Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Wireless access point on piCorePlayer?

2018-02-01 Thread paul-
The integrated version will make it easier to adjust the SSID and password. This is a WPA2 encryption, so I wouldn't worry about the SSID being "inviting" Setting the addresses like you did is the best way to do it, there is some startup timing that confuses the auto detection. I might look in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2018-02-01 Thread Jeff07971
ralphy wrote: > It appears the framebuffer doesn't provide the support SDL needs for the > color depth. > > Try reducing the depth to 16bit by adding this before starting jivelite. > > > fbset -depth 16 Hi Ralphy Thanks for that, I tried it and it did indeed flip the display but screwed up b

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Wireless access point on piCorePlayer?

2018-02-01 Thread rmac321
Paul, I thought I'd mention that I changed the default ssid, since I thought it might be inviting trouble driving around in a car broadcasting "pCP". I started to change it to "rolling-pCP" - but that seemed even more likely to invite attention...

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Wireless access point on piCorePlayer?

2018-02-01 Thread rmac321
Greg, In my case rather than having 2 tabs, I had zero player tabs in pCP. The only tab showing was LMS. Looking at the LMS web interface info page I was able to determine that the LMS web interface was interacting with the wireless mac address. From the LMS interface I could start and stop the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread paul-
Which hard drive are you using. Sometimes you can connect these to a windows machine, and use the vendor software to set parameters. paul-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58858 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Jens Erik Jensen
I have finally taken the full step and moved all my music (approx. 3 songs in FLAC format, formerly stored on a very old, outdated and insecure NAS server) to a separately powered 2Tb USB HDD which is now attached to an RPi3 running pCP 3.22 with LMS. It works great, the LMS updated the databa

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread AngloCuencano
zi99y wrote: > I'm having a problem connecting Wifi when there is a dollar symbol ($) > in the password. I have tried saving it in Wifi Settings in the web > config page, as well as the CLI setup tool on the pi itself. In both > cases the Wifi password becomes truncated at the dollar symbol. It s

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Greg Erskine
Hi Howard, Tip I mentioned earlier: robocopy (standard MS command) xcopy is ancient, I can't remember using it for twenty years. regards Greg Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 V

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread zi99y
Hi all, Loving piCorePlayer, it does everything I need. Thanks to all involved in the development in this awesome software. I'm having a problem connecting Wifi when there is a dollar symbol ($) in the password. I have tried saving it in Wifi Settings in the web config page, as well as the CLI

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Howard Passman
Thanks Jeff for all your help. This method does appear to be pretty slow. It's probably much better if the files just need updated and not created. For now I will probably just plug both drives in to my PC and use Xcopy. Or use Samba to Xcopy from the RPI to a drive plugged in to my PC. I'm much

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Jeff07971
Howard Passman wrote: > Here is where it left off in the command window. I'm guessing the grayed > out files are not really there??? > > See attachment... > > Thanks again, > > Howard Hi Howard Glad you got it working. The speed issue I'm not really sure about I would have thought that loca

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Howard Passman
Here is where it left off in the command window. I'm guessing the grayed out files are not really there??? See attachment... Thanks again, Howard +---+ |Filename: Doc2.doc | |Downlo

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Howard Passman
Hi Jeff, It's running, but very slow. Slower than across the network. The Command Window times out, but I assume it is still working. When it quit responding, I closed WINscp and reopened it. I restarted the command and it seemed to start up where it left off. Thanks, Howard Can I go home

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Volume setting for Allo Boss

2018-02-01 Thread paul-
volume control and the gain boosters are all software adjustments. Leave the volume at 100% (0 db) and the extra stuff turned off. paul-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58858 View this thread: ht

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Howard Passman
Hmmm, It wasn't/isn't empty. Would one of those commands dis-mounted it? That seems to be the issue I've had going along, I've noticed. After I sent the last reply I went to add a new Folder.jpg and noticed mnt/Music was no longer mounted again. I remounted it and it's all there now. So I just

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Jeff07971
Howard Passman wrote: > LOL, now you know who or what you're up against... I did these in the > order given. I hope that's right. > > /$ ls -la /mnt/Music > total 64 > drwxrwxrwx 463 root root 65536 Dec 31 1969 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 240 Jan 31 20:41 ../ > /$

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Howard Passman
LOL, now you know who or what you're up against... I did these in the order given. I hope that's right. /$ ls -la /mnt/Music total 64 drwxrwxrwx 463 root root 65536 Dec 31 1969 ./ drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 240 Jan 31 20:41 ../ /$ mount | grep mnt/EXTBackup /dev/sde1 on

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread odw199
Just type the commands below (it looks like you included the prompt when you tried): ls -la /mnt/Music mount | grep mnt/EXTBackup ls -la /mnt/EXTBackup mount | grep /mnt/Music/ LMS Server: Mac Mini with music library on Drobo 5D Living Room: Raspberry Pi + AlloBoss -> Onkyo A 9010 -> KEF LS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Jeff07971
Howard Passman wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > O.K. I think I have done it correctly. > > First, yes, the drive is NTFS and second I have installed (and in use) > Extra Filesystems extension. > > mnt/Music is there and I can see all of the Directories and files. > > mnt/EXTBackup is also there and I c

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Howard Passman
Hi Jeff, O.K. I think I have done it correctly. First, yes, the drive is NTFS and second I have installed (and in use) Extra Filesystems extension. mnt/Music is there and I can see all of the Directories and files. mnt/EXTBackup is also there and I can see the contents I ran the commands as

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picoreplayer 3.11 +waveshare 3.5 TFT + jivelite + Raspberry Pi 2B+

2018-02-01 Thread streampunk
piPlayer wrote: > In the past i spended some time to that problem and i cant find a > solution. I think there is no way to control the backlight of that > cheap displays. The controler chip is direct wired to 5V and has no > backlight pin. The hdmi versions of the waveshare displays have a > mec

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Jeff07971
Howard Passman wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > I gave this a try and all it managed was to dismount the drive that my > music files are on. Here is the response I received... > > "Sent 50 bytes received 17 bytes 134.00 bytes/sec > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00" > > I spent some time searching rsync

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Volume setting for Allo Boss

2018-02-01 Thread odw199
Thanks for the reply. I think a chunk of that text is also in the piCorePlayer configuration pages for the Allo Boss. Sounds like leaving the 24db setting well alone and setting volume to 100% is the way to go. The setup is proving excellent for the money (OK, the speakers weren't that cheap but

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-01 Thread Howard Passman
Hi Jeff, I gave this a try and all it managed was to dismount the drive that my music files are on. Here is the response I received... "Sent 50 bytes received 17 bytes 134.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00" I spent some time searching rsync and tried what seemed to me logical switc

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Volume setting for Allo Boss

2018-02-01 Thread Man in a van
Nice set-up i did a bit of a google and found this reply on the Mod my pi form https://forum.modmypi.com/technical-support/allo-boss-raspberry-pi-master-dac-t1369-10.html Best to leave it at 0db I think > ntroduction > > > This directory contains Device Tree overlays. Device

[SlimDevices: Unix] Volume setting for Allo Boss

2018-02-01 Thread odw199
Hi, Last night I put together a new player, a Raspberry Pi 3 with Allo Boss DAC, running piCorePlayer. The plan was for this to be a small player that would feed an Audio Pro Addon T3 in the bedroom or study. This would be a nice compact player giving decent enough sound for casual listening. I