Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-03-14 Thread AngloCuencano
Jens Erik Jensen wrote: > I have installed piCorePlayer 2.02 on an RPi1b+ and have problems when > listening to web radio. The LMS is on a separate RPi3 running max2play, > with music stored locally, and connected to my router via cable. The > client RPi1b+ is connected via a TP-Link TL-WN725N

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-23 Thread AngloCuencano
atrocity wrote: > I've just obtained one of those mounts that insists on holding the > screen updside down. I'm using Pi B+ with piCorePlayer 3.10 and have > selected "Rotate screen" and rebooted, but everything is still upside > down. Is this possibly a limitation of the older B+ hardware? > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-24 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi guys, RE: screen rotation. > > What is normal now? > > The "original" screen was upside down but we made the default to rotate > it (even though SCREENROTATE="no"). > > Do most people have the "newer" screen and have to rotate it all the > time? > > Are your cables

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-25 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > Thanks, > > I meant the flat ribbon cable between screen and screen PCB. > > The ribbon cable is at the bottom. AngloCuencano's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64040 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-23 Thread AngloCuencano
Benicz wrote: > > the field "output settings" is commented "should be empty" but states > exactly what's set on the squeezelite settings page and is not > editable. > If I use sqlt settings to make it empty, sqlt won't start. > How is that meant? > This might be part of your problem. For me,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-02-23 Thread AngloCuencano
Benicz wrote: > ...coming from 3.02 (or so), I an now expieriencing mono output on the > extra Asound page doesn't work anymore. > I just get stereo whatever I change the settings to, and it used to be a > nobrainer... This probably won't be helpful to you, but mono output still works for me

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-17 Thread AngloCuencano
Stoker wrote: > Hi > > I've just up graded to pCP 3.10 onto my rPi2B +IQ DAC, all went well > until I enabled JiveLite, then I noticed I could no longer access the > web server and on boot I am seeing the little yellow lightning bolt in > top right corner of console. I guess this means my power

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-01-18 Thread AngloCuencano
jemhayward wrote: > Yes, it's present when using the DAC, and its present with analogue, and > present when using a real Squeezebox Touch as well. I think it may go > away when nothing is synchronised, but I only tried that for a short > time last night, and the pops/clicks are quite random,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-08-21 Thread AngloCuencano
badsoden wrote: > I did a fresh install of 3.0 as suggested with config backed up to a USB > stick. I'm using a hifiberry Digi + board. Squeezelite will not start. > > Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk I had a similar problem with a fresh install of the new 3.0 and a backed up config using

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-08-16 Thread AngloCuencano
sbp wrote: > Those of you with HifiBerry problems - would you try to change your > /mnt/mmcblk0p1/config.txt so that analog audio is changed to off. > So please try to change the line so it is: dtparam=audio=off > > Then reboot and see if your Hifiberry DAC is working. > Steen This does not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-22 Thread AngloCuencano
Bemused wrote: > Hi guys, is there a way to force mono? > Using PI2 headphone jack to drive some garden speakers, need mono. > Or do I ned to do it on the hardware side. See this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105470-PicorePlayer-and-LMS-how-to-get-a-MONO-downmix

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

2017-04-03 Thread AngloCuencano
paul- wrote: > @Anglo, When you installed the 3.20 image, did you start with config on > a USB stick? No, I just did a fresh install on the SD, and then configured everything from scratch when the web GUI came up.

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

2017-04-03 Thread AngloCuencano
I am having a problem with vanilla version of 3.20. System is a Pi 2B/IQAudio DAC+ and I am currently running a wired connection. PCP appears to load correctly and I can access the web GUI without any problem. I have selected the correct output, Squeezelite is running and I can play music. The

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

2017-04-03 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > > > 1. Jivelite requires a resizefs, then reloading. I think people could > forget to come back and try again to load jivelite after resize. > > [/QUOTE, > > This was probably my problem the first time; I did forget to resize the > file system before downloading

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

2017-04-03 Thread AngloCuencano
paul- wrote: > The startup commands from PCP are perfectly normal. Can you check the > diagnostics pages to see if there are errors in dmesg? (or just ssh > into your box and run dmesg) You might also check your cables, to make > sure you didn't unseat the ribbon cable while changing your SD

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-07-25 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi AngloCuencano, > > Your issue sounds like a network problem. > > When you initially install piCorePlayer it automatically sets the > timezone, this requires internet access. Does your timezone get set > correctly? You can manually set this

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-07-25 Thread AngloCuencano
I have two piCorePlayers (Pi Zero/phatDAC and Pi A+/IQAudio DAC +, both wireless) neither of which consistently sets the correct time on boot and then defaults to December 1969. This doesn't seem to affect the performance of the Zero, but the A+ has the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-07-26 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi AngloCuencano, > > Glad to see you got it working even after my false lead. :) > > What happens when you ping pool.ntp.org? > > The average ping is a bit slower than yours (28

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-07-26 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > I wonder why you are having problems then? Well, if you don't know... I think the ping response is a bit of a red herring though. I tried pinging south-america.pool.ntp.org, and that response is significantly slower (~150ms). Nevertheless, using the south america pool

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2017-07-26 Thread AngloCuencano
epoch1970 wrote: > It could be this: > https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28=141454#p938961 > Before meddling with iptables, I would suggest trying to connect with an > USB ethernet dongle or another make of wifi interface that doesn't use a > broadcom chip to confirm this is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread AngloCuencano
zi99y wrote: > I'm having a problem connecting Wifi when there is a dollar symbol ($) > in the password. I have tried saving it in Wifi Settings in the web > config page, as well as the CLI setup tool on the pi itself. In both > cases the Wifi password becomes truncated at the dollar symbol. It

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.5.0

2018-03-26 Thread AngloCuencano
paul- wrote: > Yes, the RPi2 is an armv7 device. What Dac are you using? Hifiberry > Dac+ on a RPI3 is working flawlessly. Did you check your digital volume > control on the "Card Control" page? Otehrwise more diagnostics is going > to be needed. I repeated the in situ upgrade to 3.5.0

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.5.0

2018-03-25 Thread AngloCuencano
I did an insitu update from 3.22 to 3.5.0 audiocore. Everything appeared to go OK, audio output was set automatically to Hifiberry DAC+ (and Pro, AMP2) and squeezelite was running. If I attempt to play a file, the web UI shows the file to be playing, but there is no sound. Rebooting and powering

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Mono sound

2021-01-04 Thread AngloCuencano
TimG wrote: > Hi psketch, > > I'm not surprised I'm doing it wrong...! > > Normally (ie by default, before I started doing anything to mess things > up) the output device was specified as hw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry. The > default setting plays stereo, but I only have one speaker connected to >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Mono sound

2021-01-04 Thread AngloCuencano
psketch wrote: > I certainly used the UI controls in the past, but > > 1) I haven't tried them in pcp 7, and the underlying card control has > changed with the latest kernel. Probably still works of course, but > not sure - e.g. if you're using HDMI, which devices is device 0? > 2) It's

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-31 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > Tick. Actually, I don't think the card was my problem. There seems to be an odd interaction between the Tweaks page and the ALSA settings. If I toggle the LMS control bar on or off, after the automatic squeezelite restart, the ALSA settings are blank, and of course there

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-31 Thread AngloCuencano
I successfully did in situ updates on a few piCore players, but one player fails to play after updating. This is a Pi A+ that I use with analog output in an old transistor radio to make a portable player. The player connects to the wifi network, Squeezeplayer is running, and "Headphones" is the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-31 Thread AngloCuencano
Greg Erskine wrote: > Audio output device settings = Headphones > Output setting = hw:CARD=Headphones > ALSA setting = 80::0: > > Should be your settings. This is the default for pCP8.0.0. I tried a fresh install on a new card, and now it works. I guess my old card is getting worn out.