Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
mcduman wrote: > First of all congratulations on the new site and getting the next major > release of this awesome software out of the door. I have been testing a > clean install of pcp 4.0.0 on the 3b+ for two days now and everything > feels significantly faster. at first i could not believe the boot time > and thought perhaps something was not loading. the whole platform feels > more mature too with for instance the isolcpus option which I have been > manually using since day one. i was able to run lms+squeezelite with > wifi on the real time kernel without any problems whatsoever. i do not > do re-sampling but i thought the red cautionary messages was a little > bit too cautious. some of the odd behavior from 3.5.0 (i.e you could not > control the pwr and act leds from the terminal) is also gone. in short, > a fantastic successor to an already very good platform. very elegant, > too. > > obviously i have not tested everything and i could be wrong but i have > detected the following two issues: disable web gui is not persistent > after reboot, and i could not assign a static ip to wlan0. also pls > kindly provide more information on what has changed with with sox and > flac binaries under slimserver. sox from the tce repo still seems > significantly lighter in size. > > > anyways thanks again to all devs for their time, effort and enthusiasm. Thanks McDuman! The warning on the web page.lol. I just got tired of the complaints..the whole RT Audiocore is a BETA. Some have noticed a speed increase. - pCP Web interface is much snappier, due to the conversion from the LMS CLI to the LMS jsonrpc interface. Probably 50% speed up. - The AudioCore RT kernel has a significant improvement in latencynot anything I did, but I did notice that in latency testing. - The whole CPU isolation thing is an odd conversation, but I think the biggest thing here, especially when running a RT kernel, is the isolation of CPU 0. This allows the rpi hardware interrups (like usb/network) to run pretty much unfettered. Again, maybe it's me, or a placebo effect like someone else said. flac and sox binaries.. - The the old sox binary run time on my testfiles was: 12:32s, the run time on the new sox binary is : 1:23s - The flac binary speed increase was only seconds, but that represented about a 25% speed increase due to the improved CRC functions. - These are the absolute latest sources, especially when it comes to flac, the speed increase is not in an official release, so pulling from github is required. - I've compiled optimized for speed O2, vs the standard Os tinycore way. Some will use O3, but I have found O2 is generally faster on arm processors. - Some of the size is that the binaries are complied statically to avoid a lot of extra dependencies. I have confirmed that this does not slow down the binaries over a dynamic linked binary. Did the whole setting of the isocpus and squeezelite processes make sense? I played with the wording quite a bit. I'll look into your issues, have you tried setting static wifi via the web interface? We are aware that the command line setup program does not function yet. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=U7JHY5WYHCNRU=GB_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if you like the piCorePlayer paul-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58858 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
mcduman wrote: > obviously i have not tested everything and i could be wrong but i have > detected the following two issues: disable web gui is not persistent > after reboot, and i could not assign a static ip to wlan0. Thanks for the feedback mcduman, Could you please supply a little more detail about the assign static IP to wlan0? regards Greg Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
Lol Jim.Perhaps we have to do something different there. I always build the image before I create the thread...so it's difficult to update. If I made the thread and put..."Please wait patiently while the images are built" Probably would make folks impatient. We'll figure something out. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=U7JHY5WYHCNRU=GB_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if you like the piCorePlayer paul-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58858 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
I updated my two players to 4.0.0 this morning without incident. A minor quibble, but when I click on the forum discussion link on the last line of the About page in the GUI, it takes me to the thread about Release 3.00. Is there any way it could point to this thread instead? Jim Pattison's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64464 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi Wirrunna, > > Thanks, that helped track down the issue. > Greg Greg, I look forward to the next beta. I tried to roll back in-situ to 3.5 but couldn't so I will flash an SD card and be ready to roll. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three things I hate in life : 1. Vandalism 2. Irony 3. Lists Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
First of all congratulations on the new site and getting the next major release of this awesome software out of the door. I have been testing a clean install of pcp 4.0.0 on the 3b+ for two days now and everything feels significantly faster. at first i could not believe the boot time and thought perhaps something was not loading. the whole platform feels more mature too with for instance the isolcpus option which I have been manually using since day one. i was able to run lms+squeezelite with wifi on the real time kernel without any problems whatsoever. i do not do re-sampling but i thought the red cautionary messages was a little bit too cautious. some of the odd behavior from 3.5.0 (i.e you could not control the pwr and act leds from the terminal) is also gone. in short, a fantastic successor to an already very good platform. very elegant, too. obviously i have not tested everything and i could be wrong but i have detected the following two issues: disable web gui is not persistent after reboot, and i could not assign a static ip to wlan0. also pls kindly provide more information on what has changed with with sox and flac binaries under slimserver. sox from the tce repo still seems significantly lighter in size. anyways thanks again to all devs for their time, effort and enthusiasm. mcduman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
Wirrunna wrote: > Greg, the SSID is Spotty Dogs 5, so no special characters, just a blank > between Spotty and Dogs and Dogs and 5. > It is a 5GHz network. > Two different dongles, both needed to have SSID, password and Country > Code entered. > Would you like me to go back to 3.5 and run it again and I will take > more notice. > > edit: The first upgrade, when I had connected via ethernet, I ran wifi > diagnostics and the SSID was just Spotty so without thinking I entered > the correct SSID, password and country code and it immediately > connected, so I just did the same on the second upgrade on a different > pCP. Hi Wirrunna, Thanks, that helped track down the issue. A little error on my behalf. I just need Paul to knock it into shape. :D There has been a lot of changes to the wifi implementation. We expect a few other issues but we think it will prove to be worthwhile in the long run. The upgrade or manual wifi configuration doesn't require the country code at the moment but then web interface prompts you if it is not filled in. This will probably need to be tightened up in the future just like other distributions. regards Greg Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
Wirrunna, The country code is not currently a requirement during the update. It is only marked as required in the web interface. So it sounds like we are missing something with the spaces during the update. I think that will help track it down. Paul piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=U7JHY5WYHCNRU=GB_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if you like the piCorePlayer paul-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58858 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
paul- wrote: > CD Playerisn't that only useful for ripping :eek: > > > > I don't mind it, just keep it to the specific USB connection. I > glanced at the information, they do not specify which internal DAC they > are using, so there is really no way to know. The Bluetooth > information is sketchy too, hard to tell if that is just for the app > interface, or if it can be a Bluetooth speaker. Just remember bluetooth > audio is a very limited bit rate and depth. Yeah...CD player is only used if my little daughter wants to hear their CDs in the living room. Regarding Kef...their German support team responded back this morning mentioning that connection via USB is always dependent on the driver related to the corresponding OS and that they don´t have any information about that system. I immediately dropped them another mail asking for info about the implemented DAC but no response yet. I honestly don´t expect that they will comment on that. marflao's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57334 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer 4.0.0
Big thanks for your work. It is always a nice surprise to see a new version of pCP, but this time it is with a new website! Tested with the Google Hat yesterday, it's cool to be able to use this card. BTW, everything seems faster: is it a placebo effect from this version? Thanks a lot again, thank you thank you thank you. renaud's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47911 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109286 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
