Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread huxmut
paul- wrote: > Syncing different hardware can be problematic, as each of the devices > has different capabilieies. I would start with some simple mp3 files > that is local music saved on the LMS server. See what happens. > > What wifi chips are you using in those old RPI's? I would bet th

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread paul-
I don't normally do this. But does this handle what you need. 29111 Also, let me know when your ready, I think we can handle the rest of the scripting in an extension. Paul +---+ |Filename: 2020-01-20_22-52.png

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread ply3908
paul- wrote: > I added it to our repo Thanks for quick help again. Found the nfs-utils.tcz now. ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
VGA8x8 must be the default - it looks the same with or without that parameter. But when I change it to VGA8x16 the text is a lot more readable. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View t

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
Thanks Paul - I'll give those a go. I've actually just tried removing those two fbcon parameters from cmdline.txt, with the expected result that nothing appears on the display during boot. It actually makes for a really nice clean effect - the first thing that shows is the piCorePlayer splash s

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread paul-
I use essentially the same config as Raspbian.We just don't include all of the extra modules. But fonts are built in. CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y are the only fonts built into the kernel. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplay

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread paul-
ply3908 wrote: > Thanks Paul. Yes that is what I looking for. But how to I added to my > PCP 5.0? I used to be able to find it in the extension repository. I added it to our repo piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'dona

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread paul-
dplz wrote: > > > The problem is that with any streaming services (Spotify, Deezer, Tidal > HiFi), if I want multiroom sync audio, sounds always drops and stops if > all 3 are connected(and sometimes 2 too). > > I tried to low down bitrate of apps, but didn't work. > Syncing different hard

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread ply3908
paul- wrote: > I assume you are looking for nfs utils. You can grab a copy from > http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/9.x/armv7/tcz/nfs-utils.tcz Thanks Paul. Yes that is what I looking for. But how to I added to my PCP 5.0? I used to be able to find it in the extension repository. -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
JQW wrote: > > I’m not sure that the reference to the Pearl 8x8 font works. It does > work on Raspbian where more fonts are built into the kernel. Yes, that could do with looking at. When I changed the framebuffer dimensions in config.txt, the appearance of the boot screen messages changed. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
chill wrote: > Still struggling to get the clock screensavers to work, so I'm not quite > ready with the skin yet - don't want to waste your time with a partial > version that has to be updated soon after. @Ralphy I've realised that I can't get these to work because the clock applet itself is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread JQW
Ah, so that’s how to handle short and long button clicks! Admittedly I’ve not done much with the Pirate Audio board as the Pi it was attached to is being used for something else, but I’ll have a play shortly. I’m not sure that the reference to the Pearl 8x8 font works. It does work on Raspbian w

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PiCorePlayer + OLED (SH1106) + Menu possible?

2020-01-20 Thread M-H
jofland wrote: > ... menu for music and internet radio like with slimmer or > JiveLite? > Have a look at that Chill has achieved with a 240 x 240 LCD display and a new jivelite skin. I'm not sure what the minimal workable resolution is for jivelite, but it might give you a faster solut

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread dplz
Hi! Newbie here, but using pcp since a year. Now I've got a problem that I can't solve. First i want to explain my setup installed: 1 RPI 3 B+ - It works only as a LMS Server, any client disabled connected directly to the router with ethernet cable. 1 RPI 1 B with 512mb ram - It's the LivingRoo

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
ralphy wrote: > If you don't want to bother with a github pull request, you can send me > a url to download the skin and I'll just commit it. Thank you, I'll probably do that in that case. Still struggling to get the clock screensavers to work, so I'm not quite ready with the skin yet - don't w

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] where is screen for interactive background scripts.

2020-01-20 Thread M-H
paul- wrote: > You can see the extensions on the extensions page. Or browse to > https://repo.picoreplayer.org/repo/10.x/ > > We only include a small number of common extensions on our repo. You > can get screen from the tinycore repo. Thanks Paul, I found screen.tcz in the piCore reposit

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread ralphy
If you don't want to bother with a github pull request, you can send me a url to download the skin and I'll just commit it. chill wrote: > > 1) JIVELITE SETUP > > copy /opt/jivelite/bin/jivelite.sh to /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/jivelite.sh > Edit /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/jivelite.sh to include: > > Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
Great, thanks Ralphy. Looking forward to trying this out, and the earlier default skin tool. I'll also see if I can figure out how to do a pull request for the skin, once I've satisfied myself that the screensaver graphics work properly. This evening's tasks. In the meantime I've been through

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] WaveShare 7'' touchescreen calibration issue with Jivelite

2020-01-20 Thread tparvais
ralphy wrote: > It's easy and done. I rebuilt the current libts in pcp 5.x and 6.x beta > with debug enabled for the plugins. I have not tested it but the size > of the plugins are much larger than the non debug extension. > Whooh amazing! thanks ! I obtain the following when doing a calibr

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread ralphy
Here's a jivelite.tcz with an updated jivelite.sh which sets the SDL_FBDEV envar from the pcp.cfg. I also added the ability to override the framebuffer colour depth and the jivelite fps settings. Code: tc@rpi37-wls:/mnt/sda2/tce$ ceo tc@rpi37-wls:/mnt/sda2/tce/opt

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-20 Thread Man in a van
Man in a van wrote: > Hi Paul, tis this > > 29047 M-H wrote: > Could you give us a photo of your audiophonics powerboard ? > I've got one that I never configured for shutdown through GPIO. > But if my board is anything like yours, and we know what pins we need to > connect and configure I ca

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] BETA: piCorePlayer6.0.0 - PI4 support

2020-01-20 Thread M-H
Man in a van wrote: > Thanks to both, got there in the end. :):) > > Cheers > Could you give us a photo of your audiophonics powerboard ? I've got one that I never configured for shutdown through GPIO. But if my board is anything like yours, and we know what pins we need to connect and conf

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread ralphy
chill wrote: > Marvellous - thanks Ralphy. > > What took you? You're right, I should have been able to modify the waveshare extension script faster! Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *1*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/) 'dona

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread ralphy
chill wrote: > Understood. Ok, so I'll document the steps needed to get the > display/skin working, and I'll leave it to you guys to advise on the > best way to add it to pCP. Here's a skin override extension for you to try when testing. It overrides these 2 changed files. Hopefully, I got t

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
Marvellous - thanks Ralphy. What took you? chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111502 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
ralphy wrote: > Yes, it replaces that file, increases it's load priority and includes > the skin as a dependency so only the one skin extension needs to be > choosen from the installer. > > I'd prefer not to have the defauilt skin override come from a system > variable, makes it way too hard to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread ralphy
chill wrote: > Yes, I think so. And maybe a default skin, but I can't see how that > could be configurable, given that it requires a change to > DesktopJiveMeta.lua. Ralphy mentioned the Waveshare approach - I > haven't seen that, but I guess it replaces DesktopJiveMeta.lua. Could > the lua f

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
chill wrote: > Could the lua file use a system variable in place of the hard-coded skin > name? > Answering my own question, the lua command 'os.getenv' would allow DesktopJiveMeta to read a system variable. So it could default to the Joggler screen unless a JL_DEFAULT_SKIN envar is set. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread desp
paul- wrote: > What is the current content of you asound.conf? i've not checked directly by ssh, but picore player beta menu says: Current asound.conf # mono - Generated by piCorePlayer pcm.!default { type route slave.pcm "hw:0,0" ttable { 0.1 1

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread ralphy
chill wrote: > D'Oh - I posted without checking for updates again. Sorry Ralphy - > missed your post. :D chill wrote: > Actually, I think it makes sense to put that framebuffer export into > bootlocal.sh, since that already has to be edited to include the > modprobe commands for setting up th

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
paul- wrote: > > Make some recommendations for what you would like easier > configurable.is SDL_FBDEV=/dev/fb0 or SDL_FBDEV=/dev/fb1 the only > thing you need? Yes, I think so. And maybe a default skin, but I can't see how that could be configurable, given that it requires a change to De

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread paul-
ply3908 wrote: > I configured the nfs-server on piCorePlayer before. I could not find > the extension any more. Please point it to me if you know. Thanks. I assume you are looking for nfs utils. You can grab a copy from http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/9.x/armv7/tcz/nfs-utils.tcz

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread paul-
desp wrote: > hello all, > > I'm setting up my first squeezebox (RPI Zero W + hifiberry miniamp). > I've put only one speaker to the amp and would like to configure mono > downmix on picore. > > I've teste beta menu / asound.conf but I can't manage to have the > downmix. > > Do you have any i

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread paul-
Do not plan on using anything in /home/tc/www The web pages are moving to an extension, pcp_startup will live in /usr/local/etc/init.d This will make it easier to load an extension that extends the web pages later on. Make some recommendations for what you would like easier configurable.i

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
Actually, I think it makes sense to put that framebuffer export into bootlocal.sh, since that already has to be edited to include the modprobe commands for setting up the framebuffer. So perhaps a little 'pirate_audio.sh' script in the home directory, called from bootlocal.sh, would be the neate

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread ralphy
The skin is looking great! Pcp will run /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/jivelite.sh if found instead of the system jivelite.sh Yes, please submit a pull request to jivelite for your skin. Perhaps instead of posting it here I can add it to the QVGA extension so it's easy for others to test/try it. We could

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
Sorry Michael - I didn't see your reply before I typed mine. Ok, so a configurable framebuffer target might indeed be useful. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http:/

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
Paul Webster wrote: > Hopefully the pCP team will be able to incorporate your revised skin and > make the framebuffer setting a configurable item. Yes - assuming that other displays in the future might need to use a different framebuffer, that would seem like a useful option to have. I must ad

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread Michael Herger
Hopefully the pCP team will be able to incorporate your revised skin and make the framebuffer setting a configurable item. Just submit a PR against Ralphy's JiveLite repository. As for the framebuffer setting: I think I've had to tweak this manually for full HD forever... -- Michael ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-20 Thread desp
hello all, I'm setting up my first squeezebox (RPI Zero W + hifiberry miniamp). I've put only one speaker to the amp and would like to configure mono downmix on picore. I've teste beta menu / asound.conf but I can't manage to have the downmix. Do you have any idea how to do that? Thanks ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread Paul Webster
Hopefully the pCP team will be able to incorporate your revised skin and make the framebuffer setting a configurable item. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP etc) plugin Paul Webster's Profil

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread chill
philippe_44 wrote: > @chill: maybe at some pount I’ll will ask for your help on squeezeamp > and jive. Currently I’m finishing the porting of displays managed by > LMS, but I’m curious to see if we can get more w/o running out of code > and data memory Hi Philippe - I've been following your LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

2020-01-20 Thread philippe_44
@chill: maybe at some pount I’ll will ask for your help on squeezeamp and jive. Currently I’m finishing the porting is displays managed by LMS, but I’m curious to see if we can get more w/o running out of code and data memory LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sono