sure if you'd seen my PM, but I did reply to yours (somewhat delayed though) pete S psketch's Profile: http

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

2014-01-22 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: @ Pete Please check your personal message. - we can discuss any problems here, that is OK. Steen HI Steen Sorry - been away for a few days - just picking this up now. Will reply back shortly. pete S

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

2014-02-03 Thread psketch
Hi Steen One quick one with the new web server - the layout with Mozilla is very nice, but pretty messy with IE11 - the logo doesn't display and the grids don't work. pete S psketch's Profile:

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

2014-02-03 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: hi pete for IE11 you Will need to use compatibel view. steen Hi Steen Yes, works fine on Compatability view. Thanks. Also, I have the same problem with HDMI still as previously mentioned - seems to be limited to 48Khz... pete S

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

2014-02-04 Thread psketch
arkadi58 wrote: With 1.11b switching to HDMI and setting the player name from the web interface works fine. But I still get only 48kHz out of HDMI; Version 1.06 did not have that limitation. Roman Yes, agree on all of the above. Also, as I mentioned, setting the dns name doesn't work at

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

2014-02-04 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Thanks, I found the bug - it is fixed in version piCorePlayer1.11c - among a few other bugs and graphical glitches. However, I have difficulties in patching the module for 192kHz output via HDMI. I still not quite understand why, but I haven't given up yet Get

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

2014-02-20 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi Roman Thanks for the bug report - I think it is fixed in piCorePlayer1.12b. https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home/news Please test it, I'm not using HDMI myself so I have difficulties in testing this aspect. Please also test if you can stream up to 192 kHz via

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

2014-03-03 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: NB - I'm a bit uncertain on the need for this player anymore. There is only very few comments from time to time, and probably many are changing to the wandboard. I think you'll be surprised! My guess is that now that it's so stable, people are just using it without any need

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

2014-03-10 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: DrJazzer and Pete - Thanks. I hope you are are not afraid of some command promt stuff: Use putty to SHH into piCorePlayer. user=tc password=nosoup4u please mount the partition where the config.txt file is: so please: Code: sudo mount

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

2014-03-10 Thread psketch
OK - definitely not a HW limitation. I tried dropping all of the various settings out of the config with 1.12d, but to no avail - just 48Khz playback. If I do cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params I get access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED format: S16_LE subformat: STD channels: 2 rate: 48000

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

2014-04-07 Thread psketch
alzy wrote: Has anybody tried something like this instead of a USB DAC for an analog output? If so , how did it work? www.monoprice.com Product no. 10251 Thanks Al You'd currently be limited to 48kHz - there's a known problem which Steen is looking into since version 1.06 which

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

2014-04-08 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: hi Pete, I think/hope that I might have a solution in the new player, so within a few days I might need your help with testing it. steen Sure Steen - happy to test whenever psketch's Profile:

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

2014-04-17 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi Please try the new version piCorePlayer1.15. Changelog: - - Hopefully HDMI will be able to stream up to 192 kHz - will need testing. - Get it from here: 'piCorePlayer1.15' (https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home/news) Steen Thanks

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

2014-04-17 Thread psketch
psketch wrote: Thanks Steen - I'll give the HDMI a try later pete S Well, it's only a five minute test with a few tracks, but it looks like high bit rates over HDMI are back :D. Well done Steen. I've tried 192/24 and 96/24 flac and both are getting transferred correctly for the first time

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

2014-04-26 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: It should be there now? EDIT: As I know you are using HDMI - please test if it still can stream up to 192kHz via HDMI - thanks. Also Pete, if you are around please test HDMI output. Steen Hi Steen No problem - I'll give it a test tomorrow. pete S

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

2014-05-07 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: OK OK - I got it. piCorePlayer1.15c was super with USB-DACs but analog and I2S cards had problems. piCorePlayer1.15d fixed the analog audio and I2S problems but the USB-audio was inferior. BUT This has been fixed in *piCorePlayer1.15e - so please test it and report back.

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

2014-05-07 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: OK please test piCorePlayer1.15f Hopefully HDMI is fixed (sorry I can't test HDMI) Steen No, sorry, still the same. I just also dropped back to 15b to make sure nothing else had gone awry, and 15b is lovely. 15f still gives the same white noise/hissing as 15e I'm afraid.

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

2014-05-11 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Thank you for your report, really useful. you see, I can't test HDMI so I'm driving in the dark, and I really could not understand where the problem is with the 1.15 e version compared with the 1.15b version (where HDMI is reported to be fine). but now i understand that it is

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

2014-05-11 Thread psketch
sodface wrote: Quick update: I reimaged my SD card with 1.15e, booted, setup wifi via the picoreplayer setup script which worked great (duh!). After that I went to squeezecenter, selected picoreplayer and started a song - worked over HDMI! So the only thing I did was setup wifi, HDMI

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

2014-05-19 Thread psketch
hi Steen If you could give me a list of all of the tweaks that selecting HDMI makes, I'll try and run through them to see if I can see which one breaks it with 1.15E and above. pete S psketch's Profile:

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

2014-06-09 Thread psketch
Utterchaos wrote: I'm having the same problem... tried to roll back but just get white noise you need to go back to one of the earlier .15 versions - 1.15b or so. psketch's Profile:

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

2014-06-09 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi - sorry for the HDMI issues - but as some of you might know I'm not using HDMI and I have no means to test the output via HDMI. Please try to update to piCorePlayer1.16a which I uploading right now, so It might take a few minutes before it is ready. Should be possible to do

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

2014-06-09 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Thanks. Yep I forgot to change the version number to 1.16a. ok, back to work with the HDMI. By the way are 1.15bi working fine with hdmi for you? steen Yep = 15b works perfectly for me with HDMI - no problems at all.

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

2014-06-25 Thread psketch
SamS wrote: I tried several times last night to updated to 1.16a via the web interface. Files successfully downloaded, and all the prompts indicated that the player was ready to be updated, I initiated the install, rebooted, etc. However, all About screens still show me at 1.16. What

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

2014-06-28 Thread psketch
Apesbrain wrote: Did you access the PiCorePlayer home page at http://Your_RPi_IP:8077 and confirm it is set to output on HDMI? https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home/how-to-1 Does the analog out work as expected? No particular setting in LMS that I can recall. May be a silly

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

2014-06-29 Thread psketch
Thermomonkey wrote: Morning all. I believe that this has been highlighted elsewhere, but I can't get 88Khz flac files to play at all in the latest version (1.16) over HDMI. The advice seems to be download 1.12d, but the link doesn't work on the download page. I've tried lots of settings:

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

2014-06-29 Thread psketch
Thermomonkey wrote: Thanks very much. Oddly when I first go to the update picoreplayer page the drop down menu for the upgrades is blank... I have to refresh the page whilst already on the page for it to give me any options in the drop down box?? This happens every time. Ah well, all

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

2014-07-04 Thread psketch
Apesbrain wrote: Is this the perfect PiCorePlayer platform? http://www.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=HummingBoard_Hardware More power than RPi and onboard digital coax output in same form factor as RPi. Fits in any RPi case. Shipping next week. To be fair, I must admit I think

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

2014-07-17 Thread psketch
Hi Steen Any more thoughts on getting hi rez playback over HDMI. As always, happy to test, log etc.. Thanks for all your efforts pete S psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this

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

2014-07-19 Thread psketch
Hi I've recently moved my media server with my LMS to the cloud - all my music now sitting happily on a nice redundant, backed up server. Very happy with it. I do, however, get occasional stuttering when streaming music from the local/cloud server. The stream always continues after half a

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

2014-07-19 Thread psketch
Triode wrote: Try increasing the squeezelite buffer setting using the -b option. You should change the first buffer size (stream buffer) to be bigger than the default which is 2M, the parameter is in Kbytes, so -b 2048 is the default. Perfect - thanks pete S

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

2014-08-05 Thread psketch
JackOfAll wrote: OK, I'll switch over to using the 3.15.y branch today. OK, I'll take a look. Hi Both Yes, the HDMI issue is a strange one - I've done quite a bit of testing for Steen, but not been able to track down why it worked in one version then not in the next. However, happy to

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

2014-08-22 Thread psketch
alnames wrote: I'm seeing the same thing. The direct link in Steen's post above says that 1.17 file is missing. Yes, agree. I doesn't look like the upgrade online version of 1.17 is posted correctly - Steen, any ideas?

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

2014-09-02 Thread psketch
Glenmorangie_2002 wrote: Hello Steen, sorry it is me again - downloaded the new version 1.17a and tried with HDMI connection to my Marantz SR7007 receiver. Unfortunately I am not fully happy (like I was with 1.15b). Here are my results of testing: _no problems with strange noise via HDMI

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

2014-09-30 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi all. Greg and I have been working hard on this version, so I hope you like it. Changes: - Build on kernel 3.16.3 at the time when 24 bit support still was present. - Support the same I2S-DACs as previous versions on the original raspberry B (thanks to

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

2014-10-03 Thread psketch
bakker_be wrote: On the off-hand chance nobody looked at this already: are you certain the HDMI receiver is able to get more than 48kHz? Squeezelite negotiates with it to know the supported sample rates. You need to activate one of the log-levels to be able to see the result of this

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

2015-03-08 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi all. Greg just found a possible cause for the problem with streaming high sample rate HDMI content through the recent versions of piCorePlayer. So if any of you are able to test HDMI streaming on one of the older RPi I can provide you with a testing version where we might

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

2015-03-08 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi Pete I hoped that you would volunteer :) and I really hope that it is fixed now as we then know what the problem is. Steen Hi Steen Great news Steen. Just played a couple of 192 and 96khz files and all seems fine - pre/pro is reporting the correct rates. Great effort to

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

2015-03-28 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Hi thanks to the HDMI testers. Unfortunately I/we have the problem back in piCorePlayer1.20. So I have to go back and slowly work my way through from 1.19 to 1.20. Could you please test this 1.19e version and test: 1. does it allow high sample rates. 2. does it produce

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

2015-01-25 Thread psketch
JackOfAll wrote: Thank you. What I propose, but I need to be a little careful here as I don't want to step on any toes, is to work with you. I think I can get this sorted so you can have rates above 48k over HDMI using pico, but I'll need to make you a new pico image and you'll need to

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

2015-05-08 Thread psketch
praganj wrote: The new Pi B+ 2 is so powerfull compared to older versions, that it will make sense to install LMS on it. How can i do it ? Is there any chance to integrate LMS into the next piCoreplayer version ? Although Pi2 is, as you say, much better suited as a server now, I'm not sure

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

2015-05-10 Thread psketch
SamS wrote: Interesting discussions. Can you verify this summary for me, as I'm not as technical as many folks here: For best audio quality/performance, use an IS2 DAC/interface like HifiBerry DAC or HifiBerry Digi (are there others?), as opposed to the standard USB output to the numerous

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

2015-05-09 Thread psketch
sbp wrote: Good that it improved it for you. You can follow the discussion with the developers of raspberry here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/888 The work around for the problem is mentioned in a post at the 30'th of marts. It seems like they are working on a proper fix.

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

2015-05-09 Thread psketch
JackOfAll wrote: Sure. But based on plenty of experience! From an audio point of view, you buy a Pi as a transport for an I2S DAC. IMHO, you don't use it to drive UAC2 DACS. -You don't buy it to drive HDMI DAC's -and you certainly don't choose it based on the on-board analogue audio

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

2015-05-18 Thread psketch
ctbarker32 wrote: You fixed it! No static or distortion. Running -o hw:0,0 and -a 80:4:: You're a Genius! I just donated $20 to your Paypal. Now please tell me what this fix does? Thanks. -CB Update: After some listening, I am hearing some very low level ticks? It almost sounds

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

2015-04-16 Thread psketch
Hi Steen Delighted to see Jivelite integration, but it doesn't seem to work. When I enable Jivelite in tweaks and then hit Save, i get a 404 - the url is http://192.168.1.143/cgi-bin/writetojivelite.cgi?JIVELITE=YESSUBMIT=Save pete S

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

2015-04-17 Thread psketch
Greg Erskine wrote: Hi Steen, You are right, it is a permissions thing. Here's the command to fix it for those that can't wait. Code: sudo chmod 755 ~/www/cgi-bin/writetojivelite.cgi Remember to do change a setting somewhere to

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

2015-04-17 Thread psketch
psketch wrote: Thanks Greg Streen Yes, that fixed it. OK - so progress in that I can now enable JiveLite, but it doesn't get far. When I reboot, I now get JiveLite loading, get the splash screen, and then to choose a Language - pressing Enter or right arrow does the trick on that. You

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

2015-04-18 Thread psketch
Greg Erskine wrote: hi psketch, Funny that it worked perfect out of the box when testing but stumbles later after we release it. :mad: regards Greg Hi Greg Isn't that just always the way! Glad it was easy to repro at least . pete S

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-02 Thread psketch
I've just moved from 2.06 to 3.01 with a clean install. Did a backup, but it didn't pick up the old values, but no problem to re-enter. However, I can't get LMS to start up. After install, it shows it's running, but server.log says ... [16-09-02 16:45:46.9865] main::init (384) Starting

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-02 Thread psketch
paul- wrote: > Sourceforge has been a mess again lately, and sometimes its very > difficult to detect errors when downloading. It just took me 3 tries > to download itunfortunately sourceforge is failing on a critical > file that I've not figured out how to trap. > > Anyway, it sounds

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-02 Thread psketch
psketch wrote: > All of those extensions seem to be loaded ok. I'll try uninstalling and > reinstalling the lms option - would that make any difference? OK - uninstalled and reinstalled as few times - no difference. I wonder if this is Transporter specific. The log says [16-09-02

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-04 Thread psketch
paul- wrote: > Just run the LMS update from the web interface Hi Paul Update didn't seem to do anything, but removing it and reinstalling has fixed it - all working again and no errors now. Thanks pete S psketch's

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-04 Thread psketch
paul- wrote: > Thanks for looking at it. Users can do an update that pulls directly > from your system, but I'll update the base install as well. Happy to test if this fixes it if you want to point me at where to pull an updates build from, or just wait for the updated base?

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-03 Thread psketch
paul- wrote: > If all of the extensions are there, then it's likely something > transporter specific, that I cannot test since I don't have a > transporter. > > First, can you update slimserver. Since your server is not working, > you will need to update manually. > > Open a ssh session and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-11 Thread psketch
I've got a minor problem with 3.01 mounting my USB hard drive for LMS - I'm using the beta mounting features in the LMS tab. My USB drive is set to spin down when not in use. When I boot Pi, it doesn't mount the volume from the USB unless the drive is spun up. Once mounted, it's fine - it will

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-26 Thread psketch
paul- wrote: > Unfortunately no. the card needs to be rewritten to fix the > filesystem/partitions. And any data on the current card needs to be > replaced. Does the "backup config to USB" and re-install option work OK - I guess it should be OK, which will help.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-10-05 Thread psketch
Hi Is there an easy way to completely disable Wifi and BT on a Pi 3b. I'm just moving my LMS from a Pi2b to a 3b (re-using the Pi2b as a another player) and don't need Wifi or BT running on the server. Thanks pete S

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-10-05 Thread psketch
JackOfAll wrote: > Not sure exactly how you'd do it on pico, but generically, you would > blacklist the brcmfmac driver, put "dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt" in > /boot/config.txt and disable whatever mechanism (systemd service) is > running hciattach to upload the brcm BT firmware to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-26 Thread psketch
paul- wrote: > If you grabbed an image before my post, I would grab a new image.. If we've installed the original image, is there an easy way to do an inplace "re-install" - without having to do a blank install?

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