Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
JackOfAll wrote: 'Image Gallery' (http://www.communitysqueeze.org/image_gallery.jsp) lintweaker, dsdreamer, Pascal Hibon, and michaelvv. Do you wan't to write a paragraph to accompany your images? Sure, no problem! lintweaker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47485 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Gentlemen, your website is really quite excellent. The FAQ and Quick Start Guide instructions are accurate, thorough and well written. My board arrived yesterday at 4 pm, and by 4:30 pm, I was listening to music with headphones. Today I will set up wireless. I would have done so initially, but I have many devices that use WEP, and did not have the time to change over to WPA (per quick start guide). One question... I also purchased the Hammond 1455T1601 case as specified in the guide. The board is much smaller than the rails in this enclosure. Might I assume that this Hammond enclosure is for the combined CSP / Wandboard assembly? Again, I must emphasize that your combined efforts are truly excellent! Squeezed_Rotel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Squeezed_Rotel wrote: Gentlemen, your website is really quite excellent. The FAQ and Quick Start Guide instructions are accurate, thorough and well written. My board arrived yesterday at 4 pm, and by 4:30 pm, I was listening to music with headphones. Today I will set up wireless. I would have done so initially, but I have many devices that use WEP, and did not have the time to change over to WPA (per quick start guide). One question... I also purchased the Hammond 1455T1601 case as specified in the guide. The board is much smaller than the rails in this enclosure. Might I assume that this Hammond enclosure is for the combined CSP / Wandboard assembly? Again, I must emphasize that your combined efforts are truly excellent! The Hammond case is for the board John Swenson is developping. bakker_be's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
bakker_be wrote: The Hammond case is for the board John Swenson is developping. Thanks. I now see that this info is in the FAQ. I found it after my post. Squeezed_Rotel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Squeezed_Rotel wrote: I also purchased the Hammond 1455T1601 case as specified in the guide. The board is much smaller than the rails in this enclosure. Might I assume that this Hammond enclosure is for the combined CSP / Wandboard assembly? Yes, perhaps we need to make that clearer in the FAQ. The Hammond chassis is for a 6 PCB carrier board, not the default Wandboard carrier board. Case for the default carrier board is the optional, 2 part black plastic case sold by the Wandboard distributors. [image: http://uk.mouser.com/images/technexion/lrg/wbenclosure.JPG] JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
PasTim wrote: I have just started running squeezelite on my Vortexbox with a Meridian Explorer DAC. All seems fine, and then it starts stuttering a bit. It seems to be random, any quality flac. As I am listening at this moment it does not, of course, want to stutter at all. I have no idea where to start looking for the source of the problem. On the Vortexbox the instructions are to include parameters in a squeezelite file in the sysconfig. Apart from making it play to my DAC I have not managed to make the -p parameter do anything that I can see with TOP (but then I don't really understand the linux priorities). Or should I be looking at buffers, or Alsa params or..??? I'm no Linux expert, but I usually manage to make things work eventually. I now have a similar problem running it on ubuntu 12.04. I appreciate I must be extremely stupid, or illiterate, or too old, or (insert insult as required) but could the instructions be a little clearer? It may be that the info is in this thread somewhere, but I've failed to find it. So for instance - what rate values are we meant to use, for, say 96000 Hz? 96 or 96000 or even 96,000? - I can't get the -p option to do a thing. I'm very confused about linux priorities which some seem to say go from -20 to + 20. If 1 to 99, what's the highest? I've worked on systems where 99 was high and 1 was low. What's intended here, and how do I get ubuntu to take any notice (at least system monitor insists the priority is normal in all cases)? - if I'm still having problems where do I start with buffers and alsa options? Help? PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
PasTim wrote: I now have a similar problem running it on ubuntu 12.04. I appreciate I must be extremely stupid, or illiterate, or too old, or (insert insult as required) but could the instructions be a little clearer? It may be that the info is in this thread somewhere, but I've failed to find it. So for instance - what rate values are we meant to use, for, say 96000 Hz? 96 or 96000 or even 96,000? - I can't get the -p option to do a thing. I'm very confused about linux priorities which some seem to say go from -20 to + 20. If 1 to 99, what's the highest? I've worked on systems where 99 was high and 1 was low. What's intended here, and how do I get ubuntu to take any notice (at least system monitor insists the priority is normal in all cases)? - if I'm still having problems where do I start with buffers and alsa options? Help? Its very unlikely you need to touch any of the parameters - they are for expert users... However if you get dropouts, then the first thing to do is try a larger alsa buffer, so try -a 80. You can also try running a root with sudo as the other priority mechanisms only work when the process has access to real time priorities. You should not need to change anything else, but if you do suggest reading through from the start of this thread. Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
I've added the user contributed text and Castalla's Cubieboard to the 'Image Gallery' (http://www.communitysqueeze.org/image_gallery.jsp). Thank you! JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
Triode wrote: Its very unlikely you need to touch any of the parameters - they are for expert users... However if you get dropouts, then the first thing to do is try a larger alsa buffer, so try -a 80. You can also try running a root with sudo as the other priority mechanisms only work when the process has access to real time priorities. You should not need to change anything else, but if you do suggest reading through from the start of this thread. Thanks. I have got drop-outs, randomly, on two different systems (an ubuntu desktop and a dedicated fedora system for Vortebox), but only when the systems feel like throwing a fit, even when cpu loads are very low ( 10%). So I assume I need to understand a bit more. I have read through most of the thread before, but I suppose I'll have to try again. What is frustrating is that the forum searches seem unable to find terms such as -r, even in quotes. Not your fault I know, but it's a serious limitation on the use of forums to aid understanding rather than being able to read a slightly more detailed summary of instructions. I'll try running as sudo, and use your alsa buffer setting, but could you at least clarify the priority settings for me? On your scale of 1 to 99, what's normal, what's high? The ubuntu system is a desktop and tends to get used for all sorts of things in parallel. PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
PasTim wrote: Thanks. I have got drop-outs, randomly, on two different systems (an ubuntu desktop and a dedicated fedora system for Vortebox), but only when the systems feel like throwing a fit, even when cpu loads are very low ( 10%). So I assume I need to understand a bit more. I have read through most of the thread before, but I suppose I'll have to try again. What is frustrating is that the forum searches seem unable to find terms such as -r, even in quotes. Not your fault I know, but it's a serious limitation on the use of forums to aid understanding rather than being able to read a slightly more detailed summary of instructions. I'll try running as sudo, and use your alsa buffer setting, but could you at least clarify the priority settings for me? On your scale of 1 to 99, what's normal, what's high? The ubuntu system is a desktop and tends to get used for all sorts of things in parallel. Priority is the SCHED_FIFO priority value - so it will only work if you are able to set sched fifo (needs the kernel to support and the user to be allowed to use it). If you start with -d output=debug you will see if it has taken any effect. Unless you have tuned lots of other processes for this, suggest you just try running as root to get the default value of this (45). Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
Triode wrote: Priority is the SCHED_FIFO priority value - so it will only work if you are able to set sched fifo (needs the kernel to support and the user to be allowed to use it). If you start with -d output=debug you will see if it has taken any effect. Unless you have tuned lots of other processes for this, suggest you just try running as root to get the default value of this (45). OK. What I now get is as below for command Code: gksudo /home/xxx/Music/squeezelite-x86-64 -a 30 -o hw:DAC,DEV=0 -n Desktop-Lite -r 192000 -f /var/log/squeezelite/squeezelite.log -p 30 -d output=debug Further, every time I get a dropout I get one of the SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DELAY failed errors. Code: [15:46:44.845338] output_init:1305 init output [15:46:44.845533] output_init:1308 outputbuf size: 3528000 [15:46:44.845572] output_init:1340 requested buffer_time: 3 period_count: 4 format: any mmap: 1 [15:46:44.845592] output_init:1366 output: hw:DAC,DEV=0 maxrate: 192000 [15:46:44.850207] output_init:1376 memory locked [15:46:44.857029] output_init:1399 set output sched fifo rt: 30 [15:46:45.172494] output_thread:583 open output device: hw:DAC,DEV=0 [15:46:45.172724] alsa_open:269 opened device hw:DAC,DEV=0 using format: S32_LE sample rate: 44100 mmap: 1 [15:46:45.172771] alsa_open:317 buffer time: 30022 period count: 4 buffer size: 1324 period size: 331 [15:46:45.623659] ALSA snd_pcm_hw_start:587 SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed (-32) [15:46:45.641424] output_thread:773 track start sample rate: 44100 replay_gain: 0 [15:48:11.997799] ALSA snd_pcm_hw_delay:514 SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DELAY failed (-32) [15:48:11.997906] output_thread:594 XRUN [15:48:12.007385] ALSA snd_pcm_hw_start:587 SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed (-32) [15:48:23.816446] ALSA snd_pcm_hw_start:587 SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed (-32) PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
JackOfAll wrote: Yes, the JS DAC Carrier board will be available separately. The default carrier board that comes with the Wandboard has a value of less than 10 EURO's. The CPU card is the bulk of the cost. So by buying a Wandboard now and the JS DAC Carrier board later, you will only be paying a premium of 10 EURO for the default Carrier board, that you will not be using once you have the JS DAC Carrier board. Thanks so much for the info, then I misinterpreted the FAQs where I read: if you get a Wandboard now, can you re-use its CPU card for later releases? Maybe, but at the present time we don't know yet whether we will be releasing the later products without CPU modules. and It is hoped (but to be confirmed) that there will be the option of purchasing the bare DAC carrier board, or a ready to go, pre-built player, assembled, tested and comprising the DAC carrier board, Wandboard Dual CPU board, Hammond extruded aluminium chassis, front/rear panels, (glass fibre PCB material), a power supply, and a pre-imaged SD card. So it seems this info is outdated and one can actually upgrade the excisting Wandboard with the JS DAC card. Maybe changing the info in the FAQs would help others. Squeezemenicely's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41812 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
yep, it needs updating, I'll do it when I have my head around github! CW Chunkywizard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Squeezemenicely wrote: So it seems this info is outdated and one will actually be able to upgrade the excisting Wandboard with a separately available JS DAC card. I'm still working on documentation. I've been working on a proper index page for days, trying to give a complete overview and explain that the Community Squeeze concept is the software, the hardware, and trying to state specifically what we have now, ie. a Community Squeeze Player based on the default Wandboard, and what is to come later with the hardware player based on the Wandboard CPU card and the JS DAC Carrier board, and the stages invloved with that. And making it clear that anyone who buys into the Wandboard now won't be left high-and-dry without an upgrade path. The FAQ needs a little re-ordering too, splitting into sections - hardware, software, general, etc. etc. (I'm not pointing fingers at Paul, who compiled the FAQ, just thinking out loud that it could do with a little more work as some areas seem to be causing confusion. So, Chunkywizard, please do not take that at as a criticism. It's not meant to be!) The bottom line is that we are pulling together some documentation now, that important bits of info are not buried 10 pages deep in forum threads. And what we have now on the web site is not the finished article. I had a sneak preview last night of what the guy who is doing our web development has been up to this week, which hopefully I'll be able to make public in the next few days. It is looking good. JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on Wandboard with Community Squeeze OS R3 - Looking for starter guide
I found some hints here: http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/Wandboard It looks like the board and case are available from Digi-Key and Mouser. Is there a performance difference between solo and dual? (intended use is LMS with 50K track library) Is there a recommended power supply and sdcard? What else is needed? Thanks, gregb gregb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47178 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98709 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
you guys are doing a great job! These are exciting times. Wandboard here I come ;-) Squeezemenicely's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41812 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on Wandboard with Community Squeeze OS R3 - Looking for starter guide
gregb wrote: I found some hints here: http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/Wandboard It looks like the board and case are available from Digi-Key and Mouser. Is there a performance difference between solo and dual? (intended use is LMS with 50K track library) Is there a recommended power supply and sdcard? What else is needed? Thanks, gregb Buy the Dual Lite board. It has double the memory, a second processor core, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. SDCARD: Class 4/6. 4GB or greater. Power supply: 5V DC, capable of delivering = 2A with 2.1/2.5mm barrel connector. JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98709 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on Wandboard with Community Squeeze OS R3 - Looking for starter guide
yes a Dummies guide for mounting network shares would be great, I am sure I will also be needing this info soon, just ordered my wandboard. Am really looking forward to seeing how it will do performancewise compared to the raspberry Pi - which is already pretty good, but the searchfeature could be a bit faster... Squeezemenicely's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41812 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98709 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
WANDBOARD-AVAHI-SERVICES-1.0-1 Service entries for ssh (22), http (80), slimhttp (9000), registered for wandboard.local. Changes... Code: * Wed Mar 06 2013 - 1.0-1 - Initial build. Install... Code: sudo yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=community-squeeze clean metadata sudo yum install wandboard-avahi-services JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
JIVELITE-0.1-0.34.20130501GIT632203D Changes... Code: * Tue Apr 30 2013 - 0.1-0.34.20130501git632203d - Latest git revision 632203d. - hide wallpaper options which do not match hd screen sizes. * Tue Apr 30 2013 - 0.1-0.33.20130430git91b2d9f - Latest git revision 91b2d9f. - improve initial startup so always close to home menu. Update... Code: sudo csos-cleanUpdate jivelite-autologin jivelite JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
COMMUNITY-SQUEEZE-WEB-1-50.20130504GITD9D2E3A Changes... Code: * Sat May 04 2013 - 1-50.20130504gitd9d2e3a - Latest git revision d9d2e3a. Update... Code: sudo csos-cleanUpdate community-squeeze-web JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
JackOfAll wrote: 'Image Gallery' (http://www.communitysqueeze.org/image_gallery.jsp) lintweaker, dsdreamer, Pascal Hibon, and michaelvv. Do you wan't to write a paragraph to accompany your images? Sorry for the delay but I have been tied up in work related stuff. I like the idea to group these Community Squeeze projects together in one place. I'm planning on posting some updates as my prototype evolves. Here's my contribution: Although I have no immediate need for an additional Squeezebox (currently have 2x SB Touch, 1x SB Radio, 1x SB Boom and 1x SB Classic) I found the Community Squeeze a great initiative. That is the main reason for me purchasing a Wandboard and start testing it too. I'm mainly interested in various digital outputs on the Community Squeeze to connect it to an external DAC. At present I have an M-DAC and I will be connecting the Community Squeeze by either coax or Toslink SPDIF or through USB. The Toslink on the Wandboard is incorrectly wired and that was a great opportunity to create a small digital IO board that holds both coax and optical SPDIF. The prototype is show in the picture below. '[image: http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3071/testopstelling.jpg]' (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/testopstelling.jpg/) You may have noticed that the Wandboard is mounted on a piece of wood. The wood has the same dimensions as my M-DAC and the idea is to create a beautiful enclosure that nicely fits the M-DAC. I talked to John Westlake, the guy behind the M-DAC and creator of the upcoming Lakewest products, and he will be supplying me an empty MPAX housing. So keep peeking back here for more updates... Since I started using Squeezeboxes I've been a fan of the analog VU meter screensavers. And to give the Community Squeeze the same vintage look I'll be fitting a pair of vintage VU meters. I'm planning on using the analog output of the Wandboard to drive the meters. I have successfully sync'ed the digital and analog outputs on the Wandboard (with a little help from Clive) by configuring ASLA. That works but from time to time I experience some audio drop outs. That is due to the fact that the WAndboard drivers currently use different clocks to drive the digital and analog outputs. Some code change is required to correct this. Below is a picture of the front panel of my prototype Community Squeeze: '[image: http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/3874/testopstellingfront.jpg]' (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/testopstellingfront.jpg/) To be continued... Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Pascal Hibon wrote: Thses are the results acording to the M-DAC: '[image: https://imageshack.us/scaled/large/692/samplerateresultsh.jpg]' (http://imageshack.us/photos/my-images/692/samplerateresultsh.jpg/) Note that the error rate for 176k4 is still too high. The M-DAC unlocks a couple of times during playback. The error rate for 88k2 is also quite high compared to the rest but the M-DAC does not unlock. Sure enough, we are at the limits here... Pascal - could you PM me an email address? Are you happy to help me test a new kernel which I believe for spdif only gets accurate bitrates for 88.2k (can't test at 176.4k but hope that will work too.) It changes the internal pll used for spdif to be the audio one, so I don't know about the side effect - it doesn't support the analog output at present as I've disabled that... Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Triode wrote: Pascal - could you PM me an email address? Are you happy to help me test a new kernel which I believe for spdif only gets accurate bitrates for 88.2k (can't test at 176.4k but hope that will work too.) It changes the internal pll used for spdif to be the audio one, so I don't know about the side effect - it doesn't support the analog output at present as I've disabled that... Sure, more than happy to. PM sent. Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
Just when I think some combination of parameters, guessed and trialled from various previous posts has sorted it, it misbehaves again, without any log entry even though I have debug output on. This seems to happen on my Vortexbox after about 6 minutes (playing piano music - I assume that's irrelevant but you never know ...), and then stops, and then starts again. Is this a problem with my Meridian Explorer USB DAC, which otherwise produces such wonderful sound, or software on the LMS box? It feels like the latter, but how can I tell? I am baffled. How do I diagnose such problems? I am still reading through posts on this thread, but it seems to me that all I can do is guess and hack according to what someone found on some completely different bit of kit. My Gould 1955 Bach Goldbergs ripped from original LP are doing it again as I write. have now stopped and are wonderful again. PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
PasTim wrote: Just when I think some combination of parameters, guessed and trialled from various previous posts has sorted it, it misbehaves again, without any log entry even though I have debug output on. This seems to happen on my Vortexbox after about 6 minutes (playing piano music - I assume that's irrelevant but you never know ...), and then stops, and then starts again. Is this a problem with my Meridian Explorer USB DAC, which otherwise produces such wonderful sound, or software on the LMS box? It feels like the latter, but how can I tell? I am baffled. How do I diagnose such problems? I am still reading through posts on this thread, but it seems to me that all I can do is guess and hack according to what someone found on some completely different bit of kit. My Gould 1955 Bach Goldbergs ripped from original LP are doing it again as I write. have now stopped and are wonderful again. I would google for this specific issue: ALSA snd_pcm_hw_delay:514 SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DELAY failed this is happening within the alsa library, not within squeezelite and I don't really think tuning lots of squeezelite params is going to help. Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Pascal Hibon wrote: Sorry for the delay but I have been tied up in work related stuff. I like the idea to group these Community Squeeze projects together in one place. I'm planning on posting some updates as my prototype evolves. Here's my contribution: Pascal, I've added your text. (Hope you don't mind. I made a couple of small edits.) I left the first image cropped-in on the WB and your spdif board. Click on it and you get the full 640xXXX image. I also cropped the second image. 'Image Gallery' (http://www.communitysqueeze.org/image_gallery.jpg) JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
JackOfAll wrote: Pascal, I've added your text. (Hope you don't mind. I made a couple of small edits.) I left the first image cropped-in on the WB and your spdif board. Click on it and you get the full 640xXXX image. I also cropped the second image. 'Image Gallery' (http://www.communitysqueeze.org/image_gallery.jsp) Sure, no problem. I guess the full images would take up too much space. Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
Triode wrote: I would google for this specific issue: ALSA snd_pcm_hw_delay:514 SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DELAY failed this is happening within the alsa library, not within squeezelite and I don't really think tuning lots of squeezelite params is going to help. On the Vortexbox I get no such errors diagnostics. The sound is fine for several minutes, then crackle, dropout, and then fine again. I fully understand that the authors of a bit of software can't possibly solve all problems, there are far too many variables involved, but there must be some form of methodical approach one can take, isn't there? For what it's worth my brief google on diagnostics from my other (ubuntu) system, as suggested, has not yet helped. I'll keep looking. I'm aware this seems a bit too much like a moan against the author, Triode. That isn't my intention at all. It's just that one sits down to some serious listening and all of a sudden the sound breaks up for no apparent reason, and there seems no way to find out why, which is most frustrating. But there must be a a way, isn't there? I am also keenly aware that my IT background is mostly not real-time (except for a dalliance with real-time systems analysing experimental data on a Honeywell DDP 516 many years ago) but such unpredictability seems strange in the modern world. PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)
PasTim wrote: On the Vortexbox I get no such errors diagnostics. The sound is fine for several minutes, then crackle, dropout, and then fine again. I fully understand that the authors of a bit of software can't possibly solve all problems, there are far too many variables involved, but there must be some form of methodical approach one can take, isn't there? For what it's worth my brief google on diagnostics from my other (ubuntu) system, as suggested, has not yet helped. I'll keep looking. I'm aware this seems a bit too much like a moan against the author, Triode. That isn't my intention at all. It's just that one sits down to some serious listening and all of a sudden the sound breaks up for no apparent reason, and there seems no way to find out why, which is most frustrating. But there must be a a way, isn't there? I am also keenly aware that my IT background is mostly not real-time (except for a dalliance with real-time systems analysing experimental data on a Honeywell DDP 516 many years ago) but such unpredictability seems strange in the modern world. Can you try another dac or another output interface (spdif?) Do the errors in the log correspond with time of the dropouts? The problem here is that I would expect XRUN messages for every drop out and then tuning squeezelite may help, but its not clear that you are getting these? Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
Pascal Hibon wrote: I guess the full images would take up too much space. Not so much that, more a case that I was trying to draw attention to your SPDIF board. If have have a much larger original image, I'll crop that to provide a higher-res 640xXXX image of the daughter board, with a link to the full image. (The rule of thumb I was given by the web developer was to keep images embedded in pages = 640px, and if necessary provide links to larger resolution images.) The second image, is cropped to 640px width. To be honest there isn't really any content other than the front panel with the VU meters, so I cropped it. JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Community Squeeze OS R3
KERNEL-WAND-3.0.35-CM37+ For Pascal: Kernel to test with Triode's patch to use pll4 (audio) clock for spdif output. Changes... Code: * Sat May 04 2013 - 3.0.35-cm37+ - Triode as-patch4-spdif-pll4.patch. Use pll4 (audio) for spdif clock. Install... Code: sudo yum --enablerepo=community-squeeze-testing install kernel-wand-3.0.35-cm37+.fc18 sync sudo reboot JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Fedora 18 Upgrade appears to break LMS 7.7.2 and 7.7.3
JackOfAll: Is there any easy way to tell what's been revised or changed when you update community-squeeze-repo.noarch? I yum updated to 1-5 today and I'm seeing some strange interactions with squeezelite. Thanks. gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97862 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
