Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?
On 12/3/20 3:29 PM, Gingermagic wrote: [...] - What 'screens' do you use? Logitech Squeezebox Touch's? Or Rasberry Pi's with Touch Screens? If Rasberry Pi's, can you share your recommended spec? Which Pi's? Which Screens? The screens I looked at online seemed quite poor. I use the PiCorePlayer distro on a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4. I found the native DAC on the Pi is a bit noisy. So for places I don't care as much, I will use it. In places I do care, I will get a better DAC HAT to install. I have a blog post of what I did and the parts used you can find here: https://blog.lns.com/?p=151 Tim ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox and Ubiquiti
Are you running real Squeezeboxes or something more modern? If the older units, then getting AC access points (AP) are not going to help as the older Squeezboxes don't support AC. It will force the APs into "N" or a slower protocol. I would also look around and see if you are getting interference by other APs. Likely you are using 2.4GHz so there is a bunch of things on that band that can also cause interference like cordless phones, microwave ovens, Bluetooth. There are "sniffing" applications you can run on your Mac or Windows box to see if you are seeing interference from other APs. WiFi Explorer for the Mac or WiFi Analyzer for Windows. Tim On 3/30/20 4:34 PM, kllngtme wrote: So I'm having problems with all my SB's over wifi dropping out and rebuffering constantly. I'm in a 1 story ranch while every other house around me are 2 story houses. I have 1 Unify UAP AC Pro and have been considering upgrading for a while. While there is the newer NanoHD AP's, I've read that the UAP-AC Long Range works well with devices that have weak 2.4 radios in them. What does everyone think? If I were to upgrade specifically for my Squeezeboxes, what would you do? kllngtme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30198 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] piCorePlayer advice needed
I have been pretty happy with my PiCorePlayer. I did a blog entry on it at https://blog.lns.com/?p=151 The way I got this going was to plug the Raspberry Pi plug into my wired network, log int and have it look for my wireless network, select the SSID and put in the creds (PSK). Save and reboot w/o having it plugged into the wired network. Did you get that far? On 1/9/20 6:21 PM, satkinsn wrote: > > Well, not so much. > > I'm not a wizard but I'm also not terrible when it comes to computers > and networking. I put in some quality time last night and again tonight > with the Orbi admin software and I see neither any 'smart' features - or > anything that might fill the bill -nor any way to assign separate SSIDs > to the 2.4 and 5 networks. I suppose the good news here is that not > getting piCore running forced me to resurrect an old Duet that I always > struggled with, but which now is firing on all cylinders, behaving like > a chamo. > > Still, I love my piCorePlayer and don't to write it off? Anything else I > can try? > > s. > > > > satkinsn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11398 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111458 > > ___ > discuss mailing list > discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Secondhand market
I am running PiCorePlayers around the house. You can see the details and cost of what I did for a "deluxe" PiCorePlayer at: https://blog.lns.com/?p=151 But you cal also build a basic one out of a $35 Raspberry Pi using power speakers. One of my "setups" is just that. Tim On 10/20/19 8:44 PM, w3wilkes wrote: > > The PiCorePlayers are cheap and easy enough to build which should carry > this platform for the foreseeable future. I find the player to be easier > to configure and more reliable than a Duet receiver. On occasion the > Duet receiver has just started playing loud static that I have to hit > Rew and it then picks up where it was supposed to before the static > blast. The Pi I built has never missed a beat. With my Duet controller > it's no change for the wife, which is great as she knows how to use the > controller even though she has Orange Squeeze on her phone. > > > > Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets > and Squeeseslave > Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 > Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave > Headphones and car - Android phone/Bluetooth w/full library on MicroSD > card - PowerAmp music player app (similar to Material Skin) > > w3wilkes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22973 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=07 > > ___ > discuss mailing list > discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
