Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-17 Thread farrina
ralphy wrote: > Make sure you setuid root the jive_alsa binary. > > sudo chmod u+s /opt/squeezeplay/bin/jive_alsa > Inputting the above cmd (with no further steps necessary) immediately resolved the issue. Thanks Ralphy

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-16 Thread ralphy
Make sure you setuid root the jive_alsa binary. sudo chmod u+s /opt/squeezeplay/bin/jive_alsa By default squeezeplay will use pulseaudio through the ALSA interface. If you have problems getting this to work in Settings->Advanced->Logging, set audio.output to DEBUG Quit squeezeplay and restart

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-15 Thread Man in a van
well this is just a guess, but I would suggest : trying one of these; > card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic > Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 or > front:CARD=Generic,DEV=0 > or > hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-15 Thread farrina
Thanks for all the responses. I have uninstalled the previous Squeezeplay package and installed squeezeplay_7.8.0~984_amd64.deb from the suggested repositary. Symptons still as before. I think that the most likely issue is as suggested by Apesbrain "I'm sure the problem is that you need to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-15 Thread bpa
farrina wrote: > > The version of Squeezeplay I have installed is > squeezeplay_7.8.0~328_amd64.deb SqueezePlay for Ubuntu/Debian x86_64 > ALSA from here > ]https://code.google.com/archive/p/squeezeslave/downloads. > IIRC code.google has been shutdown (i.e. no new entries allowed) for

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-15 Thread Man in a van
with LMS on the Nas, why not install an APp on a smart 'phone?(if one is available) Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-15 Thread Apesbrain
Sorry, ignore what I said above but do note this: "By default squeezeplay will use pulseaudio through the ALSA interface." https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/ Apesbrain's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-15 Thread Apesbrain
I'm not familiar with that OS, but I'm sure the problem is that you need to tell SqueezePlay which of the available audio outputs it should use. With Squeezelite, there is a commandline switch (-l) that types back all available outputs. You then specify the output in the start up script or

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux Mint and Squeezeplay - no sound problem

2017-07-15 Thread Man in a van
You might find something more suitable here https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezeplay/linux/ Ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: