Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Pi or Pi Zero for player?

2018-02-06 Thread DJanGo
rkrug wrote: > Are there any downsides to using a Zero instead of a fully fledged Pi? > I would say a ordinary rpi is for warmshower geeks only and the zeros are for badasscoldwatershower geeks ... And the zeros are really hard to get (in germany)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problems Re/installing

2018-02-06 Thread DJanGo
Hi, some more info would be nice. So we are guessing patrick31698 wrote: > hi there, > i cant get Jivelite back working .-( > > > Code: > > [ INFO ] Downloading Jivelite from Ralphy's repository... > > [ INFO ] Downloading will take a few minutes. Please wait...

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on Ubuntu 16.04? (and sometimes 18.04?)

2018-02-06 Thread DJanGo
patrick31698 wrote: > Which link in your Signature?? Hi, mea culpa, but are you sure you want to handle a Task like compiling some stuff? Its not Hard Roland talks about a How To, so the links in the first line might not help. Do you want some help for Ogg Opus stuff or having trouble with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on Ubuntu 16.04? (and sometimes 18.04?)

2018-02-06 Thread patrick31698
Which link in your Signature?? patrick31698's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67060 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108667

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread mcduman
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi mcduman, > > Also, > > 1. [ Tweaks ] page in [ Beta ] mode > [ HDMI power ]. Turn off. > > 2. [ Tweaks ] page in [ Beta ] mode > [ Advanced Overclock ]. Set > Overclock/underclock to "Under" and Governor to "ondemand or powersave" > (as suggested by Paul-) > > I'd be

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread mcduman
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi mcduman, > > Maybe just adding the command as "User Command #1" on the [ Tweaks ] > page will do the job? > > regards > Greg Nope. did not work. May be it's because / sign is not recognized? It shows as %2

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread Greg Erskine
hi mcduman, 1. [ Tweaks ] page in [ Beta ] mode > [ HDMI power ]. Turn off. 2. [ Tweaks ] page in [ Beta ] mode > [ Advanced Overclock ]. Set Overclock/underclock to "Under" and Governor to "powersave" (as suggested by Paul-) regards Greg

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread paul-
mcduman, Take a look at the governor as well. We default to performance, but in a battery life situation, changing to ondemand should help out. paul-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58858 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread Greg Erskine
hi mcduman, Maybe just adding the command as "User Command #1" on the [ Tweaks ] page will do the job? regards Greg Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread mcduman
Hi, In my battery driven, wifi-only usage scenario I am having good results when I disable usb and ethernet with: echo '1-1' | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/unbind ethernet is supposedly a power hog and indeed I am measuring both cool temperatures (36C) and longer battery life with eth0

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread majones
ralphy wrote: > To have the changes persist a reboot run this command once. > > echo usr/local/slimserver/usr/local/slimserver/ >> /opt/.filetool.lst > > Then every time you make changes to the file, make sure you backup by > running > > pcp bu > > before you reboot. Hi ralphy, Fantastic!

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread streampunk
wl1 wrote: > Thanks for your help, I did take it to the other thread toobut for > completeness, the Display does work, including Touchscreen - it is > purely a precision of selection type issue. I‘ve just read your post in the other thread, where you state that you are using the official RPI

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

2018-02-06 Thread Greg Erskine
hi wl1, All the pCP developers use the "official" Raspberry Pi screen, so you should expect perfect results. I recommend you restart from scratch. 1. Burn new pCP image on SD card. 2. Go to [ Tweaks ] > [ Jivelite Setup ] > [ Install ] 3a. If prompted, expand SD card. (100 MB will be enough,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread wl1
streampunk wrote: > Then your LCD is not recognized physicslly. Thanks for your help, I did take it to the other thread toobut for completeness, the Display does work, including Touchscreen - it is purely a precision of selection type issue.

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

2018-02-06 Thread wl1
sbp wrote: > > > This is the official screen: > https://www.modmypi.com/pis-and-peripherals-1139/raspberry-pi-7-touchscreen-display-official > - and it is the only screen that is officially supported by pCP. Our > problem is that it is impossible for us to manage and support all > available

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on Ubuntu 16.04? (and sometimes 18.04?)

2018-02-06 Thread Roland0
patrick31698 wrote: > Hi, > i tried to follow this workaround: > https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/issues/154 > but (due to my limited Linux skills?) i had no success. > It may be simpler to install a supported perl version (5.24*), and use a binary LMS package (probably arm64 on an

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Bringing back the SB's ethernet bridging feature on a Pi 3...

2018-02-06 Thread Jeff07971
d6jg wrote: > I’d love to see this built into piCorePlayer > > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think I saw this done on the forum *Players:* SliMP3,Squeezebox3 x3,Receiver,SqueezeLiteX,PiCorePlayer x3,Wandboard *Server:* LMS Version: Latest Nightly on Centos 7 VM on ESXi 6.5.0U1

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LMS on Ubuntu 16.04? (and sometimes 18.04?)

2018-02-06 Thread Roland0
mherger wrote: > And you might need to install a bunch of dev-tools: > > - nasm > - make, gcc > - rsync > - patch > - g++ > - ldconfig (libc-bin) > - zlib-dev (zlib1g-dev) > - libgd-dev > - libmodule-install-perl > iirc libgd* isn't required anymore (replaced by Image::Scale) SW: 'Web UI

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

2018-02-06 Thread sbp
wl1 wrote: > How do! > > I followed the instructions for the getting my Official RPi Display > working with the RPi and piCorePlayer. It is working of a fashion, just > the precision of the screen, particularly at the edges, is not working. > > > I have no experience here - so I am

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Bringing back the SB's ethernet bridging feature on a Pi 3...

2018-02-06 Thread d6jg
I’d love to see this built into piCorePlayer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk PI3 PCP/LMS STORAGE QNAP TS419P (NFS) *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus

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

2018-02-06 Thread piPlayer
For the official 7" RPI Display You have to follow this instruction: 'link' (https://github.com/ralph-irving/tcz-jivelite/blob/master/README.md) piPlayer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65280

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

2018-02-06 Thread wl1
How do! I followed the instructions for the getting my Official RPi Display working with the RPi and piCorePlayer. It is working of a fashion, just the precision of the screen, particularly at the edges, is not working. I looked at the instructions for calibrating (the albeit different)

[SlimDevices: Unix] Problems Re/installing

2018-02-06 Thread patrick31698
hi there, i cant get Jivelite back working .-( Code: [ INFO ] Downloading Jivelite from Ralphy's repository... [ INFO ] Downloading will take a few minutes. Please wait... [ ERROR ] not available in repository, try again later! [ INFO ] Jivelite is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread streampunk
wl1 wrote: > tc@Boom2:~/www$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices > I: Bus= Vendor= Product= Version= > N: Name="FT5406 memory based driver" > P: Phys= > S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input0 > U: Uniq= > H: Handlers=mouse0 event0 > B: PROP=2 > B: EV=b > B: KEY=400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread wl1
streampunk wrote: > It seems that your touchscreen doesn't have the number 0 - what does > > Code: > > cat /proc/bus/input/devices > > > say? tc@Boom2:~/www$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus= Vendor= Product= Version= N:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread streampunk
wl1 wrote: > > I have no experience here - so I am likely missing something > simple.everything else went really well :-) > It seems that your touchscreen doesn't have the number 0 - what does Code: cat /proc/bus/input/devices say? PCP

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2018-02-06 Thread Howard Passman
I had excellent luck by using a dual (or more) output USB power supply with separate cables for the display and the pi. I have a 7" screen, RPI3 and HiFiBerry RCA DAC with no issue. The power supply I am using came from Amazon and it is a Ravpower 4 port travel wall charger with 2.4a capable

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2018-02-06 Thread Dan benDan
Does the Audio Injector Stereo soundcard for the Raspberry Pi work with Jivelite for Picoreplayer? Dan benDan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67621 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread wl1
I hope I am in the right thread First off - piCorePlayer - installation went great, my second use of RPi (with Display) for a Boom Box style DIY Player.(the first use being as a LMS Server with USB HDD). Thanks to all contributors. One of the remaining issues I am working through - is

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Pi or Pi Zero for player?

2018-02-06 Thread drmatt
Imho the only products that make sense are the pi zero w and the pi 3. The pi zero w adds comms capabilities and the pi 3 costs the same as a pi 2 (if you can still get one). By the time you factor the cost of a PSU, SD card, case, and whatever accessories you need the saving between different

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Pi or Pi Zero for player?

2018-02-06 Thread d6jg
I have a Pi Zero that I was going to use with a USB HiFiMe Sabre DAC as a minimal size player. I can't get the USB DAC to work for love nor money. However it works out of the box with a Pi3 so on that basis I'd opt for a Pi3. PI3 PCP/LMS STORAGE QNAP TS419P (NFS) *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread streampunk
paul- wrote: > a CRC error is more likely a problem with the physical card. Yes, it's definitely a problem of the 4 GB Kingston card. I've used it now for a Stretch image, and when trying to make an image, creation fails at 47%, too. I've used other cards now for PCP, and everything works fine.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Pi or Pi Zero for player?

2018-02-06 Thread gregklanderman
What's the best option for a player only (no LMS) and ethernet connectivity (no Wifi) to stream flacs? I like the much lower power consumption of the zero but by the time I add a USB-to-ethernet adapter will I be at the same price and power as a Pi2? Or for the same price as the Pi2 should I

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

2018-02-06 Thread patrick31698
piPlayer wrote: > > I have a 4 inch China display identical to the 4 inch from Waveshare in > operation on a Raspberry Pi 1 Model B. > The performance is more than enough. Great! I have two Pi 1 B lying around here. i always thought of building a fancy WifiAlarm clock. So i think i will give

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread ralphy
majones wrote: > This is a great feature of the pCP SqueezeLite implementation as I can > play WMA files that I have acquired over the years. Can it be used in > the pCP LMS implementation to play WMA files on devices that don't have > WMA capability, such as the Squeeze Player app on Android?

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread Jeff07971
asplundj wrote: > I don't have a screen I just want to have HDMI output off Have you even looked at the WEB GUI ? Its under "HDMI POWER" in "Tweaks" You may need to be in Advanced or Beta mode *Players:* SliMP3,Squeezebox3 x3,Receiver,SqueezeLiteX,PiCorePlayer x3,Wandboard *Server:* LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.10

2018-02-06 Thread ralphy
Jeff07971 wrote: > Thanks Ralphy, > > Any usability issues at all ? I assume you use the "direction keys" for > most operations ? > > Jeff Yes. They are good for basic navigation and pause/play operations, but I personally find all the remotes with low button counts limiting. Might be

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

2018-02-06 Thread ralphy
asplundj wrote: > Is there a keyboard shortcut for play previous track? I can only find > play next track. The Less Than key *<* Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *1*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/) 'donations'

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread asplundj
paul- wrote: > With the official rpi screen, yes. There is backlight dimming, and off > (As long as it is not one of the first generation screens). Not sure of > the power savings. I don't have a screen I just want to have HDMI output off

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

2018-02-06 Thread piPlayer
patrick31698 wrote: > Any experiences on this TFTs with the first generation Pis? The pinout of the linked Chinese touch screen is identical to the Waveshare 3.5 "and 4" displays. I believe in China they are cloning their own products. :rolleyes: So it should work with the tutorial from

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread paul-
asplundj wrote: > I'm running picoreplayer headless but am planning to use a remote and > FLIRC to skip tracks and play and pause music. As I understand it I need > to install jivelite to achieve this. Is it possible to turn off video > output in order to reduce power consumption? With the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce piCorePlayer 3.20

2018-02-06 Thread streampunk
paul- wrote: > > Oh, and you cannot have Power ON/Off GPIO and Powerscript defined at the > same time.. That will crash it for sure. I thought we had that > trapped in the interface, I'll have to check that out. Aaahh that's the missing link. Don't know why, but I always