Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread Paul Webster
Tex wrote: > How do I check the claimed current draw. It seems to function perfectly > and LMS scans my library in record time. I attached a HDMI screen and > scanned the library but it didn't seem to have any adverse effect. Looks like it is good for you. As for the current ... I would expect i

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread Greg Erskine
epoch1970 wrote: > I'll take that as a yes and will try it out. The idea is to save a small > bit of plastic, a failure point, and most importantly a few bucks on the > player... Hi epoch1970, netbooting would be a nice feature, it will require a fair amount of work though, but be an interestin

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread Tex
Paul Webster wrote: > > Check the claimed current draw - but you may well be OK with that. > An easy way to check ... temporarily connect a HDMI screen to it and see > if the lightning flash appears when under heaviest use. How do I check the claimed current draw. It seems to function perfectly

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread epoch1970
paul- wrote: > I guess anything is possible, but we do manipulate the config.txt and > cmdline.txt to customize the device, and load the appropriate drivers. I'll take that as a yes and will try it out. The idea is to save a small bit of plastic, a failure point, and most importantly a few bucks

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread paul-
epoch1970 wrote: > Hi guys, > I assume it is possible to have picoreplayer loaded from a central > server using a Pi 3 set for netbooting? > Is there anything special to it on the software side? I guess anything is possible, but we do manipulate the config.txt and cmdline.txt to customize the de

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread epoch1970
Hi guys, I assume it is possible to have picoreplayer loaded from a central server using a Pi 3 set for netbooting? Is there anything special to it on the software side? 3 SB 3 • Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini • iPeng (iPhone + iPad) • LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread Paul Webster
Stoker wrote: > > 1) I don't use many LMS plug-ins but I'd be lost without BBC iPlayer and > Spotify. Anyone know if these work with LMS on PiCorePlayer? > I know from personal experience that BBC iPlayer works fine. I don't have a Spotify account but am pretty sure that if it didn't work there

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2017-03-22 Thread Stoker
Thanks for the replies to my PiCoreServer questions. Seems like it should be fairly straight forward. I've got a 250G SSD which should be OK for the music storage, it's SATA but With an adapter it can be turned int a USB disk. Yesterday I managed to reformat this SSD to Ext4 and copied my library