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

2022-12-17 Thread Grumpy Bob
maciekelga wrote: > There was another option with Python script but from what I found > Python is not installed in PcP. > > There seem to be quite a few Python packages available for pCP. I'm not much of a Python user, so I've never installed them. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi

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

2022-12-15 Thread Grumpy Bob
maciekelga wrote: > Hi, > > I have PiCore on RPi3 and need two functionality: > 1. Set up one pin as output to connect external LED to see if PiCore is > running or not. > 2. Is possible to set up pin as on/off? I mean if is low level on GPIO > than PiCore is should be disable, when is high

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Where are my Network settings on the CF card

2022-04-17 Thread Grumpy Bob
diode84 wrote: > Hello > I am running pCP on a Pi3b+ and have changed my internet supplier which > has a x.x.1.x ip address instead of x.x.0.x address. > I can't find configuration file on CF card. I need to change it, can > anyone advise. > Thanks > diode84 Assuming you are wanting to set

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-18 Thread Grumpy Bob
bpa wrote: > I don't knwo PCP that well - are you using 64bit version for Zero ? > > edit: > > Just seen confirmation in previous post that you are. (or maybe not - > as it was "man in a Van" podst) > > Why not use 32bit version - Zero doesn't have much memory to justify 64 > bit. As

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS Crashing on PiCorePlayer 8.1 / Pi 2 Zero W

2022-03-15 Thread Grumpy Bob
My current 'travel LMS server' is a Raspberry Pi Zero 2. It is running on PCP 8.1.0 and the LMS version is 8.2.0 - 1627922070 @ Tue Aug 3 11:43:18 CEST 2021 Music files are on a 2Tb SSD USB connected drive. Other than being a bit slow on a clear and re-scan, this device has been pretty solid for

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-26 Thread Grumpy Bob
indigo wrote: > Thank you Robert for your suggestion. > But I've forgot to say that I've a Hifiberry Dac on the GPIO expansion > socket so I can't add that Pimoroni device to my Rpi It might still work, as it only uses a few pins - check the instructions as they show it sandwiched between an

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-02-26 Thread Grumpy Bob
indigo wrote: > Hi, I've a RPI with piCorePlayer server and I need to have a push button > to shut it down since I cannot connect to it with a PC. > I've seen that in pCP tweaks page there is the option to configure a > GPIO to have a clean shutdown, and I've seen that I need to install this >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Soundquality bluetooth headphone

2022-02-23 Thread Grumpy Bob
I don't know but I think there's a lengthy thread on Bluetooth on pCP8.0 - you might find the answer there! Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.1.2/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Soundquality bluetooth headphone

2022-02-23 Thread Grumpy Bob
Julf wrote: > All variants of bluetooth are lossy, even aptX HD That said, I am using the earlier model of those headphones (the PX) with onboard BT from LMS and player running on a Pi Zero2 (and most of my flies are flac) and I'm quite happy with the sound quality. I think the biggest impact

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-23 Thread Grumpy Bob
Narcos wrote: > Can you please elaborate on what you mean by “possibly on a 512MB Pi”, I > have two RPI4, 8gb & 4gb. Hence I’m curious to know, My plan was/is to > use both the RPI’s, one as server and one as a client. The earlier models of Raspberry Pi had far less memory than your Pi4 devices

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
Man in a van wrote: > Bob, you need to follow the instructions as per Chill's post:- > > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?115331-New-RPi-Zero-2-W=1036945=1#post1036945 > > it works the same for 32 bit as 64 bit > > I have not been able to make netusb work at all :( > > If you

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] New RPi Zero 2 W

2021-11-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Got my Zero-2W, With the 32 bit pCP8 image, the only thing I had to > update is the config.txt, and add netusb to the boot partition. > Networking worked fine. > > I'm not clear what is required to boot a Zero2-W with the 32 bi image. My most recent attempt to boot one

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-08-03 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > What codec is being used Robert? Did you force SBC? I tried both AAC and SBC - both stuttered badly. I'm listening to the pCP6.1.0 via the Bluetooth headphones as I type now, and they behave flawlessly. I will play with another pi running pCP8 later on today if I have time.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-08-03 Thread Grumpy Bob
I'm afraid I've been unable to get my Bowers & Wilkins PX Bluetooth headphones work without stuttering under pCP 8.0. I tried the updates referred to in 'this post' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114834-piCorePlayer-8-0-0-Bluetooth-Discussion=1028698=1#post1028698). I've tried

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Auto WAP

2021-07-14 Thread Grumpy Bob
On the other hand, if you're moving to a location with a network for which you know the SSIS and password, you can add these manually to the wpa_supplicant.conf and connection is pretty seamless. I have a portable LMS server based on pCP with details of wifi networks at three locations

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-13 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Do either of these support aac? I have added aac support in bluealsa, > however I don't have any headsets that use aac to test it? > > Grumpy Bob, > Update the bluetooth modules from the bluetooth page, that should > correct the Invalid Instruction issue.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-13 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > An error to trap, but bluealsa is not running for some reason on that > system. What happens if you run bluealsa from command line. > > > Code: > > > sudo /usr/local/bin/bluealsa --profile=a2dp-source --profile=a2dp-sink --profile=hsp-ag

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Possibly something with that chipset is not cooperating.Can you try > running the daemon from a ssh session? > > > Code: > > > sudo pcp-btspeaker-daemon.py > > > > > Then post what happens when it crashes. Here goes:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
I've now been able to pair but not connect the headphones. Essentially, whenever I try to connect the headphones or to show the bluetooth log, the BT Speaker Daemon stops. Maybe I should say that this is a Pi1B - I was in error in an earlier post - with the Cirrus (Wolfson) DAC card which works

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Yes it should, can you post the logs? I just started the BT Speaker Daemon, and tried scanning for the BT device. Each time, the BT Speaker Daemon stops. I can see this in the log: Code: 07-12 16:03 BST INFO Starting pCP BT Speaker

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-11 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Robert, check the web interface and make sure it says speaker as the > Type. With the headless phone pairing, the default type sometime get > set to player. Yes, it's set to speaker. Shouldn't the BT Speaker Daemon continue running? Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-11 Thread Grumpy Bob
castalla wrote: > You have paired the phones, yes? Yes, I have. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.1.2/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3) 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion

2021-07-11 Thread Grumpy Bob
I'm using a Pi model 2 (2B?) - this worked fine with my Bowers & Wilkins PX bluetooth headphones using a BT USB stick and pCP 6.1.0 I burned a fresh SD card with pCP 8, and I've been trying to get my headphones to connect. I installed Bluetooth on the Pi. I have set the Pi to be discoverable.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Pcp 7.0 Pi4 and USB Bluetooth

2021-06-11 Thread Grumpy Bob
carsten_h wrote: > I can write that the following two to are working with piCorePlayer: > LogiLink BT0015 nano USB Bluetooth Adapter (Bluetooth 4.0) > https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0096Y2HFW > Plugable USB Bluetooth Adapter (Bluetooth 4.0) > https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009ZIILLI > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] High pitch scratching noise on top of the sound when playing 32/192 files

2021-06-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
Naass wrote: > Thanks Robert for your reply. > I have a huge Hi-Res library (few 32/192 albums though). > It doesn't make sense for me not to play them as is! > All 24bit from 48 till 192khz are playing without any problem. Only the > 32/192 have this distorted sound! > Cheers I suppose what

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] High pitch scratching noise on top of the sound when playing 32/192 files

2021-06-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
I would have thought that transcoding a 32/192 file (as suggested in a reply to one of your other identical postings) is the easiest solution. It may well be that few if any regulars in these forums would use such a high resolution format, and maybe that's why you're seeing few responses. I

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

2021-04-24 Thread Grumpy Bob
P Nelson wrote: > Thank you for the follow-up. > > I have a related issue. I am trying to delete the extra files located > on the USB drive at "/mnt/LMSfiles/images/" > I am using my Windows 10 computer to access the USB drive and I am > getting the message: > "You require permission form

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Rasp Pi3 as Player & LMS

2021-04-09 Thread Grumpy Bob
d6jg wrote: > Should be possible with the only caveat that you will need to be careful > that there is sufficient power to run everything. If the Amplifier card has a decent output, you'll find you will need a power supply to match. That's the case for the Pi+DAC+Amp I have in my office at

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] iPhone and piCore

2021-03-05 Thread Grumpy Bob
mherger wrote: > Thanks for the Spam :). But you better report the issue to me and don't > quote the spam message, as it makes it harder for me to get rid of it... Michael, I think post #13 in this thread is also spam - it contains a link to what looks to be an essay mill type site (as did

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] How to stop LMS on a Pi / access Control Panel

2021-02-21 Thread Grumpy Bob
If you are running Material, it has "Shutdown" and "Restart" options when you're in Server Settings - Click the three dots on the top right of the screen. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.0.1/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2021-02-01 Thread Grumpy Bob
Clausi wrote: > I have also an issue with the power overlays in piCorePlayer 7. I use > the Pimoroni on/off-shim and when I push the button to drive the system > down it is driving down but not cuts the power to the pi completely. I > didn't have this in version 6.1. There the power was

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer 6.1.0 LMS-Update to 8.0.0 via ssh, permission denied

2020-11-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
Paul Webster wrote: > Take out the extra space so it becomes > > Code: > > > cd /temp > > > Isn't the directory /tmp rather than /temp? Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/pCP6.1.0/LMS8.0.0/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Documentation

2020-11-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
Greg Erskine wrote: > Added '\"USBImager\"' > (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/how-to/burn_pcp_onto_a_sd_card/windows/usbimager/) > under '\"Burn piCorePlayer onto a SD card\"' > (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/how-to/burn_pcp_onto_a_sd_card/) How-to. > > Help required: Who uses MACs? We require

[SlimDevices: Unix] piCoreplayer - specify LMS build to install?

2020-11-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
I'm using piCorePlayer 6.1.0 on a variety Raspberry Pi devices. I'm familiar with the 'command line process for upgrading LMS versions' (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/how-to/upgrade_lms/) - can I use this to install a specific build version of LMS? For example could I specify Version: 8.0.0 -

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

2020-11-02 Thread Grumpy Bob
For starting up and shutting down my Raspberry Pi (a 3B+ running pCP with LMS), I have set it up with one of the 'Pimoroni OnOff SHIMs' (https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/onoff-shim). It looks as though you can solder it directly to the GPIO pins and still fit a DAC HAT on top (though I haven't

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-10-22 Thread Grumpy Bob
Thanks all of you for advice here. Man in a van wrote: > Does this help ? scroll to bottom for examples :) > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md That's helpful. Does piCorePlayer obey the priority setting as shown near the bottom of that file?

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-10-21 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > If you manually create your own wpasupplicant.conf, you can for sure > create a multi network connection system. If 2 networks are > simultaneously reachable, you can assign priority, but likely it will > connect to the strongest. I'd like to specify two or three networks in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS now seems to see some folders as playlists

2020-09-30 Thread Grumpy Bob
How do you navigate your music collection? Are you selecting folders then tracks through the Music Folder view, or browsing via the music files' tags as presented after a scan (e.g. the Albums view)? Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS8.0.0/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-09-27 Thread Grumpy Bob
kidstypike wrote: > Just a thought - a Pi0 doesn't have any USB ports, so I'm not sure what > you're trying to do here. What are the "LMSfiles" and where are they > located? My PiZeros have a microUSB for power input and a second microUSB port to which you can add a drive. Robert *Home:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-24 Thread Grumpy Bob
I've got two Pi3Bs running pCP6.1.0: one is PCB rev 1.2 and is connected by ethernet, the other is rev 1.3 and is connected by WiFi via the built-in WiFi. Both work fine as players and run LMS 8.0.0. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS8.0.0/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Recommend a hard drive for Pi3/pCP6.1.0

2020-07-10 Thread Grumpy Bob
I have a 1Tb WD My Passport drive (Ext4 formatted) that lights up but doesn't seem to be discovered by the Pi3B. At least, it doesn't show up in the USB drive section of the pCP LMS tab...have I forgotten to do something? I'm reluctant to buy a larger capacity drive that will also not be

[SlimDevices: Unix] Recommend a hard drive for Pi3/pCP6.1.0

2020-07-10 Thread Grumpy Bob
Recently I've been using a Raspberry Pi 3 (with pCP 6.1.0, LMS 8.0) and a WD Passport Wireless hard disk drive as a backup server. The WD device has a battery on board which seems to help it work via USB power, but unfortunately it appears to have given up the ghost. I have tried using an old

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-05-21 Thread Grumpy Bob
Viragored wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Paul. I don't have enough knowledge to understand > the implications of there being no special driver and music path having > to be set via a mixer. The makers (if I've understood their web site > correctly - link below) describe the "HiFiBerry DAC+ DSP"

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-03 Thread Grumpy Bob
Can I just add that LMS 8.0.0 / Material / Spotty integration is just a fantastic combination, so many thanks to Michael and Craig (and all the other plugin authors). And the pCP team. I did notice that my router (which was new a few weeks ago) didn't have automatic daylight saving enabled at

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-02 Thread Grumpy Bob
Here's an interesting update. I fired up another Raspberry Pi running piCorePlayer 6.0.0 and LMS (v8.0.0, 1584722669, Fri Mar 20 18:24:17 CET 2020) perl 5.028002 - arm-linux-gnueabihf-thread-multi-64int). I attached the Squeezebox Radio to that server and set an alarm. It worked perfectly -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-02 Thread Grumpy Bob
slartibartfast wrote: > Does the date command confirm BST? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes, for both Raspberry Pi devices. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-02 Thread Grumpy Bob
slartibartfast wrote: > What happens if you set an alarm time on the Radio itself? Does that > time appear correctly in LMS? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk There is no difference if I set the alarm on the Radio. Essentially if I run the SBR from my main server (Pi3, pCP6.0.0, LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-02 Thread Grumpy Bob
mherger wrote: > > If I connect the Squeezebox radio to the Raspberry Pi running LMS > 7.9.2, > > the alarm works at the specified time. > > > > Any ideas? > > Double or triple-check the time settings on your LMS Pi running LMS 8. > There's no change related to this in LMS8. I bet you could

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-02 Thread Grumpy Bob
Grumpy Bob wrote: > No, I didn't install the LMS8 compatibility patch...I will search for > it. > > Robert OK, I did the following: 1. Connected one of the Squeezebox Radios to a Raspberry Pi running LMS 7.9.2 2. Installed the patch as suggested 3. Connected the Squeezebox radi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-01 Thread Grumpy Bob
mherger wrote: > > The alarms set on my two SBRs no longer work since I upgraded to 8.0. > > This surprises me, since I thought the alarm function was held on the > > SBR itself. > > There should be absolutely no change in how alarms work in LMS8. Did you > > install the LMS8 compatibility

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Which is the advantage to switch from Lms 7.9.2 to 7.9.3 or 8.0?

2020-04-01 Thread Grumpy Bob
The alarms set on my two SBRs no longer work since I upgraded to 8.0. This surprises me, since I thought the alarm function was held on the SBR itself. Generally, alarm problems are where the SBR can't contact the playlist and defaults to the 'disco tune'. At the moment, the alarm just doesn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Installing LMS 8.0.0 on pCP 6

2020-03-20 Thread Grumpy Bob
Well, I have no idea what I did wrong, though I'm usually quite good at the Linux command line! It's a good example of what can go wrong when pottering around with a Raspberry Pi at an unreasonably early hour. Anyhow it's all working very well. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Installing LMS 8.0.0 on pCP 6

2020-03-20 Thread Grumpy Bob
For the previous attempts, I must have had unidentified typos...all good now. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3) 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X

[SlimDevices: Unix] Installing LMS 8.0.0 on pCP 6

2020-03-20 Thread Grumpy Bob
I may be being a bit dim here, but can someone point me at instructions for installing LMS 8.0.0 on piCorePlayer 6.0.0? I've spent a bit of time searching these forums and don't see an explanation! I tried the instructions at the piCorePlayer site (replacing 7.9.2 with 8.0.0), but this just

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-03-13 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > That's great, thanks Paul > > I did an insitu update, then replaced both modprobe commands in > /opt/bootlocal.sh with a single dtoverlay in config.txt. All the > defaults worked perfectly with my Pirate Audio board, so no extra > options were needed, but the rotation and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-02-28 Thread Grumpy Bob
One of my intended uses of the Pirate Audio/PiZero device was as a player for my portable server based on a 'WD Wireless Passport drive' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105512-Portable-squeezebox-with-a-Western-Digital-quot-Passport-Wireless-quot). I'm unclear how to update the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] lack of IO::Socket::SSL

2020-02-16 Thread Grumpy Bob
mherger wrote: > > I'm running LMS 7.9.2 on a Raspberry Pi3 (pCP 5.0.1). This evening > I'm > > seeing an error when using Spotty: > > > > "Spotty requires the Perl module IO::Socket::SSL. You can NOT use > Spotty > > without this module. Please use your operating system's package > manager >

[SlimDevices: Unix] lack of IO::Socket::SSL

2020-02-15 Thread Grumpy Bob
I'm running LMS 7.9.2 on a Raspberry Pi3 (pCP 5.0.1). This evening I'm seeing an error when using Spotty: "Spotty requires the Perl module IO::Socket::SSL. You can NOT use Spotty without this module. Please use your operating system's package manager to install it." I can see the following in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-02-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
Bearing in mind I know nothing about 3D printing, my colleague said it's done with resin. Beyond that, I know nothing. I suspect the design might have a weak point along above the top of the screen. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-02-12 Thread Grumpy Bob
Finally in its case... 29357 This is with the PirateAudio headphone amp board, and is the latest addition to the Raspberry Pi players I have... Robert +---+ |Filename: 20200212_162414.jpg |

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-28 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > Will this be robust? > > (code snipped) > > In testing this I noticed that I will often get that 'initMboxBlock: > init mbox zaps failed' error if I kill pigpiod with just 'sudo kill -9 > '. It seems to leave something behind. But if I instead use 'sudo > killall pigpiod',

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-27 Thread Grumpy Bob
Chill - many thanks, your new bootlocal.sh has done the trick! A colleague at work has a 3D printer, so hopefully one of those cases will be with me shortly. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-27 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > > > The last line in the above snippet is an echo of the final line of > sbpd-script.sh. > > So I don't see how it's possible for the running of > /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh, as the final step of the startup sequence, to > suppress the on screen messages. I'm hoping one of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-27 Thread Grumpy Bob
I see the boot messages if I don't have /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh entered as a User Command in Tweaks. Then the piCorePlayer splash screen and Jivelite comes up As far as I can see, cmdline.txt and bootlocal.sh are fine. Anyway, I'll have to leave this till later today... Robert *Home:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-27 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > Just to be sure, can you clarify what you see on the screen on > rebooting? Does it look like 'shutdown' messages, or 'startup' > messages? If I reboot via the Main page of the PCP web interface, I see the usual shutdown messages, finishing with "Requesting system reboot". This

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-26 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > Thanks for persevering. OK, so there's evidently something real here, > but it's odd that I can't reproduce it with either of my Pirate Audio > boards, or on two different RPis. If the Y button is responding with my > script loaded, then you must have the pre-Jan 23rd version.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-26 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > Interesting - I can't see any version number information printed on > either of my boards. Is there any indication how to tell which version > you've got? > > @M-H and Grumpy Bob - do your boards have any revision information > printed on them? >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-26 Thread Grumpy Bob
piPlayer wrote: > Hi there, > > the pirate audio boards look good. In combination with a Raspberry Pi > Zero, they are the ideal all-in-one solution for a small player. But I'm > afraid these boards are discontinued because they are no longer > available? I found the amplifier version at

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
Grumpy Bob wrote: > > > Looks to me as though the issue is the execution of sbpd-script.sh > > Robert If I omit the command from the User Commands section and instead run sudo /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh via the command line, then evrything works as expected. I expect thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
I have started from scratch, with a backup and reboot at each stage. >From the point at which Jivelite is installed, I get a screen OK. Once I enter /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh as a user script on the Tweaks page, the screen doesn't refresh from the last reboot - it's still saying it's Requesting

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > This is very odd - I don't understand how it could work after the first > reboot, but not survive another reboot. Do you still see the console > messages during boot up? If so it would be purely a Jivelite problem. > If not, I wonder if somehow the display brightness has been

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
chill wrote: > That's odd. Did you do a backup of the pCP configuration before > rebooting? Yes. At least I think so! I've checked the various files I edited and the edits are there. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
Well, the Pi Zero arrived on schedule. I'm using the headphone Pirate Audio card. I followed your 'most recent instructions' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111502-Jivelite-on-a-Pirate-Audio-240x240-screen=961608=1#post961608), and got the screen running and responsive to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
Unfortunately my Pi Zero gave up the ghost the other day. I have another arriving shortly*, and I'm intending to give this a go (already have a Pirate Audio headphone card). Robert *in the next hour, it seems! *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer can't contact pCP repo.

2019-09-22 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Obviously SSL got messed up somehow.but not sure how. I've never > seen that. Yes, it's weird! I've been using piCorePlayer for years with a variety of Raspberry Pi models and never seen this. Anyway, I'm back up and running - doesn't take long to set up from scratch.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer can't contact pCP repo.

2019-09-22 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > Lms is downloaded from a Logitech server, so it’s different than the pcp > repo. In that it knows there is a new version, it must be getting to > the Logitech servers. > > Can you give more specific info about what error messages are shown. piCirePlayer identifies a new

[SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer can't contact pCP repo.

2019-09-22 Thread Grumpy Bob
My LMS is running on a Raspberry Pi 3 with piCorePlayer v5.0.1 LMS is notifying me of a new LMS version, but when I attempt to download and install it via the pCP web interface it fails to download. I also notice that the pCP repo can't be accessed, nor can I ssh into the Pi. This isn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Store files permanently on piCorePlayer

2019-06-27 Thread Grumpy Bob
I've dipped in and out of this thread over the months (!), and I wonder if the LMS setup that I travel with might be another solution. Following a post from several years ago, I set up LMS on a WiFi enabled Western Digital 2Tb hard drive. This has two WiFi cards, so it sets its own network up

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] A nice Pi case !!

2019-03-18 Thread Grumpy Bob
That does look rather good. Bookmarked in case I build another Pi based player! Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3) PiCorePlayer(Pi2) with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer v4.1.0 odd Date & Time

2019-02-01 Thread Grumpy Bob
kidstypike wrote: > Hmmm . . . I seem to be talking to myself :confused::confused::confused: Looks like two of your replies have ended up in the wrong thread! Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9.2 with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer v4.1.0 odd Date & Time

2019-01-26 Thread Grumpy Bob
I had other issues with pCP 4.1.0 on a Pi ZeroW - but the date on mine seems fine: DeepThought | piCorePlayer v4.1.0 | linux 4.14.81-pcpCore | piCore v9.2pCP | Squeezelite v1.9.0-1121-pCP | Sat Jan 26 16:25:41 GMT 2019 This was a pCP 4.0.0 install that I did an in situ update to 4.1.0 with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Spotty on Rpi3 / Very slow

2018-03-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
DJanGo wrote: > tbh - my old LMS was fitted with a better CPU and 2GB RAM running plain > Debian. > Picoreplayer run in the limited RAM so compare my old lms with your > setup is pretty ... > > AFAIK ->You only get what you pay for.. Very true, so I'm not to troubled. Actually, it's when

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Spotty on Rpi3 / Very slow

2018-03-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
I have Spotty running on a Raspberry Pi3 with piCorePlayer/LMS7.9.1 and I find selecting albums, playlists, searching and so forth to be rather too slow to be usable. The Pi has a wired connection to the router, and download speed is generally pretty high. When playing, I don't see buffering, the

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

2018-01-17 Thread Grumpy Bob
paul- wrote: > This is one of the biggest issues I had to work through. If the audio > device disappears, squeezelite will crash. If you turn off the "power" > button in LMS, then squeezelite will close the audio output, which you > can then turn off your headphones. Just be sure to let

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

2018-01-17 Thread Grumpy Bob
MaDsGa3 wrote: > First of all thank you for the great work you are sharing here! > Respect! > > I just want to confirm that my Phillips SHB-3060 bluetooth headphones > are running fine with the manual you described here in this tread. > Finally I got handsfree music in my home office, without

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

2018-01-06 Thread Grumpy Bob
I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones - would they function as if they were Bluetooth speakers for this experimental Bluetooth set-up? The set-up process doesn't look too daunting to me, and I'm keen to give it a go when I have a chance - back in analogue world, I'm currently making a few

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer 3.22 / RPI3 locked on 48 Khz when playing on USB DAC

2017-10-25 Thread Grumpy Bob
dominique-tanguy wrote: > It was working yesterday, and stopped working today, horrible I > switched back to Volumio. > > Dominique I'm not quite clear about the problem you have. Are you running both Squeezelite and LMS on the Pi? Where are your music files located? Are you playing

[SlimDevices: Unix] Picore: chosing the lms server

2017-10-02 Thread Grumpy Bob
Not quite sure what you're asking - but you can set the IP address of your LMS in piCorePlayer in the "Squeezelite Settings" tab. You need to select the Normal or Advanced view. Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 3/piCoreplayer/LMS7.9 with files on QNAP TS-239 Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-08-24 Thread Grumpy Bob
ryangodammit wrote: > It keeps telling me to match the requested format in the Share Name box- > that's just the path to the folder on the NAS drive right? How do I do > it without using /? I'm using a QNAP NAS, and for me the share name is Qmultimedia/Music Figured this out with a little trial

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Portable PiCorePlayer option?

2017-05-27 Thread Grumpy Bob
albertone74 wrote: > I just came across with the following: > > http://www.grantsinclair.com/en/all-products/poco-zero-plus-kit-62.html > > > Could this be a nice option for a portable piCorePlayer? > > Any thoughts? Looks quite neat. My portable option is to use a 'portable drive as an LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-23 Thread Grumpy Bob
Stoker wrote: > Thanks for the replies to my PiCoreServer questions. Seems like it > should be fairly straight forward. > > I've got a 250G SSD which should be OK for the music storage, it's SATA > but With an adapter it can be turned int a USB disk. Yesterday I managed > to reformat this SSD

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Vortexbox - Forum down for weeks - gone ?

2017-02-09 Thread Grumpy Bob
Wirrunna wrote: > The Vortexbox Forum has been down for a few weeks now, are they gone for > good ? (http://vortexbox.org/) > > Vortexbox is a Fedora based distro that lets a Linux newby build a > headless LMS server that just works. Some information at 'this thread'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-17 Thread Grumpy Bob
Murphyprecht wrote: > Robert, if you look closely at your charger with a magnifying glass or > terrific eyesight, there will be a rating on it > > Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Haha, of course you are right, but I posted from work, not home! I think it says 3400mA across all three

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-17 Thread Grumpy Bob
Eyerex wrote: > I run two official Raspberry Pi 3 supplies one to power the screen the > other for the Pi and USB DAC I am using a Pi2 with the official touchscreen. I had some problems initially with power supplies. I found a 'three output USB power supply from Ikea'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer cuts out.

2016-11-08 Thread Grumpy Bob
jdenver wrote: > Anyway of finding out where the problem is through log files etc. but > since updating to 3.02 the radio cuts out throughout the day, it comes > back on after about 15 seconds or so but not sure how to track this and > what to monitor to find the problem. > > Im using the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-08-17 Thread Grumpy Bob
feeder6 wrote: > Hi guys, > I asked before some weeks if samba will be available. One builder told > me that it is not so easy. That is okay for me. But is there an easy way > to install cifs or nfs? > Greetings Daniel I have a Pi3 running piCorePlayer 3.00, with LMS. I have a QNAP NAS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer and qnap

2016-08-07 Thread Grumpy Bob
DJanGo wrote: > Simple as that:confused: Haven't seen those posts about DSTM and Spotify that DjanGo quotes in this thread, but for what it's worth: On Friday evening, I replaced a Pi 1B with a Pi 3, running piCorePlayer/LMS (files on the QNAP). I find DSTM with Spotify recommendations works

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer and qnap

2016-08-06 Thread Grumpy Bob
nervoteso wrote: > Ok thanks. A last question: if router changes qnap ip address i will > have to set it again in the web interface and do the analysis again? I set my QNAP and Raspberry Pi to fixed IP allocation on my router. On my Netgear router this is Address Reservation under LAN Setup.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer and qnap

2016-08-06 Thread Grumpy Bob
d6jg wrote: > And there as well! No, it's not! The LMS that installs with piCorePlayer is from April 2016 and I think predates DSTM. On my other Raspberry Pi, I updated LMS to see this menu option. I just set up a Raspberry Pi 3 yesterday evening, and I cannot see DSTM in the plugins or menus.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer LMS Setup? Can't seem to get LMS started

2016-06-26 Thread Grumpy Bob
msg wrote: > Do you not use Pandora, Tunein, or Spotify at all? > Which services do you use with your devices? > > I have wondered - what will happen to the Squeezebox devices when > Logitech completely drops Squeezebox? > Will the Squeezebox still work with the services installed if running >

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