Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Michael Herger
What about converting the documentation from fixed web pages to a wiki? That could allow the admins to spread the maintenance over lots more people, relieve the coders of a bit of work, and likely keep things more up to date than can sometimes be the case. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Michael Herger
I put the CACHE on the drive with music files. But many people report keeping it on the SD card with no problems with years of use That's me. Three or four years, I don't know. IMHO SD cards are by far good enough for the average user not to have to go through the additional hoops of confi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Viragored
kidstypike wrote: > Who hosts these webpages > https://www.picoreplayer.org/how_to_install_lms.shtml ? > > Isn't it about time someone got off their arse and changed 300MB to > something more realistic? What about converting the documentation from fixed web pages to a wiki? That could allow th

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Viragored
garym wrote: > I put the CACHE on the drive with music files. But many people report > keeping it on the SD card with no problems with years of use I have put my LMS cache on the SD card so that I can back up the whole card on my PC. I'm a bit of an enthusiast for backup copies of valuable

[SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Online Help

2020-08-05 Thread Greg Erskine
No one likes doing documentation. As piCorePlayer is not a commercial product there is really no incentive to do the hard slog and keep the documentation current. I think technical people, given the choice would rather code than document. I certainly would. Documentation is important, I know th

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread garym
Tony T wrote: > Is it preferable to place the CACHE on the SD Card or the drive with the > Music files? > I always think it better on the drive as there would be no writes to the > SD Card. I put the CACHE on the drive with music files. But many people report keeping it on the SD card with no p

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Tony T
Is it preferable to place the CACHE on the SD Card or the drive with the Music files? I always think it better on the drive as there would be no writes to the SD Card. Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ Tony T's Profile: http://

[SlimDevices: Unix] [piCorePlayer] Customization of RF remote control keys?

2020-08-05 Thread CJS
Dear Squeezebox community, I have a few question about the possibility to customize RF remote control keys in piCorePlayer. But let me start with describing my pCP setup. I built a Squeezebox player using a Raspberry Pi ZeroW board in combination with piCorePlayer. I can control pCP with a smar

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Edit asound.conf on piCorePlayer

2020-08-05 Thread Greg Erskine
hi Matthias, Maybe, if you only want to set piCorePlayer to mono??, there is a "beta" tool to play around with asound.conf. [Main page] > [Extras] > [Asound] (I think, I don't have a pCP6.1.0 setup at the moment) I haven't played with it for a long time, but it should give you some ideas. reg

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Ubuntu 20.4

2020-08-05 Thread Yatsushiro
That tutorial is a bit misleading, as it is based on upgrading form a previous version to Ubuntu 20.04. On a fresh install you do not have to edit any init'd scripts, you just need to 'sudo systemctl enable logitechmediaserver' You can install any version after downloading the appropriate .deb

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Howto create a linux kernel IR remote keytable for Jivelite on piCorePlayer 5

2020-08-05 Thread ralphy
Wigster wrote: > Now, the basic keys work ok (power, play, pause, shuffle, repeat, > vollume up/down). However, as far as I can tell, KEY_NEXT and > KEY_FORWARD have exactly the same actions: they move to the next track > in the currently playing playlist. Same goes for KEY_BACK and > KEY_REWIND

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer and automatic screen brightness control.

2020-08-05 Thread WadDad
Thank you very very much. Now all right. WadDad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64557 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112460

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Edit asound.conf on piCorePlayer

2020-08-05 Thread paul-
Yes, you will need two squeezelite instances running. Which you will have to manually manage, as pCP only handles one instance internally. In the hifiberry example the second squeezelite instance would use "card2" as the output. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homep

[SlimDevices: Unix] Ubuntu 20.4

2020-08-05 Thread davidscrat
I am trying to install LMS on ubuntu 20.4, on my raspberry pi4. Installation is ok with this "tuto" from askubuntu I can't open the webbrowser i haven't modify yet the init.d script... do you have some experience with this? thanks

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Edit asound.conf on piCorePlayer

2020-08-05 Thread MW_FFM2020
Mostly the problem is sitting in front Anyway, I cant get a dual mono output. Do I need to declare a second instance? MW_FFM2020's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70485 View this thread: http:/

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread garym
paul- wrote: > You can re-run the resize at anytime. You can go larger, but never > smaller. Thanks, just resizedeasy (and for others, note you can see before (and after) you resize what size you chose, in case you can't recall from the original setup.) *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5) -or- rPi4B

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Edit asound.conf on piCorePlayer

2020-08-05 Thread paul-
What you changed was a file on a Ramdisk. That change will not survive a reboot without performing a backup. Run backup from the main menu on the web interface, or run `pcp bu` from commandline. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.or

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread paul-
You can re-run the resize at anytime. You can go larger, but never smaller. 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%2

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread garym
Greg Erskine wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion! > > BTW: 300MB has always worked for me. Is it possible to expand the card larger than 300MB using the picoreplayer webGUI *after the fact* without redoing the picoreplayer setup? *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.0/4TB>LMS 7.9.3>Transpo

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Edit asound.conf on piCorePlayer

2020-08-05 Thread MW_FFM2020
Thanks for your help. I installed the nano editor and changed the asound.conf but after reboot, the "old" asound.conf was loaded. Is there a possibility to configure the hifiberry AMP2 into dual mono streams? MW_FFM2020's

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Howto create a linux kernel IR remote keytable for Jivelite on piCorePlayer 5

2020-08-05 Thread Wigster
Perfect! I just had the idea of setting up my FLIRC again and here is the guide. Thank you! So I managed to get it to work with my old Squeezebox remote, through FLIRC into PCP6.1 in the way that you have described. Now, the basic keys work ok (power, play, pause, shuffle, repeat). However, as

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

2020-08-05 Thread Paul Webster
You could try booting with Raspbian/Raspberry Pi OS following the suppliers guide and see if the problem still exists - which could make them more likely to accept a replacement request without question. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio f

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer 6.1 installation of extensions fail

2020-08-05 Thread MrBogus
Greg, Thank you for your swift answer, I have tried again and it worked. MrBogus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70502 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112704 __

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

2020-08-05 Thread Themightybob
Hi Paul, thank you for the reply. I did a reboot via the PcP interface. Nothing changed. I decided to redo all the process from the beginning with a new card. Same issue with the display and now the buttons are not working anymore (actually just the Y button - I changed the 20 to 24 but still

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread peterjk
Greg Erskine wrote: > Thanks for your feeedback. > > 1. We do have this message on the [Main Page] [Static IP] more help and > on the static IP page "The recommended method to set a static IP address > is to map the MAC address to an IP address in your router." > I must have overlooked that o

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer and automatic screen brightness control.

2020-08-05 Thread jd68
Sorry, my fault. I should have tested the script before posting it. I only tested that the check for the power state is working as expected. I have added the missing "fi" into the script and fixed a typo of a variable in my post #33. ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Paul Webster
The main reason I do not go for full capacity is (was) to make it easier to copy partitions between SD cards to make backups. I had found in the past that 2 different 4GB cards had a different amount of real capacity and I could not copy the bigger 4GB to the smaller 4GB. Turned out to be a shor

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread kidstypike
Paul Webster wrote: > I assume that page started life as pCP as a player only. No, it was drawn up specifically as a guide to setting up pCP as an LMS server, by a forum member, I forget who it was, but it can be found in these fora. *Server - LMS 8.0.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Flirc case/pCP 6.1.0 18K lib

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Michael Herger
Isn't it about time someone got off their arse and changed 300MB to something more realistic? Thanks for your suggestion! 300MB has always worked for me. I'd vote for full size, too. 300MB is not enough in many cases. In particular if you're using my Music and Artist Information plugins with

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Paul Webster
I assume that page started life as pCP as a player only. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), kcrw, supla finland, abc australia, cbc/radio-canada and rte ireland -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread kidstypike
Greg Erskine wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion! > > BTW: 300MB has always worked for me. And your LMS cache folder (slimserver) is on your SD card? 300MB wouldn't work for me. 31194 +---+ |Filename: slimserver.jpg

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Greg Erskine
kidstypike wrote: > Who hosts these webpages > https://www.picoreplayer.org/how_to_install_lms.shtml ? > > Isn't it about time someone got off their arse and changed 300MB to > something more realistic? Thanks for your suggestion! 300MB has always worked for me.

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Paul Webster
Or highlight that the number needs to be big if LMS database is held there. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), kcrw, supla finland, abc australia, cbc/radio-canada and rte ireland --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread Man in a van
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Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-05 Thread kidstypike
Greg Erskine wrote: > Thanks for your feeedback. > > > 3. If you are not going to use the SD card for anything else its > probably easiest to expand to use the full SD card. Who hosts these webpages https://www.picoreplayer.org/how_to_install_lms.shtml ? Isn't it about time someone got off t