Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-04-26 Thread b0bb
Julf wrote: > What is the benefit? Both "native" (a bit of a misnomer) and DoP > transfer exactly the same bits - it is only a repackaging, not a > conversion. It is not about the "same bits". DoP goes up to DSD128, there is more material coming out in DSD256 now compared to a year ago, the XMO

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 2.00

2016-04-26 Thread b0bb
Are there any plans for native (non-DoP) DSD ? The Lintweaker project on GitHub is interesting and has been coming along nicely for the last year and there is now a wide range of supported device. The required patches are in mainline kernel since 3.19.1 https://github.com/lintweaker/xmos-native-

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-10-26 Thread b0bb
DrJazzer wrote: > Hi, > > I'd would have one minor question or feature request and that is > AirPlay. I know it has its limitations in quality but it would be super > convenient when I'm on my iPad. > I know that there are some Raspberry Pi distributions out there that > have that feature using

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-10-20 Thread b0bb
sbp wrote: > Can you upload it to Dropbox or similar? Then send me the link > eventually by pm. I'll notice you when I have downloaded it so you can > remove it again. > Thanks > Steen Hi Steen, You got PM.:) Thanks. b0

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-10-19 Thread b0bb
sbp wrote: > Hi, could you upload one of these problematic files - I don't have such > a file, so if possible I'm very interested in testing and try to figure > out where the problem could be. > > Regards > Steen Steen, I can upload the my problematic file. It is 192k sampling @ 24bit, let me

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-10-19 Thread b0bb
ralphy wrote: > I've uploaded a new version of squeezelite built using ffmpeg 2.8.1. Can > you try this version? I downloaded squeezelite manually from Ralphy's Mediafire page and installed it into the Pi, I use the big 12M version New version is 1.8-595 Same file as before, I am getting cutou

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-10-19 Thread b0bb
ralphy wrote: > I've uploaded a new version of squeezelite built using ffmpeg 2.8.1. Can > you try this version? Thanks. b0bb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64335 View this thread: http://forum

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-10-16 Thread b0bb
ralphy wrote: > From the log it appears as though ffmpeg has problems parsing the alac > file. > > This could be a bug in ffmpeg but quite often it's caused by the file > headers being placed at the end and not the beginning. > > When lms transcodes the file it can seek to the end and read the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-09-17 Thread b0bb
Greg Erskine wrote: > Hi b0bb, > > We read this. > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/trademark-rules/ > > and determined > > 1. The R mark was missing > 2. The logo is designed for a white background not black > 3. The Raspberry Pi logo was part of the pCP

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-09-17 Thread b0bb
sbp wrote: > Hi, Sorry could you explain a little more. What are you missing? > > Steen Hi Steen, Thanks for the response. Below are the banners of the current player and a capture of what the old banner used to look like. Picore player 1.19 18825 Old Picoreplayer banner with Raspberry 18826

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-09-16 Thread b0bb
Does anyone know what happened to the Raspberry in the main player webpage? I have not seen it since v1.16 or v1.17 b0bb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64335 View this thread: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-09-07 Thread b0bb
simoh wrote: > It installed and is working fine here > > Squeezelite v1.8-589 > > -rwxr--r--1 root root 12557804 Sep 7 12:57 > squeezelite-armv6hf Confirmation appreciated. Thanks. b0bb's Profile: http://f

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-09-07 Thread b0bb
Greg Erskine wrote: > hi b0bb, > > I am not sure exactly what version Steen includes in the piCorePlayer > distribution. > > If you look at this page http://ralph_irving.users.sourceforge.net/pico/ > Ralphy's Squeezelite has gone from 136K to 12M. > > It looks

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCorePlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelit

2015-09-06 Thread b0bb
Hello Steen/Greg, Does v1.21 include the latest Squeezelite player from Ralphy? This has fixes for WMA and ALAC http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCorePlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelit&p=826949&viewfull=1#post826949. Thanks PS I am n

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoPlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelite

2015-05-27 Thread b0bb
My latest PicorePlayer, v1.19l connected to a I2S DAC from Soekris Engineering. This joins 2 existing RPI2s running PicorePlayer. This is a resistor ladder dac which is a step up for the more common IQAudio and HiFiBerry. Picoreplayer is quite amazing in what it does, thanks for the effort. 1813

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoPlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelite

2015-05-11 Thread b0bb
JackOfAll wrote: > And on the subject of DSD, are any piCore users owning one of the Denon, > Marantz, iFi, or generic XMOS USB interface for which there is now > native Linux support? I'm toying with the idea of adding native DSD > output to ALSA capability to squeezelite. (But thinking if I lea

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoPlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelite

2015-05-11 Thread b0bb
skip_pack wrote: > I am using an RPi2, currently with a HifiBerry Digi+ for spdif output of > PCM. Works very well up to 192/24 on all the formats I've tried. I am > interested in trying DSD and would hope to get up to DSD128. It seems > that the USB output is the only way to do this, and I have

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] picore + HDMI

2015-05-10 Thread b0bb
A few weeks back one of the developers put out a test version of 1.19 that worked for me on the RPi but not on the RPi2 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCoPlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelite&p=813906&viewfull=1#post813906 I had dropout

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] piCoPlayer = Squeezelite on Microcore linux. .An embedded OS in RAM with Squeezelite

2015-05-10 Thread b0bb
ctbarker32 wrote: > Is this discussion suggesting that the bits output by the RPi USB are > not bit perfect? Could someone detail how the bits are being corrupted? > And, if one uses a high quality DAC with exceptional jitter reduction > such as the Benchmark DAC2 UGC, is this really an issue. Fi