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>    1. Re: Debian packages update - Possible dpkg        failure (mrw)
>    2. Re: Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen (Howard Passman)
>    3. Re: Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen (jeroen2)
>    4. Re: Debian packages update - Possible dpkg        failure (Man in a
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>    6. Re: Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen (macsat)
>    7. Re: PiCore Player and gpio-poweroff /     gpio-shutdown overlays
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:06:36 +0000
> From: mrw <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Debian packages update - Possible
>         dpkg    failure
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> Man in a van wrote:
> > I still had to add libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl for philippe_44 ShairTune
> > Plugin :(
>
> It's not actually a dependency of LMS, which is why it never went into
> the dependency list. And I wasn't using the ShairTune plugin at the
> time.
>
> Maybe there's a case for adding the dependency anyway...
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> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:19:09 +0000
> From: Howard Passman
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> Subject: Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240
>         screen
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> Did you download the proper extension? Follow these instructions?
>
> Display:
> Scroll down to 'Additional functions' and click on 'Extensions'. Wait
> for three green ticks, then click on the 'Available' tab. In the
> 'Available extensions in the piCorePlayer repository' section, load the
> pcp-jivelite_default-qvga240squareskin.tcz extension.
>
> In the Jivelite section of the Tweaks page, change the Framebuffer to
> /dev/fb1 and click on 'Set FB'. The Frame Rate and Frame Depth can be
> left blank - they will default to 22 and 32 respectively, which are
> fine.
>
> Install Jivelite from the Tweaks page (this step includes an automatic
> backup, so accept the reboot prompt.)
>
> The screen should now show console messages during boot, then the
> piCorePlayer splash screen, then Jivelite ‘Choose Language’.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Howard
>
>
>
> macsat wrote:
> > I got it all installed, playback works and display shows the "choose
> > language screen".
> >
> > With an attached keyboard I have chosen English, next screen is the skin
> > selection. Here I try to select the QVGA 240x240 one, but dosnt seem to
> > work. I cant get it to go past that screen, and after reboot I am back
> > at language selection screen.
> >
> > Quite annyoing.
> >
> > BR
> > Kasper
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:28:09 +0000
> From: jeroen2 <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240
>         screen
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> macsat wrote:
> > With an attached keyboard I have chosen English, next screen is the skin
> > selection. Here I try to select the QVGA 240x240 one, but dosnt seem to
> > work. I cant get it to go past that screen, and after reboot I am back
> > at language selection screen.
> >
>
> It took me a few days before I realised I had to attached a keyboard, so
> you're ways ahead of me on that one. :-) But after that it worked fine
> for me (on a PiZero even). I can't check this anymore now, but I do
> recall there are different ways to make a selection in Jivelite.
> Sometimes it's the right arrow, sometimes it's the Enter key.  Once you
> managed to get through that you need to make sure you save the settings
> to SD under advanced settings..
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:37:29 +0000
> From: Man in a van <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Debian packages update - Possible
>         dpkg    failure
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> slartibartfast wrote:
> > How did you install LMS when you first installed it on the Pi4? I can't
> > remember what I did but I also can't remember any issues.
> >
> > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
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>
> Different ways, it's changed with time, first Squeezeplug which morphed
> into Max2Play, then using using Gerrelt's way for headless rpi
>
>
> http://www.gerrelt.nl/RaspberryPi/wordpress/tutorial-stand-alone-squeezebox-server-and-player-for-bbq/
>
> Then, using the instructions from the wiki, or pCP as it matured
>
> I have mostly now settled on Raspberry PI OS Desktop (without the
> extras) but sometimes downloading and installing through the Desktop,
> but I have always had to install the dependencies for philippe_44's
> plugins
>
> And a lot of the time just a wget, apt and apt install -f
>
> It's just for a change :)
>
> ronnie
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:39:50 +0000
> From: Man in a van <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Debian packages update - Possible
>         dpkg    failure
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> mrw wrote:
> > It's not actually a dependency of LMS, which is why it never went into
> > the dependency list. And I wasn't using the ShairTune plugin at the
> > time.
> >
> > Maybe there's a case for adding the dependency anyway...
>
> Thanks for the info, I hope you don't think I was offering a critique,
> the post was only meant as feedback :)
>
> ronnie
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:31:04 +0000
> From: macsat <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240
>         screen
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> jeroen2 wrote:
> > It took me a few days before I realised I had to attached a keyboard, so
> > you're ways ahead of me on that one. :-) But after that it worked fine
> > for me (on a PiZero even). I can't check this anymore now, but I do
> > recall there are different ways to make a selection in Jivelite.
> > Sometimes it's the right arrow, sometimes it's the Enter key.  Once you
> > managed to get through that you need to make sure you save the settings
> > to SD under advanced settings..
>
> I had missed the part about saving settings to SD. Thank you, working
> nicely now.
>
> Perfect little player - RPi Zero W with Pirate Audio.
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:50:29 +0000
> From: jeroen2 <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCore Player and gpio-poweroff /
>         gpio-shutdown overlays
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> paul- wrote:
> > .local is from avahi/zeroconf.  pCP can send curl commands to the LMS
> > server all day long.   There are other ways to automatically find IP
> > address of your LMS server....much lighter weight than avahi
> > The way we prefer to do it in pcp, is to look at the local device and
> > see what LMS server squeezelite is connected to.
> >
>
> Thanks for this suggestion. I now wrote a small script that gets called
> from Lircrc (in stead of hardcoding the full curl command for every
> single key). It adds an extra layer, which I don't like, but it's much
> easier to maintain and indeed does not require a reference to the server
> name anymore either. The script looks like this:
> (note that the remote controls its own player directly using "pcp up",
> pcp down", etc.. But it also starts preset radio stations on the leading
> player and volume and power functions on a small piZero player in a
> connected room, by curling json commands to the server)
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>     #!/bin/sh
>
>   LMSIP=$(netstat -nt 2>&1 | grep :3483 | grep ESTABLISHED | uniq -f 4 |
> awk '{ print $5 }' | grep :3483 | awk -F: '{ print $1 }')
>
>   #MAC address for external players
>   bathroomMAC="b8:27:eb:8a:xxxx"
>   livingroomMAC="aa:aa:bd:41:xxxx"
>
>   # only preset commands go to main player (format "lmsjson.sh preset 1")
> all others go to bathroom (format "lmsjson.sh power 0", max 3 params)
>
>   if [ $1 = "preset" ]
>   then
>   command='{"id": 1, "method": "slim.request",
> "params":["'$livingroomMAC'", ["favorites", "playlist", "play",
> "item_id:2.'$2'"]]}'
>   else
>   command='{"id": 1, "method": "slim.request", "params":["'$bathroomMAC'",
> ["'$1'", "'$2'", "'$3'"]]}'
>   fi
>
>   #echo $LMSIP
>   #echo $command
>   eval "curl -X POST -d '"$command"' "$LMSIP":9000/jsonrpc.js"
>
> --------------------
>
>
> The lircrc files now only contains lines like this:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>     begin
>   prog = irexec
>   remote = WD_TV_LIVE_REMOTE
>   button = KEY_3
>   repeat = 0
>   config = /home/tc/lmsjson.sh preset 2
>   end
>
> --------------------
>
>
> One odd thing I noticed though: It seems that squeezelite is also
> connected to and listening to Lirc, because the mute key (which is not
> in my lircrc file) mutes the player. Since LMS seems to have 'issues
> with Mute/Unmute '
> (
> https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109624-Announce-Material-Skin&p=988645&viewfull=1#post988645)I
> want to avoid that.. But I can't figure out how squeezelite is
> configured to respond to Lirc. There is nothing in my Lirrc file for the
> mute key, so it seems to be at a lower level. Would anybody know where I
> can find the mapping for this connection?
>
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