@Furry
Sadly it's only for stuff you buy. You do get some test files with any
subscription, so you'll always have stuff to test with. Also, some
tracks and albums are not too expensive in HighRes. Mostly, it's about
the decision whether you think HighRes is actually better.
According to this: ht
Maybe it was more local, I'm in Germany and they probably have different
mirror servers or something. It seems to be back to normal though.
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Yes, it was a Qobuz problem. This morning it seems fine again. It also
happened on Android, that's how I realized the problem was on their
end... ;)
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Ok, this is bad! Now all my Players are stuttering like mad, not only on
HighRes but on CD Quality too. Is Qobuz having some kind of problem?
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@JackofAll
I did not have any trouble with even 192K on standard buffer settings,
but maybe that's because my internet connection is pretty good. I did
suddenly suffer a breakdown on my dining room Pi-Radio, where the audio
kept on stuttering, even on non-highres stuff. Am currently trying to
fig
@Greg
I honestly think 24/48 should be the new standard, because it offers the
best quality/redundancy (24bit depth) without the risk of introducing
ultrasonic frequencies that are harmful to the audible quality of the
music.
About Qobuz Sublime: there is currently a 25% off voucher for that in
c
@furnace
It is actually rather strange that you can't hear a difference, because
when I tested it (original Pi B, not the B+) the analogue out had so
much noise and distortion on it, that it was clearly audible, even on
cheap PC speakers. I never tried the analogue out on the model B+
though, mayb
@Greg and Steen: Does PiCorePlayer support the Cirrus Logic Audio board?
They have a pretty comprehensive feature set, but I have found very
little real-world info on the cards in action. Would love to know how
that mini-amp on their boards fares...
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@JackofAll
Did you ever get a chance to test the IQaudIO Amp+ against the HifiBerry
Amp+? I quite like the Hifiberry components (using their "Digi" on two
of my setups) and the Amp+ seems to be OK, but since it "only" goes up
to 24/48 and LMS now supports HiRes via Qobuz Plugin (tbh...I don't own
Does this happen "all the time" or just occasionally? Because I've been
seeing webradio stations playing "slow-motion" occasionally ever since
the very first days of LMS+Squeezeplug and PiCorePlayer and still have
no idea what triggers it and whether there is a definite fix.
I think Triode never created any 1.8 builds...
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I'm pretty sure that guide is for the older RPI models. The B+ model
already has this mod, like the Model 2.
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I know the maximum draw of the amp, which is 2x25W, but I'm more
interested in the minimum and how to achive that... ;)
For sane volumes (this one is in the bedroom) I don't need much power,
so I've got it running with a simple (but efficient) 12V Power Supply
with 2A and apply 30-40% volum
I'm not sure. I'll see if I can find the time to test the B+ without the
amp. I'll also ask about the amp power draw at Hifiberry.
What worries me is, that it's exactly the same, with music playing or
without...so the amp is not powering down.
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Exactly. Germany with a bunch of Pis... 😉
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I know this is a bit of an "over-the-top" thing, but I thought there is
no harm in asking...
This is about power consumption. Is there a way to reduce power draw in
idle for the Pi B+? I just set one up in the bedroom, with Hifiberry
Amp+ feeding two small speakers, and it draws 2.
Thanks.
I checked the file, but it connected on the first try, so that wasn't
it.
I changed the spelling of "Play" to "play" and now it worked once. I had
done that before, so not sure it'll continue working this time...
I'll try it again today and see what happens.
Hi Greg,
Settings are the same on all my players, I'm pretty sure I made no
mistake there...
It also does not forget the Playlist. Once the player is turned on I
just have to press "Play" once and it continues where it stopped. Mostly
this is an internet radio channel, sometimes a Playlist.
Can
Reporting back on an older issue:
Autostarting with the "Play" command works perfectly on RPI B with
Hifiberry Dac and Digi, it also works with RPI B+ and HifiBerry Amp+,
but not with a model B and HifiBerry Amp. I have no idea why this is.
It's not really a big issue, but curious nonetheless. An
@poing
easier said than done. The SSH clients on Chromebook are a bit
"special"... ;)
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I found that it has something to do with the later versions of xterm.
Apparently they use xterm-256 as their standard, and picoreplayer only
supports the "old" standard. My Android SSH app allows me to change the
setting, and then I can access alsamixer. I'll see if I can find a way
to do
I read those posts, but can't really find a way to apply it...
I'll have to try it on my PC, usually I handle all SSH access via my
Chromebook, but all the SSH apps I tried give me the same error on
starting alsamixer...
weird...
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Brief question:
I wanted to check my ALSA levels, but I can't seem to get alsamixer to
start anymore. Everytime I type "alsamixer" in SSH I get an error about
"xterm-256" and that's it. This has been happening in the last few
iterations of PiCorePlayer, and even on a completely reimaged card...
@sbp
Thanks! That should solve my lounge problem. Not sure about the
occasional bootup problem in the dining room, maybe I'll try to reimage
that card and see what happens.
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The latest PiCorePlay 1.19i seems to be having a lot of trouble here.
It's little things, like some settings not sticking, a player
occasionally not connecting on the first try (reboot helps) and similar
things. I have no idea what exactly is going on, but I hope a new and
bug-fre
Exactly. I don't need it, was just curious to know whether it's
implemented already and if steen is aware of the changes.
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certainly looks interesting... ;)
@sbp
Is the Driver for the HifiBerry Digi the latest one btw? There were
apparently some changes made in March.
Thanks.
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Ok thanks.
The reason I asked was that I wanted to test out multichannel webradio.
But they are only "prototype" anyway, so it's not really important. I
prefer music in Stereo anyway, was just curious. If I want upmixed
surround, then I can always just use my AVR to "make" a stereo signal
Dolby
Quick question:
Can PiCorePlayer/Squeezelite/LMS handle more than two audio channels
(Surround audio) ? I know the hardware (RPI, Hifiberry Digi) can, but is
it possible for the software side/drivers to handle this? Thanks.
@steen
@Greg
I think the audio quality problem was unrelated to the Update.
Apparently my favourite webradio station has some issues and the timing
coincided with my Updating to 1.19... ;)
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I'm not 100% sure where the problem is, but I appear to have some
trouble with aduio Quality since I updated to 1.19. Maybe it's
completely unrelated to the update, but both Internet Radio streams and
Google Play Music Plugin have stated acting up a bit. I'm stepping back
down to 1.18b for now and
@steen
I'm also not seeing any improvements in bootup speed. It takes about
40-50 seconds before it even starts the WiFi adaptor, and about 90 until
it is fully running. It's an original model B with Hifiberry Digi and a
Class 10 UHS1 card. I'll try one of the others, it has a different WiFi
stic
Hi,
I just tried the in situ update, and have the same problem on my
PiCorePlayers. It's rather weird:
Update process works fine, so does first reboot. I can use PCP normally
and change settings, update Queezelite etc.
Then I rebooted it again, and suddenly all settings are gone. So, no
idea wha
@Greg
Funny thing about the "Autostart Play" functionality:
It works perfectly and 100% reliably on my two of my PiCorePlayers,
those equipped with Hifiberry DAC and Hifiberry Digi, but it does not
work on my HiFiBerry Amp system. It's not the MAC or IP issue, because
the webinterface controls w
@Steen
Any idea when we'll see a new, Pi2 compatible PiCorePlayer build?
Thanks!
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There werr several attempts to get it working agsin, but I don't
remember any real solution having been mentioned yet...
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Power Supply does matter, but PiCorePlayer hardly puts any stress on the
CPU of the Pi, so there is no need for that much power. As long as your
phone-charger can manage a stable 700mah you should be fine.
SD Card is not a big deal for PiCorePlayer either, because it runs from
RAM. 256MB should b
I'm afraid there are several possi le causes, but I'd suggest the
following as a first test:
Instead of "sysdefault:CARD=ALSA" you put "hw:CARD=ALSA" and set
overclocking to "off" instead of moderate. Maybe that will help. Sadly
there are many factors, starting with Network issues and ending with
Nice. Now we're talking Klingon... ;)
I guess that's cryptic enough for most.
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I remember some cryptic posts along those lines in this forum... ;)
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It's good new I guess, but I'm a bit worried about the increasing number
of models. Keeping them all supported with Sofware and Hardware add-on
modules, also with cases does not get easier this way.
Also, for something as simple as PiCorePlayer, even the Rpi B is
actually overpowered. As long as y
@Britcowboy
I just tried it out with strange results... It turns out that I get a
slight hiss on the left speaker, but no hiss at all on the right
speaker. I'm not sure why, but it might have something to do with the
power supply or cables. I'll see if I can figure it out when I have a
bit more
@Britcowboy
My suggestion: put the PiCorePlayer with HifoBerry Amp on a remote
controllable plug. They are cheap and very handy. Since PiCore runs in
RAM you can simply cut the power with your remote and you'll havr
maximum power saving and silence.
Also, I'm running a Hifiberry Amp setup in th
Tbh, I dont' know about that either. I found the idea intriguing and
just wanted to througj it out here. Audio Cast ist a very new
technology, more info about it will surely become available soon.
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@Triode
Squeezelite works fine as a "DLNA/UPNP Device". So, would it be possible
to make it Google Cast Audio compatible, or is that something that needs
to be built as a seperate application that simpy calls on Squeezelite as
a player?
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Thanks Greg. It is a pretty long shot. I just wanted to throw it out
there and see what happens... ;)
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This might be completely impossible, but I just have to ask...
Do you think it would be possible to implement "Google Audio Cast" in
PiCorePlayer and/or Squeezelite? Squeezelite already works as DLNA/UPNP
device, so it should be possible, right? Not sure how open Google is
with the API/Sources f
Thanks steen!
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@steen, @Greg
I have a request: since "autostart" is workimg fine now, the only
improvement I'd like to see is increased bootup speed. Is there any way
this can be optimized via Settings or on yoir end?
Seeing as PcP is only a few Megs, a fast SD Card should be able to boot
it very quickly, howe
@Greg
Actually that's a non-issue for me. I mainly want to to restart the
radio-channel I last used. That works with the "Play" command. My LMs
always remembers the last-played track/Playlist7Radio Channel, no matter
how long the PcP was unpowered.
The real "gold" would be, if the LMS built-in f
@Greg
I'll change the MAC to lowercase. It's the corect one already thoigh. No
idea why it ended up in uppercase...
IP is okay, it's a fritzbox... ;)
The other settings should all be fine. They work perfectly in any case.
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So the PiCorePlayer cfg... ;)
I already sent a PM with that your way an hour ago.
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I'll glady send you the config file, is there an easy way to get it from
LMS webinterface? Or do I copy the file from a folder? Or do you mean
the PiCorePlayer Config file?
Thanks.
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@Greg sorry I forgot to post that...
I'm running one of the very latest 7.9 nightlies and squeezelite 1.7 on
PCP 1.18b
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@Greg
I had music running before and can start it again by just hitting "Play"
on the webinterface.
The script that was posted looks interesting.maybe it could be baked
into PiCorePlayer 1.18c_beta1...;)
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@Greg
The code you gave me does not seem to work. I get the following error:
telnet: could not resolve 192.168.178.58:9090/telnet: Name or service
not known
Note that I typed the command on the SSH of my LMS Server machine.
Has there been any progress on the "Start Playing" issue? I mean that a
player should begin playing as soon as powered on. This used to work,
and apparently still does for some, but for many it does not...
For me, the controls on the webinterface (start stop etc.) also don't do
anything. Is ther
I received my Hifiberry Dac (not the + version) today and am very happy
with it.
I connected a pair of vintage (1970s) Canton LE 400 I got for 35€ on
ebay and it was all up and running with PiCorePlayer in minutes. I tried
a 12V 3A and a 12V 2.2A power supply and both work perfectly. Max.
Volum
@sbp
The Hifiberry amp is out. Is this supported by PiCorePlayer 1.18?
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@sbp
I have the correct IP, I know that for sure. I dont' think there are any
firewall issues on my LAN either. I'll see what I can find out...
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What command is issued to LMS when I click the "Play" button on the
Webinterface? Is it simply "Play"?
If so, then that should be the command to use in the "tweaks" section.
Sadly, even without Port number I can't get the web-GUI commands to
work. Play, Stop, whatever, they all
Yes. I added the port. Off to work now, maybe a solution will have
appeared when I get home... 😉
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OK, I entered the Server IP, and now I get options to start, stop,
volume and so on. However, they don't actually do anything. I'll try to
find some logs.
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Hmmm... I tried it with "play" in the lms autostart section under
"tweaks" but it doesn't seem to work. I'll keep trying...
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Not really. It remembers, but forgets to start the stream when the
Player comes online again. At least that's the way I see it.
Ot forgets it's "state", playing or paused and always resumes the
players as "paused"
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@SamS
I think Hifiberry runs with the "hw" config in Picoreplayer and ignores
any Alsa Buffer settings. Maybe it has it's own way of handling
buffering, but Ibsimply don't know.
You won't notice any side effects of running Alsa Buffer of 160:4, even
higher values carry no risk. When playing synch
@JackOfAll
I'm not overly interested in the complete product, but I could really do
with a proper case for the Pi...
I've currently got (badly) hacked open standard Pi cases for my
Pi+Hifiberry setups.
A case that internally mounts the Pi and then offers all neccessary
connectors on one side wou
Just a brief question: can someone please test if upsampling works for
them? I used to have it activated, but haven't been using it for a
while. Now I couldn't get it to work. I have no idea why, and before I
start digging deeper I'd rather ask whether it's working for everybody
else.
I'm tryin
Thanks!
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@Greg Erskine
Could you perhaps add a toggle in the webinterface, that allows us to
force the Player to start playing as soon as it comes online? LMS
remembers what was last playing, but always sets the Squeezelite players
to "paused" when they come back online (was discussed here a while b
@Greg Erskine
I'm starting to think that this is really purely a LMS issue. The Server
should remember the last state the player was in and send it the command
to continue. Apparently it doesn't. Forcing Squeezelite to start with
a "Play" command might be a workaround, but not a fix. I think we
@Greg Erskine
Thanks for your research. So LMS is cutting off the playlist after a
while then. Hmmm...
Maybe we should ask Michael for help?
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@Greg Erskine
I was afraid you were going to ask...😉
I cannot say for sure, but I'm pretty certain it was somewhere around
version 1.10
My LMS settings haven't changed and neither has my network topology. I
also installed a Picoreplayer/Squeezeplug system for my parents, and it
atopped working t
Exactly. I wonder why the functionaly broke and was never fixed...
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@Apesbrain
What he's talking about is, that Picoreplayer always boots with
Squeezelite set to "Paused" instead of using the last state it was in.
This used to work better a few versions ago, then I could just cut the
power with Squeezelitr playing, and it would continue where it left off
when I
@dafiend
I can only suggest the -a settings. They cured the "pops" for me.
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Update worked, seems to be fine. Thanks Steen! I'll test it and see if
I find any bugs.
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What are the parameters you currently have for Squeezelite?
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Yes, you can try the - a parameter for Squeezelite.
I'd recommend "-a 160:4“
That should help if it's the usual issue you're having.
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I also have the problem of PiCorePlayer not restarting playback when it
was turned off. This used to work flawlessly with older versions 1.0X
but stopped somewhere around 1.12 or something. It does restart when the
gap between shutdown and reboot is not too long (maybe up to 3-5
Min
@DJanGO
Läuft alles mit ALSA. Warum die Streams manchmal beim Bitratenwechsel
auf "Darth Vader" modus gehen weiß ich nicht. Passiert aber seht selten.
Ich glaube fast, seit ich den U3 als Server nutze ist es garnicht mehr
aufgetreten...hatte vorher einen Pi als LMS server...
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Ah OK. I get the slow or fast playback sometimes. I did not know it was
solved ny high Alsa buffer values. Since it only happens once in a while
I did not look deeply unto it.
About 2...I agree with you about the Server side. I also changed over to
U3 as Squeezeplug/LMS server. What I meant was
@sevi_at
Nice project. Just two questions:
1st: why do you use such large Alsa buffer valuee? Usually it's
something like 80:4:16:0
2nd: Have you thought about offering a pi-based solution for your client
devices? A Pi with PiCorePlayer, with a HiFiBerry DAC or Digi or the
upcoming Hifiberry Amp
Strange. I'm using WPA2 security and it connects fine. Can you try WPA
instead of WEP since that is no longer recommended anyway?
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@steen
Thanks for making another awesome release. The update feature is really
helpful. Now I only have to manually upgrade all my Pis to 1.6, and then
life gets easy!
Good job!
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@steen
Would it be realistic to add Spotify Cinnect support to Picoreplayer? I
know I can use the Triode Plugin on my Server, but Spotify seems to be
moving away from that kind of approach, so I'd like to see if this might
work as a replacement.
Thanks!
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Yes, I have the setting activated there and it always worked before...
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@sbp
I'm having a strange issue since I upgraded to 1.15b:
I usually leave music playing and just cut the power when I don't want
to listen anymore. Then, when I turn the power back on, the player
continues with the same radio channel/track. Sadly, this no longer works
with the latest version.
I
Hey Steen!
Thanks fpr version 1.14b and the newconfig on the FAT partition! That's
extremely helpful. I'll give it a try soon.
Next big thing would be an auto-update script...^^
btw...I received my Hifiberry Digi today and it works like a charm with
Picoreplayer. Sound quality is great as well.
Not 100% sure, but I think, if you use "hw:" for the outpit device then
the alsa buffer settings get ignored.
Try "sysdefault:" instead and see what happens.
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Thanks!
Has support for the Hifiberry Digi been added yet?
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Hi, I found something new to complain about... ;)
Is there a way to make the PicorePlayer Pi automatically reconnect to
Wifi if it loses connection? So far this does not seem to be working
either on PiCorePlayer nor on Squeezeplug 7.02
I hope there is an easy way to configure this!
Thanks.
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Thanks,
I really like nano, did not know I could add it to PiCorePlayer
though...^^
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I'm trying to do this now, but it won't stick. I tried to mount the
filesystem as -rw, but that doesn't work either and always claims
"device or resource busy" so I can't change the bootlocal.sh
I'm using ethernet by the way which is not even listed in bootlocal, but
I guess moving squee
Possibly. Is there a script I can edit to set a startup delay or does
steen have to do that?
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@Paul
I checked and found some strange results...
nslookup works, no problems there.
Squeezelite can connect to my server, but only if I stop and restart it.
So, after a reboot it won't connect to my remote server, but if I then
enter the menu and restart squeezelite (without any further change
Thanks,
I will try as soon as my neighbour is back. The Pi is currently standing
in his house to try out if remote streaming is working... ;-)
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@sbp
I guess you read my second post and not the first one... ;-)
I'm trying to connect a PiCorePlayer to a LMS over the internet. This
works, bit only if I enter my "external IP address" directly, not if I
use my dyndns name.
My dyndns works (I can access LMS, control players and everything)
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