Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion
paul- wrote: > Bluetooth is more complicated than it seems. Sony is a bit odd too. Yes to both of those, and huge respect to you for all that you've done to make things work on the Pi!! It'd be nice if the Sony app would let go of the BT connection when it's not using it so that pCP can have a go from a different device. [Totally off-topic: Another casualty of the Samsung Android mobile phone update is that the phone's music player no longer auto-starts on connection to the car's system.] Digital: Raspberry Pi 3B; piCorePlayer 8 + LMS 8; HifiBerry DAC+DSP > Yamaha RX-V2700 > Jamo speakers Analogue: HifiBerry DAC+DSP > Speakercraft MZC-66 > whole house Library: External USB drive Android: Squeezer app Viragored's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32954 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114834 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob
I have used USB HDD for my LMS music for 15 years. In that time 2 drives have failed so I just plug in the backup USB drive and buy a new one. :) I have found unpowered backup drives don't fail (none yet). I don't think a NAS is any safer than that. All powered drives will fail eventually. I my circumstances I can't see any need for the expense of a NAS. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114879 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob
I dont subscribe at all to the idea that your music library should be on any kind of USB drive. In my experience running a pCP LMS with files on a quality NAS is just as quick and massively safer and robust. The idea that an SSD in a USB enclosure is somehow the way to go is a waste of an SSD in my opinion. You dont need fast storage for low level read activity (with only occasional writes). LMS itself and the db on an SSD on the other hand is well worth it as the GUI performance whether default, material or any of the apps is much quicker. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s *Office* Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s *Dining Room* SB Boom *Kitchen* UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom* SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers *Guest Room* Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114879 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob
Thanks for the info gordonb3. Most of my USB drives are far older than 2 years, but all but one are backup drives so they are not powered up very often. The LMS USB drive only has only the music files on it, nothing is written to it during normal operation. Thru chance I have probably cycled my drives as "the LMS USB drive". My LMS boots from the SD card. piCorePlayer does not start syslog but default. So with these factors in place, I have managed to dodge the bullet. regards Greg Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114879 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen
freakk wrote: > Sure, but as I mentioned... This is great! Thank you so much for taking the time to share this so completely. Cheers! nincompoop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69805 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111502 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Backup piCorePlayer without removing SD card
OK, I reformatted the SD card in Windows, now it appears usable. On the LMS page I mounted it as crabtree. On the main page it appears in the list of available save locations. Creating an image now . . . it took 12mins, although true I didn't install extension pigz.tcz. 35387 35388 35389 +---+ |Filename: crabtree03.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35389| +---+ *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP 8.0.0 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi4/pCP 8.0.0/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2 *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 8.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8 *Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114913 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion
I did a clean install of 8 on a Pi3 with HiFiBerry DAC. Iwas previously running an older version of piCorePlayer with no problem. I'm now getting the following when I try to install Bluetooth; [ INFO ] Downloading Bluetooth extensions... Downloading: python3.8-evdev.tcz Error retreiving https://repo.picoreplayer.org/repo/1...n3.8-evdev.tcz Checking MD5 of: python3.8-evdev.tcz.FAIL MD5 of tcz: 62929abc20f395b94ce68fe982b089bb python3.8-evdev.tcz MD5 check: 25741c9e547a69ec397e233d7947cfe4 python3.8-evdev.tcz There was a error downloading pcp-bt8.tcz. Retrying extension pcp-bt8.tcz...in 5 seconds. Downloading: python3.8-evdev.tcz Error retreiving https://repo.picoreplayer.org/repo/1...n3.8-evdev.tcz Checking MD5 of: python3.8-evdev.tcz.FAIL MD5 of tcz: 62929abc20f395b94ce68fe982b089bb python3.8-evdev.tcz MD5 check: 25741c9e547a69ec397e233d7947cfe4 python3.8-evdev.tcz There was a error downloading pcp-bt8.tcz. Retrying extension pcp-bt8.tcz...in 5 seconds. Downloading: python3.8-evdev.tcz Error retreiving https://repo.picoreplayer.org/repo/1...n3.8-evdev.tcz Checking MD5 of: python3.8-evdev.tcz.FAIL MD5 of tcz: 62929abc20f395b94ce68fe982b089bb python3.8-evdev.tcz MD5 check: 25741c9e547a69ec397e233d7947cfe4 python3.8-evdev.tcz There was a error downloading pcp-bt8.tcz. Max retries reached. [ ERROR ] Error Downloading Bluetooth, please try again later. I can download the file to my PC so my internet connection doesn't seem to be the problem. Any suggestions how to fix this welcome. IanLeeds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20748 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114834 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Backup piCorePlayer without removing SD card
AndyTwizzle wrote: > Thanks. I've put a blank SD card into a USB adapter, rebooted the Pi and > shutdown LMS. When I go to select image locaton, I see two options: > > /mnt/LMSfiles/images > /tmp/images > > Not sure if the card is mounted - how tell and/or mount it? > > Thanks I see similar to the 2 options you get, they are both on the SD card in use. I also put a blank SD card into an adapter, on the LMS page I see picture below. No matter what you save the image to you will still need to *burn* it to a SD card to use it, it isn't a copy of the files, it's an image, it needs *burning* to use it. You may as well use an attached USB stick. Examples below. 35385 35386 +---+ |Filename: images.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35386| +---+ *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP 8.0.0 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi4/pCP 8.0.0/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2 *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 8.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8 *Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114913 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Backup piCorePlayer without removing SD card
kidstypike wrote: > Not sure, but you can save the backup *image* to an attached USB > thumbstick, it needs burning to an SD card to be able to use it. Thanks. I've put a blank SD card into a USB adapter, rebooted the Pi and shutdown LMS. When I go to select image locaton, I see two options: /mnt/LMSfiles/images /tmp/images Not sure if the card is mounted - how tell and/or mount it? Thanks My setup: - LMS 8.1.1 running in Docker container on Synology D218+ connected to Wi-Fi router via LAN cable - 1 x Squeezebox Touch, 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 x Squeezebox Receiver, plus Squeeze Player and Squeeze Ctrl Android apps on Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e and Samsung Galaxy A40 - all connecting over Wi-Fi - LMS library either ALAC Apple Lossless (scanned in on iTunes) or ACC/M4A 256kbps downloads from iTunes AndyTwizzle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114913 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob
Greg Erskine wrote: > I just realised I am probably deaf. I'm sitting in a sea of 4 USB drives > and can't hear them. 3 are within arm's reach and 1 a metre away. It's a > bit unusual for me to have more than 1 USB drive powered up at once. I > can hear a fan in my NUC. :) > > Or I think my small USB drives spin down automatically. They are > cold and I can't feel any spinning vibration. > > And I don't have any USB drives or fans in my listening room. USB drives are typically `green` drives with onboard logic that will spin down and park(!) the drive if it hasn't been used for ~7 seconds. These type of drives are horrible for running a linux based OS as they will kill themselves after about 2 years use because the OS usually only writes new log entries every ~15 seconds. You can check the so-called `load_cycle_count` with smartctl (smartmontools) to verify how close your drive is to permanent failure. gordonb3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114879 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Backup piCorePlayer without removing SD card
AndyTwizzle wrote: > Thanks. Can that backup to an SD Card plugged into the Pi via a USB > adapter? Not sure, but you can save the backup *image* to an attached USB thumbstick, it needs burning to an SD card to be able to use it. *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP 8.0.0 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi4/pCP 8.0.0/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2 *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 8.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8 *Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114913 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Backup piCorePlayer without removing SD card
kidstypike wrote: > You can create a backup image in the latest versions of pCP. Main page > > SD card image. > > 35380 Thanks. Can that backup to an SD Card plugged into the Pi via a USB adapter? My setup: - LMS 8.1.1 running in Docker container on Synology D218+ connected to Wi-Fi router via LAN cable - 1 x Squeezebox Touch, 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 x Squeezebox Receiver, plus Squeeze Player and Squeeze Ctrl Android apps on Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e and Samsung Galaxy A40 - all connecting over Wi-Fi - LMS library either ALAC Apple Lossless (scanned in on iTunes) or ACC/M4A 256kbps downloads from iTunes AndyTwizzle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114913 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Backup piCorePlayer without removing SD card
AndyTwizzle wrote: > I have piCorePlayer on a Raspberry Pi 4 with the official 7" touchscreen > fitted inside a touchscreen case that doesn't allow access to the SD > card. I've removed the back of the case a couple of times already to > get the to the SD card, which has already caused the screw threads on > the back of the touchscreen to loosen, making the touchscreen slightly > loose in the case. > > I'd like to create periodic backup copy/image of the piCorePlayer SD > card to another SD card without having to take apart the touchscreen > case, ideally using a USB SD card adapter plugged into the Pi's USB > socket - in the same way as 'SD Card Copier' works in Rasbperry OS. > > Is there anyway I can achieve this within the piCorePlayer OS - or > perhaps another way via SSH or SFTP to another PC? Ideally, I'd like to > be able to put the backup SD Card I create straight into another Pi and > boot piCorePlayer straight from that (in case I want to use it in a Pi > case without a touchscreen in future). > > Any tips? > > Thanks > > Andy You can create a backup image in the latest versions of pCP. Main page > SD card image. 35380 +---+ |Filename: backup.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35380| +---+ *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP 8.0.0 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi4/pCP 8.0.0/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2 *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 8.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8 *Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114913 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
[SlimDevices: Unix] Backup piCorePlayer without removing SD card
I have piCorePlayer on a Raspberry Pi 4 with the official 7" touchscreen fitted inside a touchscreen case that doesn't allow access to the SD card. I've removed the back of the case a couple of times already to get the to the SD card, which has already caused the screw threads on the back of the touchscreen to loosen, making the touchscreen slightly loose in the case. I'd like to create periodic backup copy/image of the piCorePlayer SD card to another SD card without having to take apart the touchscreen case, ideally using a USB SD card adapter plugged into the Pi's USB socket - in the same way as 'SD Card Copier' works in Rasbperry OS. Is there anyway I can achieve this within the piCorePlayer OS - or perhaps another way via SSH or SFTP to another PC? Ideally, I'd like to be able to put the backup SD Card I create straight into another Pi and boot piCorePlayer straight from that (in case I want to use it in a Pi case without a touchscreen in future). Any tips? Thanks Andy My setup: - LMS 8.1.1 running in Docker container on Synology D218+ connected to Wi-Fi router via LAN cable - 1 x Squeezebox Touch, 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 x Squeezebox Receiver, plus Squeeze Player and Squeeze Ctrl Android apps on Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e and Samsung Galaxy A40 - all connecting over Wi-Fi - LMS library either ALAC Apple Lossless (scanned in on iTunes) or ACC/M4A 256kbps downloads from iTunes AndyTwizzle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114913 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 8.0.0 - Bluetooth Discussion
Bluetooth is more complicated than it seems. Sony is a bit odd too. 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=114834 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0
Just a detail but I understood that starting with kernel 5.x, linux supports multiqueue schedulers: mq-deadline, multiqueue bfq, kyber etc. If this is the case, the bit about elevator options seems outdated under advanced settings. Reading some comparisons, I chose none. I continue to have sensational speed both with a rpi4 and a pi zero. mcduman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob
I think it's very device specific. I have an old Western Dig 2TB USB drive, and hdparm won't spin it down. I know hd-idle on raspbian would spin it down OK from previous experience, but I tried a chunk of messing around to get it to spin down on pcp with no luck (but didn't find the hd-idle thread, else I'd have tried that). It wasn't a problem for me as I had a "general" use pi as well running dietpi and just moved the drive to that one instead, but given that we have hdparm available as an extension, it would likely be appreciated to have hd-idle available as well. psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114879 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob
I just realised I am probably deaf. I'm sitting in a sea of 4 USB drives and can't hear them. 3 are within arm's reach and 1 a metre away. It's a bit unusual for me to have more than 1 USB drive powered up at once. I can hear a fan in my NUC. :) Or I think my small USB drives spin down automatically. They are cold and I can't feel any spinning vibration. And I don't have any USB drives or fans in my listening room. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114879 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Linux noob
I guess either you need or you don't care at all. I tried Hdparm first but it didn't cut it. It simpy couldn't reach the disk through the USB-Sata controller in the enclosure. Without HD-Idle I probably would have ditched pCP in a few weeks as I don't really have anywhere where noise doesn't matter. I'm so glad it didn't come to that. pCP is awesome and so is this forum. BR Mogens 2 Radios (1 battery), 2 Controllers, 2 Receivers, SqueezeCommander, OrangeSqueeze and SqueezePlayer on Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Muele's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21310 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114879 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
