Re: [slim] Preparing for my players demise
jstraw wrote: > I'm in Kansas. I'd be interested in a 7" touchscreen contraption. If I > found the right tutorial, I'd probably build one. I have no real > experience with projects like this. I will be producing vector art for > scalability. I'm currently using "Squeeze Meter" as a placeholder. This > may seem strange but some words look really nice in that typeface and > others don't. > > I need to explore JiveLite. I'm still using the original Squeezeplayer > on many computers. Just a quick answer before I call it a day. I'm from The Netherlands so shipping a complete unit to the USA is probably not the best solution ;-) Ralphy provides more up-to-date versions of SqueezePlay for Windows/OSX/Linux on _this (\"https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4q8dvq20iyz9e/Builds\";)_ website. They all have the new Joggler skin included and provide a good starting point for testing new versions of your VU meters. I am using Windows and on this platform it's as easy as replacing the included .png file with a new version before starting SqueezePlay. The file to replace on Windows is: C:\Program Files\SqueezePlay\lua\applets\JogglerSkin\images\UNOFFICIAL/VUMeter/vu_analog_25seq_w.png kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104608 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Preparing for my players demise
jstraw wrote: > I'll go looking for the original files and see what this would entail. I > can't promise anything right now but I'm sure it's something I can > tackle...soonish, if not immediately. > > I think it would probably be good for them to say something other than > "Squeezebox Touch" for the sake of other devices. I'm open to > suggestions. jstraw, I saw your post in the "Building the best Pi LMS Player" thread where you asked what thread is best suited for discussing your updated analog VU meters. First of all thanks for your continued support. As these high-res VU meters are specific to JiveLite and especially the Joggler skin (which to my knowledge is the only skin still under active development) I would suggest you continue in the _JiveLite (\"http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98156-Announce-JiveLite-cut-down-squeezebox-control-application\";)_ or _JiveLite_for_piCorePlayer (\"http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103330-Jivelite-for-piCorePlayer\";)_ thread. All development on the Joggler skin, at the moment, is for the piCorePlayer's included version of JiveLite (made by Ralphy). > I definitely want to replace the words "Squeezebox Touch" with something > that's not product-specific. I'm open to suggestions. It wouldn't be too > hard to make more than one version of text...and dark and light > versions. I am in the process of making my first analog VU meter and am also struggling with a decent name. As a placeholder I opted for JiveLite Touch. > I'd like to future proof these by making them easy to scale down from > the largest likely display. What size should I shoot for, 10" displays? > What are the pixel dimensions for that size? It's not really about the display size but about the resolution of the Joggler skin. The Joggler skin is, in my opinion, the only real successor of the original Touch interface. All other HD skins lack certain features compared to this skin. The current Joggler skin resolution is 800x480 which is why the official Raspberry Pi display (which has the same resolution) is such a good match. To be future proof you could develop your new meter in a vector based program like Illustrator/Inkscape. > Lastly, and please understand that this is not intended as extortion > because I will make the new version regardless. Is there anyone here > that enjoys building these contraptions enough to make me one if I > either pay for or purchase and provide the hardware? Seriously, only if > someone enjoys making them... Where are you located? And what kind of contraption are you looking for? I will post other JiveLite related stuff in the JiveLite for piCorePlayer thread. kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104608 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
Man in a van wrote: > Oh that's a shame Arie. > > You saying you have built a few for some friends, I thought you might > have lots of tips and tricks to encourage a few of the fence sitters. > > Any "how to" and snaps are always useful on here (as you have been > finding out, I guess). > > I used to work quite a bit in the old "flatland". Hope things are well, > over with you. > > Ronnie. Ronnie, I do have some tips and tricks but these are specific to my build. These involve the FLIRC adapter I use, how to sent a Wake-On-LAN command from piCorePlayer so my LMS server powers up, issues with JiveLite and their solutions and tinkering with other VU meter skins. I already posted these solutions in other threads, but I can post them here as well if there is interest. I am no Linux wizard so most of it was trial and error and a bit of Google :D kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
Man in a van wrote: > That interesting, where do find all this stuff? Ronnie, This was featured as a news article on tweakers.net; a Dutch technology website. ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
pinkdot wrote: > @kolossos4730 all information is welcome. But to be honest, I doubt I > will end up with a 5" or 7" touch screen. A nice case and a good power > supply for the RPi is more likely. Let's say, more of the AudioPhonics > approche ;-) No problem. That's the nice thing about a Raspberry Pi based solution: everybody can build one according to their own personal preference. I thought about the Audophonics kit, which represents decent value for money in my opinion, but decided against it and went for a piCorePlayer/Official 7" display/Jivelite solution. The OLED display is too small to be readable from a distance of a few meters. kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
Interesting alternative for the Raspberry Pi (not price-wise): _UP_-_Intel_x5-Z8300_board_in_a_Raspberry_Pi2_form_factor (\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/802007522/up-intel-x5-z8300-board-in-a-raspberry-pi2-form-fa/description\";)_ Raspberry Pi GPIO compatible according to the developers. ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
Man in a van wrote: > Why not share with the community, it may help those who want to do > similar but lack the knowledge/resolve wherewithal to start. > AUB > Ronnie Ronnie, It really is no more than a list with product links to a few Dutch websites. I'm not sure if this is relevant for users from other countries. Regards, Arie kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
pinkdot wrote: > And the 200! for a nice alu case with a power button (don't know if the > display will work with picoreplayer/jivelite). Although it is a nice set > to have, I'll start with just the dac ;) Don't forget to add the cost of a power supply if you don't already have one! [Dutch mode on] Ik kan via PM eventueel een lijst geven van een wat ik op dit moment heb draaien en al twee keer heb gebouwd voor vrienden. [Dutch mode off] kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
pinkdot wrote: > Almost forgot about Audiophonics! May try there DAC soon. > > @DJanGo: they even have 'a nice shopping list' > (http://www.audiophonics.fr/fr/dac-diy/audiophonics-raspdac-kit-diy-lecteur-reseau-raspberry-pi-20-dac-sabre-p-10384.html) > :D One thing against this kit is the slow update rate of the OLEd display. See _this_video (\"https://youtu.be/o7v0J_CfpNY\";)_ of the kit in action. ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
dettofatto wrote: > [OT] What about this dac? It's better than hifiberry? What do you think? I do have the HifiBerry DAC and IQAudio DAC. Both are based on the PCM5122 DAC from TI. The Audiophonics has a Sabre ES9023 DAC and a TCXO 0.5ppm which, theoretically, should produce better jitter values. My ears cannot hear any difference between them though (could be my age: 50). I do think the Audiophonics DAC has a bit better built quality, especially the RCA connectors are more sturdy. The Audiophonics DAC does not have hardware volume control whereas the HifiBerry and IQAudio do have hardware volume control. ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
pinkdot wrote: > What about the cables, what I think, I don't like is that, probably, the > RCA and USB cables will be visible at the top of the screen? It would be > nice is there was an option to hide them. Or you have to buy thinks like > these 90 degrees adaptors: > ' > ' > (http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Degree-male-female-adapter/dp/B000J38HZ8) You could use an _Audiophonics_I-Sabre_DAC_ES9023_V2_TCXO_DAC (\"http://www.audiophonics.fr/en/kits-modules-diy-dac/audiophonics-i-sabre-dac-es9023-v2-tcxo-raspberry-pi-20-a-b-i2s-p-10176.html\";)_. This DAC has the RCA connectors aligned with the USB ports/ethernet connection. I have the "normal" version of this DAC and the RCA connectors from the audio cable are visible at the top of the screen. It doesn't bother me though ;) 19245 +---+ |Filename: audiophonics-i-sabre-dac-es9023-v2-tcxo-raspberry-pi-20-a-b-i2s.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19245| +---+ kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
sbp wrote: > Hi. > If you attached it the other way around you will find that it fits > better. > The Cable is now running underneath the card and as a consequence it is > much easier to manipulate the SD-card. > Here I use an IQaudIO DAc which has power PINs out that can be used to > power the screen and on top of the DAC is the raspberry pi. > > Steen > > 19222 Steen, Thanks for this solution! Why haven't I thought of this configuration before :confused: It looks like this also has the advantage of the frame stands not blocking two of the USB ports. ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player
kidstypike wrote: > You'll need to check that the HiFiBerry DAC is usable with this setup, > as it uses the 40 pin block that seems to be already in use (circled > white). > > Also will the white ribbon cable bend out of the way? (red arrow) You can also use _this_Dual_microB_USB_Power_Cable (\"https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/split-microb-usb-power-cable\";)_ to avoid the use of the expansion ports for power distribution. 19220 +---+ |Filename: Split_microB_USB_Power_Cable_-_half_2_of_2_large.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19220| +---+ ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Preparing for my players demise
pkfox wrote: > Thanks for your time, I'm basically trying to put together a shopping > list to build the best quality player I can using the Pi as the base - > here is my first pass at a shopping list > > 1) Pi version 2 > 2) 7" touch screen > 3) Screen case > 3) Dac pro sound card > 4) piCorePlayer > > anything you can comment on please do Don't forget a reliable 2A 5V power supply if you want to power both Raspberry Pi and touch screen with the same power supply. I can recommend the _official_Raspberry_Pi_power_supply (\"https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/universal-power-supply/\";)_. My experience is that power supplies with a USB connector and a detachable USB to micro USB cable will produce an under-voltage warning. This is due to the resistance of most USB to micro USB cables (24AWG vs. 28AWG). ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104608 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Preparing for my players demise
Pascal Hibon wrote: > Thanks for the detailed explanation Ralphy! > I'm not a Linux expert but with the above I should be able to manage. > > Question: is the vu image still the same resolution as the original > Touch? I have jstraw's images and I could just replace the Logitech ones > but I'm asking because the 7" display probably has a different > resolution. And that might affect how the vu images are displayed. > > Only thing to do now is to buy the display and try :-) Pascal, You need to resize the original jstraw .png file to exactly 1 x 453 pixels. Then everything lines up OK. Picture attached is of the Joggler skin in SqeeuzePlay for Windows with the vu_analog_25seq_w.png file replaced. 19196 +---+ |Filename: 2015-11-13_14-08-51.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19196| +---+ ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104608 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay for Windows with ASIO, DirectSound, WASAPI and WDMKS device support.
kllngtme wrote: > So I'm not sure if this is the proper thread to ask for this. I've been > using the latest builds of Squeezeplay, currently using 7.8.0r639. > > Is there a way to scroll through my endless amounts of artists other > than using the mouse or arrow up/down keys? I'm looking to be able to > type in a letter and have it goto that letter on the list of artist's.. > > Is there a way to get this implemented at all? You can use the 2...9 keys to quickly select a letter just like on the original remote. E.g. '3' cycles through the letters D, E and F. Hope this helps. ---- kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay for Windows with ASIO, DirectSound, WASAPI and WDMKS device support.
ralphy wrote:
> Have a look at the squeezeplay log(s) for some idea of what's happening.
> You'll most likely need to increase the logging level in
> settings->advanced for the now playing and custom clock applets to
> debug. Also, quit squeezeplay before looking at the logs.
>
> \users\username\appdata\local\temp\{stdout-SqueezePlay,stderr-SqueezePlay}
Changed logging level for both Now Playing and Custom Clock to debug and
I now see lots of errors in the SqueezePlay logfile when the Custom
Clock VU meter screensaver kicks in:
Code:
ERROR squeezeplay.ui.draw - get_image_surface:413 no SDL surface available
This is on a Windows 7 x64 system with an integrated nvidia graphics
card. Also tested SqueezePlay on an Intel NUC with the same result.
Surprisingly the Mac OS X version does work OK. I think it must be a
Windows only bug.
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Re: [slim] SqueezePlay for Windows with ASIO, DirectSound, WASAPI and WDMKS device support.
Hi Ralphy, To test some of the custom VU meters supplied with the Custom Clock applet I installed Erland's Custom Clock and License Manager applet (I do have a license for all his plugins) in the latest SqueezePlay version with WQVGA Small as the screen skin. When I select one of the Custom Clock VU meters styles, the first time the screensaver kicks in this indeed displays the VU meter in SqueezePlay (see first screenshot). All subsequent screensaver activations display a black background and, depending on the style, the artist/album/title (see second screenshot). All VU meter styles do behave this way and only if I uninstall/reinstall the Custom Clock applet the VU meter becomes visible again (but only the first time the screensaver is activated). 18930 18931 Is there a way I can get this to work with the Windows version of SqueezePlay? Regards, Arie +---+ |Filename: 2015-10-04_12-44-37.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18931| +---+ kolossos4730's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
