Vortexbox - Forum down for weeks - gone ?
The Vortexbox Forum has been down for a few weeks now, are they gone for good ? (http://vortexbox.org/) Vortexbox is a Fedora based distro that lets a Linux newby build a headless LMS server that just...
View ArticleHelp with Jivelite Skin
> 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 Are you running the HDGridSkin on a...
View ArticlepiCorePlayer: Audio-Output => Bluetooth-Speaker
Hi there, I really like my five piCorePlayers with Shairport and Multiroom to stream everything from my Smartphone, Tablet and Macbook to all my rooms. :-) Now I'm wondering if it's possible to play...
View ArticlepiCorePlayer with USB Speakers
At a remote office I have a pair of ION Desk Rocker USB Speakers. They are quite good. Does anyone know whether they will work with piCorePlayer ? As far as I can see on the supported USB DACs page -...
View ArticleTwo Squeezelite instances on one player ?
Oh, the shame :o:confused::(, I'm trying to enable two instances of Squeezelite on one rpi3 running piCorePlayer v3.10-Audio I have one rpi3 with picoreplayer and LMS enabled. I have another rpi with a...
View ArticlepiCorePlayer with Jivelite on Pollin Touch TFT
> i run an Raspberry Pi2 with an 7" Touch Display. > Its a display with 1024 x 600 resolution. The Skin in Jivelite is to > small for the display. Does it not work at all, or not for best...
View ArticleIRBlaster functionality from Raspberry Pi/Squeezelite using LIRC transmitter
I have seen others talk about this feature previously but haven't found a solution, despite extensive searching through the forums. I have been using an old SB3 with an IR transmitter and the IRBlaster...
View ArticlePCP3.11 Pi Model B USB DAC Arcam IRDAC II issues
Hi I have recently setup my old pi which is original model b running latest picoreplayer and using USB audio out to my ARCAM IRDAC ii dac. I used the settings for my model of DAC from the website but...
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[Howto] update perl modules bundled with LMS
A number of the perl modules (and their dependencies) bundled with LMS haven't been updated for some time. As I needed to rebuild my LMS installation, I decided to upgrade these to the latest available...
View ArticlepiCorePlayer Jivelite only output to 4x20 LCD or VfD
> Here is a nice video with a oled display and Jivelite Where is it? -- Michael
View ArticlePlex Server on Vortexbox
Hi all, I am running LMS on a headless vortexbox at the moment just for music. I want to try the Plex server out for video . I have installed the plex server but I can't find a way to login to...
View ArticleTwo USB DAC initialisation problems
Hi, I am working on an arm64-based, squeezebox touch-like system. The system plays through a USB DAC (C_MEDIA 6632A) using squeezelite. The results vary depending on how I start up the system: If I...
View ArticleMount external samba share on Vortexbox (Fedora 20)
Does anyone know how to mount an external network drive on the vortexbox? I have a 3Tb USB drive connected to my router with a samba share on it which I can see from all my network clients through...
View ArticlePiCore cuts Tidal (stream LMS) songs few seconds before the songs end
Hi, I was using Max2play but didn't like it. PiCore works faster which I like. However, there is a slight problem. The Tidal streaming over LMS cuts before the song ends and starts the next song. This...
View ArticlepiCorePlayer 3.11 and IQAudio econder
I hope someone can shade some light as I can't get my head around this issue. I have been following the same steps for the last few months but know for some strange reasons I am struggling with...
View ArticlePCP3.11 + Raspberry Pi Zero-W, onboard Wifi not working
Hi I have just tried the new Raspberry Pi Zero-W's onboard Wifi on PCP 3.11. I get a boot message saying: Checking wifi... wifi is on. ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No...
View ArticlepiCorePlayer - Backup fails
the piCorePlayer is awesome but I need to replace the uSD stick for a smaller one. Therefor I thought: make a backup, prepare a new uSD card and restore the backup. Clicking Save to USB results in...
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Help mounting a drive with PicorePlayer
I have asked this before but I still cannot for the life of me get my music to show up in Picoreplayer 3.11. I am trying to use either a 256 gb usb stick or a 3tb powered external drive but have had no...
View ArticlepiCorePlayer loses audio, must pull power to restart
Have the following system:piCorePlayer 3.10IQaudio dig-amp+Raspberry Pi Official 7in Touch ScreenJivelite The system will stay functional for several days to two weeks at a time, with frequent use of...
View ArticleAdd a python library (SPI-pi) to picoreplayer
H there, i want to use an RFID Reader combined with picoreplayer. For that rfid reader, i need to use a library (MRFC522 library) and the library needs SPI-py https://github.com/lthiery/SPI-Py. i have...
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