With the latest SoA built, the system will automatically download the
binaries for CPAN and LMS 7.8/7.9 from the binary repo.
However, I want to do a compile from scratch and I wasn't able to do so.
I'm trying to debug an Unicode problem with SoA when paired with the
Transporter.
I've renamed th
Triode,
I've been futzing with the latest build, and I just can't get the
Transporter to display Chinese/Korean/Japanese chars on the main
display. I already have locale set to en_US.UTF8. I can see the Asian
chars correctly when I do a ls using ssh.
The display on the TP will have the chars "
Triode wrote:
> Doing what? Did you set the type for a remote file system to "nfs" or
> "cifs"?
I found the same problem when adding a mount point for a Network Share.
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Kuro wrote:
> Triode,
>
> I mentioned awhile back about a problem with SoA such that the first
> mount on an NTFS volume is not persistent after reboot. Well, looks
> like I've another problem.
>
> I found that using the default mount (no additional options),
Triode,
I mentioned awhile back about a problem with SoA such that the first
mount on an NTFS volume is not persistent after reboot. Well, looks
like I've another problem.
I found that using the default mount (no additional options), I cannot
see the Unicode characters on a directory listing (i
Recently, I found a problem with LMS 7.9 in that when I browse using
folders on iPeng, all folders with unicode characters were shown in
gibberish.
So I proceed to update LMS 7.9 (and what not) by clicking the Update
button in SoA.
It compiled a new version of cpan, but failed to install. What
Triode wrote:
> If that is when it is building faad2 then you could remove that from the
> PKGBUILD. Comment out the "sh buildme-linux.sh" after the change
> directory to slimserver-vendor/faad2. Otherwise sorry can't help
> further...
I ran the built one more time and this time, cpan got buil
soundcheck wrote:
> No, I won't at this point in time.
> Recent discussions show that the whole SOA project, or better,
> underlying ArchLinuxARM is all but stable. It's really WorkInProgress.
> I've got problems myself to keep track.
>
> He did implement some mods or slightly adapted them.
> B
Triode,
After a lot of compiling, making of LMS7.9 still fails on the Cubox Pro.
Here is the end of the soa-build-log:
=
Running make install
buildme-linux.sh: line 5: svn: command not found
buildme-linux.sh: line 6: arch: command not found
Most log mesages s
Triode wrote:
> The update page is only really expected to work if you installed on a
> target device - afraid you will need to use the update scripts manually
> if you put things in different places. (if you create a user aur with
> home directory /aur and do the git clone in /aur it may work.)
nscoding, since flac was launched successfully.
However, the same setup works fine with my WB Quad.
Could I be missing a library since I did not compile LMS from scratch on
the Cubox? flac and sox commands are available in the same path on the
Cubox as on the WB Quad.
Any help is app
Triode wrote:
> Yes - the installers use this for installing from.
Ok, the installer is able to install SoA on my Cubox. However, the web
GUI is missing the Update page. Any idea why it is missing?
How do I start the LMS 7.9 install process from the command line?
---
Triode wrote:
> My wandboard quad does it in ~20 mins with a fast sdcard - a pi takes
> much longer. This is without building LMS. I don't think the issues is
> the repository speed. What device is taking an hour?
It's the WB Quad.
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Triode wrote:
> New SoA install images are available for all supported platforms -
> please upgrade
>
> Please note that previous images will no longer update by just pressing
> the update button. If you installed in the last couple of days then you
> can "Reinstall SoA" from the update page.
Triode,
The latest build script in the image is no longer working. I think
there may have been a new archlinux release or some other packages
release that broke the build code.
Trying to build a new one from scratch, and I was getting errors, no
git, gcc, etc, and it asked to run a pacman-db-up
Soundcheck:
Can you post a list of optimization items for the latest SoA
installation?
I found that the latest SoA is a lot better sounding than the older
installation I have. Better body and transparency. Maybe Triode has
implemented some of your optimizations in the latest code.
I'd like to
Triode wrote:
> Just worked for me - can you confirm what mount options you are using
> and what the exact error messages are?
Ok, I found the way to reproduce this bug. It only happens after SoA is
built and the disk is mounted without any option. If I specify any
option before I add the disk
Triode wrote:
> Just worked for me - can you confirm what mount options you are using
> and what the exact error messages are?
I just select Mountpoint /storage, Disk /dev/sda1 and click Add. I did
not specify any options. It will mount the disk, but the page does not
refresh to show what was
Triode wrote:
> Error messages during LMS compile sound ok.
>
> Re the playlists - sounds like an lms issue. But you could try adding
> iocharset=utf8 to the mount options.
Just tried the latest image you posted, same issue with the storage
page, the mount is not persistent. The mount is lo
I just downloaded the latest install image for my Wandboard Quad. It
installed fine and I also installed LMS 7.9.
I found that on the storage page, the mount is no longer persistent. It
is gone after a reboot. Also, when I added the mount point, the page
does not refresh to show what is mounte
Chunkywizard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been having issues with Radio, and then LMS wouldn't start.
> Trying to upgrade in an effort to cure this issues I see I am getting an
> error - no space left on Device. I have a 4GB card which is probably the
> issue, but it used to work so I guess I have so
Triode wrote:
> Mail me the log if you still have it. I can't comment on why it may not
> have worked without seeing it.
>
> Re the create script - it is basically the arch install instructions + a
> set of custom commands. So if you look at the difference between the
> arch install instructio
Triode wrote:
> The reason is that I did not want the standard install to overwrite a
> user's samba config if they add SoA to a previous arch install - so my
> custom configuration is only added the config and creates the
> directories created if there is no previous installation. Whist this
>
I just found that I can update the web interface (adding the /stoage and
samba stuff to an older installation) by uninstalling soa-web and
installing the latest compiled soa-web from another machine.
So the question is: why the 'Update' button not doing this
automagically?
-
Triode,
I had another go with Cubox from scratch. I did this so that I can get
the update on having /storage in the mount option.
I modified the SD card create script so that it will create a ext3
partition instead of ext4. For some reason, the latest archlinux image
for Cubox does not have ex
Triode wrote:
> I've changed the samba server operation to try to deal with the previous
> points raised - to test you will need to do a fresh install or manually
> update the install points and smd.conf file (as I didn't want to mess
> with running systems)
>
> The idea is that the web ui detec
JackOfAll wrote:
> Are you using lirc for the shutdown functionality you implemented?
>
> Attached is a patch, against Triode squeezelite git, which adds lirc
> support to squeezelite. This is what I use for simple remote control on
> devices that have built in IR port, that I'm going to be runn
I've got the IR port of my Cubox Pro (not Cubox-i) working. For now, it
just takes a signal and performs a shutdown. My idea is to have minimal
background processes running for best sound and I can shut it down via
an IR remote instead of using the web interface.
I wonder if there is provision
Triode wrote:
> Which processes are running which you want to stop - the reason for
> choosing arch is that the minimal install doesn't have much running.
> Most of the processes I see are reasonably valuable to have running...
> (Samba is not running unless you select it for instance, same for
Triode wrote:
> Seems to me that copying Voxtexbox layout only works for people who are
> familar with it and needs explaining to everyone else... So I am
> thinking of going with /storage and /mnt/disk[1-6] with /storage
> exported rw via samba. This is how CSOS was - does this work for
> ever
MyNaim wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I run out of idea, I've installed squeezelite on various linux and it
> always went all right but now I'm stuck.
> My plan is to install squeezelite on my cubox with Debian. It plays
> wonderfully with flacs and mp3, web radios but after a few minutes I
> have no musi
Triode wrote:
> Strange - on a wandboard with the standard arch compiler I have: gcc
> version 4.8.2 20131219 (prerelease) (GCC)
>
> you could try changing the CFLAGS in /etc/makepkg.conf, but I suspect
> this will get overwritten by the build_ffmpeg in the buildme.sh script
> which is in slimse
Triode wrote:
> OK - lets confirm what we want (and not have a different option for each
> user...)
>
> I can see two use cases for this menu:
> 1) mount local disks (which there is value in sharing via samba)
> 2) mount remote shares (which you probably don't need to share via
> samba)
>
> How
The current SoA has provided mount points in the form of "/mnt/disk1" to
"disk5". Is it possible to add "storage" as an additional mount point?
Reason because "storage" was the mount point for CSOS and I've playlists
referring to this mount point. It is going to be a pain to redo all the
playli
Triode wrote:
> Strange - on a wandboard with the standard arch compiler I have: gcc
> version 4.8.2 20131219 (prerelease) (GCC)
>
> you could try changing the CFLAGS in /etc/makepkg.conf, but I suspect
> this will get overwritten by the build_ffmpeg in the buildme.sh script
> which is in slimse
Triode wrote:
> Strange - on a wandboard with the standard arch compiler I have: gcc
> version 4.8.2 20131219 (prerelease) (GCC)
>
> you could try changing the CFLAGS in /etc/makepkg.conf, but I suspect
> this will get overwritten by the build_ffmpeg in the buildme.sh script
> which is in slimse
Triode wrote:
> I've checked the same from an install - this occurs on a wandboard for a
> build which works ok, so this is not a show stopping problem - its only
> that in building that module YAML can't be used, not that it will
> prevent the server using it.
>
> Suggest you look though the
Triode wrote:
> Can you give more context - what where the lines before this?
Code:
Module-Build-0.35
Module-Build-0.35/Changes
Module-Build-0.35/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.35/README
Module-Build-0.35/LICENSE
Module-Build-0.35/Build.PL
Module-Build-0.35/META
Triode wrote:
> OK that looks like the logitechmediasever-cpan package did not install
> ok. Can you change to that directory and try to rebuild it?
> makepkg --asroot --force
cpan seemed to compile but I suspect there were errors during
compilation but that didn't stop the make process from ma
Triode wrote:
> The file is in /tmp so will be lost if you reboot.
>
> Can you ssh to the device and cd to the location and try to install
> manually:
>
> >
Code:
> >
> pacman -U logitechmediaserver-lms-7.9r19258.8daf1a3-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz
>
Triode wrote:
> Do you have any error messages when it stopped? You can see the install
> log from /soa-build.log
>
> I don't think lack of arch will matter, where did svn get used?
When I typed /soa-build.log, I got a blank page.
Where exactly is the log file located? I can ssh into the box
I just tried SoA on my Wandboard Quad. Couldn't get LMS 7.9 to
compile/install.
Checking the log, I found that svn and arch commands were not
available.
So I did a packman -S subversion and I created a shell script 'arch'
under /bin to run the 'uname -m' command.
Cleaned up spa-aur and start f
ian_heys wrote:
> +1
>
> I was waiting for the hardware board to be available before buying a
> wandboard. Realised the images weren't coming back to the Community
> Squeeze pages and seemed unclear if the images would always be available
> on your site.
The OS/drivers probably need more tweaki
JackOfAll wrote:
> Erm, I don't want to answer this question.. Why? Because I'm doing
> something which I don't want you to do! LOL
>
> soxr is a library. sox is an executable. To use libsoxr from convert
> conf, you need an exe wrapper, that you can stick into convert.conf for
> the transco
JackOfAll wrote:
> It's soxr library built with NEON support. You need to be giving 'z'
> option to squeezelite upsample option for soxr multi-thread OpenMP to be
> enabled, which isn't possible from the web interfaces. Edit
> /etc/sysconfig/squeezelite. Add 'UPSAMPLE="-u z"' or add 'z' to whatev
Just tested R8 on my Quad, all working fine. I managed to play some DFF
files to my USB to SPDIF converter, which is fixed at 44.1K.
I also did some downsampling playback from 24/192 to 16/44.1. sox is
running about 20-30% CPU on one core, but I don't think I see the load
being spread into all
Krisbee wrote:
> I suppose you could have tested whether the absence of WIFI makes any
> difference to SQ by installing the *rfkill* package, assuming the
> Wandboard WIFI chip responds to it. But perhaps you had already done
> that.
I didn't try rfkill at first. Looking at the output of lsmod
albertone74 wrote:
> Not quite sure, but I seem to recall once JackOfAll suggesting something
> like:
>
> Create a file /etc/modprobe.d/brcmfmac-ignore.conf containing the text
> below:
> >
Code:
> >
> install brcmfmac /bin/false
> >
> Then
> >
I want to disable the bluetooth and wifi functionality in my Wandboard
Quad. I don't use them and I know by disabling these hardware and
services I don't use, I can improve the sound of my system (I don't want
to get into debates of sonic differences of wired LAN vs Wifi).
So far I've used syste
JackOfAll wrote:
> I appreciate the thought, really I do, but it is not necessary. (I made
> a joke some time ago, about passing around a hat for donations, but
> that's all it was, a joke.) If you ever bump into me "in real life", and
> you'd like to buy me a beer... I do accept beer! ;)
Su
JackOfAll wrote:
> Really? My financial loss, directly attributable to all things CS, for
> the last year, now stands at well over £60k, if I include the 3 month
> consultancy contract that I didn't take, because I deemed the unpaid
> "work" I was doing more important! ;)
May I suggest anyone us
JackOfAll wrote:
>
> No. But in any case the first thing you want to do with the image, is
> update it. The LMS 7.8.0 that is part of that image is pre the 7.8->7.9
> malarky. The LMS 7.8.0 you'll get from the update repo is the "real"
> 7.8.0 release, if there is such a thing.
So how do I upda
slackhead wrote:
> Root access is not enabled by default. Instead you can get access using
> user=fedora password=fedora.
>
> Once in you can enable root access by setting a password - 'sudo passwd
> root', but generally it's not recommended to access in normal
> circumstances as root but to
JackOfAll wrote:
> For the time being, the images will still be available from my
> vacuumtube site. Sometimes the file permissions (or actually the top
> level directory permissions) get messed-up after the daily rsync job
> runs, requiring manual intervention. Fixed now.
Okay, got the image do
Since JackOfAll is retiring from the project, can someone post a link to
the latest CSOS F19 for Wandboard Quad?
I just got the HW, but cannot find the SW for it just now :(
PS - many thanks for JackOfAll for his contribution to the community!
--
JackOfAll wrote:
> 'CSOS F19 (RELEASE 7) Images' (http://www.vacuumtube.org.uk/)
The link doesn't work. Either it shows up as file not found or no
permission to download the file.
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Can the piCorePlayer OS be made to run on a Pogoplug E02?
I would like to try this on the Pogoplug as it has the same ARM
processor as the Pi.
Thanks.
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castalla wrote:
> I may be l wrong but there isn't a hf version - there is a later 7.8
> nightly tweaked for the Raspi, I believe. Otherwise, why not just use
> the deb package - I installed this ages ago on a cheap Chinese arm
> tablet running ubuntu 9.04. It worked. Your mileage may vary!
A bit off topic:
Where can I download LMS 7.7.3 package for armhf? I'm trying to install
it on another ARM platform running Debian OS.
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e to allow the use of a simple IR remote with a limited
function set to control Squeezelite?
Kuro
Triode wrote:
> I don't have any more features to add at present so I've raised the
> status of the git branch to 1.3beta1 and build some binaries for people
> to try (linux i386/x
Hi Soundcheck,
Why not just get the Cubox or the new Cubox-i?
I've my Cubox running MPD, LMS and Squeezelite. LMS+Squeezelite give
the best sound.
The upcoming Cubox-i only costs $50 (w/o PSU) and it has a 1GHz single
core CPU (same as the one used in Wandboard) and 512MB of RAM. More
than en
Triode wrote:
> Thanks - look there is a bug here - try the attached:
> >
Code:
> >
> --- a/slimproto.c
> +++ b/slimproto.c
> @@ -739,13 +739,13 @@ void slimproto(log_level level, char *server, u8_t
mac[6], const char *name) {
> set_nonblock(sock);
> set_nosi
Triode wrote:
> If it is timing out at 5 seconds in select I would have expected select
> to return with 0? Can you instrument that and see what is going on with
> the select response?
I added LOG_INFO code to utils.c and I also put back sleep(5) in
slimproto.c. Here is what I see when server
Triode wrote:
> Can you include more of the debug and the test methodology? I get those
> messages but it does recover when the network connection is restored.
I found that you have the function connect_timeout() with a 5 secs
timeout to make the connection. So when combined with sleep(5), the
Triode wrote:
> Can you include more of the debug and the test methodology? I get those
> messages but it does recover when the network connection is restored.
Here is a longer sequence of the debug log. Basically, I'm using a
Pogoplug client and a Pogoplug server, both with static IP addresse
Triode wrote:
> Could you try the latest git version - I've moved to non blocking for
> this connect and it should allow timeout to work (rather than relying on
> the OS to timeout)
Still does not work. I tested it on the Pogoplug. It just loops on the
following when debug is enabled:
[10:23:
Triode wrote:
> This was only for the case which crashed - if you can reproduce a crash
> playing an mp3 stream when using libmad, can you reproduce with
> libmpg123 (there are some arm builds of libmad which have been seen to
> crash). Otherwise if you can reproduce the crash could you run it i
Triode wrote:
> Squeezelite 1.2 is now released and the binaries in the download
> location (http://code.google.com/p/squeezelite/downloads/list) are now
> version 1.2
>
> - falls back to polling for a new server if one is not found for more
> than 30 seconds
>
The fall back polling code does
Triode wrote:
>
> Re the crash - some people have seen crashes in libmad on some arm
> platforms. Could you try with libmpg123 to rule this out. Otherwise
> can you run it inside gdb and post what the backtrace is at the crash?
What exactly should I be testing with libmpg123? I installed mpg
Triode wrote:
> The problem is that you are trying to play an internet radio stream
> which has a sample rate which the dac doesn't support. Squeezelite will
> by default reopen hw: devices in plughw: in this case to use alsa
> resampling to allow these streams to play - this works on most devic
If I use Cubox for internet radio streaming, I got a different error log
and squeezelite ended with a segmentation fault:
[12:37:53.002485] sendSTAT:151 STAT: STMt
[12:37:54.003658] sendSTAT:151 STAT: STMt
[12:37:55.004898] sendSTAT:151 STAT: STMt
[12:37:56.006196] sendSTAT:151 STAT: STMt
[12:37
Running 1.2beta2. Squeezelite's parameters are: -r 44100 -o
hw:CARD=Legato
Found that it doesn't allow me to stream internet radio. It works with
plughw:CARD however.
Here is the error log:
[12:27:46.755040] stream_init:264 init stream
[12:27:46.756366] stream_init:265 streambuf size: 209715
Triode wrote:
> Opps - I think I've found a bug in the 16 bit sample case - suspect you
> may be forcing S16_LE bit samples when you use hw:CARD ?
>
> Edit: If you are building your own version please try latest git which I
> think fixes this.
Triode, thanks for your fast response, the problem
While hw:CARD= works for me, I found that the left and right stereo
channels are reversed. plughw:CARD= is correct.
So what causes this problem? The ALSA driver I'm running is 1.0.25
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Thinking of jumping in with the Wandboard Quad. Before I do that, I
have a couple questions:
1. Is the version of Fedora being worked on compiled with a realtime
kernel?
2. Can the wifi and bluetooth hardware be disabled (i.e.: hardware
turned off)?
I'm looking for best sonic quality using Wand
Triode wrote:
> All of those output devices come from alsa - suggest using
> hw:CARD=Legato
>
> The server can downsample to the max rate of the player, so specify "-r
> 44100" on the command line to fix the max rate of squeezelite to 44100.
> [Squeezelite can also upsample but this will not he
I've a Legato II (USB to SPDIF converter). I've it plugged into my
Cubox and when I do a "squeezelite -l", I see the following:
default:CARD=Legato- Legato, USB Audio - Default Audio
Device
sysdefault:CARD=Legato - Legato, USB Audio - Default Audio
Device
front:CARD=Legato,DE
Triode wrote:
> What machine is this on? Can you explain the exact test cases.
>
> The code calls sleep(5) straight after the unable to connect debug line,
> and should then call connect again - I suspect this second call blocks,
> but I would expect it to time out after 30 seconds or so? It m
Triode wrote:
> I've added a couple of small changes to the git version of squeezlite
> which I would be grateful if those building their own binaries could
> test. Changes are:
> 1) fallback to discovery if it fails to connect to a server for 30
> seconds and no service IP address was given on
Triode wrote:
> I've added a couple of small changes to the git version of squeezlite
> which I would be grateful if those building their own binaries could
> test. Changes are:
> 1) fallback to discovery if it fails to connect to a server for 30
> seconds and no service IP address was given on
Triode wrote:
> It would be good to find out if this is the case. Squeezelite will
> broadcast to find a server when it is started up, but then when the
> connection fails it keeps trying the same IP address rather than falling
> back to broadcasting to find a server. It could be changed to do
Triode wrote:
> Does the server get a different address each reboot?
I have not checked, but it could happen with a router power cycle I
suppose. Would Squeezelite loss connection to the server in this case?
SBT and TP have no problem with me cycling the power on the router in
this case.
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paulster wrote:
> You need to update SqueezeLite to 1.1.
Already using v1.1, see my subject line...
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I have a habit of powering off my ADSL modem and wifi router before I
went to bed (trying to be green).
I found that in the next morning when I powered my router back up,
Squeezelite would no longer connect to LMS. I can still SSH into my
Pogoplug and Squeezelite is still running. Just that LMS
I'm debating whether I should get the Wandboard and get onboard. I've a
question:
I noticed that there are two USB ports on the Wandboard, a normal USB
port (host) and a USB OTG (On-The-Go) port. What I want to do is to
attach a USB to SP/DIF converter to the USB port, and also run LMS so I
can
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