Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer 6.1.0 issues

2020-08-06 Thread dkskl
Sorry for double posting, but I don't know if the issue is related to PCP 6.0.1 or LMS 8.0.0. When playing an album, more and more frequently, there is an abrupt stop when a track is nearing the end (app 10-20 sec missing) and then a jump to the next track. Never had the problem with PCP 4 or 5

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Online Help

2020-08-06 Thread Greg Erskine
That looks very good. I don't know if we'll get to that detail. I try to use minimal pictures because they can get out of date quickly. There was a big change going from pCP 5 to pCP 6 and it might all change again. I am making sure all pages get dated and noting the version of pCP they were w

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Viragored
Tony T wrote: > It’s not an easy to follow process. Need to jump through a few hoops, > for example, need download the rsync extension to pCp, and write a > script. If you’re familiar with rsync, it’s not too hard to set up. > > For copying files over Network, I use Cyberduck. Thanks for the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Online Help

2020-08-06 Thread Viragored
prabbit wrote: > ^^^ This. > > Seems like a fairly standard, run-of-the-mill docs-as-code approach. I > applaud this. Given that the structure of the pCP docs is not terribly > large or complex, this approach should be easy to implement and, > importantly, maintain. By hosting it on GitLab I an

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Tony T
Viragored wrote: > Someone with my skill level (pretty much just a consumer as far as Linux > products are concerned) finds it easier to take the SD card to the PC, > back it up, then return it to the Pi than start on the path to discover > what "rsync" and "cron" mean. I tried using Filezilla an

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Viragored
Tony T wrote: > The only data on the SD card worth backing up (assuming the music files > are on another drive) is the CACHE and the piCore backup on > /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/mydata.tgz. I do a backup of these files to the > drive I have my music files. This can be automated with rsync and cron S

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Online Help

2020-08-06 Thread Greg Erskine
Yeah, most of the documentation/help systems I have been involved with used Microsoft Word or html as source. Most people don't format word consistently enough. Even in a controlled commercial environment where the authors were required to use styles sheet, formatting issues creep in. HTML format

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

2020-08-06 Thread CJS
ralphy wrote: > 'This post' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103330-Jivelite-for-piCorePlayer&p=938026&viewfull=1#post938026) > documents how to find the keycode generated for the keys you want to > change and 'this one' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105117-lir

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Clausi
Tony T wrote: > Ok, probably not the right place to ask this, but > I have a Pi4, and have attached a USB 3.0 hard drive that is powered by > the Pi > Now, all is working fine with 2.0 port, but if I plug the drive into the > 3.0 port it will disconnect (or not mount at all) > I’m fine with u

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Online Help

2020-08-06 Thread prabbit
Greg Erskine wrote: > No one likes doing documentation. > > The future. We are investigating other options with these required > features: > > 1. Documents use markdown. > 2. User input via basic text files. > 3. Source managed by git. > 4. Local staging server. > 5. Automated pushing to produ

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Clausi
I prefer to do a backup of the sd card instead of saving different files and copy them to a new installation. I tried this with Clonezilla, which was not successful. Somehow it can't restore the partitions on a new sd card. Also tried under Windows with win 32 disk imager. Problem there was that

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

2020-08-06 Thread ralphy
Wigster wrote: > Hmm, I still have > > > Code: > > > [ INFO ] Stopping Squeezelite player: Squeezelite... > [ INFO ] Checking for Updates from: https://repo.picoreplayer.org/repo > > [ INFO ] Checking: pcp-squeezelite.tcz Extension vers

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

2020-08-06 Thread Wigster
Hmm, I still have Code: [ INFO ] Stopping Squeezelite player: Squeezelite... [ INFO ] Checking for Updates from: https://repo.picoreplayer.org/repo [ INFO ] Checking: pcp-squeezelite.tcz Extension version Matches

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Tony T
garym wrote: > what about the prefs and plugins subdirectories? >From the Cache, the prefs are the files I copy over (server.prefs) and also my favorites (favorites.opml) And yes, you’re correct, the plugins directories need to be copied over (knew that, but forgot about it in my post) Tony 

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread garym
Tony T wrote: > I also back up the CACHE directory, but on a re-install I find that the > only files I need to copy over are favorites.opml and server.prefs and > the pCP settings (/mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/mydata.tgz) > > Am I correct with this, or are there other files needed on a re-install > to re

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Tony T
I also back up the CACHE directory, but on a re-install I find that the only files I need to copy over are favorites.opml and server.prefs and the pCP settings (/mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/mydata.tgz) Am I correct with this, or are there other files needed on a re-install to recover settings? Tony 

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread garym
Paul Webster wrote: > "Cache" also contains the sub-directories where plugins are installed - > and the plugin configuration data. > So not backing them up would result in a lot more work after a > re-install of LMS. Aha. Thanks. I guess in my own case, I save the "slimserver"directory with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Paul Webster
"Cache" also contains the sub-directories where plugins are installed - and the plugin configuration data. So not backing them up would result in a lot more work after a re-install of LMS. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc)

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread garym
Viragored wrote: > 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 > stuff. And recently I was pleased to be able to restore from PC to SD > card with a fully working and only slightly out of date LM

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

2020-08-06 Thread ralphy
'This post' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103330-Jivelite-for-piCorePlayer&p=938026&viewfull=1#post938026) documents how to find the keycode generated for the keys you want to change and 'this one' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105117-lirc-rpi-gpio-IR-support-for

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

2020-08-06 Thread ralphy
I have the onboard audio of an rpib+ split into two mono alsa devices and I run squeezelite on one and shairport-sync on the other. It works with 2nd squeezelite instance as well. See 'this post' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?110727-BETA-piCorePlayer6-0-0-PI4-support&p=955087&v

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

2020-08-06 Thread ralphy
Wigster wrote: > This doesn't seem to be available as of right now (1256 is the latest > from the WEBGUI), while Sourceforge contains 1269. I presume that it's > just a question of time and not anything more serious. Should be there now. Sorry, I uploaded the older version yesterday. Code: --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Tony T
Viragored wrote: > 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 > stuff. And recently I was pleased to be able to restore from PC to SD > card with a fully working and only slightly out of date LM

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer Online Help

2020-08-06 Thread Greg Erskine
Thanks for the kinds words and offer to help. :) Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112712 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Ubuntu 20.4

2020-08-06 Thread davidscrat
ok thanks, which version is for pi4, all.deb or arm.deb [ ] logitechmediaserver_7.9.2_all.deb 14-Jan-2020 11:21 140M Debian Package [ ] logitechmediaserver_7.9.2_arm.deb 14-Jan-2020 11:21 47M Debian PackageYatsushiro wrote: > That tutorial is a bit mislea

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

2020-08-06 Thread Wigster
ralphy wrote: > This required a change to squeezelite to enable repeat for those keys. > Update squeezelite to 1.9.7-1270 from the picoreplayer webgui main tab. > Then pressing the key momentarily skips to the next/prev track and if > you hold either one LMS "scans" forward/back within the cur

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 6.0.0

2020-08-06 Thread Viragored
mherger wrote: > > 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. > >