Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread paul-
skikirkwood wrote: > Hi There, a while ago I tried using an older version of piCorePlayer as > well as Volumio 1.55 on a Raspberry Pi B+ to drive a friend's Playback > Designs MPD-3 DAC with no luck. Both generated mostly static noise. > Recently I tried the RC of Volumio 2 and it worked fine,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread skikirkwood
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi skikirkwood, > > Unfortunately I can't answer your questions. > > Have you tried any of the these options on the [Tweaks] page under > "Audio Tweaks" for other problem USB DAC's? You could be lucky. :) > > > > - OTG-Speed - USB-FSM driver - FIQ-Split

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread Greg Erskine
skikirkwood wrote: > Hi There, a while ago I tried using an older version of piCorePlayer as > well as Volumio 1.55 on a Raspberry Pi B+ to drive a friend's Playback > Designs MPD-3 DAC with no luck. Both generated mostly static noise. > Recently I tried the RC of Volumio 2 and it worked fine,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread skikirkwood
Hi There, a while ago I tried using an older version of piCorePlayer as well as Volumio 1.55 on a Raspberry Pi B+ to drive a friend's Playback Designs MPD-3 DAC with no luck. Both generated mostly static noise. Recently I tried the RC of Volumio 2 and it worked fine, but piCorePlayer 2.05 still

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread paul-
Lemontree wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Maybe you can tell me where I could have found this info? I've been > googling for squeezelite, squeezelite command line options, etc, but the > fact that the shell script is called with a status argument was totally > new to me. Always good to know where I can

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread Lemontree
Hi Greg, Thank you! I should have thought of that. Running squeezelite from the command line indeed gave me the error: the -G and -S options cannot be used together. The reason I was doing that was that I was not aware that squeezelite gave an argument to the on/off script with the status, so i

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread Greg Erskine
hi Lemontree I suggest you run the squeezelite command on the command line. On the [Squeezelite settings] page, at the bottom, there is "Squeezelite command string". When amp.sh doesn't exist or not executable I get: Code: tc@Akkordion:~$

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread Lemontree
Hi, Installed and used piCorePlayer without problems, and I think it's absolutely amazing. Now I want to turn on/off my amplifier based on the squeezelite status. With the -G option I can toggle a GPIO pin and that works fine. However, my amplifier can be controlled by some custom serial

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread Greg Erskine
BloemL wrote: > Hi Steen, will that then give me just the LMS side of things, or a > standalone box that is server and player in one? Because that's what I'm > after. I'll definitely have a play with the latest version. > > I also made a small donation to help you keep the good stuff coming ;-)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread BloemL
sbp wrote: > Thank you for the kind words. > > Actually, the most recent version of PCP should be exactly what you are > looking for. Go to the LMS page in picoreplayer. Then install lms from > this page. Next attach a USB drive with you music files. > Regards > Steen Hi Steen, will that

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-06-17 Thread sbp
BloemL wrote: > First post in ages, forgot my credentials from way back so I'll quickly > introduce myself: > Bought a Slimserver long before Logitech bought them and loved it (still > do). The old ones started to die on me so I looked at second hand, they > just died quicker. Just when I was