Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Success piCorePlayer 7.0 0b6, Pi Zero WH, HifiBerry DAC2 Pro

2020-12-12 Thread b...@offsite.com
I answered my own question about mono. It seems the aplay test that I performed was not sending left or right audio. I performed a valid test, and L and R work perfectly. -- BHA b...@offsite.com's Profile: http://foru

[SlimDevices: Unix] Success piCorePlayer 7.0 0b6, Pi Zero WH, HifiBerry DAC2 Pro

2020-12-11 Thread b...@offsite.com
Again - BIG THANKS to the entire piCorePlayer team. I gave them some $$ after my last success, I guess I need to dig deeper! It seems now my goal is to buy 1 of every DAC that I can put on a Pi Zero. My original goal was to replace several Dell DAR players, looking for good (not fanatic) qualit

[SlimDevices: Unix] Success piCorePlayer 6.1, Pi Zero WH, Allo miniBoss and another with Merus Amp

2020-11-21 Thread b...@offsite.com
Again - BIG THANKS to the entire piCorePlayer team. What a great contribution. My goal was to replace several Dell DAR players, looking for good (not fanatic) quality, with an integrated amp in most cases. I have a LMS running on a server in the basement. I didn't care much about the display

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - Really easy, it worked! And 1 suggestion

2020-10-26 Thread b...@offsite.com
Today in the mail came a new Pi Zero W, and a miniBoss Zero https://allo.com/sparky/miniboss-rpi-zero.html with a little plastic case. I put piCorePlayer on an SD, set the wifi on the SD, booted up the PI Zero W, selected Allo Boss from the Audio dropdown, saved, rebooted, and - MUSIC! IT JUST

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - Really easy, it worked! And 1 suggestion

2020-10-26 Thread b...@offsite.com
Thanks Greg. I assume if there was a decision then there are reasons. As I said, it was not very difficult for me to edit the config on the SD, so I think it is far from a requirement. Again, great package, thanks! b...@

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - Really easy, it worked! And 1 suggestion

2020-10-25 Thread b...@offsite.com
This is pretty typical for IOT devices. See 'http://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager' (https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager) Basically, see if there is an existing configuration, if so use it; otherwise Open up an Access Point and allow anybody to joint, offer a piCorePlayer.local web site, and have

[SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer - Really easy, it worked! And 1 suggestion

2020-10-25 Thread b...@offsite.com
I am looking for a new platform to replace several old Dell DARs. I had a Pi Zero W and v2 Google Voice Bonnet, so I loaded up piCorePlayer. I didn't have an HDMI display and Keyboard, so I edited the wpa_supplicant.conf file on the SD card after copying - no big deal. Sure enough, it booted. I