Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Greg Erskine
I just downloaded pCP6.1.0 and loaded onto my RPi3B. Worked as expected. Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112456

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Greg Erskine
Hi guys, I can't really work out why pCP6.1.0 will work on our test RPi3B's but not on some others. There are 5 revisions of the RPi3B, I am wondering if one revisions has a problem. Code: a02082 3B 1.2 1GB Sony UK a22082 3B 1.2 1GB Embest a3208

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Man in a van
Greg, Yesterday on two seperate rpi 3b (same firmware as listed above) I did the following Burned an image of pcp v6.0.0. Filled in the wpa_supplicant.conf.sample file, renamed it. Both rpi booted successfully, I had a monitor connected. On both, I expanded the FS and did an insitu upgrade to

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Greg Erskine
Could it be wifi vs ethernet on the RPi3B rather than revision? Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112456

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Man in a van
Greg Just installed v6.1.0 on rpi3b rev a02082 connec ted via Ethernet. Boot up succesfull Completed the wi-fi page, saved and did not get a wireless IP address. Boot Log Code: Starting piCorePlayer v6.1.0 startup... Checking for boot files on mmcblk0p1... Tryin

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Man in a van
Man in a van wrote: > Greg > > Just installed v6.1.0 on rpi3b rev a02082 connec ted via Ethernet. > > Boot up succesfull > > Completed the wi-fi page, saved and did not get a wireless IP address. > > I have sent a Pastebin: paste name: pCP-3B-25fa3e-wifi > > will now repeat the process on t

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Man in a van
Well I swapped the working card into the other "difficult" rpi (Revison: a02082) without any luck, one green flash and no boot. I returned the card to the previous pi and it worked correctly via wireless. I configured another card with v6.0.0 and put it into the "difficult" rpi. It booted wit

[SlimDevices: Unix] 5G Wifi dongle recommendations for Pi Zero

2020-07-25 Thread Toonie
Hi, I have been a very satisfied user of PCP for a few years now, and have 5 Pi Zero Ws (w/ Justboom Amp pHAT). This set-up works really will, however I am starting to have wifi issues again. I have the wifi channel set manually on my router (Ch. 13 seems to work best for me). However the wifi u

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread garym
tannaroo wrote: > I'm looking for something that would play all sounds (including the > windows command sounds etc) through the ceiling speakers running > picoreplayer Stream What You Hear will do this. https://www.streamwhatyouhear.com/ *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.0/4TB>LMS 7.9.3>

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Help with avoiding certain folders being scanned , is "ignoreDirRE" the way to go??

2020-07-25 Thread reinholdk
doggod wrote: > I finally found what a was aiming at. Funny how easy things are when > knowing what to do! :-) > > So as an example for anyone else reading this later on; > > Say if one have a lot of folders named say; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7 ,8 ,9 in > same location called say Music and you wan

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread Mercenary
Hi, I have just upgraded to the latest version of PCP (piCorePlayer v6.1.0 | www v0009). The aim is to get it running as a player with my Logitech Bluetooth speaker as output, that is the setup that worked before. Now I managend to get everything set on the Bluetooth page and the Logitech Boom c

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread tannaroo
Greg Erskine wrote: > Can you look at dmesg to see if the hardware is being recognised? > > [Main page] > [Diagnostics] > [Logs] >select "dmesg" > [Show] > > Check that "net-usb-4.xx.xxx-pcpCore_v7.tcz" has been loaded. > > [Main page] > [Extensions] > [onboot.lst] I ended up restarting from

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
tannaroo wrote: > > I plan to use the pizero with ehternet adaptor in multiple rooms - I > presume the pizero has enough grunt for picoreplayer? plenty piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/c

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
It doesnt work that way anymore, it creates its own instance of squeezelite. Look in lms for a player with the name of your "T-Boom" device name piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/web

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread Mercenary
So what exactly do I have to do after pairing the speaker? No need to select anything in the audio output? So far I only saw the picoreplayer listed in lms Web interface. Thanks, Matthias 3 * Boom, 1 * Radio, 1 * Touch, 1 SB Classic, 2 SB Duet, 1pi with picoreplaye

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] 5G Wifi dongle recommendations for Pi Zero

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
The tough thing is that nobody tells you which chipset is in the device when you buy it. I use this one edimax ew-7811utc There are others, but I could not tell you the brand and model number, I could only give you driver names. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Ho

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread tannaroo
paul- wrote: > plenty Good to know! What about my other question - is there a way to back the picore image with my settings onto another drive, so that if my SD card fails, I can write the backup image to a new SD card and continue? --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
Everything is done from the bluetooth page for setup, then just connect the speaker, and it should start. I've seen some problems where squeezelite cannot find the LMS server. where is your LMS server running, and what is the network configurations. piCorePlayer a small player for the Ras

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread tannaroo
paul- wrote: > Any disk imaging tool. Whatever you are writing the pCP image to the > card with should work to create an image. ok but there is nothing that can be done by syncing the various images (say if I have 6-7 working each with their own settings) to a hard drive? understand I can wri

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread garym
tannaroo wrote: > ok but there is nothing that can be done by syncing the various images > (say if I have 6-7 working each with their own settings) to a hard > drive? > > understand I can write the relevant image to another SD card using > etcher etc. I’m not clear on your follow up question. F

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread tannaroo
garym wrote: > I’m not clear on your follow up question. For example, I create an image > from a working SD card for two different rPi setups. I save both these > images with unique names on my computer. Then I can burn a new SD card > anytime I want for either rPi. Are you asking for something o

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread garym
tannaroo wrote: > Kind of. When you create an image from a working SD card, do you do this > remotely from your PC or do you need to go to each rpi setup, get the SD > card and make the image separately. > > If the latter then, I will have about 7 of them scattered around the > house and one in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread Keys
I'm running PCP 6.1.0 on a PiZeroW, using the built-in WiFi and a Pimoroni TI5102 DAC hat connected to a pair of powered speakers. It works wonderfully, thanks so much for this project! However, I'm having trouble using it as a Bluetooth speaker, i.e. with devices in "Player" mode. I've succes

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread Mercenary
paul- wrote: > Everything is done from the bluetooth page for setup, then just connect > the speaker, and it should start. I've seen some problems where > squeezelite cannot find the LMS server. where is your LMS server > running, and what is the network configurations. LMS is running on a

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
Volume control doesn’t work from every device. A limitation of bluealsa. AFAIK, it only works from an iPhone. You will have to manually adjust it. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-b

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread Mercenary
Mercenary wrote: > LMS is running on a Synology and the picoreplayer shows up in the list > of players. The T-Boom does not. I can listen to the sound through the > analog jack so connectivity to the Pi does not seem to be the issue. > What else could I do? OK, managed to get it working. I rese

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
Mercenary, What was selected on the audio device? It should not matter piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=U7JHY5WYHCNRU&lc=GB¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dD

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
You can read the card directly in the pi, and save it to a network location. But it can be risky on a mounted file system. But with pCP, it should work.To be honest, I never backup. I start from scratch so many times, it’s quite easy. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in R

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Mercenary
Hi, so after solving my Bluetooth issue (discussed in the Bluetooth thread) there is still some issue with the Wifi. Although I can see the wireless pi in my router and with network scanners I cannot connect to it via the web interface or vis ssh. Are there any additional settings in the interfa

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.x.x - Bluetooth

2020-07-25 Thread Mercenary
paul- wrote: > Mercenary, What was selected on the audio device? It should not > matter I think I had it on HDMI before and had tried different settings in the output setting field. 3 * Boom, 1 * Radio, 1 * Touch, 1 SB Classic, 2 SB Duet, 1pi with picoreplayer,

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] pcp resampling works for DSD playback?

2020-07-25 Thread ngok sun
I found some great explanation about those resampling parameters, I'd quote them here maybe it will help others. > The current implementation in Squeezelite does upsampling to the > highest interger rate your DAC cupports. Thus if your DAC's maximum > rate is 192, it will upsample to 44.1 to 176.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-07-25 Thread Mercenary
Mercenary wrote: > Hi, > so after solving my Bluetooth issue (discussed in the Bluetooth thread) > there is still some issue with the Wifi. > Although I can see the wireless pi in my router and with network > scanners I cannot connect to it via the web interface or vis ssh. > > Are there any ad

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Cirrus Logic Audio Card and Wolfson support in PCP 3.20

2020-07-25 Thread rincage
Just to say. I happen to be one of the "happy few". Am using an original raspberry pi with the Wolfson DAC card and all works perfectly. Thanks for your effort. I came to PCP late so only just clicked all your efforts to make it work!