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

2022-04-11 Thread Man in a van
:cool::) Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116114 ___ unix mailing l

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

2022-04-07 Thread Man in a van
Hey David Thanks for the good news update. :) Please keep us posted on the usb stick. ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

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

2022-04-05 Thread Redrum
Man in a van wrote: > . > > @ JIM > > I like the soubriquet "Red", now, about that room > .. > > ronnie room or rum? Loved the video, I had never seen it. Why do so much brit humor occur with male voices an octave or two higher? Love Python, and quote it to this day

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

2022-04-05 Thread Redrum
Hi David; I agree with Ronnie, make sure you are on ethernet, at least to setup. I think you had mentioned the 7" screen before, but for some reason I was unsure if it was part of this kit. It very well could be something else, but lets talk about the power possibility. I know nothing about th

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

2022-04-05 Thread Man in a van
Hi David, are you in Awstralia or somewhere? (I might want to send the boys round):p Is this playback combo connected to the network via Ethernet or wireless. Ethernet is preferable, but I know wireless will work, but can be flaky:( As far as I understand it, the screen connection can be made

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 Redrum
...or RedMan... David, one thing I need to clarify that I realize I didn't, rereading my post. Just grab any thumb drive and throw 5-20 songs on it. Just as a test. Mount it, scan it, see if you get more than zero. Then you will know. Once you can scan 1 or more, you know you can scan everythi

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

2022-04-04 Thread Redrum
Man in a van wrote: > > I am completely puzzled :( > > ronnie If ronnie is puzzled, there are challenges ahead...but we can't have to listen to only 0 songs. :) David, I think you mentioned this, but at this point this is where I would just use a USB stick drive (just leave it formatted fat3

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
@inkpost David I am completely puzzled :( I don't understand how the usb drive works with Max2Play and not with piCorePlayer I keep thinking it must be a permissions thing. M2P uses mostly Stretch, but I believe the latest version is based on Buster. I see from one of your screenshots you h

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 Man in a van
David Which usb drive were you using ? ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116114 __

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 Man in a van
I tried to downgrade to v 8.0.0 but there was a "config.txt" error, so I made a fresh image I left everything at default, mounted the usb stick (.ext4 format) Installed > Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 - 1627922070 @ Tue Aug 3 11:43:18 > CEST 2021 And scanned one Album, that worked and

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
Returned to v 8.0.0, Scanned one album and it works. I'll try an in situ update to v 8.0.1 Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
I have just doen a full update using the mirror repo, done a clear and rescan of one Album and got nothing :MediaFolderScan Scan in 0.001 seconds. [22-04-03 10:36:53.4700] Slim::Music::Import::runImporter (578) Starting Slim::Music::PlaylistFolderScan scan [22-04-03 10:36:53.4709] Slim::Utils::S

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
Bugger, I still have no Albums in the Library I posted when the scan started but it still empty 37614 +---+ |Filename: facepalm.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
slartibartfast wrote: > I could be wrong but it seems odd that the music folder in LMS is > mnt/usbmusic/usbmusic > but the scanner log shows the scanned folder as > mnt/music/usb copy.. > D > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Good spot :) but I have just made a fresh install, with a

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
OK David, I have got it now :) Sorry it took so long but I don't use pCP much these days and I had to sonfigure a rpie 3B and had exactly the same experience as yourself. :rolleyes: On your browser, clear the cache On pCP do the following, this is back to front but worked for me; On the LMS t

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

2022-04-03 Thread slartibartfast
Man in a van wrote: > If you go here and expand one of the album folders, what do you see ?I could > be wrong but it seems odd that the music folder in LMS is mnt/usbmusic/usbmusic but the scanner log shows the scanned folder as mnt/music/usb copy.. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
You can always try what Jim suggested, it should not be necessary with .ext4 format, but it won't hurt :) Install and Enable additional File Systems Install Install additional file systems for pCP 'more>' (http://192.168.1.121/cgi-bin/lms.cgi#) ---

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
inkpost wrote: > Hi Ronnie > Many thanks for your help > Unsure how to display pcp log, is it pcp configuration and is uploaded > via pastebin > Again may thanks > David pCP Main page > Diagnostics > Logs > boot in the dropdown > show > copy and paste what sort of drive is it David ? -

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
inkpost wrote: > Now in information overload, I hope some of these > help.37610 > If you go here and expand one of the album folders, what do you see ? Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
pCP is still not seeing the files 37612 +---+ |Filename: 2022-04-03 09_42_41-attachment.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37612| +-

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 Man in a van
inkpost wrote: > 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 > Well using M2P proves

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

2022-04-03 Thread Man in a van
THildebrandt wrote: > Dont know if this helps - my only attempt at LMS via RPI required that > after connecting USB disk and mounting i had to 'CHMOD -R 777' the > directory containing data before LMS could access it... this has to be > repeated every time i add more music to the disk... > > B

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

2022-03-23 Thread Redrum
as @Ronnie, and @Paul- were suggesting... sometimes a picture helps. Here's mine. You can see the mount point created in picore /mnt/MoyerLMSMusic, then from there, to point LMS to the audio files, I browse to the subfolder /Media/Music. In my case I have subfolders for FLAC, MP3, etc. The othe

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

2022-03-23 Thread Man in a van
In your scanner log, the scan is not selecting the music files. This is mine: > [22-03-23 09:20:03.7562] Slim::Utils::Scanner::Local::deleteTracks (519) > Removing deleted audio files (0) > [22-03-23 09:20:03.7564] Slim::Utils::Scanner::Local::__ANON__ (301) > Scanning new audio files (1366) y

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

2022-03-23 Thread Man in a van
If you navigate to the folder containing the music files and expand the folder, do you see something like this ? 37545 ronnie +---+ |Filename: picore2.png | |Download: http://forums.sl

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

2022-03-23 Thread Man in a van
Where is LMS installed and which OS is it installed upon ? ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116114

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

2022-03-23 Thread Man in a van
What do you have here ? 37543 ronnie +---+ |Filename: picore1.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37543| +---

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

2022-03-23 Thread THildebrandt
Dont know if this helps - my only attempt at LMS via RPI required that after connecting USB disk and mounting i had to 'CHMOD -R 777' the directory containing data before LMS could access it... this has to be repeated every time i add more music to the disk... Be warned - im kinda a noob at lin

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

2022-03-13 Thread inkpost
paul- wrote: > What’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

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

2022-03-13 Thread paul-
What’s in the scanner log? piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://www.picoreplayer.org Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=U7JHY5WYHCNRU&lc=GB¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if

[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 +-