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

2015-12-02 Thread Bemused
First off is a thank you for providing piCorePlayer Sadly one of mine has just failed on upgrading. Will follow with a detailed post when my post count is 1 Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

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

2015-12-04 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi Bemused, > > It may be a issue of free space. piCorePlayer has increased in size in > recent releases a few MB and some of the versions of squeezelite are 10x > bigger, so it might be difficult to do an insitu upgrade. > > Depending on what version

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

2015-12-04 Thread Bemused
Commodore.White wrote: > Hi. I've played with piCorePlayer off and on for a year or so now and > love it. I've recently upgraded to 1.21g and am experiencing random > problems. I have no idea how to track down what might be the problem. > > Firstly, on occasions after a reboot the content will p

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

2015-12-05 Thread Bemused
I updated a few Rpi from 1.18b to 1.21g All went fine bar one which which crapped out. This one ran a script (/home/tc/relay.sh) which drove a GPIO pin to initiate a power on / off for my DAC. Today I found a backup of 1.18b + relay.sh and after re flashing normal service was resumed. So I then

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

2015-12-06 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi Bemused, > > The insitu upgrade is just a download of 2 partition tars and then > untarring then over the top of the existing partitions, therefore any > modifications will be lost. :( > > regards >

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

2015-12-09 Thread Bemused
jmhunter wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on linking my piCorePlayer to the amplifier driving its > speakers - such that when music playback starts, the amplifier turns on; > and when music playback finishes, the amplifier turns back off again. > > I have the amplifier side sorted (I'm actually us

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

2015-12-09 Thread Bemused
huxmut wrote: > First post here for me, so, massive thanks to all the people involved in > pCP :) > I have a fine collection of rPi A+ B+ and 2's, all of them running pCP > > I've recently upgraded to 1.21g on a pi2 with a IQAudio+ and an offical > pi touch screen. It's like my SBT on steroids

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

2015-12-09 Thread Bemused
Jeff07971 wrote: > Ahhh thats what that was for ! > > I grabbed it from your post and remashed it to get rid of the pulsing > and to make it operate on "POWER" rather than play/stop > > Do you have a link to the original or was the pulsing your only change > ? > > JMHunter, If you have any pro

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

2015-12-19 Thread Bemused
Pi2, Hifiberry Amp+ running latest pCP and jivelite with 7" screen. I can't play 24/96 flacs, I know the Amp+ can only play upto 44kHz but shouldn't my LMS be down sampling? I use the player synchronised with other pCP systems that can play 24/96. Any advice gents Tony --

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

2015-12-19 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi Bemused, > > Has it worked on earlier releases? > > Have you tried setting Max sample rate on Squeezelite settings page? > > regards > Greg Thanks Greg This particular sytem is new and went straight in on your latest release. I haven't

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

2015-12-20 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi Bemused, > > I think so :confused: TBO I haven't used any of these settings before. > These are just standard squeezelite settings. > > regards > Greg 48000 had no effect. I just discovered the 24/96 problem is system wide. Oddly LMS is no

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

2015-12-20 Thread Bemused
I found I had a custom-convert file on the server, cant remember why I put it there but most probably due to some historical bbc iplayer listen again problems. I renamed the custom-convert.conf > custom-convert.conf.bak so now I understand the LMS GUI file types take precedence. Result looks like

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

2015-12-20 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi Bemused, > > I think so :confused: TBO I haven't used any of these settings before. > These are just standard squeezelite settings. > > regards > Greg Well I’m pretty sure the format is in hertz ie 48000 as 48 stops all playback. Problem

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

2015-12-20 Thread Bemused
kolossos4730 wrote: > Tony, > > I do not have a HiFiBerry AMP so I am not able to test this but > according to the specs it only supports 44100kHz *and* 48000kHz. So I > would enter 44100,48000 in the 'Max sample rate' text box. There is no > information about the maximum bit depth supported but

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

2015-12-20 Thread Bemused
sbp wrote: > Sorry to hear about your problems. > > Adding Max sample rate to pCP will not work if your problem is LMS. > This will only tell LMS that pCP can handle streams at the Max sample > rate of 48000, and that should tell LMS to downsample any streams with a > higher sample rate. > So

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

2015-12-20 Thread Bemused
kolossos4730 wrote: > I compared your convert.conf with my version and did not find anything > unusual. There are differences but I think these have nothing to do with > your problem but I'm no expert and have never tampered with convert.conf > myself. For completeness I have attached my version,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-01-14 Thread Bemused
Congratulations and thanks to you guys. pCP has been smashing all along and just keeps getting better. Tony Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65092 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2016-01-27 Thread Bemused
stereoptic wrote: > Is there a preferred power supply method for the Raspberry Pi Model B 2 > / piCoreplayer / jivelite / official Raspberry display configuration? > > > > - Individual power supplies for each (5V micro USB 1200 ma)? - USB 5V 2A(?) PWR In on the rPi display + USB from P

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-07 Thread Bemused
Moved from 2.0 to 2.1 and running on RPi2 with Pi-DigiAMP+ and 7" touch and flirc ir. After enabling equaliser I lost jivelite and attempting to access to equaliser from the web gui resulted in pCP saying package not installed and rebooted to install. Endless circle of reboots. Logic told me to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-08 Thread Bemused
Squeezed_Rotel wrote: > I have ALSA EQ working on my Hifiberry DAC+ Pro, but it won't install on > my IQAudio Amp+. The result is RED = Squeezelite not running. Any > thoughts? I had some similar niggles, seems to be the order in which things are enabled. See post 148 perhaps ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-09 Thread Bemused
Now if a GPIO pin could toggle the mixer between two settings we would have a loudness button, neater still a soft button on the jivelite screen. Just thinking aloud and being a pest here, more than pleased with what you've given us. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-12 Thread Bemused
hopeful wrote: > Clean install of pcp 2.01. Set Squeezelite Audio output to IQaudIO > Pi(Digi)AMP+, saved and rebooted. > Enabled ALSA 10 band Equalizer but when I save I get the message [ ERROR > ] Alsaequalizer not available in repository, try again later! Did you try latter :D -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-15 Thread Bemused
hopeful wrote: > Still trying! I'm getting Sourceforge not accessible!! For the last few days Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65092 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-15 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi Bemused, > > Sourceforge broke a few days ago. > > Lots of people have spent a lot of time working out why add-ons and > applications stopped working. :confused: > > How do we upgrade software when sourceforge changed (broke) the upgrade &g

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-19 Thread Bemused
Just replaced my old LMS on BBB with LMS on the Rpi2 with the pCP 2.01 image and its fairly whizzing along. Floundered along the way as I'm a novice but Greg gave some pointers for the LMS install. Also spent some time getting a windows cifs share mounted and ended up loading filesystems-4.1.13-pi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-20 Thread Bemused
Pi model B struggles with LMS and SOX if you need transcoding. I tried years ago and eventually moved to BBB. Just last week I put LMS on pCP and pi2, definitely the way to go. Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-21 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi testers, > > We have a "simple" 15 step procedure to fix the sourceforge download > issues for piCorePlayer 2.00 and 2.01. :o > > If anyone is feeling adventuresome you might want to try this procedure. > Please assume all the normal warning about using "beta" software.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-21 Thread Bemused
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi Bemused, > > That doesn't seem normal. What computer and browser are you using? > > If you leave http:// off most browsers will add it in for you. > > regards > Greg Maybe my error Greg, sorry just found it works with or without http:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-02-29 Thread Bemused
Insitu upgraded from 2.01 to 2.02. Squeezelite did not run. Selected analog audio, no luck. Disabled jivelite, no luck, Disabled 10 band equaliser and got squeezelite running. Reselected digi amp+, enabled jivelite and 10 band. All looks great. Big thanks guys Rpi2, 7" touch, IQAudio pi-digi amp

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-03-01 Thread Bemused
I've no intention of moving my pCP from pi2 to pi3, it whizzes along just as fast as I need on the pi2, as does my LMS on TC7. Might be tempted with a pi3 fpr me kodi though :-) Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-03-15 Thread Bemused
bssanders wrote: > I guess I should have looked over the forum before purchasing the pi3. I > was excited to think that I could run picoreplayer on this board. The > website stated "piCorePlayer version 2.02 is ready (for all RPi boards)" > which I assumed meant ALL RPi boards but now find out it

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-03-19 Thread Bemused
paul- wrote: > We needed a starting point. A USB stick was the entry point for music > storage for the first testing/release. ext3/4 and Dos partitions are > supported directly in the Kernel. All other file systems require a > different extension. If you are not using a USB stick formatte

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-05-08 Thread Bemused
Having a little trouble mounting a NAS with 2.05 The NAS is a WD MyCloud On the Setup Network Disk Mount tab I have 192.168.1.100 MyCloud CIFS But cant get a mount. So I tried Code: sudo mount //192.168.1.100/MyCloud /mnt/mycloud -o password= But

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-05-08 Thread Bemused
paul- wrote: > I have never needed cifs-utils to mount a cifs. You manual mount > fails, as you are missing -t cifs in the mount line. I'm assuming that > your share doesn't require a password, put a 1 in the username and > password field. Those fields cannot be blank > > The web interfa

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-09-20 Thread Bemused
Help an idiot again please. I had the system running for ages with no problems and used a cron to set some players up ready to start playing for the morning alarm call. Then we had a lightning strike which took out most of the hardware so I am rebuilding. PI3 gone in as LMS server, PI2 is a player

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-09-20 Thread Bemused
Aha, Looks like I needed Code: sudo cron -e Will find out in the morning! Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65092 View this thread: http://f

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-22 Thread Bemused
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. Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65092 V

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.00

2016-09-22 Thread Bemused
AngloCuencano wrote: > See this thread: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105470-PicorePlayer-and-LMS-how-to-get-a-MONO-downmix Many thanks Bemused's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=