Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2023-01-02 Thread paul-
wcndave wrote: > > However, when I come back more than about 12 hours later, the whole > thing is not responsive and requires a reboot, and as this is PoE, that > means going to my switch in basement. > Also, the screensaver settings are all lost, so I have to set them all > over again... > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2023-01-02 Thread Paul Webster
For the settings on reboot … there is a menu item in the pCP specific part of Jivelite to make a backup - because pCP avoids writing to storage unless told to do it. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2023-01-02 Thread wcndave
So I have been using LMS for nearly 20 years now, and then went to Joggler devices to replace old Logitech Touch devices, and recently tried Volumio as a "modern" replacement. However, it's multi-room doesn't work, and spotify is broken... but then my jogglers all stopped working (contact me if

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-25 Thread slartibartfast
carsten_h wrote: > I think you can take a look at this project: > https://docs.picoreplayer.org/projects/autostart-squeezelite-from-usb-dac/ > > There has to be also a thread inside the forum, but I didn‘t found it.I > wasn't sure if that applied to this issue. Everything works except alsa

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-25 Thread slartibartfast
paul- wrote: > Are you using the USB reset scripts? Are you sure the restarted > instance of squeezelite is getting the -V option?I don't know what the USB > reset scripts are. The restarted instance has the -V option as I can control the alsa volume. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-25 Thread paul-
slartibartfast wrote: > OK LMS stops controlling alsa volume after the E30 DAC has been in > standby mode. After coming out of standby mode I can play music but > cannot control alsa volume until I restart Squeezelite. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Are you using the USB reset

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-25 Thread carsten_h
slartibartfast wrote: > After coming out of standby mode I can play music but cannot control > alsa volume until I restart Squeezelite. I think you can take a look at this project: https://docs.picoreplayer.org/projects/autostart-squeezelite-from-usb-dac/ There has to be also a thread inside

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-25 Thread slartibartfast
slartibartfast wrote: > I mentioned this in another post. After setting alsa volume control with > the -V option I find that LMS doesn't control the volume after a period > of time. Restarting Squeezelite restores volume control. I first noticed > it yesterday and again today. What could cause

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-25 Thread slartibartfast
I mentioned this in another post. After setting alsa volume control with the -V option I find that LMS doesn't control the volume after a period of time. Restarting Squeezelite restores volume control. I first noticed it yesterday and again today. What could cause that? Sent from my Pixel 3a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-23 Thread Paul Webster
You can also enable SAMBA server on pCP so that you can copy files to it from Windows (or other things that can use SMB protocol). Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-23 Thread bwanatheclown
coyrls wrote: > Try putting a backslash "", in front of "(" and ")". If that doesn't > work, try a double backslash! Nah, didn't let me do that. Tried single quotes, double quotes as well. No luck. garym wrote: > I'm sure you have a reason for this approach that I'm simply not > thinking

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-23 Thread garym
I'm sure you have a reason for this approach that I'm simply not thinking about, but my first thought was why not avoid all this and plug the USB drive directly into the rPi and mount from there instead of the router. That's what many piCorePlayer users do. *Home:* Pi4B-8GB/pCP8.3.x/4TB>LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-23 Thread coyrls
Try putting a backslash "\", in front of "(" and ")". coyrls's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44253 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread bwanatheclown
Hi all, I've been using piCorePlayer for a while now with a USB flashdrive plugged into my router as my main source of music. Took me a bit of trial and error but eventually worked out the right settings to mount the USB using CIF. Worked like a charm - nice cheap, super responsive NAS!! :-)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread nupi
kidstypike wrote: > What do you mean by "does not work"? The needles don't move? Yes the needles do not move. > > The VU meters only work if you are controlling the squeezelite instance > on the Pi running Jivelite, they won't work if you're controlling > another player. Although you could

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread kidstypike
nupi wrote: > Thanks! :) > > Everything seems to work except for the VU meter. I can see the VU > meter. But it does not work. Strange. That would be nice if it would > work. But it's nothing really important. What do you mean by "does not work"? The needles don't move? The VU meters only

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread nupi
Thanks! :) Everything seems to work except for the VU meter. I can see the VU meter. But it does not work. Strange. That would be nice if it would work. But it's nothing really important. nupi's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread Greg Erskine
mr-b wrote: > Tx. I'm wary of adding things that would reduce reliability - that's > what I'm trying to solve! > What kinds of things might it break? I'm not hacking or trying to turn > PCP into a Swiss army knife, just trying to make it easier to diagnose > messages. util-linux.tcz contains a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread paul-
pCP is running in RAM, you need to backup changes. There is a backup option in the pCP menu on Jivelite. Or do it from the pCP web interface. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread Paul Webster
nupi wrote: > > And even worse. At every restart/reboot comes the settings menu with > language and skin. How do I get this to go away? Tell Jivelite to save its settings. >From memory it is in the pCP section of the settings in Jivelite UI itself. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\"

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread Jeff07971
nupi wrote: > Now with HiFiBerry Digi2 Pro it is working. > > I didn't know there was a vumeter. > In PiCorePlayer itself it was missing under settings. Only when I > clicked on Download in the browser under Tweaks, Jivelite Setup, the Vu > Meter appeared in the PiCorePlayer. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread nupi
nupi wrote: > > In that case I will have to buy HiFiBerry Digi2 Pro. Now with HiFiBerry Digi2 Pro it is working. I didn't know there was a vumeter. In PiCorePlayer itself it was missing under settings. Only when I clicked on Download in the browser under Tweaks, Jivelite Setup, the Vu Meter

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread chrober
Hi Michael, Paul, thanks for your answers! mherger wrote: > Why would you want to run rustc on pCP? You can run it on any "full > blown" OS, or even cross-compile for the Pi - it might be worlds faster, > too. Very good point, actually! I was expecting this kind of feedback, though. And the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread Paul Webster
There is a bash script in this answer that might you ... apart from pCP not using bash ... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13890789/how-do-i-convert-dmesg-timestamp-to-custom-date-format You might be able to convert it to ash (which I think is the pCP default) Paul Webster author of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-22 Thread mr-b
Tx. I'm wary of adding things that would reduce reliability - that's what I'm trying to solve! What kinds of things might it break? I'm not hacking or trying to turn PCP into a Swiss army knife, just trying to make it easier to diagnose messages.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-21 Thread Greg Erskine
Install util-linux.tcz /usr/local/bin/dmesg -T WARNING: There is a chance that loading util-linux.tcz may break something else. When we initially wrote piCorePlayer, we didn't anticipate users replacing busybox commands.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-21 Thread mr-b
Hi Is there any way that the Diagnostics page 'dmesg' section could be converted to human readable time? I find trying to diagnose various things very difficult when I've no idea when they happened. I tried the CLI and thought I'd found an option to do it but it doesn't work. $ sudo dmesg -T

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-21 Thread paul-
In general, pCP was never intended to be a development platform. I was tinkering with rust while trying to get firefox to run on pCP. The binaries on our repo are not complete(I need to remove them) Remove it completely, then if you want, install from the tinycore repo. piCorePlayer a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-21 Thread Michael Herger
I would need libLLVM-13.so on my piCorePlayer in order to run rustc: Why would you want to run rustc on pCP? You can run it on any "full blown" OS, or even cross-compile for the Pi - it might be worlds faster, too. It's what I'm doing for the Spotty helper application. I even use a Github

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-21 Thread chrober
Hi, I would need libLLVM-13.so on my piCorePlayer in order to run rustc: rustc: error while loading shared libraries: libLLVM-13.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I have seen the "piCorePlayer main repository" contains version 10 of llvmlib.tcz whereas the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-19 Thread nupi
Thank you. I already suspected that. In that case I will have to buy HiFiBerry Digi2 Pro. nupi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=73244 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-19 Thread Paul Webster
In the past I have left those 2 lines in place and still used HDMI, but that was with KMS not FKMS. I read a description of them that said that they use HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) ... if that is the only way that they work then they might not work at all when directly connected to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-19 Thread nupi
Paul Webster wrote: > You dont say what you tried but have a go with Thanks. I tried various Outpout settings. Paul Webster wrote: > > plughw:CARD=b1,DEV=0 > however, to me that looks like it might be the 2nd HDMI port on RPi4 I tried that too. Most of the time I used the first HDMI port. But

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-19 Thread Paul Webster
nupi wrote: > Where do you make these settings? > > Edit: I think I get it. But unfortunately without any success. > > > [ INFO ] Squeezelite Output devices > > Code: > > > Output devices: > null - Discard all samples (playback) or

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-19 Thread nupi
AnaximanderThales wrote: > Ssh'd in again and went through the available outputs (hw:card=b1, > plughw:card, sysdefault:card) via cli. plughw worked and I entered that > setting into pcp squeezelite output setting. Rebooted and now I have > sound, and we have the 'needed' requirements

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-19 Thread nupi
paul- wrote: > pCP8 with RPi 7" DSI or other DPI display + HDMI Audio > > So I've made some progress here, there is no one generic setting that > works for all. > > You will need to edit the config.txt on the boot partition. > > > - Comment out or delete the line gpu_mem=xxx - add a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-17 Thread Greg Erskine
See piCorePlayer documentation: - "'My changes disappeared' (https://picoreplayer.gitlab.io/pCP-docs/faq/my_changes_disappeared/)". - "'piCorePlayer backup' (https://picoreplayer.gitlab.io/pCP-docs/information/pcp_backup/)". - "'Creating a piCore extension'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-17 Thread DL6ER
As happy new user of piCorePlayer I want to say it works amazingly. Thanks a lot! What I'm struggling with is Bluetooth dongle support as the internal Bluetooth module of the Raspberry Pi performs really bad in terms of coverage for me even with WiFi blocked. I have tried 7 different dongles

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-16 Thread von-Ah
Thank you both. I’ll play with cron a bit to see if that helps. von-Ah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=73100 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-15 Thread paul-
von-Ah wrote: > Thanks for addressing my question, Paul. Could you please provide a > little more context on your suggestion? What does ‘set cron’ entail? Cron is enabled on the tweaks page….. if you only have one there, you can enter the cron entry on the web page. The link provided above

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-15 Thread RobbH
von-Ah wrote: > Thanks for addressing my question, Paul. Could you please provide a > little more context on your suggestion? What does ‘set cron’ entail? Not Paul, but perhaps this links will help you get started. I am not certain if the pCP implementation of cron matches this generic

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-15 Thread von-Ah
paul- wrote: > You could set cron on all of the devices to do that. The squeezelite > script is in /usr/local/etc/init.d Thanks for addressing my question, Paul. Could you please provide a little more context on your suggestion? What does ‘set cron’ entail?

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-15 Thread Michael Herger
I have this funny phenomenon, that sometimes after reboot, the screensaver does not turn on after 30s to my "beloved" black digital clock (black). Also switching to other "clocks" does not help them. That would usually be the case when it didn't get valid time information. This can happen when

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-15 Thread peddanet
I have this funny phenomenon, that sometimes after reboot, the screensaver does not turn on after 30s to my "beloved" black digital clock (black). Also switching to other "clocks" does not help them. After a few days normally it suddenly works again (so after a few restarts) My 4 picore players

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-14 Thread paul-
von-Ah wrote: > > I know there are tons of variables here, and I don't know if I'll find > the root cause, so I want to ask: Is there a plugin or command string > that I can use/write to restart all squeezelite players on the server at > the same time? You could set cron on all of the devices

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-14 Thread pgf
Greg Erskine wrote: > Is it a one wire device? > > Have you loaded the appropriate w1-.tcz extension? The DHT11/DHT22 family are not one-wire devices. They can be bit-banged, from either the kernel (if you have the drivers) or from userspace. Turns out doing it from userspace works just

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-14 Thread Greg Erskine
Is it a one wire device? Have you loaded the appropriate w1-.tcz extension? Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-14 Thread pgf
Thanks -- yes, I already have config.txt configured correctly, with: "dtoverlay=dht11,gpiopin=24". There are no mentions of the overlay (or the string "dht" in the kernel log. But you did send me off to do more searching. I've been assuming that I want to use the kernel driver for the DHT

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-14 Thread Greg Erskine
Use [Main Page] in [Beta] mode > [Extras] > "Overlays README" to confirm DHT11 overlay is available and what params to use. Add "dtoverlay=dht11,xxx" to config.txt--see "'Edit config.txt' (https://picoreplayer.gitlab.io/pCP-docs/how-to/edit_config_txt/)" Reboot and check for messages in dmesg,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-14 Thread pgf
I'm having a surprising amount of trouble finding the (presumably!) pre-built dht11 and industrialio kernel modules, which are needed for a DHT22 temperature sensor I'd like to add to one of my pCP boards. The DHT11 is supported by a dtoverlay, so I'd be surprised if the driver's dependencies

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-13 Thread von-Ah
I have four pcP players going at the same time. One has LMS and squeezelite active. I use the Group plugin to keep them synced. After the music has been paused or inactive for a while (undetermined time), if I start playing something again, one or two of the players will cause the sync to reset

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-12 Thread paul-
bengaldave wrote: > > > Just a note, it seems that you must disconnect the airplay first before > you can start local play. > > Not a problem Yes, only one audio program can use the audio hardware at a time. Squeezelite has the -C option to release the hardware, and disconnecting airplay

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-12 Thread bengaldave
Hello, Assuming that you wanted some feedback for the latest airplay, it works! Thanks for the work involved! /home/tc$ /usr/local/sbin/shairport-sync -V 4.1.1-AirPlay2-libdaemon-OpenSSL-tinysvcmdns-ALSA-stdout-pipe-soxr-metadata-sysconfdir:/usr/local/etc Just a note, it seems that you must

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-12 Thread Nautilus
Hi, trying to do insitu uograde from 7.0.0 to 8.0.0 (or 8.1.0 / 8.2.0) but I cannot download any install files. I can see similar problems early in this thread with people who only run LMS and not Squeezelite (which is my setup as well). But the suggested download of cdrom-5.4.83-pcpCore-v7.tcz

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-12 Thread ralphy
Version 1.9.9-1414 of the squeezelite extension is available via the update button on the main page tab of the web admin. I'd suggest using the Full Update button to ensure all the dependencies are up to date as well. r1414 includes a fix for gapless playback of ogg/vorbis and opus file/stream

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-12 Thread ralphy
Version 4.1.1 is now available from the Shairport-sync option in the Audio Tweaks section of the tweaks tab in the web admin, replacing the old 3.3.8 build. To update; select No and let pcp uninstall and reboot, then select Yes and reboot again if prompted. You should now see a pCP-Airplay2

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread sdiesel77
Finally found the values to enter in the Network Disk Mount :) ! One issue remaining and we're good to go :p : - When opening spotify on my phone, I cannot see Picoreplayer when clicking on external devices Any idea please? :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread sdiesel77
kidstypike wrote: > 39379 Thanks a lot ! I can now fill the fields! Now I need to know what values to enter :D: confused: sdiesel77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64065 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread kidstypike
kidstypike wrote: > Did you install the "Extra file system support"? (At the bottom of your > screenshot). 39379 +---+ |Filename: Add.jpg | |Download:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread kidstypike
sdiesel77 wrote: > Thanks a lot Paul and Greg! > The player is now working, I can listen to radios and spotty. > > Two remaining issues: > - I can't setup my NAS library. All fields are grey.. > - When opening Spotify on my phone I can't see the Picoreplayer on > remote device > > 39378 Did

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread sdiesel77
Paul Webster wrote: > Deactivate it if you do not want a player on it. > But it looks like you do since you were expecting to see it listed. > > If correct then enable Squeezelite. > > Next step the NAS … Thanks a lot Paul and Greg! The player is now working, I can listen to radios and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread Greg Erskine
Good news! Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828 ___ unix mailing

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread wcndave
I think I answered my own question, well, solved the problem, by just doing a complete re-install from scratch. I think the LMS port setting in one page was confused (by me in config) with the LMS port setting on another setup page... 2 x Booms, 2 x Players, 2 x Touch, 4 x Joggler, LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
Deactivate it if you do not want a player on it. But it looks like you do since you were expecting to see it listed. If correct then enable Squeezelite. Next step the NAS … Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread sdiesel77
Greg Erskine wrote: > Is squeezelite running?No, I followed the instructions on the slim device > forum and it says to deactivate it. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk sdiesel77's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread Greg Erskine
Is squeezelite running? Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread sdiesel77
Hi All, My Rpi4 with PCP7 just crashed yesterday and couldn't restore it so I decided to download PCP8 and install it on my Rpi4 with Touchscreen. And it's a nightmare since this morning I can't get it to work :( I have installed PCP, then Jiveilte and LMS but here are the issues: - When going

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
on pCP ... Jivelite is a controller only (it is not SqueezePlay). So having it runninf just gives you the ability to control things. Perhaps your Squeezelite is not running. What does it show on the pCP Squeezelite page. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-11 Thread wcndave
I have a pi4 with picore installed, and it's showing all my players bar the one that should be running on the pi. So JiveLite must be ok, as it's connected to the LMS. I can't see why on both the player and on the LMS, the player is not showing up as a player Any experience as to why this

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread AnaximanderThales
paul- wrote: > I have not found a way to have two screens and HDMI audio working on > pCP. For multiple screens, You probably need to be running an Xorg > solution. Okay. I had come across multiple tutorials on setting up squeezelite/jivelight on raspian. I've heard it's not quite the same

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread paul-
AnaximanderThales wrote: > > > I have not found a way to have two screens and HDMI audio working on > pCP. For multiple screens, You probably need to be running an Xorg > solution. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread Greg Erskine
There may (or not) be some useful info in this project "'Raspberry Pi Zero W with HDMI TV and Jivelite' (https://docs.picoreplayer.org/projects/rpi0w-hdmitv-jivelite/)". I have never tried TV and 7" screen output at once.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread AnaximanderThales
paul- wrote: > So I re-read my post here > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114828-Announce-piCorePlayer-8-0-0=1029240=1#post1029240 > I think when I did this test, I did not use the vc4-kms-v3d driver. I > made only the changes listed in the post, and then used the conventional

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread paul-
AnaximanderThales wrote: > > On to what I have tried: > I have tried both 32- and 64-bit versions. > I have set SqueezeLite for HDMI Audio (as well as Headphones and None > just to be thorough) > I have added dtparam=vc4-kms-v3d, as well as -fkms- > I have removed gpu_mem OR left it in place >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread AnaximanderThales
Paul Webster wrote: > Most internet radio stations are 44.1KHz (like a CD) some are 48KHz > (like DAB radio - e.g. BBC). > You can usually see what is playing via the "More" function in the web > UI. That's what I thought you were getting at. So, current song playing is at 44.1 sample rate

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread Paul Webster
Most internet radio stations are 44.1KHz (like a CD) some are 48KHz (like DAB radio - e.g. BBC). You can usually see what is playing via the "More" function in the web UI. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread AnaximanderThales
Paul Webster wrote: > Also ... try different sources including 48kHz and 44.1KHz I thought I might be able to figure this one out, but having some issues. Where do I need to do this? AnaximanderThales's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread AnaximanderThales
paul- wrote: > That doesn't need to be in asound.conf. Alsa handles it directly. Ahh! It has been a long while. Thank you. AnaximanderThales's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=73206 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread AnaximanderThales
Paul Webster wrote: > Try pushing the volume up in LMS and in the TV just in case that is the > issue (it was for me once). TV volume is sitting at 50, and the volume slider on the web interface of LMS is maxed, and I can confirm that alsa volume is at fixed volume (I assume that's default for

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-08 Thread paul-
AnaximanderThales wrote: > Okay -- hdmi wasn't plugged in securely, so iec958:CARD=vc4hdmi,DEV=0 > does get squeezelite running, however still no sound. > > Examining the /etc/asound.conf (in diagnostics) there is no vc4hdmi, > just headphones: > > Code: > > > #

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-07 Thread Paul Webster
Also ... try different sources including 48kHz and 44.1KHz Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra \"radio now playing\" plugin lots

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-07 Thread Paul Webster
Try pushing the volume up in LMS and in the TV just in case that is the issue (it was for me once). Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-07 Thread AnaximanderThales
Okay -- hdmi wasn't plugged in securely, so iec958:CARD=vc4hdmi,DEV=0 does get squeezelite running, however still no sound. Examining the /etc/asound.conf (in diagnostics) there is no vc4hdmi, just headphones: Code: # default - Generated by piCorePlayer

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-05 Thread AnaximanderThales
Paul Webster wrote: > In the pCP web page ... the section headed "Change Squeezelite settings" > has "Squeezelite command string" at the bottom ... with a "more" link. > Click "more" and you will see the command line that pCP is using. > From ssh session ... run the same command and capture the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-05 Thread Paul Webster
In the pCP web page ... the section headed "Change Squeezelite settings" has "Squeezelite command string" at the bottom ... with a "more" link. Click "more" and you will see the command line that pCP is using. >From ssh session ... run the same command and capture the output (as text not as an

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-05 Thread AnaximanderThales
Paul Webster wrote: > If the device was listed when clicking “more” in pCP web interface then > it really should have been OK for Squeezelite- at least to run. > > You could try running Squeezelite from the command line (pCP can be > coaxed to show you what it is using) and then you might see a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-05 Thread Paul Webster
If the device was listed when clicking “more” in pCP web interface then it really should have been OK for Squeezelite- at least to run. You could try running Squeezelite from the command line (pCP can be coaxed to show you what it is using) and then you might see a more specific error message at

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-05 Thread AnaximanderThales
Paul Webster wrote: > On pCP 8 - with KMS - set the Squeezelite output to go to the IEC device > to get audio on HDMI. I believe that you are replying to me -- I did accidentally leave that out. I have tried all of the vc4hdmi outputs: IEC958, Default, Card, etc. All of those leaves

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-04 Thread Paul Webster
On pCP 8 - with KMS - set the Squeezelite output to go to the IEC device to get audio on HDMI. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-04 Thread AnaximanderThales
I had pCP setup before this, I am pretty sure it was pCP7, but I did not keep a backup to verify that. When this worked, the album info displayed on the 7" screen, and the rainbow test screen would display on the TV (assuming it was on). The hardware is rPi 3B v1.2. Despite all the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-02 Thread paul-
The AMP3 uses a Merus DAC/Amp If that output doesn't yield any result, then I would load HifiBerryOS and see what happens. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://picoreplayer.org/index.html#donate) if you

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-02 Thread rimoth
Paul Webster wrote: > On the pCP Squeezelite page ... click "more" for the field "Output > setting". > If the overlay worked then you should see some suitable device listed > there ... click some and try. Not sure if the overlay worked. The list of output devices appears to be standard list

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-02 Thread Paul Webster
On the pCP Squeezelite page ... click "more" for the field "Output setting". If the overlay worked then you should see some suitable device listed there ... click some and try. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-02 Thread rimoth
paul- wrote: > We will have to add that in a future release. In the meantime you > should be able to just edit the config.txt on your boot disk and add > > > dtoverlay=hifiberry-amp3 I added dtoverlay=hifiberry-amp3 to conifg.txt, and verified that it exists on the diagnostics page.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-01 Thread rimoth
paul- wrote: > We will have to add that in a future release. In the meantime you > should be able to just edit the config.txt on your boot disk and add > > > dtoverlay=hifiberry-amp3 Fantastic news. I’ll do that & report back. Thanks Paul

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-01 Thread paul-
We will have to add that in a future release. In the meantime you should be able to just edit the config.txt on your boot disk and add dtoverlay=hifiberry-amp3 piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-12-01 Thread rimoth
Hi, Would it be possible to add support for hifiberry amp3? I tried a fresh install of 8.2 and selected Hifiberry DAC+ (and Pro, AMP2) but squeezelite failed to launch. Happy to run any diagnostics or tests to support this. Thanks

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-11-28 Thread Bagwit
slartibartfast wrote: > Have you tried updating from 8.1 to 8.2? > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk I did, confirmed in post #1195. Bagwit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=73188 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-11-28 Thread paul-
Viota wrote: > Did this update happen as I too need NVME SSD support? I have 32 bit > piCorePlayer (Player and Server) booting and running from NVMe SSD on > CM4 Lite module but unclear how to mount a MUSIC folder or copy my music > library over to the NVME? Would appreciate some guidance. Many

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-11-28 Thread Viota
paul- wrote: > I'll have to make that update. I'm looking to do a web page update > soon. I'll post when I do Did this update happen as I too need NVME SSD support? I have 32 bit piCorePlayer (Player and Server) booting and running from NVMe SSD on CM4 Lite module but unclear how to mount a

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