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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
...and to complete the above installation, of course, I installed and configured sbpd as described earlier. One small tweak to those steps: Either I was mistaken, or pigpio has recently been added as a dependency for sbpd, so it's not necessary to separately install the pigpio.tcz extension. Al

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
Wallpaper :) [image: http://www.cjh.me.uk/MyPhotobucket/cache/DIYHifi/Jivelite/240x240/wallpaper.jpg] The SetupWallpaper applet didn't know what to do for wallpaper with the 240x240 screen - none of the existing wallpaper prefixes ( 'BB_', 'JIVE_', 'FAB4_', 'WAV_', 'PCP_') related to those dime

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
800x800 splash screen: 29118 240x240 splash screen: 29119 +---+ |Filename: splash240square.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=29119| +-

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-22 Thread Man in a van
rincage wrote: > I'm running v5 with the Cirrus logic Wolfson DAC card. All works fine. > But on every boot I have re-select the output before I hear anything > (eg, lineout). Is there a way to make this setting persistent? > > Thanks. Loving this set up. > > Sent from my moto g(7) power using

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

2020-01-22 Thread ralphy
chill wrote: > Wallpaper :) > > [image: > http://www.cjh.me.uk/MyPhotobucket/cache/DIYHifi/Jivelite/240x240/wallpaper.jpg] > > The SetupWallpaper applet didn't know what to do for wallpaper with the > 240x240 screen - none of the existing wallpaper prefixes ( 'BB_', > 'JIVE_', 'FAB4_', 'WAV_',

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

2020-01-22 Thread ralphy
chill wrote: > > 240x240 splash screen: > > 29119 I'll update the splash image in pcp-jivelite_default-qvga240squareskin.tcz. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *1*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/) 'donations' (https://www.pa

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

2020-01-22 Thread Michael Herger
The Pirate Audio isn't touch, is it? -- Michael ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
mherger wrote: > The Pirate Audio isn't touch, is it? > No, unfortunately not. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=1115

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

2020-01-22 Thread Paul Webster
No - but it has 4 buttons - 1 near each corner. They have been integrated using sbp; Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP etc) plugin Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
ralphy wrote: > That was my concusion as well as I used PCP_ for the jogglerskin. > > PIR_ should be fine. I'll go with PIR_ then. I've updated the SelectWallpaper applet, and it's working fine with 240x240 wallpapers. I've also resized all the standard wallpapers. I squished them horizonta

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
Getting there: [image: http://www.cjh.me.uk/MyPhotobucket/cache/DIYHifi/Jivelite/240x240/analog.jpg] [image: http://www.cjh.me.uk/MyPhotobucket/cache/DIYHifi/Jivelite/240x240/digital%2024hr.jpg] [image: http://www.cjh.me.uk/MyPhotobucket/cache/DIYHifi/Jivelite/240x240/digital%2012hr.jpg] [ima

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
paul- wrote: > It's using gpio to shutdown, so it should work just fine. You won't > use that script, you just need to know what GPIO pins you are hooked up > to.and there are options in the tweaks page of our interface. Now I have the case here and it is great! The GPIO (4) for shutting

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
The word clock for the QVGA skins isn't quite the same as for the larger displays, but if the original authors didn't manage to fit the full word clock onto a 320x240 or a 240x320 display, then I'm certainly not going to try to fit it onto a 240x240 display. Instead I've made the QVGA version wo

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

2020-01-22 Thread gian
Hello All, I'm trying to have a decent wifi connection between two Raspi-3, one is an AP, the other a Client. Reading lots of threads, it seems that the problem lies in WiFi Power Management. Both machines are: piCorePlayer v6.0.0-b5 | linux 4.19.75-pcpCore_v7 | piCore v10.2pCP | Squeezel

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

2020-01-22 Thread paul-
Is this the onboard wifi? Power Management is disabled in the driver, so I'm not sure what that is even showing. But try to set the power management before hostapd starts. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
With Jivelite now working properly, it's possible to use it to control other players. But of course, the way I had the A and B buttons configured previously, they only worked on the local Squeezelite instance, so it made sense to reconfigure them to use Jivelite keyboard controls instead, since

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

2020-01-22 Thread M-H
Great work Chill ! I am jealous and still waiting for my pirate audio board. But I am happy to see that almost all the functionality of this board is harvested for pCP. Especially the clock is nice, as I plan to use it as a bed side set. ;-) One thought though, what do we know of the back-light

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
As you see three postings before I now have a Pi 4 4GB for use as a LMS server (piCorePlayer installation). Before it was a Pi 3B+ with PiCoreplayer and LMS together. I installed the Pi 4 from ground up and attached the old USB Stick with the LMS database and the M.2 SSD from the Pi 3B+ installat

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

2020-01-22 Thread kidstypike
carsten_h wrote: > As you see three postings before I now have a Pi 4 4GB for use as a LMS > server (piCorePlayer installation). Before it was a Pi 3B+ with > PiCoreplayer and LMS together. > I installed the Pi 4 from ground up and attached the old USB Stick with > the LMS database and the M.2 S

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

2020-01-22 Thread kidstypike
carsten_h wrote: > > Another question is if it is possible to disable Squeezelite in a LMS > only installation? On the pCP "Tweaks" page - 29124 +---+ |Filename: sqlite.jpg | |Downlo

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

2020-01-22 Thread gregklanderman
Really great stuff here.. I am looking at building a Pi based player to go with a stereo/av system with a screen etc packaged nicely. Ideally would like a little bigger touch screen but the 7" looks way too big. Then several embedded players with just volume control rotary encoder and maybe pau

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

2020-01-22 Thread M-H
carsten_h wrote: > Can someone imagine why the Pi 4 is so slow here? First thought a power issue preventing your USB stick to work properly. I know it is something not all of us want to admit, but power shortage it is really a very common cause for ill working pi stuff, especially on the USB s

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
kidstypike wrote: > My solution, stop LMS, delete library.db from the cache folder, restart > LMS, a rescan should automatically start. I have done this now and will see. What I see that booting the Pi is taking also really long since I attached the M.2 SSD and mounted it inside the LMS page.

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
M-H wrote: > First thought a power issue preventing your USB stick to work properly. Hmm. A possibility. I am using the original Pi USB-C power adapter. Can I see that there is a power issue without a screen? On the Pi 3 I have a 7" display attached but I want to run the Pi 4 headless. Thanks

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

2020-01-22 Thread M-H
Man in a van wrote: > It's v3 > > https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/blog-diy-audio/19-audiophonics-i-sabre-dac-the-different-generations-of-dac-for-raspberry-pi.html Thanks, I see they started to integrate the power control into the DAC board. I have an early Rasptouch case, without their DAC ,

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

2020-01-22 Thread ralphy
M-H wrote: > Great work Chill ! > I have also ordered a similar 240/240 screen on a Chinese pi hat that > also has a touch and a to it. > When that arrives ( in a few weeks ) I hope I can reuse most of your > work, and add the touch part to it. Yes the clock screen shots look great! I think y

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
M-H wrote: > > Edit: > It seems to have a PWM backlight controlled by 'pin 13' > Source : > https://github.com/pimoroni/pirate-audio/blob/master/examples/backlight-pwm.py Good find. The 'pigs' program that comes with the pigpio.tcz extension allows pins to be controlled by PWM. So in fact i

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
ralphy wrote: > You can navigate forward in the menus, but you can't move back, have to > use the keyboard and there are no player controls on the skin, so you > have to use the keyboard for those as well. YMMV. Do you mean you can't move back in the menus with just a mouse? I guess on a desk

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

2020-01-22 Thread M-H
carsten_h wrote: > Hmm. A possibility. I am using the original Pi USB-C power adapter. > Can I see that there is a power issue without a screen? On the Pi 3 I > have a 7" display attached but I want to run the Pi 4 headless. > I had a true 5 amp power supply at 5.1 volt connected through a stur

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

2020-01-22 Thread ralphy
chill wrote: > Do you mean you can't move back in the menus with just a mouse? I guess > on a desktop that's not a problem, because you can use the arrow keys. > With the X and Y buttons on the Pirate Audio board configured as the > arrow keys it's fully navigable. The 250ms long press is jus

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

2020-01-22 Thread M-H
ralphy wrote: > with jivelite on my desktop, YMMV. Haha.. not really a solution for my usecase .. ( bed-side ) But the touch controller on the mini screen might be daunting anyway; Imagine someone waking up with a slightly to loud alarm playlist that has to find his glasses, then t

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
I think an undervoltage has to be seen in /var/log/pcp_boot.log, but there is nothing. Here is the log: Code: Starting piCorePlayer v6.0.0-b7 startup... Checking for boot files on mmcblk0p1... Trying to mount /dev/mmcblk0p1. ssh file found on mmcblk0p1. newpcp.c

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

2020-01-22 Thread M-H
carsten_h wrote: > only 700 musicfiles to see if there is a difference between hfs+ and > ExFAT. But both are slow. I would choose ext4, and it might be a bit faster as it is linux native, But is will not explain the difference you seem to experience. you could time some disk copy actions to

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

2020-01-22 Thread ralphy
M-H wrote: > > But YMMVT, everyone has its own preference. :-) > > M-H Agreed. I was just pointing out a limitation of the QVGA skins. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *1*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/) 'donations' (http

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
M-H wrote: > I would choose ext4, and it might be a bit faster as it is linux native, I measured the speed of the drives at my Mac and they are all nearly the same regardless of the filesystem. The problem is that I can not easy write to an ext4 partition on my Mac. But I think I found the pro

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-22 Thread rincage
Hmmm. Still the same problem I'm afraid. rincage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69770 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110642 ___

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

2020-01-22 Thread paul-
GPT is in the kernel. Userspace is not needed to mount a GPT. But pCP needs it so that it can find out information about a GPT disk. There are all kinds of possible throughput issues on the pi4. What board firmwares are you using? piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-22 Thread Man in a van
Have you run the hotfix? Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110642 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-22 Thread Man in a van
And also in beta mode Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110642 ___ u

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Powering off HDMI...FAILED

2020-01-22 Thread jolon
Thanks, it now boots after commenting the tvservice line out. I have tried running the vcgencmd and it works for most of the commands. However, if I try to use any display_power commands which take more than one argument I get the following error: Code: error=2 err

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2020-01-22 Thread paul-
I made a little change to the script. Run the update on the Configuration Scripts extension. 29128 29127 When prompted for reboot, reboot, After reboot, goto Diagnostics -> Logs -> Boot Log And post the contents of the boot log. +-

[SlimDevices: Unix] Howto update LMS on a Debian server?

2020-01-22 Thread Rnee
Hi all, is there a way to update to the latest LMS and if so, can you give me some pointers please? TIA! *Happy and healthy 2020!* pCP v5.0.0 on all players LMS 7.9.2 on Debian Buster server in a Linux Container RPi 3B+ with Hifiberry AMP2 and official 7" touchscreen (Squeezelite + Jivelite),

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Powering off HDMI...FAILED

2020-01-22 Thread paul-
I did update the rpi-vc extension, but that really hasn't changed.but seems there has been a bug in the firmware for a while. Updating to the latest firmware corrects itBut in all honesty, reading the posts, I'm not sure this is needed anymore. I think the newer firmware handles the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Powering off HDMI...FAILED

2020-01-22 Thread jolon
By new firmware do you mean PCP6 beta? I don't mind giving it a go. It's not overly critical I'm just tweaking :) jolon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69767 View this thread: http://forums.slim

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Powering off HDMI...FAILED

2020-01-22 Thread paul-
You need firmware from 2020, so you can use the beta, but you still need to manually get firmware from the rpi github. Or wait for the next Beta.hopefully this weekend. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (http

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Powering off HDMI...FAILED

2020-01-22 Thread jolon
I'll look out for the next beta. Thanks. jolon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69767 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111522

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

2020-01-22 Thread bklaas
Hi All- Michael Herger passed me the link to this thread today, and have to say it made my day. One of my main responsibilities on the squeezebox team was writing the squeezeplay skin applets for Jive/Touch/Radio, and it's wonderful to see that live on in these really cool derivatives. Open sour

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
paul- wrote: > What board firmwares are you using? I don't know. I simply put it out of the box and installed piCorePlayer, that's all. carsten_h's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69113 View this

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

2020-01-22 Thread paul-
I'm running a 500GB ssd on my pi4 using a MBR and EXT4 partition, no issues. The RPI4 has flashable firmware, which is different from all of the previous boards. Firmware update procedure is here: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?110727-BETA-piCorePlayer6-0-0-PI4-support&p=951108&v

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Howto update LMS on a Debian server?

2020-01-22 Thread Michael Herger
Hi all, is there a way to update to the latest LMS and if so, can you give me some pointers please? Download the .deb file and install it using dpkg. Nothing special. -- Michael ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevice

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

2020-01-22 Thread carsten_h
paul- wrote: > I'm running a 500GB ssd on my pi4 using a MBR and EXT4 partition, no > issues. That is what I told, No problems with an MBR partition format, only with GPT partition format. Now I have the complete music in an MBR partition format and ExFAT filesystem and it took LMS 30 minutes

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

2020-01-22 Thread chill
bklaas wrote: > Hi All- > > Michael Herger passed me the link to this thread today, and have to say > it made my day. One of my main responsibilities on the squeezebox team > was writing the squeezeplay skin applets for Jive/Touch/Radio, and it's > wonderful to see that live on in these really