Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-11 Thread inkpost
Hi Ronnie and Jim A bag of mixed fortunes. The hard drive suddenly ceased to be recognised intermittently The good news, a 128GB memory stick arrived and has been perfect, so perfect I am reluctant to experiment with pcp. I will do that with the spare pi as an extra player, when time allows. I th

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-06 Thread inkpost
Hi again I could never get on with fools and horses, I was more yes minister and last of the summer wine. Is it and age thing perhaps, I'm 76 My memory stick is due shortly, but in meantime I reorganised the power supply. Removed the splitter to two mini usb ports and connected rpi screen to two

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-04 Thread inkpost
Hi Red I spoke too soon. I watched as albums disappeared, library scan changed. M2p now unusable once more. Not a disaster though, I am sure it confirmed your theory about the power supply. I moved the m2p player to sit with the rest of hifi. Supply was now from extension block, shared with othe

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-04 Thread inkpost
Hi Gentlemen May I refer to you as Red Ronnie Your help has been great, it has enabled me to use a more systematic approach. Result, I have learned a lot about the system and how to optimise it Regarding the formatting glitch, I only have an old windows laptop repurposed with linux os, so the for

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-03 Thread inkpost
Ronnie Good point, I'm beginning to think the same thing It is a generic 2.5" drive, powered from the usb. Just had it lying around Would I be better with a memory stick or quality self powered hard drive Only have 75GB of media at this time, so 128GB stick would do easily Again, many thanks. I f

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-03 Thread inkpost
Hi Many thanks for all your help Regret in vain I have followed to the letter, PCP now 8.00, LMS 8.2. Trust that is correct I enclose screen dumps of server and scanner logs I am trying a different storage usb sd card rather than drive. Will let you know outcome3762137622 +

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-03 Thread inkpost
Man in a van wrote: > Well using M2P proves that the system works :) Did you change any of the > default settings in M2P, like "wait for network" ? > > > Would you please post a copy of the pCP Boot log > > ronnie Hi Ronnie Many thanks for your help Unsure how to display pcp log, is it pcp

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-03 Thread inkpost
Now in information overload, I hope some of these help.37609376103761137611 +---+ |Filename: IMG-20200608-WA.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37611| +--

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-04-03 Thread inkpost
Hi Many thanks to you all for your suggestions Apologies for delay responding, have been away In interim, I set up the usb drive using (wash my mouth out) Max2play using usbshare1/usbmusic I much prefer PCP, but continue to fail, scan zero Enclosed requested screenshots3760737608 +

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-03-13 Thread inkpost
paul- wrote: > WhatÂ’s in the scanner log? Hi Many thanks , hope this is what you requested37455 +---+ |Filename: Scanner log.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?at

[SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer connecting to USB hard disc

2022-03-13 Thread inkpost
Hi I hope someone can assist, this is frying my brain Pi 3 with PCP and usb hard disc The files were downloaded onto a hard disc drive in ext4 format I can see the 514 files on LMS and can browse to them, but scan produces nothing Where am I going wrong?? Enclosed screenshot37451 +-