Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread DJanGo
alastaid wrote: > I just swapped the sd card into another pi with the same network cable > and power supply (just using the headphone socket to eliminate the DAC), > and it worked perfectly. It has to be the pi surely? May i didnt understand what you've done:confused: Did you change two RPi

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread d6jg
Are you using a USB DAC on the non working Pi? I can't see the DAC type mentioned before. The Pi Ethernet port & USB do share the same bus and it is known to cause problems with certain hardware. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 ->

Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player

2015-11-26 Thread utgg
Jeff07971 wrote: > Was looking at the zero but a problem come to mind, how would you set up > the wifi without another Pi ? :( For piCorePlayer, same as model A+. Either boot up with display and keyboard attached to set up wifi, or edit config file on the sdcard on your pc. Instructions on

Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player

2015-11-26 Thread kingswindsor
Man in a van wrote: > Sire, prithee, hast thou snapshots to share and speaker details? > > your grovelling subject thanks thee. (tips cap) Here are some photos of the boards and speakers. The speakers I went for were the Peerless Vifa NE95W-04 Full Range Speakers which I got from

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-11-26 Thread Mnyb
Fahzz wrote: > Where/when in the does the replay gain processing take place? Does the > signal have to pass through the SB3 DAC for the replay gain to be > applied? > > I recently switched from analog outs to coax into my receiver which has > its own DAC. Sometimes a track seems louder or

Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player

2015-11-26 Thread utgg
May be not the best pi player but certainly the cheapest and smallest option: this £12 dac: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/phat-dac?utm_source=Shopify_campaign=7bf10bd465-Pi_Zero11_25_2015_medium=email_term=0_3772e11665-7bf10bd465-83749289_cid=7bf10bd465_eid=8a3ad8e47d plus the new

Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player

2015-11-26 Thread hopeful
I was thinking of using the 10.1" screen kit from Kano. Sorry, can't include a link because this is my first post. Colin hopeful's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65059 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Building the best Pi LMS Player

2015-11-26 Thread Jeff07971
utgg wrote: > May be not the best pi player but certainly the cheapest and smallest > option: this £12 dac: > https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/phat-dac?utm_source=Shopify_campaign=7bf10bd465-Pi_Zero11_25_2015_medium=email_term=0_3772e11665-7bf10bd465-83749289_cid=7bf10bd465_eid=8a3ad8e47d >

Re: [slim] Ras Pi Hifiberry DAC Pro Setup

2015-11-26 Thread pkfox
Hi all, having considered all your excellent advice I decided to go the Max2Play route and I'm stunned with the result - the sound is ( and I hate to say it ) as good or better than my TP - ok it doesn't look very nice but I don't really care about that - incredible little DAC and very capable Pi

[slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread alastaid
Hi, New to all of this and very pleased with where I have got to so far. So, have a multi room setup using LMS 7.9, I have 6 clients running on Pi B+ all work fine except one, which pauses the playback roughly for about 10 seconds every two or three minutes (but can vary). I have changed all

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-26 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > Now, if there was a way to run this with it only showing what was added > after a certain date that might be cool as well. Sort of a catalog > update function. Hi there, I've had a look at the database and the only field that I can see that might be useful for this is

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread Man in a van
alastaid wrote: > Hi, > > New to all of this and very pleased with where I have got to so far. > So, have a multi room setup using LMS 7.9, I have 6 clients running on > Pi B+ all work fine except one, which pauses the playback roughly for > about 10 seconds every two or three minutes (but

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread DJanGo
Hi & welcome change the power source from the one that always fails to another (from another Pi that didnt fails) > > Have I got it right that the pi loses network connectivity, and if so, > have I got a faulty pi as I cant think what else to try? Can you ping /ssh to it when it fails playing?

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread bpa
Look at interface TCP and IP statistics to see if there is a burst of errors/retries or retransmissions. Faulty connector etc can cause intermittent errors. Try a USB ethernet (or even wifi) adaptor to eliminate the onboard Ethernet part of the Pi.

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread alastaid
Hi, Thanks for the quick responses, so I have swapped with known good power supplies, and no change. It does move around with the specific pi board. Tried it again, with a continuous ping from another machine, and the player stopped playing, but the ping stayed perfect and consistent in

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread bpa
alastaid wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the quick responses, so I have swapped with known good power > supplies, and no change. It does move around with the specific pi > board. > > Tried it again, with a continuous ping from another machine, and the > player stopped playing, but the ping

[slim] LMS and Windows 10?

2015-11-26 Thread eschurr
I've dug around and can't find an answer to this simple question: does LMS behave nicely with Windows 10? i keep thinking about upgrading from Win7 to Win10 but won't do it unless i'm sure my LMS works perfectly.

Re: [slim] LMS and Windows 10?

2015-11-26 Thread bwaldron
eschurr wrote: > I've dug around and can't find an answer to this simple question: does > LMS behave nicely with Windows 10? i keep thinking about upgrading from > Win7 to Win10 but won't do it unless i'm sure my LMS works perfectly. I've encountered no problems running LMS 7.9 on Windows 10,

Re: [slim] Dead DB3?

2015-11-26 Thread Mnyb
Mandarb wrote: > My SB3 from 2005 has apparently suffered enough and died. When I came > back from vacation this summer it would crash/reboot every time I tried > to > play music. I did a factory reset and it worked for a while, but has > starting crashing again when I try to play music (same

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread alastaid
Ok, Started on the logging front. slimproto had nothing stream had the following: [15:49:15.497148] stream_thread:249 end of stream [15:51:39.440958] stream_sock:384 connecting to 192.168.2.11:80 [15:51:39.443271] stream_sock:413 header: GET /stream.mp3?player=b8:27:eb:8c:54:c8 HTTP/1.0

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread Mnyb
Do you ping from the sever ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread alastaid
No it was another machine, but will try from the server alastaid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65063 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104698

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread bpa
alastaid wrote: > It looks like it just looses contact with the server stream? Yet you > can ping it continuously with no error during the "dropout" If it loses contatc then another GET would be issued - is there a second GET ? Otherwise it is LMS that has stopped sending ? Possibilties are

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread alastaid
just tried pinging it from the server, and it pings fine, starting to think I should just send the pi back, as to test my sanity, I just swapped the sd card into another pi with the same network cable and power supply (just using the headphone socket to eliminate the DAC), and it worked

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread bpa
alastaid wrote: > just tried pinging it from the server, and it pings fine, starting to > think I should just send the pi back, as to test my sanity, I just > swapped the sd card into another pi with the same network cable and > power supply (just using the headphone socket to eliminate the

Re: [slim] Rasp Pi Problem cant solve

2015-11-26 Thread Jeff07971
bpa wrote: > I've seen a network interface (not on a pi) which had problem with large > packets (CRC errors) yet received small "ping type" packets OK (bad > clock h/w got out of sync with data if network frame was large) - that > is why wireshark would be definitive but using another network

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-11-26 Thread Fahzz
Where/when in the does the replay gain processing take place? Does the signal have to pass through the SB3 DAC for the replay gain to be applied? I recently switched from analog outs to coax into my receiver which has its own DAC. Sometimes a track seems louder or softer than the others. Have