Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-23 Thread hoverdonkey
agburnsky wrote: > I may have misunderstood your original question. In my setup, I have > LMS installed on the SD card with piCorePlayer. A good SD card would > have no issues running LMS. I store my music and cache on a USB flash > drive. Since 512GB usb flash drives are available, you can

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-23 Thread hoverdonkey
Paul Webster wrote: > and to give you an idea about how big they can get > > Code: > > > tc@pcp:/usr/local/slimserver$ ls -lrt Cache/*.db > -rw-rw-r--1 tc staff157296640 Jan 19 15:50 Cache/library.db > -rw-rw-r--1 tc staff 40751104 Jan

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-23 Thread hoverdonkey
paul- wrote: > LMS uses a local cache for its music library that can get rather large, > and uses alot of space when "optimizing" the database. A Pi is not > going to have enough ram. If you only stream from internet radio, then > not as much will be cached, but then it's not affecting perfor

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-23 Thread hoverdonkey
Further to my previous post, I had a thought, probably a stupid one. Can LMS be forced to run entirely from RAM? That way the type of boot media would have no effect on performance? Or is there not enough RAM? hoverdonk

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-23 Thread hoverdonkey
agburnsky wrote: > You were asking Paul, but I'll share that I've used a sandisk fit usb > flash drive for years with a pi3 and pi4 both running LMS and > squeezelite as a player, also on wifi and it works great, never notice > any lag in displaying artwork or other performance issues. With the

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-23 Thread hoverdonkey
Paul Webster wrote: > Yes. Also some current models have 512MB - for example Raspberry Pi Zero > 2W > https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-revision-codes > The models with less memory have, historically at least, had less > powerful processors as well

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-22 Thread hoverdonkey
I'm currently reconfiguring my LMS/Pi setup and am wondering whether or not to let LMS run on pCP alongside a Squeezelite instance or not. In terms of SQ performance, does Squeezelite prefer to have a Pi to itself? I'm happy to devote a Pi to this, but could find other uses for it if it doesn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-13 Thread hoverdonkey
paul- wrote: > What USB Dac are you using and what RPI board? If you are using an > older RPI board (Earlier than a RPI4) Then take a look at the "USB > Audio tweaks" at the bottom of the tweaks page. RPi 3B with Topping D10s. Thanks. I have no idea what those settings mean but I will have

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2021-07-11 Thread hoverdonkey
I was just in settings and saw that v.8.0.0 is available, so I updated in-situ, which went smoothly. The reason I was looking at settings was to try wi-fi instead of ethernet. The next logical step is to disble ethernet - is this possible in PCP? I have looked through settings but could not se

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PCP + Khadas Tone Board - DAC controlled volume?

2019-10-31 Thread hoverdonkey
bennyboyph wrote: > Anyone got this working yet? > > > > Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk Doesn't seem so. Think I'll try my luck on the Khadas forum. hoverdonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PCP + Khadas Tone Board - DAC controlled volume?

2019-10-20 Thread hoverdonkey
paul- wrote: > It sure does appear that you need that specific firmware loaded. If you > do, on pCP goto the Diagnostics page, then select the Sound Page. > > Look for the amixer section.what is the contents? Here are the two sections with amixer in the heading: > > [ INFO ] amixer cse

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2019-10-19 Thread hoverdonkey
paul- wrote: > Ouch.no, just start a new thread when your ready.start with a > summary. Thanks @paul-. New thread just posted... https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?03-PCP-Khadas-Tone-Board-DAC-controlled-volume&p=953426#post953426 -

[SlimDevices: Unix] PCP + Khadas Tone Board - DAC controlled volume?

2019-10-19 Thread hoverdonkey
Hi. I started a discussion on the thread 'ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?110642-ANNOUNCE-piCorePlayer-5-0-0/page52) (starts on page #518) and it was suggested to start a new thread (thanks to @Man in a Van and @paul- for their help so far). To summar

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2019-10-16 Thread hoverdonkey
paul- wrote: > I dont think you want anything to do with soldering wires on the board > like you see in that forum thread. From what I gathered from the forum > posting you needed to update the firmware in your board to do hardware > volume via xmos. Did you do that? > > I think this subjec

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2019-10-16 Thread hoverdonkey
paul- wrote: > I don't see in the manual anywhere talking about hardware volume. All I can see is: No8 [XMOS 8 Channel extend]: 8 Channel Ext FPC Connectors Pin-Out (J3) 13 VOLUME ... which means very little to me :confused: paul- wrote: > If the hardware volume control is an Als

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2019-10-16 Thread hoverdonkey
Man in a van wrote: > 1:- I really have no idea, I guess it's software as it's just adusting > the Alsamixer settings. > > Me neither! All I understand is that the volume output of the ESS9038Q2M* can be controlled by the XMOS on the Khadas board (or alternatively by 'this widget' (https://w

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2019-10-16 Thread hoverdonkey
Man in a van wrote: > No pointers :p just try at your own risk > > First you need the latest firmware for the toneboard. > > > Then, just make the settings in LMS: > > > ...And be careful out there, people!:rolleyes: Many thanks ronnie @Man in a van. Tonight will be my first chance

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2019-10-16 Thread hoverdonkey
paul- wrote: > Any documentation on how the board is controlled? There is some info here... https://docs.khadas.com/toneboard/UserManual.html ... not sure if it helps, sorry. Thanks. hoverdonkey's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] ANNOUNCE: piCorePlayer 5.0.0

2019-10-14 Thread hoverdonkey
Hello slimdevices world! I would like to enable the hardware volume control functionality of the Khadas Tone Board DAC (ESS9038Q2M), i.e. controlled through PCP LMS. It has been done is on Volumio but I do not want to go (back) there (I am very happy with PCP!) Has anybody here managed it? I