Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer and HDMI output

2022-12-28 Thread markiii
I believe their are issues with PcP 8.0 and HDMI output unless these have been resolved and I missed it? Should work fine with V7 though PiCorePlayer 8.2 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with Hifiberry Digi+ Material running on PI for control (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.2 wi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Rpi4 + PCP 8 vs Audiophile Streamer

2022-12-23 Thread markiii
hows it connected to the DAC? PiCorePlayer 8.2 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with Hifiberry Digi+ Material running on PI for control (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with pi official touchscreen and Hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with Allo BOSS DAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] LInux client (controller) currently maintained

2022-10-16 Thread markiii
just create a captive browser session that runs material only, its way netter anyway unless you want VU, metres PiCorePlayer 8.2 on Allo Digi One Signature (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with Hifiberry Digi+ Material running on PI for control (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.2 with pi official touchscreen

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Bullseye Jivelite on a Jogggler

2022-02-25 Thread markiii
touchscreen working? PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and U

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-31 Thread markiii
almost there, two things to fix can't get Firefox to open fullscreen Touchscreen controls aren't working any thoughts appreciated PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi offic

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-29 Thread markiii
Thanks Paul that explains it PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscre

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-29 Thread markiii
i've tried with graphic-5.10 77-pcpCore-v8.tcz andhave managed to get firefox to launch at startup in kiosk mode with lms material skin. some tweaking needed to get the screen right but will play further and report back PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-29 Thread markiii
thanks, tried that and no difference PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official t

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-29 Thread markiii
ok first question Paul you said Install the graphics-KERNEL extension from the pCP repo. I see graphic-5.10 77-pcpCore-v8.tcz and graphic-5.10 44-pcpCore-v8.tcz but not the one you mention? PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscr

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-29 Thread markiii
Chaps I've just built a new PcP 8.1 install for use on a Pi4 with an external HDMI 1920x1080 screen it gets as far as the PcP logo that pops up as jivelite launches but Jivelite never appears. I've also tried the same hardware with PcP 7 and it works fine is there a step i'm missing or is thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-06 Thread markiii
whilst i don't disagree, i think PcP is so lightweight that it should cope happily. My current solution is 2 separate Pis, one for playback and one for running material. Confusing the wife with multiple interfaces for the same product never ends well :( PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signat

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-04 Thread markiii
Thanks Paul, I'll have a play and report back PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-04 Thread markiii
kidstypike wrote: > piCorePlayer is a stripped down operating system, it doesn't have web > browser to display Material skin, instead it runs "Jivelite" which > emulates a Squeezebox Touch. Thanks, I knew that. However Firefox exists in the tinycore extension repository which is available in

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-04 Thread markiii
slartibartfast wrote: > I have a feeling he means on a touchscreen instead of jivelite. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Thanks I did PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 w

[SlimDevices: Unix] Material Skin on Picoreplayer

2022-01-04 Thread markiii
I'm aware its not exactly PnP as a browser extension would need to be installed and I beleive xsessions, but I also don't think its impossible. So has anyone figured out how to get Material in a browser onto a picoreplayer install? It makes Jivelite look very dated, so would be nice to do PiC

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer SD Card Image

2022-01-04 Thread markiii
thanks Paul Since theres no browse function to get to a network share i assume i just add the correct path to the txt box? PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 8.1 with pi official touch

[SlimDevices: Unix] Picoreplayer SD Card Image

2022-01-04 Thread markiii
Looking at this option on the frontpage of the PcP web interface Is it possible to have it save the image file to the PC i'm using to access the web interface from? Several of my PcP deployments are in inaccessable areas of the loft PiCorePlayer 7.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) Pi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] USB volume control in PiCorePlayer

2021-01-09 Thread markiii
I assume its controlling volume digitally rather than at the analog output stage? PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Suggestion for Jivelite

2021-01-06 Thread markiii
nice idea PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and USB DAC (Bed

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Raspberry Pi w/screen as dedicated controller?

2020-03-09 Thread markiii
How did you get the weather on the screen? PiCorePlayer 3.11 with Hifiberry Digital + (Lounge) Joggler Squeezeplay as Remote (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 3.11 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC (Office) Joggler Squeezeplay as Remote (Office) Joggler Squeezeplay (Kitchen) Joggler Squeezepl

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2017-03-11 Thread markiii
fabulous that worked a treat thanks. oddly though it doesn't survive a reboot, when I try ro run .bin/jivelite after a reboot it doesn't exist PiCorePlayer 3.11 with Hifiberry Digital + (Lounge) Joggler Squeezeplay as Remote (Lounge) PiCorePlayer 3.11 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: JiveLite - cut down squeezebox control application

2017-03-11 Thread markiii
I'm trying to install Jivelite on Ubuntu using Triodes instructions from page 1 1) Install git and the following libraries from your linux distro: libSDL-1.2, libSDL_ttf-2.0, libSDL_image-1.2, libSDL_gfx libexpat1-dev Code: sudo apt-get install git libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-image1.2-

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Help with Jivelite Skin

2017-02-23 Thread markiii
thanks yes got it PiGridSkinApplet Now if I can just get the font size bigger under the Icons, everything else is ok don't suppose thats referenced in one simple place is it? PiCorePlayer 3.1 with Hifiberry Digital + (Lounge) Joggler Squeezeplay as Remote (Lounge) Max2play with pi official t

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Help with Jivelite Skin

2017-02-23 Thread markiii
thanks Michael, looks like the issue with overscan is that Jivelite won't take any notice of overscan settings if using HDMI as the output. Oddly if I use native composite overscan works your right in that the Joggler skin fits better, having tried your 800x640 Grid Skin thats working well. Yo

[SlimDevices: Unix] Help with Jivelite Skin

2017-02-17 Thread markiii
I'm a total noob when it comes to this so advice would be appreciated I'm trying to get Jivelite via Picoreplayer working on a screen with the following specs 6.5-inch 16:9 ratio color LCD screen with 400x240 resolution I've currently got the HDMI output connected to a Composite converter and am

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-12 Thread markiii
just done a full reinstall and strangely this behaviour has now stopped and all appears to be working fine PiCorePlayer 3.1 with Hifiberry Digital + (Lounge) Joggler Squeezeplay as Remote (Lounge) Max2play with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC (Office) Joggler Squeezeplay as Remote (Of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-12 Thread markiii
Greg Erskine wrote: > True huxmut, but that is assuming both the RPi and screen are using the > one supply. > > My gut feeling is flickering on the screen is a hardware issue rather > than software. If it helps external monitors are running dedicated power and are connected via HDMI The pulse

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Jivelite for piCorePlayer

2017-02-11 Thread markiii
any advise appreciated chaps. I have the latest version of picoreplayer working on a pi3 Jivelite and the HD Grid Skin enabled, I keep getting a display pulse every 10 seconds, the music plays uninterupted but teh screen puls eis driving me mad. any ideas why it does this? doesn't seem to ma

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer 2 Static IP WIFI

2016-07-11 Thread markiii
thanks chaps, unfortunately for the purpose in hand I'm using an IPhone hotspot as the router so there is no possibility to set a manual address via DHCP. It will need to be a proper static address. Any guidance on how to configure that would be much appreciated Transporter (Lounge) Joggler Sq

[SlimDevices: Unix] PicorePlayer 2 Static IP WIFI

2016-07-10 Thread markiii
Hi Chaps Anyone know a way to acheive this? There is an option in the GUI for static IP but it states that its only applicable to the ETH0 I need this to work on the inbuilt WIFI on a Pi3 Any suggestions appreciated, any idea when if it will be offically supported? thanks Mark Transporter

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

2015-02-12 Thread markiii
37 seconds for a full reboot for me Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on DIY UnRaid NAS now upgraded to 7.8 (06/01/2015) Squeeze user since the SB1 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Launch

2015-02-05 Thread markiii
acceptable with transcoding? hows the interface speed? Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on DIY UnRaid NAS now upgraded to 7.8 (06/01/2015) Squeeze user since the SB1 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Launch

2015-02-05 Thread markiii
hmm thats good to know, £35 for an LMS server cannot be sniffed at Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on DIY UnRaid NAS now upgraded to 7.8 (06/01/2015) Squeeze user since the SB1 --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Launch

2015-02-02 Thread markiii
ah well apparently not Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on DIY UnRaid NAS now upgraded to 7.8 (06/01/2015) Squeeze user since the SB1 --

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Launch

2015-02-02 Thread markiii
lets hope they give it gig ethernet Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on DIY UnRaid NAS now upgraded to 7.8 (06/01/2015) Squeeze user since the SB1 -

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

2015-01-25 Thread markiii
anyone got simple instructions for getting Shairport working on Picoplayer as yet? Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on DIY UnRaid NAS now upgraded to 7.8 (06/01/2015) Squeeze user since the SB1 --

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

2015-01-22 Thread markiii
surely you just need a single pole switch in the +ve power supply line? Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on DIY UnRaid NAS now upgraded to 7.8 (06/01/2015) Squeeze user since the SB1 -