Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2020-12-30 Thread JulianH
Bingo! ALACS playing after extension update! All good. Fantastic system thank you. Stay safe and happy! Regards Julian:) JulianH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66602 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2020-12-29 Thread JulianH
bpa wrote: > ALAC native decoder in squeezelite is enabled and LMS tries to play > direct - as noted in this entry > > Code: > > > [20-12-29 14:24:36.7311] Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::checkBin (274) Found command: - > [20-12-29 14:24:36.7315]

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2020-12-29 Thread JulianH
JulianH wrote: > On my part i have just successfully played Tidal FLAC, Spotty Off > Youtube, BBC Sounds and a couple of MP3 tracks from my library. The > first ALAC (44.1khz) and Squeezelite crashes .so I have a 100% > failure hit rate so I haven't found it to be the &quo

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2020-12-29 Thread JulianH
ralphy wrote: > I've been playing 44.1/16 alac files on pcp 7 64-bit for a couple hours > now without issue and have been since our first 7.0 alpha release. > > We'll need you to provide 1-2 of the "problem" alac files to try and > track this down. On my part i have just successfully played

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2020-12-29 Thread JulianH
philippe_44 wrote: > Thanks - This together with @paul- response confirms that it's likely an > issue with the native alac decoder. Now, if it happens with each and > every file, we should be able to find out quickly i was having same problem as Stereoptic on PCP7 32bit..

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2020-12-28 Thread JulianH
stereoptic wrote: > I'm having the same exact problem here. > I've also tried the uploading extensions, etc. > I've been meaning to batch convert my ALACs to FLACs, is this a > reminder? :) I just got C-3PO plugin working which seems to solve some of the problems. However, I now have

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

2020-12-28 Thread JulianH
Out of 6 RPI units, I have upgraded 3 headless RPI3B+ units to PCP7. For me Spotty/ Tidal/ BBC Sounds streaming works, but my ALAC/ .m4a library doesn't play infact Squeezelite seems to "crash" and require a restart. I have reloaded clean PCP 6.1 and all now working again. I cant see

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2020-12-28 Thread JulianH
paul- wrote: > Can you raise this question in the Squeezelite Thread? > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97046-Announce-Squeezelite-a-small-headless-squeezeplay-emulator-for-linux-(alsa-only) Out of 6 RPI units, I have upgraded 3 to PCP7. For me Spotty/ Tidal/ BBC Sounds streaming

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2020-12-27 Thread JulianH
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi JulianH, > > The last line of wpa_supplicant.conf should have a: > > } > > It's weird that you had 3 failures! Most of my pCP are wireless so the > building and upgrade processes with wifi gets a lot of testing. > > It may be hav

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 7.0.0

2020-12-26 Thread JulianH
Hello ... insitu upgrade for 6 RPI units to PCP7. Three WiFi units disconnected and I have struggled to get them working again. I have 3B+ unit on my desk and have done a fresh PCP7 install, used built in and wifi dongles. I have no security, SSID is visible (and working). Both built in and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Issue discovered with PCP 6.1 and HiFiBerry's DAC2HD card

2020-11-15 Thread JulianH
Thank you mlsstl and all. This worked for me as well with same card. Sounds great! JulianH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66602 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Issue discovered with PCP 6.1 and HiFiBerry's DAC2HD card

2020-11-01 Thread JulianH
I also have HiFiBerry DAC2 HD / PCP 6.1/ RPI4 4GB .. out of the box the RCA volume was very very low . I shelved it a month ago for a rainy day investigation as to what was wrong I might now have some spare time :( ... I will come back with some logs etc.

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

2019-11-22 Thread JulianH
Updated to B7 on RPi4B (running LMS) and RPi3B (running Squeezelite). Whole house networked system (including SB + Controllers). All working well. RPI4 is in a small cupboard (sitting on HDD) and running at a cool 45C with one of these

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.5.0

2018-07-18 Thread JulianH
Paul thank you for your reply. Annoyingly, the PCP is still trying to announce it self directly on Airplay (not via LMS) . an uninvited guest to a party! And it would be nice to get rid of it and just use the LMS. How do I turn it off? Since it tells me that Shairport is not running I am

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 3.5.0

2018-07-18 Thread JulianH
Pi3B+ piCorePlayer v3.5.0 Just Boom Amp HAT B passive speakers Ethernet only connection (wifi turned off) ALSA 10 band equaliser on Thank you to everybody for this community. Works like a charm; picked up straightaway by LMS and have used ShairTunes2(fork) to relay as Airplay target "Kitchen".